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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Mayawati Woos Upper Castes; Keen To Replicate U.P. In Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Sep 17, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is to keen on replicating U.P. in Gujarat in the coming Assembly elections by presenting a united front of upper castes and backward classes against the Congress and the BJP.
- Yarn And Reality (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
The Maharashtra government must initiate rapid action to prove the State is no less aggressive than its neighbour in pushing cotton production.
- No Cause For Pot-Belly (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 17, 2007)
Since time immemorial, potato has been considered a 'vegetable' whose excess consumption could lead to obesity. The myth has finaly been exploded. A new study by Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, clears the air over the popular . . . .
- Faith, Fact And Fiction (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Sep 14, 2007)
Ram is make-believe, Dwarka did not exist, the Saraswati is a myth. But how much have the Archaeological Survey of India and its political collaborators done to honestly excavate India's antiquity?
- School Is Just A Habit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 14, 2007)
The Department of Education (DoE) of Delhi Government devotes less time to managing its own schools and spends more energy in targeting unaided schools.
- Defuse It Now (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 14, 2007)
The UPA government has foolishly played into the opposition BJP’s hands with the ham-handed wording of its affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on the Sethusamudram project.
- Cong Takes U-Turn, Now Says Ram Did Exist (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Faced with spontaneous outrage over negation of the very existence of Lord Ram, the Government on Thursday decided to withdraw its controversial affidavit in the Supreme Court.
- Cong Somersault On Ram Sethu (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
The Union government on Thursday quickly stepped into damage-control mode, deciding to file a supplementary affidavit in the Supreme Court, most likely on Friday, to amend the original affidavit in the Ram Sethu case by deleting the portions that . . . .
- Sonia For Rectification Of Mistake (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi intervened on Thursday for quick damage control in the wake of the controversy over the government affidavit in the Supreme Court on the Ramar Sethu project.
- Sanctifying Mass Destruction (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Sep 14, 2007)
The toxic terms of discourse of the nuclear debate have insidiously intruded into the public’s mind and distorted its moral perspective.
- Shocking Disclosures (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 14, 2007)
In his memoirs Maj Gen. Harkirat Singh has reproduced contemporary documents that reveal a lot that was not known about the IPKF in Sri Lanka.
- Indians Are Baffled By The Paranoia And Prejudice Of European Liberals (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
'I am quite satisfied with my views on India," Winston Churchill declared in 1930, "and I don't want them disturbed by any bloody Indians."
- After Setu Gaffe, Cong Mulls Damage Control (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Even though he sees himself as a "muscular secularist", RJD boss and railway minister Lalu Prasad can recognise a political minefield when he sees one. Refusing to set off more implosions over the Ram Setu, the shrewd leader . . . . .
- Ramar Sethu: Advani Spits Fire On Pm, Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
With a live issue at hand, the BJP leader said the UPA government's "real intentions" had been unmasked with the affidavit, which had inflicted "a grave insult" on the Hindu believers.
- Hey Ram! God Save The Govt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
No “incontrovertible” proof exists to establish that Lord Ram ever lived, the government has submitted in writing before the Supreme Court.
- 'Ramayana No Basis For Ram Setu Debate' (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 13, 2007)
The Archaeological Survey of India on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that there is no historical and scientific evidence to establish the existence of Lord Ram or the other characters of the Ramayana.
- One Decision And Seven Considerations Statecraft (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 12, 2007)
Without anyone wanting it, a mid-term poll seems inevitable. The race is on to control the pace and timing of the countdown.
- Manmohan For More Rational Use Of Water (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Sep 12, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the government could not continue to subsidise the economic and commercial use of water.
- Funds, But No Jobs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 12, 2007)
Although the Punjab government plans to set up a separate department for the unemployed, how serious it is on the issue can be gauged from the fact that it has failed to use funds made available by the Centre under the National Rural Employment . . . .
- Deadly Buses, Desperate Students (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 12, 2007)
The public concern over the dangerous conditions on Delhi roads at last seem to have reached the office of the Chief Minister. I use this occasion to highlight serious deficiencies in the way regulatory policy is formulated in our country and . . . .
- Bjp Slams Govt On Farmer Remarks (Statesman, CP Bhambhri, Sep 12, 2007)
The BJP today flayed the government for blaming the suicides by farmers on their laziness. During a cotton brokers’ conference at Akola, Maharashtra, on Sunday, the Union textiles minister, Mr Shankarsinh Vaghela, in the presence of the . . .
