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Articles 621 through 720 of 22138:
- Aiims: Venugopal Asked To Explain ‘Irregularities’ (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 19, 2006)
With the Delhi High Court passing an order staying any action against director P Venugopal, the AIIMS Institute Body meeting today demanded an explanation from him over complaints regarding discrimination against SC/ST students and financial . . .
- Justice Done (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2006)
The conviction has renewed public confidence in courts.
- India Moots Dispute Mechanism At Wto (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 19, 2006)
India next week will ask the World Trade Organization to establish a dispute settlement panel against Washington over its “amended bond directive” that is causing massive hardship to its shrimp exporters.
- Cbi Raids Nhai Offices Across North India (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) came under CBI scanner on Friday with the investigating agency carrying out searches in Delhi and three other places in connection with sub-standard works on the national highway between . . .
- Seven Fm Channels For J&k (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 19, 2006)
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Priyaranjan Dasmunsilaunched seven FM channels here on Wednesday.
- Venugopal Asked To Explain Irregularities At Aiims (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
With the High Court order staying any action against Director P Venugopal weighing heavily, the AIIMS Institute Body today demanded an explanation from him over complaints of discrimination of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) students . . .
- Tourism Ministry For "Visa On Arrival" Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
External Affairs Ministry agrees in principle to long-term visas with multiple entries
MEA considering outsourcing visa in some embassies
Fast track service of giving visas possible
Scheme launched to augment tourist accommodation.
- Points To Ponder (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 19, 2006)
There is something hideously wrong with a society that has to be constantly reminded about children’s welfare, and that too through court strictures.
- "Irregularities In Allotment Of Plots In Ghogha Dairy Project" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Commissioner acknowledges at the MCD Standing Committee meeting
- Venugopal Given Two Weeks To Reply To Charges (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Oct 19, 2006)
The Institute Body of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday charged Director P.Venugopal with discriminating against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students, financial irregularities, administrative deficiencies and . . .
- Hassle-Free Admission (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2006)
The Delhi High Court is to be commended for barring nursery schools from conducting any kind of interviews or interaction with kids or their parents during the admission process.
- Hc: Action Against Venu Subject To Final Verdict (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today said any action against All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director P Venugopal would be subject to the final verdict on the petition which is pending in the matter.
- Kashir Channel Goes On Air (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunshi today announced total operationalisation of Kashir channel of Doordarshan from here with functioning of its administrative set-up and selection of programmes.
- Sealing: Cji Gives Relaxation In Order (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Chief Justice of India Y K Sabharwal, heading a Bench monitoring sealing operations against illegal commercial ventures in Delhi today gave some relaxation in its order on weeding out illegal shops for closure but firmly turned down traders’ plea . . .
- Cpm To Beijing Brass: India Won’T Be Joining Us In Containing China (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Oct 19, 2006)
Setting the stage for a positive dialogue with the Chinese leadership in the context of President Hu Jintao’s visit in November, the Left has indicated to the Chinese that India would not be part of any US-led global strategy for the containment of China.
- Re-Emergence Of Taliban (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 19, 2006)
Ever since American forces entered Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, Indian foreign policy has been based on the premise that the US and its NATO allies would restore peace, stability and moderation in Afghanistan.
- Anti-Terror Mechanism Will Test Pak Intentions: Pm (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Oct 19, 2006)
A day after Chief of Army Staff Gen J.J. Singh stated that terror infrastructure in Pakistan was intact and it was still backing insurgency, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the anti-terrorism institutional mechanism between the two . . .
- Funeral’ Plan To Turn Afzal Martyr (Telegraph, MUZAFFAR RAINA, Oct 19, 2006)
Preparations for Mohammad Afzal’s funeral in absentia have begun in Kashmir even as his mercy petition lies before the President.
- Track-Ii Option For Ulfa Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Delhi-Ulfa peace process seemed to be coming out of the morass of ambiguity with Delhi today indicating its preference for Track-II diplomacy and Arabinda Rajkhowa issuing a statement to explain why it had not yet conveyed its consent for talks . . .
- Drunk Alert For Netizens (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 19, 2006)
In the dead of night, India’s Internet junkies get down to work — surfing, chatting and gaming.
