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Articles 1221 through 1320 of 4523:
- Freedom Fighter Dead In U.K. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Nalinikant Tribhovandas Pandya, freedom fighter and prominent leader of the Indian community in Britain has died after a stroke, sources in the family said.
- Kalam Nod To Gopalaswami As Next Cec (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam is understood to have given his nod to the choice of N Gopalaswami as the next Chief Election Commissioner succeeding B B Tandon, who is retiring on June 29.
- Bird Flu Has Subsided In India - Top Official (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Jun 08, 2006)
Bird flu has subsided in India with no new cases reported since March, the top official in charge of prevention efforts told Reuters on Wednesday.
- Reliance Energy Plans $13 Bln Projects (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Reliance Energy Ltd. is pursuing power projects worth 600 billion rupees ($13 billion) and plans a foray into nuclear energy, Chairman Anil Ambani told shareholders on Wednesday.
- Ensure Strict Implementation Of Rural Jobs Scheme, States Told (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jun 08, 2006)
Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Wednesday said the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) scheme would be extended to other districts in the next financial year after taking into consideration all aspects including the . . .
- The Yojana Module (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 08, 2006)
Why and wherefore of Maoist extremism
For every Maoist killed, two are born. After trying out almost every rule in the book to contain the phenomenon, the Centre has now opted for an academic exercise.
- Bjp Launches Agitation Across The Country (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 08, 2006)
Demands a complete rollback of the "anti-people" measure of increasing prices of petrol and diesel
NDA protest demonstration on June 12 and again on June 19
Traffic halted at 400 places, effigies burnt, trains stopped
- 'A Dangerous Trend' (OutLook, Mahesh Bhatt, Jun 08, 2006)
'Do not forget that student wing of Congress party, the NSUI has also opposed Fanaa in Gujarat and my petition also includes that,' argues the outspoken film director, reiterating also that 'it is wrong and illogical for the states to ban Da Vinci . . .
- Rel Aims To Generate 16,000 Mw (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Investment outlay set at Rs 60,000 crore; in-house team to focus on nuclear power
Power plans
To form two joint ventures with PGCIL
Land being acquired for Raigad project
Participating in rural electrification programme
- Targeting Free Speech (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Jun 07, 2006)
Aamir Khan is a distinguished actor who speaks in many voices. He sells Coca-Cola with wit and panache. The multinationals live off him — adding legitimacy and profit to their commercial product.
- Govt Puts Brakes On Rural Jobs Scheme (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jun 07, 2006)
Union Rural Development Ministry has decided not to extend the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) scheme, the flagship programme of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre, to other districts till December 2006.
- What Lies Hidden In The Footnotes Of The Past (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 07, 2006)
Tapan Raychaudhuri considers ways in which a legacy of mutual ill will can be transformed through honesty, memory and good sense The author is former professor of modern Indian history at the University of Oxford
- Courage, In The Face Of Ban And Bombs (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
A cinema owner in Jamnagar has defied the unofficial ban on Fanaa in Gujarat, becoming the first to show the Aamir Khan-starrer in the state.
- Sc Allows ‘Blue Lady’ To Dock (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jun 06, 2006)
NGOs, fighting against the entry of the Norwegian ship “Blue Lady” into the Indian territorial waters, have termed the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the controversial ship to be anchored at the Alang port in Gujarat for inspection by the Indian . . .
- Cotton's Tragedy (Business Standard, Sunita Narain, Jun 06, 2006)
The agriculture minister told Parliament last week that 100,000 farmers had committed suicide from 1998 to 2003, a period for which his government had data. Cotton farmers are worst hit.
- State Breakdown (Tribune, Rajinder Sachar, Jun 05, 2006)
The public at large has been very critical of the lumpen brigade of the BJP in Gujarat threatening theatre owners and cinema-goers who dare to show any inclination to see Aamir Khan’s latest film. And all this because the actor has shown concern . . .
- Environment Day: Afforestation Is The Mantra (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
With "Deserts and Desertification" as the focus of the World Envrionment Day , State Governments and NGOs are undertaking massive tree plantation drives, all with an aim to restore the dwindling forest cover.
- Matter Of Shame (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 05, 2006)
It is extremely unfortunate that one of the tourists from West Bengal who was injured in a dastardly terrorist hit at the Dal Gate has succumbed to his injuries at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (Saura) in Srinagar.
