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Articles 921 through 1020 of 9581:
- Science Must Be Harnessed In Full: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Presents CSIR's Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for 2006 to 13 scientists
- State Ready To Swap Border Villages With Maharashtra (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Sep 27, 2006)
But it should be as per Mahajan panel report: Kumaraswamy
- Maharashtra: Review Panels For Counter-Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The Maharashtra Government has set up a civil-police-military standing committee to review the counter-terrorism programme and recommend changes.
- Ec Likely To Issue Notice To Dmk, Aiadmk Contestants (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The Election Commission may send notices to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidates, contesting from the Madurai Central constituency in the ensuing by-election, for violation of model . . .
- Google Scans India For Its Expansion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Internet search giant Google is scanning India for potential acquisition targets as also the points-men to drive its expansion in the region.
- Five Policemen Convicted For 1993 Mumbai Blasts (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
A court convicted five policemen on Tuesday on charges of conspiracy and abetment of the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai that killed 257 people and wounded hundreds.
- Mumbai Blasts: Flawed Justice (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 27, 2006)
A Mumbai court convicts some of the accused in the March 1993 serial bombings, but the key perpetrators are still safe in Pakistan.
- Five Policemen Held Guilty In '93 Blasts Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The designated TADA court today held five policemen, including suspended police sub-inspector Vijay Patil, guilty in 1993 serial blasts case for allowing smooth passage of arms and ammunition from Raigad to Mumbai, but acquitted three other . . .
- Changing Patterns (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Sep 27, 2006)
The cumulative rainfall during the monsoon in northeastern India has been significantly in deficit.
- Easy Target (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Sep 27, 2006)
Despite its history of communal tension, Malegaon has remained calm in the wake of the blasts.
- Farmer Issue Was Ignored By Congress At Meet: Bjp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The BJP on Tuesday accused the Congress party of not taking the farmer suicides seriously and of skirting the issue of price rise at the Nainital conclave of the Congress party, which was held recently.
- Special Legislature Session In Belgaum Off To A Great Start (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Sep 26, 2006)
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi's `parallel session' sees boisterous participation
People support Government's objectives
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister takes part in MES session
- Dismantle Terror Structure First: Rajnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
``Manmohan misleading the country''
- Conglomerate Slums (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 26, 2006)
The court should help regulate illegal structures.
- State Wants Centre To Censure M’Rashtra Dycm (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Sep 26, 2006)
Cutting across party lines, members in the Legislative Council on Monday urged the State Government to complain to the Centre against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil addressing a parallel convention of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti . . .
- 1993 Blast Verdict: Key Aides Of Tiger Memon Convicted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Two key aides of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind Tiger Memon, Mohammed Iqbal Mohammed Yusuf Shaikh and Nasim Ahmed Shaikh Ali Barmare, were convicted by a special TADA court here on Monday for their complicity in the crime that claimed 257 lives.
- Karnataka Special Legislature Session Off To A Great Start (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Sep 26, 2006)
Boisterous participation at Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi's `parallel session'
- Houses Swear By Mahajan (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Sep 26, 2006)
The special session of the State Legislature, which began here on Monday, adopted an unanimous resolution urging the Centre to implement the Mahajan Commission report on the boundary dispute in toto.
- Boost Industry For Punjab’S All-Round Growth (Tribune, V.S. MAHAJAN, Sep 26, 2006)
While the negative consequences of depending on rice as the main summer crop have often been highlighted by farm scientists, they have, at the same time, failed to develop alternative crops that consume less water as well as enjoy good marketing . . .
- Small Banks In A Competitive Era (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 26, 2006)
The decision to merge the troubled United Western Bank (UWB) with IDBI Bank in no way obviates the need for a wide-ranging debate on the larger issues related to small banks.
- Vikram Chandra (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Sep 26, 2006)
Everyone has a story to tell and hearing these is how Sacred Games metamorphosed into the huge tome it is.
- '93 Blasts Case: Two Convicts Plead Mercy On Account Of Illness (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Eighty-two-year-old Mohammed Dawood Phanse and 75-year-old Sharif Abdul Gafoor Parkar, convicted in the 1993 bomb blasts case, on Monday pleaded for mercy before a TADA Court saying they were sick and wished to return home after 13 years in prison.
