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- Relief For Salman In Poaching Case (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Honouring the Rajasthan High Court's August 31 order, Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Wednesday appeared before the registry of the court in connection with the chinkara poaching case.
- Throw Them Out (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A lower court has once again jumped the gun. On Tuesday, a first class judicial magistrate in Bhopal issued a non-bailable warrant against actor Aamir Khan for failing to appear before the court in a case of 'disrespect' to the flag.
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Dev Anand is something of a Bollywood institution. For generations of filmgoers he has remained Hindi cinema’s most charismatic personality.
- Tamil Nadu Removed From List Of Hiv High Prevalence States (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Oct 25, 2007)
NFHS has put the prevalence rate in Tamil Nadu at 0.375 per cent
Number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births has dropped from 68 during the first NFHS to 31
90 per cent of all deliveries in the State are conducted in institutions
- Murder Of Infants (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2007)
THE number of infants who die before they complete one year in Punjab is disturbingly high at 44 per 1,000 births.
- Kids Worst Hit In Road Crashes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
When Rushikesh was sandwiched between his mother and aunt on his uncle’s two-wheeler, he was thrilled. He was a big boy, so mummy wasn’t holding him in her arms like his aunt her 10-month-old baby.
- A Difficult Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2007)
Imagine ballroom dancers who both think their partner is preparing to stick a dagger into their back, and you have a good idea of where India-Pakistan dialogue on terrorism stands.
- Sanjay Dutt Returns To Prison (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, jailed for buying weapons from bombers who attacked Mumbai in 1993, has returned to an Indian prison.
- Contrasting Tales Of Resurgence (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 25, 2007)
Even if things fall apart on the Indo-US nuclear deal and elections are held early, the polls will be a proper democratic exercise, unlike in Pakistan, where a free and fair election and democracy are still a mirage.
- All 20 Sub-Accounts Opt To Enter Through ‘Front Door’ (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
On the eve of a crucial board meeting to decide on the future scope of P-Notes issuance in the Indian capital market, the Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman, Mr M. Damodaran, has said that all the 20 P-Note issuing proprietary . . . .
- City With A Future (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
IN his “edict”, Le Corbusier summed up his own estimation of what he had accomplished with Chandigarh by saying that it was planned to “human scale”. The city’s architect had attempted to put its residents in touch with nature, while allowing for . . . .
- Markets End Flat Amid Volatile Trading (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Stock markets witnessed high volatality on Wednesday, a day before the crucial SEBI board meeting on the P-Note issue, with benchmark index Sensex swinging more than 500 points intra-day before ending almost flat.
- Trai Prescription (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Oct 25, 2007)
IN April 2007, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) received a reference from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to make recommendations on the basis of a review of telecom licensing norms.
- Spectrum War (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Oct 25, 2007)
An unprecedented number of applications have been filed for mobile phone licences amidst fears about spectrum shortage.
- Spirit Of Unity (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 25, 2007)
The systems of governance prevail and are seen as enduring, to be looked up to for redress in times of chaos in the country.
- Cinema And Real Life (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2007)
A society of castes not only creates a diabolical mind but also kills all values of humanity. The caste cultural values force us to speak morality but makes us act on immoral beliefs...
- Sensex Nets Biggest Ever Single-Day Gain Of 879 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Euphoria is back on Dalal Street, at least for the time being. Shrugging off the shock created by the Sebi proposal to curb the use of participatory notes, the market staged a strong rally today, with the Sensex posting its biggest ever single-day. . .
- Vat’S Happening (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 24, 2007)
There is something remarkable about the way Uttar Pradesh fell in line with other states to implement Value Added Tax last week.
- Low On Uranium, 5 N-Power Units Are Shut Early (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Oct 24, 2007)
Faced with an acute shortage of uranium to run existing power stations, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has advanced its maintenance schedule and started shutting down individual power units.
- Shamefully High (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Oct 24, 2007)
Prosperous Punjab is poor as far as saving lives of infants is concerned. In spite of lowest percentage of poverty-stricken population in the state compared to other developed states, Punjab’s infant mortality rate continues to be shocking.
- Did Speeding Cops Put Dutt At Risk To Evade Media? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Did the police escort carrying actor Sanjay Dutt risk their lives on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway by over-speeding on Monday night?
