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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Quota Cannot Exceed 50 P.C. In State Services (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jul 28, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday reiterated its earlier ruling that the total reservation in State Government services for all communities, including Scheduled Castes and Schedules Tribes, cannot exceed 50 per cent.
- Quota Limit For State Jobs Should Be 50 Percent: Sc (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
The quota limit for state government jobs should remain at 50 percent, the Supreme Court reiterated on Friday, dismissing a plea by the Orissa government seeking to hike reservation in the state to nearly 66 percent.
- The East Also Rises (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
India's eastern region, which has seen a steady deindustrialisation for over 40 years, is stirring and there seems to be reason for hope.
- Dignity Lost (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 28, 2007)
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term "unparliamentary language" as language contrary to the rules or procedures of Parliament.
- Substitute For The State (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
The economy continues to grow at more than 9 per cent. Corporate profits are breaking records.
- Victims Of Apathy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
THE Supreme Court has rightly come down heavily on five states for their failure to operationalise the sanctioned anganwadi centres.
- From The Pages Of History (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
Scientist and acknowledged grand dame of Odissi (her dance in the Delhi Youth festival in 1954 providing the first Odissi exposure for non-Oriyas), Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi’s book “Odissi” (Aryan Books International) is not a run- of-the-mill type.
- Sc's Contempt Notices To Five Chief Secys (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court has issued contempt notices to five State Chief Secretaries on Wednesday for their failure to comply with the court's directive to open anganwadi centres (AWC) as part of a Central scheme to provide nutritious food to . . . . .
- Mittal Puts Steel Plants On Course (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
ArcelorMittal chief executive Lakshmi N. Mittal today said his firm’s two steel plants in Orissa and Jharkhand with 10million-tonne capacity each are on course and hoped iron ore and coal mines for the projects would be allocated soon.
- Sez Investment To Cross Rs 1,00,000 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
Union Commerce Secretary G K Pillai, on Monday, said the investment in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) across the country is likely to cross the Rs 1,00,000 crore mark by 2008..
- Three Dozen Aborted Female Foetuses Found In India (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Jul 24, 2007)
Police in the eastern Indian state of Orissa exhumed skulls and body parts believed to be from three dozen aborted female foetuses and murdered girls in an abandoned well, a grisly find that highlights the persistence of infanticide in the country.
- Babies' Bodies Found In Abandoned Well (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
The remains of dozens of foetuses and newborn babies have been found in an abandoned well in India, apparently aborted or discarded after birth because they were female.
- Progress Report (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
Field reports suggest that the anticipated benefits of employment guarantee are beginning to show in the pioneer districts.
- India Probes Baby Body Parts Find (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
Police in the eastern Indian state of Orissa say they have recovered nearly 30 bags full of babies' body parts from a waste dump near a maternity clinic.
- Gone With The Waves (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
DANTI in Valsad district of Gujarat is being invaded. More than half the residents of this sleepy fishing village have fled already. It is not guns and troops that they are running away from.
- It Big Boss Boost To State Grads (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
Infosys BPO, the business-process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys Technologies, today launched Project Genesis, a programme that aims to enhance employability of Orissa’s graduates.
- More Foetus Remains Found In Orissa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
The police has recovered 23 more remains of female foetuses from Orissa’s Nayagarh district, where seven such foetuses were found about 10 days ago, officials said today.
- Killed In The Womb (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2007)
The shocking discovery of body parts of what appear to be fully formed female foetuses in a pit of a nursing home at Nabaghanapur in Orissa is a national shame and a scandal that should outrage the conscience of every citizen.
- Sc Rebukes States For Not Registering Marriages Of 'Other' Religions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the State Governments why they were careless on compulsory registration of marriages irrespective of religion.
- Cheque It Out (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 21, 2007)
At a time when authors are paid huge sums of royalties, I still vividly remember the ecstasy I experienced as a young lad of 14, studying in a government school in a nondescript Orissa town when I received a princely sum of Rs 10 by money order for . . .
- Tackling Naxalite Terror (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 19, 2007)
Naxalite violence, described by the prime minister as India’s biggest internal security challenge, seems to be taking a turn for the worse. This is particularly so in Chhattisgarh.
