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Articles 7821 through 7920 of 21784:
- Centre Says ‘No’ To Sbi Staff Demand (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The employees’ demand would not be entertained as it would lead to similar demands by the staff of other banks, a Finance Ministry official said in New Delhi, where the SBI unions and management representatives are scheduled to meet on Wednesday
- Lust And The Lonely City (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
While political authority demands more taxes, living itself has become burdensome in Delhi, says Gautam Sen
- Socialist Dream (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
In the wake of Ram Manohar Lohia's 96th birth anniversary on March 23, Tribhuvan Nath recalls the time Nehru called the socialist leader 'crafty'
- Govt Rejects Sbi Union Demands (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The government today said it would not accept the demand of the striking SBI employees for higher pension, even as unions expressed keenness to negotiate on their demand on the second day of their nationwide indefinite stir.
- Govt Gives In-Principle Nod For Ai, Ia Merger (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Process likely to be completed this year itself: Praful Patel
The roadmap
There will be no holding company.
Emphasis on one company, one culture.
Monolith can better face global competition
Fate of subsidiaries undecided
- Sbi Stir Hits Customers Hard (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
State Bank of India’s operations remained crippled throughout the country for the second day today, but the government made it clear it would not oblige the bank’s employees, who have struck work indefinitely demanding higher pension.
- India To Set Off Pr Blitz On Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, K S Subrahmanya, Apr 05, 2006)
Over the next two weeks, Delhi will play host to as many as three US Congressional delegations in not-so-veiled efforts to secure their endorsement for the nuclear deal that ran into some initial trouble in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- Accords For Joint Venture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Modernisation of Mumbai and Delhi airports
Initial deposit of Rs. 150 crore each to be paid by companies within a week
Employees stage protest
- Govt’S No To Sbi Staff Demand (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The nationwide indefinite strike called by the State Bank of India Staff Association and Officers' Association continued for the second day today, causing inconvenience to lakhs of customers.
- Bina Ramani Questioned In Jessica Murder Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Bina Ramani, one of the key witnesses in the Jessica Lal murder case, presented herself before the police at the office of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch on Tuesday. She returned from Thailand on Monday night after attending . . .
- Sbi Turns To Other Banks' Atms For Help (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Millions of State Bank of India (SBI) customers, tired of ATMs running dry, heaved a sigh of relief as the bank on Tuesday waived off the Rs 30 per transaction interchange fee it charges them for using ATMs of other banks.
- `Indian Kids Are Increasingly Becoming Technologically Savvy' (Hindu, Madhur Tankha, Apr 05, 2006)
With 40 per cent of the children living in 14 cities across the country using computers, 74 per cent of them aspiring to own jazzy mobile camera phones and an overwhelming majority picking up a leading mobile phone brand as their favourite, Indian . . .
- Narmada Becomes A Bigger Issue (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Apr 05, 2006)
It has now become an issue of water being used for genocidal agriculture policies
Suddenly it is the nerve centre of the new wave of displacements
Water is important but not at the cost of the tribal and rural people
- Specialised Security Force For Metro On Anvil (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
To ensure foolproof security to the prestigious Delhi Metro Rail project, the Centre yesterday decided to have a separate single dedicated security force for it.
- Medha Won't Relent Despite Soz's Plea (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Apr 05, 2006)
Minister's statement silent on NBA demand but says team will visit affected villages and rehabilitation sites
Health shows signs of deterioration
CPI (M) for suspending decision to raise dam height
Ministerial team to visit affected villages
- An Emergency For Rural Childhood (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Apr 05, 2006)
The challenge of educational reform in the age of globalisation is very complex and rural children are especially vulnerable at a time when India is witnessing an unprecedented economic growth.
- Green Signal Now For Delhi Metro To Noida (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Making its first foray beyond the boundaries of the Capital, the Delhi Metro is now all ready to reach Noida by June 2009.
- India Welcomes Maoist Ceasefire In Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Expresses the hope that it would be of a "permanent nature"
- U.S. Plays Down Iran Ship Visits To India (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 05, 2006)
The United States on Monday confirmed that two Iranian navy ships had visited Indian ports last month, but played down the contact as the Bush administration struggles to win congressional approval for a landmark U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal.