- ‘Middle Class Largest Employer Of Child Labour’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
Despite the law banning child labour, the practice still persists in the country with the middle class being the largest employer of children in domestic work, the newly constituted National Commission for Protection for Child Rights today said.
- ‘Handling Of Land Acquisition Is The Litmus Test Of India’S Sez Policy’ (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 12, 2007)
It is left to the SEZ developer and the owner of the land to strike a deal at the market price of the land. The real issue is: Giving a fair deal to the farmers.— MR YOGESH ASHAR AND MR KANU DOSHI, AUTHORS OF ‘TREATISE ON SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES’
- Roots In History (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 12, 2007)
The politics of jehad in Hyderabad goes back to 1948 when the princely state resisted accession to the Indian Union.
- Indias Fuel Crisis: Up A Gum Tree (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Sep 12, 2007)
An alternative way to replace oil-based fuel with renewable transport fuel is to opt for methanol instead of gasoline says Prem Shankar Jha
- Bane Of Fundamentalism (Hindu, K. N. Panikkar, Sep 11, 2007)
The main purpose of this book “is to bring to the attention of people generally a complex and chilling case of religious violence (Gujarat 2002) that does not fit some common stereotypes about the sources of violence in today’s world.
- Upa, Political Moment, Nation (Indian Express, Yogendra Yadav, Sep 11, 2007)
There are two ways of reading the political message of the Indian Express—CNN-IBN—CSDS poll.
- Seeds Of Death (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
It is the farmers’ fault that they kill themselves in their hundreds in Maharashtra — they chew tobacco and sit around.
- India’S Economic Changes Giving Rise To Violence (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
A spate of riots involving arson, beatings and even the Taj Mahal’s brief closure has led to worries a globalising India is struggling to cope with its underbelly of police graft, economic disparity and caste tension.
- Bhopal Tragedy: Clean-Up Not Undertaken Even After 23 Years (Dawn, Praful Bidwai, Sep 11, 2007)
A generation after the world’s worst ever industrial disaster occurred at a US multinational-owned pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India, responsibility continues to be evaded on cleaning up thousands of tonnes of toxic chemicals that have . . . .
- 'Gujarat Projected As Emerging Growth Centre At Dalian' (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
A business delegation from Gujarat, led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has signed MoUs with foreign companies at the three-day summit 'Summer Davos' at Dalina in China.
- Muslim Group Behind ‘Mega-Mosque’ Seeks To Convert All Britain (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
A Muslim group that wants to open a giant £100 million mosque in London has set its sights on “winning the whole of Britain to Islam”.
- Division Of Up Won't Help (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Sep 10, 2007)
This has reference to Prafull Goradia's article, "Divide UP for development" (September 5). In support of this contention, Gujarat's and Haryana's cases are often cited.
- Bjp Plans Pr Drive For Polls (Asian Age, KUMAR UTTAM, Sep 10, 2007)
Having already gone into an "election mode" after predicting a snap poll, the BJP intends to revive its public relations (PR) wing, which will play a crucial role during polls.
- Mamata Readies Her Move (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Sep 10, 2007)
By hinting that she will walk out of the National Democratic Alliance, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has once again confirmed that in politics there are no permanent friends.
- Fiscal Prudence Key To Punjab’Seconomic Revival (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Sep 10, 2007)
It is well known that Punjab, which once occupied the top rung in economic status in the country, has gone down the ladder. Per capita income of states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, Goa, Pondicherry and Delhi is much higher than that of Punjab.
- Water Under The Bridge (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
WHILE the promise of ‘Bijli, Sadak, Pani’ has become a catchy election slogan, the availability of clean drinking water in urban as well as rural India remains a mirage.
- Last Chance To Save Tigers (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 08, 2007)
The charisma of the tiger has inspired poets, persuaded nations to adopt it as their emblem, and sold everything from gasoline to sport merchandise and confectionery. Yet universal appeal has not assured the survival of the tiger in the wild.
- Non-Communication Vitiates An Order (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2007)
The basic principle is that an order passed by an adjudicating body does not become effective until it is communicated to the person affected thereby.
- Caste No Bar In Gujarati Marriages Abroad (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
Nita Vora from Ahmedabad is settled in Dubai where she found her soulmate in Ramnath Iyer, a Tamil Brahmin from Mumbai. No, she did not fall in love with Iyer.
