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- Mp Congress Revamp A Big Challenge For Sonia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2007)
The problem of a weak organisation in Madhya Pradesh has come back to haunt the Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
- Save The Tiger (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2007)
In a month beset by grim news on the tiger conservation front, the Government's decision to create the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and the Rajasthan High Court's guidelines issued on Friday to protect tigers bring some hope. First, the bad news.
- Searching High, Not Low (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , May 28, 2007)
With some help from the media, the two dynasties tried hard to turn the sideshow into the main event in the Uttar Pradesh elections.
- Majestic Heights (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
I CAN safely bet that very few Indians know this. The world’s second longest wall is in India. To be precise, in Rajasthan: at the Kumbalgarh Fort. I was blissfully unaware of this myself till I actually visited the fort recently, and got a . . . .
- Sc Warns Against Illegality In Guise Of Public Interest (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
Although the right to property of an individual is not a fundamental right, it is a constitutional and human right, the apex court ruled.
- Karera Wildlife Sanctuary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
The Karera Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh is home to the Indian bustard and blackbuck. Many migratory birds flock to the Dihaila Jheel here.
- Strolling In The City Of Time (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer take a trip to Ujjain, in Madhya Pradesh, which has been a hotseat of scholarship and pilgrimage for four millennia.
- Each Fort Has A Story To Tell (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
At long last there is a book on Bundelkhand. Rita and Vijai Sharma deserve our congratulations. It is a labour of love to have authored this splendid coffee table book.
- Mayawati Now Holds The Key (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, May 28, 2007)
The usual post-mortem and political blame-game are on in Uttar Pradesh. The fact is that the people, in a very free and fair Assembly election, have proved all forecasts by political leaders and the media wrong and opted for a majority Government . . . .
- Congress Is Set To Be A Regional Party (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, May 26, 2007)
The usual post mortems and political blame games are on in Uttar Pradesh. The fact is that the people, in a very fair election, have beaten all forecasts by political leaders and the media and opted for a majority government in favour of the BSP.
- Family Property (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, May 26, 2007)
The Congress party has become a jagirdari, to be nurtured and kept alive for the benefit of the Family. So that it can nurture and promote the Family in turn.
- Catch It On The Run (Hindu, M. Raghuram, May 26, 2007)
Tired of baking in the summer heat and waiting for the rains to arrive? Chase the monsoon, offers M. RAGHURAM .
- Malnutrition Plagues Indian Children (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
Nearly a third of children are born underweight which means their mothers are underweight and undernourished.
- Hike Sc Quota; Apply In Pvt Sector Too (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, May 26, 2007)
The chorus for quota is getting louder. A high-level Working Group on Empowerment of Scheduled Castes has recommended an increase in quota for Scheduled Castes to 16.23 per cent in proportion to their population, and widening the ambit of Dalit . . .
- Sex Education Curriculum Angers Indian Conservatives (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2007)
Should a 15-year-old Indian student be permitted to look at anatomical drawings that illustrate how an adolescent's body develops into an adult form?
- India Tigers 'In Rapid Decline' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2007)
India has far fewer tigers living in the wild than had been thought, initial results from a major new study suggest.
- Tigers Burning Out Fast; Mp Worst Hit (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
It is official now. Tiger numbers have drastically declined since the last census by over 50 per cent.
- Poor Distribution System (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, May 24, 2007)
The government proposes to bring dal and edible oil under the Public Distribution System (PDS). The prices of dal and edible oils have risen sharply in recent months and are expected to remain high for some more time.
- Census Shows Sharp Fall In Tiger Numbers (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
The tiger is on the run, with nowhere to hide. Enumeration figures for the big cat in central India released on Wednesday show that it has been severely depleted in its ranges, with Madhya Pradesh registering a precipitous fall in tiger population — . .
- Poaching Takes Its Toll On Tigers (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
The number of tigers in central India has dropped by more than half in the past six years, according to early results from a government census that were made public yesterday.
- Poaching Takes Its Toll On Tigers (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
The number of tigers in central India has dropped by more than half in the past six years, according to early results from a government census that were made public yesterday.
