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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 9581:
- India's Great Low Fare Spiral (Business Standard, Govindraj Ethiraj, Aug 22, 2006)
A few days ago, a senior airline executive narrated this discussion his colleagues had with the Air Traffic Control officials.
- India’S ‘Coldness’ Could Court Insurgency In Kashmir: Issi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Participants at a seminar on Monday called for revival of the dialogue process between India and Pakistan for resolution of all disputes including the “core issue” of Kashmir, pressing India to do more in this regard.
- Indians Rush To Temples To Feed ‘Thirsty’ Idols (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Thousands of people flocked to temples across India on Monday following reports that idols of Hindu gods were drinking milk given by devotees as sacred offerings, witnesses said. Teenagers, adults and the aged stood in long lines with garlands . . .
- Unnecessary Law On Fdi (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 22, 2006)
The government is considering a new law to ban undesirable FDI on national security considerations, according to commerce minister Kamal Nath.
- Narayana Murthy, India It Pioneer, Bows Out (Reuters, Sumeet Chatterjee , Aug 21, 2006)
Infosys Technologies' Chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy stepped down on Sunday after 25 years at the helm of the firm he co-founded with six other software engineers and built into India's second-largest software company.
- India Must Show The Way (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 21, 2006)
The war against terror continues and we are seeing 'new' innovative methods being deployed by terrorist groups.
- 59 Years: A Sense Of Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 21, 2006)
If you look at the list of people arrested after the train bombings in Mumbai you will see the names of doctors, teachers and software engineers. What further proof do we need of radicalisation of our own Muslims?
- Pakistan Given ‘Dossiers’ On Terrorist Camps: India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
New Delhi has given Islamabad “full dossiers” on terrorist camps and organisations operating in Pakistani territory, but Pakistan is in denial about their presence, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma has said.
- Reliance To Ask Tata Tele To Fall In Line On 3g (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Reliance Communications will soon write a letter to fellow CDMA operator Tata Teleservices asking it to toe the industry's line on the pricing of 3G spectrum.
- Cbi Starts Inquiry Into Allegations Against Gavit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) to ascertain the authenticity of a TV news channel’s report about a purported conversation between Union Minister Manikrao Gavit and a gangster in Uttar Pradesh.
- Traditional India Cold To 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Aug 21, 2006)
Bollywood's latest film about troubled marriages is showing to packed houses in India's cities, but it has not gone down well with millions in the conservative countryside where marital vows are still the basis of family values.
- Gullibility Unlimited (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Aug 21, 2006)
Mumbai city is in the grip of yet another wild rumour, this time that the sea water in some parts of the city has turned less saline, thanks to the magical powers of a saint.
- India Sends First Consignment Of Humanitarian Aid To Lebanon (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
In a gesture of solidarity with the people of war-ravaged Lebanon, India sent the first installment of humanitarian aid for the rehabilitation of displaced Lebanese citizens by an IL-76 plane of the IAF on Saturday which would evacuate Indian . . .
- Relief Package For Farmers Too Little, Too Late (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 21, 2006)
Centre's bail-out package for farmers in distress may not amount to much. Farm incomes are showing a decline due to poor productivity of land and rising costs of fertiliser and pesticides.
- After Mahim Miracle, Idols 'Drink' Milk (Pioneer, PTI, Aug 21, 2006)
After the record crowd turnout at Mumbai's Mahim locality to taste "sweet" water of the Arabian Sea, thousands of people on Sunday night thronged temples across Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Bihar and Punjab to watch deities of Goddess Durga and . . .
- Terror Agents Plot Mayhem In Punjab (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 21, 2006)
In June, at a secret rendezvous in Chandigarh, key operatives of Pakistan sponsored terrorist groups mulled reviving the ugly spectre of terrorism in poll-bound Punjab. Lending their weight were some militants from Northeast States as well as the Maoists.
- Government Not Releasing Adequate Funds For Relief Work: Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The Congress has alleged that the State Government has failed to provide relief to the people affected by floods in 250 villages in north Karnataka.
- New Study: India's Hiv Burden Overestimated (Hindu, Jaya Shreedhar, Aug 21, 2006)
Researchers involved in the project warn against complacence.
- Desperately Needed: Senior Citizens’ Alert (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 21, 2006)
On August 14, Dignity Foundation, one of the few non-profits involved in the Senior Citizens’ cause held a unique protest meeting in Mumbai. The aim was to discuss economic hardships that have been piling up against them, especially under the United . . .
