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- Pm Doesn’T Have The Last Word, Says Cpi (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Aug 10, 2007)
The Left parties on Thursday decided to step up their protest inside Parliament as well as outside over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Nothing To Do With Literacy (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Aug 10, 2007)
It isn't surprising that the moment there is some judicial verdict slamming jihadi terror, pseudo-secularists and Muslim communalists get into an overdrive, erecting a wall of alibis to make it appear as if one whole community is being targeted . . . . .
- No Change In Stand: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat general secretary said here on Thursday that there was no going back on the Left parties’ opposition to the nuclear deal with the United States.
- Foreign Remittances — Growing With The Flow (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Aug 10, 2007)
The phenomenon of migration and remittances, without doubt, has been Without doubt, migration and remittances have been among the greatest integrators and levellers levelers of the 20th century.
- Tn Govt Moves Sc To Stall Irrigation Work In Ktaka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Tamil Nadu has filed a petition seeking restrain on Karnataka in implementing more irrigation projects on the river basin in the state saying it might stall the legitimate flow of water in its parched areas.
- Judgement Week (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2007)
According to the Organiser, last week was India’s ‘judgement week’: verdicts were delivered in the Bombay serial bombings, the Beant Singh assassination and the Coimbatore serial blasts.
- Donates Fortune To Native Village In Kerala (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 09, 2007)
An Indian-American neurosurgeon has donated his personal fortune — some $20 million — to build a hospital, health clinic and other facilities in his native village in Kerala.
- Payment Of Additional Fees To Roc — No Guarantee Against Prosecution (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 09, 2007)
Directors should not be under the illusion that in case of delayed filing, once the documents are filed with late fees, the matter comes to an end so far as their liability is concerned.
- Mistaken Commendation (Deccan Herald, PADMA GANAPATI, Aug 09, 2007)
A call to the table for chefs in restaurants could be for appreciation.
- The Decade Of Our Discontent (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Aug 09, 2007)
Sixty years on, rural India is a shambles. The most severe agrarian crisis since the eve of the Green Revolution rages on.
- Disasters Of Distorted Urban Development (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Aug 08, 2007)
The western model of development by means of aggressive industrialisation and insane consumerism has invaded urban India, and converted innocent, elegant spaces into technologically driven factories and slews of concrete skyscrapers.
- Fact And Faction (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2007)
Swami Vivekananda once described Kerala as a ‘mad house of caste’. If he were to revisit the state today he might call it a mad house of factions. Factional politics is fast emerging as a key feature shaping the pattern of politics in the state.
- Centre Taking Away Major Share Of Taxes: Achuthanandan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said here on Tuesday that the Union Government was cornering the major share of taxes, depriving the States of their due share.
- Making Society Inclusive (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
The merits and the demerits of caste-based reservations have been debated for well over a century, but have failed to bring the proponents and opponents of the issue together.
- Post-Colonial Indian Theatre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India since 1947: Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 695.
- Five More Found Guilty In Serial Blasts Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Concluding the pronouncement of findings in respect of charges, Judge of the Special Court for Bomb Blast Cases K. Uthirapathy on Monday held five more accused guilty of offences.
- Breather For Coimbatore Blast Guilty (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Five accused in the 1998 Coimbatore blast case were today convicted of minor charges and relieved of major charges as conspiracy, murder and attempt to murder.
- Sethusamudram Project Is Anti-Religious, Uneconomical (Deccan Herald, DIPAK BASU, Aug 07, 2007)
The minister of shipping, through his decisions, has shown his ignorance of Indias maritime history and the religious importance of Ram Sethu...
- Ldf Cannot Evade Responsibility: Antony (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Defence Minister and Congress Working Committee member A.K. Antony has said that the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) will not be successful in its schemes to cover up its failures through anti-Centre rhetoric and agitations.
- Allay The Fears (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2007)
The indefinite strike by farmers and traders opposing the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2007 – passed by the Karnataka legislature -- has thrown awry the vegetable, fruits and commodities markets across the State.
- Fresh Print (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
When you think of Kerala, you naturally think of high levels of female literacy.
- Land Grab By Left (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
The much-publicised anti-encroachment drive in Kerala's Munnar hill resort, forcing big business houses with political clout to run for cover and enhancing the people's faith in Government's ability to enforce the law, has strangely . . . . .
