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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Karva Chauth Capitalism (Times of India, Mohan Rao, Oct 26, 2006)
There has been a steady decline in India's overall sex ratio (SR) over the 20th century.
- What’S In A Name? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2006)
We are not born with any name; our name is an after-birth phenomenon and once it is attached to us it sticks. The name is like a fabric — soft and silky. It is also a mirror of personality. Man is mortal but name is not.
- Monitoring Monsoon (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 25, 2006)
The skewed pattern of rainfall experienced across the country during this year's monsoon appears to be an anomaly.
- India Upbeat About Hu’S Visit (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt sounded upbeat ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India saying that defense relationship between the two nations “normal” while the communist parties wanted China to initiate confidence-building measures.
- Self-Delusion Of Carbon-Trading (Hindu, George Monbiot, Oct 19, 2006)
Offsetting makes us feel better, allows us to consume more to the benefit of the polluters, deflects attention away from the real and present danger that is climate change and does little good.
- Aedes Of October (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Oct 19, 2006)
“I’ve been bitten! Search the bed! Find and strike the creature dead!” When they made a close inspection The mosquito foiled detection...
- ‘I Make Films Which Entertain But Break The Rules’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2006)
Our filmmakers, who are given a platform, don’t stop talking. If I approach a film with the idea that I will teach the audiences something, it is the worst approach. In two hours, if you give Rs 50-100 and get its worth, that’s enough.
- Tested Weddings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 17, 2006)
In majority of cases, finding a suitable match for a boy or girl means going through the rigmarole of matching horoscopes. And as far as community leaders are concerned, they are usually busy forcing youth not to marry out of caste.
- Decentralised Trade (Tribune, Mahendra P. Lama, Oct 17, 2006)
IN the reopening of the Nathu la trade route between Sikkim and the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in July 2006, China’s local integration strategy has again come to the fore.
- Matter Of Relief (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 17, 2006)
The homecoming of 64 migrants of Sawara village in Gandoh area of Doda district last weekend should be a matter of immense relief.
- In The Shadows (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
What is the Lashkar's agenda in India? Who are its leaders and what is their relationship with the Directorate of the ISI?
- Jammu, A Wonderland (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 12, 2006)
From archaeological viewpoint the Jammu region may not be one of the wonders of the world. But it has enough variety to fit into the description of a wonderland. It has a fascinating and typical art called "Bauli sculpture" (adjoining Himachal . . .
- Chinese Game Plan (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Oct 11, 2006)
Last month the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) took an unusual decision about Chinese investments in India.
- Six More Die In Bihar, Ap And Maha (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Dengue continued to spread its tentacles. The disease claimed six lives and afflicted 87 people, including an RJD leader, across the country on Sunday amid reports that railway hospitals in Bihar were put on high alert.
- Sonia Gandhi To Address Congress Rally In Dharamsala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, will address a rally on 30th October in Dharamsala in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. With just more than a year left for the next Assembly elections, it would be a sort of launching of our campaign from . . .
- China's Border Management (Daily Excelsior, Srikanth Kondapalli , Oct 07, 2006)
In recent times, China's border management efforts have been intensified. Due to changes in the domestic and external scenario, China has been able to pay relatively more attention to this aspect in the recent period.
- Undo This Migration (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 07, 2006)
Whatever the reason it can only be a matter of acute discomfort that 64 persons from Doda district have crossed over to Chamba in the adjoining Himachal Pradesh.
- 4 Cops, Civilian Killed In Srinagar Fidayeen (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Four J&K Police personnel and at least one civilian got killed when militants launched a suicide attack near a paramilitary encampment in the business hub of Budshah Chowk in the heart of this capital city today.
- Terror Reminder In Srinagar: Day-Long Gunbattle Kills 4 (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Oct 05, 2006)
At a time when a joint Indo-Pak mechanism is being worked out against terrorism, militants sent another violent reminder of their presence today with an attack in the heart of Srinagar.
