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- Best Bakery Retrial Verdict Deferred Till Feb 24............. (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
A special sessions court here today deferred the verdict in the Best Bakery retrial case till February 24. Judge A M Tipsay, who was to deliver the verdict today, deferred it as soon as the court assembled without giving any reason.
- 8 More Bird Flu Suspects Surface (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
In fresh suspected cases of bird flu, eight persons were admitted to a hospital.
- Uncertain Future Looms Large Over Navapur (Hindu, Meena Menon, Feb 22, 2006)
The only industry in the taluk has suffered a major setback
If defiant poultry farmers wanted to have a chicken party on Monday night, it was not without reason. They say their birds are in good health and fit for consumption.
- Culling Of Birds Continues In Two States (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 22, 2006)
Railways ban chicken dishes and eggs, notwithstanding Centre's advisory that serving these items is safe
More than 2.5 lakh birds killed
25 tonnes of feed destroyed
Payment of compensation begins
- Cotton's Problem Of Plenty (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2006)
From acute shortage to large surplus in just three seasons, the country's cotton scene has witnessed a transformation any agrarian economy can be proud of. Thanks to huge increases in output since 2003,
- India Admits Decline In Kashmir Violence, Infiltration (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 22, 2006)
India on Tuesday admitted the incidents of violence and infiltration have gone down in Jammu and Kashmri considerably. India’s junior minister for home affairs S Ragupathy told Lok Sabha here during question hour that against the press reports . . .
- Government Bans Retail Sale Of Tamiflu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The Centre has banned the sale of Tamiflu (only drug effective in treating bird flu in human beings) in retail outlets three days after avian influenza struck Navapur in Maharashtra. So far no human case has been reported in the country.
- Bird Flu (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 21, 2006)
The govt must contain the spread of the disease quickly
The govt must contain the spread of the disease quicklyNearly 50,000 birds are estimated to have died in Maharastra of the dreaded H5N1 virus, or bird flu.
- Culling Of Birds To End Today (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 21, 2006)
Retail sale of Tamiflu to be banned
Ministry to buy Tamiflu from pharma companies, supply to hospitals
Disposal, clean-up, disinfecting operations in progress
- Pawar: Avian Flu Confined To Navapur Taluk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
strategic action has been initiated
Migratory birds could have caused infection
Medicines rushed
Industry will be protected
- Slow Pace Of Culling Chickens, No Fresh Human Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Inadequate infrastructure and refusal by contract workers to work in stink today slowed the pace of culling of chickens in this bird flu hit area of Maharashtra even as health officials carried out door-to-door check looking for people . . .
- Fowl Threat (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 21, 2006)
Could the large-scale killing of chickens in bird flu affected areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat claim the lives of those very workers engaged in the ghastly task?
- Indian City On High Alert After Blast Injures 25 (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
India’s western Ahmedabad city was placed on high alert on Sunday after 25 people were injured, three of them seriously, in a bomb blast at the main railway station, police said.
- Govt Says No Case Of Human Bird Flu (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Feb 20, 2006)
The government said on Sunday it had found no case of human avian influenza after preliminary tests on a dead farmer earlier suspected to have been the country's first human victim of the disease.
- No Human Affected By Bird Flu: Centre (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 20, 2006)
Culling operations begin in Maharashtra, Gujarat
Outbreak localised; situation under control
Rapid response teams pressed into service
Dead birds being buried immediately
Vaccines rushed to Maharashtra, Gujarat
- Chickens Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
It is now time for India to be menaced by chickens. With more than 30,000 poultry dying of the avian influenza in northern Maharashtra, it has become crucial to work out the right combination of prompt action, keeping the public properly informed and ....
- On These Same Tracks, In 1971 (Indian Express, M.L. KHANNA, Feb 20, 2006)
As a train once again speeds between Munabao and Khokrapar, M.L. KHANNA remembers a vastly different episode from that war
- Vasant Again (Times of India, SAPNA SHARMA, Feb 20, 2006)
Until six years ago, Vasant meant only happiness to me. I felt one with birds building nests and the trees in bloom. The romance in the air was palpable, for I got married in this season.