- An Inheritance Of Hatred And Unrest (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 07, 2007)
In Hyderabad, communalism and Islamist terrorism are locked in a deadly embrace.
- Tribals Attack Forest Officials (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
At least 20 policemen and forest officials were said to be injured when about 1,500 tribal people attacked a security party with bows and arrows near Umarpada in Surat district in south Gujarat on Thursday.
- Mamata Parting Ways With Nda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
The National Democratic Alliance’s principal constituent in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress, has made apparent its intention to part ways with the combine.
- Mamata Set To Part Ways With Nda (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
Trinamul Congress chief Miss Mamata Banerjee today announced that the Trinamul is now with “no one” and is trying to go it alone triggering speculation whether it is all set to sever its ties with the National Democratic Alliance any moment.
- Back To The Voters (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Sep 07, 2007)
A general election cannot be fought on the issue of the nuclear deal alone. So, the Left has already taken the fight to the streets and the BJP is planning to use the Gujarat election as a testing ground.
- Wheat Import Triggers Protests, Left Demands 'Detailed Inquiry' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
The Government's decision to import wheat on highly escalated price from European multinational companies has generated a major controversy with the Left and the JD(U) threatening to launch countrywide protest.
- Mamata Banerjee Parts Ways With Nda (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
After months of keeping the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leadership on the edge, Trinamool Congress (TC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday finally took the plunge and severed her nine-year long association with the opposition grouping.
- Mamata Parts Ways With Nda, Bjp Not Surprised (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
After months of keeping the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leadership on the edge, Trinamool Congress (TC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday finally took the plunge and severed her nine-year long association with the opposition grouping.
- India's Explosive Phone Growth (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Sep 07, 2007)
In the past few weeks, India, already suffering from terror attacks, has been witness to explosions of another kind - apparently defective mobile-telephone batteries bursting and injuring users.
- Mamata Signals Break With Bjp, Cong Rushes In To Say Join Us, Throw Cpm Out (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
The buzz has been there for quite some time now but Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee chose the setting of a madrasa students’ programme today to indicate, more clearly than she ever has, that she is set to part ways with the BJP.
- Mamatahints She Might Walk Out Of Nda (Asian Age, Parwez Hafeez, Sep 07, 2007)
Trinamul Congress president Mamata Banerjee, who has of late been distancing herself and her party from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, on Thursday publicly announced her virtual disassociation with the Opposition alliance.
- A Community Called Koli (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2007)
Apart from the upper caste Patidars, another major group that has challenged the supremacy of the Modi government is the OBC Koli community, estimated to constitute over 22 per cent the state’s population.
- Cleaning Up Chennai: Not Just Local Politics (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Sep 06, 2007)
The question that begs for an answer is why is the whole city stinking when the contract for garbage clearance had been given only for three zones and the corporation is supposed to look after the remaining seven.
- In 'The Assassin's Song,' A Young Indian Seeks To Flee His Past (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
At the heart of M.G. Vassanji's sixth novel, The Assassin's Song, is an exercise in perspective. Definitions of right and wrong, truth and deception, the chosen and outcast – especially in matters having to do with religion – all depend on . . . .
- Should The Government Set The Price For Gas At All? (Business Line, Raghuvir Srinivasan, Sep 06, 2007)
Much before it fires the burners at power plants, gas from the Krishna Godavari Basin has ignited a major controversy over its value and has all the interested parties in a bind.
- Sunita Humbles Modi Gujarati Pride (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Space traveller Sunita Williams has overcome her last barrier in India, Narendra Modi.
- Pranab, Pc Likely To Be On N-Deal Panel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal will represent the Congress on the 15-member joint committee with the Left parties to discuss the India-US nuclear deal.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 05, 2007)
We can almost hear the collective satisfaction of the political class over Monday’s decision to set up the chemical hub in the remote island of Nayachar, off Haldia.
- Questions & Answers (OutLook, B. Raman , Sep 05, 2007)
If half a dozen well-known politicians lose their election because of their perceived softness or ambivalence on counter-terrorism, the political community will sit up and mend its ways.
- Standalone Sezs For Power On The Cards (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 05, 2007)
The government is taking a fresh look at the issue of standalone special economic zones (SEZs) for power generation projects.
- Kumaraswamy Eyes Alliance With Jd(u) In Karnataka (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 05, 2007)
Even as Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has kept the suspense on transfer of power to BJP in Karnataka, NDA ally Janata Dal (United) is eyeing an alliance with the JD(S) in case of a mid-term election in the State.