- Search For Ancestors (Deccan Herald, Maxwell Pereira, Oct 05, 2006)
India, it seems, has woken up to the potential of packaging cemetery tourism to cater to this segment of tourists.
- Leopard In Rajouri (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 03, 2006)
Very rightly the official website of Rajouri district seeks the creation of wildlife parks and preserves. It does well to discuss in detail the presence of rare birds and animals in the district.
- Build Economic Muscle (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2006)
At a time when the whole of Europe is integrating its economy, it is an anachronism that the various states of India should be acting as adversaries. Let alone the whole of the country, there is no synergy between the neighbouring states of . . .
- Cold Comfort Up North (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 30, 2006)
States are where the India story is playing out. But it is not playing out uniformly.
- Pm Opposes Tax Sops, Incentives To Industry (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today cautioned States against offering unsustainable tax sops and incentives for industrial projects, saying that "jury is still out on whether these policies really promote industrial growth".
- Pm Cautions Cms On Populism (Tribune, Prabhjot Singh, Sep 29, 2006)
Cautioning against the “race to the bottom” through competitive populism, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, asked the states to avoid excitement to have “headline-grabbing MoUs by offering fiscal and financial incentives which their finances . . .
- The Captain Sank This Ship (Indian Express, Manpreet Badal, Sep 28, 2006)
As a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly for the last 11 years and a Punjabi pained by the accelerated administrative downfall in Punjab in the last four and a half years, I have been an anguished spectator as my state has been systematically . . .
- Elected Women Want 50 Pc Quota In Governance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The two-day “Open forum interface of elected panchayati raj functionaries” sought 50 per cent reservation for women in all three tiers of self-governance as part of the Uttaranchal Doon Declaration-2006 on the concluding day here today.
- Cong Cms Plough On For More Relief From Finmin (The Economic Times, C L MANOJ, Sep 25, 2006)
A section of the party leadership and chief ministers, which fear the loss of their farmer votebank ahead of the coming assembly elections, on Sunday demonstrated their determination to force the government to redraw its fund-allocation plans.
- Where The Heart Rules The Head (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2006)
Sridhar K Chari visits the Indira Gandhi Hospital at Shimla and finds that lack of integrated planning and lop-sided development mar a place that can otherwise boast of good doctors and advanced equipment
- Bad News From Tibet (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Sep 22, 2006)
The extension of Tibet Railway to Nepal's border will have serious strategic implications for India, says Claude Arpi
- Congress Chief Ministers Conclave From Tomorrow (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Sep 22, 2006)
To discuss crisis in agriculture sector and internal security
- Norms On Land Acquisition For Sezs Shortly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Faced by criticism on its SEZ policy, the Centre is preparing guidelines for acquisition of land from farmers for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
- State Of Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2006)
This newspaper has on several occasions written about the rotten state of school education in Punjab. It stands vindicated when the government admits that the situation is in bad shape and it is planning to set up an education commission to set it right.
- "Literacy Rate Of Himachal Rises To 85 Per Cent" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
HRD Ministry, Directorate of Education claim it is 76.48 per cent
- Temple On Agenda, Vhp Targets Sonia (Asian Age, Venkat Parsa, Sep 17, 2006)
Signalling the return to hardline Hindutva line, the VHP on Saturday formally revived the Ayodhya issue and targeted Congress president Sonia Gandhi, accusing her of seeking to divide the Sant Samaj through Dwarka Shankaracharya, Swami Swaroopanand . . .
- The Widening Hole (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Sep 16, 2006)
Ozone layer, a protective sheath encircling the spaceship "Mother Earth" is fostering all the bio-life sustaining on it from ultraviolet rays of sun. The atmosphere surrounding this bio-cushioning life is being surrounded by two different . . .
- Bhopal Lifts Ban On Babus In Shakhas (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Sep 15, 2006)
Government employees in Madhya Pradesh will henceforth be able to attend RSS shakhas and participate in their activities.