- Hunger Strike Reignites India's Narmada Dam Row (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 05, 2006)
A week-long hunger strike by India's most famous environmental activist has helped reignite a two-decades-old row over a controversial hydroelectric dam.
- U.S. Lawmaker Backs India Deal As Congress Mulls Changes (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 05, 2006)
A leading Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday voiced strong support for a landmark nuclear energy deal with India and predicted the U.S. Congress would eventually approve the controversial accord.
- Flesh, Guns And Two Chief Ministers (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Apr 05, 2006)
One had to grapple with questions about wardrobe malfunction. The other faced queries on administrative malfunction. One smiled speaking about flesh, lust and Socialites. The other was tense dwelling on guns, blood and Naxalites
- Innocence In Jail (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Apr 05, 2006)
Hundreds of women prisoners languishing in jails suffer from a deep sense of loss and guilt that fills them every second of their incarceration.
- In The Groove (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Apr 05, 2006)
The US recognizes south Asia as India’s sphere of influence
- Sonia Turf Visa Only For Rahul (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Rahul Gandhi will manage his mother’s Lok Sabha byelection from Rae Bareli.
- Railways To Set Up 100 Budget Hotels (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
After a marked improvement in its financial health, the Indian Railways plans to build over 100 budget hotels on its vacant land near railway stations across the country.
- Law Before Morals (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 05, 2006)
A police constable in Mumbai is sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment after being found guilty of raping a minor in a police booth last year.
- Destination Nowhere (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 05, 2006)
Tomorrow, if things go as per plan, BJP President Rajnath Singh and his senior colleague LK Advani will embark on two rath yatras from two ends of the country -- journeys that will culminate in New Delhi on May 10.
- Behind Pm’S Panipat Carpet Today Is Story Of Roads Tied Up In Red Tape (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Apr 05, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will look to give a push to infrastructure projects in Haryana when he lays the foundation stone for a six-laning project in Panipat tomorrow.
- Mea's Most Wanted Seeks Refuge In Munich Hospital (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
With the CBI looking out for him for his alleged role in human trafficking to Germany, Rakesh Kumar, senior IFS officer and Special Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs, got himself admitted in a Munich hospital on Tuesday.
- No Covert Diplomacy On Kashmir: Fo (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday said Islamabad and New Delhi were not involved in any covert diplomacy on Kashmir, rather they were engaged in interaction at different levels to settle the issue.
- In Indira’S Footsteps (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 05, 2006)
Last week this column suggested that the Congress should be buried. Some elaboration is in order.
- Chidambaram Sends A Firm Note To Bank: Let’S Not Strain Ties (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Apr 05, 2006)
With the World Bank withholding funding for a slew of development projects, Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has sent a letter to Bank President Paul Wolfowitz urging him to avoid “further strain” in the relationship between India and the . . .
- No Role For China In Resolving Kashmir, Says Islamabad (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan not to adopt Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's suggestion
China should be involved, as it's a major player in the region, the Mirwaiz said
India, Pakistan committed to opening consulates soon
- He Freed A City, Gave It Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Bogota’s urban area is 384.3 sq km compared to Bangalore’s 437 sq km. The Colombian capital almost touches a population of 70 lakh, while Bangalore’s is more than 90 lakh
- Sbi Turns To Shared Atms In Strike (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The money-spewing machines that never sleep have gone bankrupt.
- Dada, Let Me Go Home. My Parents Are Waiting For Me. He Laughed And Said, I’Ll Let You Go Soon’ (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Apr 05, 2006)
The three-page Mara-thi statement, by a Mumbai teenage girl to the police, vividly tells a grim story of what happened inside a police chowkey on India’s best-known seaside promenade less than a year ago, on April 21.
- Delhi: Patil Assures All Help To Fire Victims (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today visited the slum cluster in Geeta Colony here, where six persons were killed in a blaze last night, and assured all possible help to the victims.
- U.S. Plays Down Iran Ship Visits To India (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 04, 2006)
The United States on Monday confirmed that two Iranian navy ships had visited Indian ports last month, but played down the contact as the Bush administration struggles to win congressional approval for a landmark U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal.