- Cbi Has Not Come Clean On Yakub’S Arrest, Says Kode (Indian Express, Menaka Rao, Oct 24, 2007)
Punching holes in the CBI’s claim that Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon was arrested from a Delhi railway station on August 5, 1994, Special TADA judge P D Kode in his judgment says that the investigating agency has “not come clean before . . . .
- Tamil Nadu, Monsanto Ink Deal To Develop Gm Papaya Seed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University on Tuesday signed an agreement with global seed major Monsanto for developing a GM papaya seed, resistant to Ring Spot Virus (RSV).
- Quiet Day In Yerwada Jail For Sanjay Dutt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Jailed actor Sanjay Dutt spent a quiet day in Barrack No 3 of Pune's Yerwada Central Prison on Tuesday. He met his lawyers and made cane articles.
- Award For University Hall (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Oct 24, 2007)
“SUPERB interdisciplinary technical achievement … elegant renewal of one of the city’s finest Victorian buildings.”
- Cloud Of Mystery (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 24, 2007)
Yet another monsoon is over and, with that, yet another test for the prediction skill of the statistical long-range forecast (LRF) model of the India Meteorological Department (IMD); this time it was a new model with a new methodology (Frontline, June 1).
- Posco's Exit To Harm India's Image (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 24, 2007)
Make no mistake about it, if South Korean steel major POSCO pulls out of Orissa the bigger loser will not just be the company but the state, one of the poorest in the country, and its people.
- Us Treasury Secretary To Visit India (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The US Treasury Secretary Henry M Paulson Jr will be visiting India this week where he would meet senior government officials including Finance Minister P Chidambaram and business leaders.
- The Right Track (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 24, 2007)
Expenditure on the rail freight corridor, especially with Japanese co-operation, would be well worth it as the project would bolster economic growth.
- Quality Of Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 24, 2007)
Two reports appearing in Tuesday’s newspapers show clearly that the quality of development in India is perhaps as satisfactory as the quantitative performance.
- Cities In Economic Globalisation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007)
AS recently as the 1970s, many of our great cities were in physical decay and losing people, businesses and their share of the national wealth.
- Janata Dal(s) President H.D. Deve Gowda On The Karnataka Crisis (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Oct 24, 2007)
A CENTRAL figure in the ongoing political change in Karnataka is former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) H.D. Deve Gowda, the hardy perennial of regional politics in India.
- Bhagat Singh (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
THE revolutionary nationalist phase of the freedom struggle, of which Bhagat Singh was an iconic figure, was a brief, powerful and violent episode in a movement otherwise considered to be peaceful.
- Grassroots Governance (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Oct 23, 2007)
These papers, originally presented at a UNDP and UN-Habitat conference in New Delhi in 2002, dispel many myths about Indian democracy.
- India, Pakistan Agree To Work On Anti-Terror Mechanism (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
India and Pakistan today agreed to work together for identifying measures to beef up the anti-terror mechanism in the light of information shared earlier by the two on terrorist incidents and terror-related activities.
- Private Sector Should Complement Government Initiatives (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 23, 2007)
Though a lot is being done to strengthen the Indo-Japanese relation and ensure strong economic ties in the future, little has been done to get the private sectors in both the countries together.
- Dutt To Appear In Court Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Sanjay Dutt, convicted under the Arms Act for possession of illegal arms in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, will appear before the TADA Court today and is expected to be handed over a copy of the judgement.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Communicate with Emotional Intelligence: John Eaton, Roy Johnson; Jaico Publishing House, 121, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Mumbai-400001. Rs. 175. The World Trade Organisation — From Singapore to Hong Kong — 2 Parts: NS Bansal; Mittal Publications . . . . .
- Killing Kills The Purpose (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Oct 23, 2007)
Ajmer Sharif on October 11 was one more episode of terrorism in a long Islamist series which is believed by many to have begun during the Munich Olympics on September 5, 1972 called Black Friday.
- At Anti-Terror Meet, India Seeks Pak’S Help In Tracking Bombers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The Pakistani link to the recent terror strikes in Hyderabad, Ajmer and Ludhiana came to the fore on Monday as India sought Pakistan’s help in tracking down suspects who are believed to have cross-border links.