- Balm For Rahul In Atal Sympathy (Telegraph, MANJEET SEHGAL WARRIOR, Jun 05, 2006)
The first comments from the BJP offering sympathy and help to Rahul Mahajan, recovering from a possible drug overdose, came today with Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying “such mistakes happen in young age”.
- Back Gujarat Bill (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
If UPA scuttles it, jihadis will rejoice ---- The drama over the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Bill, 2003, which has been hanging fire for three years, is now set to enter a new act.
- Your Smoking Is Killing Me (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
Ban on depiction of smoking in films and TV serials is necessary as impressionable minds take their screen idols very seriously, says Shailaja Chandra.
- Generating Power In An Eco-Friendly Way (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Govt eyes 1,00,000 MW capacity from renewable sources by 2050
The Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources is working out a comprehensive renewable energy policy, which envisages that at the current rate of capacity addition from renewable . . .
- Office Of Perplexity & Pandemonium (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jun 04, 2006)
The attack on RSS headquarters in Nagpur shows that the Islamic militants are targeting a particular community.”
- Ban On Liquor ? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jun 04, 2006)
Nearly 30 years ago, when the Late M. G Ramachandran assumed power for the first time as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, one of the first decisions he announced was to impose total prohibition in the State.
- Fed Up With Red (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 04, 2006)
West Bengal’s example shows that outdated ideas must yield ground in any face-off between ideology and good governance.
- Da Political Code (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Who’s secular? Those banning ‘The Da Vinci Code’ in India while it plays in a theatre near the Vatican?
- Protecting Rights Of Minorities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
West Bengal Amendment Bill Will Hit Education
- Monsoon Rain, Lightning Kill 22 In India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Heavy rains and lightning have killed at least 22 people across India where the annual monsoon rains have set in a week ahead of schedule, officials said on Friday.
- Nagpur: Ib Detected Terrorists (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 03, 2006)
Communications operation enabled it to monitor the squad's movement
Did not have enough details to make pre-emptive arrests
Police have confirmed that the three killed were Pakistan nationals
- March Of Balle-Balle (Times of India, ARVIND KALA, Jun 03, 2006)
Punjabis number less than 3 per cent of India's population. They are outnumbered three to one by Bengalis and two to one by people who speak Telugu, Marathi or Tamil. In terms of population, Punjabis are also fewer than Gujaratis, Keralites or Oriyas.
- Da Political Code (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 03, 2006)
Who’s secular? Those banning ‘The Da Vinci Code’ in India while it plays in a theatre near the Vatican?
- Tata, Rel, Ntpc Bid For Ultra Mega Power Projects (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Ntpc, Tata, Reliance, Essar, L&T and GMR besides Japan's Sumitomo and US-based Khanjee Holdings have submitted bids to develop the two 4,000 MW ultra mega power plants in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
- Terrorists Were From Pakistan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The three terrorists killed while attempting to attack the RSS headquarters here on Thursday have been identified as Pakistanis, CID sources said on Friday.
- An Opportunity To Unite People (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 03, 2006)
Not many hours after police in Nagpur succeeded in repulsing a terrorist strike on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's headquarters, politicians of the parivar began to seek political mileage out of the episode.
- Bhatt Masala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 03, 2006)
For someone who first tasted success directing two future MPs - Vinod Khanna to the right and Shabana Azmi to the left - in Lahu ke Do Rang, Mahesh Bhatt has, appropriately, established himself as a deft exponent of the "rent a cause" game.
- Rise As One (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 02, 2006)
Let it not be the lament of tourism authorities alone. They are not quite sure about the response of thousands of tourists after the twin grenade attacks by militants on a section of them at the Dal Gate on Wednesday.
- Terror Deals Blow To Tourism, Cancellations Begin (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Jun 02, 2006)
As the Valley's biggest economic venture and back bone of its prosperity - the tourism sector, was limping to regain its lost glory, unscrupulous elements armed with explosives time and again discharged their lewd endeavours stabbing in the stomach . . .
- Police Foils Terrorist Attack On Rss Headquarters (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
major attempt to attack the heavily-guarded RSS headquarters here was today foiled when three heavily-armed terrorists were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the sprawling complex in the wee hours today.