- J&k Bank Is Not A State: Full Bench (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan went berserk adjoining Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s residence at Wazarat Road in the City here late this evening killing his three colleagues including a CRPF Inspector and two head constables
- Fire In Slum Area In Northwest Delhi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
A fire broke out in a thickly-populated slum cluster in a North-West Delhi area on Monday evening.
- Service Sector To The Rescue (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 04, 2006)
India was once an agricultural country.
- Hm’S Posture (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 04, 2006)
One has not been able to fully understand the euphoria generated by Hizbul Mujahideen’s recent assertions.
- Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Sealing Drive In Capital (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 04, 2006)
"Sealing process should not stop at any cost"; deadline for affidavits by traders extended up to April 7
- Delhi High Court Restraint On Sbi Staff (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Bench tells employees not to stage dharnas near the banks' branches and not to create obstacles
- Medha Will Not Give Up Fast (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Apr 04, 2006)
Seeks full review of project; Union Ministers Saifuddin Soz, Meira Kumar call on NBA activist
- 68 Per Cent Polling Recorded In Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
65 of 126 constituencies covered in the first phase; rain affects voting in Guwahati
- On The Mahatma's Leadership (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Book boasts of rare photographs of Gandhi
- Implications Of N-Deal With India (Dawn, Talat Masood, Apr 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal signed during President Bush’s recent visit to South Asia is meant to turn the relationship between the two states into strategic partnership.
- Left Objects To Central Forces In Poll Booths (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Protests other measures in West Bengal
"Security forces from outside the State may lead to communication problem"
"The basis for ascertaining booth-capturing is not clear."
- Indo-Us N-Deal Runs Into Trouble (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 04, 2006)
OPPOSITION to the Indo-US nuclear deal is mounting.
- Cross-Border Mergers In An Age Of Unreason (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Apr 04, 2006)
Companies, like countries, have only permanent interests...in their bottomlines
- Rice Played Godmother To Nuclear Deal Between India And Us (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 04, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the true architect of the Indo-US nuclear cooperation treaty, which, according to a detailed investigative report in the Washington Post on Monday, now faces a “hard sell” in Congress.
- Saying It Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 04, 2006)
It is necessary sometimes to state the obvious.
- N-Fuel To India After Nsg Nod: France (Tribune, Ajay Kaul, Apr 04, 2006)
As India prepares to hold talks with the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), its key member France today said it would help in generating consensus on the Indo-US nuclear deal there but ruled out providing uranium till "green signal" from the 45-nation group.
- On Bank Complaint, Cbi Begins Probe, Two Firms Blacklisted (Indian Express, Tosh K. Toshniwal, Apr 04, 2006)
Signalling that it won’t allow allegations of corruption come in the way of World Bank funding of social sector projects—the Bank has put almost $1 billion on hold—the Government has asked the CBI to step in and blacklisted the two firms mentioned . . .
- Rss Called Atal, Advani To Push For Joshi (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Apr 04, 2006)
It took just four phone calls between Delhi and Nagpur last night to pave the way for Sanjay Joshi’s return today to the BJP as general secretary (organisation). Sources said soon after RSS general secretary Mohan Bhagwat issued a statement in . . .
- Supreme Court Declines To Stay High Court Order (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 04, 2006)
Case pertains to fake FIR scandal
`It is but proper that the matter is investigated by CBI'
Further hearing to take place on July 11
- Delhi Mps Demand Law On Demolitions, Sealing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
"High time the Union Government considered this demand seriously, helped in resolving the issue"
- There’S A Story That Still Needs To Be Told (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 04, 2006)
Dr Verghese Kurien enhanced the livelihood options for the small and marginal farmers. He also stood up against the faulty paradigm of free trade
- Shops And Slums — A City Divided (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Apr 04, 2006)
The traders' protest and the slum-eviction drive in Delhi can be traced to the failure of city planning and urban governance. What is required is a radical reconstruction of the concept of a city.
- New Volvo Service From Chandigarh To Delhi Airport (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The bus leaving Chandigarh at 12-15 a.m. will run up to Haryana Bhavan in New Delhi.
