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Articles 621 through 720 of 9581:
- Pouring In Through Borders (Pioneer, Abhay K Upadhyay, Oct 09, 2006)
We have shunned Pakistan before as a rogue state, but that didn't work. The Havana Declaration may be a way to move away from the blame game and see the beginning of a diplomatic process against terror
- Levelling The Playing Field (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 09, 2006)
More than the problem of evolving a joint anti-terror mechanism, the real challenge for India's policy-makers and strategists is one of properly understanding and countering President Pervez Musharraf's personalised diplomatic offensive wrapped in . . .
- Ril Plans To Build India’S Biggest Port (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Group proposes to build India's largest port ‘Rewas’ as part of its Navi Mumbai SEZ, which would have same draft as of Suez Canal and virtually double that of the deepest JNPT port in the country.
- Cbi May Finally Get Purulia Accused Kim Davy (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The CBI is likely to finally succeed in extraditing Kim Davy, the main accused in the 1995 Purulia arms drop case, from Denmark as the Centre is expected to give an assurance that he will serve any prison term in that country following his possible . . .
- Brace Up For Revenue Model Mishap In 3g (The Financial Express, RAJEEV DUBEY, Oct 09, 2006)
High licence fee, higher capex will affect the consumer’s ability to afford 3G
- Healthy Slip (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 09, 2006)
Ever been in an embarrassing situation in a room full of foreign delegates?
- Shiv Sena Threatens To Disrupt Pak-Nz Match At Mohali (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
The Shiv Sena has threatened that it would dig up the cricket pitch in Mohali to protest against Pakistan cricket team playing in India in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy.
- A Diwali-Id Without Fear (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2006)
The coming Diwali-Id season will be welcomed by many as a relief from the drudgery of daily life, a time for enjoyment and togetherness.
- Pm Visits Dengue Patients At Aiims (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Oct 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose Sunday, the date of the discharge of his 11-year-old- grandson, to visit the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here. His grandson was also suffering from dengue. He had a word of praise for doctors . . .
- State 'Responsible' For Vidarbha Mess (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 09, 2006)
No amount of ham-fisted spin-doctoring and the desperate resurrection of a 35-year-old slogan can take away from what is fast becoming an open secret:
- Six More Die In Bihar, Ap And Maha (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Dengue continued to spread its tentacles. The disease claimed six lives and afflicted 87 people, including an RJD leader, across the country on Sunday amid reports that railway hospitals in Bihar were put on high alert.
- Tactical Victory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2006)
There have been many occasions during the two decades of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance when they came close to an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation. Sena tiger Bal Thackeray roared louder, and always had the last laugh.
- Sebi Plans Separate Entity For Surveillance And Investigation (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2006)
Outfit to include chartered accountants, lawyers and financial experts
SEBI's reasoning
Dealing with sophisticated economic crimes requires skills in areas such as securities trading, banking and finance
SEBI had to hire professionals on . . .
- The Growth-Jobs Disconnect (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Oct 09, 2006)
The NSSO survey results should be analysed by all stakeholders and the debate must transit from being conceptual to factual.
- Food Security: Safeguarding The Heartland (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Oct 09, 2006)
The gap between potential and actual yields is high in most parts of India. The principles of conservation, particularly with reference to land and water, need to be integrated with farming practices.
- Sensitivities That Call For Care, Caution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 09, 2006)
"This is not the first time The Hindu has published such communally slanted statements."
- State Of Change (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 09, 2006)
Something has definitely changed in Indian politics if an election-bound chief minister in a state notorious for spreading electoral largesse can sell state corporations and persuade state employees to take VRS — and no one in scandalised.
- India To Brief Uk, Eu On Mumbai Bombings (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
India will brief Britain and the European Union on its investigations into the deadly July train bombings that police have accused Pakistan’s spy agency of masterminding, an Indian official said Saturday.
- Government Says Country Is Not Facing An Epidemic (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Confirmed cases of dengue, chikungunya rise
- Sycophancy, Now With A New, Desperate Edge (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 08, 2006)
Last week I spent a whole day attending a Congress Party rally in Jaipur and it left me feeling unusually depressed about the future of our sad and ancient land.
