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Articles 521 through 620 of 3665:
- Let Dignity Replace Load Of Shame (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 14, 2006)
What is the most disgusting sight around us? It is scavengers carrying human and animal excreta in baskets on their heads.
- ‘Let Centre, Not States, Act On Colas’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Virtually endorsing the stand of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, his West Bengal counterpart Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday said any ban on Coke and Pepsi should be enforced only by the Centre and individual states should not decide on . . .
- The Food Habits Of A Nation (Hindu, Yogendra Yadav, Aug 14, 2006)
Is India a predominantly vegetarian country? How are eating habits related to caste, community and region?The Hindu-CNN-IBN State of the Nation Survey throws fresh light on Indian attitudes to food, drink and tobacco.
- Coca Cola Questions Credibility Of Tests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
"CSE is not an accredited laboratory"
Wants scientific basis behind standard, willing to work with Government
PepsiCo open to working with CSE towards consumer safety standards
- Rise In Popular Support For Congress And Upa (Hindu, Yogendra Yadav, Aug 13, 2006)
Ruling coalition could win over 300 Lok Sabha seats, findsThe Hindu-CNN-IBN State of the Nation Survey
- What Explains The Rise Of The Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Perceptions of the Central Government's record and the shifting pattern of support away from regional parties to national ones are some of the reasons, say Sanjay Kumar and Yogendra Yadav
- Security Heightened Across Country For I-Day (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Security has been heightened across the country ahead of Independence Day in view of intelligence inputs of terrorist plans to disrupt the celebrations.
- Cola Controversy Affects Softdrinks Sales (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Sales of soft drinks are estimated to have plummetted by as much as 15 per cent in the wake of the pesticides-in-cola controversy.
- States Told To Woo Nri Investment (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Aug 13, 2006)
With the increase in interest rates on deposits of non-resident Indians (NRIs) and states competing with each other, the government is expecting a jump in NRI remittances and investment in infrastructure sector.
- Rs.1.50-Crore Adb Fund For Drinking Water Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Nagercoil: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allotted Rs.1.50 crore for implementing drinking water projects for the tsunami-affected fisherfolk, said Collector Sunil Paliwal.
- Setting The Backwaters On Fire (Hindu, VIJAY GEORGE , Aug 13, 2006)
What soccer is to Brazilians, the Vallamkali is to those who live near the backwaters of Kerala.
- Travel Corporation Bags State Tourism Awards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Hotels run by KTDC won awards in the one and two star category
Best Performing District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) Award went to Kannur
Judging committee comprised Tourism Principal Secretary, Director of Tourism and representatives of Planning
- Methodology Of The Survey (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The State of the Nation Survey was conducted in 19 major States (excluding those with less than five Lok Sabha seats) in the first week of August 2006.
- The Valley In Between (New Indian Express, Kamini Mathai, Aug 13, 2006)
Sometimes I feel sorry for Vellore, the town I grew up in.
- Say No To Coke, Pepsi (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Aug 13, 2006)
The revelation by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that various soft drinks are unsafe for human consumption has come as an eye-opener.
- Reliance Ties Up With Asianet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Reliance Communications has tied up with Asianet to provide news and other programmes aired by the channel on mobile phones.
- Populist Fizz (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
Kerala's heavy-handed and self-defeating stance of banning the manufacture and consumption of colas should have cautioned other state governments to the dangers of such impromptu and irrational action.
- If Only We Could Ban All Our Problems. Specially In Kerala (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
Why don’t they ban toddy instead? That opaque white country liquor, served in used beer bottles, which inundates Kerala’s innards. Making it float up, right to the top, of the chart that measures alcoholism in our states.
- Let’S Go Beyond Colahal (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 12, 2006)
How much the politicians in this country love any controversy which diverts the people’s attention from basic issues which they have failed to solve even 59 years after Independence!