- Indian Tiger Numbers Far Lower Than Thought: Experts (Singapore Times, Nita Bhalla, May 24, 2007)
Early results from a tiger census in India indicate the population of the endangered big cats is drastically lower than previously assumed, wildlife experts and conservationists said on Wednesday.
- Attack On Journalist: Two Remanded To Judicial Custody (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Three persons, including a police constable, arrested in connection with the assault on the Madhya Pradesh correspondent of India Today Ambreesh Mishra and a friend late on Sunday night, were presented in court on Tuesday.
- Growth Neglected In Up (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, May 22, 2007)
It was a famous victory, but the question before Ms Mayawati, savouring her triumph in Uttar Pradesh after securing an absolute majority in the assembly elections, is: what next?
- Lost In Polarisation (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 22, 2007)
Congress hasnt made enough of a difference to lives to stop the pendulum from swinging away.
- Alert Against Bird Flu (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, May 22, 2007)
Situation in Bangladesh is serious, says FAO
The disease has spread to 11 out of 64 districts in Bangladesh
Culling recommended to prevent bird flu from spreading
- Surrounded By Bird Flu-Affected Countries, India On High Alert (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, May 22, 2007)
FAO terms bird flu situation in Bangladesh "serious"
The disease has spread to 11 out of 64 districts in Bangladesh
Culling of birds recommended to prevent it from spreading
- When Yusuf Became Dilip (New Indian Express, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , May 21, 2007)
One feature of the film industry has been its capacious cosmopolitanism. Paris and Jewish actors have rubbed shoulders with Hindus and Muslims and Christians. Some of the greatest film directors have been from Bengal or south India.
- Bjp Supports Provocative Mp ‘Art’ (Asian Age, Sudhir K. Singh, May 19, 2007)
The crassly conceived week-long art exhibit at the Bharat Bhavan on "The Face of Terror" might have passed off unseen and unsung but for the feckless protests by a Congress-backed group called the Rashtriya Secular Manch.
- Pm Snubs Allies On Prez Choice (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
A day after the Left parties vouched their support for External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee as presidential nominee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh snubbed the allies indirectly as he termed the talk on presidential election as "premature".
- What Is Behind Sikh Protests? (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Clashes between India's long-established Sikh community and a religious sect in the northern Indian state of Punjab have left one person dead and dozens others injured. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm.
- Up’S Landmark Poll (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 18, 2007)
Despite the Niagara of words on UP’s historic election and Mayawati’s magnificent victory in it, an inadequately noticed feature of the event is the commendable role of the Election Commission in holding free and fair elections against very heavy odds.
- "Get Real" And Save Indian Youth From Aids-Officia (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
Banning sex education on the grounds that it offends Indian sensibilities puts young lives at risk and jeopardises the fight against AIDS, a senior health official said.
- Population Policy Needs Overhaul (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, May 17, 2007)
Does any one remember Thomas Malthus and his discredited “Essay on the Principle of Population”? According to him, the power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.
- Mangoes From M.P. To Lure American Buyers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
The State is India's transport, logistic hub: Chauhan
- Ncert Orientation For Teachers (Hindu, Parul Sharma, May 17, 2007)
On the newly restructured textbooks for Classes II, IV, VII, X and XII
Face-to-face interaction between master trainers and writers from June 4 Orientation of teachers using EDUSAT technology from July 9
- Uphill Task For Mayawati (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, May 17, 2007)
Stumped by the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party's victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, analysts have begun to reassess their view of the Dalit leader.
- Chillies Lose Sting, Exports & Guntur Markets Only Hope (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Only a pick-up in export demand can support red chilli prices that are on a southward journey, falling to Rs 3,000-4,000 per quintal from Rs 4,500-5,200 per quintal in March.
- Protests In Up, Uttarakhand, Mp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
The youth wing of the Uttarakhand Sikh Federation (USF) today staged a demonstration and burnt Dera Sacha Sauda chief in effigy in protest against the alleged disrespect shown to Guru Gobind Singh.
- Mayawati May Prefer An Upper-Caste Nominee (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, May 15, 2007)
With UP Chief Minister Mayawati clearly having an upper hand in July's presidential election, there are indications that the BSP supremo might opt for an upper caste or Brahmin nominee contrary to widespread expectations that her preference will . . . .