- Kalam In The Land Of Pagodas (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Apr 03, 2006)
The recent visit of Presi-
dent Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
to Myanmar is a record of sorts in more ways than one. Itwas not only his first visit to the neighbouring country, but the first ever by an Indian Head of State to Myanmar. The visit was all the . . .
- Euthanasia Debate Continues (Daily Excelsior, Nalini J. Singh, Apr 03, 2006)
A man suffering from many incurable dis- eases in a Chennai hospital is kept alive for the last two years on life support system.
- Border Trade Will Transform Economies Of Ne (Daily Excelsior, Anjan Roy, Apr 03, 2006)
North-East India has the po- tential of having a dynamic and vibrant economy if trade through the borders it shares with Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Myanmar gathers momentum.
- India Receives Uranium From Russia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
dia’s top nuclear scientist will visit Vienna this week for talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on a safeguards accord proposed under the Indo-US nuclear deal to pave the way for resumption of nuclear fuel for Indian reactors.
- Voting Begins In India's Assam; Security Tight (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Thousands of people lined up on Monday to vote in Assam as troops protected polling booths from possible rebel attacks at the start of the biggest electoral test for the federal coalition.
- Why Do People Choose Them? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 03, 2006)
Ethics and values no longer influence voters' emotions anywhere in the country, including in the South, writes K Govindan Kutty
- Indian Toll In Bahrain Boat Tragedy Rises To 22 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The body of an Indian man was today recovered during search operations, taking the toll of the number of Indians killed in Thursday's boat tragedy off the coast of Bahrain to 22.
- Analysing Networks Behind India’S Crumbling Infrastructure (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Apr 03, 2006)
Some time ago, ICICI Bank’s CEO K.V. Kamath said that when economic growth accelerates, the process of rapid infrastructure development and urban regeneration also kicks-in; but it has not happened noticeably in India.
- Russia Sends First Lot Of Uranium Fuel For Tarapur Plants (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Even as Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran works to fast forward the Indo-US nuclear deal in the US, Russia has delivered the first part of the promised supply of 60 metric tonne of enriched uranium fuel for the Tarapur Atomic Power plants, according . . .
- Silent Walls (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 03, 2006)
The West Bengal Government's - not the Election Commission's - enforcement of an old law banning the defacement of walls, has changed the State's rural and urban landscapes drastically.
- Kakodkar To Discuss Safeguards With Iaea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), will visit Vienna this week for talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on a safeguards accord proposed under the India-U.S. nuclear deal to pave the way for resumption of . . .
- Do Not Be Afraid India File (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Apr 03, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi should have known that Shamsur Rahman was going to be in town around the time she declared war on the Opposition and launched a new political struggle in the battle-fields of Uttar Pradesh .
- A Cartful Of Ideas, Issues And Solutions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
At the age of 80, the zeal with which he pursues socially relevant projects is exemplary. Founder Director of IIM Bangalore Prof. N.S. Ramaswamy, who was recently conferred with Padma Bhushan, shares his vision with Mandira Nayar...
- Dimensions Of The Indo-Us Deal (News International, Humera Niazi, Apr 03, 2006)
The recent nuclear deal the US enacted with India violates the NPT and also its own laws.
- Capital Account Convertibility Concerns (Hindu, Sunanda Sen , Apr 03, 2006)
Can the Government avoid disaster if resident Indians join others in moving funds out in times of crises?
- Mahajan Draws Ec Ire, Booked For Poll Code Violation (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
A day before the first phase of elections in 65 constituencies in Assam, an FIR has been registered against senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan for flouting election rules in the state.
- "Self-Rule, Autonomy Not Viable Solution To J&k Problem" (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Apr 03, 2006)
End human rights violations and settle Kashmir issue: experts
CBMs have improved the ties for sure but they have given nothing to the Kashmiris: Gautam Navlakha
Unless India accepts Kashmir as a dispute all so-called peace talks are going to be exerci
- Sabarimala Temple Festival Begins; Launch Of Master Plan On April 7 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The 10-day annual festival at Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala began with the auspicious flag hoisting ceremony on Sunday morning.
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