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Articles 1521 through 1620 of 3665:
- Staring At An Electoral Meltdown (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Apr 05, 2006)
Last weekend, The Times of India published a report about a Congress-sponsored pre-election survey. It said the Congress would experience electoral meltdown in four of the five poll-bound states.
- Notification For First Phase Of Polls Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
It will set poll process in motion in Mahe and Yanam regions
Last date for making nominations is April 12 both for Mahe and Yanam
Scrutiny of nominations for Mahe region on April 15; Yanam on April 13
- The Case Of The Missing Teachers (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 05, 2006)
With one in four government primary school teachers absent on any given day, and only one in two teaching, India is wasting much of its budget for education, a study finds.
- Jd(s) Fields Rufus Daniel In Kovalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Neelalohithadasan Nadar resigns as MLA, to contest as Independent
- Cpi(m) Hits Out At Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
His statement on UPA a sign of desperation: Politbureau member
Other statements
Election results will strengthen anti-communalist forces in the country
It will provide a lesson to the UPA Government to change its "anti-people" policies
- Rebels: Congress Wields Carrot And Stick (Hindu, Girish Menon, Apr 04, 2006)
Some of them have already withdrawn from the fray
- Will 'Martyrdom' Work For Party? (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Apr 04, 2006)
Emotional chorus alone cannot bring victory to the Congress in the coming Assembly elections, says CP Bhambhri
- Beyond The Rhetoric (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2006)
The Left is losing ground
- Bold Initiatives Are Needed (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2006)
Notwithstanding the influence which the Left wields in public life and the academia, it is worth noting that it has always been a marginal force at the national level. Not only that, its influence is perceptibly on the wane.
- The Idea On The Ground (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Apr 04, 2006)
Contradictions characterise the rural job scheme in terms of a project and a holistic approach
- A New Trend In Historiography (Hindu, R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI, Apr 04, 2006)
First volume of a set of interlinked studies that deploys the concept of `connected histories' to shed important light on aspects of the history of early modern Eurasia based on a variety of materials
- Euthanasia Debate Continues (Daily Excelsior, Nalini J. Singh, Apr 03, 2006)
A man suffering from many incurable dis- eases in a Chennai hospital is kept alive for the last two years on life support system.
- Voting Begins In India's Assam; Security Tight (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Thousands of people lined up on Monday to vote in Assam as troops protected polling booths from possible rebel attacks at the start of the biggest electoral test for the federal coalition.
- Why Do People Choose Them? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 03, 2006)
Ethics and values no longer influence voters' emotions anywhere in the country, including in the South, writes K Govindan Kutty
- Indian Toll In Bahrain Boat Tragedy Rises To 22 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The body of an Indian man was today recovered during search operations, taking the toll of the number of Indians killed in Thursday's boat tragedy off the coast of Bahrain to 22.
- Left Plays Alternative Over Upa Blues (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Apr 03, 2006)
With the growing disenchantment against the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre on major policy issues, there is possibility of creation of a front on the basis of alternative policy in the aftermath of Assembly election in the five States.
- Evangelists' Half Truths (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, Apr 03, 2006)
Apropos the article, "Bashing Christians yet again, (Think pad, March 25), by Dominic Emmanuel, the outlandish claims of persecution of Christians vis-à-vis the Haqeeqat controversy, the pressure tactics from abroad by attempting to involve . . .
- Do Not Be Afraid India File (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Apr 03, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi should have known that Shamsur Rahman was going to be in town around the time she declared war on the Opposition and launched a new political struggle in the battle-fields of Uttar Pradesh .
- A Cartful Of Ideas, Issues And Solutions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
At the age of 80, the zeal with which he pursues socially relevant projects is exemplary. Founder Director of IIM Bangalore Prof. N.S. Ramaswamy, who was recently conferred with Padma Bhushan, shares his vision with Mandira Nayar...
- Politics Reeks Of Vendetta (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Apr 03, 2006)
The 'Jessica Lall' factor in criminal jurisprudence has come to dominate public discourse.
- Udf Promises Growth, Social Justice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Front manifesto adopts the slogan `Developed Kerala, no-poverty Kerala'
- Dramatic Drop (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 01, 2006)
India’s battle against HIV/AIDS appears to be moving in the right direction at least in the four southern states.
