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- Poultry Team For West Asia To Allay Bird Flu Fears (Business Line, G. Gurumurthy, Jul 04, 2006)
To press for lifting of import ban on poultry products
To put in perspective on the disease-free status of the farms in the South, especially Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
A detailed video presentation will also be made to show that products from the . . .
- India’S Ailing Public Health Services (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jul 04, 2006)
In the absence of accountability, our health outcomes are worse than those of many Asian countries.
- Sonia Wants States’ Info On Price Rise (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
After realising that the Centre may not be able to tackle the price rise effectively, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked AICC general secretaries and those in charge in party-ruled states to give her a ground-level feedback on this issue on . . .
- Easy Packs For Doctors (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jul 04, 2006)
A World Bank study says half the doctors in Government medical centres prescribe treatments that are harmful ---- It is easy to become a medico with a super speciality in South India.
- Rights Of Passage (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 03, 2006)
At Kerala’s Sabarimala temple, priests and the management draw on ‘tradition’ to bar women between ages 10 and 50 from the temple.
- Package For Farmers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2006)
As expected, the Prime Minister announced on Saturday a Rs 3,750-crore package for distressed farmers of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala to address the problems of rural indebtedness, crop failure and water deficiency, which have . . .
- Government Seeks Options To Make Probe Effective (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
CBI investigation in Kiliroor sex scandal case
- First Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2006)
Govt must go to underlying cause of farmers’ suicides
- Secrets In The Family (Hindu, NIMI KURIAN, Jul 02, 2006)
Eraly portrays various aspects of relationships — some dark, some fiery, some sleazy.
- Pm Announces Rs 3,750 Cr For Distressed Farmers (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Jul 02, 2006)
After touring the suicide zone of Vidarbha in Maharashtra on Friday and Saturday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh disappointed the distressed farmers by refusing to waive their unpaid debts, which is the major cause behind the suicides, and announced . . .
- Bias Against Bhubaneswar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 02, 2006)
A government run by the likes of Dr Manmohan Singh and P. Chidambaram had raised high expectations in me.
- The End Of Distress (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jul 02, 2006)
Vidarbha’s problems are real and palpable. The solution has to be all-India reform
- Page From The Past (Hindu, PADMA JAYARAJ, Jul 02, 2006)
The Sakthan Thampuran palace in Thrissur is a tribute to an enlightened ruler.
- Rs. 3,750-Crore Relief For Vidharbha (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jul 02, 2006)
Manmohan announces interest waiver, debt rescheduling, and more credit flow
Manmohan: Not come on fault-finding mission
Rural indebtedness a national problem
- Naxalites Fighting A Losing Battle In Ap, Says Dgp Sen (Times of India, Ramesh Kandula, Jul 02, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh has probably more experience in tackling armed Maoist uprising than any other state.
- Hc Pulls Up Govt After Petition On Cpm Terror In Jail (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 02, 2006)
Central jail: Court takes suo motu notice after inmate writes to the Chief Justice, complaining of torture by partymen
- Getting Tn Ready For Vat (Business Line, S. Sridharan, Jul 01, 2006)
The VAT design should be simple, transparent and practical
As a late starter, Tamil Nadu has the advantage of learning from other States. The key requisite is a well designed VAT administration software.
- Government Not To Sell Infopark (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
Government's stance on Smart City project conveyed to High Court
- Every Third Poor Person On The Planet Lives Here (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 01, 2006)
If the poverty of the poorest is not addressed immediately, it may become intractable and costly, says a collection of essays on chronic poverty. Another compilation of articles sees a growing confidence among the poor, while a third book notes that . . .
- Pm’S Farm Package (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 01, 2006)
The first instalment of the Rs 4,000-crore rehabilitation package for distressed farmers in 31 suicide-struck districts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, to be announced by the PM in Vidarbha, is long on noble intentions but short . .
- Hc Pulls Up Govt After Petition On Cpm Terror In Jail (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jul 01, 2006)
Central jail: Court takes suo motu notice after inmate writes to the Chief Justice, complaining of torture by partymen
- Upa Government Accused Of Doubletalk On Price Rise, Farmers' Suicides (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
Venkaiah Naidu calls for integrated national-level package to counter suicides
- Karnataka Assembly To Discuss `Sabarimala Incident' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 01, 2006)
MLAs question the tradition of barring women from entering the temple
- Chief Secretary To Probe Officials' Lapse (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan on Thursday said that the Chief Secretary would probe any lapse on the part of officials in communicating on time the State Government's plea to the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions for . . .
- Ryot Rehab Package Comes Under Fire (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jun 30, 2006)
Attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s proposed rehabilitation package to 31 districts where thousands of farmers have committed suicide during the last five years
- Cauvery Waters: Karnataka Rejects Assessors' `Report' (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jun 30, 2006)
The advice of the assessors is only "notes" and not a "report", says Government
- Are Our Temples Anti-Women? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 30, 2006)
Even a cursory glance at the news reports shows a generous sprinkling of misogynous words hiding behind a thick smokescreen of spirituality, reverence and chauvinism.