- Gujarat Communalised (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 02, 2006)
The BJP attempted to make Gujarat chauvinism synonymous with Hindutva for better poll prospects
- Tata Power Ties Up With Siemens, Doosan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Forms consortium to bid for ultra mega projects
Submits EoI for projects in four States
Receives RFQ documents for Sasan, Mundra
- Contract Farming Is Not The Panacea (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jun 02, 2006)
Unless there is a policy shift in favour of cooperative farming, our impoverished farmers will continue to commit suicide, says Sudhirendar Sharma
- Nagpur Terror Attack: Bjp Blames Upa's Soft Approach (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The abortive attack on RSS headquarters on Thursday left the BJP and the Sangh parivar shocked and fuming against the UPA Government's soft approach towards terrorism.
- Kashmir Mulls Insurance Cover For Tourists (Pioneer, Satrajit Moitra, Jun 02, 2006)
In a bid to instil confidence in tourists who have been the target of terrorist attacks, the Jammu and Kashmir Government is mulling an insurance cover for both domestic and international travellers to the region.
- Still Earthly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
The more vulnerable the better. This seems to be the killers’ motto, and they have succeeded three times within 15 days.
- Gentle And Contained (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
In today’s globalized world, water is a scarce resource, which is being privatized, marketed and sold.
- Do Ghosts Like Songs? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 01, 2006)
It was bound to happen, sooner or later. Playback singer Himesh Reshammiya’s spirited rendition of the Jhalak Dikhlaja song from this February’s release “Aksar” and ending with Ek baar aaja, aaja, aaja, aaja, aaja is said to have evoked a very . . .
- 35 Bengalis Injured As Terrorism Takes On Tourism (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 01, 2006)
About three dozen tourists from West Bengal sustained injuries when unidentified terrorists carried out grenade attacks on two tourist buses in Dalgate area in this capital city today.
- J&k Terrorist Groups Finding New Recruits (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 01, 2006)
Maharashtra, Gujarat residents training with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
Resident of Maharashtra village killed in encounter in J&K
Was most likely being trained on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Hizb may be seeking to enhance its own pan-India capabilities
- The 'Rent A Quota' Drama (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Jun 01, 2006)
Cruel as it may sound, the medical students' strike in Delhi - with occasional add-ons in other cities - hasn't really gripped middle India.
- Of A Leader And A Hero (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , May 31, 2006)
Ms Jayalalithaa deciding to take on the mantle of leading the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly and Aamir Khan refusing to recede from his position even as his new release is threatened in Gujarat brought out the leader and the hero.
- A Job For Mr Modi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 31, 2006)
Narendra Modi's mindspace of late may have been devoted to playing censor but perhaps it is time he turned his attention to something far more serious: the continuing official and unofficial biases against Muslims in Gujarat.
- Both Sides Of Reservation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 31, 2006)
Realising the importance of the quota debate, ‘People’s Democracy’ carries a number of comments on OBC reservations in the latest issue.
- Bjp’S Latest Rider: Form Panel (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, May 31, 2006)
While backing OBC quotas, the BJP added a new rider today. The party national executive demanded that the Government appoint an expert committee to subserve ‘‘three obligations’’ — the space for merit and excellence of institutions is not reduced . . .
- 'What Should I Apologise For?' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
He was in Spain, attending a friend's wedding and participating in the Imagine India film festival, when Fanaa's producer Aditya Chopra and director Kunal Kohli informed Aamir Khan about the ban imposed on his latest release by cinema associations . . .
- Perils Of Abstraction (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 31, 2006)
In March 2005 private equity firm Warburg Pincus, sold $560 million worth of Bharti Televentures’ stock in 28 minutes on the BSE.
- Continuing Shame (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 31, 2006)
Repetition does not reduce the revulsion at certain actions.
- Bjp Upholds Quota, Adds 'Don't Compromise Merit' (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, May 31, 2006)
On Tuesday, the National Executive of the BJP endorsed 27 per cent reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) but without compromising on merit and excellence.
- Pakistan, India Fishermen Face Less Jail Risk (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Anguished Pakistani fishing families were on Monday awaiting the return of their menfolk from jail in India but such scenes could soon become much more rare.
- Bend It At Their Beck And Call (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, May 30, 2006)
The tense atmosphere of a communal riot and the political grandstanding that accompanies it preclude an honest, objective assessment of the incident.