- ‘We Must Scale Up Iits, Iims, Take Strong Affirmative Action Or . . . (Indian Express, S. Ramadorai, Aug 21, 2006)
His usual reticence reflects his company’s traditional understated style but S Ramadorai, MD & CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, talks tech, quotas and cricket with Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk . . .
- Big Dams, Big Problems (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 21, 2006)
Unregulated storage and releases have meant that Karnataka, being a lower riparian state, is always at the mercy of Maharashtra in times of drought or flood.
- Indian Lawyer Launches Crusade Against Abuses In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
My longer term goal is to have some of the army out (of Kashmir) – and definitely out of the civilian areas’
- How To Revive Agricultural Economy (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Aug 21, 2006)
As the crisis of the farming community reverberate in the country with suicides and hunger, the prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in his Independence speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, loudly proclaimed that the UPA government is "concerned . . .
- Drugs Worth 5 Million Us Dollars Seized, 4 Held (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
In a major success, Delhi police today said it has smashed an international drug racket with the arrest of four persons and seized 100 kg of ephedrine worth nearly five million US dollars and three kg of hashish from them.
- Terrorism - Unfolding Genesis (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Aug 21, 2006)
Since the United States-led war against the Soviet entry into Afghanistan in the 1980s, terrorism in the name of Islam has grown into something like an industry.
- Recitation Of ``Vande Mataram" Not Mandatory, Says Arjun Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Seeking to quell the controversy over a Central directive on recitation of ``Vande Mataram" in educational institutions, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on Sunday said the recitation was not mandatory.
- Let And Al Qaeda (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 21, 2006)
Now even the National Security Advisor is openly talking about the links between these two and how the LET has become as great a threat to regional and international peace and security as Al Qaeda...
- Now For The Real Miracle (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 21, 2006)
As far as miracles go, turning brackish sea water sweet is pretty neat. Regardless of the scientific explanation being doled out — excess freshwater flowing from the Mahim river into the sea — the thousands thronging to Mahim Creek near the . . .
- Moving Nukes: India Must Join World Initiative (Tribune, Premvir Das, Aug 21, 2006)
The Proliferation Security Initiative, PSI for short, is an initiative, initially sponsored by 14 nations including the USA (therefore being seen as an American scheme) aimed at countering proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and . . .
- Celebration Amidst Fear (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Aug 21, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh addressed the nation from the Red Fort on 15th August, the 59th year of our Independence.
- Nation Remembers Rajiv Gandhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Nationwide social activities marked Rajiv Gandhi’s 62nd birth anniversary today as his wife and Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid homage at Vir Bhoomi, the samadhi of the late leader who had risen to become the . . .
- "Terrorism Wrongly Linked To Muslims" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
They have no religion, say clerics
Conference on "Terrorism" attempted to initiate dialogue, sensitise media
Media should stop misinformation that mosques, `madrassas' were hotbeds of terrorist activity
- Cbi To Investigate Gavit’S Links With Mafia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) to ascertain the authenticity of a TV news channel's report about a purported conversation between Union Minister Manikrao Gavit and a gangster in Uttar Pradesh.
- Drug Racket Busted, 4 Held (Tribune, Nalini Ranjan, Aug 21, 2006)
In a major breakthrough, the Delhi police today claimed to have smashed an international drug racket with the arrest of four persons and seized 100 kg of ephedrine and 3 kg of hasish worth nearly $5million from their possession.
- Declare Pak A Terror State: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Claiming that the recent spurt in terrorist activities in the country was sponsored by Pakistan, BJP today said India should step up pressure on the international community to declare the neighbouring country a ‘Terrorist State’.
- A Crusader Against Corruption (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 20, 2006)
Anna Hazare is one of India’s most respected social activist. Whenever he takes up a cause, an alert is sounded in New Delhi’s corridors of power.
- Mumbai Police May Seek Transit Remand Of Pak Terrorists (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The two Pakistani terrorists arrested from Hingalganj in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district revealed some clues during interrogation and Mumbai police may seek their transit remand, police sources said here on Saturday night.
- Murthy To Step Down As Infy Chief (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Infosys Technologies' chairman NR Narayana Murthy stepped down on Sunday after 25 years at the helm of the firm he co-founded with six other software engineers and built into India's second-largest software company.