- Corporation Council Accuses Centre Of Scuttling Vizhinjam Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Chinese companies cannot be considered a security threat'
- Sreesanth Is Brand Ambassador For Muthoot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Group plans to invest Rs. 210 crore in infrastructure and hospitality sectors
- Say No To Coke, Pepsi (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Aug 12, 2006)
The revelation by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that various soft drinks are unsafe for human consumption has come as an eye-opener.
- Set Science-Based Standards (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2006)
The Kerala government’s decision to ban production and sale of Coke and Pepsi would make the southern Indian state one of the few places in the world, Iran is another, where the iconic symbols of Americana are not available.
- Kerala’S Cola Karma (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Aug 11, 2006)
What is common to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, All Quiet on the Western Front, Animal Farm, Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, Arabian Nights, Black Beauty, Candide, Canterbury . . .
- Ban In A Bottle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
Kerala's Coca-Cola Communism ---- The decision of Kerala's Left Democratic Front Government to ban the bottling . . .
- Water World (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
It's a long wait for me every evening. I wait — all dressed up for office — to hear the hissing and spluttering that announces the arrival of my daily ration of water. Often it fails to turn up on time and I have to leave, my mind full of the fear . . .
- Lest We Take Our Eyes Off Nepal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
While hot war unfolds in Lebanon, and India and Pakistan’s nuclear-backed dispute over Kashmir episodically dominates the news from South Asia, monumental changes are underway in Nepal. It is a country in post-conflict transition.
- Four-Month Vat Collection In Kerala Up By Rs.600 Crores (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Finance Minister to revise VAT collection target for this fiscal to Rs.4,600 crores
- Pests In Kerala (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 11, 2006)
Kerala’s decision to shut down the production units of Coke and Pepsi in response to the CSE’s study that found unacceptable levels of pesticide residue in the colas, smacks of classic political chicanery. No one can doubt that the . . .
- Political Long And Short Of Disinvestment (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Aug 11, 2006)
Disinvestment is turning out to be a difficult proposition for the two-year-old Manmohan Singh Government with every passing day.
- Kerala’S Cola Swipe (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 11, 2006)
This is politics, not reasoned policy
- Revolution In A Bottle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s Marxists are silly banning Coke-Pepsi. Plus, they could be doing their state great harm
- State Tosses Out Colas From Schools, Hospitals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has banned the sale and consumption of soft drinks in educational and health institutions from August 14. A move to ban ‘junk food’ in educational institutions will follow.
- Who Killed The Vidarbha Farmers? (OutLook, Smruti Koppikar, Aug 10, 2006)
Heartbreaking as they are, suicides - over 90 last month - are only a symptom of the larger and deep agrarian crisis, reminds the award-winning journalist, touching on the role played by our policy-makers and politicians - from Montek Singh . . .
- When A Mega Merger Runs Into Rough Weather (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2006)
The mega-merger in telecom, as it was once called, has now morphed into a petition for arbitration in the civil jurisdiction.
- Anti-Cola Campaigner, Now Cm, Bans Coke, Pepsi From Kerala (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s MNC-bashing comrades have declared a blanket ban on the sale of Coke and Pepsi, on health grounds.
- Kerala To Impose Total Ban On Pepsi, Coke Softdrinks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Ban may be extended to other products of the companies'
- North American Kerala Association To Build Airport (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
An umbrella organisation of Malayali associations in North America and Canada has decided to take the lead in building a domestic airport in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district.
- Kerala Cans Coca-Cola, Pepsi (Times of India, P K SURENDRAN, Aug 10, 2006)
Twenty-nine years after George Fernandes bundled out IBM and Cola-Cola from India to emerge as the country's top MNC-slayer, Kerala's Marxist CM V S Achuthanandan on Wednesday sought to grab the mantle from him by serving marching orders on cola . . .
- Tharoor Has A Long Way To Go (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 10, 2006)
Among the many myths that have landed India in deep diplomatic embarrassment in the past are myths about so-called “solidarity of the nonaligned and developing countries” and the belief . . .
