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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Quit Iraq: Us Protesters (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
At the rallies, leaders spoke against military intervention in Iran besides chiding the Bush administration on its international policies which, they contended, were raising tensions across the globe.
- 10 Rebels Slain In Sri Lanka (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Oct 29, 2007)
The Sri Lankan Government on Sunday claimed that at least ten Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in two separate clashes with the troops manning the forward defences in Wanni and Jaffna.
- For That French Feel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The French Tourist Office in India is celebrating “French Connection 2007” in full swing these days. As part of the celebrations, it is working towards publicising Rhone Alps as an ideal vacation spot for the Indian globetrotters.
- Mirroring A Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- Maoists Meet Their Match In Cops (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Oct 27, 2007)
In a way, Maoists have succeeded in their design: the “enemy” is drawing into Naxalite territory.
- You're Not Special (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 27, 2007)
Three cheers to the Delhi high court. By observing that our politicians are not "national assets" and cause great inconvenience to the public every time they step out of their houses — led by pilot cars and tagged by a bunch of gun-toting. . .
- Pollution Threatens Beijing Olympics (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Children and the elderly in Beijing were advised to stay indoors as thick smog choked the city on Friday, a day after the top Olympic official warned pollution could disrupt next year's Games.
- Queen And Us (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
This week a member of the Order of the Elephant came to visit the land of the elephants. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who belongs to this distinguished Order, is in India.
- Reforming? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2007)
The claim, at first, was that restrictions on participatory notes (PNs) were motivated by a desire to reduce capital flows. But the government quickly recanted and sang another tune.
- 1984: The Dow Story (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2007)
The Union Carbide Bhopal gas leak of December 3, 1984, was the largest industrial disaster in terms of its human costs. Between 40,000 and 50,000 people died due to the tragedy, and another 40,000 to 600,000 reportedly suffered adverse health . . . .
- Human Race Will Split Into Two By 3000 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The report suggests that the future of man would be a story of the good, the bad and the ugly...
- Need For Self-Effort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
There is a saying that if a person attains Self-realisation generations of his lineage before and after him become blessed. It is logical to doubt how this can be possible as ignorance, which is the cause of bondage, afflicts every individual. . .
- Cancel Admissions To Indore Medical College: Panel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Madhya Pradesh Admission and Fee Regulatory Commission for Professional Institutes on Friday recommended cancellation of admission of 150 MBBS students to a private college at Indore for flouting norms.
- Washington’S Cuba Detour (Dawn, Tariq Ali, Oct 27, 2007)
BOGGED down in Iraq and Afghanistan, obsessed with Iran’s rise as a regional power (a direct result of the wars in the aforementioned countries) the US State Department has woken up to the fact that South America is in turmoil.
- The Swat Carnage (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
THE anachronistic idea which Fata represents — that the tribal area is beyond the jurisdiction of Pakistani laws — is expanding instead of shrinking.
- Transplanting Life (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
THE newly promulgated Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance 2007 is being hailed by doctors and the civil society as a promising step to give hope of life to end-stage kidney-failure patients.
- Cda’S Failure To Manage Its Sewers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
NOT much functions in Pakistan’s capital, not even its sewers. Years of neglected maintenance and upgrading means that human excreta fails to reach the treatment plant.
- Amarmani’S Jail Shift Leads To Clash (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The shifting of former UP minister and MLA Mr Amarmani Tripathi and other convicts in the Madhumita Shukla murder case from Dehradun Jail today led to a bloody clash between jail staff and media persons.
- Environment The Third Teacher (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 27, 2007)
During World War II, a future Nobel laureate as a starving, homeless four-year-old is forced to survive on the streets of Italy. The kid, Mario Capecchi, and his band of urchins eventually land up in a hospital, where the . . . . .
- Terrorists On The Prowl In Mumbai? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Mumbai should rise in gratitude to a cabbie who alerted Mumbai police about four suspected terrorists ~ three men and a burqa-clad woman ~ who used his taxi to scan the city under suspicious circumstances on 22 and 23 October as part. . .
- Taxi Driver Raises Mumbai Terror Alert (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Mumbai police today sounded a red alert and released sketches (in pictures) of three suspects, who could be suicide bombers or part of a larger terror cell planning a strike in the city, after a taxi driver raised the alarm.
