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Articles 7121 through 7220 of 21784:
- Delhi Medical Students Protest Obc Quota (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
Students from four city-based premiere medical colleges staged a protest against the Central proposal to introduce a quota for other backward classes (OBCs) in educational institutions including medical colleges.
- Dangerous Neighbourhood (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Apr 26, 2006)
That India lives in a rough and turbulent neighbourhood is not news. Even as we celebrate the triumph of people power in Nepal we are shocked by the latest manifestation of terrorism in Sri Lanka.
- Misplaced Tokenism Destroys (Indian Express, J.S. Rajput, Apr 26, 2006)
While delivering the Patel Memorial lecture in 1958 Dr Zakir Hussain asserted that “our future as people will depend in no small measure on the ideas and principles which inspire Indian education”.
- Medha’S Mistake (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 26, 2006)
“DR Manmohan Singh is a clean, decent, competent leader! For God’s sake give him a chance!” How often have we heard this? But his government does not deliver.
- India Thinks It's Got A Breather (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Apr 26, 2006)
With King Gyanendra reinstating Parliament, India on Tuesday heaved a sigh of relief.
- Killer's Humour Led To Capture (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Sher Singh Rana, the prime accused in the murder of bandit-turned-politician MP Phoolan Devi, was arrested by the Special Cell on Monday evening from Kolkata. Delhi Police had been on his trail for more than two years.
- Royal Irrelevance (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Apr 26, 2006)
New Delhi should have realised it was futile to continue support to the king
- President’S Bodyguard Begins Counter-Insurgency Duties (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Apr 26, 2006)
The President's Bodyguard (PBG), largely a static unit for ceremonial duties at Rashtrapati Bhavan, has started deploying its personnel on counter-insurgency duties in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-East.
- Talks Will Fall Apart, India Warns Eu, Us (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Apr 26, 2006)
Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath warned the US and the European Union, on Tuesday, that their repeated attempts to undermine what the ‘cardinal principles’ of the Doha negotiating mandate in agriculture, and market-opening for industrial goods,
- Thank You, Jessica (Times of India, ANAND SOONDAS, Apr 26, 2006)
All she wanted to do was hold on to club house rules. And she died for that. But whether she can see it from above or not, in death Jessica Lal has changed the way India and its people perceive justice and rule of law.
- Human Bomb Hits Lanka Army Hq (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Apr 26, 2006)
At least 10 people were killed and 29, including Sri Lankan Army Commander Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka, were critically wounded when a suspected LTTE female suicide bomber blew herself up at the heavily-guarded army headquarters here on Tuesday afternoon.
- Bollywood Goes Public With Ipos (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 26, 2006)
With India’s stock markets booming, tinsel town denizens are joining the party in a bid to break from traditional sources of funding.
- Wary India Waits, Watches, Applauds (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Apr 26, 2006)
Keen not to repeat its misreading of the popular mood in Nepal last weekend, India waited for political parties to celebrate Gyanendra's announcement before expressing its relief over what New Delhi described as a victory of the Nepalese people.
- Anees Ibrahim's Cook In Judicial Custody Till May (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Muhammed Jubraeel Khan, the man who claimed to have worked as Anees Ibrahim's cook in Karachi, was produced in a Delhi court on Tuesday and remanded to 14-day judicial custody.
- Manmohan Singh Arrives In Uzbekistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday arrived here from Berlin and was received at the airport by his Uzbek counterpart Mr Mir Ziyoev Shavkat and Foreign Minister Elyor Ganiev.
- India's Folly Lets Maobadis Win (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Apr 26, 2006)
Switching on the television set in my hotel room in Kasaragod early Tuesday morning to catch up with the news, I was greeted by a newsreader on a 24x7 channel informing the world how "people's power" had won in Nepal.
- It Has A Job Cut Out For Itself (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Apr 26, 2006)
Foreign Trade Policy Supplement
Competitive strength and outsourcing capabilities should drive the export promotion effort rather than financial incentives and sops doled out to exporters.
- Hot Favourite (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 26, 2006)
Sampath Kumar tours Tamil Nadu where the success and grandeur of a ceremony depends on the distribution of shawls
- Who Is Afraid Of Peace With Pakistan? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Apr 26, 2006)
There is no dishonour in exploring the flexibility and leeway provided in the Constitution to satisfy the demand for self-governance in Kashmir.
