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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Special Article (Statesman, Kishore Bhimani, Oct 05, 2007)
Let us not join the raucous recriminations currently echoing around the corridors of traditional cricket about whether 20/20 is a travesty of the game, a vulgar offshoot or indeed, an abomination.
- Encourage Better Usage Of Urban Land (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 05, 2007)
The Indian Railways’ (IR) decision to develop its major stations in Mumbai is very timely.
- Upa-Left Panel Crucial N-Deal Meeting Today (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The UPA-Left committee is now entering its last leg of deliberations to seek to bridge their evidently irreconcilable positions on the Indo-US nuclear deal amid the growing perception that the panel is just a time-buying mechanism for the Congress. . .
- Good Intelligence Prevents Major Calamities (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Much depends on the type of leadership and work culture of our intelligence agencies. Until and unless they build up the ethos and pride of an elite organisation, their performance will remain substandard.
- Waiting For Justice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 05, 2007)
A Patna trial court has sentenced three former legislators, including a powerful ex-MP, to death and given life imprisonment to two others for leading and inciting a mob to lynch an IAS officer.
- Kv Kamath Is Et's Business Leader Of The Year (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
There were a number of firsts to this year's edition of the jury meeting for the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence.
- Monsoon Effect (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 05, 2007)
As farmers favour crops they are comfortable with in terms of cultivation and price, the announcement of MSP for rabi crops brooks no delay.
- Wadia Not Jinnah’S Legal Heir: India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The Indian government on Thursday filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court, saying the Jinnah House was a government property, and Dina Wadia, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter, could not claim it, as she was not a legal heir of. . .
- Onion Tears (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 04, 2007)
While the government may draw comfort from inflation being at a low of 3.23 per cent, the prices of certain commodities of daily use rule uncomfortably high for the common citizen.
- Quite A Mouthful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
We’d like this piece to be as concise as possible but that’s quite a challenge.
- Reliance Further Cuts Its Troubled Retail Plans (The Financial Express, C B P Srivastava, Oct 04, 2007)
Reliance Industries Ltd has ended the services of about 400 franchisees for its planned retail operations in West Bengal and has shelved a rollout in Orissa because of protests from small traders.
- Protecting Ipr (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 04, 2007)
The next corporate battle for supremacy will neither be on the streets of Bangalore nor Mumbai for market share, nor in Dalal Street or Wall Street for large sums of money on beneficial terms.
- Fifty Years Of Fragmentation (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Oct 03, 2007)
In his last days, B.R. Ambedkar wanted to wind up the Scheduled Caste Federation and form a broadbased political party that would include the poor and the oppressed across religions and castes.
- Is It Contempt? (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Oct 03, 2007)
The editorial in People’s Democracy deals with the subject of contempt in the context of Delhi High Court holding four Mid Day journalists guilty of contempt of court.
- Foreign It Cos, Sidbi Likely To Buy 25% In Mennen Aviation (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Mauritius-based gaming firm Pallagames and UK-based IT firm Trilogix along with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) are close to picking up around 25% stake in Mennen Aviation and Hospitality (MAHL), a Mumbai-based, real estate . . . .
- Continental Airlines Starts Direct Flight From New York To (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Houston-based Continental Airlines has added yet another non-stop flight to India for connecting the two financial trade centres of the world, Mumbai and New York and also the booming Indian film Industry, Bollywood.
- Agriculture: Where India And China Stand (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 03, 2007)
How did China manage to outstrip India in agriculture when the two countries ere more or less on a par on most parameters 25 years ago?
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Unlearn Before U Learn — Seven critical factors to get out of the Rut: Kamekish; Promilla & Co., publishers in association with Biblophile South Asia, C-127, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi-110017. Rs. 550.
- India To Us: Your Banks Coming In, You Need To Allow Ours As Well (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Oct 03, 2007)
The internal security establishment’s over-enthusiasm in claiming that Indian financial institutions are vulnerable to terrorist groups has come back to haunt the Government:
- In Jews, Indian-Americans See A Role Model In Activism (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
When Anil Godhwani and his brother, Gautam, looked into creating a community center for Indian-Americans in Silicon Valley, they turned to the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as a model.
