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Articles 1021 through 1120 of 9581:
- Disability Within (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 24, 2006)
It is not without reason that the global polio Technical Consultative Group has singled out India as one of the few countries that continue to carry the risk of transmission of the dreaded illness.
- Sonia: Do Not Target Minorities In Action On Terror (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking at the Congress chief ministers’ conclave here on Saturday, feared more "fidayeen" elements would target religious, economic and "sensitive objects" while Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked the government . . .
- Pm Differs With His Ministers On Infiltration (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, fresh from his meeting with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf at Havana, is speaking in a voice totally different from his own Cabinet colleagues and chief ministers in the Congress Party.
- Apology For What? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 24, 2006)
It's difficult in these jihadi times to be a scholar, address controversy. Civilisation is under stress
- Who Says India Is Soft State? (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Sep 24, 2006)
There is the call today for India to somehow project itself as a hard state. Such desire, one would assume, is expressed because strong willed and nationalist citizens are disturbed by what they view as the labelling of the country as a soft state.
- Decongesting Mobile Telephony (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 24, 2006)
What good is a service if it fails when needed most? Yes, this is the question which has been asked repeatedly after the reported collapse of mobile services in the aftermath of the 7/11 mayhem. It is known that mobile networks come under intense . . .
- Democratic Federalism (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Sep 24, 2006)
The military regime in Pakistan has not learnt any lesson from its own history and has followed the same policy of ruthless suppression of sub-nationalist movement in Balochistan. It has forgotten that the birth of Bangladesh as a separate country . . .
- Slash St On Petro-Goods (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 24, 2006)
Taxes and levies on petroleum products need to be rationalised and reduced, says a National Institute of Public Finance and Policy study. About time, too. The tax rates for downstream oil products like petrol, diesel and natural gas are an . . .
- Manmohan Chastises Police For Alienating Muslims (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Indian 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.
- Bsnl Offers Lower Rates For Mtnl's Std Traffic (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Faced with stiff competition from private telecom operators, BSNL is considering to offer reduced rates for carrying long distance calls of MTNL, a move that would benefit both the public sector undertakings.
- Musharraf Seeks Summit-Level Talks With India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that he wants the India-Pakistan dialogue to be raised to summit level. “While the ministerial-level and secretary-level talks must continue, I believe that they have run their course because there have been so . . .
- Bpo Executive Sells Personal Information To D-Company (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The pesky call centre employee trying to sell you a credit card or mobile phone has suddenly acquired more sinister dimensions: S/he could well be misusing the personal information. A 25-year-old call centre employee from a BPO in Tardeo did just . . .
- It’S Confirmed: Dawood Plotted 1993 Blasts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The fact that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim masterminded the 1993 serial bombings with the help of Tiger Memon was no secret, but for the first time since that gruesome event, his direct involvement in the terror attacks has been judicially . . .
- Health Ministry Mulls Law To Mandate Rural Posting For Medical . . . (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' latest fiat is to enact legislation which will make rural posting in first year compulsory for fresh medical graduates. This will also apply to students who pass out from private medical institutions, even having . . .
- Disability Within (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 23, 2006)
It is not without reason that the global polio Technical Consultative Group has singled out India as one of the few countries that continue to carry the risk of transmission of the dreaded illness.
- Who Says India Is Soft State? (Pioneer, Debraj Mookerjee, Sep 23, 2006)
There is the call today for India to somehow project itself as a hard state. Such desire, one would assume, is expressed because strong willed and nationalist citizens are disturbed by what they view as the labelling of the country as a soft state.
- Apology For What? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 23, 2006)
It's difficult in these jihadi times to be a scholar, address controversy. Civilisation is under stress
- A Sensational Week (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 23, 2006)
So many amazing things have happened in the week gone by that it is difficult to pinpoint which was the most significant event. I find it more feasible to discuss these events and leave it to the readers to determine their relevant importance.
- War Is Not An Option: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Joint mechanism a two-tier system
An experiment to find a solution to long-standing problems
- Two More Found Guilty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Phanse conspired with Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon, says Judge
- Stay The Course (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 23, 2006)
Even before India and Pakistan have had a chance to give concrete shape to the joint "anti-terrorism institutional mechanism" announced by the two sides in Havana, a torrent of criticism has come from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a host of . . .