- Congress, Bsp Inching Closer (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 06, 2007)
It is time to reflect on the political changes that are likely to take place in the future, and it is good to see that political parties have started thinking and acting, instead of waiting and reacting to situations.
- Is Indian Press Independent? (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 04, 2007)
THE press in India has teased or even irritated the government but has enjoyed freedom. Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, said that the government disliked the liberties taken by the press.
- Cpm Watches Vs-Pinarayi Blood Sport (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
The CPM’s central leadership’s USP - the power to enforce its writ on party members - was in tatters with senior leaders of the Kerala unit defying its direction to maintain inner-party discipline and refrain from insulting each other on prime time . . .
- They Died In Vain (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 04, 2007)
India's Leftists may be accused of many vices, but consistency is not one of them.
- 84 Guilty Of Lesser Offences Seek Bail (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Eighty-four accused in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts who have been held guilty of lesser offences have moved bail applications before the special court here. If granted bail, they will come out of prison after languishing in it for nine years . . . .
- Whose Reform? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Saturday Special takes a hard look at land reforms, possibly the only survivor of the Nehruvian era.
- Race To The Bottom (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Abdul Naser Madani's acquittal in the Coimbatore serial blasts case has reportedly triggered a race between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-helmed United Democratic Front (UDF) to welcome the founder of Muslim fundamentalist . . . . . .
- India Clamp On Women Workers (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
INDIA has tightened restrictions on Indian women travelling to work in Bahrain and other Gulf countries, it was revealed yesterday.
- Bird Flu Scare In Manipur Hits Exports To Gulf Nations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
The bird flu scare in Manipur has affected the table egg exports from Namakkal to a few Gulf nations once again. And it has triggered a distress sale in the domestic market too owing to surplus supply.
- Supreme Court Stays Trial Against Karunakaran (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Aug 04, 2007)
Palmolein import case was registered in March 1997
Notice issued to State Government
SLP to be listed in eight weeks
Impugned judgment illegal: Karunakaran
- Cross Out The Poverty Line (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 03, 2007)
India lacks an operative socio-economic vision. The Poverty Line which was developed by a task force that I had chaired in the late seventies has recently been the subject of critiques that were not always based on a reading of the task force’s report.
- Cleric For All Seasons (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Aug 03, 2007)
A decade and a half ago, before the first of his many brushes with the law for his communally charged speeches after the Babri Masjid fell, Abdul Nasser Mahdani was little more than a local cleric in Kollam with a particularly fiery tongue . . . .
- Guilty Of Coimbatore (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2007)
It is the season of convictions in terrorism-related cases. If it was the killers of the then Chief Minister Beant Singh who were served their just desserts in Chandigarh last week, the 1995 Bombay blasts case too has meandered to its conclusion . . . .
- Window To Kerala’S Heritage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
The articles featuring illustrious local artistes and highlighting their achievements has a strong regional flavour that makes for both enjoyable and informative reading.
- Kerala Cm Flays Cpm-Owned Tv (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
The factional war in the Kerala unit of CPM intensified on Thursday with Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan accusing his party-owned Kairali TV channel of being a party to the ongoing conspiracy against him.
- Cpm Cheers Loudest As Madani Returns Home (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Kerala's 'secular' Marxists outshone pro-Muslim League Congress on Thursday in their efforts to appease radical Islamists of the State led by PDP chairman ICS Abdul Nasser Madani, who was given rousing receptions at the airport here and later at the . . .
- Madani Walks Free (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 03, 2007)
It is astonishing that Abdul Nasser Madani should have been acquitted in the Coimbatore serial blasts case - the evidence of his involvement in the conspiracy to assassinate BJP leader LK Advani on February 14, 1998 is believed to have been so . . . .
- Making Victims Of The Accused (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2007)
Under normal circumstances, the successful prosecution of almost all the accused in a major terrorism case would be cause for public satisfaction. But the investigation, prosecution, and verdicts in the 1998 Coimbatore bomb blasts case raise . . . .
- Animated Sector (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 03, 2007)
The animation industry in India will reach a market size of $1 billion by 2010, with an estimated 30 per cent growth every year, according to ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India).
