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Articles 321 through 420 of 485:
- Australia Pledges $7.4 Mn To Fight Aids In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Australia's government marked World AIDS Day on Thursday by announcing a $7.4 million aid programme to help battle the deadly disease in India.
- What Made Him Talk Like That? (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Nov 25, 2005)
Sudarshan's views on population control may be criticised, but what about the facts disclosed by the CPS study, asks S Gurumurthy
- Full Text Of President's Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam addressed the members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in Bangalore on Sunday. What follows is the complete text of the speech.
- Aids: Wake-Up Call For N-E’S Politicians (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Nov 20, 2005)
It’s time politicians of this country woke up to the menace of AIDS, which is fast assuming epidemic proportions in the North-East, according to the chief of the United Nation’s AIDS programme
- Elected Representatives Of Northeast Sign Aids Declaration (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Nov 20, 2005)
Elected representatives of the Northeast on Saturday signed a "Guwahati declaration" resolving to draft legislation guaranteeing universal access to treatment of AIDS and ensure that people infected or affected by the epidemic are not subject to discrimin
- Of Leaders And Leadership (Tribune, Mahesh Chadha, Nov 19, 2005)
OUR President often recalls with pride the leadership of Prof Satish Dhawan, his chief at one time, when the former as the Director was saved the ignominy of a failed mission,
- Awards For Child Welfare (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Sixteen individuals and institutions have been selected for the National Awards for Child Welfare for 2003 and 2004. The awards will be presented by Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on Children's Day.
- Protesters Disrupt World Bank Meet On N-E (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Nov 11, 2005)
The World Bank’s plan for infrastructural development in the North-East has raised the hackles of the regional NGOs opposing globalisation.
- Israel Stops Conversion Of N E Indian Tribes (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Israel has put an end to any kind of conversion activities being carried out by its nationals in India, fearing that it can "harm its good relations" with that country.
- Political Pollution (Statesman, Jagmohan , Oct 21, 2005)
Is the Indian President nothing but a robot according automatic approval to every resolution that his Council of Ministers submits to him? Is he totally helpless in stopping the dirty games to which our politicians sometimes resort?
- `Farmer Households Spend 55 Pc On Food' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
THE average Indian farmer household spends the highest share (Rs 101.27 or 20.14 per cent) of its monthly per capita expenditure of Rs 502.83 on cereals and cereal substitutes, followed by 9.68 per cent on milk and milk products.
- Making The Rti Act Effective (Tribune, Mandakini Devasher, Oct 09, 2005)
October 12 will be celebrated as Dusshera, the festival symbolising the triumph of good over evil.
- Scientists Who Explored Antarctica (Tribune, Arun D. Ahluwalia, Oct 01, 2005)
India's quarter-century engagement with Antarctica has thrown up a number of heroes and heroines.
- Saviour Soldiers (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2005)
In the jungles of Mizoram are American soldiers learning the intricacies of counter-insurgency operations;
- Lessons From Mumbai (Statesman, ARUN PROSAD MUKHERJEE, Sep 19, 2005)
After the recent calamity in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra, it may be the turn of Kolkata and West Bengal, one of the perennially flood-prone states.
- Highway Drudgery (Statesman, JB LAMA, Sep 18, 2005)
Pending the last word on Naga integration, NH-39 remains vulnerable and thus Manipur in its own interest should expedite work on a rail link
- Indian To Train Us National Guards (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2005)
As part of measures to focus on combating terrorism post 9/11, the US Administration is sending out teams of its National Guards to receive specialised anti-terrorism and jungle warfare training at the Indian Army School at Varangte in Mizoram.
- India Stamps On Myanmar Rebels (Asia Times, Bibhu Prasad Routray, Sep 16, 2005)
Indian police in Mizoram claim to have destroyed one of the largest Myanmar rebel bases in India, deep in the mountainous jungles of Mizoram state.