- Faith Proves Sweeter Than Filth (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
A part of India went to sleep on Friday wondering how pure its cola is.
- We Do Not Foresee Any Glut In The Steel Market’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Bhushan Steel & Strips Ltd is the country's third-largest secondary steel manufacturer after Tata Steel and SAIL.
- Floods: Army Called Out Again In Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 20, 2006)
Red alert in 100 villages following warning of heavy rainfall in central, northern parts
- Mumbai On High Alert As Attacks Feared On Sunday (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
A high-alert has been sounded in Mumbai for Sunday following intelligence inputs that subversive elements may strike in the city, police said.
- Govt Puts Rti Amendment On Hold (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The Right to Information (RTI) Act is not going to be amended, for now.
- ‘Miracle’, To Drink And Take Home (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
For most it is a miracle they hope is true. For some it is a miracle that spells a little different — because sweet sea water has meant more money.
- Mumbaikars Cry Miracle As Sea Water Turns Sweet (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Aug 20, 2006)
Several thousand people rushed to the sea behind Mahim dargah in Mumbai on Friday night after word spread that the usually salty water had turned sweet.
- Containing Dissidence In Karnataka (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The plot behind the two arrested terrorists from Hingalganj thickened after revelations of their Mumbai mission at the behest of ISI.
- Don't Rejoice, Tackle Terror (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 20, 2006)
For the past week, the Government and intelligentsia of India have been wallowing in an unseemly bout of self-congratulation.
- Law Of The Land (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 20, 2006)
India's industrialisation efforts do not take into account the fact that land is a scarce resource. The recent rush to set up special economic zones (SEZs), with the government having cleared over 40 proposals, affirms this trend.
- The Politics Of Religion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
in a country where fanatics and hardliners come in different shapes and sizes.
- The Simi Story (Times of India, YOGINDER SIKAND, Aug 20, 2006)
The identity of those behind the bomb blasts that shook Mumbai remains unclear. Some suspect the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba or the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), or a combination of both. Police have already . . .
- Almatti Dam’S Date With Time At Last (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Preparations are going on in full swing to welcome President Dr Abdul Kalam who will dedicate the most modern, technologically advanced Almatti dam catering to Mumbai, Hyderabad-Karnataka region, to the nation on August 21.
- Indians Drink "Divine" Sea Water As It Turns Sweet (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Thousands of Indians drank from a murky Arabian Sea creek after news spread overnight that its water had miraculously turned sweet and could cure illnesses, police said on Saturday.
- A New Word In The Lexicon, A New Line Of Attack (Indian Express, Kartyk Venkatraman, Aug 20, 2006)
Wednesday’s grenade attack on the ISKCON temple in Imphal, killing five people, spelt two significant changes for Manipur.
- Creek Water Turns Sweet In Mumbai (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
On Saturday, another rumour – of the salty water of the Mahim creek in North Central Mumbai turning “sweet” – spread like wild fire in the metropolis and people thronged the creek to taste it, believing it to be a miracle.
- Dead And Exclusive... (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Aug 20, 2006)
Costa-Gavras’ Mad City (Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda) opens with a close up shot of a TV cameraman loading film in his camera.
- B’Lore Yet To Submit Development Plan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
While cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahm-edabad and Chandigarh have already submitted their City Development Plans (CDP) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, and some have even received . . .
- The Mumbaikar In The Crowd (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Sir, may I help you?”, someone at the reception at the Taj Coromandal asks. “No, thanks, I am waiting for writer Vikram Chandra. I have to interview him,” I tell her. “Ooh, the one who wrote Two Lives, right?, the receptionist curiously asks.
- Not One Mole, Mr Prime Minister And Mr Jaswant, But Two! (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Aug 20, 2006)
First, the Kandahar pay-off issue and next, the ‘mole' in PMO. Mr Jaswant Singh's new book seems to have opened a can of worms.
- Let And Al Qaeda (Asian Age, B. Raman , Aug 20, 2006)
Now even the National Security Advisor is openly talking about the links between these two and how the LET has become as great a threat to regional and international peace and security as Al Qaeda...
- Tell Tale Signs (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 20, 2006)
After the Mumbai blasts and the uncovering of the conspiracy to blow up 10 aircraft over the Atlantic, the situation is vastly different. The anti-Iraq war lobby, the defenders of Iran and the root cause wallahs, who on past occasions have displayed . . .