- Humans Put Humanity In Grave Danger (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Oct 27, 2007)
Humans are devouring the Earth’s natural resources in a manner that threatens humanity’s very survival, a UN report said today, predicting land and water shortages, deaths from pollution and disease, and extinction of species.
- In Bpos, The Stress Is Over Accent (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A new study has found that a large number of youngsters working in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) units are in favour of joining UNITES, a non-political trade union for BPO employees. And the reasons are not hard to find.
- Man Dies Of Suspected Starvation In Gk-Ii (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
In yet another incident of death due to lack of care and concern for the old and sick in the Capital, a 44-year-old man died of malnutrition in the Greater Kailash area of South Delhi.
- Sino-India Border: Beijing Favours Mutual Concessions, Adjustments (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
China on Thursday for the first time publicly said “mutual concessions and adjustments” were a must to reach an early deal on the vexed boundary issue with India for which the two governments have set up a Working Group to prepare a framework agreement.
- 22 Killed In Suicide Attack In Pakistan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
At least 22 people were killed and 34 injured when a suicide bomber blew up a truck carrying security personnel and ammunition in the Swat region of Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province on Thursday.
- Bird Flu Hits Vietnam Village Near Chinese Border (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Bird flu has killed poultry in a Vietnamese village on the Chinese border, the third outbreak of the highly infectious virus in the country this month, Hanoi's Aninal Health Department said.
- Family Against Woman (Indian Express, Indira Jaising, Oct 26, 2007)
October 26 marks the first anniversary of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. The law was conceived as a civil law as distinct from the existing criminal law: Section 498A IPC. It was often said that criminal law had no space for . . . .
- ‘Nuclear Medicine Plays Vital Role In Early Diagnosis, Deciding Treatment’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Nuclear medicine plays a significant role in the early diagnosis of diseases. It is wrong to associate nuclear medicine with only cancer, as it helps in diagnosing problems in the heart, brain, kidney, thyroid gland and also gastro-intestinal bleeds.
- Civic Body Gets Rs.1 Crore For Maternity Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Corporation has been allotted Rs. one crore for distribution as cash assistance to beneficiaries under the Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Assistance Scheme.
- Comed-K May Go By Last Year’S Formula (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Without a Government in place to negotiate, the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K) is likely to go by last year’s consensus formula for fee structure and sharing of the postgraduate medical and . . . .
- California Fires: Bush Visits (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Crews found two burned bodies in a gutted house, authorities said on Thursday, and flames drew perilously close to thousands of homes in Southern California's firestorm hours before a visit by President George W Bush.
- Us Senator For Probe On Blackwater (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
US Senator John Kerry vowed on Thursday to press for further investigation of the tax practices of Blackwater USA, the private security firm already under scrutiny over killings of Iraqi civilians.
- Bird Flu: India To Host Summit In Dec (Hindu, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 26, 2007)
India wants to ensure that there is better benefit-sharing framework in the development of a vaccine for the threat posed by Avian influenza, say senior government officials.
- Senior Mdmk Leader Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Senior MDMK leader Nanjil Sampath was arrested early this morning at Batlakundu near Dindigu for allegedly making 'defamatory remarks' against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and minister for Revenue and Prisons, I Periyasamy.
- Lic Launches Group Insurance Product (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Life Insurance Corporation of India, (LIC) on Thursday, launched a new group insurance product, ‘Group critical illness rider,’ targeted primarily at employer-employee groups who have taken group insurance products earlier or are planning. . .
- Plan To Push Computer Use (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The U.S. public and private sectors have joined to promote the use of computer technology in development around the world, especially in economic growth, governance, education and youth employment.
- “Time To Strengthen Indo-Finnish Trade Ties” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
It is time to strengthen Indo-Finnish business partnership as it offers a favourable economic and political alignment, a dynamic momentum in bilateral trade and investment, better air connectivity and positive investor relations . . . .
- Eu's Blue Card To Lure Talents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The European Union is planning a 'blue card' to lure highly skilled migrants by offering financial and housing benefits, and cutting red tape.
- 30 Killed In Pak Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A blast tore through a security forces vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more.
- Deranged System (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2007)
THE Supreme Court’s directive on the immediate release of all mentally ill undertrials languishing for years in various mental asylums is most welcome.