- Tharoor And That Uneasy Feeling (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 10, 2006)
Among the many myths that have caused diplomatic embarrassment to India in the past are myths about so-called solidarity of the non-aligned and developing countries and the belief that just because we have supported Arab and African causes in the . . .
- Kerala Bans Sale, Production Of Colas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala chief minister Mr VS Achuthanandan told reporters that the state Cabinet decided to ban sale and production of soft drinks marketed by the cola majors. The ban was imposed as many studies had stated these drinks contained elements hazardous . . .
- Immiscible In The Melting Pot (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 10, 2006)
Everybody says India is a great nation, but one fails to understand where the greatness is hidden when all of us unabashedly admit that we are a backward lot.
- Congress Suspends Natwar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Wielding the stick at the stroke of midnight, the Congress leadership suspended former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh from the party’s primary membership late on Tuesday night
- Kolkata Has It (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 09, 2006)
Kolkatans are not reputed for initiative, but German consul G Wehrmann says this is unfair.
- Poacher Takes Over Veerappan Country (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Imbali Jose is the new Veerappan forest police are now seeking in the Niligiris belt where his predecessor had made a name killing tuskers and men.
- Congress Suspends Natwar (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 09, 2006)
Former External Affairs Minister K.Natwar Singh’s long association with the Congress is all set to end with the party suspending him from its primary membership for indiscipline.
- Who Killed The Vidarbha Farmers? (OutLook, Smruti Koppikar, Aug 09, 2006)
Heartbreaking as they are, suicides - over 90 last month - are only a symptom of the larger and deep agrarian crisis, reminds the award-winning journalist, touching on the role played by our policy-makers and politicians - from Montek Singh . . .
- Nda Boycotts Lok Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Return to House, says Speaker
Members criticise attack on office of Speaker
Questions, calling attention motion put off
- Make Love: Kerala Church (Times of India, P K SURENDRAN, Aug 09, 2006)
The Catholic Church in Kerala has given out a call to the laity to go "back to basics" and have more babies if they are economically well-off.
- The Continuing Neglect Of Schools (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 08, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of the nation that nearly 42,000 state-run schools still function without buildings of their own, while over one lakh schools have only one classroom. Basic amenities continue to be inadequate in most schools.
- Ex-Servicemen To Help Boost Tourism In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Veterans' home-stay project becoming popular
Aimed at establishing a chain of home-stays
Plans to set up 1,000 of them in three years
- The Security Rationale (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 08, 2006)
Watch its use to block deals
- Supreme Court Issues Notice To Private College Managements (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Aug 08, 2006)
Says no approval for admissions if their entrance test is found not fair
- Scripted Out (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
If information is power, then the custodians of the Indian democracy are still deeply unsure about how much of both is good for its citizens.
- Guided Development Of Sabarimala Complex Mooted (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Aug 08, 2006)
Draft Master Plan proposes strategy to minimise future disasters
Suggests environment-friendly development
Improved transportation facilities proposed
Working committee discusses proposals
- War Of The Little Comrades (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Aug 08, 2006)
Left's petty politics spares none; in Kerala, VS Achuthanandan is being targeted on the issue of self-financing colleges, endangering careers of students ----
- The Noose Of Debt (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Aug 08, 2006)
The single most important cause of farmer suicides is their inability to pay back the loans they have taken, often from private moneylenders. This age-old problem is yet to be resolved in a durable fashion.
- India: Human Trafficking Fuelling Hiv (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
Images of guns, drugs and rebels have long defined India’s troubled northeast. Now, a study across eight states in this resource-rich, infrastructure-poor, conflict-scarred region seeks to highlight a new worry:
- Centre Creating Problems For State Govt (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Aug 07, 2006)
Instead of extending a helping hand to its own government in Punjab at this crucial stage when the Assembly poll is not too far, the Congress- led UPA Government at the Centre is creating one problem after another for the state government.
