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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Curtains On A Compromise (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 27, 2007)
It is, perhaps, only a matter of time before a mid- term poll to the Lok Sabha is announced. The crisis between the Left and the UPA can now only be resolved once the issue is taken to the people.
- Tsunami Reconstruction Delayed As Centre Sits On Funds (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
How long should it take to repair a road? Or rebuild a bridge? One year? Two years? In India, it could take as long as four years and even then the deadline could be extended.
- Cong, Left N-Deal Talks Likely Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
A meeting between Congress and the Left is likely to take place on Monday to break the deadlock over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Relax, Mr Karat: 123 Is A Non-Starter (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 27, 2007)
Even if the US converts the 123 agreement into law, no US supplier will look at India until it passes a liability protection law. Since the Congress-led coalition lacks a majority, it cannot pass any legislation without your support.
- Call The Left's Bluff (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 27, 2007)
The Congress should be grateful to the Left. If it has any survival instinct, Congress would thank the Left for all the confrontations and arm-twisting of the last three years.
- Kerala For Amicable End To Salem Row: Achuthanandan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Kerala Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan has said that the State Government wished to find a peaceful solution to the dispute over creation of Salem Railway Division by bifurcating the Palakkad division.
- Furore Over Rail Division Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
The issue of bifurcating Palakkad railway division saw raised tempers in the Rajya Sabha, leading to a brief adjournment, and concerns over the impact of smooth running of trains in the Lok Sabha following the announcement of an agitation in Tamil Nadu.
- Mid-Term Elections Will Help Congress (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Aug 25, 2007)
I had written last week about the possibility of political accidents taking place. In this context, I really cannot understand the logic behind the Left serving a nuclear ultimatum to the UPA government.
- Creation Of Salem Division: Dmk Minister Leads Rail Roko (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Tamil Nadu Minister Veerapandi S Arumugam, along with DMK volunteers, on squatted on the rail tracks here when the Kochi bound Gorakhpur Express arrived at Salem junction, demanding creation of Salem division of the southern railway, as scheduled . . . .
- Farm It Out, But Keep The Safety Net In Place (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Just three weeks after unveiling the new agriculture policy in the state, which among other things allowed private investment and contract farming in the agrarian sector, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has ordered a rollback.
- A Salute To Captain Harshan (Indian Express, M.P. ANIL KUMAR, Aug 25, 2007)
Given the strength of Keralites serving in the Indian Air Force, it could be re-spelled as ‘India Nair Force’! Kerala has the second largest contingent of veterans, but since the state never directly bore the ravages of war, there was little . . . . .
- Salem Division: Minister Threatens Stir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam has announced an indefinite blockade of all trains to and from Kerala passing through Salem from August 25 until the Centre clears the inauguration of the Salem Railway Division, scheduled for September 14.
- Recall Envoy: Upa Members (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Proceedings in both Houses held up for the second day
Members of the NDA, barring the Shiv Sena,
walk out on the issue
UPA will not compromise with the dignity of the House, says Dasmunsi
- Kerala-Tn Trains To Be Blocked: Minister (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Aug 23, 2007)
The controversy over creation of a railway division in Salem, which resulted in a verbal duel between MPs from Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the Lok Sabha, has now taken an ugly turn with a senior Tamil Nadu minister today announcing that all trains . . . . .
- Now Is The Time (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Whose party is it, anyway? Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and his comrades in Bengal would do well to ask Prakash Karat this question.
- For Congress, Poll No Longer A Bogey (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
The government and the Left are waiting for the other side to come up with a proposal to find a middle ground on the nuclear deal but the Congress has drawn the parameters within which it wants negotiations to be held, sources said.
- Red Bastions Upset With Left On N-Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
The communist bastions of West Bengal and Kerala seem to be the unhappiest with the Left's decision to serve an ultimatum to the government on the nuclear deal and trigger a political crisis.
- In English, Please (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2007)
The sharp growth in direct tax revenue — collections are up 44 per cent as per latest data — is obviously the cumulative result of improvements in tax administration and rationalisation of tax policy implemented in recent years.