- Breach Of Trust (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2007)
CENTRAL Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah has rightly taken cognisance of the alleged misuse of funds meant for the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund by the Coal India Limited (CIL).
- Pakistan Blasts Remain A Whodunit (Hindustan Times, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Oct 26, 2007)
As investigations into the horrific bomb blasts that greeted the homecoming of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto still make little headway, many uncomfortable questions are being asked.
- Army Parades Dead Tigers Naked (Asian Age, R. Bhagwan Singh, Oct 26, 2007)
The LTTE has petitioned to the United Nations, by emails, accusing the Sri Lankan military of abusing the conventions relating to the treatment of the war-dead by parading the naked bodies of the 21 Black Tiger cadres killed during the . . . .
- Newborn’S Death Sparks Protest In Kishtwar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Two days after a hospital in Bhaderwah was ransacked by an irate mob, residents of Kishtwar today staged a dharna to protest against the death of a newborn child allegedly due to negligence of doctors.
- Suicide Strike On Pak Army (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A suspected suicide bomber killed 21 Pakistanis in an attack on an army convoy on Thursday in the northwest, where a Taliban-style movement has taken root.
- Children Of The Apocalypse (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2007)
In Paradise Lost, Book IV, when Satan views the created universe for the first time, he finds among the living creatures “Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall,/ God-like erect…”
- Pm To Review Welfare Schemes, Reform Process (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting tomorrow with Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and top officials to finalise measures to give a push to the flagship programmes of his 41-month-old government.
- 16 Pakistan Soldiers Killed In Ambush (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 26, 2007)
At least 16 paramilitaries were killed on Thursday when an explosion ripped their truck in Mingora in the Swat district of the North West Frontier Province, a day after the Pakistan army deployed 2,500 additional troops in the area for . . . .
- Pm To Discuss Upa's Flagship Schemes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
With the political crisis paralysing the functioning of the Government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will preside over a high level meeting of the officials to finalise a strategy for expediting implementation of the UPA's flagship schemes within. . .
- The Future Of Indian Forests (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
Communities with real power and even greater responsibility are the only hope.
- Q&a: 'N-Deal Will Widen The Base Of Indo-Us Relations' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Phillips Talbot worked as India correspondent for Chicago Daily News before partition and in the early years after freedom. His recent book, An American Witness to India's Partition, is primarily a collection of his reports.
- Indexing Inhumanity, Indian Style (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 26, 2007)
It took minutes for the top guns to swing into action when the Sensex fell by several hundred points. But no Minister came forward to calm the nation when India hit the 94th rank in the Global Hunger Index.
- 22 Dead In Pak Suicide Attack On Military Vehicle (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
At least 22 people were killed and 34 injured when a suicide bomber blew up a truck carrying security personnel and ammunition in the Swat region of Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province on Thursday.
- ‘Given The Nature Of Competitive Politics And Fractured Mandates... Difficult For Us To Do What Is Manifestly Obvious’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2007)
Never before has the Indian economy sustained close to 9 per cent growth year after year for so long. Most projections suggest that we should be able to sustain this rate into the medium term.
- Ncp To Support Congress No-Confidence Motion Against Bjp Govt (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Accusing ruling BJP government in Madhya Pradesh of failing on all fronts and marred with rampant corruption at higher level, NCP on Wednesday declared that it will support Congress' no confidence motion against chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
- 'Britain Most Sick Nation In Europe' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Britain is the sickliest nation in Europe. This inference can be drawn from a recent report which revealed that the country has been blighted by record levels of obesity, alcohol abuse and smoking-related deaths.
- Kashmir’S ‘Half Widows’ Stuck In Limbo (Dawn, Sheikh Mushtaq, Oct 25, 2007)
As the muezzin called for prayers from the Kashmir mosque, Begum Rafiqa prayed in a dingy room of her old brick house for someone she has not seen for almost a decade — her missing husband.
- At Fever Pitch (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
AEDES aegypto, a black and white mosquito, has Karachi hostage. The vector-borne virus of dengue has resurfaced to claim over 30 lives in the city and is well on its way to becoming an epidemic again.
