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Articles 821 through 920 of 22138:
- ‘States, Uts Have Failed Rti Act’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Oct 14, 2006)
India’s public servants have failed the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The verdict has come from a leading think tank which assessed the implementation of the Act that came into force exactly one year ago.
- Uppal Group Gets Nod For First Multi-Product Sez (Indian Express, SANJAY SINGH, Oct 14, 2006)
The New-Delhi based Uppal group has got a gazetted notification from the central government that allows it to begin construction work on its 263-acre special economic zone (SEZ) situated in Gurgaon.
- Army Acts To Combat Stress (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Oct 14, 2006)
The Army is now studying modalities about how to improve stress management among its personnel to reduce problems like indiscipline and fratricidal killings, according to official sources.
- Invest In Our Sezs, India Tells Eu Firms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Friday, invited the European companies to explore “expanded opportunities” in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) being created in India.
- Stay On Attachment Of Po’S Property Rejected (Tribune, Nalini Ranjan, Oct 14, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today declined the petition seeking a stay on the attachment of property owned by Vikas Gill, an accused and proclaimed offender (PO) in Jessica Lall murder case.
- Terrorism Most Serious Threat To Democracies: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Asserting that achieving energy security to provide for safe, affordable and sustainable energy supplies was a common concern of India and the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today urged the EU to support India’s quest for nuclear energ
- Peace Talks Resume Next Month (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Oct 14, 2006)
Foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India have agreed to hold a two-day review meeting in the second week of November in New Delhi, diplomatic sources told Dawn on Friday.
- 'Zero Tolerance For Terrorism’: Loc Is There To Stay, Says Singh (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
India, EU agree to improve intelligence flows
Solana stresses all nations, not just Pakistan, need to increase anti-terror efforts
- India, Eu To Step Up Cooperation In Fight Against Terror (Press Trust of India, Ajay Kaul, Oct 14, 2006)
India and the EU today decided to step up cooperation against terrorism through the sharing of intelligence as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh advocated "zero tolerance" for the scourge, saying this would send a signal to countries backing the . . .
- Getting Pakistan On Board, Without Scaring It Away (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 14, 2006)
United States Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns’ call on Pakistan to use its influence on “Kashmiri terrorist groups” to stop all attacks on India is an indirect way of telling Islamabad that it must stop all support to terrorism, period.
- 'Ashok Chakra Meaningless If Mohd Afzal Is Pardoned' (Pioneer, Neeraj Chauhan, Oct 14, 2006)
Coming from a commerce background, this Parliament watch-and-ward personnel was fond of books. As he used to stay away from his family for many days, he used to kill boredom by reading political magazines and books. Fluent in English, Jai Prakash was . .
- Grim Warning From (News International, Praful Bidwai, Oct 14, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi. . .
- Fixing A Scandal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 14, 2006)
Six-and-a-half years after he was implicated in the match-fixing scandal, Herschelle Gibbs, international cricket's most famous fugitive, finally showed up at the Delhi Police Headquarters to answer questions about his role in the bribery affair . . .
- There Goes World Peace (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 14, 2006)
A rogue Communist regime finally goes officially nuclear with a little help from Pakistan and China
- N Korea's N-Test Complicates Indo-Us Nuke Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- India, Eu To Step Up Cooperation Against Terror (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
India and the EU today decided to step up cooperation against terrorism through the sharing of intelligence as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh advocated "zero tolerance" for the scourge, saying this would send a signal to countries backing the menace . . .
- Police Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court in a rarest of rare direction has ordered police reforms in the country.
- 'Eligibility Norms Will Limit Options For Ec Jobs' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
The UPA government has told the Delhi high court that the present system of selection and appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other members of the Election Commission could not be disturbed by laying down any rigid or specific . . .
- Bangladesh Bankers To The Poor Win Nobel Peace Prize (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for grassroots work to lift millions out of poverty that earned him the nickname "banker to the poor".
- Taxman Walks Thru Sim Card (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 14, 2006)
You punch it when you're mad; you hug it when you're sad. What's that? Cell-phone? No, pillow, says one of the poems by S.I.M., whose `biography' on www.poemhunter.com reads simply, "Should It Matter".