- Nationwide Alert On Bird Flu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Vaccines rushed to affected areas
In a multi-pronged drive to contain the spread of the deadly “N5H1” virus of bird flu detected in the tribal Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, the Centre has sounded a countrywide alert to keep a close watch on poultry
- Indian Style Of Cooking Kills Bird Flu Virus (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Feb 20, 2006)
It can't survive Indian summer
Virus sensitive to common disinfectants
Need to dispose of culled birds
Report sighting dead birds to authorities
- Flu Soldiers Cull & Scan (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Feb 20, 2006)
At ground zero of India’s first outbreak of avian flu, rapid response teams today began a farm-to-farm mass slaughter of chickens and a house-to-house surveillance of people.
- Bird Flu Claims One Life (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Gujarat is on high alert with cases of bird flu reported in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, bordering the southern part of the state.
- Bird Flu Spreads, India Tests Dozens Of People (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
India said it was testing dozens of people for bird flu on Sunday.
- Safety Guides (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 20, 2006)
The decision on whether to allow asbestos-laden Clemenceau to be broken down in Alang, Gujarat, is no longer ours to take.
- With Foes Like This (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 20, 2006)
With foes like this
If Joshi can shake hands with Bardhan, why can’t we have politics minus primordial hate?
- Thar Express Brings India, Pakistan Closer (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Feb 19, 2006)
Forty-one years after the disruption of the rail link between India and Pakistan on the western border, the much-awaited Thar Express from Pakistan steamed across the desert sands to arrive here on Saturday to a tumultuous welcome by people of India.
- Nanavati Panel Seeks Information (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Gujarat asked to file reply by March 1
Wants papers and documents, including press statements on Godhra tragedy
Panel yet to issue order on Centre's refusal to furnish a copy of Narayanan's letter
- Bird Flu Ruled Out In Death Of Indian Man (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Indian health officials said Sunday laboratory tests had shown that a man earlier suspected to have died of bird flu was in fact killed by bacterial infection.
- Bird Flu Strikes India, Eight Hospitalised (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Avian influenza has struck India. After the Maharashtra government on Saturday confirmed that the recent deaths of chickens in Nandurbar and Dhule districts of North Maharashtra were caused by bird flu, eight people were reportedly admitted . . .
- Bird Flu Alert Sounded In J&k, 10 Days Ban (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
In the first outbreak of bird flu in India, eight people were today admitted to a hospital with suspected deadly Avian virus after 50,000 birds had died in Nandurbar and Dhule district of Maharashtra.
- Bird Flu Has Landed (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Feb 19, 2006)
8 samples from maharashtra farm test positive • 8 lakh birds to be culled today • no human cases, samples of 3 kids, one woman being tested • no national alert yet
- Brush With Bird Flu (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Feb 19, 2006)
The deadly avian influenza H5N1 virus has surfaced in India among poultry in a corner of northern Maharashtra, where it has killed over 30,000 chickens in the past 10 days, officials announced today.
- Bird Flu Hits India (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Feb 19, 2006)
Specialists rushed to Maharashtra
H5N2 vaccine for birds and `tamiflu' tablets for humans kept ready
No case of human infection so far
- ‘I’D Have Been A Communist’ (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 18, 2006)
“I WOULD have been in the Communist Party if there had been no partition,” says Atal Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, who led the BJP coalition for six years at the centre.
- Bilateral Barometer (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 18, 2006)
Seafarers have always kept an eye on the “glass” to check if the weather was closing in. In recent years the fate of fisherfolk seeking a livelihood off the Gujarat coastline has become an accurate index of the health of Indo-Pak relations.
- Kitne Musalman Hain? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 18, 2006)
Let me ask you a question I like to put often to the top brass of our armed forces, as well as the police, paramilitary and intelligence organisations: when was the last time you heard a column of the army, called out to restore order in a communal riot,
- Driving Force (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Politics and political correctness are killing the highway project. PM needs to step in
- India, Pak Lodge Protests On Air, Sea Violations (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Trading Charges New Delhi says Pakistan killed Indian fisherman, Pak claims airspace intrusion
- Indian Workers Plan Protests Over French Warship (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Indian workers plan days of protests and hunger strikes over France’s recall of the asbestos-lined warship Clemenceau amid claims the decision will devastate the country’s shipbreaking industry.