- Key To Success (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 03, 2007)
“NOW what?” is the question that bothers most Plus Two students and graduates who are not sure about which course or career to pursue.
- Stress Allowance For Defence Personnel (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
The Union Cabinet today approved payment of special stress allowance for soldiers deployed in conflict and high-altitude operational areas. They will get special benefits and allowances to combat stress-related incidents.
- Race To The Bottom (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Abdul Naser Madani's acquittal in the Coimbatore serial blasts case has reportedly triggered a race between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-helmed United Democratic Front (UDF) to welcome the founder of Muslim fundamentalist . . . . . .
- A Fair Trial (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 03, 2007)
The Coimbatore serial bomb blast case was the first to be tried under the normal penal laws of the land though it closely followed the Mumbai blasts of March 1993.
- Madani Acquitted; Basha Held Guilty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
A special court in Coimbatore on Tuesday acquitted Kerala Peoples Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Mahdhani and convicted Al Umma leader S A Basha, his nephew Mohammed Ansari, and son Siddiq Ali in a case concerning serial blasts . . .
- The Long Term Damage To Kerala’S Health (Hindu, Vinod Thomas, Aug 02, 2007)
The State is struggling to cope with the spread of Chikungunya, dengue, and other viral fevers.
- Centre To Release Rs.50 Crore To State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday decided to release Rs.50 crore as advance to Kerala from the Calamity Relief Fund to help the State Government address the immediate problems of its monsoon-affected populace.
- ’98 Blasts: Madhani Acquitted (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Aug 02, 2007)
Nine years after a series of explosions rocked Coimbatore, a special court today convicted 73 persons including leaders of the outlawed fundamentalist organisation Al-Umma for killing 58 people and injuring more than 200.
- Convictions Over India Bombs (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
A court in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has convicted 153 people in connection with a series of bombs that killed nearly 60 people in 1998.
- Tamil Nadu Govt Must Appeal: Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
The BJP on Wednesday demanded that the Tamil Nadu Government immediately file an appeal against the acquittal of Abdul Naser Mahdani in the Coimbatore bomb blasts case.
- Should We Allow U.P. To Hijack Indian Politics? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2007)
In a federal nation like ours, no State should have more than 10 per cent of the seats in the popularly elected house of Parliament, i.e. the Lok Sabha. We must, therefore, seriously consider bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh.
- Awash With Waste (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2007)
Solid waste management in urban India has become an intractable problem in recent years and, if anything, its gravity has been underestimated.
- Maudhany Freed, Basha Found Guilty In Coimbatore Blasts Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
Special Court clears PDP leader of all charges; 152 others also held guilty. . .
- India Under Siege (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 02, 2007)
According to the Organiser, western universities are denigrating India by promoting studies that depict Hindu gods, goddesses and other cultural symbols with “distasteful sexual connotation and nauseating voyeurism”.
- Appeal Against Acquittal: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday said the prosecuting agency should appeal against the acquittal of People’s Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Maudhany in the Coimbatore serial blasts case.
- Archbishop Mar Joseph Powathil (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
ARCHBISHOP Mar Joseph Powathil, 76, chairman of the Inter-Church Council for Education, is a veteran of many battles in the education sector in Kerala.
- 71 Convicted For ’98 Tn Blasts (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
Radical Islamist political leader Abdul Nasser Mahdani was on Wednesday acquitted of all charges in the Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case along with seven others, while Syed Ahmad Basha, leader of the outlawed fundamentalist outfit . . . .
- Court Lets Off Madani In Advani Murder Plot (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 02, 2007)
Radical Islamist Abdul Nasser Madani was on Wednesday acquitted of all charges in the Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case, along with seven others, but Syed Ahmed Basha, leader of an outlawed fundamentalist group, was convicted of involvement in . . . .
- Property Worth Rs 14 Crore Was Damaged In Blasts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
S A Basha, the founder of Al-Umma, his son Siddique Ali, Mohammed Ansari, the group’s general secretary, and the other convicts were found guilty of hatching a criminal conspiracy to trigger a series of explosions here on February 14, 1998. . .
- Judgment Day For Advani Plotters (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
Nine years after L.K. Advani missed death by a whisker, a special court today convicted S.A. Basha, the alleged kingpin of the forgotten serial blasts that rocked this textile city.