- Revitalising Tourism In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 15, 2006)
Tourism the backbone of Jammu and Kashmir State's economy of late has been accorded top priorities by Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad to be rejuvenated and for this purpose his bold initiatives can be . . .
- Fastest Mobile Growth As Margins Drop (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
India raced past the capture the fastest growing mobile market in the world but operators say that the average revenue per user (ARPU) has steadily fallen correlating to steep declines in tariffs because of intense competition and cheaper short-message .
- Mobile Revenue Falling, 6 Circles Buck The Trend (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2006)
It's cell users in the richest and the poorest telecom circles who rang in some good news for mobile operators.
- Being Watched? Ah! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 13, 2006)
You are being watched. This is the message every entrant into a railway station or any other public place gets these days.
- Tb As Killer (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 13, 2006)
There have been 62 deaths in the State because of tuberculosis during the first six months of 2005.
- Praising Mother, Killing Daughter (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 12, 2006)
Despite taking great strides in almost all spheres of life, the disgraceful practice of female foeticide continues in the country, says Manisha Jain.
- Punjab To Be Made Power Surplus By 2010, Says Sukhbir Badal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
"If Akali Dal was voted to power in the coming Assembly elections"
- Atal Hails Rajnath (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 10, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday praised BJP president Rajnath Singh, saying the party was growing very well under his leadership. Vajpayee's observation about Singh in his concluding remarks at the BJP's national executive . . .
- Wrong Focus (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Sep 10, 2006)
Someone said the other day that India is becoming pro-business, instead of pro-markets.
- When Art Comes To A Village (Hindu, K. Kunhikrishnan, Sep 10, 2006)
Little is known about the art gallery in Kathirur village in Kerala
- State's Progress Dismal In Rural Employment Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
It has utilised only Rs. 30.57 crore of the Rs. 132.12-crore Central grant
- Wrong Focus (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Sep 09, 2006)
Someone said the other day that India is becoming pro-business, instead of pro-markets.
- Bjp Waiting For Spring (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Sep 08, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party is yet to discover a strong Central leader since losing power.
- Birds Put Punjab Chief Minister In Trouble (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has been asked by wildlife officials to explain how his farmhouse in Himachal Pradesh has come to have rare exotic birds, possibly in violation of the law.
- No Threat From Bhakra Dam (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Sep 07, 2006)
Flood-threats in Punjab are not like the old days when meandering rivers marooned villages. Today, fired by greed, people have sown crops in areas that once formed the path of the rivers and have virtually "embraced" the oncoming flood while . . .
- Wonder Plant (Tribune, Kuldeep Chauhan, Sep 07, 2006)
The Himalayan-friendly sea-buckthorn (SBT), a native wonder plant, has succeeded where vast, expensive, engineering structures and check dams have failed.
- Democracy Denied (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Sep 06, 2006)
Students in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh and other parts of the country will shortly elect their student bodies, in order to have a decisive say in the affairs of the academic institutions in which they are enrolled.
- Public Health, Why Now? (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Sep 04, 2006)
The Govt’s public health initiatives seem to favour the MNCs more than the people.
- Mansarovar Yatra Will Soon Be Smoother (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, Sep 02, 2006)
The Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra will be smoother for pilgrims from 2009 as the government has initiated an ambitious project to construct 75 km of motorable roads till Gunji outpost along the Indo-China border. At present, the pilgrims have to . . .
- Brinda Karat Seeks V.B. Singh's Intervention (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
"Help solve problems of workers of the Chamera III hydro-electric project in Chamba"
- Registering Change (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 30, 2006)
The Union government's decision to make marriage registration compulsory only for those wedded under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seems to be a dilution of a measure that could go a long way in promoting gender justice and . . .
- Notices To Power Firms, Pwd For Polluting Sutlej (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB) has served notices on private power sector giant Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL), its associate company Kashang Hydroelectric Project and the Public Works Department (PWD) of Kinnaur . . .