- Atal Exposed Pak Role In Encouraging Terror: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The BJP on Monday trashed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf claim that Kargil conflict had compelled India to take initiative on resolving the Kashmir dispute.
- Interest Rates Softening: Sbi (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
State Bank of India today said the interest rates are showing signs of softening and the liquidity in the system is good at present.
- Shaikh, Barmare Guilty Of Abetting In Terrorist Acts (Hindu, Prachi Pinglay, Sep 26, 2006)
Minimum punishment will be 5-year jail
Prosecuted under TADA, IPC and Explosive Substances Act
Dawood Phanse, Sharif Parkar complain of ailments.
- Preposterous & Absurd (OutLook, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 26, 2006)
By equating India and Pakistan as "victims of terrorism" in Havana, India has seriously undermined what has been its consistent stand that Pakistan should end terrorist violence unconditionally.
- Drug Cos And Sezs - A Healthy Mix? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Concern over whether drug companies should also play the role of infrastructure developer
- Iniquitous Enclaves (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 26, 2006)
The perversity of incentives that create no externalities or economies of scale for the "hinterland" are the biggest defects of SEZs.
- To Achieve A Turnaround In Bihar (Business Line, Shaibal Gupta, Sep 26, 2006)
Historical disadvantages, limited post-Independence development strategies, and the vivisection of the State, have crippled the public financial and economic structure of Bihar.
- Musharraf Airs Doubt Over Singh In Memoir (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
In a book released just over week after agreeing with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resume a stalled peace process, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf described his fears that the Indian leader had fallen under the influence of New Delhi's old guard
- India Should Limit Use Of Anti Terror Laws’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
India should limit the use of its tough anti-terrorism laws and push ahead with long-overdue police and criminal justice reforms, a New York-based lawyers’ group said Tuesday.
- Indians Support Repealing Anti-Gay Law (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
A campaign to repeal an Indian law that makes homosexuality a crime has split young people in New Delhi and Mumbai, with about half of them in favour of scrapping the legislation, according to a survey published on Monday.
- Linguistic Division Of Provinces (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 26, 2006)
ABOUT a fortnight ago, the Federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan had indicated that Punjab could be sub-divided into three smaller provinces for several reasons. Soon after, a high functionary of the state denied the possibility saying . . .
- Shaikh, Barmare Pronunced Guilty In `93 Blasts Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
A designated TADA court here today convicted two aides of absconding prime accused Tiger Memon for committing terrorist acts and taking part in the conspiracy to cause serial explosions in 1993.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 26, 2006)
The Union Cabinet has given the go-ahead on the reservation issue with a staggered introduction of the 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Castes (OBC) in higher educational institutes over a three-year period.
- So Far, So Good (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 26, 2006)
Though the Congress party’s Nainital conclave was billed as a meeting of Chief Ministers belonging to the party, it turned out to be a good occasion to display the sound political health of the UPA coalition that governs the country.
- 'Ind, Us Closely Aligned In Maintaining Open Access To Sea' (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 26, 2006)
Maintaining free and open access to the sea is an important and critical challenge and in this regard the navies of India and the United States are "very closely aligned", Admiral Gary Roughead,the Commander of the American Pacific Fleet, said.
- The Future Of The City (Business Standard, Sunita Narain, Sep 26, 2006)
Urban India is beginning to explode. The question is if our cities will be able to manage this growth or will they just burst at the seams? The reason I ask this is because we still don’t have a clue about what urban growth will mean for us.
- More Stress On Positives (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Sep 26, 2006)
I have written this article and the few that will follow in response to a request from a senior official of a development agency based in Washington.
- ’93 Blasts: Two More Tiger’S Aides Guilty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The special TADA court trying the 1993 Mumbai blasts case pronounced accused No 23 Mohammed Iqbal Shaikh and accused No 49 Nasim Ashraf Barmare, guilty of attack on the Sahar Airport with the intention of killing people and damaging aircraft, on Monday.
- Why The Farmer Reaps Despair (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 26, 2006)
Farmer's suicides were discussed most recently at the Congress chief ministers’ conclave in Nainital but the grim reality remains unchanged, with reports of such tragedies constantly trickling in.