- N-Debate Hinges On Pm's Availability (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
The debate on India-US civil nuclear deal is likely to be held in the Lok Sabha either on August 29 or August 30 depending on the availability of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- Lotus And Commissar (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 22, 2007)
In opposition to the India-US nuclear deal, there has been a convergence of long-term strategic interests (of China and Pakistan) and short-term political posturing (of the BJP and Left).
- India’S Nuclear Deal Controversy May Lead To Early Polls (Dawn, Simon Denyer, Aug 22, 2007)
India could be heading for elections in 2008, a year ahead of schedule, after a row over a nuclear deal with the United States exposed deep faultlines between the government and its communist allies.
- Pm Calls The Left’S Bluff (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Aug 22, 2007)
IT is a lasting shame that Parliament was so raucously disrupted by vulgar demonstrations even as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Independence.
- India Faces Up To Prospect Of Early Polls (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
India could be heading for elections in 2008, a year ahead of schedule, after a row over a nuclear deal with the United States exposed deep faultlines between the government and its communist allies.
- Let The People Decide (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 21, 2007)
The prime minister has said the 123 agreement is in the best interests of the nation, and posterity will vindicate his position. But why should he wait till posterity, asks .
- Southern Synergies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 21, 2007)
At a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) initiative last week, the Tourism Secretaries of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry inked an agreement to forge a southern regional tourism grid.
- Tata Sky, Sun Settle Channel Sharing Row (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The Direct to Home (DTH) service provider Tata Sky and Sun Network have resolved their more-than-a-year-old dispute over pricing of channels.
- Defence Recruitment Drive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
Nearly 600 candidates assembled at Manekshaw Parade Grounds for the Recruitment Rally for clerks, organised by the Headquarter Recruiting Zone, Karnataka, Kerala, Mahe and Lakshwadweep on Monday.
- Bjp Mustn't Let Govt Fall (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The BJP has erred in opposing so vociferously the India-US civil nuclear deal. In public perception, its opposition is largely political.
- Xenophobic Left? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The history of coalition governments in India is the history of political struggle. Karl Marx may have lamented thus the current crisis of UPA. And why not? The attitude of Prakash Karat and company is not tolerable.
- The Red Blunders (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Aug 21, 2007)
If nationalism, as the historian Jack Gallagher was fond of quipping, devours its parents, communism consumes its own ideology.
- Conservation Of Biodiversity (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Aug 21, 2007)
Study of the complexities involved in evolving integrated forest landscape management strategies
- Have Rooms, Will Sell (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
Have spare rooms, will sell. There’s plenty of room for more rooms in the tourist seasons to come.
- Calculators Are Out But Topplers Have Got Their Timing Hopelessly Wrong (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 20, 2007)
The jury is still out on whether the UPA Government will survive the current crisis, or, even if it does, how battered it will emerge from it. But spare a thought, meanwhile, for the institution of marriage, which has been delivered such a nasty blow.
- Achuthanandan Defends Cpi(m) Stand (Hindu, GEORGE JACOB, Aug 20, 2007)
Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has stoutly defended the stand taken by the CPI(M) on the prospective civilian nuclear agreement with the United States and said this was the latest in a series of interventions the Left had made during its . . . .
- Mixed Signals In Governor Shuffle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The Centre today appointed two new governors and moved or gave additional responsibilities to five others in a reshuffle that sends out mixed signals about the UPA government’s belief in its own tenure.
- The Aquatic Life (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The sea has always fascinated me, so obviously, I couldn’t resist when my best friend asked if I could join her on a six-day trip to the Lakshadweep islands.
- Chinese Whispers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 20, 2007)
Irrespective of how the Left-Congress drama ends - and it is increasingly and almost inevitably pointing to an early Lok Sabha election - the conduct of the Communist parties stands in the dock of history.
- Frivolity Of The Left (Pioneer, SHIKHA MUKERJEE, Aug 20, 2007)
The theme which connects the love lyrics that spread the message of bhakti to the ballooning output of Bangla bands reflecting the sensibilities of the 21st century youth is the quintessentially Indian preoccupation with romance and regret.
- Missed: An Adviser Natwar Or Aiyar (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 20, 2007)
The crisis at the Centre has shown up Sonia Gandhi’s lack of sound political advisers. And the person most sorely missed is perhaps K. Natwar Singh.