- Encephalitis Toll Approaches 400 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Nearly 400 people are known to have died from encephalitis this year in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring areas, officials say.
- Rotten Wheat: Bjp To Meet Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the poor quality of imported wheat soon, according to the former party MP, Kirit Somaiya.
- Singapore Can Be A Bridge Between India And Growing Economies: Nathan (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 22, 2007)
The City-State can “become a bridge between India and other fast-growing economies,” said Singapore President S.R. Nathan here on Saturday.
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Dev Anand is something of a Bollywood institution. For generations of filmgoers he has remained Hindi cinema’s most charismatic personality. With rare pictures , this autobiography is quintessential Dev Anand.
- Flying Blind (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 22, 2007)
The narrow escape that the Jet Airways flight landing in Mumbai had on Friday isn’t just providential. It could be a forewarning of things to come. Unless India’s aviation authorities wake up immediately, the nation, which is slowly getting used to . . .
- ‘We Should Neither Proceed With N-Deal Nor Dump It Altogether... To Avoid Immediate Elections’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 22, 2007)
My guest today is one of the greatest characters in our politics today, one of our greatest writers — M. Karunanidhi, chief minister of Tamil Nadu. Let me also introduce his daughter Kanimozhi, a Member of Parliament, who will be our interpreter . . . .
- Invitation To Dream (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
With a richly endowed land, Kerala Tourism Department has a lot going for it straightaway. And through a set of fresh initiatives, the Department is trying to maximise the benefit of being in such an advantageous position.
- Classic Rock (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
A. L. Basham’s book “The Wonder That Was India” may not be the most authentic or exhaustive account on ancient India. Many contest the historian’s conclusions.
- Ticket To Hell (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The evidence was unassailable: 227 sanitary workers employed by the Pune Municipal Corporation have died in the last 30 months.
- Sex Education Can Save Lives (Tribune, Usha Rai, Oct 22, 2007)
THE Indian adolescent is no different from young people in other countries in his sexual curiosity and half-baked knowledge about sex and its dos and don’ts.
- Red Light Ahead (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Tata Motors, Renault, General Motors and now Hyundai - the number of companies promising India a car that costs $ 3,000 (roughly Rs 1.25 lakh) or less has shot up in a matter of weeks.
- A380: In A Class Of Its Own (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Oct 22, 2007)
Europe is one of the world’s foremost exporters of aeronautics-related products and services. The EU aeronautics and aerospace sectors represent multi-billion euro industries in the European economy, sustaining millions of jobs for the citizens.
- Nuclear Power Corpn Stepping Up Uranium Mining (Business Line, Anil Sasi, Oct 22, 2007)
Turns focus to indigenous reactor programme
N-power plans
The company has targeted installed nuclear capacity of 20,000 MWe by 2020.
The company has plans to double indigenous uranium availability during the Eleventh Plan.
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- Sanjay Dutt Could Head To Jail (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who is out on bail from a six-year sentence for illegal arms possession, could be back in jail on Monday.
- Indo-Pak Anti-Terror Mechanism Meet Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The Indo-Pak anti-terror mechanism (ATM) meeting here tomorrow assumes significance in the light of India's expected poser to Islamabad about the action that it has taken in tracking down suspects of cross-border Samjhauta Express . . . . . .
- A Different View (New Indian Express, GEETA DOCTOR, Oct 22, 2007)
In the way of back-handed compliments Ashvin Mehta used to be described as the “Indian Ansel Adams” when he produced the images of the Himalayas, the coastline and ocean fronts of the Indian sub-continent and other carefully compiled portfolios.
- Item Number (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Oct 22, 2007)
Trust a Calcuttan to come up with the perfect political metaphor. We were chatting about the political mood of Muslims over tea and savouries on Id, and the conversation turned inevitably to the fate of Rizwan ur Rehman, the young man whose . . . . .
- New Direction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
There is a vacuum in theatre. As practitioners we have to shift the trend,” says Anamika Haksar, theatre personality.
- War Of Words On Food Security (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
A war of words has broken out between Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and the Bharatiya Janata Party on issues related to food security, wheat import and the minimum support price for paddy.
