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Articles 2821 through 2920 of 22138:
- Pakistan: No Word From India On Sir Creek (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 23, 2006)
Says meeting was scheduled in August; statement denied by India
Defence Secretaries agreed on meeting on joint survey of creek in May
Consultations underway between two countries to "improve and update" travel restrictions on diplomats.
- Modi’S Thesis On Muslims (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Aug 23, 2006)
Many common Indians have been congratulating themselves on the fact that the recent Mumbai blasts failed to ignite a communal conflagration. It is true indeed that the terrorist strike triggered off no riots but only participation by all communities . . .
- Accidentally Shot At On Train, Hockey Star Sandeep Is ‘Grave’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Barely two weeks to go for the hockey World Cup in Germany, Indian drag-flick specialist Sandeep Singh was accidentally shot at and seriously injured on board the New Delhi-bound Kalka-Delhi Shatabdi Express this morning.
- Anti-Reservation Stir Comes Back To Life (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
If April was the cruellest month for anti-quota protesters in the Capital, Tuesday signalled an August replay.
- Anti-Quota Stir Comes Back To Life (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
If April was the cruellest month for anti-quota protesters in the Capital, Tuesday signalled an August replay.
- Oop Amendment Challenged In Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A Trinamool Congress MP has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of the amended Office of Profit Act, which exempts 45 positions from the purview of disqualification.
- Conventional And Nuclear Submartines (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
The Indian Ocean has become a centre of big power naval rivalry. At any given time, anywhere "between" 20 to 30 nuclear submarines are on the prowl, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
- Non-Resident Parliamentarians (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 23, 2006)
On one point there is hardly any scope for doubt. Most people in this country — indeed an overwhelming majority of them — respect and rely on the higher judiciary far more than they trust any of the other institutions that comprise the republic’s . . .
- Subsidising Ills (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 23, 2006)
It is not a good idea for business to masquerade as philanthropy. Both the state and promoters of multi-speciality hospitals need to come to terms with this fact.
- When Shehnai Silenced The Sitar (Business Line, R.C. Rajamani, Aug 23, 2006)
It was a friendly battle between shehnai and sitar. And the pipe prevailed over the string.
- B’Lore Cos Most Mobile; Beat Mumbai, Delhi (The Financial Express, N SHIVAPRIYA, Aug 23, 2006)
Enterprises in Bangalore are among the most mobile-ready, giving close chase to Singapore and Bangkok when it comes using applications on mobile phones, providing laptops to employees, instituting mobile device management policies and other . . .
- India Plans Intact: Coke, Pepsi (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
In a day of swift developments on the cola controversy on Tuesday, the Union government gave a clean chit to the cola manufacturers over pesticide residues in their products, even as The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo India Holdings re-iterated their . .
- Distorting History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
Politicisation of education in the name of detoxification, will give birth to a generation of ignoramuses, says JS Rajput
- Musharraf Offers Cooperation Against ‘Freelance Terrorists’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has offered India exchange of information and cooperation amongst their intelligence agencies to ward off terrorist attacks, and to join hands in investigations and in moving against “freelance terrorists”.
- Deshmukh Detractors Approach Sonia’S Court (The Economic Times, Girish Kuber, Aug 23, 2006)
The Congress is back to what it is best at. Even as Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is busy battling crises affecting the state, there’s hectic lobbying within the party to replace him.
- The Nation’S Not For Sale (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 23, 2006)
It is tempting to look at the substance of Manmohan Singh’s reply in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday to the discussion on the Indo-US nuclear deal and, in the process, forget that the prime minister’s handling of the nuclear controversy in recent weeks . . .
- War Against Stereotypes (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 23, 2006)
Earlier this month the British police announced a series of arrests to disrupt a plot to blow up several airliners mid-air.
- 2 Armed Men 'Seen' Near Kakrapar Atomic Centre (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Two armed men were spotted in the vicinity of the Kakrapar nuclear power station complex near Surat on Tuesday, triggering a massive search of the area by security forces.
- Optional Mataram (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
In 1986, in a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court exempted two children of the Jehovah's Witness sect from singing the National Anthem at their school in Kerala.
- 'Us Wants To Bring India Into Non-Proliferation Regime' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The President of the Indian Nuclear Society Dr. Placid Rodriguez today said he believes Washington is seeking to bring India into the non-proliferation regime through the civilian nuclear deal.
- Indo-Pak Expulsion Diplomacy Diplomacy (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Aug 22, 2006)
Pakistan's action to expel a senior Indian diplomat does not augur well for the relations between the two countries, particularly at a time when the ties are already under strain.