- Polls In The Air, Upa Brings Muslim Quotas On The Table (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Sep 05, 2007)
Sensing the inevitability of mid-term elections sooner rather than later, the UPA government is believed to be working out reservation benefits for Muslims and Christians.
- Divide Up For Development (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 05, 2007)
The demand for a sub-division of Uttar Pradesh into Purvanchal by Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav deserves to be reflected upon. One member of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in 1955 had considered Uttar Pradesh to be unwieldy and had . . . . .
- Small Is Now Global (Times of India, Amit Mitra, Sep 04, 2007)
Indian companies are scouring the world for the best buys. And it is not the big boys alone who are on the prowl. Medium-sized companies, many of whom are little known, are leading the pack in cherry-picking companies in US and EU . . . .. .
- No Word From Dhaka On Terror Arrest So Cbi To Move Interpol (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Sep 04, 2007)
With reports that Hyderabad blasts-accused Mohammed Sharifuddin alias Abu Hamza has been arrested in Bangladesh, the CBI plans to approach Dhaka through Interpol.
- Left Can't Set The Agenda (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Sep 04, 2007)
We have another terrorist attack in Hyderabad, which leaves at least 42 people dead and hundreds injured. 'Sleeper units', which have carried out the blasts, can comfortably go back to sleep once again, as we simply refuse to act on security . . . .
- Doyen Of Indian Advertising (Hindu, S. Ramachander, Sep 04, 2007)
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- 'My Toughest Decision As President Was Returning The Office Of Profit Bill To Parliament' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 03, 2007)
.P.J. Abdul Kalam, whose term as president came to an end recently, not only left the imprint of his personality on the presidency, he also became one of the nation’s most beloved public figures. In an interview with The Indian Express Editor . . . ..
- Tale Of Narrowed Horizons (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Sep 03, 2007)
Last Sunday I woke up early and went to old Delhi to eat nihari in a little restaurant in Ballimaran, not far from Gali Qasim Jan, the street in which Mirza Ghalib’s old home dies slowly of neglect.
- Mayawati Wants One More House (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Sep 03, 2007)
One had thought that after becoming Uttar Pradesh chief minister on her own steam, Mayawati would become more mature.
- Rjd Mp Finds Bovine Qualities In Shivraj (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
RJD MP Prabhunath Singh stunned the House this week by comparing Union home minister Shivraj Patil to a cow.
- Deal Delay To Nuke N-Power Calculations (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Sep 03, 2007)
Any delay in successful completion of the Indo-US nuclear deal will stymie India’s plans to add more power from the atom into the national electricity grid in the next eight years, experts have said.
- Left Can't Set The Agenda (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Sep 03, 2007)
We have another terrorist attack in Hyderabad, which leaves at least 42 people dead and hundreds injured.
- Missing In Gujarat: Sc Notice To Govt, Cbi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
Reacting to an appeal from the families of those who went missing after the 2002 Gujarat carnage, the Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Modi Government and the CBI, seeking response.
- Bjp Begins Self-Assessment For Any Snap Poll (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
On a sticky wicket because of internal feud and strains in its ties with several regional allies, the BJP on Friday discussed alliance options as it began preparations in the event of any snap elections to the Lok Sabha.
- Notice To Gujarat Government On Plea For Cbi Probe (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 01, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Gujarat government on a special leave petition seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the killings of 21 persons in post-Godhra riots whose bodies and skeletal remains were . . . .
- Rise In India’S Female Foeticide May Spark Crisis (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
Increasing female foeticide in India could spark a demographic crisis where fewer women in society will result in a rise in sexual violence and child abuse as well as wife-sharing, the United Nations warned.
- Applications Seek Summoning Of Modi, Jhadafiya (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Sep 01, 2007)
After a long wait, both the Jansangharsha Manch, representing the victims of the 2002 Gujarat communal riots, and the Congress, on Friday filed two sets of applications before the G.T. Nanavati and K.G. Shah judicial inquiry commission probing into . . .
- Scs, Sts Come Close To Obcs In Per Capita Monthly Expenditure (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 01, 2007)
It would be an eye-opener for the policy makers who project Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) economically weaker than other backward classes (OBCs).
- Muslims, Hindus Riot In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
Hindus and Muslims attacked each other in the Indian town of Godhra — the same town in which the deadly month-long Gujarat riots began in 2002 — on Friday, police and government officials said. .
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