- Pawar: Premature To Speculate On Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Thursday said it was premature to speculate on elections now.
- India To Share Info With Neighbours (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
India will share information with its neighbours on possible tsunami threats but it would be for the respective governments to issue alerts and warnings.
- Increased Military Spending Keeps South Asia On The Boil (Deccan Herald, Gobind Thukral, Oct 18, 2007)
Rising defence spending will not only aggravate South Asias internal and external disputes, but also exacerbate human security.
- A New Mood Of Confidence In The Party (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 18, 2007)
'Shahzeb "Sunny" was only 17 years old when Benazir Bhutto left Pakistan, but the pharmacy shop assistant in Layari, a vast Dharavi-like neighbourhood in this city, is in no doubt the Pakistan People's Party leader is "the best".
- The Lesser Known North-East Monsoon (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Oct 18, 2007)
A La Nina, the oposite of an El Nino, is generally beneficial for the south-west monsoon but could it weaken the north-east monsoon?
- Sensex Tumbles, Recovers (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Oct 18, 2007)
In a day of high-voltage punting drama, the Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex on Wednesday tanked by an unprecedented 1,744 points within minutes of opening trade only to recover just as fast after an hour-long suspension.
- Stampede For Exit Follows Attempt To Curb Hot Money (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The Indian government's attempt to curb hot money flows into one of the world's fastest growing economies put shares on a rollercoaster yesterday.
- Praful Patel Achieves The Impossible In Face Of Odds (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Taking economic reforms forward is not easy in a coalition government; so, experience in negotiating with trade unions definitely helps. As does prudence gained by running a Rs 1,000-crore business.
- For A Transshipment Hub In India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
While ports are traditionally classified as major or minor ports, it is difficult to define transshipment ports in these terms as they target mostly international traffic.
- Stop The Robbery (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Mahatma Gandhi's picture does not just hang on every wall of a government office, he is also remembered regularly for his principles, one of which is Antyodaya.
- Indian Travellers Ordeal Reduced In Uk (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Oct 18, 2007)
Here's hope for anyone and that's just about everyone flying into Heathrow from Delhi or Mumbai, only to be faced with inevitably long security queues, flight delays and chaotic baggage retrieval.
- Killer Cops (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The gunning down in 1997 of two innocent businessmen in Delhi in broad daylight in the mistaken belief that they were gangsters was an outrageous case of police high-handedness and atrocity.
- Road Safety Is Paramount (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 18, 2007)
With the constant rise in the number of vehicles users the world over, road accidents too shot up.
- Column 1 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh government might have been forced to put the contentious Indo-US nuclear deal into cold storage in the teeth of fierce opposition from its Left allies, but the Congress has officially stuck to its posturing that the deal is “on”.
- Municipal Financing: Where Are The Issuers? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
We are living in euphoric times with booming stock markets, bulging FII investments, a rippling wealth effect and an urban infrastructure that, by and large is getting moribund by the day.
- Caller Tunes (Business Line, M. R. Subramani, Oct 18, 2007)
A few weeks ago, having put my mobile phone on silent mode, I was surprised to find at least half a dozen missed calls from a single number.
- More Flights For Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The already crowded HAL airport will see an increased rush this winter, for the civil aviation ministry has just okayed an average increase of 51 flights per day in Bangalore.
- India’S Elderly Fear For Future (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Eighty-seven-year-old Indrani Warner sits in her room at one of India’s new homes for the elderly surrounded by the mementos of a lifetime.
- From Killing Fields To Smiling Fields (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Oct 17, 2007)
The focus in dealing with the agrarian crisis should shift from suicide relief to suicide prevention.
- Salary, Cellphone Norms For Indian Maids In Bahrain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The Indian Embassy in Bahrain has started enforcing a new wage structure for Indians, starting with fixing a minimum monthly wage of BD100 (Rs.10,000 approx) for housemaids and a provision for mobile phone as part of measures to protect its workers. . .
- Pottering About Pandals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2007)
Innocent celebration of creativity? Or culpable breach of copyright? Either way, the Durga Puja Committee of a Kolkata suburb must have felt struck by a stupefying charm.
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