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- All Held By Dutch Police Have Mumbai Links (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The government has confirmed that all the 12 passengers, detained from a Mumbai-bound flight that was escorted back to Amsterdam due to their ‘suspicious behaviour’, were of Indian origin. The passengers, who are being interrogated by the Dutch . . .
- No Progress In City Serial Blasts Probe (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai police said on Thursday that there was no headway in investigations into the July 11 serial blasts. The ATS released the sketch of an unclaimed body found in one of the blast sites to establish its identification.
- Democracy Versus Diplomacy (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 31, 2006)
Why could the nuclear deal mean a lame duck foreign policy? The question must pose a sobering thought for Manmohan Singh
- The Media Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
In the matter of the 12 men arrested aboard the Northwest flight in Amsterdam, the Indian media has shown once again that it has no independence of thought and individuality, as it totally embraced the Government's point of view.
- Let's Face The Nasty Truth (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Aug 30, 2006)
British Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly has initiated a lively debate on whether excessive emphasis on multi-culturalism has contributed to Muslim separatism in the UK.
- Utterly Pointless (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
To the extent the name changing bug was restricted to our reverting to indigenous nomenclatures for places - towns, cities, and regions - from their Anglicised versions, there was little perhaps wrong with the exercise.
- Lethal Traffic (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
The seizure of more than 4,000 kg of the so-called 'love drug' Methaqualone from a warehouse in Badarpur area of the Delhi-Haryana border should serve as a wake-up call for the Government. It comes close on the heels of another big seizure early . . .
- 'A Silent Revolution' (OutLook, NAGENDAR SHARMA, Aug 30, 2006)
'We have around 2,50,000 elected panchayats in the country, for which more than 32 lakh elected representatives (more than the population of Norway) are working. Out of these 12 lakh elected representatives are women...'
- Chhattisgarh Has Highest Casaulties Of Naxalism (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The highest casualty on account of Naxalism has taken place in Chhattisgarh, mainly as a fallout of the Salva Judum exercise, backed by the security forces.
- Air Janata (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 30, 2006)
Chartered flights have long suffered the perception of being the exclusive privilege of the rich and famous.
- Learning To Read (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 30, 2006)
One would assume that at least in education, government policy is based on solid theoretical and philosophical assumptions and a clear-eyed assessment of ground realities.
- Iaf To Launch Operation Gagan Shakti From Sept 4 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Indian Air Force will carry out Operation 'Gagan Shakti', from September 4 to September 27 in Western and South Western Air Command area of responsibility (right from Jammu and Kashmir to Gujarat and Maharashtra) to validate new strategies . . .
- Bush Aide Says Myths About Us’ Green Policy Remain (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Defending US President George Bush’s policies on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a tough job. In the eyes of environmental activists, Bush could do no right after the US opted out of the Kyoto Protocol.
- Season Of Infections (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 30, 2006)
The woes list of Delhiites seems to have gotten longer. Joining the weather, terrorism and prices is the dengue-chikungunya spreading mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which is reportedly multiplying in abnormally large numbers.
- The Sacred And The Polluting (Indian Express, SUBHASH GATADE, Aug 30, 2006)
As the Ganesh festivities reach their peak, it may be useful to remember the recent guidelines issued by the Gujarat state government to control water pollution during the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.
- Indians To Spend 50% More On Travel Abroad: Survey ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Willing to go places, literally, and having the required money in their pockets, Indians are going to spend on their travel abroad as never before.
- Registering Change (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 30, 2006)
The Union government's decision to make marriage registration compulsory only for those wedded under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seems to be a dilution of a measure that could go a long way in promoting gender justice and . . .
- Daily Newspapers Reach Over 200 Million People, Says Nrs 2006 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Growth of Internet usage slower than anticipated
Rise in TV viewers, FM radio listeners
Indian language dailies have grown substantially
Largest readership growth in Hindi belt.
