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Articles 8921 through 9020 of 17201:
- Science Meet Security Beefed Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Alerted by the recent terror strike on scientists at Indian Institute on Science (IISc), Bangalore, security has been tightened for the 93rd Indian Science Congress (ISC), to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh here tomorrow.
- Gory Face (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 03, 2006)
Should one express surprise over the targetted killing of scientists, academicians and intellectuals by the terrorists? The answer can only be no. By its very definition the terror machine is synonymous with murder and mayhem.
- Health Hazards (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 03, 2006)
Health hazards
It is a fierce battle between improved health facilities and lethal diseases that continues. No doubt the inventions have helped in the discovery of potent medicines.
- Develop 'Management Culture' In Hospitals (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Jan 03, 2006)
The clinicians/doctors have been playing the dual roles - those of administrators and doctors. In the process, there have been more losses than gains. The medical community has not understood the world "management" in its correct perspective.
- India In 2006: Forging Ahead To The Forefront (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2006)
A stable political environment, law and order, and a reasonable governance all point to an India heading with confidence into a New Year.
- Terror In Bangalore (Tribune, P.C. Dogra, Jan 03, 2006)
On December 28, 2005, terrorists barged into the auditorium of the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore, where an international conference of eminent scientists was going on, opened indiscriminate firing, killing renowned mathematician and . . .
- Bomb Hoax At Karnataka Cm's House (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
An anonymous call that a bomb has been planted in Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh's residence here sent the securitymen into a tizzy, but it turned out to be a hoax.
- Terror Knocks At Hyderabad's Doors (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
In the wake of reports that Hyderabad is high on the agenda of ISI-sponsored terrorist groups, the police on Monday claimed that timely arrest of two persons on Saturday night enabled them to foil an attempt by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed . . .
- Vidhana Soudha Still Vulnerable To Terrorist Strike (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Jan 03, 2006)
The Government has not acted upon all recommendations made by security agencies
Security loopholes
Policemen guarding the Vidhana Soudha do not have modern weapons
They do not have x-ray machines or night vision device
- In India, Engineering Success (Washington Post, Sebastian Mallaby, Jan 02, 2006)
The classroom of the future will feature electronic white boards.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Cooperation Deal A Dangerous Gamble (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 02, 2006)
The chief architect of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has described President Bush’s recent proposal to provide nuclear energy assistance to India as a “dangerous gamble”.
- Iisc Attack: 3 Detained (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Security agencies probing the attack on the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) detained three persons in connection with the incident and feared more such strikes in Mangalore in Karnataka and some other cities in adjacent Andhra Pradesh.
- Putting Aside Ideological Hang-Ups (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Jan 02, 2006)
The genie of obscurantism, of the confused ideological variety, is out of the bottle again. At least that was the impression created by a host of speakers, among them Dr Javid Iqbal, Justice Nasim Hassan Shah and Mr Majid Nizami, at a seminar held to ....
- A Prescription For Decline (Dawn, Dushka H. Saiyid, Jan 02, 2006)
DR Atta-ur-Rehman, chairman, Higher Education Commission, speaking in September at a meeting of ECOSOC, UN, announced that the funding for higher education in Pakistan had gone up by 1500 per cent.
- The Rewriting Of History (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 02, 2006)
The recent international book fair held in Karachi’s Expo Centre was a huge and truly memorable event. It was the first time in this philistine city that so many representatives of Indian publishing houses jostled with local publishers, booksellers and...
- Three Held For Attack On Iisc (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Security agencies probing the attack on Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) detained three persons in connection with the incident and fear more such strikes in Mangalore in Karnataka and some other cities in adjacent Andhra Pradesh.
- Intelligence Agencies Fear More Iisc-Type Attacks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Security agencies probing the attack on Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) in Bangalore do not rule out such strikes in Mangalore in Karnataka and some other cities in adjacent Andhra Pradesh.
- New Path For Bihar (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 02, 2006)
Darling of the World Bank Chandra Babu Naidu paid for his love by losing power. Nitish Kumar appears to be moving in the same self-destruct mode. A World Bank team has already visited Bihar.
- Staying Connected (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 02, 2006)
With the availability of every new comfort the people tend to forget their sufferings of the past.
- More Iisc Type Attacks Feared (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Security agencies probing the attack on Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) in Bangalore do not rule out such strikes in Mangalore in Karnataka and some other cities in adjacent Andhra Pradesh.