- What Lies Beneath The Surface (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Sep 06, 2005)
Despite the rise in surrenders by militants, the lack of a proper rehabilitation policy will defeat the purpose, writes Sudipta Bhattacharjee
- Cbi Exhumes Bodies From Mizoram Jungle (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2005)
A Central Bureau of Investigation team, probing the abduction of non-resident Indian businessman Pratul Deb, exhumed two skeletons from a jungle at Boncherra in Mizoram on Sunday.
- Indian, Us Commandos Hold Joint Training (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Commandos of special forces of India and the US carried out a three-week joint training exercise in the country August 4 to 19 to hone their combat skills in countering modern security challenges, including terrorist threats,
- A Black Spot (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 26, 2005)
How do you define crime situation in a state in which two out of every one lakh of the total registered crimes are rapes?
- Fenced In (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Aug 25, 2005)
Suddenly we have discovered to our dismay that the fence that we are setting up to keep the Bangladeshis out could very well keep them in.
- Israeli Troops Force Settlers Out Of Gaza (Deccan Herald, Neve Dekalim, Aug 18, 2005)
Police scuffled with crowds of protesters, many of whom were non-resident hardliners, while other protesters begged security forces to disobey orders.
- Time For Peace And Healing In Indonesia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2005)
The draft peace deal between the Indonesian Government and the rebel Free Aceh Movement, which has the potential to end a nearly three-decade-old militancy in the biggest province of the archipelago, marks a bold and wise step in the search for peace
- The Sen Prescription (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jul 23, 2005)
I REMEMBERED the most argumentative Indian I ever met when I read Amartya Sen’s The Argumentative Indian*. He was a train passenger who, unmindful of a towel on a seat, occupied it.
- Irresponsible Water Management (Deccan Herald, Aravind Sitaraman, Jul 21, 2005)
India should seek the support of South Asian countries to make China behave more responsibly
- Gom To Study Changes In Immoral Traffic Act (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 26, 2005)
A group of ministers (GoM) has been asked to study the proposed amendments to the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1986. The Tourism Ministry is said to have opposed the changes saying these would adversely affect tourism.
- Literacy Programmes Run Out Of Steam (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 07, 2005)
THE FIRST meeting of the High Level Group of Northeast Chief Ministers and Education Ministers on May 29 in Guwahati was an eye-opener
- Heavy Rush At Sufi Shrines (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2005)
HRD Ministry examining report
Guwahati: The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) is yet to release Rs. 15 crores to Educational Consultants India Limited for the proposed Indian Institute of Management in the region despite
- Bangalore Blue’ Glut Prompts Dry Law Rethink (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2005)
The harvest has made policy-makers rethink the law that forbids production of alcohol in Mizoram. The government realizes that utilizing the crop will boost the economy.
- India’S Weakness Apparent (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, May 14, 2005)
Despite their insensitivity to its security interests, India is still unable to deal firmly with its troublesome neighbours
- Lost Tribe Of Israel’ In Manipur, Mizoram (Tribune, Simon Denyer, Apr 28, 2005)
All together, they dip their middle fingers into plastic cups of grape juice, calling out in Hebrew the names of the 10 plagues they believe their God sent to curse the ancient Egyptians. Plastic Israeli flags and photographs of Jerusalem adorn the chipbo
- Managing The Border (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 20, 2005)
New Delhi and Dhaka should resolve their territorial problems
- High Hopes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 15, 2005)
Even a flawed democracy is a better bet than the politics of the gun. The birth of a new political party should, therefore, be a good omen for the Bodos in Assam who have lived long under the shadow of the gun.
- A Crisis Made To Measure (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Feb 18, 2005)
If Governor S.C. Jamir was suspicious about the confidence vote in the Goa Assembly, he could have discussed the matter with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
- Troubles In The Pipeline (Indian Express, Sudha Mahalingam, Feb 16, 2005)
Finding gas while prospecting offshore for oil is every driller’s nightmare — even if it’s better than drilling a dry hole. Offshore gas finds spell substantial investments to pipe the gas to the nearest landfall point
- Tourists At Kangla (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 11, 2005)
More than a month after the the historic Kangla Fort in the heart of Imphal was vacated of the Assam Rifles and the keys handed over to the state government, the seat of governance of the erstwhile independent kingdom of Manipur has become a major attract
- Scramble For The Indian Air Show (Deccan Herald, BHARAT VERMA, Feb 08, 2005)
The fifth Aero India show being organised in Bangalore from February 9 to 13 is an attempt to showcase India as a major aviation hub in Asia. The Indian aviation sector pie is as big as China’s
- Intelligence Agencies In The Dock (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 28, 2005)
SUCH things keep happening in other democracies where insiders of the intelligence establishment have been writing, for decades, books exposing the misdeeds, excesses and “dirty tricks” of the secret intelligence agencies with virtual impunity.