- Sun Tv: Right Signals (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Apr 01, 2006)
Despite Sun TV’s complete dominance of the market in the south— it is the largest television broadcaster in Tamil Nadu and Kerala with four Tamil and two Malayalam channels - its revenues grew at just around 7 per cent in FY05 and 12 per cent annualised i
- Duplicity On Left Troubles Cong (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Apr 01, 2006)
The Congress leadership's soft attitude towards the Left in West Bengal is creating problems for the party both at the State level and among central leaders.
- Hollow Promises (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 01, 2006)
Had it just been a promise to provide free colour television sets to households that do not have one if voted to power, we could have laughed away the DMK's election manifesto for the coming Assembly poll in Tamil Nadu. But since the DMK has chosen . . .
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 01, 2006)
Project affected people, including Adivasis, who face eviction and submergence, challenge the NCA's assertion citing inconsistencies even in Maharashtra's own telling", read a sentence in "Rehabilitation: where the truth lies" (Op-Ed, March 31, 2006).
- Engaging India’S States, The Stanford Way (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Apr 01, 2006)
As state sector reforms now hold the key to our growth strategy, it is critical to forge consensus
- Battle For Entire Country: Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
As best tribute to Anil Biswas
"He has left us at a time when there is a big battle ahead"
"There is no place for retreat"
- Ec Will Be Watching, With 3000 Digi-Cams (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
The polling booths in the state will get electronic eyes — and 3,000 of them — in the forthcoming Assembly elections. Announcing this today, Debashis Sen, the chief electoral officer (CEO), said the state government has bought 3,000 digital cameras . . .
- A Tale Of Two Indias (Tribune, Dr Mohan Dharia, Mar 31, 2006)
Need for an integrated policy
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently announced the formation of the National Mission for the Renewal of Urban Centre having a population above one million.
- E-Seva, The Citizen-Friendly Face Of E-Governance (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Mar 31, 2006)
A key component of e-governance is to provide governments with a citizen-friendly face.
- Stage Set For A Sizzling Election Campaign (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Mar 31, 2006)
Most political parties have announced their candidates
Jayalalithaa to begin election tour by road on Friday
Vaiko to launch campaign from his native Kalingapatti
Karunanidhi, Ramadoss prepare for electioneering
- Poll: Raw Deal For Kerala Women (Deccan Herald, R Gopakumar, Mar 30, 2006)
When it comes to gender equality, Kerala comes out on top. In fact, Kerala is the only state in the country where the gender ratio is biologically correct: women outnumber men with 1,058 women for every 933 men. But think of elections and . . .
- Global Issues To Reflect On Polls: Pinarayi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Says IUML not interested in the welfare of the Muslim community
Accuses UPA Government of deviating from non-alignment policy
Says that Left's interventionist prowess has increased at the national level
- Hiv Rate Dips In South India (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Mar 30, 2006)
Though India is generally perceived as a nation that will have the world’s largest pool of HIV patients in a few years overtaking South Africa, the prevalence of HIV has gone down in four southern states in the last four years, medical researchers claim.
- Udm Advocates Public-Pvt Partnership In Metro Projects (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Mar 30, 2006)
Decks have been cleared for the entry of private players in the new Metro rail projects in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Cochin.
- Kerala:merger Not Part Of Cong-Dic (K) Pact,karunakaran (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Democratic Indira Congress(K) leader K Karunakaran today said merger with the Congress was not part of the agreement his party had struck with them for fighting the coming assembly elections together.
- Hiv Count Down In South, Says Report (Hindustan Times, Sanchita Sharma, Mar 30, 2006)
In a big boost to the Government’s AIDS control programmes focusing on awareness and condom use, HIV infection rates are down by a third in south India, reports the international medical journal The Lancet.
- 25 Per Cent Govt School Teachers Bunk Classes (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 30, 2006)
The goal of universalisation of primary education in India cannot be accomplished by increased budgetary allocation alone.
