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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- India Was World Bank's Largest Borrower In 2007 (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
India was by far the largest borrower from two World Bank institutions, accounting for USD 3.75 billion, or 15 percent of their total lending as the bank group globally committed USD 34.3 billion in fiscal year 2007.
- Naval Exercises With Us Spur Protests In India (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Sep 05, 2007)
Nearly 36 years after it dispatched theSeventh Fleet to the Bay of Bengal with an implied warning of a nuclear assault on India, a US armada began naval exercises on Tuesday with India and three Pacific allies, and the threat this time is being . . . .
- Only Contempt Threat Spurs Executive Into Action: Sc (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Less than 30 days of the Supreme Court threatening to initiate contempt proceedings against the chief secretaries of five states for below par performance in setting up sanctioned anganwadi centres, the states last week reported back that over . . . .
- Deal Delay To Nuke N-Power Calculations (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Sep 03, 2007)
Any delay in successful completion of the Indo-US nuclear deal will stymie India’s plans to add more power from the atom into the national electricity grid in the next eight years, experts have said.
- Subaltern Justice (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
Tribal justice has turned the clock back in Orissa, a state that on occasion tries to keep in step with globalisation.
- Democracy At Discount (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 03, 2007)
It had been India’s pride – rightly – to be the world’s most populous democracy. We would claim parity with the USA – acclaimed as the world’s “greatest” democracy – to be the largest in the category.
- Do Away With Fair Price Shops (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 03, 2007)
Open market competition has a power and efficiency that no administrative authority can emulate. Hence, replacing fair-price shops with competitive marketing will be advantageous, says P. V. INDIRESAN.
- Insightful And Profound (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
At the outset one dares say that with this collection of 17 short stories by Sudhansu Mohanty, the art of story-telling takes a new and pleasant, even unlikely, turn.
- Obcs Form 41% Of Population: Survey (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
In a fresh twist to the controversy over the proportion of OBCs in India's population, a government survey released on Friday indicated that backward castes formed about 41% of the populace.
- Scs, Sts Spend Less Than Obcs: Nsso (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
An NSSO survey has indicated that backward castes form around 41% of the population, which is much less than the 52% figure quoted by the Mandal Commission report.
- Bjp Begins Self-Assessment For Any Snap Poll (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
On a sticky wicket because of internal feud and strains in its ties with several regional allies, the BJP on Friday discussed alliance options as it began preparations in the event of any snap elections to the Lok Sabha.
- Colonial Clues To Contain Cholera (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Looking for a first-hand solution to combat the growing cholera menace, state health department babus are now turning pages of documents filed in the colonial era.
- No Will To Fight Terror (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 31, 2007)
The Hyderabad bombings have brought to the fore the seriousness of the terrorist threat the country faces. With such incidents happening again and again, and the Government following an ostrich-like approach, people have been left to their fate
- Was There Discrimination In Education? (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 30, 2007)
India’s success in knowledge-related sectors in the last few years vis-À-vis traditional manufacturing industries highlights the need for more institutions of higher learning that are not governed by perceptions regarding the past. The answer. . .
- Vedanta University: A Flawed Pipe Dream (Hindu, Philip G. Altbach , Aug 29, 2007)
Given the contemporary realities, one cannot be very optimistic about the chances for success of the proposed university.
- Going Critical (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Aug 29, 2007)
IN the wake of the Left parties’ opposition to the negotiated 123 Agreement, which will form the basis for India-United States civil nuclear cooperation, efforts by the government to emphasise its importance for the energy security of the country . . .
- Cholera Claims Over 100 Lives In Orissa (Deccan Herald, S T BEURIA, Aug 28, 2007)
Kashipur block in Orissas tribal dominated Rayagara district which had captured the national limelight a few years ago for malnutrition and starvation deaths among poor tribals is currently in the news again where nearly 150 have died of cholera...
- Mr Advani's Next Move (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 28, 2007)
After clarifying his party's position on the nuclear deal, the BJP's legislative face needs to work on isolating the Left. Anti-Communism must replace old-style anti-Congressism for the BJP to do well in the next general election
- Terror Site Was H'bad But Target India (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
Forty eight hours after the blasts, it’s not lost on anyone why the bombers chose Hyderabad, that living mosaic of people and cultures which now rivals Bangalore as the country’s software and services-outsourcing hub. Because the target was not . . . .
