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Articles 721 through 820 of 3665:
- Democracy & Freedom (Statesman, BP SAHA, Jul 18, 2006)
In a television interview before the elections, the outgoing Speaker of the West Bengal assembly had stated that a strong opposition . . .
- ‘Plantation Sector Has Been Neglected’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jul 18, 2006)
Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commerce, is of the view that the plantation sector has been neglected for a long time and that is necessary to set up a separate department to look into the problems even as the UPA government is trying to . . .
- Rs.5,000-Crore Road Project For Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
T.R. Baalu says Centre has no role in the proposed Vizhinjam project
- World Of Political Untouchables (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Jul 17, 2006)
Although social divides in India are crumbling, political inequality is thriving as never before, says S Gurumurthy.
- A Balancing Act For Justice To All (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 17, 2006)
The Kerala Professional Colleges Act (KPC Act), 2006, is neither pro-minority nor anti-minority; it is only pro-people.
- A Progressive Online Initiative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 17, 2006)
The procedure for allotting professional course seats to eligible students under the single-window admission system mandated by the Supreme Court that came into effect in 1997 has been taxing for all involved.
- Pm To Take Up N-Opposition With Bush (Times of India, Diwakar, Jul 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that he would take up with US president George Bush the attempt of US lawmakers to deny India access to enrichment and reprocessing technology, dilution of fuel . . .
- Cpm Latest: Govt’S International Treaties Must Get House Ok (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2006)
Against the backdrop of differences on economic policy issues with the Government, the CPM says that all international treaties signed by the Government must be ratified by Parliament and where they impact on states by the National Development Council.
- Raja Rao: The Man (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
C N Srinath reminisces about Raja Rao, a dear family friend and a warm-hearted, serious man.
- Terror In Times Of Political Correctness (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 16, 2006)
It has long been my view that political correctness is dangerous and usually harms those people and ideas it seeks in a muddled liberal fashion to protect.
- New Schemes To Help Farmers: Chief Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan announced on Saturday that Adivasis would get free ration till Onam.
- No Approval For Klca Unit Elections: Archbishop (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
Latin Catholic Association to go ahead with polls
Archbishop says the elections are in defiance of his directive
Church has limitations in restricting our activities: KLCA members
- Central Delegation To Submit Report On Damage In A Week (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Team holds discussions with Chief Minister on findings Prime Minister, Planning Commission to see the report There will be no delay in sanctioning assistance State confident of getting special consideration from the Centre .
- Sfi To Launch State-Wide Protest Against `Anti-Student' Policies . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2006)
Agitation to be intensified in August if its demands are not fulfilled
Government's decision of increasing the rates of student bus pass criticised
SFI plans `Gulbarga University chalo' to force the university to reverse its decision on . . .
- Heart Of The Matter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2006)
It is quite well known that Punjab along with Kerala and Andhra Pradesh figures among the states with the highest incidence of heart disease in the country.
- Blasts Aftermath: Banned Simi Operating Under New Names (Times of India, SUBODH GHILDIYAL, Jul 15, 2006)
Banned for over five years for its anti-national character and now under the scanner for its role in the Mumbai blasts, the Students' Islamic Movement of India has begun to ward off proscription by changing identities.
- State Seeks Administrative Control Over 5 Dams (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Minister promises early resolution of river water disputes through dialogues
- "Is Cauvery Tribunal Functioning?" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Is the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal still functioning, asked the Supreme Court on Thursday.
- Travel Exhibition Begins Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
India International Travel Mart (IITM), a travel and tourism exhibition, will be held in Bangalore from July 15 to 17 at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium. "Around 20,000 visitors are expected to take part. The exhibition is open to all," said Anurag . . .
- Differences Between Bjp, Jd (S) Can Be Ironed Out: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The coalition Government will complete its term of 40 months much to the chagrin of Opposition parties, Minister for Science and Technology and district in-charge Ramachandra Gowda said here on Thursday.
- Simi Ally Is Congress Poll Partner (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Jul 14, 2006)
The sudden awakening of the Union Government to the threat posed by the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) is like eating crow.