- Sc Right To Rule Bandh Illegal (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 03, 2007)
The Supreme Court would have done well not to suggest the imposition of President’s rule on Tamil Nadu.
- Iaea Chief’S India Visit To Keep The Nuke Pot Boiling (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
It’s a visit which is going to be tracked to its minutest detail. And going by its sheer timing, it certainly couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Manmohan Singh government.
- When Reality Strikes (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Oct 01, 2007)
As you read this, the State of Tamil Nadu could have been in the middle of yet another of those familiar sudden strikes that shut down normal everyday life, often with the tacit support of the Government and, of course, the ruling party.
- Congress Loses Nuclear Edge (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 01, 2007)
Political 'accidents' cannot be predicted. When such accidents take place, these are difficult to control. I have been writing about this for the past four weeks.
- Pole-Positioned Jd (S) Poll-Ready? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
You have reasons - to win and lose both. On Sunday, senior leaders of all three major parties - JD (S), BJP and Congress - came out with their own arguments defending their performance.
- Hindu Gods In Hindi Cinema (Pioneer, MV Kamath, Oct 01, 2007)
Indian cinema is probably the most analysed, dissected and diagonised aspect of the country's values and culture. Rachel Dwyer, the author of this excellent work, refers to some three hundred odd books and articles on the subject which shows the . . . .
- Fix Our Cities (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 01, 2007)
India's capital, Delhi, is the most liveable city in the country. So says a recent survey conducted by consulting firm Ernst & Young.
- It Ain't Businesslike (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 01, 2007)
India might have moved up 14 places, from 134 to 120, among 178 countries in terms of ease of doing business. But, as the numbers suggest, it has a long way to go.
- South Asia's New Czars (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Oct 01, 2007)
In trademark commando style, General Musharraf stated he would give up his army post only after, and not before, he is re-elected president.
- ‘Ismat Never Minced Words’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Many years after she breathed her last, Ismat Chughtai continues to inspire a fresh look at her work. Translators and critics continue to be fascinated with her writings, ranging from Lihaaf, her most debated work that was way ahea d of the times . . . .
- What Upa Won’T Tell You (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 01, 2007)
Inequality is an important issue for the UPA government. The Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) adopted in December 2006, mentions “inclusive growth” in the title itself.
- Incredibly Simple Solutions (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 01, 2007)
This week’s column is inspired by three things: the Clinton Global Initiative’s redefinition of the fight against poverty, the sight of cycle rickshaws in New York City and the dismal spectacle of corporate and bureaucratic India colluding to . . . .
- Writers Discuss Ways To Enrich Dogri (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Dogri writers from all over the country gathered at Patnitop and discussed ways to popularise the language.
- Guaranteed Jobs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 01, 2007)
THE Centre’s decision to extend the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) to all the districts from April is welcome. It is the United Progressive Alliance Government’s most important decision to change the face of rural India.
- “Japanese Energy Security Is Dependent On The Indian Navy” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 01, 2007)
Yasukuni Enoki returned home today after a total of six years in India as Ambassador, in two spells. He has relinquished charge at a time when both countries are seeking to upgrade their ties to the strategic level.
- Princes And Paupers (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
If the cricket board president, Mr Sharad Pawar, had been offered a similar post in hockey, it is unlikely that he would have accepted it.
- New Andhra Pcc Chief Likely Soon (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The Congress high command is expected to appoint a new Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee chief next month, while it has not made up its mind yet about changes in the Maharashtra, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh PCCs.
- Scholar With A Banker's Mind (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
A few months back, I had the privilege to listen to Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank at the Sophia College Auditorium in Mumbai. The organisers had forewarned us, "The man we are honouring is an independent thinker; he had transformed . . . . .
- To Another Script (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
You can’t buy a ticket to Bollywood,” writes Stephen Alter in his new book . “It’s just an idea that flashes like a neon sign.”