- Terror Site Was Hyderabad But Target India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
Forty eight hours after the blasts, it’s not lost on anyone why the bombers chose Hyderabad, that living mosaic of people and cultures which now rivals Bangalore as the country’s software and services-outsourcing hub.
- Cholera Claims 84 Lives In Orissa (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
With cholera claiming at least 84 lives in three districts of southern Orissa, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday visited the worst-hit Kashipur block in Rayagada district, which falls in the Naxal belt, to assess the situation.
- Cholera Kills 80 In Indian State (British Broadcasting Corporation, CORPORATE BUREAU, Aug 28, 2007)
Health officials in the eastern Indian state of Orissa say 80 people have died from an outbreak of cholera in three tribal districts in the past 15 days.
- 69 Die Of Gastro Infection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
Gastro illness has claimed over 69 lives in two blocks of south Orissa during the last three weeks.
- Peter Pan Syndrome (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 27, 2007)
Early last year, Prakash Karat met Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and told him not to allow US firm Warner Brothers to build multiplex cinemas in Calcutta.
- Cbi Mulls Review Of Sahay Cases (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
The CBI is contemplating a review of all cases being handled by its Special Crime Branch, Kolkata, including Tagore’s Nobel medallion theft and the Tapasi Mullick murder cases.
- Mid-Term Elections Will Help Congress (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Aug 25, 2007)
I had written last week about the possibility of political accidents taking place. In this context, I really cannot understand the logic behind the Left serving a nuclear ultimatum to the UPA government.
- Catch Salman If You Can (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Salman Khan began running from the law today even before a Jodhpur district court threw out his appeal against a five-year jail term for killing a chinkara.
- Nine Decades Of Non-Violence (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Aug 23, 2007)
Countless rural Indians sacrificed much for India’s freedom, to fade into oblivion later, seeking neither reward nor recognition. Gandhian Baji Mohammed, who has been active for 70 years in one or the other cause, is amongst the last of this dying tribe.
- Sex Education Runs Into Trouble (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
The Indian government's recent attempt to introduce sex education for school children has provoked a vigorous debate. In the second of two articles, the BBC's Jyotsna Singh considers the case against a more open discussion of sex in schools.
- Punjab Pensioners Seek Parity (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 23, 2007)
Though the fifth Punjab Pay Commission was constituted by the Punjab Government in December 2006, its terms of reference have not been notified so far. Presuming that this would include pension and other retirements of new and old pensioners. . .
- Bus Skids, 33 Injured (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
At least 33 students were injured, five seriously, when a bus of an engineering college veered off the road and crashed into a low-lying field early this morning.
- Deport Taslima (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Aug 22, 2007)
Roughing up of Taslima Nasreen has once again brought up the issue of 'freedom of speech' in focus. What happened in Hyderabad was not in good taste, but who are responsible for that?
- Steel Ministry May Seek Waiver Of Import Duty On Scrap (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The Steel Ministry is planning to write to the Finance Ministry to review the five per cent Customs duty on imported scrap.
- Tiwari Is Andhra Governor (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The Centre on Sunday announced a series of gubernatorial appointments, and named veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari, who lost power in Uttarakhand, as the new governor of Andhra Pradesh.
- Mixed Signals In Governor Shuffle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The Centre today appointed two new governors and moved or gave additional responsibilities to five others in a reshuffle that sends out mixed signals about the UPA government’s belief in its own tenure.
- Moral Authority (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The resignation of a Minister on 'moral grounds' in one of the States does not make news in the national media, which is obsessed with political shenanigans in Lutyens's Delhi where morality is frowned upon as a cumbersome virtue.
- N.D. Tiwari Appointed Andhra Pradesh Governor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The former Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader, N.D. Tiwari, was on Sunday appointed Governor of Andhra Pradesh in place of Rameshwar Thakur, who has been shifted to Karnataka.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 17, 2007)
The aftermath has been more explosive than the violence that blighted the launch of Taslima Nasreen’s Shodh. The attitude of the Hyderabad police has been somewhat puzzling, though one must give it to Rajsekhar Reddy that his condemnation was . . . .
- Systemic Ills (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Aug 17, 2007)
Preoccupied with AIDS control, government and funding agencies gloss over other health priorities.