- India Has Put Islamabad On Terror Notice: Singh (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 19, 2006)
India on Wednesday signalled a tough stance towards the delayed foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan next month with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declaring that Islamabad was now on notice over terrorism.
- World Bank Expert Upholds India’S Position On Baglihar (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
In what could be described as a major diplomatic victory for India, a World Bank-appointed expert has, in the “draft final determination’’ submitted by him, upheld New Delhi’s position on the Baglihar hydro-electric project being built on river . . .
- A Leader In Medical Tourism, Almost (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
After living with pain for nearly 15 years, Russell Cole, 62, travelled from California to Mumbai last November to have three joints operated — knees and right hip — at the L H Hiranandani Hospital. Cole, who suffered from severe . . .
- Waiting For Dodo (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 19, 2006)
As good defence ministers are expected to be, Pranab Mukherjee is a low-level, quick reaction defence minister.
- Farming In Crisis, Says Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Alluding to the link between high debt and farmers suicides, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today favoured a debate on regulating private money lenders, as he admitted that many parts of the country were facing an agricultural crisis.
- Aiims Pulls Up Venugopal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Despite a High Court order staying any action against AIIMS Director Mr P Venugopal, the institute body today demanded an explanation from him over complaints of discrimination of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) students and . . .
- Rebuilding Bihar, Brick By Brick (Pioneer, Arun Srivastava, Oct 19, 2006)
Nitish Kumar has rightly made education the new engine of growth; but he must ensure that each project takes off, says Arun Srivastav.
- Govt Volunteered Panel Report In Sealed Cover (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Oct 19, 2006)
The fierce rhetoric by the Government challenging the Supreme Court's authority to be privy to Parliamentary Standing Committee's report on the controversial quota Bill has proved mere gainsay with the Supreme Court order indicating it was the . . .
- Wheels Of Justice (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 19, 2006)
A decade after committing the gruesome crime of raping and murdering Priyadarshini Mattoo, a fellow student of law at Delhi University, Santosh Kumar Singh has got his just desserts.
- House To Get Quota Bill Report (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
In the midst of a judiciary-versus-legislature debate, a Parliamentary committee today asserted that its report on the OBC reservation in Central educational institutions would be tabled in Parliament.
- Revival Of The Taliban (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 19, 2006)
Ever since American forces entered Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, Indian foreign policy has been based on the premise that the Americans and their NATO allies would restore peace, stability and moderation in Afghanistan.
- North Korea Nuke (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
Hardline Jamaat-e-Islami’s bi-weekly, Daawat, in an editorial note on October 13 writes that “the question is, if manufacture of nuclear weapons is a condemnable act, why did those attacking North Korea do the same in the first place?”
- Between Crime And Punishment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
had travelled to Bhagwan (Siwan) and found the witness the CBI had said was “untraceable”. Excerpts from a story published on December 9 1999.
- Pak Sponsored Anti-India Terror Unabated: Jj Singh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Even as India and Pakistan today announced resumption of their composite dialogue aimed at restoring peace and tranquility between the two, Army chief Gen JJ Singh maintained that Pak-sponsored anti-India activities continued unabated with the . . .
- Powers Of Separation (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 18, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s order in the case concerning OBC reservations seems to yet again set the stage for serious awkwardness in the relationship between the judiciary and other branches of government.
- Quality Of Justice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
Justice was delayed, but not denied.
- School’S Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 18, 2006)
The procedure of nursery admissions is not as cut and dry as the committee appointed by the Delhi High Court to look into the matter would want it to be.
- Justice Delayed, Not Denied In Priyadarshini Mattoo Case (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Oct 18, 2006)
Justice though delayed has not been denied to Priyadarshini Mattoo. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday convicted Tis Hazari court lawyer Santosh Kumar Singh of raping and subsequently murdering Priyadarshini Mattoo, then a 24-year-old law student of . . .
- India-Pak Foreign Secys’ Talks On Nov 14, 15 (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 18, 2006)
The stalled India-Pakistan Foreign Secretary-level dialogue will resume here on November 14-15, during which the two sides will review the third round of the Composite Dialogue process and identify broad contours for the first-ever anti-terror joint . . .