- Military Purchases (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Apr 26, 2006)
The deal to purchase the Scorpene submarine from France has acquired all the hallmarks of the earlier Bofors howitzer fiasco with allegations being hurled that middlemen/agents were used by the French company to secure the contract.
- Us Has Not Changed "Goalposts" In N-Deal With India: Mulford (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The US has not changed its "goalposts" in the nuclear deal with India and did not see New Delhi's refusal to accept a provision barring further nuclear tests as an issue that could scuttle the landmark agreement.
- The Dark Holds No Terrors (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Apr 26, 2006)
A mechanical engineer turned wildlife photographer, D.K. Bhaskar is the only Indian who's camera trapped the dark forests of the Amazon
- Ceramic Magic (Hindu, ATHREYA, Apr 26, 2006)
G. Reghu's ceramic sculptures display a façade of innocence, simplicity and playfulness and are characterised by great detail
- New Thrust In Indo-Pak Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Apr 26, 2006)
There were reports that Omar Sharif, is a standup a Pakistani comedian will be directing a Bollywood film. Next month, breaking barriers- political, commercial and psychological-Pakistani cinemas will show three Indian films, including the 1960 . . .
- Caving In On Siachen (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Apr 26, 2006)
In the editorial, "Sorry capitulation" (April 8), you have unmasked the mystery behind the UPA Government's plan to placate Pakistan in August when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
- Wolf By The Ears (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 26, 2006)
From (James D.) Wolfensohn to (Paul) Wolfowitz — it is one unending saga. One does not know whether to laugh or cry at the World Bank, under the stewardship of these two in succession, taking up cudgels against corruption.
- Jd(u) Plans Alliance With Jan Morcha (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Apr 26, 2006)
Janata Dal (U) is ready to align with VP Singh's newly formed Jan Morcha for the coming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. "We will join Jan Morcha," JD(U) spokesperson Sambhu Srivastava told The Pioneer.
- Wheat Worries (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 26, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the policies of successive governments that wheat production has grown little the last six years.
- Prime Accused In Phoolan Murder Case Arrested (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The Delhi police has arrested Sher Singh Rana, the prime accused in the murder case of bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi, from Kolkata. Rana had been arrested earlier, but he escaped from the high-security Tihar Jail here in February, 2004.
- Ripper The Tiger (Tribune, Brig (retd) Ranjit Talwar, Apr 26, 2006)
The recent killings of four tigresses, three in the buffer zone of the Corbett National Park and one in the neighbouring Ramnagar Division, were initially explained as the work of a male tiger with the tendencies of a serial killer. Someone like “Jack the
- Delay And Denial (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Apr 26, 2006)
All law-abiding citizens in the country were shocked at the acquittal, recently, of persons accused in the one case of the murder of a young woman and, in the other, of the rape and murder of another.
- The Last Gasp Of A Monarch? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 26, 2006)
IT has been at least 20 days since the people of Kathmandu took to the streets and — surprise, surprise — their revolt against a degenerate, autocratic and anachronistic monarchy remains unlabelled.
- Virtues Of Middle Path (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 26, 2006)
Recent events that unfolded in Delhi and Ahmedabad around Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) show that the pro- and anti-dam lobbies continue to hold non-negotiating postures about SSP. There is an urgent need to foster a middle ground.
- Victory Of The Nepali People, Says New Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Without making any reference to Nepal’s King Gyanendra or the Maoists, India on Tuesday hailed the restoration of multi-party democracy and handing over of political power to the people calling it as a victory of the people of Nepal.
- Courtly Intrigues (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Apr 26, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s leadership style is proving costly for the Congress
- Phoolan Devi Murder Prime Accused Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Delhi police catch up with Sher Singh Rana in Kolkata two years after his sensational escape from Tihar Jail
- India's Stand On Nepal Criticised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday criticised India's stand on Nepal. He said New Delhi should not be bothered whether there was democracy or not in that country. Instead, it should insist the Seven Party Alliance dissociating . . .
- India Welcomes Developments In Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Victory for the people, says Pranab
"We are ready to render unstinted support"
Silent on Constituent Assembly
- King Sans Country (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 26, 2006)
Nepal continues to be a country with a king, but Gyanendra has become a king without a country. The message from the streets of Kathmandu has been emphatic; the Nepalese want a republic.