- Hindalco Buying Alcan’S 45% Stake In Utkal Alumina (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Company not to look for another partner
On course
Hindalco hopes to complete the project at the earliest
Roughly 66% of the land acquisition is complete
Transfer of ownership for rest of the land is in progress
- Q&a: 'Nhrc To Guard Right To Education And Health' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 18, 2007)
Former chief justice of India S Rajendra Babu took over as chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently. He told Akshaya Mukul that NHRC would hereafter take a proactive stand on human rights abuse:
- 24 Injured In Orissa Steel Plant Explosion (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
At least 24 people were burnt, 17 of them seriously, after a blast furnace explosion in a private steel plant in Orissa on Saturday.
- The Silent Wail Of Our Marine Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
A source of protein-rich fat, sometimes to feed the hungry fisher folk, and at times to grease their boats, or simply to be sold as curios.
- Iit Wake-Up Bell For Backbencher Bengal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2007)
Bengal is sending fewer students to the country’s elite institutes of technology and management — the IITs and IIMs — than many other regions.
- From Islands To Walled Cities? (Business Line, Ashoak Upadhyay , Jul 14, 2007)
The SEZ Act has lost its original rationale for existence and is now being peddled as a vehicle for new towns. That is not the best way to plan new urban centres, says ASHOAK UPADHYAY.
- Rough Ride (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jul 13, 2007)
Allegations that have surfaced after Pratibha Patil's nomination make her candidature controversial.
- Buddha Tops Best Cm List (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jul 13, 2007)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya succeeded in notching up the top spot for himself in a survey on Indias chief ministers, but failed to pull the state along with him on the index of investment attractiveness.
- Mukesh’S Sez Among 21 Cleared (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2007)
The Centre on Thursday gave formal clearance for 21 new special economic zones, including the multiproduct Navi Mumbai SEZ promoted by Mukesh Ambani of Reliance.
- Mukesh Ambani’S Navi Mumbai Sez Gets Conditional Nod (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2007)
After being referred for clarifications several times, the Board of Approval (BoA) for Special Economic Zones on Thursday gave conditional nod to Mr Mukesh Ambani’s Navi Mumbai SEZ in Dronagiri, for a multi-product zone spread over 1,250 hectares.
- Fund Students, Not Schools (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2007)
July 4 was an historic day for India’s first voucher pilot programme, and it did not involve a minister.
- Rate Hikes Are Beginning To Work (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 13, 2007)
The IIP data for May 2007 represents a slowdown only in comparison to the recent past. Industrial production rose 11.1% in May 2007 compared to 12.4% in April ’07.
- No Strategy To Fight Maoists (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jul 11, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is an able and learned man, singly responsible for the economic emancipation and rise of India.
- Flash Floods, Landslides Leave 5 Dead In Jammu (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2007)
Rain continued to play havoc in Jammu through the weekend. Officials on Monday said three persons, including one woman, were washed away in flash floods triggered by heavy rains on Sunday.
- Into Thin Air (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 10, 2007)
There was always a sting in the tail of economic growth — whether in post-Industrial Revolution Europe or the Soviet Union and China.
- ‘Victims Of Circumstances’ (Hindu, V. N. VEDANTA DESIKAN, Jul 10, 2007)
Pradip Bhattacharya — Editor; Pub. by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, ‘Aikatan’ IA 290, Sector 3, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700097. Rs. 325.
- Maternal Mortality Challenges (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 10, 2007)
Data on maternal mortality in India show that tens of thousands of malnourished, health-poor and resource-poor women without access to hospitals continue to die during pregnancy, while giving birth or immediately afterwards.
- Good News At Last (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 09, 2007)
Contrary to the myth of a HIV/AIDS time bomb ticking away in India, the latest National AIDS Control Organisation survey, supported by UNAIDS and WHO, reveals that the situation may be far more under control.
- Karat’S Uninspiring Leadership (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, Jul 07, 2007)
When Prakash Karat replaced Harkishen Singh Surjeet as CPI(M) general secretary a couple of years ago, those who followed the party's affairs expected significant changes in the party's line.
- India Now Third On World's Aids List (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2007)
There’s finally some good news on India’s AIDS front. The country has an estimated 2.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS, about 2.7 million fewer cases than previously estimated.