- Playing Along With General's Bluff May Work (Pioneer, Abhay K Upadhyay, Oct 08, 2006)
We have shunned Pakistan before as a rogue state, but that didn't work. The Havana Declaration may be a way to move away from the blame game and see the beginning of a diplomatic process against terror
- Kargil, Lies And Musharraf (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 08, 2006)
More than the problem of evolving a joint anti-terror mechanism, the real challenge for India's policy-makers and strategists is one of properly understanding and countering President Pervez Musharraf's personalised diplomatic offensive wrapped in . . .
- Trust But Verify (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 08, 2006)
Those who believe in making the naughtiest boy the class monitor forget that to make it work, you need a headmaster who is sincerely interested in maintaining order.
- Tn Sailor Dies, Nine Indians Missing Off Japan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
A sailor from Tamil Nadu lost his life and nine other Indian crew members are missing after the freighter Giant Step, with 25 Indian crew members and one Sri Lanka national, caught fire and floundered in stormy weather off the coast of . . .
- Gandhigiri Versus Mahatmagiri (Tribune, Santosh Kr. Singh, Oct 08, 2006)
Gross injustice has been done to Gandhi’s legacy by none other than those who perpetuated the sobriquet of Mahatma. Post-independence, Gandhi has been deified, idolised and venerated to the extent of a mythic proportion.
- That Sinking Feeling (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 08, 2006)
No amount of ham-fisted spin-doctoring and the desperate resurrection of a 35-year-old slogan can take away from what is fast becoming an open secret: The floundering Government of Manmohan Singh.
- The Empire Of Deceit (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Oct 08, 2006)
How the world and India continue to place faith in Musharraf is a believe-it-or-not story
- Guerrilla Warfare (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 08, 2006)
The Army Chief General J J Singh has deputed Brigadier B K Ponwal, who was the Chief Instructor at the Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS) of the Army in Mizoram to the Jungle Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College at Kanker in Chhattisgarh.
- Pm To Raise Mum Blasts Evidence With Eu Leaders (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will raise with the leadership of Britain and the European Union (EU) next week India's concerns over cross-border terrorism in the backdrop of recent evidence that Pakistan's ISI and terror outfits based there were . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 08, 2006)
An ingenuous way to defeat the bandh
- Terror, Trade High On Manmohan’S Agenda (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 08, 2006)
India is likely to share with the United Kingdom and the European Union the evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in July 11 Mumbai blasts when the Prime Minister visits London and Helsinki next week.
- ‘Army Was Reluctant To Tell Govt About Kargil’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
The Army was “reluctant” to inform the government about the presence of Pakistan-backed intruders in Kargil in early 1999 and did little initially to jointly plan and carry out operations to evict them, Air Chief Marshal (retired) AY Tipnis has said.
- Competing For Space (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 08, 2006)
When the Prime Minister of India makes whirlwind visit to Mumbai, every event that he attends jostles for importance and media space.
- Child Abuse (Daily Excelsior, Sweta Patwardhan, Oct 08, 2006)
The government has banned the child labour without any impact. The Child labour Act only bans child labour in specific industries and has actually helped put more children to work rather than get them out of it.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Oct 08, 2006)
Despite the histrionics of this week, the Shiv Sena and the BJP cannot afford to break their alliance. It is perhaps recognition of this reality that has led to the uneasy truce on the Chimur assembly seat that both parties were laying claim to.
- Five Reformers (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2006)
Five ardent reformers, who between them can lay claim to some of the most dramatic and significant course corrections in India’s economic policy, were found on one stage in Mumbai on Friday.
- Land Use And Food Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2006)
Given the path we are following, the future will see us importing food on a regular basis.
- Pm To Talk Trade, Terror With Eu (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh's EU summit next week at Helsinki is expected to kick off negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in goods and services, while affording him an opportunity to show evidence of a Pakistan connection in recent 7/11 terror . . .
- Investment Of $320bn Needed For Roads, Ports: Manmohan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is persisting with his pro-reforms pitch. A day after resolving to take a fresh stab at politically sensitive labour reforms, while speaking at ET Awards function in Mumbai, Singh on Saturday vowed to undertake an . . .