- You Are Being Watched (Tribune, Steve Connor, Jan 02, 2006)
Britain is to become the first country in the world where the movements of all vehicles on the road are recorded. A new national surveillance system will hold the records for at least for at least two years.
- Security Agencies Nail Let Link With Mastermind Of Iisc Attack (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Central security agencies have established links between the mastermind of the attack on Indian Institute of Sciences in Bangalore and Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, sources said here today.
- Indian Central Security Agencies See Pakistan-Based Terrorist Group Lashkar-E-Taiba Behind The Bangalore Iisc Terror Attack On India’S High Tech (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Jan 02, 2006)
Indian central security agencies have finally found the vital link. Pakistan’s terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba is the culprit.
- Voip It Into Place (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 02, 2006)
Telecommunications has, arguably, been the most spectacular of all of India’s recent achievements.
- More Iisc-Type Attacks Feared (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Security agencies probing the attack on Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) in Bangalore do not rule out such strikes in Mangalore in Karnataka and some other cities in adjacent Andhra Pradesh.
- Dangerous Mix (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 02, 2006)
To blur the distinction between science and religion is wrong.
- Law And Justice (Hindu, P.D. Dinakaran, Jan 02, 2006)
The force of a law, a judicial decision, or administrative act depends on the extent of its justice. And justice means nothing other than conformity with the law of nature.
- Sustain Rate Of Growth: Chidambaram (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Jan 02, 2006)
Stresses need for investments in infrastructure, farm sectors
Agriculture key to growth with equity
Manufacturing sector has tremendous potential to create employment
- Sins Of The Clergy (Tribune, Pushpa M. Bhargava, Jan 02, 2006)
IT is a cliché that man has today all the means to destroy all of his species through weapons of mass destruction possessed by many countries led by the US. There is no country that can be trusted not to use them; in fact, the larger the stock . . .
- Employees' Future Bleak As Sun Sets On Kiocl (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Jan 02, 2006)
There is a fear that closure of the mines may encourage naxalism
- `Yoga Can Help Wipe Out Terrorism' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Yoga Science and Chikitsa Camp begins
- Evidence Of Lashkar Link With Iisc Attack Mastermind (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Central security agencies have established links between the mastermind of the attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, sources here said on Sunday.
- New Year Resolutions (Hindu, Barbara Ellen, Jan 02, 2006)
And so New Year is upon us — the season to be disgusted with yourself. After several weeks of self-indulgence, you have realised too late that your Christmas gift to yourself is an Alfred Hitchcock silhouette, a hangover that keeps rolling over like . . .
- Three Wishes For 2006 (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Jan 02, 2006)
The New Year comes carrying new ideas, new creations, new aspirations. To that body of newness, here go my three bits, three wishes that I hope will begin in 2006.
- Ulfa Men Allowed To Meet Families (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jan 02, 2006)
Entertainment on-the-go seems set to be the hottest new consumer technology trend this year
Most popular screen size is 7 inches and is adequate for good viewing
DVD player explosion in India
Chinese models are increasingly priced lower
- Automatic Weather Station At Ervadi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
It has been installed by TVS Research Institute
- `Global Events Will Boost Development Of State' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Good things are in store and Opposition parties creating hurdles, says YSR
- Terror Of 'War Against Terror' (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 01, 2006)
Is there room within this rapid "securitisation" of life for individual freedoms and civic concerns to assert themselves?
- An Insensitive Index (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Jan 01, 2006)
Political India must sensitise corporate India to the social environment in which its profit-driven enterprises are staged.
- Indian Steel Makers Keep Prices Unchanged In Jan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Indian steel makers have decided against a price cut in January as they expect global prices to firm up and domestic demand to remain steady, industry officials said on Saturday.
- Iisc. Responds To Statement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
The Indian Institute of Science, in response to a statement made by Science and Technology Minister Basavaraj Horatti, clarified on Saturday that "terrorists firing at the campus of the IISc.
- Unrepentant Mps (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 01, 2006)
One lesson that my father taught me was that if I had made a mistake or done anything wrong, admit it, be repentant and resolve not to repeat the mistake.
- Tech Hub: India Needs To Wait (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 01, 2006)
When software giant Microsoft knocked on Indian techies' gates in December 2005, the world stopped to notice.