- Why Mumbai Is Under Attack (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2006)
The Mumbai terror strikes were waiting to happen. With some forward planning the police could have anticipated them and placed their forces on alert, rather than have waited for such a tragedy to take 200 lives in India’s commercial capital.
- Aiims: Terms For Inquiry Announced (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Panel to submit report in 3 months
It would examine issues of critical infrastructural gaps
To suggest structural changes to the AIIMS Act also on agenda
- As Mumbai Fights Back, The Living Count The Dead (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Things were finally settling down at the casualty ward of Sion hospital. Occasionally, an injured would be shifted, some volunteers were still offering khichdi to those who had settled down on the dull pink stone benches for the night.
- Sc Paves Way For Reviving Evening Law Colleges (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Evening law colleges were a phenomenon across India until October 1999 when the Bar Council of India decided against their continuation for alleged violation of standards set by it for legal education.
- Arjun: Quota Possible For ‘Backward’ Minorities (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
HRD Minister Arjun Singh on Wednesday said that minority communities could be given reservation under the constitutional norms of backwardness but no community would get a quota based on religion.
- Mumbai Returns To Life Turned Upside Down (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jul 13, 2006)
The BO 635 local to Borivli in the northwest suburbs that leaves Churchgate at 1748 is not in its platform today. But there is another that is going the same route at 1750.
- Quota For Obc Muslims Only: Arjun (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Jul 13, 2006)
Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh today made it clear that quota would not be extended on the basis of religion, but Muslims from backward castes would be included in the proposed 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in institutions of higher learning.
- Muslims Can Be Given Reservation: Arjun (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
In the midst of the controversy over OBC quota in elite educational institutions, Union HRD minister Mr Arjun Singh today said that Muslims could be given reservation under the Constitutional norms of backwardness.
- Syndicate Bank Business Crosses Rs.1 Lakh Crores (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
15 per cent business growth in the first quarter
- Kerala Wants To Proceed With Prosecution Of Karunakaran (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Reversing the stand of former UDF Government in Kerala, the V S Achuthanandanan-led LDF regime today told the Supreme Court that it wanted to proceed with the prosecution of former Chief Minister K Karunakaran in the palm oil import scam case.
- Farmers Need Real `Help Lines' (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 12, 2006)
The clustering of suicides gives a distorted picture of the consequences of affluence and development.
There appears something endemic about suicides. They occur in clusters and have been observed recently in farming communities. What is required . . .
- On My Own Trip (Indian Express, SUNANDA MEHTA, Jul 12, 2006)
Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone — The Dhammapada
- A Tragedy Foretold (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 12, 2006)
It could take months to identify the perpetrators of the Mumbai bombings, but the recent past holds some clues.
- Gulf Kannadigas Fly High On Hope (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Jul 12, 2006)
DIRECT LINK- The Chief Minister has assured Kannadigas in the Gulf of improved infrastructure in coastal Karnataka
- J&k Leads In Job Growth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 12, 2006)
Despite being in the grip of militancy for more than a decade, Jammu and Kashmir has registered the highest rate of growth in total employment at 6.82 per cent in the country, according to the Economic Census 2005 conducted by the Central . . .
- Bending Over Backward (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jul 11, 2006)
Pseudo-secularism has plumbed such depths in the country that nobody questions giving special rights to minority educational institutions ----
- A Lost Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 11, 2006)
The Rs 3,700-cr debt relief package for Vidarbha will benefit the banks more than the farmers
- Bjp Has Double Standards On Quota, Says Jdu (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Using the recent controversy over the move for the removal of AIIMS director P Venugopal, the Janata Dal (United) here today charged the BJP with ‘‘duplicity’’ over reservations.
- No 'Son-Rise' In Congress Yet (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is set to undertake the long-awaited revamp of the party leadership.
- Neighbourhood Gang (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jul 10, 2006)
While Rahul Gandhi is yet to make up his mind on his role in the party, the list of his teammates, as on his recent birthday on June 19, is more or less ready.
- Growth In Spite Of Politics (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 10, 2006)
Coalition governments with a certain degree of controlled chaos are now a standard part of existence both at the Centre and in the States, and I think we should expect a great deal of 'volatility' as we ahead towards election time in Uttar Pradesh . . .