- Celebrate India (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 23, 2006)
It has been said that Indians'propensity to celebrate festivals is a drag on the economy. Not only does each of India's many religions contribute its share of holidays, but cities are virtually shut down during events like Ganesh Chaturthi in . . .
- Brand Mahatma (Times of India, SHIV VISVANATHAN, Sep 23, 2006)
This is the era of Bollywood sequels. Dhoom 2 is threatening to emerge, Hera Pheri is promising a third round. A friend of mine, a perceptive critic, suggested that the sequel to Munnabhai is more than just laughs.
- Terror Cover Eludes Festivals (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The rising number of terrorist strikes has not dampened the festive spirit for Navratri in Mumbai, Durga Puja in Kolkata and Ramleela in New Delhi.
- Upa Govt Creating Hurdles In Up’S Development: Mulayam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
Accusing the Congress-led UPA Government of creating hurdles in the state’s development, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today said the funds for many centrally-sponsored schemes were yet to be released.
- Talking Again (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 23, 2006)
Another breakthrough! The topsy-turvy path of India-Pakistan dialogue has become so predictable that any talk of a 'breakthrough' after a 'deadlock' can evoke only a yawn.
- State Cong Cast In Disarray (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Sep 23, 2006)
The euphoria generated by the recent induction of Siddaramaiah into the Congress fold at a massive rally addressed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi appears to have all but dissipated in less than three weeks. Why?
- `Sail Expansion Not Mere Volume Gains' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) is set to consolidate its position further in the domestic steel sector on its own strength and the supportive business outlook, SAIL Chairman S. K. Roongta said here on Friday.
- Loose Canines (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2006)
Staring in the eye could be the best way to discourage a chasing canine.
- Govt Not To Rush Into Terror Deal With Pak (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The government is unlikely to rush into institutionalising the proposed Indo-Pakistan mechanism for countering terrorism.
- Decongesting Mobile Telephony (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 23, 2006)
What good is a service if it fails when needed most? Yes, this is the question which has been asked repeatedly after the reported collapse of mobile services in the aftermath of the 7/11 mayhem. It is known that mobile networks come under intense . . .
- Sez Promoters Look At Funding Options (Indian Express, DEV CHATTERJEE, Sep 23, 2006)
With the banking regulator Reserve Bank of India asking banks to treat loans to special economic zones as commercial real estate, promoters of SEZs are looking at all options including listing and raising cheap funds abroad.
- Democratic Federalism (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Sep 23, 2006)
The military regime in Pakistan has not learnt any lesson from its own history and has followed the same policy of ruthless suppression of sub-nationalist movement in Balochistan. It has forgotten that the birth of Bangladesh as a separate country . . .
- Slash St On Petro-Goods (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 23, 2006)
Taxes and levies on petroleum products need to be rationalised and reduced, says a National Institute of Public Finance and Policy study. About time, too.
- Terror Web: Lot Of Players, But Little Policing (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2006)
The recent initiative by the Mumbai police to monitor cyber cafes for misuse by terrorists may be a non-starter. Monitoring communication on the world wide web or internet cannot be done through physical inspection alone.
- A Public Nuisance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2006)
There are public rules and regulations that are useless, a waste of time, money and effort.’
- Incubator Of Islamist Terror? (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Sep 22, 2006)
Will the charade of democracy survive in the Islamic Republic of Bangladesh?
- Let `Militant' Said To Be In Pakistan (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Sep 22, 2006)
Suspected to be involved in the conspiracy behind the Mumbai train blasts
- Ninth Convicted Over India Blasts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
India convicted a fifth Muslim bomber Thursday over the country’s worst ever terrorist attack 13 years ago that killed 257 people and injured more than 700.
- The Al Qaeda Link (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Security agencies probing the 7/11 blasts seem to be sceptical of reports indicating a nexus between the Mumbai blasts accused and the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack five years ago.
- Cong Conclave To Focus On Agararian Crisis (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The cooler climes of Nainital are expected to become hot for some Union Ministers and Chief Ministers when a Congress conclave gets underway here tomorrow to focus on the agrarian crisis which saw a spate of farmers' suicides in at least four states.