- Fight For Justice, Not Mercy Plea: Geelani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The clemency petition of Mohammad Afzal Guru, facing execution for the Parliament attack, is a “fight for justice and not a mere mercy plea”, according to Delhi University lecturer S A R Geelani, who was acquitted in the same case...
- Dengue Cases In Delhi Touch 1,186 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
As the number of Dengue cases in the Capital continued to gallop, reaching 1,186 today, the Delhi government decided that services of CATS ambulances would be provided free of cost to patients severely affected by the disease.
- "India Could Help By Ending Production Of Fissile Material" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 13, 2006)
After the North Korean nuclear test, India could do more to counter nuclear proliferation by announcing a moratorium on the production of fissile material, saysGijs de Vries, the European Union's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator.
- Call Centre Staffer Held For Data Theft (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The police arrested a 29-year old call centre employee, allegedly caught offering database of 20,000 card holders for a hefty sum in a sting operation by British Channel 4 television in the Taj Bengal hotel, here, on Wednesday.
- Us Committed To N-Deal: Burns (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Amid concerns that North Korea's nuclear test could impact the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, the US administration has said it is "determined" to fulfil commitments it made to New Delhi on nuclear commerce.
- Us To Present Data Protection Plans To India (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The US will submit a plan to India early next year on ways to stop data theft which created concern in the Indian BPO industry, an official in the US Embassy said here on Thursday.
- Ncp Sees Red Over Cong 'Violation Of Coalition Dharma' (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Oct 13, 2006)
Maharashtra Congress Committee chief's recent advice to the party's district units to fight coming local bodies elections on their own has evoked sharp reaction from its ally Nationalist Congress party.
- Vedas May Be Effective In Curbing Terrorism (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the spirit of Vedas would be a more effective weapon in curbing the menace of terrorism and other social evils across the world.
- How Can Data Theft Be Averted? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 13, 2006)
Indian BPOs perhaps account for one of the largest back office operations for global businesses. Although these BPO operations involve large chunks of personal data of foreign nationals, India does not have a specific data protection law to assure . . .
- Populism Is Not Progress (Deccan Herald, B K Chandrashekar, Oct 13, 2006)
The Belgaum ‘special session’ and the government inspired Karnataka bundh was part of a partly successful game plan .
- Delhi High Court Seeks Rbi Opinion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
No bank loans without building plans
- India-Eu Bacchanalian Cup Runneth Over (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Oct 13, 2006)
Whisky may be too small an item to spoil India-EU trade and economic relations. But there could be twists and turns.
- In The Shadows (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
What is the Lashkar's agenda in India? Who are its leaders and what is their relationship with the Directorate of the ISI?
- Now Firs For Encroachment On Public Land (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Oct 13, 2006)
New MCD move to deter land grabbers and encroachers in the Capital.
- `U.S. Committed To Nuclear Deal' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Amid concerns that North Korea's nuclear test could impact the implementation of the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal, the U.S. administration has said it is ``determined'' to fulfil commitments it has made to New Delhi on nuclear commerce.
- Fear Stalks North Kashmir Mountains (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
Dentist's murder points to continued Lashkar presence — and power.
- Fortresses Of Faith (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2006)
The discovery of a madrassa-based Lashkar cell in Gujarat raises difficult questions about such seminaries.
- Despite N Korea, India N-Deal Will Go Through: Us (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Oct 13, 2006)
Despite the lobby opposing the Indo-US civil nuclear deal raising its ante following the North Korean nuclear tests, the Bush Administration has “reassured” India that it was “committed” to the agreement made in March. Like Britain, the US too has . . .
- Lure And Kill (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 13, 2006)
What is common to both chikungunya and dengue is the carrier of their causative viruses - the female of the mosquito type Aedes aegypti.
- The Dengue Patient (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 13, 2006)
Our health care system is ailing; an immediate and large infusion of public funds is required to set things right.
- Mellow Month (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 13, 2006)
With the Durga Puja festival season comes the hope of a spell of relative mellowness and cordiality among people.