- Wincing Over Da Vinci Code (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, May 30, 2006)
Three Vatican-affiliated satra-pies have unilaterally banned the Hollywood blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code, thereby affirming paramount loyalty to Il Papa as opposed to the Indian nation.
- Family Health Survey Puts Figure At 32 Per Cent (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, May 30, 2006)
Even as the Supreme Court takes a look at the basis of Government's quota contention, a Health Ministry household survey belies the Mandal Commission's claims that OBCs constitute over half of the total population.
- Nba Supports Aamir, Flays Ban On ‘Fanaa’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has appreciated Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s “steadfast upholding of the cause of people displaced by Sardar Sarovar Dam” and termed the boycott of his film “Fanaa” in Gujarat as a “symptom of fanaticism”.
- A Splash Of Colour (Indian Express, SAPNA SHARMA, May 30, 2006)
The hot Indian summer is not without its visual delights.
- Muslims Who Fled Villages After Riots Fall Off Job Scheme (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, May 30, 2006)
After the 2002 post-Godhra riots, Muslim families from many villages of Sabarkantha and Panchmahals fled to the nearest talukas to find safety in numbers. Even today, many go back to their villages during the day to do odd jobs and return before nightfall
- Gujarat Ban On Aamir's Fanaa Unlawful: Nba (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , May 30, 2006)
"Whether in the name of religion or development, intolerance is unacceptable"
Expresses hope that common people will support Aamir Khan
Re-affirms commitment to just and equitable development
- With Channel Vision, There’S News And News (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, May 29, 2006)
The news business is a funny thing. Not ha-ha amusing but funny as in curious. Funniest is what’s news to you, is not necessarily news to me. We can’t agree on a single definition.
- Creek Of Contention (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 29, 2006)
India and Pakistan narrowing down their differences on the question of boundary delineation in the Sir Creek marshy area in the Rann of Kutch between Gujarat and Pakistan’s Sindh province is bound to help in taking forward the composite dialogue . . .
- Hizb Condemns Attack On Tourists In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Condemning the attack on a bus carrying tourists that left four persons dead, the Hizbul Mujahideen group on Sunday said the strike was part of a "conspiracy" to defame terrorists.
- Hindu-Muslim Clash In Indian Gujarat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
At least 30 people were hurt in clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Ahmedabad in Indian Gujarat, said witnesses and police.
- The Teacher Who Would Be Pm (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, May 28, 2006)
From the academic year of ‘07, one out of every two students joining the IIMs, IITs and AIIMS will not be getting in on the basis of merit! ‘Credit’ goes to the Manmohan Singh government!
- Why Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, May 28, 2006)
Autonomy" and "self rule" have entered the rubric of the Kashmir peace process. During this week's Round Table Conference for which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travelled to . . .
- Amarinder Da Code (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2006)
It is the Punjab CM’s job to protect basic freedoms. It is not his job to ban films
- Left Sweep Poet In Disguise (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, May 28, 2006)
The Left Front wins for the seventh consecutive time, with a whopping three-fourths majority, in West Bengal.
- Ascendant Left (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, May 28, 2006)
The May 2006 Assembly elections place the Left in its strongest ever position in India's parliamentary and legislative history.
- Sex Racket In Srinagar (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 28, 2006)
Despite saturation coverage of the protests against a commercial sex racket in Srinagar, their political content has passed unexamined.
- Grow Up, Aamir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2006)
It's quite astonishing what a deliberately obfuscatory media and liberal doses of Left propaganda can do to confuse an issue and spread disinformation.
- Paradise Or Hell? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 28, 2006)
Who says that we live in a paradise on the earth? Is it not a hell? It is here that innocent children are killed by the militants by carrying out a grenade attack.
- Where Do Arjun, Sonia's Grandkids Study? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 28, 2006)
First, let us drop the pretense that Mr Arjun 27 per cent was acting on his own when he announced his new quotas.
- Way Out Of Reservation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2006)
Like other socially conscious citizens, I too have been concerned about the protracted agitation against reservation in institutes of higher education for OBCs, and the impasse created by the rigid stand taken by both the government and the agitators.
- Semantics Over Self-Governance (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2006)
The Kashmir leaders rose above the party line, the PM kept a flexible approach and there are five new jobs for out-of-power politicians
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