- Thousands Hit As Farmers Block Trains (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Thousands of passengers were stranded today for more than two hours at various railway stations and on the tracks as activists of the Punjab Kisan Sabha blocked rail traffic as part of their ‘rail roko aandolan’ in pursuance of their various demands . . .
- Air Unworthy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 25, 2006)
So the government wants to create a clutch of world-class international airports on the lines of Schiphol, Changi and Dubai by the time the Commonwealth Games roll around in 2010.
- Don't Blame Simi (Times of India, IRFAN AHMAD, Sep 25, 2006)
There is little evidence to suggest that the Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) is involved in plotting terrorist attacks. Yet, after the horrendous Mumbai blasts that claimed 200 lives, SIMI is being looked upon as one of the perpetrators.
- Back To Basics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 25, 2006)
It is not rare for single-state parties to have delusions of ideological grandeur and widespread political influence.
- ‘For A Safer City’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2006)
'Bangalore can be vibrant even without late nights. If you extend the deadline then the consumption of liquor also goes up. But may be on one day, it could be extended...’
- Parliamentary Rhetoric (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Sep 25, 2006)
NOW that the Prime Minister, President and sundry Chief Ministers like Narendra Modi have had their say about the Mumbai blasts, it is now the turn of the MPs.
- Farmers Weigh Heavily On Upa Govt's Conscience (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
When things got a bit heated during the 10-hour discussion on agriculture at the Congress chief ministers' conclave in Nainital on Saturday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened to say that he would "look into" the issues of agricultural credit . . .
- Krishna Rules Out Plans To Re-Enter Politics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Maharashtra Governor and former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna on Sunday made it clear that he had no plans to re-enter politics.
- Border Issue Likely To Occupy Centre Stage At Belgaum Session (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Sep 25, 2006)
Five-day event begins today; grand welcome for Kumaraswamy and Yediyurappa planned .
- Landing With Sonia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 25, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi is right up to a point in saying anti-terrorist police action mustn’t polarise minorities or that land for special economic zones mustn’t be acquired at the cost of farmers and agriculture.
- Kasargod On Belgaum Session Agenda (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The historic session of the State legislature which opens here on Monday, is expected to adopt a resolution demanding that the Centre “implement in toto”' the Mahajan Commission report, as a ...
- A Female Hindu's Right To Succession (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam, Sep 25, 2006)
With reference to the answers in these columns on Amendments to Hindu Law of Succession, a reader wants to know whether under `The Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1987' Sec. 3(2), the right of a Hindu widow to get the full share of her . . . .
- Congress Continuing Vote Bank Politics: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Joint anti-terror mechanism with Pakistan will not work: Rajnath
Rajnath rejects idea of deploying security men from the minority community in sensitive areas
Charge of bias against security forces would demoralise them, he says
Joint . . .
- Deprivation Of Rights Linked To Terrorist Acts: Former Judge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Former Judge of Mumbai High Court, H. Suresh, has said that deprivation of human rights was the cause for terrorist acts by some persons in the country.
- Basics Of Consumer Spending In India (The Economic Times, Rama Bijapurkar, Sep 25, 2006)
The front page report in the Mumbai edition of The Economic Times of September 21, 2006 carried the provocative headline “Cut the fluff, Indians spends more on basics”, and went on to inform us that “here is a reality check for all those who . . .
- Cong Cms Plough On For More Relief From Finmin (The Economic Times, C L MANOJ, Sep 25, 2006)
A section of the party leadership and chief ministers, which fear the loss of their farmer votebank ahead of the coming assembly elections, on Sunday demonstrated their determination to force the government to redraw its fund-allocation plans.
- The Expanding Turf Of Scams (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Sep 25, 2006)
Recently, a duo posed as a Minister of State for Home and his private secretary and allegedly spoke to a gangster in a jail in Uttar Pradesh.
- Sez Rush Expected To Cool Down (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The rush by business groups to put up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and the red carpets rolled out for them by various states could face speed breakers following the complaints about the way lands of farmers were sought to be grabbed for the SEZs.