- Rs.10 Crores For Development Of Three Medical Colleges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
Plea to increase seats in Alappuzha, Kottayam, Thrissur medical colleges
Centre to consider grants for these medical colleges
Steps on to upgrade Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode medical colleges
Vacancies of medical and paramedical staff to be filled
- Monsoon Magic (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2006)
George Oommen paints to reawaken the feeling the image brought when he first saw it. Once the feeling returns, the painting is over.
His works are impressionistic in their fidelity to colour and light.
- Congress: Perform Or Perish (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Jul 08, 2006)
The only escape for the Congress, from the end of the long rope it finds itself in, is to allow its two leaders to function.
- Pak's Major Policy Decision On J-K Map (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jul 08, 2006)
For me it has always been Kashmir, the valley that is. Give me half a chance I will be there. Yes, during the past 17 years of turbulence as well. I have always found a pretext to visit the State.
- Elementary Steps (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
Examining the challenges and recent initiatives in providing universal elementary education.
- `Verdict Upholds Federal Structure Of Indian Polity' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
`Verdict upholds federal structure of Indian polity'
- Central Team To Visit Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
To make an on-the-spot assessment of the extensive damage caused by rain
- Sc To Hear Pvt Colleges’ Plea Against Kerala Quota Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a petition filed by Kerala Self Financing Engineering Colleges Association challenging the controversial 93rd Constitution amendment extending reservation for socially and educationally backward classes to . . .
- Kerala Takes Steps To Check Pig Fever (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Veterinary experts on Thursday collected sample carcasses of pigs which died in a private farm in Wayanad district following a rare pig fever.
- Untimely Investment (Deccan Herald, GAYATRI CHANDRASHEKAR, Jul 07, 2006)
Stock market investments may offer high returns, but none can deny they’re volatile
- Breach Of Spiritual Privilege (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jul 07, 2006)
Recent controversies surrounding Hindu rituals underscore priestly monopoly, which had once done the religion in, says Anuradha Dutt
- Temple Tantrums (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Jul 07, 2006)
The Sabarimala controversy tests India's dual secular guarantee of religious freedom and social justice for all. Every citizen has the right to profess, practice, propagate and manage one's own affairs in matters of religion including the myriad of . . .
- Kerala To Seek `Vidharbha-Like Package' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Achuthanandan leaves for New Delhi with memorandum listing State's travails
- Kerala Government To Seek `Vidharbha-Like Package' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Achuthanandan leaves for New Delhi with a memorandum
- Jayamala Refuses To Talk To Security Officials » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
The Vigilance and Security SPs of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), who were in the city to meet Jayamala, who is in the eye of a storm after claiming that she had visited the famed Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala, had to return empty handed . . .
- A 'Women Only' Temple In Kerala (Times of India, P K SURENDRAN, Jul 06, 2006)
Sabarimala temple, which is facing a chorus of demands to allow women devotees, should take a cue from Kerala's Chakkulathu Kavu temple. Here, in a devout village, some 9 km from the Tiruvalla town of southern Kerala, women are worshipped.
- No Holy Cow For Edamaruku (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jul 06, 2006)
The ‘diary notes’ of Prof A.T. Kovoor, serialised in a Malayalam journal, provided me the first introduction to rationalism. Son of a Mar Thoma priest, who was known for his oratorical skills, Prof Kovoor migrated to Colombo where he practised . . .
- Kerala, Ap Orders On Quota Challenged (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
The law passed by Kerala and an executive order issued by Andhra Pradesh aimed at extending reservation to unaided private institutions and minority colleges, was today challenged in the Supreme Court in two separate writ petition on the ground that . . .
- Friendship Is A Numbers Game (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 06, 2006)
Once again the idea of forming a third front is floating around in the offices of political parties which are neither close to the Congress nor the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Quota Protests: Sc Raps Centre For Holding Back Doctors’ Salary (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
The Centre’s decision to withhold salaries of doctors who did not attend duty during the anti-quota agitation evoked strong criticism from the Supreme Court today.