- Afzal Must Not Hang (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 13, 2006)
India's justice delivery system will undermine its own credibility if Mohammed Afzal, accused in the Parliament attack case, is hanged.
- Zen & The Autorick Art (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 13, 2006)
Autorickshaws should actually be viewed as an essential piece of urban training equipment thoughtfully provided by the powers-that-be to keep its citizens fighting fit. Sounds far-fetched? Consider my theory: autorickshaw drivers are essentially . . .
- How The Jigsaw Fell Into Place (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
A chance discovery by a crime branch inspector on the trail of a Dawood Ibrahim aide, Saleem Hathela, led Delhi cops to one of their biggest success stories ever. Inspector Ishwar Singh was inquiring into a complaint made by a Karol Bagh . . .
- Us Asks Pakistan To Stop Export Of Terror To India (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 13, 2006)
The Bush administration is again leaning on Islamabad to put an end to terrorism directed against India by Kashmiri separatist groups supported by Pakistan.
- Us Determined To See N-Deal Through (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
In a major relief for New Delhi, the US on Thursday indicated its determination to thwart the attempts of non-proliferation ayatollahs to use the North Korean tests for killing the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Regulate, Don't Outlaw: Let Knowledge Economy Prosper (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 13, 2006)
When the law of the land fails to keep pace with the dynamics of a fast-growing economy, the result can be criminalisation of a whole lot of wholly legitimate activity.
- N Korea's N-Test Complicates Indo-Us Nuke Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- Us ‘Determined’ To Fulfil Commitments On India Nuke Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Amid concerns that North Korea’s nuclear test could impact the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, the US administration has said it is ‘‘determined’’ to fulfil commitments it has made to New Delhi on nuclear commerce.
- India To Be A Leader In Innovation, It (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Most Americans recognise the rising influence of India and China and believe New Delhi would gain on Washington in terms of influence in the world in the next ten years, a study by a US-based think-tank has said.
- Manmohan, Finnish Pm For Strengthening Un (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen today issued a joint appeal for strengthening multilateral institutions like the United Nations and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), saying that this was the . . .
- Pdp’S Shoaib Lone Joins Cong Seva Dal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The People’s Democrative Party (PDP) suffered a setback today when Mr Shoaib Lone, an independent MLA, joined the Congress Seva Dal as an associate member here and praised Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
- Part Of Daily Life (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 13, 2006)
India’s GDP is reported to be growing at more than 8 per cent, notwithstanding the inflation, the petrol price hike, the hazards of tsunami, drought and other natural disasters.
- Finland Quiet On Indo-Us N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen has refused to make any commitment supporting the India-US civilian nuclear cooperation deal. Nor has he taken a position on the proposal for an India-specific waiver on nuclear trade.
- Scurry To Plug Blood Scam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
The state health department has issued a confidential circular asking all blood banks across the state to re-examine the blood which was earlier tested with faulty kits supplied by Calcutta-based businessman Govind Sarda.
- Stranger’S Tales (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2006)
Reading this engaging book brought to mind Graham Greene’s comment that if he wanted to be understood or understand, he would have bamboozled himself into belief.
- India Changed Kishan Ganga’S Design: Jatoi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2006)
India has changed the design of the Kishan Ganga power project, which is in progress in held Kashmir, Minister for Water and Power Liaqat Ali Jatoi told Aaj television on Thursday.
- Power Theft Short-Circuiting Growth (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 13, 2006)
It is time the Government made power pilferage a cognisable offence, deserving condign punishment. The path to attracting private investment in infrastructure is paved with stringency of the regulatory regime, says G. SRINIVASAN.
- Desai Inherits Literary Success (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2006)
She had spent the last eight years as a hermit, struggling to write The Inheritance of Loss, the follow-up to her acclaimed debut.
- Anti-Pakistan Literature On Country’S Bookstalls (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 12, 2006)
Books authored by the Indian writers defaming Pakistan and its ideology are on display for sale in some bookstalls in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
- Anger, Rancour Before Navy Barak Ok (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 12, 2006)
Angry exchanges between the top officers of the Indian Navy preceded the clearance of the Barak NG joint production agreement between India and Israel.