- Bereft Of Novelty (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 22, 2006)
There are no prizes for deciphering all that Hizbul Mujahideen supremo Syed Salahuddin has said in his latest interview.
- Dop Launches 'One India One Rate' Scheme (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Department of Posts today launched a 'One India one rate scheme' for sending Speed Posts across the country at a uniform rate.
- Us N-Deal Equates India With Pakistan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Despite the Bush administration claiming the nuclear deal symbolises a special relationship with New Delhi, a last-minute amendment inserted in the recently passed bill by the US House of Representatives equates India with Pakistan and directs . . .
- Why Delay The Tribal Rights Bill? (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Aug 22, 2006)
Each day that the Government delays the passage of the Bill is another day of uncertainty and insecurity for lakhs of tribls who face the terror of eviction.
- The Magic Shehnai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 22, 2006)
Ustad Bismillah Khan (March 21, 1916-August 21, 2006) represented the bridge between classical music as nurtured in the royal courts and its popular version presented on proscenium stages of the world. His contributions were many.
- Dull Dogma Doesn’T A Syllabus Make (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 22, 2006)
It would be a shame if the parliamentary furore over NCERT textbooks provides yet another occasion for a display of anti-intellectualism and partisan crossfire.
- Aug 23: Ulfa, Govt To Discuss Norms For Talks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The crucial round of talks between ULFA-nominated People’s Consultative Group (PCG) and the government will be held on August 23, in which the modalities for the initiation of direct talks will be discussed.
- 59 Years: A Sense Of Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 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?
- Quota Bill Rolls, Clash Brews (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
A fresh confrontation over quotas looked set to unfold with the cabinet tonight clearing a bill to introduce 27 per cent reservation for students in aided higher education institutions.
- India Should Not Help Sri Lanka, Says Vaiko (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
"Tamil Eelam is the only solution to the Sri Lankan ethnic issue and no force on earth can prevent it," said Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Vaiko here on Monday.
- Bismillah! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2006)
Very few people live up to be 90. Even fewer embellish the nine decades given to them with so much of talent and genius as Bismillah Khan, who died on Monday morning, did. No words can evaluate his contribution to music.
- Telangana Issue: Trs Threatens To Leave Upa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which issued a fresh ultimatum to the UPA government over the Telangana issue, is looking for an honourable exit route from the present impasse that it has found itself in.
- Vande Mataram Loses Out To Vote Mataram (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Mother, I bow to thee!
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
Bright with thy orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Dark fields waving. Mother of might,
Mother free.
- Quota Issue: Divisive Responses In North & South India (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 22, 2006)
Sometimes, divisive issues invite divided responses. At other times, responses like strikes and protests tend to make issues seem divisive, even when they are not.
- Snapshots (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
State Bank of India said on Monday it is not planning to hike home loan rates in the near future, but admitted that there is pressure on these interest rates.
- Another `Natwar Lal' Held For Cheating (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
An old man allegedly involved in over 100 cases of cheating, forgery and fraud, has been arrested by the Special Staff of the North-West Delhi police in connection with car thefts.
- Medicos Plan March Today (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Students of five leading medical colleges in the Capital will conduct a flag march from Jantar Mantar to Janpath tomorrow in protest against the Union Cabinet’s decision to clear the OBC quota in government-aided elite institutions.
- 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.
- 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 . . .
- Economic Policy: Mid-Term Report (Business Standard, Shankar Acharya, Aug 22, 2006)
In a few weeks the UPA government will reach the mid-point of its five-year term.
- Hc Refuses To Stay Kerala Ban On Coke & Pepsi (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The Kerala High Court on Monday refused to stay the state government-imposed ban on production and sale of Coke and Pepsi. The HC declined the plea for an interim stay, saying it was yet to hear the government’s argument.
- Oppn Wants Tribal Bill Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The UPA government has come under fresh attack from the Opposition and the Left on the contentious tribal rights bill that triggered the ongoint tiger-vs-tribal debate.
- Ongc Rethinks On Venture With Mittal Steel (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Steel tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal may have muscled acquisition of European giant Arcelor but his ambition to make it big in oil and gas sector is coming unstuck as his partner ONGC appears not keen on a venture the two giants had agreed last year.
- Aphc For Discussion On Musharraf’S Idea Of Self-Governance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leadership is in favour of initiating a discussion on Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf's idea of self-governance, demilitarisation and joint management.