- Greenpeace At Centre Of Port Row (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2007)
The international environmental group, Greenpeace, is facing allegations that it disseminated wrong information about a port project in eastern India.
- Terror Won't Work (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 06, 2007)
The Naxalite movement has been a triumph and a tragedy. It has been a triumph in the sense that a movement, which started in 1967 from a small village at the tri-junction of India, Nepal and what is now Bangladesh, has today spread across about . . .
- Punjab Budget Has Failed To Target Tax Evasion (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Jul 06, 2007)
The presentation of the budget has almost been reduced to just an annual ritual. The much-awaited Punjab Budget for the year 2007-08, presented in the State Assembly on 20 June 2007, seems to be no exception.
- Ec Should Clear Clouds Over Delimitation: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2007)
The BJP on Thursday demanded that the Election Commission should clear the confusion about the delimitation of constituencies in the Central and State legislatures by the end of the year to enable political parties to plan their . . . .
- Brahmos For The Army (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 06, 2007)
WHEN President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam handed over replicas of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles mounted on a mobile launcher to Chief of the Army Staff . . . . .
- Sinosteel To Tie Up With Handan For $4 B India Plant (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2007)
Sinosteel Corp., Chinas second- biggest iron ore trader, plans to tie up with Handan Iron & Steel Group for its proposed $4 billion venture in India. We are working out the shareholding pattern, Sino Indias Managing Director Hong Sen Wang . . . .
- Andhra Cabinet Nod For 4 Pc Muslim Quota (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2007)
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has accepted recommendations of the BC Commission on providing four per cent reservations to ‘socially and educationally backward Muslims’ in education and employment.
- Kalam Note Helps Solve Note Problem (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
Bhubaneswar, July 3: Before President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam signs off from his post, he leaves a ray of hope for the visually-challenged persons.
- Monster Monsoon (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
If a 5-year-old boy — 3.5 feet tall — were standing at Bank Para in Behala at Tuesday dawn, this is what would have happened. Graphic shows an imaginary situation based on actual figures during the heaviest burst on Tuesday.
- Along The River’S Edge (Telegraph, Barun De, Jul 04, 2007)
Jubilees in various multiples of the years of their occurrence seem to be the only public occasions when stirring events, or great people, attract popular historical interest. This is a pity.
- Cement Industry Counts On Efficiency To Boost Output (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
With major capacity expansion still some time away, the cement industry is counting on plant de-bottlenecking and efficiency gains to enhance production in the short run.
- A Law Unto Itself (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 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 . . . .
- Maoists’ Designs (Tribune, P.V. Ramana, Jul 02, 2007)
For the second successive year in a row, Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) issued a call for a nationwide two-day economic blockade on June 26 and 27 and successfully imposed it in different parts of the country.
- For Steely Resolve On Minerals (The Economic Times, JAIDEEP MISHRA, Jul 02, 2007)
Nothing is so exhausting as indecision and nothing is so futile, remarked logician Bertrand Russell, reflecting philosophically on the business of life.
- Locked Away And Forgotten (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jul 02, 2007)
Not only is there a heavy pendency in the criminal justice system - the backlog of cases that have not reached their legal conclusion as on February 27, 2006 in Supreme Court was 33,635, in all High Courts taken together, it was 3,341,040; for . . .
- ‘Portfolios That Reach Out To Large Numbers Are With Other Parties. So Cong Workers Don’T Feel Involved’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 02, 2007)
My guest today is one of the most energetic and youthful ministers in this cabinet, Ambika Soni. Tourism and culture is your charge, and so is the Taj Mahal, isn’t it?
- Rbi Plans Housing Stat Index Survey (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
The Reserve Bank of India is mulling putting in place a “housing stat index survey” to record progress in the housing sector, RBI deputy governor Rakesh Mohan said on Thursday.
- Bjp Sets Up Border Panel (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
Indicating the party’s keenness to take up the issue of cross-border infiltration and its threat to national security in a big way, the BJP president, Mr Rajanth Singh, has announced the formation of a border management committee.
- Now, Babies Survive Their Initial Years (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 30, 2007)
In Orissa, at least 75 children in every 1,000 die before they complete their first year.