- Weatherman Forecasts Rainy Days Ahead (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Cumulative rainfall for the country during monsoon so far normal but distribution highly uneven
- Hsbc Offers Factoring For Indian Smes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited has widened its product suite for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India by offering them factoring services.
- Trouble In The Neighbourhood (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 30, 2006)
Sandwiched between conflict zones in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India has to achieve the right balance in neighbourly priorities — deciding how far to go in dealing with the Tamil Tigers while . . .
- Nagarjuna Construction Bags Rs. 114 Cr. Order (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Nagarjuna Construction Company has a secured a civil construction contract of Rs. 114 crore from the Times of India Group for the construction of a new printing press complex at Times Print City, Airoli, Navi Mumbai.
- Maharashtra Contests Centre’S Stand In Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Maharashtra on Tuesday contested the Central Government’s stand that its special leave petition in the Supreme Court on the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary issue has become time-barred and hence liable to be rejected, by claiming that it chose the . . .
- Mind Over Marshals (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
On December 5, I was traveling to Bucharest via Frankfurt to take up an assignment as our country’s Ambassador in Romania. The Air India flight to Frankfurt from Delhi was delayed; I was to connect with a Lufthansa flight to Bucharest but missed it . . .
- Back To The Third Front (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
The third front may be no more than an idea at the moment, but the CPM believes its search for a non-Congress, non-BJP “third alternative” will finally emerge as it engages with the UPA on its policies.
- `Irrigation, The Key' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Interview with Dr. B.L. Mungekar, member, Planning Commission.
- Sharing The Blame (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
Think of the mass hysteria that gripped the citizens of Maharashtra when some semi-literate girl from a Mahim slum woke up one morning and discovered that the waters of the ocean had turned ‘sweet’.
- Withering Lives (Frontline, P. SAINATH, Aug 30, 2006)
The agrarian crisis bankrupts whole communities and drives hundreds of farmers to suicide across Maharashtra.
- Harvest Of Death In Vidarbha (Frontline, DIONNE BUNSHA, Aug 30, 2006)
Mounting debt, rising cost of inputs and falling prices of their produce are driving farmers of the region to suicide.
- Marathwada's Turn (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Aug 30, 2006)
The Marathwada region has seen farmers' suicides and it could be another Vidarbha in the making.
- Bitter Truth (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Aug 30, 2006)
In western Maharashtra, the crisis in sugarcane has hit small and medium farmers the most.
- Vines Of Debt (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Onion or grape, farmers of Nashik in north Maharashtra have very little to choose to escape debt, and now death.
- India Violates All Norms (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 30, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam has deplored Indian Government’s statement on Akbar Bugti’s demise and said that it’s not only against the well-established norms of interstate relations but also a blatant interference in the internal . . .
- Konkan Paradox (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Aug 30, 2006)
In resource-rich Konkan, successive governments have neglected agriculture, the region's mainstay.
- India Rules Out Talks Until Support For Mili (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The peace process between India and Pakistan will not go forward until Islamabad ends its support for terrorist groups, said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in remarks broadcast on Tuesday.
- Judicial Rap (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Aug 30, 2006)
The Bombay High Court directs the State government to take more responsibility regarding farmers' suicides.
- Pakistan Won't Stop Terror (Pioneer, Hari Om, Aug 29, 2006)
The UPA Government is insisting on "strengthening relations across the Line of Control".
- Sharing The Blame (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2006)
Think of the mass hysteria that gripped the citizens of Maharashtra when some semi-literate girl from a Mahim slum woke up one morning and discovered that the waters of the ocean had turned ‘sweet’.
- On Jet Plea, Case Transferred To Bombay High Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Order restraining airline from demanding escrow account money will continue
- Upa Reaches Out To Rural Folk (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 29, 2006)
Fiftyeight year-old Prabhavati, chairperson of the Karaikal Town Panchayat, is brimming with confidence and ideas these days.