- Vande Mataram Anti-Islamic: Bukhari (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The national song Vande Mataram is "against Islamic beliefs" and asking Muslims to sing it would amount to "suppression" of the community, Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari said on Sunday.
- The Jaish Connection (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 21, 2006)
The revelation about the link between Rashid Rauf, a key suspect in the conspiracy to blow up passenger planes taking . . .
- 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.
- Rangasamy, Leaders Pay Tribute To Rajiv Gandhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Pledge to promote unity and harmony among people
- India, Singapore Seek `Interoperability' Of Air Forces (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 21, 2006)
"Objective is not combat-role cooperation"
Focus on "mutually supportive roles"
Bilateral exercise in November
Possibility of cooperation in "network centric operations."
- 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?
- Ganesha Drinking Milk Again (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
In a re-run of the September 1995 frenzy when Ganesha idols were said to be drinking milk offered to them, devotees reportedly thronged temples on Sunday night, making similar claims. This time, however, all idols were reported to be drinking milk.
- 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.
- A Conventional Approach Still (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 21, 2006)
The Eleventh Plan Approach Paper has been accused of departing from conventional wisdom. But it has not departed enough. The critical issues it lists are all chronic sores that innovation, not conventional wisdom, can solve. But the Approach has no . . .
- Ministry Biased Against Adag On Oil And Gas (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora and the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) have found themselves in a spot of major controversy surrounding the evaluation process for Coal Bed Methane blocks.
- 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 . . .
- Special Police Officers In J&k To Get Double Salary (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Had it not been the Congress chief minister heading a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, the eleven-year long demand of Special Police Officers (SPOs) to increase their salaries would never have been fulfilled.
- Politician-Officer-Builder Mafia In Limelight Again (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Many cases pending against Rohini DC who drew the Court's ire
- A Ringside View Of Indian Banking (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Aug 21, 2006)
Kakodkar narrates how successfully State Bank of India managers could adapt to serve the larger interests of the economy
"My 40 years with the SBI'' is, above all, a ringside view of the transformation of Imperial bank of India into State Bank of . . .
- Mecon To Zero Down On Plant Site Shortly (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Ranchi based Mecon India is likely to finalise the site for the L.N.Mittal’s proposed mega steel project in Orissa, a highly placed source in the Orissa government said here on Sunday.
- "Indian Solution Should Be Acceptable To Sri Lankan Tamils" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Need to ensure Sri Lankan Government's compliance: Ramadoss
Hails efforts made by the Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in finding a solution
"Food to Island nation should be sent through Indian Red Cross Society"
"Sri Lankan Red Cross should . . .
- A Dubious Record Of Unity (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 21, 2006)
When it concerns votes, all parties, from the Left to the Right of the political spectrum close their ranks.
- ‘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 . . .
- Singh Has Some Plus Points Too (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 21, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was perceived as an articulate economist and politician and was expected to steer the South Asian region out of its quagmire of tension, confrontation and conflict due to the outstanding issues . . .
- 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 . . .
- Dialogue Only Route To Solve All Complex Problems: Cm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that three out of five working groups announced by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh during 2nd Round Table Conference at Srinagar have met and the remaining two groups are also meeting very soon.
- 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.
- Nation Pays Homage To Rajiv Gandhi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today led the nation in paying homage to the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 62nd birth anniversary today.
- 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.
- 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 . . .
- Adhere To Custom, Tantris Tell Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Ban on entry of women into Sabarimala is part of tradition' .
- Musharraf Pops Out Of Box (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Aug 21, 2006)
Like an untiring jack in the box, President Pervez Musharraf pops out his head every time anyone lifts the lid for him, and when no one else does he is quite capable of doing it himself; and perhaps because someone has told him that “thinking out . . .
- 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.
- Lanka Crisis: India Offers Formula (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
With the bloody conflict raging in Sri Lanka between the government forces and the LTTE, India has pitched in to help by offering a political formula to resolve the crisis.
- 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.
- A Raja’S Realm (Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar, Aug 20, 2006)
A problem that early professional and amateur photographers in India had to deal with was an idiosyncratic and varied climate.
- Hurdles In Indo-Us Defence Cooperation (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Aug 20, 2006)
A hard scrutiny of the Indo-US agreed minutes on defence cooperation hides more than it reveals.
- Pm For More Jobs In Manufacturing (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Stresses need for more employment outside agriculture at meeting with union leaders .
- "Vaiko's Visit Pre-Empted Solution To Sri Lankan Tamil Issue" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Rajiv Gandhi had urged Karunanidhi to hold talks with Prabhakaran
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