- The Stamp Of Approval, Please (Indian Express, Gaurav Dikshit, Sep 25, 2006)
Now that Lalu Prasad Yadav has managed a detour at an Indian Institute of Management, one wishes he would change track to the Ministry of Post and Telegraph and infuse some steam into the sorely unambitious postcard.
- Great Wall Of India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 25, 2006)
Ports, as a revealing surrender earlier this year by US President George W. Bush to his Congress proved, can breed paranoia.
- Anti-Terror Pledge Is Musharraf's Final Chance: Pm (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 25, 2006)
With the Havana formulation on a joint mechanism to monitor terrorism under fire, PM Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that India's approach to terrorism was unchanged and asserted that Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf had been given a final chance . . .
- Anti-Terror Pledge Is Musharraf's Final Chance: Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
With the Havana formulation on a joint mechanism to monitor terrorism under fire, PM Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that India's approach to terrorism was unchanged and asserted that Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf had been given a final . . .
- The Threat Of Local Jihadis (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sep 25, 2006)
Terrorism has struck deep roots in India and Nizam-e-Mustafa is the cry now.
- Customer Service Is A Nagging Problem (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 25, 2006)
Even respected multinationals seem unable or unwilling to consistently aim at service that is prompt and efficient, very much like their traditional Indian counterparts.
- Women Themselves To Blame? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Sep 24, 2006)
Every now and then, one comes across reports of one or the other group of women activists protesting against what they describe as wrong or ‘‘exploitative’’ projection of women in media particularly the electronic media.
- Lage Raho Vidhu (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 24, 2006)
People in the State can only tell Vidhu Vinod Chopra, a son of the soil, "lage raho" (keep it up).
- Polio Botch-Up Blame At Delhi Door (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Sep 24, 2006)
India’s health bureaucracy ignored scientific advice about flaws in the polio immunisation programme for nearly 20 years and suppressed research that might have led to faster eradication, doctors have said.
- Raise Talks To Summit Level: Musharraf (Tribune, Arun Kumar, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf wants the India-Pakistan dialogue to be raised to the summit level and also says terrorism should not be allowed to derail these talks.
- 15,300 Polio Booths Planned For November In Haryana (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Sep 24, 2006)
The Haryana Government plans to set up 15,300 pulse polio booths in 20 districts during the National Pulse Polio Immunisation Round scheduled in November.
- Sonia Takes Up Cudgels For Farmers (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Sep 24, 2006)
Besides taking up the case of minorities, Congress president Sonia Gandhi also sought to refurbish her party's "pro-farmer" image today as she expressed serious concern about the government's policy on Special Economic Zones (SEZ), which has become . . .
- Pm Warns Of Terror Attacks (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Sep 24, 2006)
Obviously concerned at their party's dipping popularity among the minorities, both Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today took up cudgels for the minority community and asked the security agencies and state . . .
- The Havana Betrayal (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 24, 2006)
If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in the race for canonisation, his spectacular act of forgiveness in Havana would have ensured instant deification by any council of the exalted.
- Concern For Muslims Overrides Terror Talk (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 24, 2006)
A grim warning of a more intense terrorist strike and the need for maintaining communal harmony formed the focal point of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's addresses to the party Chief Ministers conference that . . .
- Secular Ideology Will Stay, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 24, 2006)
Coordination panel to discuss contentious issues
Belgaum session will focus on Maharashtra's claims over some border areas
The Government will announce a rural development scheme on October 2
- Pm Calls For More Muslims In Security Forces (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community.
- Salve On Minorities, Rap On West (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The Prime Minister today criticised the West for making an “erroneous linkage” between terrorism and Muslims and urged police not to make the minorities an automatic target of suspicion while probing terror.
- Cultural Diplomacy Needs A Big Thrust, Says Karan Singh (Tribune, Satish Misra, Sep 24, 2006)
Culture is the third instrument of foreign policy and it must be effectively used as a tool for projecting India’s image globally, says Indian Council for Cultural Relations President Dr Karan Singh. India is rich in arts, culture, music and dance.
- Dasara Festivities Begin In Mysore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Dasara celebrations got off to a traditional start here on Saturday with prayers to the goddess Chamundeshwari for peace and prosperity of the people of the State.
- Eyecatchers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
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