- Chronicle Of A Disorder Foretold (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 30, 2006)
Anil Biswas’s replacement will prove to be a tricky issue for the CPI(M). But if the choice is not made carefully, Bengal may go the Kerala way in factionalism, says Sumanta Sen
- Grief And Comfort (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 29, 2006)
CPM and challenges of change
A paradoxical trait of communist parties in democracies is their ability to reform and reinvent themselves to make the most of both challenges and change for furthering their political prospects.
- Beware Of Communal Politics (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Mar 29, 2006)
As five states prepare for Assembly elections over the next two months, the country will do well to prepare for a sharp and potentially dangerous spurt in communal politics and passions.
- All That Glitters Is Not Dubai (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Mar 29, 2006)
Most middle-class Indians identify Dubai as a shopping destination where the latest mobile phone or digital camera can be picked up for a song. In the bargain, they get a three-day-two-night holiday if they can pick the right airline at the . . .
- Where Earth Is Still Flat (Pioneer, Asad Amin, Mar 29, 2006)
About three per cent of Muslim children attend madarsas (religious schools) in India. A large section of these come from lower middle class or poor uneducated family.
- Jayalalithaa Says Dmk Impeding Growth (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Mar 29, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa today accused the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance of hindering the implementation of several ongoing welfare schemes in the state by ‘‘using the Election Commission’’ for . . .
- State Of Red Content (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 29, 2006)
The Left parties are trying to widen their base, but West Bengal and Kerala are the key to their success.
- Aiadmk For Cauvery Delta Authority (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has said that if it is re-elected to power in the coming assembly elections, it will fight for the setting up of a Cauvery Delta Authority in the place of the present politically-oriented, “powerless”, Cauvery River . . .
- Jayalalithaa Rules Out Coalition Government In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Aiadmk releases manifestos for Assembly poll in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry
- Address Inequalities In Health Care Services: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Public-private initiative called Public Health Foundation of India launched
Many States did not have even the minimum number of institutions to turn out support staff for health care
Lacunae in the capacity of the sector to absorb extra financial resou
- Renunciation And After (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 29, 2006)
That Sonia Gandhi's second `renunciation' in two years has breathed new life into the moribund Congress is there for all to see — in the . . .
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 28, 2006)
{gt}{gt}Was this what the Pakistan President meant? B. Muralidhar Reddy's report (International, "Foreign miscreants face elimination, says Musharraf", March 25, 2006) read: "`Is this the way to progress and achieve prosperity and earn a respectable . . .
- Chandy And His Cpm Rival Lean On Crutches (Times of India, V J Thomas, Mar 28, 2006)
Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy and his competitor in Puthuppally constituency are leaning on the same support — crutches. It's a different matter that while the CM got his after a fall in Davos last month, his CPM opponent, 26-year-old . . .
- Jagmohan Dalmiya Questioned In Mumbai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police on Monday questioned former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Jagmohan Dalmiya and other officials regarding the charges of misappropriation of funds, . . .
- Warm Pool' To Buoy Wet Session (Business Line, Vinson Kurian, Mar 28, 2006)
Thunderstorms, hailstorms in the next few days
Small showers
The Bay islands have been brought under a spell of intermittent heavy showers.
The wet session would extend to coastal Tamil Nadu and Kerala as well.
- Kerala Polls: Cpm To Field 38 New Faces (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The committee is learnt to have expressed unhappiness with there being very few new faces on the list. The list is expected to be released on Monday.
- 46 Trade Organisations To Back New Confederation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
This coastal city will play host to the proposed formation of the Confederation of South India Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Trade Bodies.
- Cpm's Deal With Vs May Derail Pro-Reforms Agenda In Bengal (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Mar 27, 2006)
A deal for peace in Kerala may only open up new avenues of discomfort for both the CPI (M) Polit Bureau and its general secretary Prakash Karat. Insiders feel that the personal victory of VS Achuthanandan may soon take the shape of a deeper . . .
- Uncertainty Ends (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 27, 2006)
Karunakaran and Achuthanandan salvage their positions
- Madarsa Too Many (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 27, 2006)
The Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) is understandably concerned over the mushrooming of 1,900 madarsas on both sides of the India-Nepal border in the recent past.
- The Gods Play Again (Hindu, PREMA MANMADHAN , Mar 26, 2006)
Years ago in a `clean-up operation', the 16th and 17th Century murals in Madurai's Meenakshi Temple were painted over. Today, Vinod T. and his team are restoring them panel by panel.
