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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 4523:
- A Time To Learn (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, May 28, 2006)
In reply to my question in the Rajya Sabha this session, the HRD Ministry acknowledged the fact that the budgetary provision for adult education in fiscal 2006-07 has been cut by one-fifth to Rs. 214 crore.
- An Average Hollywood Thriller, The Book Is More Dangerous (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2006)
That’s Fr Donald De Souza’s verdict on The Da Vinci Code. He was part of the Christian delegation that watched the film last week with I&B minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi, after which the film was cleared for screening in India. This is his review of . . .
- India, Pak Agree To Joint Sir Creek Survey (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 27, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Friday agreed to conduct a joint survey of Sir Creek and reiterated their commitment to an early settlement of the boundary dispute of Sir Creek extending from Sindh in Pakistan to Gujarat.
- Defy Intolerance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 27, 2006)
The campaign against Fanaa is wrong and undemocratic
- Sahmat Flays `Unofficial' Ban On `Fanaa' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 27, 2006)
"Censorship of culture by a motivated handful "
- India, Pak Narrow Diff On Sir Creek, To Do Joint Survey (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 27, 2006)
Committing to an early settlement of the boundary dispute in Sir Creek, India and Pakistan today succeeded in narrowing down differences and agreed to conduct a joint survey of the area by March next year.
- "Let Suspect Is Member Of Political Party From U.P." (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , May 27, 2006)
He plays a pivotal role as a Lashkar coordinator
- Hitch In Sending Back Pakistani Fishermen By Rail (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, May 27, 2006)
They will be sent by road from Jodhpur to Attari border for deportation.
Infrastructure on Pakistan side not ready yet
Fishermen lodged overnight in Jodhpur
- Not By Groups Alone (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 27, 2006)
Technocratic gestures cannot resolve political questions. That is particularly true for J&K. It’s time Manmohan Singh, and other key mainstream political players in the state realised that, too.
- Sheer Madness (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 27, 2006)
All hearts will go to the families of four tourists from Gujarat who have been killed in a grenade attack by the militants at the outskirts of Srinagar on Thursday.
- Damn Not The Market (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, May 27, 2006)
To tread the path of development, the country needs to adopt centralised, capital-intensive technologies.
- Needed, Separate Ownership Role For Government (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, May 27, 2006)
There are useful lessons to be learnt on managing public enterprises from China and Singapore
- Why Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, May 27, 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 Srinagar, it was decided to refer the job of defining these two issues . . .
- Grow Up, Aamir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 27, 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.
- Terror Strikes Continue, 4 Tourists Killed In Blast (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
Terrorists, unable to disrupt a round of political talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Kashmiri leaders, targeted unarmed tourists on Thursday as Singh flew back.
- Who Decides What We Should See? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, May 26, 2006)
For a nation that was only last week joyfully defending its right to watch ‘The Da Vinci Code’ regardless of the injury it may cause to the sentiments of Catholics, the silence over the blackout in Gujarat of Aamir Khan’s ‘Fanaa’ is most revealing.
- Mummy Behind The Camera (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 26, 2006)
by Sabeena Gadihoke is an invaluable book about a remarkable woman. Homai Vyarawalla is India’s first woman press photographer.
- After Pm's Departure, Blast In Bus Kills 3 Tourists In Valley (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, May 26, 2006)
An IED blast inside a tourist bus left three persons-a woman and two children-dead and eight others wounded at Batpora village in outskirts of Srinagar on Thursday evening, minutes after the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flew back to Delhi after . . .
- Social Activism Gone Awry (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 26, 2006)
Aamir Khan's attempt to project himself as a youth icon in the wake of Rang de Basanti has not gone down well with the people of Gujarat, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Health Services Paralysed Across The Nation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
The anti-reservation protests reached a crescendo on Thursday as striking doctors in private and public hospitals across the country paralysed health services.
- Cong., Bjp Back Decision On `Fanaa' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
Both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition Congress in Gujarat have supported the decision of multiplexes association and the cinema theatres association not to screen the latest Aamir Khan starrer `Fanaa' in the State.
