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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 3437:
- The Naxalite Challenge (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Oct 12, 2005)
Left extremists have regrouped under the one-year-old Communist Party of India (Maoist) and expanded their area of operation. The state is planning a crackdown, but success may not come easily.
- Need For Mediation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
Worldly relationships are generally very fragile; it is common to see those who surround a person when he is in good position, desert him when he loses it.
- Need To Ease Pressure On Tiger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
It is now over 30 years since Project Tiger was launched.
- An Opportunity Not To Be Missed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 10, 2005)
The Centre's readiness to meet a set of representatives named by the United Liberation front of Asom to facilitate a peace process is a positive development for Assam.
- "Bhel Alone Won't Impact Decision On Sonia Request" (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Oct 10, 2005)
Left leaders have said that the Centre's reported change of mind on the disinvestment of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- The Water Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2005)
PAKISTAN faces a serious water problem, the gravity and nature of which the government has apparently failed to understand. Islamabad’s inability — or unwillingness — to base its approach on authentic facts and figures on the ground and the propensity to
- Negotiating Tradition (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
The well-known art historian and curator, Dr. Alka Pande's new exhibition Turning the Wheel: Traditions Unbound deals with the specifics of south Indian art, as it locates itself between tradition and the present.
- Strike: We Must Discipline The Indisciplined Lot (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Oct 09, 2005)
Workers strike work. Flights cancelled. Bank, bus and train services disrupted. Commerce and industry suffer. Passengers are stranded. Millions are affected. Billions are lost.
- Maoist Tentacles (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Oct 08, 2005)
The Maoist movement is very strong in Telengana in Andhra Pradesh; Bastar and other districts of Chattisgarh; the Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra;
- Wildlife Week Celebrated At Bannerghatta Biological Park (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The 51st Wildlife Week was inaugurated by Primary and Secondary Education Minister Ramalinga Reddy at Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) here on Thursday.
- The True Role Of Religion (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 08, 2005)
Founders of every major religion of the world addressed themselves to the problems facing human societies of their time. They were clear in their priorities. Hebraic religions like Judaism, Christianity and Islam made one God the centre-piece of their....
- Cbi Raids And All That Jazz (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 07, 2005)
AS was only to be expected, the sensation caused by the countrywide CBI raids on a hundred premises in 54 cities — leading to the institution of 70 cases against officials who had allegedly accumulated wealth out of all proportion to their ostensible. . .
- Govt Outlines Twin Pronged Approach To End Naxal Menace (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday unveiled a two-pronged approach of economic development and firm policing, in order to wipe out the Naxalite menace.
- Forest Encroachment Unabated In Idukki, Says Panel Report (Hindu, P. Venugopal, Oct 06, 2005)
`Irretrievable loss to biodiversity, destruction of watersheds'
- China’S Transformation (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Oct 06, 2005)
Imagine 20 Britains. Imagine three European Unions. Now you are beginning to get the idea about China, where more than a fifth of the human race resides.
- Birds Perish In Sanctuary (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Oct 06, 2005)
Rain and storm take their toll of fledglings
- Forest Encroachment In Idukki District: Cec Report (Hindu, P. Venugopal, Oct 06, 2005)
Land grabbing by `the rich, the powerful and the influential' is continuing unabated in the Cardamom Hill Reserves (CHR) of Idukki district in Kerala, according a recent report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court.
- A Canal Runs Through It (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 05, 2005)
Some of the large branches of the earlier reaches of the Sardar Sarovar Main Canal and the entire canal systems of the Ken Betwa system in the first of the interlinking of rivers project announced with considerable ceremony have a lot in common.
- Serenading The Ulfa (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 05, 2005)
There is a clear and present danger in the UPA government’s present policy with regard to the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa), that allows it to run with the hares and hunt with the hounds. It makes for a confusion that,
- A Tradition Inherited From Vijayanagar Era (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2005)
The ‘Gombe Thotti’ inside Mysore Palace is a special place as it was originally meant to display dolls during Dasara at the time of Mysore royal family.