- At The Crossroads (Hindu, K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN , Mar 26, 2006)
Usha Nangiar is one of the last Nangiarkoothu performers left in Kerala. A portrait of an artist and an art form at the threshold of change.
- Cosmetic Concern (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 25, 2006)
Farmers need help in taking entrepreneurial risk more than off-season jobs and cheaper credit
- Karunakaran, Cong Sign Election Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Swallowing its pride and all the abuses it had hurled at Congress leaders in the past two years, the Democratic Indira Congress (K) of veteran leader K Karunakaran finally inked an electoral understanding with the Congress-led UDF
- Achuthanandan To Be Fielded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
No other major change in list, says Karat
- Achuthanandan Back In Electoral Fray (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Reversing its earlier stand, the CPI-M in Kerala today decided to field veteran leader Mr VS Achuthanandan for the coming Assembly elections.
- Kerala Kerfuffle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 25, 2006)
The crisis that grips one of the flagship states of the Communist movement is getting increasingly intractable.
- All's Well That Ends Well (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 25, 2006)
Following the decision of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to let the Leader of the Opposition in Kerala, V.S. Achuthanandan, contest the Assembly election, the Left Democratic Front will have an undisputed, if not . . .
- Cpm In A Mess In Kerala (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Mar 24, 2006)
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat has talked about an international conspiracy against his party and its poll prospects in West Bengal and Kerala.
- Dic(k) Clinches Deal With Congress, Gets 18 Seats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Not to contest on `hand' symbol of the Congress
High drama at Karunakaran's residence; Murali walks out
Formula will now be a written agreement
- Kerala: Cong To Move Cautiously On Tie-Up With Dic-K Says Chandy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said Congress was moving "cautiously" on having poll adjustments between his party-led UDF and DIC-K, considering the "track record" of K Karunakaran while he was in the party.
- Deve Gowda Denies Recognising His Son As Legislature Party Leader (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Says it is Speaker who granted recognition to Kumaraswamy
Mr. Gowda says that a powerful disinformation campaign has been launched against him
Says he has not approved of the alliance entered into by his son with the BJP
The party has not . . .
- Poll Observers To Meet Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
The Election Commission announced on Wednesday that a meeting of poll observers from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry would be held here on Friday. While Kerala is having a three-phase poll on April 22, 29 and May 3, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry . . .
- Karunakaran Hints At Accepting Sonia As Leader (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Former Congress leader K Karunakaran on Wednesday indicated he was willing to accept Sonia Gandhi as his leader, saying he had not attacked her.
- A Few Good Men (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 23, 2006)
Sumanta Sen speculates on why some former administrators are being given poll tickets by the political parties, especially the Marxists
- Natural Allies ? (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Mar 23, 2006)
India needs to be careful not to become euphoric over US President George Bush’s description of our new emerging relationship as being one among "natural allies". Because it has taken so long for the most powerful democracy in the world to . . .
- Needed, Re-Engineering In Education (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Mar 23, 2006)
The status of engineering degrees offered by institutions deemed to be universities has triggered a row in Tamil Nadu.
- Unesco Award For Manorama (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Malayalam daily Malayala Manorama has been awarded the prestigious $20,000 UNESCO-IPDC (International Programme for Development of Communication) prize for rural communication...
- ‘Karnataka Lagging In Sanitation Campaign’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 23, 2006)
About 770 (761 gram panchayats and 9 block panchayats) Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) from 14 states – AP, Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Orissa, TN, Tripura, UP, Uttaranchal and WB – will be given the award.
- It's Nothing But A Fight For Gaddi (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Mar 22, 2006)
“Expose and defeat mafia-linked men within the CPM
“Expose the men who are patronising the loot of Kerala’s natural resources
“Denial of a ticket to VS Achuthanandan will see the end of genuine Left movement in Kerala
“Pinarayi Vijayan is the favour
- What’S Left Without Kerala? (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Mar 22, 2006)
What is the Left if it doesn’t win West Bengal and Kerala?” a senior CPM leader told newspersons recently, explaining why the party’s energies were being focused on these two states. Yet the latest People’s Democracy carries little on Kerala,
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