- Mayawati Govt Asks For N-Power Plant (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Sep 29, 2007)
While the Left continues its protests against the nuclear deal, the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh is pushing the Centre to set up a nuclear power plant in the state.
- Hyderabad Cops To Grill Terror Suspect (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
A Hyderabad police team arrived in the city on Friday to interrogate Mohammed Yusuf Mullawala, a 35-year-old computer engineer from Andhra Pradesh deported from the US last week. Mohammed Yusuf Mullawala, 35-year-old computer engineer is under . . . .
- Industrial Leap (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Sep 29, 2007)
SPEARHEADING the drive to make Karnataka an industrial powerhouse, the Directorate of Industries and Commerce has been wooing industrialists, facilitating investments, planning roadshows, offering easy access to government departments . . . .
- Superpower State (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Sep 29, 2007)
Karnataka has evolved into one of India’s most dynamic States thanks to, among other things, a vibrant industrial base.
- Panel Demands Criminal Case Against Thackeray (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
A group seeking implementation of the Srikrishna Commission report has urged the Supreme Court to direct the Maharashtra government to register a criminal case against Bal Thackeray for abetting and inciting organised attacks on Muslims during the . . . .
- Wake-Up Call (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Bangalore has been conferred with A-1 city status. The Census of India classifies an urban area with over 50 lakh population as an A-1 city.
- Below B++ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The FICCI-Ernst & Young Real Estate Report 2007 can be read in many ways. But of course what has attracted notice is Delhi vs Mumbai.
- In Public Interest (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Sep 29, 2007)
PUBLIC sector utilities such as the Postal Department, the Department of Telecommunications and the Railways have been playing a key role in propelling Karnataka forward.
- Liability For Tds (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Sep 29, 2007)
Elaborate machinery has been built into the tax code for securing the rights of the Revenue for recovery of tax on incomes assessable under salary.
- Unhealthy State (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Sep 29, 2007)
India’s health system is iniquitous and inefficient. Only cooperative and communitarian solutions can lead to sustained growth and development.
- Signal Decoders In The Tax Code (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 29, 2007)
This week the apex court had to decode a case about signal decoders, when deciding Commissioner of Customs, New Delhi vs C-Net Communication (I) Pvt Ltd.
- Diverging Story (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2007)
Ever since militant trade unionism made West Bengal its home in the Sixties, factories have been closing down; as a result, West Bengal has shrunk to insignificance in the industrial landscape of India.
- Beyond The Veil (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 28, 2007)
While ‘the Mechanism’ is seemingly at work, the prime minister has struck a lyrical note. He is in raptures over the nuclear renaissance that is a-coming; he would dearly love his countrymen to partake of its fruits.
- Chosen Ones (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Sep 28, 2007)
WHO doesn’t want to be rich and famous? And who won’t like to pool all the resources at one’s command to be in the hall of fame?
- Supermarkets Halted After Shopkeepers Take To Streets (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Sep 28, 2007)
Reliance Industries, India's biggest private company, announced it will sack 1,000 workers and put on hold plans to open supermarkets in the north and east of the country after mounting protests from small traders.
- Celebration Matters (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Sep 28, 2007)
The cynics would also tell us that the story of our success in cricket is more about our eagerness to celebrate and want our players not aim for the sky, but to capture it each time they go out to play....
- India Job Scheme 'Disappointing' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India's most ambitious scheme ever to lift people out of poverty has met with largely disappointing results in its first year, studies suggest.
- Indian Stocks Jump To New Record (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India's main stock index, the Sensex, has gone past the 17,000 mark to reach a new intraday record high.
- Arun Arora Bags Lifetime Award (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Arun Arora, an ex-member on the board of India’s No. 1 media company Bennett, Coleman and Company (BCCL), was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the Brand Asia Summit 2007 held in Mumbai on Wednesday.
- Democracy Plus Growth Equals India (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Sep 28, 2007)
From around the time of our 60th Independence anniversary a month or so back, the national mood has been upbeat.