- Exit, Polls (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, May 15, 2007)
How much money can you make by selling a mirage? Quite a lot, actually, if you dress it up in jargon and put on a suitably pseudo-serious face before a television camera.
- Sex Education Creates Storm In Aids-Stricken India (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2007)
Moves to bring sex out of the closet in largely conservative India have kicked up a morality debate between educators who say sex education will reduce HIV rates, and critics who fear it will corrupt young minds.
- Asia's Last Lions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 15, 2007)
There is a great deal of concern in the international conservation community over the unusually large number of lions dying during recent months in the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and surrounding forests.
- Modernising India Shies Away From Sex Education (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 15, 2007)
Ignorance about sex is widespread in the land of the Kama Sutra, where explicit sex acts are celebrated in ancient temple architecture. But at home, mothers hesitate to talk to daughters about something as simple as menstruation
- Chatting For Country (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 14, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh has confirmed to the Congress and the BJP that they can indeed continue to be diminished together.
- Don’T Take Me For Granted, Don’T Peddle Your Past, Talk Of My Future (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 14, 2007)
The opponents Mayawati has vanquished agree on at least one thing: that she won because she built a rainbow coalition of castes, notably drawing Brahmins and Banias into her fold, besides splitting some of Mulayam’s Muslim vote.
- People's Voice In People's Language (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2007)
Hindi language newspapers are witnessing revolutionary changes - mostly good with a few bad apples. Sevanti Ninan, editor of the media-watch website, thehoot.org, talks to Utpal Kumar about her new book, Headlines From The Heartland, dealing with the . .
- Urban Health Care Crisis (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, May 12, 2007)
A CAG report on health services in four major Delhi hospitals reveals the plight of the urban poor.
- Bjp Defeat Cheers Left (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
There was a stunning silence at the BJP's central office here as the UP Assembly election results decimated the saffron party.
- Bjp Stunned Over Up Poll Results (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
There was a stunning silence at the BJP's central office here as the UP Assembly election results decimated the saffron party.
- Sc Reserves Order On Case Against Nba (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved it orders on the petition seeking probe into the criminal activities of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) led by social activist Medha Patkar.
- Inclusive Experiment Yields Rare One-Party Rule, Knocks Out Bjp (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, May 12, 2007)
The Blue Elephant has sauntered like Gajgamini through Uttar Pradesh.
Mayavati today gifted the state its first single-party government in 15 years and the Dalits their first majority dispensation in the country.
- Local Locks Out National (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, May 12, 2007)
The trend began in Tamil Nadu and caught on in the east, west and the rest of the south. But is it possible that Uttar Pradesh, the centre of heartland politics, is also going regional with the “mainstream” parties pushed to the margins?
- Modi’S Gujarat Is A Blot On India, But Cong Won’T Move Against Him (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, May 12, 2007)
The BJP should feel humiliated, if not ashamed, of what has overtaken the government in Gujarat.
- Blame The Police, Not The Messenger (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 11, 2007)
By failing to act decisively against the Hindu chauvinist organisations which are targeting Christian priests and missionaries in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and elsewhere, the police are only increasing the likelihood of copycat attacks.
- Cubs In A Quandary: Will It Be Zoo Or Forest? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 11, 2007)
The two-year old tiger cubs from Chakradhara, which is part of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, who are now almost adults, are at that crucial juncture in their life when they move away from the protection of their mother, search for food, charter . . .
- Vote-Bank Politics Reaches Point Of No Return (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, May 11, 2007)
Minority vote-bank politics has reached the point of no return. I think the public response to these political excesses has been reflected in the last four elections — in Mumbai and Delhi municipal elections and in Punjab and Uttarakhand.
- Lost And Found (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2007)
At 4 pm on a dark, wet winter’s evening in November 1862, a cheap plywood coffin was buried to the eerie sound of silence: no lamentations, no panegyrics, for as the British Commissioner in charge of the funeral . . . .
- Gujarat `Fake' Encounter: A.P. Police "Not Involved" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2007)
If anyone is found guilty, they will face action: DGP Basith
He dismisses charges of `discreet' help by some officials
No mention of A.P. police's role in affidavit, he says
- Police For Hire? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 09, 2007)
In its shrill call to probe the Gujarat government’s complicity in the fake encounter killings, the CPM refers to media reports that suggest that the state police could be involved in contract killings.