- From Kerala To Infinity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 20, 2007)
In their stunning new research, Dennis Francis Almeida and George Gheverghese Joseph show how mathematicians in Kerala developed the infinite series more than 250 years before Isaac Newton is credited to have done so.
- Primetime Politics (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
In the good old days when the Congress virtually ruled both the national political stage and the national television screen, there would have been really no need for an institution like Jai Hind TV, which the Congress president has . . . . . .
- Knowledge Travels (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
In the light of recent research at the University of Manchester which shows that the "infinite series" -- and the "Pi series" therein -- were determined by Kerala scholars 250 years before Isaac Newton is credited to have done so, Nandini Jawli . . . .
- Left Falls Out With Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 20, 2007)
Independence Day is always special, and after 60 years we must reflect on the past, live in the present and think of the future.
- Wordsmith Of Wit And Wisdom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Thomas Burleigh Kurishingal turns Descartes’ quote on its head. ‘I am what I am’ at his hands becomes “I am what I am not!” Reverence, it appears is not part of Thomas Burleigh Kurishingal’s makeup.
- Left Lines Up Us-Or-Us Message (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
A week after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh challenged the Left to accept the nuclear deal or withdraw support, the CPM and the CPI today decided to lob the ball back in his court with a message — “save the deal or save your government, you can’t do both”.
- Remembering (Frontier Post, S. Viswanathan, Aug 18, 2007)
Remembering P. Jeevanandham, a pioneer of the Communist movement, on his birth centenary.
- Maudany's Move (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Abdul Nasser Maudany, absolved of the charges against him in the Coimbatore blasts case, attempts a political comeback.
- How To Ru(i)n Agriculture (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 18, 2007)
In 1908, the 350-acre Thuthampara Estate in the Palakkad district of Kerala was leased out by the then Dewan of Cochin for 99 years.
- Confrontation Is Bad For Coalition Politics (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Aug 18, 2007)
Independence Day is always special, and after 60 years we must reflect on the past, live in the present and think of the future.
- Church On Warpath (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 18, 2007)
The Christians, especially Catholics, of Kerala have been on the warpath against the CPI(M)-led LDF Government for more than a month now for the regime's education policies.
- To Set The House In Order (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 17, 2007)
Since Prakash Karat is not an elected leader, he cannot debate the pros and cons of the nuclear deal in parliament.
- Farmers Take Risk But Land In Debt Trap (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
Nearly half of India’s farmers are in debt — the upshot of switching to high-yielding but high-risk crops.
- This Is To Certify... (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
The result of the research carried out by the University of Manchester - which has established that a little known school of scholars in Kerala discovered the "infinite series" in 1350, one of the founding principles of mathematics . . . . .
- ‘Cpm Wants To Have The Cake And Eat It Too’ (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 17, 2007)
Andhra Pradesh’s Congress Chief Minister Y S Rajshekhar Reddy has been the target of Left ire in recent months. The death of six people in a police firing in Khammam last month widened the rift between the Congress and the Left.
- National Cohesion: The Other View (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 17, 2007)
SIXTY years after Independence, some analysts have rightly embarked upon an exercise in soul-searching with regard to the sorry state of the Pakistani federation.
- Cpm Polit Bureau To Meet On Friday As Upa Slips Its Crutches (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
With the nuclear noises hitting high decibels, the two-day CPM polit bureau will commence tomorrow to discuss the fate of the UPA Government.
- Somnath Threatens Unruly Mps (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
The Lok Sabha Speaker today threatened “painful” punishment for unruly members, saying the ruckus yesterday during the Prime Minister’s statement on the nuclear deal was “totally unacceptable”.
- Bush Fuel In Left Fire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
From breakfast to dinner, Prakash Karat, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and George W. Bush kept the Prime Minister busy on the eve of Independence Day but the standoff with the Left on the nuclear deal showed little sign of ebbing.
- Idrb To Prepare Project Report For New Dam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
The Government has asked the Irrigation Design and Research Board (IDRB) to prepare a feasibility study and project report for a new dam across the Mullaperiyar.
- Left-Congress Stand-Off Deepens (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 16, 2007)
The stand-off between the UPA and the Left, or more accurately the Congress and the Left, is beginning to take on dangerous proportions.