- Agriculture Knows No Caste (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 05, 2005)
Politicians who are nothing but politicians are capable of limitless skullduggery.
- More The Merrier (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 05, 2005)
Few roads carry such challenges by way of construction as the one 83.9-kilometre long across the Pir Panjal between Bafliaz in Poonch district and Shopian in Pulwama district.
- Relevance Of Integral Humanism To World (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Oct 05, 2005)
If we subject the contemporary world- the world that has come into being after World War II-- to close scrutiny, we will find that it is full of complexities and contradictions.
- Heat That Eats Life (Greater Kashmir, FAISAL BARKAT DAR, Oct 04, 2005)
Water, plants and animals form our environment. Their balance signifies the health of our surroundings. If we disturb any of these the, changes are bound to affect us one way or the other.
- For Peace, A Gesture (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 04, 2005)
But Ulfa still needs watching
- Humour In Legislature (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 04, 2005)
It is rarely that one comes across humour in the State Legislature. Therefore, one must compliment Mr Khalil Mohammad Naik for having come out with a real gem in the just-concluded session.
- 'Celebrate Wildlife Week As Festival' (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2005)
“Pilikula Nisargadhama must indeed be developed but at the same time the fundamental rights of people living in the nearby areas must also be retained.
- Mysore Tourism Website Launched (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2005)
The Dasara executive commitee on Monday launched the Dasara helpline and a website ‘www.mysoretourism.org’ to provide information to tourists on places and events.
- Tiger Trail: Cloning Not An Alternative (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
Taking a dig at the Centre for investing Rs 3 crore in trying to clone the cheetah, Dr Karanth asked, ‘Where will the cloned cheetahs live?’
- Post-Poll Deadlock In Germany (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 03, 2005)
One invariably thinks of Germany as a country of clever, industrious people, great classical composers and manufacturers of the world’s finest motor cars.
- Grow Trees On Private Wastelands" (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Oct 03, 2005)
It will help in enhancing the income of farmers and producing biomass, says NAC
Include wasteland development in NREG scheme
Provide networking to institutes to develop alternative species
- Why Indian Security Forces Failed To Provide Security For Remote Bastar Region Chhattisgarh Residents Against Maoists Rebels? (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Oct 03, 2005)
There are approximately 9500 Maoist rebels that are causing havoc in remote rural areas of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.
- Dal Woes (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2005)
The government acknowledged on Friday that the already dying world famous Dal Lake is fast turning into “city forests” due to mushroom growth of trees planted by its dwellers.
- India Heading For A Major Energy Crisis: Pachauri (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Oct 02, 2005)
With the international crude oil prices hovering around $ 65 per barrel and the oil import bill set for a jump of over Rs 55,000 crore, to reach over Rs 1,75,000 crore this year, India is heading for a major energy crisis.
- In Love With The Many Moods Of The Monsoon (Hindu, Prachi Pinglay, Oct 02, 2005)
The monsoon is a special source of inspiration for Alexander Frater who has followed its course in India.
- Npcil Deposits Rs 8 Crore Cess With Mpcb (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
After receiving show cause notice about non-payment of the water cess, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has paid Rs 8 crore to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for its Tarapur Atomic Power Plant (TAPP).
- Nature Is The Enemy (Dawn, Peter Preston, Oct 01, 2005)
Two things, after half a lifetime of trying to understand America, come suddenly together.
- A Rollicking Time Down The River (Hindu, GANESH PRABHU, Oct 01, 2005)
Go white-water rafting down the Sita and the Varahi
- Defuse Tension (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2005)
The two states should not let a non-isuue vitiate atmosphere
- Finding A Cure For The Tiger Trade (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 30, 2005)
Fears for India's declining wild tiger population continue to grow as fresh disclosures claim that a thriving trade in skins and body parts exists in neighbouring countries.
- Destination Hogenakkal: Tamil Nadu All Set To Woo Tourists (Hindu, P M Raghunandan, Sep 30, 2005)
While Karnataka is still preparing an action plan to develop the island, Tamil Nadu has made all the provisions required to attract tourists.