- Silly Mistake (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 30, 2007)
All religions, it is politically correct to say, oppress women. That is true, but some religions are unrelentingly harsh on men too.
- The Age Of Political Tycoons (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jun 30, 2007)
Political accidents are not confined to the UPA alone, and now it is the turn of the BJP and the UNPA to have "accidents."
- Red-Buster Road On Pmo Table (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
A decision on 1,700km answer to the Naxalite arson across three states — the Vijayawada-Ranchi corridor — lies with the Prime Minister’s Office now.
- Growing Economy, Rising Disparities (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Jun 29, 2007)
Despite several programmes in place to bridge the rural-urban gap and correct regional imbalances, Bharat remains India’s poor cousin and inter-State economic disparities remain as divisive as ever.
- Fm Against Hike In Mplad Fund To Rs 5 Crore (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jun 29, 2007)
The Finance Ministry has put a spanner in the move by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (S&PI) to enhance the annual allocation to Rs 5 crore for each member under the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme.
- The Age Of Political Tycoons (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jun 29, 2007)
Political accidents are not confined to the UPA alone, and now it is the turn of the BJP and the UNPA to have "accidents."
- North Coastal Andhra In For Heavy Rain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
The low pressure area in the Bay Bengal has intensified into a deep depression within a short span of time early on Thursday but moved towards Orissa, thus sparing Andhra Pradesh.
- The Safest Energy, But Dangers Lurk Too (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 29, 2007)
"Nuclear power plants are very safe because they are dangerous people take safety seriously because they know how dangerous it can get."
- More Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 29, 2007)
The Maoists usually need no excuse to create mayhem, but they have provided one anyway. While burning down Biramdih station in Purulia and making sure rail traffic on the crucial route came to a standstill in order to make their two-day economic . . .
- Wb Okays $600-M Loan For Co-Operative Banks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
In one of the largest support packages to India, the World Bank today approved a $600 million (Rs 2,400 crore) loan toward revitalising rural Credit Cooperative Banks (CCBs) to transform access to financial services for India’s poorest farmers.
- Landmines Ahead (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 28, 2007)
Unsuspected angst over acquisition is triggering off landmines in dozens of places from Maharashtra to Meghalaya as ‘people's movements' protest development projects as diverse as roads, dams, removal of squatters and not least new factories, . . .
- Naxals Damage Railway Lines, Traffic Hit In Bihar, Jharkhand (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Jun 27, 2007)
Security forces maintained tight vigil in all naxal-affected States as Maoist guerrillas stepped up attacks on railway property on Tuesday to mark the beginning of their 48-hour, nationwide economic blockade against the Centre’s economic policies.
- Maoists Blast Bsnl Tower In Malkangiri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
On the first day of their two-day economic blockade agitation, activists of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) triggered a blast partially damaging a communication tower of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in Balimela area of Malkangiri district of Orissa
- Crocodiles Sink Teeth Into India's Poaching Problem (Gulf News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
DOZENS of crocodiles bred in captivity in eastern India have been enlisted to protect their endangered counterparts in the wild and are being released in forests to scare away poachers, authorities have said.
- Medieval Little Indias (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 26, 2007)
Consanguinity and community of economic interests are the factors that most effectively bind a group together. Endogamy and a common occupation within each caste were the pillars of our caste system.
- Shiv Sena Breaks Ranks, Backs Upa Candidate Patil (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Monday filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate backed by the NDA for the presidential poll. But the bad news for him is that two key NDA constituents are not backing him.
- Shekhawat Joins Battle (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Unfazed by rival claims about numbers being heavily loaded against him, Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Monday filed his nomination papers for the presidential election as an independent candidate.
- Monsoon Advances Into Orissa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
Rains have hit different parts of Orissa as the south-west monsoon further advanced into the state.
- Quota Strife And Marxist Theory (Pioneer, RN Chawla, Jun 25, 2007)
The widespread destruction of national property and the loss of lives in the violence perpetrated by Gujjars demanding their inclusion in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Rajasthan, not satisfied by their current OBC status, have evoked mixed response.
- Kurnool Limping Back To Normality (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
State facing another cyclone threat; toll rises to 37
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