- British Bridge (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 12, 2006)
While prime minister Manmohan Singh has been stressing that maintaining India's currently impressive economic growth rate would require massive upgradations of infrastructure, he understandably underplayed such riders when making his pitch in London . .
- No Place To Hide (Times of India, Lalit Mohan, Oct 12, 2006)
The nilgai that strayed across the tarmac at the Delhi airport a few weeks ago had no business to be there, or anywhere else for that matter.
- Us On Alert For Chikungunya (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 12, 2006)
This is one buzz hyper-growing India can do without. Word is getting around the United States that travellers to and from India need to watch out for chikungunya.
- Clemency Powers: Sc Warns Executive (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Oct 12, 2006)
In a stern reminder to the Executive of its constitutional responsibility in exercising the power of pardon to convicted persons, Supreme Court today warned the Central and state governments against recommending clemency petitions on political, . . .
- 'Anti-India Posts Funded By Pak Govt' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani on Wednesday said the orkut case is "not sedition nor is it an offence. If some anonymous coward says something foul, how does it spread sedition. This is just abuse, best ignored".
- No Parallel Between N. Korean And Indian Nuclear Ambitions: Us (Tribune, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 12, 2006)
The United States, like its close ally Britain, has refused to draw a parellel between the nuclear programmes of North Korea and India and lauded New Delhi as a "responsible actor" in the field of non-proliferation.
- Quota Ambit Extended To Fashion, Film Institutes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Quotas are not just in IITs and IIMs. From fashion to films, design to railways, to even National Defence Academy (NDA), all educational institutes funded by the Centre will come under the quota ambit.
- Atomic Adolescent (New Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 12, 2006)
India was quick in its condemnation of North Korea’s nuclear test on Monday.
- N Korea's N-Test Complicates Indo-Us Nuke Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- Chikungunya Cases Confirmed In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
39 new dengue cases admitted to AIIMS; total up to 1,101
Union Health Minister Ramadoss visits AIIMS
Hundreds screened for dengue.
- North Korea's N-Test Could Complicate Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea's nuclear test has complicated the implementation of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, with a bill on the agreement set to come up in the lame duck session of the Senate that gets underway in about four weeks.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 12, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation will have to do an infinitely better job following up the FIR it registered against George Fernandes than it did probing the Bofors affair if it desires retaining domestic and international credibility.
- Poverty And Small Towns (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 12, 2006)
Our weekly column on research made simple
- 'We Will Soon Be A Rs 6,000-Cr Group' (The Economic Times, VIVEK SINHA, Oct 12, 2006)
Urvi A Piramal, group chairperson, Ashok Piramal Group, oversees the Rs 1,500-crore conglomerate that has business interests that varies from textiles, real estate, retail, cutting tools, to auto components. Piramal said her vision is to grow the . . .
- Neoliberal Approach To Education (Frontline, VENKATESH ATHREYA, Oct 12, 2006)
The 11th Plan draft approach paper sees education not as a human right but as an instrument to enhance growth rates.
- The Tourist Trap (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 12, 2006)
Antiquated rules overshadow our heritage
- Facing The Truth (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 12, 2006)
India's objection to Pakistan's legal right to sign the 1963 border treaty is justified, but the alignment it secured was correct.
- If Afzal Is Let Off More Women Will Live In Fear, Says Rampal's Widow (Pioneer, Neeraj Chauhan, Oct 12, 2006)
He showered his love on his bicycle. Though his family and friends told him to replace it with a motorcycle or a scooter, his bicycle was his constant companion for more than 20 years.
- Paswan Torpedoes Congress Gameplan For Bihar By-Poll (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Oct 12, 2006)
Ahead of the Lok Sabha by-polls in Bihar and Jharkhand, attempts by the Congress to broker a peace between two crucial stakeholders - Cabinet Ministers Lalu Prasad and Ramvilas Paswan - has come a cropper. Adding to the confusion is the Left's . . .
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