- Before They Perish (Greater Kashmir, DR. MIR M. MANSOOR, Sep 30, 2005)
Three species of Gyps vultures (Oriental White-backed, Long-billed, and Slender-billed) occurring in South Asia have been listed as critically endangered fallowing a catastrophic crash in their populations to less than 5% since the early 1990’s.
- Reducing Population (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 29, 2005)
If the high population growth rate of Pakistan has been adversely affecting its economic growth rate so far, will the current high economic growth rate cut down the population growth?
- Bootleggers Brewed Row Over Hogenakkal Island (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2005)
Free flow of illicitly distilled (ID) liquor by bootleggers at Hogenakkal falls, appears to have fuelled the fresh dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over a small island in the Cauvery river.
- Rehnuma Is No Prose In Praise As You Mean (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 29, 2005)
The book has a depth which you have not been able to fathom, Prof. Syed Habib, the author of Rehnuma, a biography of Prof. Agha Ashraf, reacts to the book review published in Greater Kashmir
In the name of the merciful Lord of mercy.
- New Environment Norms For Industrial Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2005)
The Union Environment and Forests Ministry has drafted new guidelines to regulate the process of getting environmental clearance for major projects.
- Economic Issues Come Under Manmohan's Scanner (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Sep 28, 2005)
Major decisions in the offing to accelerate pace of development
Manmohan chairs full meeting of the Planning Commission
Low-performing agriculture sector has impeded higher GDP growth
Discussions about the economy with Chidambaram, Ahluwalia
- Tiger Burns Bright In Tamil Nadu Forests (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2005)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday told the state Assembly that there was no decrease in tiger population in the state, when there was nation-wide concern about the slide in population of tigers.
- Dalit Question In Hollywood (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Sep 27, 2005)
There is need to draw the attention of the globally influential cultural centre towards untouchability
- Fuelling Demand, Foretelling Ecological Disaster (Business Line, P. Nagarajan, Sep 26, 2005)
The global economy, increasingly fuelled by cheap non-renewable energy, has grown six fold in the past 50 years. In developed countries, about 85 per cent of the energy consumed comes from non-renewable fossil fuel — oil, natural gas,
- Declare A Truce (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 25, 2005)
Stop blame games in Assam
The killing of a top Ulfa leader and a woman cadre lends credence to the suspicion that chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa’s
- Cooch Behar Violence (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2005)
Marxists playing a dangerous game
Last week’s violence in Cooch Behar, which killed five people including three policemen,
- The Salim Debate-I (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2005)
Under a cloud for alleged acts of omission and commission, the Salims seized the opportunity to invest in West Bengal without being finicky about its investment climate
- Credit To Sonia And Upa (Deccan Herald, B K Chandrashekar, Sep 23, 2005)
The expenditure on the scheme is only a small price to be paid for the welfare of millions of rural poor people
- Bravo, Tata! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 23, 2005)
It has long been taken as axiomatic that corporates should not be obsessed only with maximising their profits, but give back to society a part of all that they take from it by way of natural and material resources, . . .
- Pranab, Gogoi Talk Tough On Ulfa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
Both have categorically stated that the army operation will not even slow down, unless the ULFA agrees for peace talks with the Centre.
- Environmental Clearance For Ongc’S Off-Shore Fields (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has granted environmental clearance to the ONGC to take up integrated development of G1 and GS-15 off-shore fields in Krishna-Godavari Basin.