- Centre Lacks Strength To Enact New Terror Law: Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Claiming that the suggestion of a new anti-terrorism law by senior government officials was a vindication of its stand, BJP today said UPA regime lacked the will and strength to introduce any such legislation.
- Bush Or Chavez? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 18, 2006)
On Monday, George W. Bush, America’s president, gave the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, a lesson in diplomacy, which Indian leaders — from every party — could benefit from.
- Union Government Says Ulfa Showing No Eagerness For Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Reports suggest that it plans to increase attacks: Patil
- Hc Convicts Santhosh Singh For Priyadarshini's Murder (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Over a decade after law student Priyadarshini Mattoo was raped and murdered, the Delhi high court on Tuesday convicted former IPS officer's son Santosh Kumar Singh on both counts and set aside his acquittal by a lower court, terming it as "perverse".
- Terror Victim To A Graduate: Yogita Stands Tall (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Last year, an ambitious Yogita, as she pursued her undergraduate studies, was dreaming of becoming a teacher.
- Gratefully Dead (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 18, 2006)
According to Jainism, each individual soul is pure and perfect, but since eternity it is associated with karmic matter which is transformed into different forms.
- An Act That Works (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 18, 2006)
Beyond Barwani, the hillsides are bare. We'd drive to a new village each day, as far as the jeep could take us, but everywhere we were confronted by the emptiness of the landscape, the sheer, stark quality of the terrain.
- Mattoo Family, Friends Overwhelmed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
It is justice delayed but not denied. The campaign “Justice for Priyadarshini” that began earlier this year to garner public support for Priyadarshini Mattoo who was raped and murdered couldn’t have had a better outcome, say friends of her family.
- A Tale Of Two Cities (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2006)
A comparison of Delhi and Beijing.
- Intellectuals Rally Behind Afzal (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 18, 2006)
"He was denied a fair trial, should be pardoned"
Yasin Malik hails Indian intelligentsia for support
India has to prove sincerity: Sajjad Gani Lone.
- Justice Done At Last, After 11 Years Mattoo Killer Convicted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
In a triumph for people’s outcry for justice, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday set aside a “perverse” lower court judgment and convicted a former IPS officer’s son for raping and murdering 23-year-old Priyadarshini Mattoo nearly 11 years ago.
- Question Mark Over Punjab Chief Justice As Kalam Sends His Posting . . . (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Oct 18, 2006)
There is fresh speculation over the elevation of Delhi High Court acting Chief Justice Vijender Jain as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as President A P J Abdul Kalam has sent the appointment file with some queries back to the . . .
- New Airbus A319 Joins Indian Airlines Fleet Tomorrow (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Oct 18, 2006)
After a long gap of 12 years, the state-run Indian airlines will induct first of its newly purchased aircraft on October 19.
- Mattoo Murder Accused Convicted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Santosh Kumar Singh will get either death sentence or life imprisonment
- Santosh Singh Found Guilty In Mattoo Murder Case (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Kumar Singh, prime accused in the Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case, has been found guilty by the Delhi high court. He could face a death sentence or life imprisonment, to be announced on October 30.
- A Diwali Bonanza For Cm, Ministers And Mlas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Centre approves of request for massive increase in salary
A Bill in this regard will be introduced in the Delhi Assembly shortly
The hike comes with several sops for CM and ministers in the shape of free water and power
- Dengue Death Toll 103 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Tuesday confirmed that 103 persons died of dengue across the country, with the maximum number of 30 deaths reported here. The number of confirmed cases had gone up to 5,710. Of these, Delhi had the . . .
- Indo-Pak Secy-Level Talks On Nov 14-15 (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday announced that the foreign secretary-level review meeting of the third round of the composite dialogue will be held on November 14-15 in New Delhi.
- Dengue A Deadly Mosquito-Borne Disease (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Oct 18, 2006)
India is struggling with the outbreak of a deadly disease spread by a mosquito. Dengue fever has killed a large number of people in and around the Indian capital Delhi, and the number is going up. Some 2900 dengue infections have been reported from . . .