- India Picks Sites For New Atomic Plants (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
The future of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal looks uncertain, but the government has already selected sites for new atomic power plants, a report said Thursday.
- Indian Agriculture At Crossroads (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 16, 2007)
India has by now had the benefit of half a century of planning on the farm front. One important way of assessing a country’s true independence is to critically examine how independent it is in terms of food security.
- Budhia Torture Slur On Coach, Cuffed (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Budhia Singh’s coach and guardian Biranchi Das was today arrested after the child prodigy levelled torture charges against him.
- India Marathon Boy Torture Charge (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The coach of a five-year-old Indian boy famous for running marathons has been charged with torture, police say.
- Marathon Boy's Coach Held (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Police have arrested the coach of a record-breaking 6-year-old marathon runner amid claims that he regularly tortured his child prodigy.
- The Making Of A Miracle (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
One early morning in Bangalore - at about six, before the traffic thickened and made the timing of any cross-town journey the subject of doubting speculation - an enterprising young man called Arun Pai took me in his car to the edge of the Karnataka Golf
- Coach Of India's Record-Breaking Marathon Boy Is Charged With Torture (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The coach of a six-year-old Indian boy who entered the record books last year when he ran 40 miles in seven hours was arrested yesterday and charged with torturing the child.
- In Chhattisgarh, Maoists Prevail (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Aug 13, 2007)
The Chattishgarh Assembly held a secret sitting for the first time. No visitors or journalists were allowed inside the House.
- Rains & Rivers Flood Vast Areas (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Flash flood caused by heavy rain in upper catchment wreaked havoc in several places of southern and western parts of the state, while heavy rains are likely to lash the northern and central Orissa, as a deep depression formed over the Bay of Bengal.
- Anybody In The House? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2007)
Participation rates of MPs in Parliament have been a cause for concern for some time now. The frequency with which members rush to the well of the House appears to have increased in recent years.
- We Can’T Be Soft On Terror (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Aug 11, 2007)
The Sanjay Dutt case brings to focus several issues. Besides focusing attention on our legal system, it also highlights the issue of national security and our "soft" approach to matters of national security for the sake of vote banks.
- Monsoon Fools Meteorologists (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2007)
Indias 132-year-old meteorological department has miscalculated the June-to-September monsoon three of the past five years, endangering farm production in a country where agriculture accounts for a fifth of the $ 854 billion economy.
- Flooded South Asia Cries Out For Food Aid As Health Fears Ri (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
India battled on Wednesday to bring food and drinking water to millions of flood victims as South Asia's swollen rivers recede leaving a death toll of around 1,900 and a trail of destruction and fears of epidemics.
- Empowering Engineers Through Training (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 10, 2007)
Through initiatives called campus connect, we work with 380 engineering colleges to make sure that more people from disadvantaged sections have access to training. Yet, students in the metros who have access to better education have an edge.
- Mining Giant Faces Tribal Protest (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Until he came to London Kumti Majhi had never worn shoes before - he had never needed to. A member of the Dongria Kondh, one of India's most traditional tribes from the forested hills in the state of Orissa, he had never had any need to put any . . . .
- A Trail Of Destruction (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2007)
The South-West monsoon, in a burst of fury, has left a trail of death and destruction in the central, northern, eastern and north-eastern parts of the country.
- Fishermen Asked To Stop Fishing F.P. Report (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
A strong monsoon weather system, which formed over Bay of Bengal about two days back, now lies west of Orissa and is likely to move in a westerly direction during the next 48 hours towards India’s Gujarat coast.
- Before The Flood (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 07, 2007)
Alarm bells have started ringing in the corridors of power but it is probably a little too late for the millions facing this year’s monsoon fury in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Assam.
- Mining Policy Abetting 'Quick Buck' Lobby: Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Karnataka on Monday urged the Centre to keep the national interest in mind before proceeding to draft the National Mineral Policy and amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957...
- Cms Snub Mine Award Policy (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Convinced that recommendations on the mineral and mining policy would undermine the states’ interests and will embolden Naxalites, four chief ministers today demanded a peep into the Centre’s mind before clearance of the recommendations.
- Mining Giant Faces Tribal Protest (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Until he came to London Kumti Majhi had never worn shoes before - he had never needed to. A member of the Dongria Kondh, one of India's most traditional tribes from the forested hills in the state of Orissa, he had never had any need to put . . . .