- God And State (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 30, 2006)
From the two ends of India, two case studies for government on how not to handle the interface with religious custom.
- Rs.521-Crore Scheme For Wayanad Submitted To Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The State Government has submitted a Rs.521-crore scheme to the Union Government for assistance to revive the crisis-ridden farm sector of Wayanad district.
- Pawar To Accompany Prime Minister To Vidarbha (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 29, 2006)
A new rehabilitation package for distressed farmers in suicide-prone districts being finalised
- Stage Set For Price Hike War Within Congress (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The Congress may have persuaded a sulking Sharad Pawar to accompany Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to Vidharbha.
- Education Minister Meets College Managements; Differences Persist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Medical college managements say they are in debt
Engineering college managements object to the conditions on stringent punishment
They are willing to make admissions to 50 per cent on merit
Promise transparency in admission process
- Widening Gap (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
The gap in per capita income levels between the richer and poorer states has widened over the past three decades. Rich states (Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Gujarat, Punjab and Maharastra) have also grown over three times faster than poorer states . . .
- What People Want (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 28, 2006)
August, the CPM central committee decided in its Hyderabad meeting recently, is going to be a month of a “national political campaign”.
- Kashmir’S Iron Maidens (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jun 28, 2006)
Long before the sex scandal in Jammu and Kashmir erupted in angry street demonstrations in the Valley, the minister of health in the Mufti . . .
- Some Cong-Bashing For The Record (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 28, 2006)
Talking of the pre-1977 period, Karat writes: “The Communist Party’s first government in Kerala, headed by E M S Namboodiripad, was ousted in 21 months. Article 356 of the constitution was used for the first time by the then Nehru government . . .
- Vs: No Clout, And An Identity Crisis (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 28, 2006)
It's a question that would beg for an answer soon in Kerala:
- Capital Hit Hard By First Pre-Monsoon Showers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Roads flooded, traffic jammed, thousands stranded, flights disrupted, drains clogged
- How Mumbai Came To Discover Vidharbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's upcoming visit to Vidharbha has had an impact even before he's reached the place. It would, however, be a limited and transient impact if he does not see through the charade.
- Probe Ordered Into Forest Department Scam (Hindu, G. Satyamurty , Jun 28, 2006)
Unaccounted timber worth over Rs 30 lakh legalised by unauthorised permits
Ranger suspended
Conservator's order ignored
- Pre-Monsoon Showers Lash North India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Waterlogged roads catch citizens unawares
Delay in the arrival of the monsoon in Delhi
Rail, road traffic affected in many places
- Corporation Bank Hikes Interest Rates (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Corporation Bank has increased the interest rates on term deposits.
- Noon-Meal, Victers Programmes Enthuse South African Team (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Delegation studying education system in the country
Seven-member team is on a visit to India and Thailand to study human resource practices, education management information systems
- Bsnl Service For Post-Paid Customers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Those under Plan 325 and 525 can avail of south zone CUG
- Too White (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 28, 2006)
Kerala Opposition leader Oommen Chandy says new state finance minister . . .
- Package For Ryots In Four States Soon (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 27, 2006)
For rehabilitation in suicide-hit regions
Manmohan to visit Vidharbha on Thursday
Proposed figure for this year is about Rs. 1,100 crore
- All For Yakshagana (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Uppala Krishna Master would teach at a school during the day and perform Yakshagana for a selected audience at night. Malar Jayaram Rai gets the artist to talk about his love for the art form.
- India's Tortuous Trail In Telecom Industry (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jun 27, 2006)
Twenty-five years ago, making a telephone call from a southern state to an upcountry number was an exercise that could extend beyond one day. One booked a trunk call
- The Traditional Art Form Of Kerala (Hindu, S. A. K. DURGA, Jun 27, 2006)
This book is a detailed account of the performance of the shadow puppet theatre of Kerala.
- ‘I Am Not Here Just To Fill Potholes, I’M Going To Build A Knowledge Society’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 27, 2006)
Of your many roles, as chairman of the administrative reforms commission, permanent aide of the Congress Working Committee, in-charge of Tamil Nadu and . . .
- More Questions Than Answers (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Jun 27, 2006)
The provisional findings of the fifth economic census paint a curious picture.
- Withering Centre, Flourishing Margins (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 27, 2006)
With Congress weakening by the day and BJP in no position to fill the vacuum, the prospect of the Third Front seems bright, says A Prabaharan.
- Indian Driver Released After Saudi King Pays Blood Money (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
An Indian driver involved in a car accident nearly two years ago has been freed after Saudi King Abdullah paid
- Expert Panel To Review Entrance Test System In Kerala: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
N. Ram calls for an end to the practice of collecting capitation fee
- "We Are Trying To Find An Alternative Path For Our Own Development" (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Jun 26, 2006)
The Left Front in West Bengal entered its 30th year in power on June 21. In an interview toThe Hindu, Chief MinisterBuddhadeb Bhattacharjeespeaks of the changing perspectives over the last three decades, the new Left alternative being considered . . .