- Pakistan Protests Airspace Violation By India (News International, Mariana Baabar, Feb 17, 2006)
An uncalled-for provocation by India has prompted the government of Pakistan to lodge a protest with New Delhi through the Indian High Commission in Islamabad for violation of its airspace and Exclusive Economic Zone by an Indian maritime aircraft and ...
- Jp’S Forgotten Secretary (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 17, 2006)
Remember Sachchidanand Babu, secretary to Jaya Prakash Narayan. He was called Babu as long as JP lived and his glory lingered. Then Sachchidanand was no more “Babu”; people effaced him even from their memory.
- 'Toxic' Ship's Recall May Sink Alang (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
French president Jacques Chirac's decision to recall the asbestos-lined warship Le Clemenceau has led to despair in India's largest ship-breaking yard Alang, which had pinned its hopes on the French warship to revive its flagging fortune.
- Police Dogged By Political Interference (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Feb 17, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's position on police functioning in Karnataka is refreshing
- Clemenceau U-Turn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2006)
Import of pollution must stop
Environmentalists, particularly anti-asbestos groups, are fully justified in congratulating themselves vociferously for forcing the French Government to stop asbestos-lined decommissioned warship . . .
- India Lodges Protest (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner Munawwar Bhatti was called in to the Ministry of External Affairs today and conveyed India’s strong protest over the killing of an Indian fisherman by Pakistani forces in the Indian waters off the Gujarat . . .
- Reliance To Invest $6 Billion In Refinery (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) has announced to invest $6 billion in an export- oriented refinery project at Jamnagar (Gujarat) for which the company has raised $1.5 billion from the market.
- Chirac Orders Clemenceau Back Home (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 16, 2006)
France's highest court calls upon the Government to recall the asbestos-laden ship
- Till The State Recognises Us (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Feb 16, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s directive to make the registration of all marriages compulsory will be nothing short of an extraordinary revolution, at least in the history of Indian state formation.
- Reliance Petro Raises $1.5 Bn Loan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL), a subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance Industries, has concluded a landmark $1.5 billion (over Rs 6,600 crore) borrowing deal to part-finance its $6 billion export oriented refinery project at Jamnagar, Gujarat
- Before India Voyage, Chirac Orders Asbestos Ship Home (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac today ordered a decommissioned aircraft carrier laden with toxic materials to return to France after the country’s top administrative court suspended its transfer to India for disposal.
- India Extends Visa Offer To 250 Pakistani Journalists (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 16, 2006)
Train service being revived after a gap of 41 years
Journalists to be given visas at zero point
- Criteria For Oic Membership (Dawn, Athar Osama, Feb 16, 2006)
SAUDI King Abdullah’s reported remarks pertaining to observer status for India at the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) appear to have stunned Pakistan’s foreign policy establishment.
- Tighten The Knot (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 16, 2006)
Once again the Supreme Court seems to have done the job that Parliament and the executive has long dithered over.
- Chirac Red-Flags Scrap Warship (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac today ordered a French warship bound for a scrapyard in Gujarat to return to French territorial waters pending a final decision on how to dispose of the asbestos-laden vessel.
- Reliance Petro In Loan Rush (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Petroleum today raised a $1.5-billion term loan — the largest in Indian corporate history — to fund a 27-million-tonne refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat that will cost $6 billion.
- Tying The Knot (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2006)
A blow for wife’s rights
Tuesday's Supreme Court order making registration of marriages compulsory will help regulate the institution of marriage.
- Chirac Orders "Toxic" Warship Back To France (Reuters, Helene Fontanaud, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday ordered home an asbestos-laden warship after Indian authorities blocked its journey to an Indian scrapyard, days before a visit to New Delhi overshadowed by the legal wrangle.
- French Court Calls Back Clemenceau (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Just ahead of his visit to India, French president Jacques Chirac ordered the controversial asbestos-containing ship Le Clemenceau back to home waters after France’s highest court blocked the vessel’s transfer to the ship-breaking yard at Alang in Gujarat
- Why The Hue And Cry, Asks Shahi Imam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Why hue and cry against survey?
- "India Must Speak Up On Human Rights And Rule Of Law" (Hindu, Irene Khan, Feb 15, 2006)
The Secretary General of Amnesty International criticises the Bush administration's "war on terror" and urges New Delhi to be a fearless, principled international player.