- Nod For Conservation Plan For Srinagar Lakes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
The Rs. 298.76-crore project will improve the water quality and lake ecology
- Heat Wave Fuelled Global Warming (Hindu, Tim Radford, Sep 23, 2005)
Increased atmospheric pollution will trigger hotter summers
- No Ceasefire Without Ground Rules: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
Government cannot respond to individual requests"
Initiatives for truce must be backed by credible solutions
Any initiative should be discussed with the State and Central Governments
Blockade of the Saikhowa reserve forests not meant to cause
- Revenge Of A Warming Planet (Deccan Herald, Leonardo Fuentes, Sep 22, 2005)
Recent natural disasters have proven that we are not safe from nature’s response to our action anywhere on the planet
- The Land Of Coffee & Oranges (Deccan Herald, Rashmi Rao, Sep 22, 2005)
If you thought Kodagu is a land of coffee and oranges, think again, for the district has a lot to offer especially for those seeking uncluttered places. Kodagu (or Coorg as it is popularly called),
- Globalisation Needs Balance Of Global Social Action — Clinton (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2005)
Bill Clinton, former President of the United States, was recently interviewed at his home in Chappaqua, New York State, for Global Viewpoint byEuripedes Alcantara, editor ofVeja. On September 15, Mr. Clinton convened the first meeting of the Clinton Globa
- Ulfa Militants Holed Up In National Park (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Sep 21, 2005)
Army lays siege; cuts off supply lines from 42 forest villages to the park The PCG has threatened to call off the peace initiative if the Centre did not restrain the security forces
- U.P. Waterfalls To Be Developed On Lines Of The Niagara (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
Initiative forms part of a tourism project for the development of Vindhya circuit
- Can’T Change At 60 (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 21, 2005)
It must be one of the accidents of history that 60 years after the drafting of the UN charter,
- People’S War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 21, 2005)
After the Naxalites and associated groups came into being in 1967 and started their people’s war, which came to a peak in the early 70s,
- The Hole Deepens (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
It is preposterous for the Ulfa-appointed People’s Consultative Group to ask for even a semblance of consideration for the parent organisation because it cannot be as dense as to deviate from the prime importance of preparing the ground for talks with the
- For A Two-Track Response To Naxalism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 21, 2005)
The first meeting of the Standing Committee of Chief Ministers of naxalite-affected States has tried to come to grips with the enormity of the challenge posed by various naxalite or Maoist groups.
- State, Tn To Fight Naxals Jointly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Tuesday said Karnataka would seek the co-operation of Tamil Nadu in tackling the Naxalite activities in the Satyamangalam forest.
- Fake Fatigues (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 21, 2005)
There is reason to appreciate the concerns of the authorities in Baramulla that militants are donning army-style fatigues.
- Naxal Issue: Centre Okays Use Of Choppers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
Police chief explains major decisions at Chief Ministers' Delhi meeting
Air support to be used for surveillance to bring naxalites out of forests
State DGP to head one of the two joint coordination teams
- New Beetles At Bandipur (Deccan Herald, Shankar Bennur, Sep 20, 2005)
A group of entomologists and naturalists of Mysore have identified a wide variety of ants, beetles and butterflies found during a survey at the Bandipur National Park, a part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. This first survey conducted at the park by ....
- Inter-State Forces To Fight Naxals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
The task forces would remove the hurdle wherein security forces of one state could not pursue Naxalites in another state due to jurisdiction problems
- Dharam Seeks Centre’S Help To Curb Naxalism (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
Chief Minister Dharam Singh said his government was planning to raise a new battalion to check the spread of extremism.
- Ban Maoists At National Level: Jaya (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has urged the Centre to immediately ban the `terrorist organisation' like CPI (Maoists) at the national level under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, by issuing an order under section 35
- The Jumbo Highway (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
Karnataka is the first in the country to notify an Elephant Corridor and two of them are already in place including the Kanniyanpura Corridor near Moyar River at the Bandipur National Park and the Bekkattur Arabikere Corridor that connects the . . .
- The Green Men Fight Back (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
The sponge iron plant at Londa has come under attack from environmentalists, since it is a red category industry which could pollute air and water, Vijayalakshmi K P N tells us.
- Anarchy On Ozone Day (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 20, 2005)
When you have the minister of environment and others, who claim to be protectors of precious natural resources, breaking the established norms to please political and industrial dispensations,
- States Firm Up Measures To Combat Naxalism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
Use force but in a proper manner, says Patil
States agreed to take steps to raise India Reserve Battalions and prepare action plans
The Centre has revised the police modernisation scheme
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