- Harry Potters Success Is Due To Its Universal Theme (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 28, 2007)
The multifaceted Coelho, who has been associated with Hindi cinema and television as a screenplay writer, was the brain behind Indias first writers cooperative Kalamkari. Also a painter...
- Does India Need Bt Brinjal? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Sep 28, 2007)
On September 16, at the same time that Greenpeace was holding a protest against Bt brinjal, outside Krishi Bhavan, the ICAR Director-General was making a strong plea for genetically modified (GM) crops.
- Mumbai Schools To Celebrate Key Milestones Today (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
St Columba School, Mumbai's oldest girls' school, and Villa Theresa High School, an all-girls convent in the city, have much to celebrate today as they cross huge milestones in the field of education. Maharashtra Governor...
- Divided Realities In World-Class Cities (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 28, 2007)
We need a change in mindset to recognise the poor and the urban informal sector as assets, not burdens, as they contribute at least 45 per cent of a city’s GDP.
- A Shrine To Mohammad Rafi In Uk (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Some critics call Indian singer Mohammad Rafi a mere 'qawwal', while millions revere him as the epitome of romance and solace - and now a Birmingham-based fan has built a shrine to his idol who he sees as nothing less than a saint.
- The Road Home From Khalistan (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2007)
Fifteen years after the end of the war for Khalistan, terror commanders are rebuilding their lives.
- Dawood Ibrahim’S Brother Surrenders, Freed On Bail (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Iqbal Kaskar, brother of wanted gangster Dawood Ibrahim, surrendered and was released on bail in a case under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
- Toxic Toys (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Sep 27, 2007)
Studies conducted on the toxic levels in everyday items raise questions about the dangers to which Indian consumers are exposed.
- Grandeur In Caves (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
IN western India, the 2nd century B.C. ushered in one of the greatest periods of the art of India and the entire art of Buddhism.
- Nuclear Nightmare (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 27, 2007)
In an article in the Organiser, Gautam Sen paints a dark and alarmist scenario of a possible nuclear attack by Pakistan on India.
- Culture Policing In Schools (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 27, 2007)
The nationwide Adolescence Education Programme (AEP), conceived by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development and the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), is under review following protests from some State governments.
- Quite A Mouthful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Titles are getting longer by the day to enable browsers to get the gist at a glance
- Sensex Takes Short Shy At Peak 17,000 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange index gained 125.53 point to 17,025.07 soon after the counters opened for trade on Wednesday from Tuesdays close of 16,899.54 points. ...
- Sensex Smashes 17,000 Mark (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
It was a day of celebrations in Mumbai on Wednesday as the country's benchmark 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange Index crossed 17,000 mark.
- Cong Actions Hint At Early Polls (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
The Congress appears to be gearing up for an early general election. This is evident from the recent AICC reshuffle and a demand made by AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi and others that the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) . . . .
- Home For Elephants (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 27, 2007)
It will be recalled that Maharashtra had earlier this year banned 'tamed' elephants in Mumbai.
- Managing B-Schools (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Sep 27, 2007)
There is much good work that has been done in the education sector in the last few decades both within the Government sector and outside it.
- Long Live The Mouse! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 27, 2007)
With mobile muzak, Mumbai bid adieu to Morya. That’s not a promo for a new tune for your handset. It’s Ananta-chaturdashi, the day on which idols of ‘Shri’ aka Ganesh, are taken out for immersion, with mobile synthesisers and break-dancers in tow.
- The Ultimate Romantic (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
It is perhaps singularly appropriate that Dev Anand’s autobiography — released on Wednesday by Dr Manmohan Singh — should be titled Romancing with Life.
- Requiem For A Freedom Fighter (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 26, 2007)
ON A midwinter afternoon in 1928, pistol shots rang out in the heart of Lahore. They were aimed at an assistant superintendent of police, J.P. Saunders.
- Icici Gets Full Commercial Licence In Bahrain (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
India's largest private sector bank, ICICI Bank has been granted a full commercial branch (FCB) licence by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), the second Indian bank after State Bank of India to offer full banking services in the kingdom.
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