- Managing An Iim (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 28, 2005)
Assam and Meghalaya have locked horns over which state should get the country’s seventh Indian Institute of Management (IIM) that the Centre wants to establish in the Northeast.
- Admission Tests (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Dec 01, 2004)
For nine years I headed a school where, amongst other things, we tested three-year-old children for admission to Prep I. I agreed wholeheartedly with the criticism of this test.
- No Roads To The Market (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Nov 10, 2004)
What is the difference between animals and humans? Had you asked George Orwell, the answer might have been — none at all.
- The Politics Of Governor's Office (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 03, 2004)
In the interest of smooth Centre-State relations and in a truly federal structure it is desirable that a chief minister be consulted on the appointment of a Governor.
- Mountain Rage (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2004)
Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism have been overemphasized as the main factors in all contemporary civil strife. Iraq is the most rec
- The Role Of Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2004)
India needs to take imaginative initiatives in its relations with its neighbours to contain extremism in its north-east
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Hindu, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- Avoid A Knee-Jerk Reaction (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Sep 02, 2004)
WHAT happened in Manipur on July 11 last is indeed shameful. The whole nation was shocked at the death of Manorma Devi, allegedly at the hands of Assam Rifles. While the investigations are still on to identify those guilty of wrongdoing, one hopes that
- Snowballing Protest (Business Line, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2004)
Widespread protests in Manipur over a draconian law
- Aicc Revamp: Reward And Punishment (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jul 19, 2004)
Nearly two months after the Congress came to power at the Centre via the coalition route, the party president, Sonia Gandhi, set herself to the task of re-building a team to run the affairs of the All-India Congress Committee.
- Thank You, 2003! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 31, 2003)
NORMALLY, on December 31, the excitement is all about the New Year. The only thought for the year that has been with us for the previous 12 months is usually a la Lord Tennyson in his famous poem, Ring out, Wild Bells: "The year is dying in the night, and
- Chinese Mirage (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
It is typical of political rebels to lose a sense of reality. They create such a make-believe world of their own that they cannot make sense of the world around them. Something similar seems to have happened to the leaders of the United Liberation Front
- Coming: A Happy New Year (Telegraph, Shankar Aiyar, Dec 30, 2003)
“Writing,” wrote Hazlitt, “concentrates the mind wonderfully.” Defeat does so even more wonderfully. Even while those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad, so as the Bharatiya Janata Party reels drunken with triumphalism over its upset ...
- Defective Politics (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 26, 2003)
The latest amendment to the anti-defection law is flawed. Defections will not be eliminated.
- Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 15, 2003)
The more things change, the more they are the same. It was in 1968 that the proposal to limit the size of the Cabinets, at the Centre and in the States, was first mooted by Y.B. Chavan, the Home Minister in the Indira Gandhi Government. The ceiling was
- Doomed In The Womb? (Hindu, Asha Krishnakumar , Dec 14, 2003)
Is the fall in the number of girl children closely linked to the declining sex ratio at birth resulting from female foeticide? On the situation in the four southern States.
- Plugging Defection (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
THE decision to give more teeth to anti-defection provisions has not come a day too soon. Had it been in force earlier, the country could have been spared the ugly sight of Aya Rams and Gaya Rams and sundry underhand deals. It is good that the draft Bill
- Behind The Election Outcomes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
A NUMBER OF explanations have been offered for the emphatic victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent round of State Assembly elections, in which the result in Delhi has been the only consolation for the Congress. However, the detailed ...