- What The Rebels Think Today (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 26, 2006)
The Battle for Bastar Ramachandra Guha Part I: Revolutionaries This is the first part of a four-part article
- India Votes For Shashi Tharoor (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Jun 26, 2006)
If the election of the UN Secretary General were to be held in India today, Shashi Tharoor would win by acclamation.
- Saudi King Pays Blood Money, Indian Freed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
An Indian driver involved in a car accident nearly two years ago has been freed after Saudi King Abdullah paid SR 185,701 (Rs 22,87,839.80) as blood money to the members of a Saudi family to secure his release.
- A Surprise Guest At Bsp Meeting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
A senior Congress leader at an office-bearers’ meeting of the Bahujan Samaj Party! It was former railway minister C K Jaffer Sharief who was the surprise guest at the BSP gathering.
- Narayanan, Dai Meet Ahead Of Sino-India Boundary Talks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India's Special Representative to the India-China boundary talks, K Narayanan and his Chinese counterpart, Dai Bingguo have met informally in the north-western Chinese city of Xian ahead of the official-level talks here on Monday.
- Politically Incorrect And Unapologetic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The book’s greatest strengths are in its poetic descriptions, painstaking research and unexpected humour.
- No Comic Relief Here (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The comic book is re-inventing itself with an imaginative plunge into the big, bad world of the adult.
- Special Grant To Prevent Farm Suicides On Way: Pawar (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The Centre will soon announce a special package, worth a few thousand crores, to initiate urgent measures to prevent suicides by farmers, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar announced here on Saturday.
- Lack Of Anti-Piracy Effort Hurting Crackdown (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2006)
“Even Ribeiro, who heads the anti-piracy operation, openly says that when he was Bombay police chief he had not heard of movie piracy, imagine what the level of awareness is - Chander Lall
- Centre-Right? That’S All Right (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 24, 2006)
Two events on the same day this week, in the two most distant metros in the country, each involving an adversarial brother and a fraternal adversary, raised the same, intriguing, vital and delicious question. Was it pro-rich, or pro-aam admi?
- World Bank Prescription For Malnutrition (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Jun 24, 2006)
A World Bank report on malnutrition among India's children calls for drastic reforms in the Integrated Child Development Services.
- Rains Hit Ongc Inaugural, Pm Deora Take Cover (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The Rs 4,900-crore petro-chemical project of the ONGC turned out to be a damp squib following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s inability to land in Mangalore on Friday due to inclement weather.
- Creation Of More States (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jun 24, 2006)
There is a dormant demand for creation of a separate state of Vidarbha by bifurcating Maharashtra.
- Sunk Indian Football (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jun 24, 2006)
The World Cup is nearly past the halfway stage with the world's very best footballers in action, watched by hundreds of thousands of admiring fans, those lucky enough to get tickets to enter the various venues in leading German cities and those . . .
- Tax On Luxury Items To Mobilise More Revenue In Kerala Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
LDF Government's Budget gives emphasis to farmers' issues
- Kerala To Seek Cancellation Of Minority Status For Colleges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Baby pilots Bill on professional colleges in Assembly
Education Minister says these institutions do not fulfil prescribed norms
Finds national minority panel's decision a breach of promise
Wants State Government to be heard before granting the . . .
- Centre To Spend Rs 1,560 Cr On Health Education (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
In a bid to improve India’s health infrastructure and provide quality medical education, the government has decided to upgrade 13 institutions in the country at a cost of Rs 1,560 crore.
- Minister Gets Tough With Aiims Director (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The Union health ministry has asked the AIIMS director, Dr P Venugopal, to explain why he went public on his claim that the ministry was interfering in the functioning of the institute.
- Southern Stirrings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
The job of governing a state can concentrate the mind wonderfully. Notice the sudden awakening in Thiruvananthapuram.
- Achuthanandan To Pursue Causes Raised Earlier (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Three-day debate on Motion of Thanks
- Left In A State Of Transition (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2006)
Communists have accepted parliamentary system after much brainstorming. Today they face another challenge, of liberalisation, says Basab Dasgupta.
- Price Of Reforms (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jun 21, 2006)
The UPA government's consistent violation of the Common Minimum Programme attracts a stiff warning from the Left parties.
- Bid To Evolve Consensus To Exempt Tourism, It Sectors From Hartals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Government to consider giving stickers for vehicles used by tourists
Programme to train tourist guides on the anvil
Strength of the police force to be increased
Transfer of police officials as per norms
- Chiefly Chivvying (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 21, 2006)
Besides running a government and a coalition, Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik is nowadays trying to improve his bureaucrats’ understanding on matters of official etiquette.
- Food At Stake (Frontline, Brinda Karat, Jun 21, 2006)
The new proposals of the Department of Food and Public Distribution constitute an assault on the right to food.
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