- Muslim Survey Necessary, Says Imam Bukhari (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Coming out in support of a Government Committee seeking information regarding Muslims in armed forces, Imam of Delhi’s historic Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari said ....
- Invest In Gas Exploration (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Feb 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his latest expansion and reshuffle of the Union ministry striped Mani Shanker Aiyar of Petroleum and Natural Gas portfolio and gave it to Murli Deora; one of the Maharashtra’s heavy weights.
- France Looks Into Asbestos On Ship Sent To Scrap (Reuters, Emmanuel Jarry, Feb 15, 2006)
Paris ordered a probe on Tuesday into the removal of asbestos from a French warship bound for an Indian scrapyard, a new twist in a saga that has embarrassed France ahead of a visit to India by President Jacques Chirac.
- Brave Indians, Also Muslim (Indian Express, Anil Bhat, Feb 14, 2006)
The story of Indian Muslims in India’s armed forces is far too nuanced to be understood by the bureaucratic inquisitiveness of the Rajinder Sachar committee.
- Supreme Court Orders New Panel For "Toxic" Ship (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a new panel be set up to investigate whether a "toxic" French warship should be let into India to be broken for scrap, after a committee failed to make a firm recommendation.
- Forcing A Change (Telegraph, Tarunabh Khaitan, Feb 14, 2006)
The suggestions of the new committee on police reform will remain a dead letter unless the states implement them, writes Tarunabh Khaitan
- Indian Sc Seeks Information On French Ship (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
India’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered that a new panel of experts determine the exact contents of an asbestos-laden French warship before ruling whether it can be broken up in India.
- Hindus Gather In Gujarat To "Reconvert" Tribals (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
Tens of thousands of Hindu activists gathered in a tribal district of Gujarat on Sunday for a religious fair, sparking fear among Christians of communal violence and forcible conversions to Hinduism.
- Sc Verdict On French Toxic Ship Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court verdict on the controversial toxic ship is likely to be announced on Monday.
- Reservations For Minorities Will Not Help:tarlochan Singh (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Feb 12, 2006)
Mr Tarlochan Singh bowed out as the Chairman of the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) last Wednesday, after a three year term. He has served as its Vice-Chairman as well, and was the first Sikh and non-Muslim to have headed the NCM.
- A Gift From The Fundoos (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Feb 12, 2006)
It’s not as if we have forgotten what the Hindu fundoos are capable of. But since the electoral defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre, many of us have been tempted to take a break from foregrounding resistance . . .
- Reliance-Adag Signs Mou With Wb Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group today signed an MoU with the West Bengal government for setting up an IT institute in West Bengal in the memory of Reliance group founder Dhirubhai Ambani.
- French Envoy Issues Veiled Warning To India (News International, Mariana Baabar, Feb 12, 2006)
Is the civil society which has done a magnificent job by uniting for a common stand against the sacrilegious cartoons published in Europe equally alive to the potential dangers this time coming from the French government?
- Is There A No. 2? (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Feb 11, 2006)
The Union Cabinet reshuffle has sparked off speculation regarding two of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s closest aides — her political secretary Ahmed Patel and general secretary, but now also a minister, Ambika Soni.
- Anil Ambani Group Inks Deal With Wb Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
To set up advanced IT training institute with an investment of Rs.100 cr.
- Reliance-Adag Signs Mou With Wb Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group today signed an MoU with the West Bengal government for setting up an IT institute in West Bengal in the memory of Reliance group founder Dhirubhai Ambani.
- Bombay Dreams? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 11, 2006)
It’s the ultimate ignominy. Maharashtra, once a role model for other states, has been described as a “failed state,” a term normally reserved for the likes of Bihar.
- The Battle Over A Warship Continues (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 11, 2006)
Opposition is growing in France to the Government's efforts to get theClemenceaudismantled in India.
- Buddha Calls Bush Names, Us Protests (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Feb 10, 2006)
With US President George W Bush expected here next month, a new row is building between the Left and the US envoy. Ambassador David Mulford has written a protest letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, . . .
- Lifting The Lid (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 10, 2006)
If we have been amazed by anyone’s ability to sleep soundly at night after the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, it has been Narendra Modi’s.
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