- Soft Murmurs In Silly Season (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Sep 22, 2006)
Like subterranean eddies barely discernible on the surface of a sluggish stream, the so-called marginal players of Indian politics and their seemingly minor discontents remain largely invisible to the metropolitan eye.
- Govt Puts Off Sealing (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
A day after Delhi reeled under violent protests by traders to the municipal corporation’s sealing drive, the Centre swung into action and constituted a group of ministers (GoM) to look into the issue.
- Special Article (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Sep 22, 2006)
As the reservation system India is based on caste, the government has not been able to improve the lot of the backward or the poor as they may not belong to the castes or tribes entitled to receive aid from the state.
- Manmohan Not Keen To Push For Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The joint anti-terror mechanism agreed to between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President General Musharraf may come a cropper even before it takes off.
- Mumbai Serial Blasts: Another Tiger Aide Found Guilty (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
A TADA court here on Thursday held Parvez Shaikh guilty of explosions at Katha Bazaar in Pydhonie and at hotel Sea Rock in Bandra during the 1993 serial bomb blasts in the metropolis, which left 257 people dead and more than 700 wounded.
- India To Launch Massive Drive Against Resurgent Polio (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Sep 22, 2006)
India will launch an intensive polio immunisation drive in November after an outbreak of the virus in its most populous state spread to neighbouring states and as far afield as Africa.
- Game Of Musical Chairs (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Sep 22, 2006)
The game of political 'musical' chairs continues in Jharkhand as the NDA and Arjun Munda is thrown out and Madhu Kode a independent MLA becomes the Chief Minister as the game of 'numbers' in a coalition structure pushes the state from one disaster to . .
- Police "Close To Nailing" Mumbai Bomb Plotters (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Investigating agencies are close to identifying those responsible for the July 11 blasts in Mumbai that killed 186 people, officials said on Thursday.
- Urban Plight (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The reprehensible violence during a traders'bandh in the capital on Wednesday symbolises a crisis of governance that is evident in most of our cities.
- '93 Blasts: A Salesman Who Turned Killer (Times of India, Swati Deshpande, Sep 22, 2006)
Parvez Shaikh, accused No. 12 in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, was declared guilty of parking an RDX-filled scooter at Katha Bazaar — it killed four people — and planting another bomb in a suitcase at Hotel Sea Rock.
- Govt Will Go To Sc Today Over Delhi Sealing Drive (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 22, 2006)
Rattled by the violence over the Delhi sealing drive which left four persons dead, the Government today suspended sealing operations until September 25 while a Group of Ministers, meeting within hours of being constituted after a Cabinet . . .
- Is India Compromising Dangerously On Terror? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 22, 2006)
There are some in India who appear eager to let the Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, off the hook, by agreeing that he has no control over the terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK.
- Cong Conclave To Focus On Agrarian Crisis (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The cooler climes of Nainital are expected to become hot for some Union Ministers and Chief Ministers when a Congress conclave gets underway in Nainital on Saturday to focus on the agrarian crisis which saw a spate of farmers' suicides in at least . . .
- Political Promiscuity (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 22, 2006)
On Monday the Madhu Koda ministry of Jharkhand — the third in less than two years, and the fifth in the six years since the state’s formation — was sworn in.
- ’93 Blast: Shaikh Convicted (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
The special Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court hearing the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai today convicted Parvez Nasir Ahmed Shaikh for carrying out two blasts at Mumbai’s Katha Bazaar and at Sea Rock Hotel.
- Iran, Pakistan Links In Mumbai Train Blasts (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 22, 2006)
Investigators probing the July 11 serial blasts in Mumbai’s local trains have traced the bombers’ links to Iran and Pakistan, according to sources.
- Crossing The English Channel (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Sep 22, 2006)
National language or not, I guess more than half our readers will require a translation, so here it is: “If you speak a hodgepodge lingo, you will receive a hodgepodge reply.”
- Congress Chief Ministers Conclave From Tomorrow (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Sep 22, 2006)
To discuss crisis in agriculture sector and internal security
- Shaikh Convicted For Katha Bazar Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
He could get death penalty or life sentence
He was also involved in Bandra blast
Convicted of conspiracy, acquitted on two counts.