- Bjp Blasts Kasuri’S Remarks On Afzal’S Sentence (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 18, 2006)
India’s rightwing Bharatiya Janata Party accused Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Tuesday of interfering with the proposed execution of Kashmiri convict Mohammed Afzal Guru and asked New Delhi to snap ties with Islamabad if his alleged comments . . .
- Some Deaths Can Ensure Survival (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 18, 2006)
There are countries where CEOs of a trade can go to prison for participating in a meeting that may lead to cartelisation.
- We Need More Reforms For Growth (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 18, 2006)
Something is happening out there which I believe none of us here quite comprehends. I see shops open after 9 p.m. in tier III cities.
- Mtnl Launches India's First Iptv In Delhi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Mtnl on Tuesday in association with Aksh Optifibre Ltd.announced the launch of India's first IPTV service in Delhi. Heralded as the broadcast system of the future, IPTV will allow viewers to opt, demand, receive and control content customized to . . .
- Pakistan After Musharraf ? (Daily Excelsior, T S Rao, Oct 18, 2006)
Gen. Pervez Musharraf completed seven years of his rule of Pakistan in October 2006.
- Bjp: Ask Pakistan Not To Meddle In Our Affairs (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party has asked the Union government to warn Pakistan to refrain from interfering in internal matters of India or New Delhi will have to rethink its diplomatic ties with its neighbour.
- European Deal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 18, 2006)
While the EU wants a free trade agreement, India would prefer the wider agreement on trade, investment and services.
- Junior Threatens The World (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Oct 18, 2006)
Dear Leader Kim Jong-il (Kim Jr)'s nuclear blast, according to French atomic experts, ended in a whimper. Others have called it a nuclear fizzle, maybe a dud.
- Need To Scrap Article 370 (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Oct 17, 2006)
Farooq Abdullah's staggering assertion that the sessions judge who awarded the death penalty to Afzal Guru for his role in 2001 attack on Parliament could be murdered by Kashmiri terrorists carries the implicit threat that the High Court and Supreme . . .
- Medium Of Public Discourse (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Oct 17, 2006)
The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema: Vinay Lal and Ashis Nandy — Editors; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 495.
- Kannada Litterateur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
M. Raamachandra; Pub. by Sahitya Akademi, 35, Rabindra Bhavan, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 25.
- The Godhra Fake-Believe (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Oct 17, 2006)
After the stinging High Court rebuke, the UPA Government should junk the Banerjee Committee report, and not even consider an appeal
- Bush Phones Pm, Discusses Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
United States President George W. Bush today telephoned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed a whole range of issues, including the Indo-US nuclear deal and nuclear weapon test conducted by North Korea.
- Trajectory Of Growth (Hindu, S. L. Rao, Oct 17, 2006)
A retrospect and prospect of the Indian economy from Independence to date.
- Synchronised Swimming (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 17, 2006)
At a signing ceremony on Monday for three public sector banks on an MoU, the chief of one of the banks was trying to explain the rationale for them to come together.
- Q&a: 'Afzal's Execution May Inspire Youth To Take Up Arms' (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Oct 17, 2006)
Jklf chief Yasin Malik was in Delhi for two weeks to build a campaign against the execution of Mohammad Afzal slated for October 20.
- Renew The Pledge (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 17, 2006)
Delhi has been hugely respectful of the age-old ‘oral tradition’ — the native means of information distribution which modern-day communicators describe as gossip.
- Huge Illegal Power Supply Network Demolished (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2006)
Joint operation by BSES and police teams
- The Dilemma Over Defence Agents (Hindu, RAHUL BEDI, Oct 17, 2006)
There may be a ban on middlemen in defence deals but are they a necessary evil?
- Price Regulation Of Essential Medicines (Hindu, S. Srinivasan, Oct 17, 2006)
Will the pharmaceutical policy again ignore the predicament of patients, the Indian experience of the free market, and the real costs of drugs?
- No, Prime Minister (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 17, 2006)
‘Middlemen’ actually make RTI work
- Embalming The Fractured Society (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 17, 2006)
The Senior Citizens Bill is an unimaginative way to deal with the injuries of economic growth
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