- Coimbatore Blasts: Basha, 72 Others Convicted; Madhani Freed (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
SA Basha, the mastermind of the 1998 blasts that killed 58 people hours before the arrival here of senior BJP leader LK Advani, was on Wednesday convicted with 72 others by a special court that exonerated chairman of Kerala-based PDP, Abdul Nasser Madani.
- It’S Raining Offers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
The Taj Monsoon offers are valid at leisure hotels in India as well as at international destinations.
- Mumbai Saga Ends, Another Starts In Coimbatore (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Aug 01, 2007)
As the 14-year Bombay blasts case draws to a close, a nine-year-old serial explosions case bearing many parallels is set to come alive tomorrow.
- 1998 Coimbatore Blasts: Judgement From Wednesday (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
A sessions court here will start pronouncing its verdict from Wednesday in the 1998 serial bomb blasts cases here, bringing down the curtains on the nine-year long anxious wait of the 166 accused and their families.
- On Collision Course In Kerala (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
LEADERS of the powerful Catholic Church in Kerala are up in arms once again over what they describe as the “anti-minority” provisions in the education policy of the communist-led government in the State.
- 5 Indians Die In Sharjah Crash (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
Five Indian labourers were killed and 15 others injured when a trailer collided with a minibus in Sharjah emirate of the UAE, police said on Monday.
- Indigenous Sanskrit Theatre Form (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
An excerpt from the last chapter captures the subtlety of ‘Abhinaya’ in Kutiyattam. “Mani Madhava Chakyar was performing sikhinisalabha... Butterflies fly all around.
- Kerala Hc Closes Contempt Case Against Chief Secy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday closed the contempt case against state Chief Secretary Lizzie Jacob after recording her assurance that the construction of a sewage plant in Guruvayoor will be completed within a period of 18 months.
- A Journey To The Nilgiri Hills (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jul 31, 2007)
“MY name Kennedy, sir!” exclaimed the chauffeur of the black Ambassador driving me up to the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington, from Coimbatore airport through a blaring city, quiet woods and picture postcard valleys to a 6,000-feet . . . .
- Making Of The Prez (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Jul 30, 2007)
India would have had its first woman Head of State three decades ago — in 1977 — if Morarji Desai had his way.
- E-Transfer Of Forex To Come Under Lens (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
As part of a global push against money laundering and choking flow of funds for terror financing, the government is set to establish a trail of all foreign exchange transactions, including electronic transfers through various intermediaries by . . . .
- Congress Leaders Fear Fate In Polls (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Jul 30, 2007)
The absence of regional heavyweights in key states will affect the Congress' electoral prospects in the coming Assembly polls and in the general election as well, fear senior party leaders even after the massive victory in the presidential election.
- A Nilgiri Viewpoint (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Jul 30, 2007)
My name Kennedy, sir!" exclaimed the chauffeur of the black Ambassador driving me up to the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington, from Coimbatore airport through blaring city, quiet woods and picture postcard valleys to a 6,000-foot high . . . . .
- Water And Sanitation: A Pipedream For Indian Villages (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Gram Panchayats should be empowered to provide 100 per cent water and sanitation facilities to households.
- Kerala Mps Urged To Abstain From Voting (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
The former Union Minister of State for Railways and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader O. Rajagopal on Friday urged Members of Parliament from Kerala to abstain from voting for the Vice-Presidential election on August 10 if work on the Salem . . . .
- Daughters Take The Backseat Even At Home (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 28, 2007)
We have all heard about the slow but inexorable reversal of gender roles. Women deciding on how the household budget is spent, women competing with men on equal grounds, girls outperforming boys in school, employers opting for women over men.
- Need For Economic Uplift Of Over 220 Million People (Hindu, K. Raju, Jul 28, 2007)
Employment generation should be the central activity of Providing Urban Facilities in Rural Areas (PURA) programme.
- Paris At Noon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
The red brick buildings of Jawaharlal Nehru University loom with tales. Down the narrow corridor, the search is for Room 22.
- The East Also Rises (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
India's eastern region, which has seen a steady deindustrialisation for over 40 years, is stirring and there seems to be reason for hope.
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