- Meeting With Musharraf Not Ruled Out (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Aug 29, 2006)
"Peace process cannot move forward unless Pakistan acts against terrorism"
- Youth Arrested For Mumbai Blast Claim Hoax (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Aug 29, 2006)
India began a clampdown on selected internet websites and blogs on Wednesday amid fears of growing censorship following the devastating Mumbai blasts on July 11.
- Racial Profiling (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2006)
The treatment meted out to 12 Indians smacks of prejudice.
- India Must Not Lose Interest (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 29, 2006)
India’s disinterest has created fear in Pakistan. Peace process must continue even if it is limping.
- Flyers Under Watch: India Too Conducts Passenger Profiling (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, Aug 29, 2006)
Unknown to most, the airport security in India has started to conduct passenger profiling. Even before the trans-Atlantic air terror plot prompted UK to introduce its new security measure of seeking in advance the profiles of all air passengers . . .
- On Growth, Poverty And Opportunity (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 29, 2006)
"While India's growth performance has improved there are concerns about whether this is doing enough for the poor and excluded groups.
- His Message: Smile Through Your Woes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2006)
He took the concept of catharsis to beautiful heights without disturbing the flow and feel-good texture of the movie, which mainly revolved around educated middle-class families.
- Meet With Musharraf Not Ruled Out: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight did not rule out the possibility of meeting Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sideline of NAM summit in Havana next month.
- Fake Currency Racket Busted In Bangalore (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The city police on Monday busted a fake currency racket in Bangalore by arresting a five-member gang for circulating counterfeit notes in Karnataka and Maharashtra, a top police official said.
- Lata, Asha To Move Out From Peddar Rd (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Is the controversial flyover at Peddar Road finally forcing the legendary sister duo of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle to move out of their Prabhu Kunj residence? It would seem so after their recent investments in residential properties which are a . . .
- Let Peace Not Be Hijacked (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that stalling of the ongoing Pak-India peace process due to the Mumbai terrorist acts will be tantamount to playing into the terrorists’ hands.
- No Segmentation In War Against Terror (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The government, which reiterated there was a close association between the Al-Qaeda and Pakistan-based jehadi outfits operating in Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday asked the international community not to resort to any ‘segmentation’ in the war against . . .
- Jklf Chief Says No Role For Al-Qaeda In Kashmir Dispute (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Kashmir's top separatist leader and JKLF chief Yasin Malik today said Al-Qaeda has nothing to do with Kashmir and "their (Al-Qaeda) fight is not our fight'' while emphasizing the need to "build a non-violent and ideological force that is vocal and . . .
- Tension Along Indo-Bangla Border (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Aug 29, 2006)
It was not one of those usual tensions arising out of cattle smuggling or exchange of fire along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
- Bajaj Auto To Invest $430m In New Plant (Pioneer, Reuters, Aug 29, 2006)
India's second-largest motorcycle maker Bajaj Auto Ltd said on Monday it will invest 20 billion rupees ($430 million) in a new manufacturing plant in Maharashtra.
- Bsnl Keen To Enter Mumbai-Delhi Mkts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
BSNL is once again on the prowl to take a slice of the metro telecom pie. The corporation is keen to offer telecom service in Mumbai and Delhi where its sister concern MTNL is already operating. BSNL has re-applied for mobile licenses to operate . . .
- Grid Locked (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 29, 2006)
The capital is a city of many dubious firsts, one of which is its poor power management in relation to India's other metros.
- Nris Get Lifer For Murder Of 8-Year-Old (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Two Dubai-based NRI brothers were on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering the eight-year-old son of a city businessman in 1992.
- His Cinema Was Idyllic And Idealistic (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Aug 29, 2006)
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's strength lay in the collegiality with which he managed his gifted colleagues.
- A Salutary Approach (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks at a conference on terrorism organised last week by Muslim clerics in the capital addressed their immediate apprehensions against the grisly background of the Mumbai bomb explosions.
- Making The Headlines At The Frontlines (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
When Olaf Wiig and Steve Centanni were picked up on August 14 in Gaza City, they were only the latest examples of journalists carrying on their trade in increasingly hostile conditions.