- Urban Pollution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 25, 2006)
WHEN it comes to pollution, India’s small towns are not lagging behind the big ones,
reveal the findings of a major 10-year study on air pollution conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
- Pakistan, India To Hold N-Talks Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The fourth round of expert-level talks on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) between Pakistan and India will begin in Islamabad today (Tuesday), the Foreign Office said.
- Cbi Probe Into Proposals Sent By Eight Ngos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Suspicion that signatures on their recommendation could be forged
- Delhi Hc Rejects Anticipatory Bail Of Sadhu Yadav (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Delhi High Court today dismissed the petition of Lok Sabha MP and Fodder Scam accused Sadhu Yadav seeking extension of his anticipatory bill.
- Financial Sector Developments (Hindu, A. Vasudevan, Apr 25, 2006)
Empirical treatment of the Indian stock markets and some major developments
- Happy Twosome (Hindu, BAGESHREE S. , Apr 25, 2006)
Let's straddle languages and cultures with pride, says English-Marathi writer Kiran Nagarkar
- Can You Go Wild With The Lens? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Are you such an avid lover of nature that you would just take off on an expedition into the wilderness with a camera and shoot pictures of wild animals and natural scenery? If yes, then this one's just for you. The channel is looking out for . . .
- Diy Fire Service (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 25, 2006)
It was a case of necessity being the mother of invention. The country’s first non-industrial private fire service is being established by major property developer DLF for its residential and commercial complex in Gurgaon ~ essentially because the . . .
- Privatize Iims And Iits (Daily Excelsior, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 25, 2006)
Professors of IIMs and IITs are opposing the extension of reservation from present 27% to 49% as proposed by HRD Minister Arjun Singh. The basic question is of accountability.
- Shift Gears (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 25, 2006)
Recent exchanges between New Delhi and Islamabad about the Kishanganga hydro power project in Baramulla district are for the first time laced with optimism.
- Ministry Of External Affairs X-Rayed (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Apr 25, 2006)
The blame game has started in the ministry of external affairs for the blotched policy formulation on Nepal and Indo-US nuclear deal. On both the fronts New Delhi is left with little option to manoeuvre out of the difficult situation as Kathmandu . . .
- U.S. Excited By India Trade, Despite Wto Woes (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Apr 25, 2006)
The United States expects economic ties with India to grow rapidly in the new few years, despite frustration that New Delhi has not been more helpful in world trade talks, a top U.S. trade official said on Monday.
- Accused Dodges Cbi For 17 Yrs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
An accused in a sensational defence espionage case has not appeared even once in the court since 1989 when the CBI chargesheeted him along with a former Lt General of the Army.
- U.P. Refuses Water For Delhi Water Plant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The Uttar Pradesh Government on Monday refused to provide water to Delhi's Sonia Vihar water treatment plant claiming the State itself is reeling under an acute water shortage due to a cut in supply from Tehri dam.
- Minister Urges Scientists To Develop Low-Cost Devices (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Shankaramurthy says his department is ready to fund research
Researchers urged to focus on developing low cost of solar energy devices
Farmers affected due to lack of cheap solar energy and erratic power supply
State Government urged to give land fo
- Pakistan To Propose Draft On Safe Seas (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 25, 2006)
Talks on CBMs to begin today
- Central Panel Likely To Clip Wings Of Building Department Of Mcd (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
"The `main culprit' behind large-scale illegal constructions in the Capital"
- Settling Siachen: Don’T Let The Solution Become A Bigger Future Problem (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Apr 25, 2006)
While a war has gone on at the world’s highest battlefield for 22 years almost to date, it has not changed the basic military position of India and Pakistan. In fact, Pakistan’s repeated attempts to dislodge the Indian Army from its posts on the . . .
- Politicisation Of Violence (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Apr 25, 2006)
Story of the Godhra carnage which etched deep faults in Gujarat's social landscape
- Will Live Ballots Revive A Dying Economy? (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Apr 25, 2006)
In the long-time UDF bastion of Wayanad, the agrarian crisis has transformed things. All have been affected.
- Pakistan Woos Indian Bpo Staff (Times of India, Hemali Chhapia, Apr 25, 2006)
In a sign of how ties between two hostile neighbours have eased, Indian BPO workers are being wooed by Pakistani firms who want to set up call centres in their country but do not have adequate managerial staff to train young employees.