- Crescent Waxes Over Oxford (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, May 26, 2006)
Three British Muslim youth were sentenced to life imprisonment earlier this week.
- The Fanaa Frolic (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 26, 2006)
Aamir Khan isn’t anti-Gujarati. Last heard, he supports the Narmada Bachao Andolan, is critical of the Narendra Modi government -- and yet, if filmi gossip is to be believed, is fond of dhokla and dandiya steps.
- Narcotics And Empire (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
The book tells the story of the origins of a dominant section of the Indian capitalist class and the rise of the city of Bombay.
- Doctors In Jamnagar Hospital Heed Kalam's Plea, Call Off Strike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
The resident doctors in the Guru Govind Singh Hospital in Jamnagar on Thursday called off their two-day-old strike in protest against the reservation policy in response to the appeal by President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, but their counterparts in . . .
- India, Pakistan Studying Survey Report On Sir Creek (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Thursday opened discussions on resolving their differences over Sir Creek, with officials considering a joint survey report.
- Dubious Record (Frontline, HIMANSHU UPADHYAYA, May 26, 2006)
The Sardar Sarovar project, plagued by problems from the start, continues to be mismanaged at the expense of the people.
- Gujarat: Breeding Ground (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 26, 2006)
Investigators shut down terror cells tasked with executing strikes in Gujarat, but the threat remains.
- Idyllic City, With Visions Of Progress (Telegraph, ARNAB BHATTACHARYA , May 26, 2006)
Architecture is a spatial treatment of time — a distribution of space which can accommodate heterogeneous time-patterns within the same structure or in the same site.
- India, Pak Begin Talks On Sir Creek With (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, May 26, 2006)
Surveyors-General of India and Pakistan today held result-oriented and purposeful talks on Sir Creek, the 96-km-long estuary in the marshes of the Rann of Kutch, separating Gujarat (India) from Sind (Pakistan), which has been the bone of contention . . .
- Bjp May Soften Stand On ‘Fanaa’ If Aamir Apologises (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
The BJP today said it was willing to put an end to the row over actor Aamir Khan’s movie “Fanaa” if the film star apologises for his stand on the Narmada dam project and the recent Vadodara demolition.
- ‘He Is Our Enemy, He Has No Standing Here’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 26, 2006)
Narmada is the lifeline of Gujarat and anybody who makes an attempt to oppose it or create a hurdle will be blacklisted in Gujarat.
- ‘Aamir Hasn’T Spoken Against Gujarat’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 26, 2006)
Every individual, whether an artist or otherwise, has the right to an opinion and nobody, least of all the government, should disrespect this.
- Intolerance In Modiland (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 26, 2006)
The message that is sought to be given is chilling and sinister: don’t oppose the Gujarat stand on the Narmada dam or else…! Aamir Khan begged to differ and is being made to pay for it by placing a ban on his latest release, “Fanaa”.
- Reservation Blues (Indian Express, COLIN NICKERSON, May 25, 2006)
In his column in the May 28 issue of Organiser, M.V. Kamath has argued strongly against Arjun Singh proposal for OBC quotas.
- Screening Intolerance (Indian Express, SOLI J. SORABJEE, May 25, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha has issued a diktat that the movie Fanaa or any other movie starring Aamir Khan should not be permitted exhibition in any theatre in the state of Gujarat coupled with serious threats in the event of . . .
- Not In Love (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 25, 2006)
When all stand-alone cinemas and multiplexes throughout a state reject good business it seems very impressive.
- Leaps Of Faith (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 25, 2006)
The government of India has reacted promptly and properly to the remarks Pope Benedict made about religious conversions and religious intolerance in India.
- Taxing Policy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2006)
Discourage states from competing on tax sops
- Good Response (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 24, 2006)
It is to be welcomed that the chief ministers of 11 states have been quick to respond to their Jammu and Kashmir counterpart's plea to take effective measures for preventing harassment of innocent citizens of the State in their respective territories.