- An Ode To Allegiance (Deccan Herald, Nandana Reddy, Aug 16, 2007)
On August 15, 1947, India demonstrated to the world the power of non-violence. Now, we celebrate 60 years of Independence as the largest democracy in the world.
- Conviction Of Al-Umma Leaders (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 16, 2007)
WHEN Special Court (bomb blasts cases) Judge, Coimbatore, K. Uthirapathy told the young and studious-looking Mohammed Basith that he found him guilty of all the charges framed against him in the February 14, 1998 serial blasts cases, the latter . . . .
- Israel To Tap Cochin Connection For Tourism (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Israel will tap Cochini-Indian tradition to promote tourism in southern Negev.
- Break Free From Quotas (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 14, 2007)
The past one year has seen plenty of debate on the issue of extension of job reservation to the private sector. As more sections of society join the discussion and voice their opinion, what is perhaps being lost is the larger issue of . . . . .
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Advaita Philosophy of Sri Adhi Sankara: Amarakavi Ramachandra; Hayagreeva Publication, Triplicane, Chennai-600005.
- 'I've Witnessed The Arrival Of A Golden Age' (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
A few years ago, I visited an Indian software millionaire at his headquarters in Bangalore for a story about the country's effervescent computer industry.
- Bharat Versus Karat (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 14, 2007)
The Communist parties' attack on the India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement and India's relationship with America is actually a positioning exercise for the 2009 general election
- Calculus From Kerala School (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
A little-known school of scholars in southern India discovered one of the founding principles of modern mathematics hundreds of years before Sir Isaac Newton, to whom the finding is currently attributed, according to new research findings announced here.
- Links With A Royal Past (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Aug 13, 2007)
The reign of the Nawabs of Arcot was characterised by their amicable relationship with their Hindu subjects.
- Up To Congress To Save Govt: Left (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
CPM boss Prakash Karat again voiced on Sunday the Left's opposition to the India-US nuclear deal, stating that the onus of running the ruling coalition was on Congress, but he stopped short of spelling out any plans to precipitate differences . . . . .
- Saving Govt Not Our Job: Karat (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said here on Sunday that the onus of sustaining the UPA government at the Centre was on the Congress and not on the Left parties.
- Rs.88-Crore Proposals Mooted For Adb-Aided Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
The Kochi Corporation Council has mooted a Rs.88-crore proposal to improve infrastructure at the decentralised solid waste management projects aided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
- A Cup Of Tea Or A Cup Of Chai? (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Two years ago I was invited to Poland’s first-ever international literary festival held by the Book Institute. There my interpreter for the discussion was Agnieszka Kosinska who is the Director of the Milosz Institute at Krakow.
- Case For Smaller States (Tribune, George Mathew, Aug 13, 2007)
Small is beautiful, they say. But is small also good? The experience certainly suggests that smaller states are better governed and better managed.
- Singh Courts, Karat Cross (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Sitaram Yechury’s 55th birthday offered Manmohan Singh a chance to slip back to his amiable self and give finishing touches to a speech in Parliament on the nuclear deal but Prakash Karat sent a loud message that the CPM would not be swayed . . . .
- Anybody In The House? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2007)
Participation rates of MPs in Parliament have been a cause for concern for some time now. The frequency with which members rush to the well of the House appears to have increased in recent years.
- Train Memories (Deccan Herald, Leela Ramaswamy, Aug 11, 2007)
Air fares may have become cheaper, but no one can take the charm away from trains.
- Ensure Opportunities To Poor Sections: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
General secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in charge of organisational affairs of Kerala Balbir Punj has urged the managements of minority-run educational institutions not to forget their social responsibility of providing avenues for . . . .
- Agri Business (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2007)
Low farm growth and its consequences on poverty reduction, employment and inter-regional equity (drylands suffer more) are well-established facts. Reason, not emotion, should guide correctives — that should be a well established fact as well, but isn’t.
- Pm’S Panel Finds Fault With His Package On Farm Suicides (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Aug 10, 2007)
Over a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a Rs 17,000-crore package for alleviating the agrarian crisis in 31 districts hit by farmer suicides — in Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala — the expert group he set up on . . . ..
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