- Pm To Discuss Terror With Britain, Eu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will raise with the leadership of Britain and the European Union (EU) next week, India’s concerns over cross-border terrorism with respect to recent evidence that Pakistan’s ISI and terror outfits were behind the July 11 . .
- A Friend From The Past (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
It can be disarming and pleasantly surprising meeting old friends after a gap of fifty years.
- Movement As Design (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Oct 08, 2006)
Ankit Patel's art is inspired by his rustic roots, as folk traditions and even farm equipment impact his creations.
- Recording Gandhi (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Oct 08, 2006)
Listening to the speeches of N.K. Bose is more rewarding than reading many books on Gandhi.
- Frankfurt Fair: Ungainly Décor Of Indian Pavilions Disappoints Visitors (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 08, 2006)
Comparisons with Korea, last year's guest of honour, show India in poor light
- Trade, Terrorism On Agenda For Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2006)
Manmohan, Blair to meet on October 10
- Trust But Verify (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 07, 2006)
Those who believe in making the naughtiest boy the class monitor forget that to make it work, you need a headmaster who is sincerely interested in maintaining order. It's all too plain to see that the "headmaster" in charge of the war on terror is . . .
- Playing Along With General's Bluff May Work (Pioneer, Abhay K Upadhyay, Oct 07, 2006)
We have shunned Pakistan before as a rogue state, but that didn't work. The Havana Declaration may be a way to move away from the blame game and see the beginning of a diplomatic process against terror
- The Empire Of Deceit (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Oct 07, 2006)
How the world and India continue to place faith in Musharraf is a believe-it-or-not story
Pick up a textbook of abnormal psychology and go to the chapter on sociopathic personality disorders - you will find a disturbingly accurate portrait of . . .
- Mumbai Blasts Evidence Was Shared With Us: Mulford (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
India has shared with the US evidence regarding involvement of ISI and Pakistan-based terror groups like Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) in the July 11 Mumbai blasts.
- Kargil, Lies And Musharraf (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 07, 2006)
More than the problem of evolving a joint anti-terror mechanism, the real challenge for India's policy-makers and strategists is one of properly understanding and countering President Pervez Musharraf's personalised diplomatic offensive wrapped . . .
- Public-Private Partnership Is The Way To Build Infrastructure (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 07, 2006)
The shift towards public-private partnerships is primarily driven by the inadequacy of budgetary resources.
- A Cesspool Called India (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Oct 07, 2006)
The dengue outbreak is symbolic of the filth you see all around
- Our Ailing Leaders (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 07, 2006)
It costs the nation a fortune to keep him in poverty. These, or words to this effect were very fondly spoken by Sarojini Naidu, the late freedom fighter and ‘‘nightiangle’’ of India to describe the cost of ‘‘maintaining’’ Gandhi and his very, very . . .
- Uk To Probe India Call-Centre Data Security (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
The UK government will investigate the security of personal data at Indian telephone call-centres after a television programme said financial records for hundreds of thousands of Britons were available for purchase there.
- Consensus On Reforms Likely Soon: Pm (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today admitted that there was lack of consensus on the "needed reforms" but expressed confidence that the government would be able to forge a consensus and take the reforms forward.
- The Longest Book Case In The World (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Oct 07, 2006)
Frankfurt: Why is the Frankfurt Book Fair so enamoured of India? In the fair’s 58-year-old history, India is the only country to be invited twice as guest of honour.
- Our Security System As Terrorists Close In (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 07, 2006)
First the Army House in Rawalpindi and then the President’s House in Islamabad have been made targets of possible acts of terrorism on Wednesday and Thursday without being thwarted by our security system. We know who the target was in these . . .
- Jingoism Over Belgaum Won’T Help (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 07, 2006)
Karnataka needs to win over the hearts of the people of Belgaum district through better models of development than in neighbouring villages across the border, than merely shouting “Belgaum is ours and we will not part with it at any cost.”
- Mumbai Blast Evidence Shared With Us (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
India has shared with the US evidence regarding involvement of ISI and Pakistan-based terror groups like Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) in the July 11 Mumbai blasts.
- Singh, Blair To Discuss Trade, Security Next Week (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
Trade and security are expected to be on top of the agenda when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets his British counterpart Tony Blair in London early next week during a three-day visit.