- ‘By 2007, Increase In H1b Visa Quota Likely’ (Deccan Herald, Michael Patrao, Jul 06, 2006)
At present 65,000 people from across the world are allowed to enter the US under the H1B category of which almost 50 per cent are IT professionals from the southern states
- Kerala For Inclusion Of Professional Colleges Act In The Ninth . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
The measure seeks to ensure social justice and standard in the higher education sector
The Act seeks to regulate self-financing professional colleges
- Probe: Jayamala Seeks More Time (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
The Travancore Devaswom Board’s plans to probe Kannada actress Jayamala over the Sabarimala controversy were cut short on Wednesday, with the actress requesting more time before she had any discussion with the temple officials...
- Monsoon Blushes (Business Line, A. Ranganathan, Jul 06, 2006)
When the Kerala coast was battered by heavy rain in the last week of May, the Meteorological Department announced the early arrival of the monsoon. June proved that monsoon was nowhere in sight.
- Flow Into Dam Perks Up Farmers' Spirits (Hindu, S. Vydhianathan, Jul 05, 2006)
They hope to reap good kuruvai, samba
Catchments of Cauvery basin reservoirs in Karnataka experiencing torrential rain
Kabini reservoir has reached its capacity; Krishnaraja Sagar inching towards brim
- Guruvayur: Apex Court Rejects Kerala Appeal (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jul 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by the Kerala Government challenging a Kerala High Court order directing the State to acquire land within a radius of 25 metres from the outer wall of the Guruvayur Sreekrishna Temple for future . . .
- Kerala Has Women's Sabarimala Too (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2006)
The raging controversy over women between puberty and menopause not being allowed inside the sanctum sanctorum of the all-men hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala in Kerala overlooks the fact that there are temples that are meant only for women . . .
- Sowing Hope In Vidarbha (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 05, 2006)
The long-term solution is in strengthening the farming system with input supplies, irrigation, agronomy, and infrastructure.
- Power Punch (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 05, 2006)
The newly elected Left Front government in Kerala is already coming in for a lot of criticism from opponents for dogmatic lack of imagination, among other things. However, even if true, such a trait is not entirely unwelcome.
- For An Alternative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 05, 2006)
Budget making for a State in India in the neo-liberal era is indeed an unenviable task. On the one side, the terrible state of finances has seriously undermined the ability of States to meet rising obligations in social services.
- Kerala’S Buddha Talk: Need Capital From Anyone And From Anywhere (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 05, 2006)
Industries Minister vows to dump red rag, cut red tape to woo investors; set up public-private infrastructure firm
- On Amartya Sen's Work (Hindu, B.R.P. BHASKAR, Jul 04, 2006)
AMARTYA SEN'S "Development as Freedom", based on his lectures delivered while serving as Presidential Fellow at the World Bank, is a significant work that attempts to synthesise elements of capitalist and socialist concepts of development.
- Is Education For All Still A Mirage? (Hindu, S.S.RAJAGOPALAN, Jul 04, 2006)
It provides essential data to review the progress made so far in the sarvasiksha Abhiyan scheme.
- Girija Lokesh Says She Too Visited Sabarimala Temple In 1987 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
The actor doubts Jayamala's claim of having touched the deity
Actor criticises tradition on women's entry into Sabarimala temple
Pejawar Math seer declines to comment on temple norms
- Refined And Clean (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 04, 2006)
The Punjabi suit has taken over the dress code in south India. Sad but true. Those wonderful woven saris that typify Tamil Nadu are now rarely seen on the streets of its cities and small towns except on special occasions like a wedding.
- Touch And Go (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 04, 2006)
Remembrance of things past is not always a pleasant occupation. The former actress, Ms Jayamala, who is waiting to be interrogated by the Sabarimala temple’s own vigilance wing for an indiscretion on her part close to two decades ago, knows that. In fact,
- Military And Media (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jul 04, 2006)
Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen S. Pattabhiraman has apologized for his published comment on women in the Army even after it was put out officially that his remarks had been torn out of context by a reporter.
- Nine Dead As Rains Hit Orissa, Kerala, Mumbai (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
Pelting monsoon rain left at least nine persons dead today as it swamped coastal Orissa, Kerala and Maharashtra and crippled life in suburban Mumbai, where train services were brought to a halt.
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