- New Mizoram Govt On Slippery Ground (Tribune, David M. Thangliana, Dec 12, 2003)
CHIEF Minister Zoramthanga, who has been sworn in for his second term in office, says his government will concentrate on development and peace.
- She Is A Factor, Not A Figure (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Dec 11, 2003)
If the market will not come to politics then politics will have to be brought to the market. Newsroom bosses may have accepted their marketing department’s wisdom that politics does not sell, but they are a long way off from knowing how to fill their ...
- The Budget As The Bsp Test (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Dec 11, 2003)
There’s a difference between packaging a promise and delivering it
- Bjp Turns The Tables On Congress (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 09, 2003)
THE Bharatiya Janata Party’s sweep in three of the five states in the assembly elections — it was never a serious contender in Mizoram which nevertheless kept the Congress at bay - portends the future in more ways than one. By circumstance or design, the
- All The World’s An Asylum (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- The Incumbency Factor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
THE VICTORY OF the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in the Mizoram Assembly elections, giving the party a second successive term in office, has shown that anti-incumbency may be an overused rule of thumb by politicians and pundits. The MNF's last ...
- Message From Mizoram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
Before poll trends from the Hindi heartland come in, here’s good news from the Northeast
- State Of Progress (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
A surprise in the first result of the series of assembly elections in five states can be unnerving for all parties. Mizoram was not a battleground for the two national parties fighting it out in the other four states. Still, if it is the morning that ...
- To Nda Delight, Mnf Retains Its Hold, Congress Is Lonely Again (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 03, 2003)
Demolishing the theory that the anti-incumbency factor would shut it out, the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), led by chief minister and former insurgent leader Zoramthanga, today secured a simple majority in a House of 40 to retain power in Mizoram.
- Vote For Stability (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
MIZORAM can look forward to enjoying political stability for five years with the Mizo National Front (MNF) getting a clear majority in the 40-member Assembly. The results show that the people are, by and large, satisfied with the performance of the MNF...
- Tempestuous Winter Session Ahead (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 02, 2003)
With election results coming in and such issues as the Judev tape episode and the stamp-paper scam on hand, the winter session of Parliament may see much polemics and politicking rather than democratic discussion and deliberations. The fate over 50 Bills,
- All Set For Round One (Business Line, Rup Lal Sharma, Dec 01, 2003)
EVERY THING is set for the electoral battle in five States, including four in the Hindi heartland. The Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Mizoram assume special significance as their outcome is likely to set the stage
- Poll-Itics 2003 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2003)
If this is only the semi-finals, let’s hope we survive the finals
- ‘gujarat Govt Justified Violence, We Condemned It’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2003)
Don’t you think that the present problems in Assam are a result of mass scale unemployment in the state, the reason for which is the failure of sucessive state governments to hasten economic development
- Govt As Your Delivery Boy (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 30, 2003)
When this piece is published, the dust and din of the election campaign would have settled in the States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and in the Union of Territory of Delhi. Tomorrow (December 1) is the day of the poll. Mizoram went to...
- Political Hiccups (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 28, 2003)
A pathetic pursuit of ratings, the quest for more advertising has caused TV channels, newpapers and weeklies to focus so heavily on elections in the four northern states that Mizoram seems almost outside the Indian Union.
- Newsreel 16.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
The historic port city of Istanbul becomes ground zero as international terror chooses it as its next target. Over 50 are dead in two days of attacks, more than 500 wounded.
- Regulating Lotteries (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2003)
The state government should draw up a long-term policy on lotteries
- In The Name Of The Party (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 13, 2003)
Under the doctrine of "in the name of the party", bribes are not seen as such but as a legitimate requirement of political outfits.
- India's Bleeding Head Wound (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Nov 05, 2003)
A workable solution to the Kashmir dispute must begin with an ambience for peace and the two countries cutting down rhetoric, and increasing normal diplomatic and political relations.
- Vice President Off To Myanmar With Goodwill For The Generals (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 01, 2003)
Refusing dialogue with a military dictatorship on its western front, India seems to be busy courting one in the east. Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat flies out on Sunday to cement ties with the Myanmar junta, the highest-level visit since former Pr
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