- Flexible Approach To Global Trade (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 25, 2006)
WTO chief Lamy wants the rich countries to extract their pound of flesh
- Endangered Monarchy (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Apr 25, 2006)
As Nepal undergoes its gravest convulsions in recent times, two trends stand out. The time for King Gyanendra is running out as is India’s traditional two-pillar policy for the kingdom: a constitutional monarchy and multi-party democracy.
- Myanmar — Gateway To S-E Asia (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Apr 25, 2006)
Rather than joining a Western chorus of condemnation of Myanmar, India would do well to cooperate with Asian powers to encourage Yangon to move towards a more representative government. With New Delhi engaging Yangon economically and . . .
- What Does Adb Mean To The Masses Of India? (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Apr 25, 2006)
The controversial Asian Development Bank, which is holding a mega event in Hyderabad, is bound to draw flak from activists of organisations.
- Time To Say Enough To Traffic Snarls (Deccan Herald, E P Menon, Apr 25, 2006)
Bangalore roads are chaotic. Bus drivers and commuters appear to be unaware of the road rules.
- When Bush Was In Pak, His Plane Was In Delhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The US Secret Service was so scared of terror attacks during President George W. Bush’s visit to Pakistan last month that it declined to park the President’s standby aircraft, a second Jumbo 747, in Islamabad.
- Learning And Doing (Tribune, Yoginder K. Alagh, Apr 25, 2006)
Asked to give a presentation to a venerable think tank in Delhi on national security, and batting at number 5, I talked on energy, water, employment, growth and our global destiny.
- Bending Communism Like Buddha In The Citadel Of Marxism (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 25, 2006)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya has unleashed a virtual revolution in the Marxist citadel.
- Joke Morcha Charge Of The Lost Brigade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 25, 2006)
O! what a fall was there, my countrymen!" A former Prime Minister of India, who had also held the Defence and Finance portfolios at the Centre, and had been Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, has now set up an organisation which, though called Jan . . .
- The Politics Of Language (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Apr 25, 2006)
The orgy of violence unleashed by his fans in Bangalore following news of the sudden demise of Kannada superstar Raj Kumar earlier this month, once again drew attention to that southern alchemy of cinema and politics and revived the debate . . .
- As Kathmandu Crumbles, India May Abandon King (Pioneer, Pramod K Singh, Apr 25, 2006)
With Nepal swiftly slipping into Maoist control, India on Monday appeared all set to abandon Nepal's beleaguered monarchy and instead prepare a contingency plan to tide over developments post-monarchy.
- Connecting The 3 Cs (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Apr 25, 2006)
The emerging equation is the rising commodity prices, mainly due to China on a buying spree as it invests in urban development and infrastructure, and the impact of all this on currency; in the current Indian context convertibility.
- The Hi-Tech Disc War That Bytes (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Apr 25, 2006)
There are differences in the compression technologies used in both the formats but the consumers may not experience significantly different viewing pleasure between the two.
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 25, 2006)
The Chinese obsession with the animal of the year of their birth can lead to unexpected results when admixtured with a liberal dose of cultural and linguistic confusion, Third Eye discovered, from the experience of a colleague who travelled to . . .
- On India Inc Job Quotas, An Affirmative Lesson From South Africa (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Apr 25, 2006)
As facts lose out to rhetoric in the debate over quotas in the private sector, New Delhi and India Inc should perhaps take a look at the example of South Africa.
- The Ultra Menace (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 24, 2006)
The moral victory the Left Front can claim over Maoists following the impressive turnout in Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore should not blind them to the reality that the extremists in these three districts will continue to be a major headache . . .
- Ipi Gasline Deal (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 24, 2006)
The news that the deal on the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gasline project is about to be finalised between the three countries has rekindled hopes that Islamabad and New Delhi are determined to withstand pressure from Washington to back off from . . .
- Chessboard Moves On Iranian Pipeline (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 24, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has talked to President Ahmadinejad of Iran on the phone and the two are reported to have “agreed to speed up work on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline”.
- Us Should Recognise Pakistan And Israel As N-Weapon States’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 24, 2006)
It was suggested here on Sunday that the United States, having implicitly recognised India as a nuclear weapons state, should now give Pakistan and Israel the same recognition by working with all three to map a scenario for progressive global . . .
- Doughty Pramod Fights On; Surgery Successful (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Apr 24, 2006)
His toughest fight ever, but senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan does not show any signs of giving up... and fights on.
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