- An Inconvenient Truth (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, May 08, 2007)
Why do left-liberal enclaves in Delhi mourn Sohrabuddin, while the rest of India is glad his criminal hand has been stayed? There is clearly a growing restiveness on national security issues
- Elementary Education: Road Ahead (Hindu, Manabi Majumdar, May 08, 2007)
One half of India is certainly not shining, let alone poised for "a glorious tomorrow", as it continues to stay educationally challenged, with a large number of its school-age children still remaining out of school.
- Has Food Become An Astra? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, May 08, 2007)
Almost four decades ago, the then US President, Richard Nixon, said that food is a weapon and must be used as such.
- Obc Population In Up Stands At 7 Crore (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2007)
India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh has 7.02 crore people belonging to the other backward classes while Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have an OBC population of 3 crore each, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
- Ec Notice To Digvijay Singh For Poll Code Violations In Up (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2007)
The Election Commission on Monday issued notice to senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh for violating its instructions during the ongoing Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. His reply has been sought by Tuesday.
- The Missing Fair Side (Deccan Herald, Nilotpal Basu, May 04, 2007)
The solution lies in the nation’s collective success in surmounting the challenge of the people becoming cynics.
- Madhya Pradesh: A Private View (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2007)
This vast state in the north of the country is filled with riches yet devoid of crowds. Exploring it must be similar to the experience enjoyed by European visitors to Rajasthan in the 1930s, says Juliet Clough
- The Top 10: Holiday Hit List In The Subcontinent (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2007)
What's new: In the middle of one of the country's most renowned tiger reserves, an exciting and innovative safari project has started.
- Rain Brings Relief To North India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
After a long hot spell, it is cool and cloudy for a change
- Vote In Favour Of Indian Evms (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
At a small hamlet in Unnao, 54 km from Lucknow, several villagers are huddled around tables for a training session on how to use Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), being used in the ensuing UP elections.
- Coming Soon: A Jungle Safari Train With Five-Star Comfort (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, May 01, 2007)
For jungle buffs not willing to rough it out, the Vidarbha Queen, an air-conditioned narrow gauge train to the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district, could prove the right thing.
- Rare Lions To Be Moved From Indian Park (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2007)
Seventeen endangered Asiatic lions have died in a sanctuary in India's western Gujarat state since January and the rest are to be relocated, India's parliament was informed on Monday.
- Murder In Modiland (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 30, 2007)
The case involving the killing of Sheikh Sohrabuddin in a fake encounter by Gujarat’s anti-terrorist squad is getting murkier.
- Penalising Our Own Team (Deccan Herald, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Apr 28, 2007)
India is stirring after many centuries of torpor, and it has a chance of ending this century as the capital of the world, the most important nation on earth.
- Wanted Dacoit Openly Campaigns For Sp (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Apr 28, 2007)
The bandit has issued diktats to villagers to support "his" candidates
On EC order, anti-dacoit operation launched in Manikpur
In Banda, outlaw Thokiya is on padayatra to campaign for mother
- The Other India (Frontline, C.T. KURIEN , Apr 28, 2007)
A report on rural infrastructure brings out shocking facts about the conditions in which the rural population lives.
- Innocent? Not Quite: Sohrab Had 68 Cases (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Apr 28, 2007)
Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his associate Tulsiram Prajapati, killed in 'fake' police encounter, were involved in 68 cases of heinous crimes in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
- Coordination Centre On Naxalism To Meet Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2007)
The Coordination Centre on Naxalism will meet here tomorrow amidst reports of a shift in strategy by the Left Wing extremists leading to high casualties.
- Bjp Versus Bjp Over Gujarat Cop Arrest (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2007)
Gujarat home minister Amit Shah is in trouble with both the Opposition and his own party’s government in neighbouring Rajasthan after the arrest of three senior IPS officers.
- Arrested Ips Officers Remanded (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2007)
Three IPS officers arrested on charges of killing a man described as a Lashkar-e-Toiba cadre in a fake encounter in 2005 were today remanded in police custody till May 1.
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