- Noisy Scenes Over Rehabilitation Of Sardar Sarovar Dam Oustees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
Saifuddin Soz promises speedy relief for affected families
- Ways Of Censorship (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , May 24, 2006)
If the demands of all religionists are fully met, India would have to create an Inquisition headed by a Grand Inquisitor with powers to censor and ban any and everything. The censorship toll of the past three decades has been immense.
- Pdf Is Not For Muslims (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, May 24, 2006)
Envisaging a political party that will exclusively represent the Muslim community, some Islamic organisations in Uttar Pradesh launched the People's Democratic Front with Shahi Imam Ahmad Bukhari as the patron and prominent Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe . .
- Focus Back On The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 24, 2006)
The victory of the Left in West Bengal and Kerala, the endorsement given to the DMK election manifesto and the loss of a majority in Assam for the Congress should make the UPA government and the Congress leadership introspect and draw lessons.
- Agriculture Cannot Wait (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, May 24, 2006)
The Indian tragedy of extensive poverty and deprivation persisting under conditions of impressive progress in the industrial and services sectors will continue so long as we refuse to place faces before figures.
- The Appalling State Of Indian Muslims (Hindu, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, May 24, 2006)
Muslims in India are falling behind in every conceivable growth indicator
- Rebellion In Jharkhand (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 23, 2006)
The resignation of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi from the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Lok Sabha is bound to be viewed as a big setback both for the party and the Jharkhand government.
- No Funds For Development Works, Says Deputy Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
The Government also has no time to take them up: Yediyurappa
- The Wages Of Hate: Islamist Terror In India (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 23, 2006)
Two Lashkar cells targeting Gujarat are discovered, preventing major terror strikes. Their stories underline the disastrous fallout of the anti-Muslim pogrom of 2002.
- Papal Bull (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 22, 2006)
No purpose is served by criticising Pope Benedict XVI for pleading the cause of missionaries in India seeking to harvest the souls of 'heathens'.
- Costly Dals (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 22, 2006)
Rising pulse prices are hitting where they hurt — dal is an essential part of the diet of Indians across the country, whether in the rice or the wheat belts.
- India To Double Power From N-Plants (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2006)
The Government has already chalked out plans to double the electricity production from nuclear power plants by 2030 with the possibility of international cooperation, Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar said in Tarapur on Sunday.
- Karnataka Tops In Energy Efficiency Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2006)
Iron and steel, followed by cement, has emerged as the leading sector for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to get carbon credits, and Karnataka tops the list with 41 such projects in the country.
- Divine Right (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 22, 2006)
You belong to a family that for generations has voted for the Congress party in elections. However, one day, you decide that you wish to vote for the BJP because you feel that it is better equipped to deliver the goods as far as you are concerned.
- State Tops List In Energy Efficiency With 41 Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2006)
Clean Development Mechanism Authority clears 98 projects
- Thousands Protest As Caste Quota Row Simmers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
Thousands of students held street protests across the country on Saturday as they continued to oppose a government move to reserve more college seats for lower caste students.
- Politics Of Identity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 21, 2006)
Amartya Sen argues against reducing individuals to simple, and single, categories.
- Ensure Proper Rehab Of Riot Victims (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
Expressing dissatisfaction at the rehabilitation of the 2002 Gujarat riot victims, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has asked the state government to complete the relief work within three months.
- Where Do Arjun, Sonia’S Grandkids Study? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 21, 2006)
First, let us drop the pretense that Mr Arjun 27 per cent was acting on his own when he announced his new quotas.
- Heat Waves Turn Giant Killers (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, May 20, 2006)
Heat wave deaths are the result of natural forces but that does not prevent government agencies from taking preventive steps.
- How Cops Cracked The Rs 10-Cr Heist In 2 Days (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Undeterred by the legislation putting a one-year moratorium on demolition of unauthorised constructions and sealing of commercial premises in residential areas of the Capital, the Delhi High Court on Thursday set up a two-member Monitoring . . .
- New Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 19, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s troubles show no signs of abating. After Mr Madan Lal Khurana and Ms Uma Bharati, it is now Mr Babulal Marandi who has cried foul over the state of the party before leaving it.