- Mumbai Blasts: India, Usa Share Evidence (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 07, 2006)
India is understood to have shared with the US evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in the July 11 Mumbai blasts.
- Following Fashion (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 07, 2006)
If “there is no such thing as Gandhism”, as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi claimed in a statement to the Gandhi Seva Sangha in 1936, how can one explain a cult like Gandhigiri? The word’s etymological similarity with Dadagiri and Goondagiri offers an . . .
- Five Reformers (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2006)
Five ardent reformers, who between them can lay claim to some of the most dramatic and significant course corrections in India’s economic policy, were found on one stage in Mumbai on Friday.
- This Is No Way To Fight Terror (Pioneer, Maninderjit Singh Bitta, Oct 07, 2006)
It is very unfortunate that we have not learnt lessons from history. The decade-long festering wound in Punjab was cured with firm commitment, political will and non-interference under the leadership of then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, then . . .
- Jessica Claims First Scalp (Pioneer, Sunil Kumar, Oct 07, 2006)
Powerful' Haryana Power Minister Venod Sharma submitted his resignation to United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi early on Friday.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Oct 07, 2006)
Despite the histrionics of this week, the Shiv Sena and the BJP cannot afford to break their alliance. It is perhaps recognition of this reality that has led to the uneasy truce on the Chimur assembly seat that both parties were laying claim to.
- India Needs To Correct Course (News International, Praful Bidwai, Oct 07, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Chikungunya Is Now An Epidemic (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Oct 07, 2006)
India, which declared chikungunya an epidemic on Friday, has been hit by the African strain of the virus.
- State Government To Promote Sezs Without Affecting Farmers' Interests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2006)
It is a policy of the Government, says Jagadish Shettar
Centre approves 15 proposal to set up SEZs in the State
A survey of all cities to be conducted.
- A Marriage On The Rocks (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Oct 06, 2006)
Like the Queen of Hearts in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray is wont to shout “Off with his head!” while settling all difficulties, great or small.
- Stand Up For The Loved Ones (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2006)
Inter-Religious Marriages Among Muslims: Negotiating Religious and Social Identity in Family and Community Edited by Abdullahi A. An-Na’im, Global Media, Rs 650
- Shiv Sena Threat Reflects Indian Mindset (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 06, 2006)
Hindu fundamentalist outfit Shiv Sena has threatened to prevent Pakistan from playing cricket in India in the Champions Trophy Tournament scheduled to start coming Saturday. Its Executive President Udhav Thackeray said the decision is in response . . .
- Matter Of Justice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 06, 2006)
Only last year a criminal case had come to light which was registered in Billawar in Kathua district in 1959 only to be decided in 2005 --- that is after 46 years. In the intervening period the complainant as well as co-complainant had passed away.
- Concrete Gains (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Oct 06, 2006)
The top four cement players have seen their despatches grow by an impressive 17.8 per cent y-o-y to 48.77 lakh tonne in September 2006.
- Three Hours Of Idealism For Bihar’S Policemen (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
The chief minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, visited the Ashok cinema hall here on 14 September, the second time in the past nine months, this time to watch the premier show of Ram Gopal Verma’s Shiva, depicting the Indian policy-making system.
- On Internal Security (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Oct 06, 2006)
There have been many events in the past few months relating to matters of Internal security that should draw our attention and time for us to reflect on immediate future and our relations with the countries around our 'borders'.
- Rehab Deal For Farmers Won’T Stem Suicides (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Oct 06, 2006)
The fundamental issues that have for long fettered the agriculture sector need to be addressed
- While India Sleeps, Uruguay Steps In (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2006)
A tiny country of 3 million people, wedged between Brazil and Argentina, Uruguay has come from nowhere to partner with India's biggest technology company, Tata Consultancy Services, to create in just four years one of the largest outsourcing . . .
- Twist Of Fate (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2006)
It was 2 a.m. when the earth rumbled with fury and the township of Latur in Maharashtra lay in shambles.
- Manmohan's Recipe For Making Mumbai A Global City (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2006)
Sending a fresh flow of adrenaline coursing through Mumbai's veins and boosting its campaign to turn itself into a city of global standards, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the city needed "the best urban infrastructure India can afford".
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