- Matters Of Faith (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Aug 07, 2006)
In courts we trust. Our belief in the judiciary to settle contentious issues extends to both temporal and spiritual matters. We expect that legal solutions, if and when offered on matters of faith, are binding on people.
- Relatives Of Missing Ship's Crew To Move Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Ship, missing for 11 months, had 10 Indian crewmembers on board
Lakshadweep MP petitions External Affairs Ministry
Dr. Koya suspects the ship to be stolen by pirates
- Sustainable Growth (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Aug 07, 2006)
Suicide deaths, growing indebtedness, wheat imports and stagnant food production coupled with declining crop productivity signal a farm crisis that can no longer be ignored.
- Kerala Education Act: A Model For The Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
Consensus in matters such as education is desirable, but not always possible. That, however, should not impede society from advancing towards social justice and equality. The government's duty is to pave the way for it.
- Waiting For Award (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
The tribunal needs to be reasonable and fair to all states
- Farm Sector Growth Is A Mission Possible (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"We have to learn to convert information into knowledge and that knowledge into equity" -Mangla rai
- Pak Must Destroy Terror Infrastructure: Doval (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 06, 2006)
A quintessential “operations” man and the Bhishma Pitamah of the Indian intelligence brass, Ajit Kumar Doval (IPS 1968 batch, Kerala cadre), is viewed as a national asset.
- Potpourri Of Thoughts (New Indian Express, V Geetha, Aug 06, 2006)
The Blindness of Insight is an elegantly argued book. It offers a provocative thesis: that communal violence, especially in northern India, represents a unique resolution of the caste question.
- Left In A Cleft In Kerala (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Aug 06, 2006)
The Kerala unit of the Students Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the CPI(M), is used to organising protests. Unlike in West Bengal, the CPI(M) in Kerala has not been able to retain power continuously.
- New Face Of Jihadi Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 06, 2006)
Let's not blind ourselves to the new scourge: Home-grown Islamist terror ----- Investigations into the Mumbai bombings and several other blasts over the past few months (Varanasi, Bangalore, Delhi and Ayodhya) have confirmed that Pakistan has . . .
- New Face Of Jihadi Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 05, 2006)
Let's not blind ourselves to the new scourge: Home-grown Islamist terror ----- Investigations into the Mumbai bombings and several other blasts over the past few months (Varanasi, Bangalore, Delhi and Ayodhya) have confirmed that Pakistan has devised . .
- Left In A Cleft In Kerala (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Aug 05, 2006)
The Kerala unit of the Students Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the CPI(M), is used to organising protests.
- Corporate Social Conscience (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Aug 05, 2006)
Money spent for being known as a good corporate citizen cannot be regarded as being wholly outside the ambit of the business concerns of the company.
- Sabarimala Not For Women: Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Sabarimala temple will continue to remain out of bounds for women between 10 and 50 years age, Kerala Devaswom Minister G Sudhakaran said here on Thursday.
- Kerala To Have Four Edusat Channels For School Education (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Aug 04, 2006)
Bid to broaden the reach of IT education in the State
- "Car With Bombs Was Parked Near Venue Of Advani's Meeting" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Accused could not switch on bomb as the car lock got jammed, it says
Six boxes containing "bombs" found inside the car: prosecution
Seventh box had wires for triggering explosion
It was not a live bomb, says defence
- Nss Rejects `Devaprasnam' Held At Sabarimala Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Urges TDB not to go ahead with `pariharakriyas'
- In Lebanon, Many Indians Stay On (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 04, 2006)
An overwhelming majority of Indians in Lebanon have not been evacuated by the four ships of the Western Fleet which completed the transfer of Indian, Sri Lankan and Nepalese nationals this week.
- The No Festival Month (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
In Ashada, South Indians refrain from celebrations and indulge in spiritual activities.
- Farm Crisis Brooks No Delay (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Aug 04, 2006)
The problems of farmers are multi-pronged. They face more problems when they try to come out of them.
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