- Not Out Of The Box (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 19, 2006)
The Buddhist-Marxist confrontation may well turn ugly
- Nri Gujaratis To Pitch For Narendra Modi's Us Visa (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
US-based Association of Indian American of North America (AIANA) will pressurize American President George W Bush to grant US visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi enabling him to attend a Gujarati conference in New Jersey.
- 3 Dead, 38 Hurt As Bus Rolls Into Gorge (Tribune, Kuldeep Chauhan, May 18, 2006)
In a major accident, three persons were killed and 38 injured, three of them seriously, when the private bus in which they were travelling failed to negotiate a turn near the Jarol Telephone Exchange, near Sundernagar on the Chandigarh-Manali . . .
- ``Do Not Open The Door To Naxals'' (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, May 18, 2006)
Gandhian takes up cause of landless labour
Corporate houses to pay a nominal rent of Rs. 60 an acre per annum
Government failed to publicise original GR among farmers, says Vaidya
- Rethinking Our Cities (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 18, 2006)
The recent violence in Vadodara raises a number of issues that need to be addressed dispassionately.
- Doctors Block Roads In India Caste Quota Protests (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Doctors and medical students blocked roads and skipped work across large parts of India on Wednesday as protests spread against a controversial government move to reserve more college seats for lower castes.
- New Marketing Head Of Refex Refrigerants (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Amit Shah has joined as Marketing Head of Refex Refrigerants, North and West operations, in India. Prior to this, Mr. Shah was the Branch Manager of Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.
- Anti-Reservation Stir Intensifies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
Pro-quota groups also take to the streets, court arrest
Delhi Government issued notices to junior doctors
MBBS students in Madhya Pradesh tonsured their heads
Those in Orissa pulled rickshaws to protest
- Red-Letter Days (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 17, 2006)
The latest ‘People’s Democracy’ has all the sound and fury of a successful election campaign — mostly jubilation, some warning and a bit of gloating.
- Medicos Take To The Streets Across Nation (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
The anti-quota rage entered its second week on Monday with a new wave of protests as doctors across the nation either swapped their scalpels for banners and took to the streets or wore black badges to denounce the government's move to hike OBC quotas . .
- Segmentation Isn’T Dead Yet (Deccan Herald, MANJULA SHELKE, May 16, 2006)
Is it sensible to view customers as parts of different geographical segments?
- Indian Doctors Protest As Anger Over Quotas Spreads (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Services in scores of hospitals across India were disrupted on Monday as thousands of doctors and medical students launched fresh protests against a government move to reserve more places in colleges for the disadvantaged.
- Righteousness, Religion, And Right-Wing Politics (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 15, 2006)
The protests seen in Srinagar after the uncovering of a prostitution ring illustrate complex cultural anxieties — not just anger over a single crime.
- What’S Ethanol-Blended Petrol & More... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 15, 2006)
Almost a century ago, the founder of Ford Motors, Henry Ford, had hoped to run the Ford Model T on ethanol. Indeed, he is even reported to have said that ethanol would be the “fuel of the future”.
- State Of The Elections: National, Regional Coverage Is Polls Apart (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, May 14, 2006)
The voters didn’t oblige this time, did they? Starting with the 2002 Gujarat elections, verdicts had been largely television-friendly.
- The Wronglish Tree (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 14, 2006)
Last year, in an article on writing in India, William Dalrymple compared our regional literatures to the elephant being touched by blind savants, their sightless groping yielding no proper description or definition.
- Ludicrous Delay (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 14, 2006)
The Narmada river, 92 per cent of whose water is contributed by the State of Madhya Pradesh, has a potential of being the world's largest river valley development with 29 major, 450 medium and 3,000 minor dams.
- Quota Stir Spreads Hospitals Halt In Gujarat, Orissa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
The protest by medical students against Union Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh's move to impose caste-based quota on institutions of higher learning gathered storm on Saturday with Delhi doctors and medical students deciding to go . . .
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