- The Man Who Saw Magic In The Mundane (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The year that Hrishikesh Mukherjee came out with his first film, Musafir, was also the year that Mehboob Khan’s Mother India, B R Chopra’s Naya Daur, Nasir Hussain’s Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Subodh Mukherjee’s Paying Guest, and Guru Dutt’s Pyasa were released.
- Small Screen, Big Picture (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 29, 2006)
Have you noticed how much they fidget? And speak with their hands or employ body language instead of words?
- Bajaj Auto To Set Up Rs. 1,750 Cr. Lcv Plant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
To produce electric three-wheelers in Aurangabad
- Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Madhura Swaminathan, Aug 29, 2006)
Case studies prepared for a World Bank report on the improvements in public service delivery in India .
- Chotu Doesn’T Work Here Any More (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
From October, employing children below the age of 14 as a domestic worker or as help in restaurants and eating places will be illegal.
- Growing God, Worth His Weight In Gold (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
He is the wealthiest this year. And, decked in Rs 2.5 crore worth of jewellery, he is making ladies turn green with envy.
- Shortage Of Milk In Capital (Pioneer, Neha Kaushik, Aug 29, 2006)
With Rajasthan and Gujarat, the two major milk producing States reeling under floods, the national Capital is facing a severe shortage of milk.
- All Flyers Under Watch (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, Aug 29, 2006)
Unknown to most, the airport security in India has started to conduct passenger profiling. Even before the trans-Atlantic air terror plot prompted UK to introduce its new security measure of seeking in advance the profiles of all air passengers . . .
- Asian? Fasten Etiquette Belt (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 28, 2006)
A woman in London who works as a stewardess told yesterday of an occasion when “an Asian plane passenger in first class asked for a screwdriver”.
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee Is Dead (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Eminent filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee, whose depiction of the virtues and foibles of the middle class carved a new genre in Indian cinema and launched Amitabh Bachchan on path to superstardom, died in a hospital on Sunday of renal failure.
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Funeral Likely On Aug 29 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The funeral of legendary filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee is likely to take place on August 29 after his US-based son returns to Mumbai late on Monday, family sources said.
- India Gives Evidence To Bangladesh On Terrorism Links (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
India has pointed out to Bangladesh that the recent terrorist incidents, including the Mumbai serial blasts, had "clear links" with individuals and outfits in that country, Union Home Secretary V K Duggal said today.
- No Half Way (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 28, 2006)
It can't be anybody's case that Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq and his colleagues in the moderate Hurriyat Conference should not be talking about peace process between India and Pakistan.
- Rajasthan Flood Toll Rises To 130, More Bodies Found (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The death toll in Rajasthan's flash floods today rose to 130 with rescue workers finding more bodies in the worst-hit Barmer district as authorities stepped up relief operations in villages where dozens of people were still missing.
- Apartheid In The Sky (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 28, 2006)
The detention of 12 Indian passengers on a Mumbai-bound flight by Dutch security agencies and their subsequent humiliation is not a one-off incident.
- Our Energy Interests~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2006)
This is where the oddities arise and a disjoint becomes apparent between what the Government of India is saying and what American and Indian businessmen have been doing.
- Govt Worried Over Drugs, Arms Smuggling On Bihar-Nepal Border (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Aug 28, 2006)
The growing emergence of Bihar, the poorest state of the country, as a major transit point of narcotics reportedly worries both Central and state intelligence, as the nexus between “narcotis” and “arms smuggling” is a globally known secret.
- Is There Life After Cbms? (Pakistan Observer, Khalid Saleem, Aug 28, 2006)
Has the peace process been dealt a death blow by the stand-off engendered in the wake of Mumbai blasts? Are the two sides at all interested in reviving the moves towards a meaningful peace?
- Mumbai Ushers In Ganesha Amidst Tight Security (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Maharashtra ushered in the Ganesha festival amidst tight security today with the Central intelligence agencies warning the local administration of terror attacks during the 10-day celebrations.
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