- Key Infrastructure Projects Crippled By Delay, Admits Govt (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Aug 30, 2006)
Work on the 73-km Howrah-Amta-Champadanga rail project in West Bengal started 32 years ago. To date, this project is yet to be completed.
- ‘The Middle Way Is A Pragmatic Approach’ (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Aug 30, 2006)
Beijing can no longer afford to ignore the issue of Tibet. We are confident that it will be resolved, if not in this decade, maybe in the next few decades.
- Upa Reaches Out To Rural Folk (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 29, 2006)
Fiftyeight year-old Prabhavati, chairperson of the Karaikal Town Panchayat, is brimming with confidence and ideas these days.
- Poor Grade (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2006)
The SSA has stated that project targets have not been met.
- Work At Chamera-Iii Project Resumed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
With the cooperation of the local residents, Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) yesterday resumed the construction work on the 231-MW Chamera hydroelectric project (stage-III) being executed on the Ravi in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh . . .
- Punjab’S Poor Show (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2006)
Punjab ranks 29th in a countrywide survey on the implementation of Central programmes. Manipur is at the bottom and Punjab is one slot above. To add to the shame of . . .
- Strange But True (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 28, 2006)
This may sound strange but it is true. This information does not come from Transparency International that has rated Jammu and Kashmir as the second most corrupt State after much-maligned Bihar in certain public services.
- Push The Pace (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
That George Bush should use cuss words when he thinks the microphones are off is not really very surprising.
Has this man ever struck you as a guy with an overwhelmingly sophisticated command of the language?
You do remember that he was asked wheth
- Role Of Pakistani Being Probed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
In the Mumbai train blasts investigation, the Anti-Terrorist Squad on Thursdaysaid that they are investigating role of the Pakistani national who was killed on August 22.
- Mulayam Blames Centre For Flight Of Industries (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
U.P. facing hurdles, not given relief package
No headway despite significant investment proposals: Congress
Government rejects demand for separate Harit Pradesh.
- Kailash Yatra (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Kailash yatra in Bhadarwah starts every year in the month of Bhadu on Dewadshi Thethi in Krishna Pakash i.e. in late days of August or early days of September.
- A Thought For The Soldier (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2006)
It is a matter of sheer indifference and neglect that the country is still without a national war memorial.
- Give A Fillip (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 19, 2006)
Looked from one angle one will find it surprising that per capita income in the State is Rs 16190.
- Kalam Inaugurates War Memorial (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today inaugurated the Chandigarh War Memorial, a monument dedicated to India’s post-Independence martyrs.
- Cold Desert And Pouring Rain (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 18, 2006)
The new phenomenon of incessant rains in the cold desert stretching between Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir and Lahaul-Spiti of the neighboring Himachal Pradesh is worrying residents of these areas.
- Make India A Citadel Against Invasions, Says President Kalam (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Aug 18, 2006)
To work toward a national war memorial in New Delhi
- Kalam Unveils Memorial To Soldiers In Chandigarh (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
President and supreme commander of India’s armed forces, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on Thursday, opened the country’s first memorial dedicated to soldiers who were killed in the four wars and other security operations since Independence.
- Crisis In Punjab As 6 Power Units Collapse (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
Power crisis worsened in various parts of Punjab as all six units of the Ropar Super Thermal Plant “collapsed” around noon today following a steep dip in the voltage owing to a major fault in the 220 KV line between Ropar and Kohara.
- Icds — The Entitlement Of Every Indian Child (Hindu, Nirmala Lakshman, Aug 17, 2006)
The role of ICDS as an instrument to secure children's right to food cannot be overstated. In States like Tamil Nadu, its functioning has yielded positive results.
- Sc Takes Note Of Tea Plantation Workers’ Plight (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Aug 17, 2006)
The suicides in the farm sector are not confined to grains and pulses alone as hundreds of workers in tea plantations have also ended their lives for non-payment of wages for years.
- Labour In State List Suggested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Report warns of poor quality of labour force in 2020
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