- ``Unease Among Intelligence Agencies'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2006)
Over anti-terror mechanism: Musharraf
- States Stand To Lose Funds (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Sep 22, 2006)
More than half of the districts under the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) will not be able to receive funds as several states have failed to set up District Planning Committees (DPCs).
- Power At Any Cost (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 22, 2006)
With politicians growing power-hungry, principles have taken a back seat. No one is an exception.
- Sarvodaya Activist Hails India,pakistan Peace Initiative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
"The willingness shown by India and Pakistan at the Havana U.N. Convention to arrive at a joint mechanism to counter terror augurs well for peace in the region," said Nirmala Deshpande, Rajya Sabha MP and member of the Association for Peace of Asia.
- Should Our Cities Be Private Or Public Spaces? (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Sep 21, 2006)
From Hong Kong to London, new towns have failed to contain the overcrowding of the parent city. And if private enclaves proliferate, we could end up with the dilution of the public nature of the city.
- Major Metros Need Special Security: Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
The Centre has asked the State Governments to prepare "very forward-looking futuristic plans for providing security to mega cities" to be financed jointly by the States and the Centre.
- Is It Too Much To Hope? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 21, 2006)
Will Pakistan be sincere enough in setting up an anti-terrorism institutional mechanism along with India? More importantly, will it allow such a joint apparatus to work efficiently and smoothly?
- Sing Hymns To The Goddess Of Prosperity (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Sep 21, 2006)
Despite its reservations about religious festivals, the leftist government in Bengal should look at Durga Puja more pragmatically for the funds it may bring in, writes Sumanta Sen
- ‘Plan Now To Deal With Terror’ (Indian Express, RAJU NAYAK, Sep 21, 2006)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today asked the western states to prepare a futuristic security plan for mega cities in view of threats from terrorist outfits.
- Compromises In Havana (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 21, 2006)
Speaking to a cheering audience primarily of his supporters from Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir on September 12 in Brussels, an impassioned General Pervez Musharraf thundered: "Kashmir runs in the blood of every Pakistani."
- New Norms For Sez Development Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Board of Approvals to meet today to advise States
- Mumbai Gets Rs 1,200 Cr To Get Drainage Right (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Days before the Maharashtra government is scheduled to commence work on the Brihanmumbai Storm Water Drainage (BRIMSTOWAD) Project aimed at preventing the recurrence of floods in Mumbai, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today cleared Rs 1200 crore . . .
- From Bollywood, With Sensitivity (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
What is the image that comes to mind when you think of a person with disability? If we were to go by general Bollywood fare, it would be one of a poor beggar with deformed limbs, a complete buffoon, or a malevolent villain with a limp.
- Jet Says Competition, Costly Fuel Are Tough (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
India's largest domestic carrier, Jet Airways Ltd., said on Wednesday that increased domestic competition and high fuel prices posed a major challenge.
- Optimism About Kashmir (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 21, 2006)
AS on many occasions in the past, President Pervez Musharraf seemed optimistic about a solution of the Kashmir issue when he said, during the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, that it was “within reach”.
- Breakthrough In Mumbai Train Blasts (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 21, 2006)
Investigators probing the July 11 serial blasts in Mumbai’s local trains claimed to have finally found evidence of Pakistan-based terror links in the operation.
- Dangerous Compromises (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 21, 2006)
Speaking to a cheering audience primarily of his supporters from Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on September 12 in Brussels, an impassioned General Musharraf thundered: “Kashmir runs in the blood of every Pakistani”. . . .
- Q&a: 'For Healthy Literature, Pulp Fiction Also Needed' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 21, 2006)
His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, his second book of short stories, Love and Longing in Bombay, also won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and his latest, Sacred Games, . . .
- Norms On Land Acquisition For Sezs Shortly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Faced by criticism on its SEZ policy, the Centre is preparing guidelines for acquisition of land from farmers for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
- Corporate Caste System Crumbling (Business Standard, Kanika Datta, Sep 21, 2006)
Social hierarchies in emerging India’s corporate world are changing like never before. While executives in established blue chips are still considered the “Brahmins”, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore those in smaller companies.
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