- Bunkum Of Resilience (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 20, 2006)
Children in schools are taught that India is a great country and a potential superpower.
- Crackdown On Simi (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 20, 2006)
Students Islamic Movement of India, banned on February 8 this year for the third time since its formation in 1977, continues to deviously work towards its proclaimed objective of "liberating India by converting it to Islam".
- Mutual Fund Rules (New Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 20, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairman M. Damodaran has a way of effecting major changes in regulation and statute without the market getting a whiff of his plans.
- Iaf Scrambles Migs After Pak Violates No-Fly Zone (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The Indian Air Force on Saturday scrambled its MIG-21s after a flying object from Pakistan was noticed very close to the border in Rajasthan. While the object did not cross the border, sources said, it did violate the 10 km no-fly zone rule . . .
- Doing The ‘Doable’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 20, 2006)
MOST of us have by now become used to the ebb and flow in relations between Pakistan and India.
- ‘Jaish Was Planning Suicide Strikes In Mumbai’ (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Aug 20, 2006)
This is what security agencies find after interrogating two Pak nationals caught sneaking in from Bangladesh.
- ‘The Government Sticks To The Commitment Made To Vajpayee’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Will the peace process, which was postponed by India following the Mumbai bomb blasts, help Pakistan achieve its Kashmir policy objectives?
- ‘Pak Has Been Given Full Dossiers. It Is In Denial. . . . (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
This week was a busy one for the PM and his deputies in the Foreign Ministry, especially MoS Anand Sharma. Defending the Government in Parliament on the nuclear deal with the US from both the Left and the Right must have been a trying experience.
- Cosmic Comics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 19, 2006)
The turnover of the global comic books trade is expected to touch $1.3 trillion over the next decade. The Indian comic book industry, in contrast, is valued at a piffling $22 million.
- A New Word In The Lexicon, A New Line Of Attack (Indian Express, Kartyk Venkatraman, Aug 19, 2006)
Wednesday’s grenade attack on the ISKCON temple in Imphal, killing five people, spelt two significant changes for Manipur. One was the introduction of a word in the state’s lexicon: “Terrorist”.
- Low-Key Ganpati Festival Urged In Mumbai (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Aug 19, 2006)
With memories of last month's serial bomb blasts fresh, the Maharashtra government is urging Ganesh Mandals to tone down their celebrations this year.
- A Question Of Faith (Times of India, Javed Anand, Aug 19, 2006)
Since the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai's suburban trains on July 11, there have been numerous and repeated allegations of the targeting of an entire community for the dastardly act of some people who have yet to be identified.
- Capitalism Is Increasingly Operating Outside The Rule Of Law (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 19, 2006)
"Responsible business interests should understand that they have much more to gain from supporting and extending rather than subverting and weakening legal structures," cautions Raymond W. Baker in Capitalism's Achilles Heel. Satyajit . . .
- Amisha Gets Involved In Airport Fracas (Times of India, Manju Vaish, Aug 19, 2006)
A police complaint was filed against Bollywood actor Amisha Patel and her friend Sejal Shah by an Air India employee on Friday morning alleging that the two, who were flying to the US, got verbally abusive and even threatened to hit an airline employee.
- Transit Remand For Pak Terrorists (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
The two Pakistani terrorists arrested from Hingalganj in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district revealed some clues during interrogation and Mumbai Police may seek their transit remand, police sources said here on Friday night.
- Dead And Exclusive... (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Aug 19, 2006)
Costa-Gavras’ Mad City (Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda) opens with a close up shot of a TV cameraman loading film in his camera.
- 59 Years: A Sense Of Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 19, 2006)
If you look at the list of people arrested after the train bombings in Mumbai you will see the names of doctors, teachers and software engineers. What further proof do we need of radicalisation of our own Muslims?
- Big Dams, Big Problems (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 19, 2006)
Unregulated storage and releases have meant that Karnataka, being a lower riparian state, is always at the mercy of Maharashtra in times of drought or flood.
- Q1 Fdi Inflows Swell To $1.7 B (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
India is poised to achieve the target of $10 billion in Foreign Direct Investment this fiscal, as it recorded a strong 47 per cent growth in inflows during the first quarter to $1.7 billion.
- ‘Al-Qaeda Has No Role In J&k’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Syed Sallah-u-Din, chief of Hizbul Mujahideen, the strongest Kashmiri militant group, has said that al-Qaeda has no role in Jammu and Kashmir.
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