- A Unique Record Of Collecting Newspapers (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Here is a journalist with a different ambition. He collects newspapers from various parts of the globe with an aim to create a world record.
- Congress-Led Coalition Has Failed: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Stating migrant labourers from the central and far-east states like Bihar and Orissa were still leaving the Kashmir valley, the BJP today said the Congress-led coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir had failed to stop the "exodus".
- “Poll Pact With Bjd To Continue” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
National president of the Bharatiya Janata Party Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that his party’s electoral alliance with the Biju Janata Dal in the State will continue in the coming years.
- Cms Unite To Fight Ore Policy (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Chief minister Madhu Koda might have problems getting the support of his ministers but he has no difficulty in securing the backing of at least three of his counterparts.
- Monsoon Likely To Revive (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
There is some good news on the monsoon front. The India Meteorological Department on Thursday announced that the system could revive over the next two days bringing an end to a fortnight-long weak phase.
- From Technocracy To Democracy? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2007)
Electricity regulators need to develop and defend norms of practice that include a more detailed scrutiny, proactive data collection, and a willingness to ask larger questions about achieving sectoral improvement.
- Turtle Trouble For Tatas (Tribune, Andrew Buncombe, Aug 03, 2007)
India’s biggest corporation has been condemned by environmentalists over its plans to build a vast port close to the site of the world’s largest breeding grounds for an endangered species of turtle.
- The Long Term Damage To Kerala’S Health (Hindu, Vinod Thomas, Aug 02, 2007)
The State is struggling to cope with the spread of Chikungunya, dengue, and other viral fevers.
- Steel Firm's Plan For Megaport 'Threatens Rare Indian Turtles' (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
India's biggest corporation has been condemned by environmentalists for its plans to build a vast port close to the world's largest breeding grounds for an endangered species of turtle.
- Hundreds Protest Female Foeticide In Eastern India (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
Hundreds of women marched through the streets of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar to protest at a growing number of cases involving female foeticide, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.
- Save The Girl Child (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Aug 02, 2007)
Ours is a country caught in a strange social dichotomy. On the one hand, we worship the Mother Goddess in her many manifestations, including the girl child (a kanjak), and on the other we have gained notoriety as a nation known. . .
- Mittal Keen To Enter Indian Steel Market (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
Mittal Steel India plans to begin site activity at its Keonjhar project in Orissa by 2008 and is keen to enter the Indian steel market by 2011, Sanak Mishra, CEO, said. The project would be L. N. Mittal’s first greenfield venture.
- Rail Tickets From Designated Post Offices (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Aug 01, 2007)
Indian Railways and the Department of Posts on Tuesday signed an agreement to allow the sale of reserved tickets through post offices spread across the country.
- Orissa's Unborn Daughters (Frontline, PRAFULLA DAS, Aug 01, 2007)
ONCE you leave Orissa’s fairly green capital city of Bhubaneswar and head towards the district headquarters town of Nayagarh, about 100 kilometres away, virtually everything appears greener.
- A Law Unto Itself (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
The British East India Company was a colossus responsible for the creation of the iniquitous modern world. Historian Nick Robins' trenchant new history of this giant re-examines the world's most powerful corporation during the Age of the . . . .
- Revisiting Krishna (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Shovana Narayan, the author of the book under review, has impeccable credentials to write such a tome.
- Affairs Of Transition (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Pamela Mountbatten, the author of India Remembered: A Personal Account of the Mountbattens During the Transfer of Power, is the surviving daughter of the man chosen to lead India into Independence — dividing the country into two in the process.
- Get Mega Steel Plants Going (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 30, 2007)
It is welcome that both the mega, 12-million-tonne integrated steel plants proposed by steel tycoon L N Mittal, one in Jharkhand and other in Orissa, are “on course”.
- Quota Can’T Exceed 50 Pc, Reiterates Sc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
Affirming that overall reservation cannot exceed 50 per cent in any state, the Supreme Court today refused to modify an order passed by the Orissa High Court quashing the state Government decision increasing reservation for OBCs from 11.25 to . . . . . .
- Quota Limit Can’T Exceed 50 Per Cent Cap: Sc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
Even as a constitution Bench is set to examine the validity of the new central law extending quota for OBCs in admission to government institutions next month, the Supreme Court today once again affirmed that the 50 per cent cap imposed by it . . . . .
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