- Pathologist Maintains Bob Woolmer Ingested Poison (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The pathologist who conducted the autopsy of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer on Thursday told the inquest into Woolmer's death that Woolmer died as the result of poisoning and strangulation.
- Throw Them Out (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A lower court has once again jumped the gun. On Tuesday, a first class judicial magistrate in Bhopal issued a non-bailable warrant against actor Aamir Khan for failing to appear before the court in a case of 'disrespect' to the flag.
- Merkel’S Visit May Close Gaps (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 25, 2007)
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, is seeking to change the way it has so far looked at India, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit beginning next week, say top officials from both countries.
- Back To The Old Style Of Governance? Statecraft (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 25, 2007)
More than the future of the India-U.S. nuclear deal or the survival of the Manmohan Singh government, the issue is whether our polity will be able to produce a ruling arrangement for purposeful governance.
- Amazon Sold Online — To Protect It (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2007)
How do you save the Amazon rainforest? Easy. All you need is a bit of cash and a computer.
- Supreme Court To The Rescue Of Mentally Ill Prisoners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Those in hospital beyond maximum period of sentence should be freed
377 prisoners languishing in mental hospitals: reports
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Dev Anand is something of a Bollywood institution. For generations of filmgoers he has remained Hindi cinema’s most charismatic personality.
- Official Heading Karachi Blast Probe Quits (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 25, 2007)
A police official heading the investigations into the October 19 attack on Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming procession in Karachi has stepped down from the probe days after the former Prime Minister said she had no trust in him.
- Tamil Nadu Removed From List Of Hiv High Prevalence States (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Oct 25, 2007)
NFHS has put the prevalence rate in Tamil Nadu at 0.375 per cent
Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births has dropped from 68 during the first NFHS to 31
90 per cent of all deliveries in the State are conducted in institutions
- Pay Panel May Consider 5-Fold Hike For Military (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Sixth Pay Commission, expected to submit its report in April next year, is seriously considering a forceful representation made by the three defence services earlier for a five-fold increase in salaries to attract young persons . . . .
- Engineers, Contractors To Get Incentive (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Governor Lieut-Gen S.K. Sinha (retd) has lauded the state government for instituting awards for honest and meritorious public service even as Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday evening announced introduction of 10 awards for engineers and contractors for . . . .
- Un Rights Official To Seek 'Free Access' In Myanmar (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A top UN human rights official vowed on Wednesday to seek ‘free access’ during his visit to Myanmar next month, as well as a full accounting of how many people died in recent anti-government protests.
- We're Off To A Good Start (Times of India, Manmohan Singh , Oct 25, 2007)
India is a nation on the move. I am confident that our time has come.
- Sc Orders Release Of Mentally Challenged Undertrials (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Taking note of a large number of mentally retarded undertrials languishing in jails or referred to mental asylums across the country, the Supreme Court today ordered the closure of cases against all those who had remained in judicial custody . . . . .
- Ministers Reach Fire-Hit Village (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Rescue and rehabilitation operations have been launched on a war footing at the fire-ravaged village of Margi in Kishtwar district.
- A Trillion Dollar War (Tribune, Leonard Doyle, Oct 25, 2007)
US President George Bush will have spent more than $1 trillion on military adventures by the times he leaves office at the end of next year, more than the entire amount spent on the Korean and Vietnam wars combined.
- Big Blaze Empties California Homes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Dying winds gave California firefighters their first big break today after four days battling wildfires, but San Diego faced more calamity as blazes there burned out of control and kept more than half-a-million evacuees from returning home.
- Australia Sanctions On Junta Family (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Australia slapped financial sanctions on Myanmar’s generals and their families today as supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 12 years in captivity with protests in 12 cities across the world.
- Sudden Bonhomie (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Oct 25, 2007)
The Indian establishment is virtually bending over backwards in expressing dismay at the recent attack on Benazir Bhutto, officially a nobody in Pakistan at the moment.
- Incentives Won't Do (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 25, 2007)
The Supreme Court's latest observations on the Union Government's schemes to provide maternity benefits to below poverty line mothers are sound common sense.
- Karnataka’S Thriving Tibetan Settlement (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
With heavy maroon robes flapping in the wind, auto-rickshaws speeding down an empty road, seated inside are three bald novices, Buddhist monks on their way to Kushalnagar to watch a film.
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