- Iisc Attack: 3 Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
In a significant breakthrough in the IISc attack case, two of the three persons picked up by a Central team of investigators are students of reputed institutes in Bangalore, sources said.
- Terror Shadow Stalks Booming Tech Industry (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 01, 2006)
A suspected militant raid on Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India's tech capital, has confirmed fears that the country's booming information technology sector could be a new target for terror groups, officials and analysts said.
- On Bihar Visit, Kalam Helps Ailing Child (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
It is a new year gift 12-year-old Anshu Kumar’s family will never forget. President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam during his Bihar visit on Saturday said he will bear all the expenses for Anshu’s treatment. He is suffering from a serious heart ailment.
- Advani Quits, It’S Over To Gennext (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Mr Lal Krishna Advani today formally quit as the president of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Pml: Then & Now (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 01, 2006)
The 99th Foundation Day of the Pakistan Muslim League was commemorated on Friday with a meeting at the PML House in Islamabad. PML leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Mushahid Hussain, Shaukat Aziz, Arbab Ghulam Rahim and Eng Amir Muqam addressed the . . .
- We Need Creative Leaders’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
In Indian history, very rarely has our nation come across positive situations all at the same time.
- Software Technology Park To Be Set Up In Kakinada (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
State agrees to provide site and funds: Pallamraju
Spectrum Management Policy submitted to Parliament
As part of STP, earth station, incubation centre to be established
Port town set to become major hub for industrialisation
- Stem Cells, Singing Mice Herald New Era In Genetics (Hindu, Alok Jha, Jan 01, 2006)
Highlights of an eventful year for scientists who probed deeper into space and unravelled the secrets of DNA For the first time humans managed to hit asteroids. It happens with ease in Hollywood films but doing it is tricky in real life but scientists . .
- Iisc Attack: No Arrests Yet (Hindu, Craig Gordon, Jan 01, 2006)
A day after the Bangalore police released a computer-generated portrait of the suspect involved in the attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here, the public have been making calls to them providing details of similar-looking persons.
- Rs. 60 Crores Allotted For Farmers Security Scheme, Says Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
'Agricultural loans to the tune of Rs. 3,116 crores waived'
- A New Year Beyond Resolutions (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 01, 2006)
We usher the new year with a nominal one-second adjustment to compensate for the wobbly planet. Unfortunately, a much deeper correction is necessary to compensate for our wobbly policies.
- `Agriculture Sector Should Embrace Technology' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
IT and nanotechnology can modernise agriculture: P.J. Joseph IT and nano technology can help modernise agricultures, says P.J. Joseph
- Quake Monitor Brings Good Tidings (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Jan 01, 2006)
Roger Belham is the lone scientist who had proposed a study of the tectonics of the island 15 years ago from the “micro-atoll”environment which means a probe into sections of tiny systems around which corals grow.
- Icici Bank Clarifies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
On behalf of ICICI Bank, Head of Corporate Communications, Charudatta Deshpande writes:
- Only Party High Command Can Decide On Leadership Change: Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Kharge-Krishna meeting gives rise to speculation
- Armed Militants Kill Manipur Igp (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Jan 01, 2006)
Jam, Bihari and Paite were among the security-personnel escorting the IGP, sources said. The militants’ truck fled towards Leimatak Hills immediately after the incident.
- Us Firm Employee Detained, Questioned About Iisc Attack (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 01, 2006)
Investigations into the terrorist attack on the IISc have led to the detention of an employee of a US-based company.
- Right Move (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 31, 2005)
Often in these columns we have called for urgent need for applying certain necessary correctives to the State's polity.
- The Demographic Dividend (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 31, 2005)
Reserve Bank of India governor YV Reddy is not being unduly alarmist when he speaks of “the so-called demographic dividend (turning) into a demographic nightmare,” if employers do not take the initiative to train people with employable skills.
- ‘Pak Yet To Meet Anti-Terror Pledge’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Manmohan Singh government has taken a dim view of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s commitment not to allow his country’s soil for perpetrating acts of terrorism in India as central intelligence agencies pointed to the strong possibility . . .
- Flaws In Counter-Terror Practices (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 31, 2005)
Home Ministry orders review of procedures in major cities Bangalore police did not once send officials to Jammu and Kashmir to independently develop the inputs on the growing terrorist threat to the city
- Bangalore Attack Sparks A Security Debate (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 31, 2005)
What can research institutes and small companies do?
A positive fall out of the tragic gunning down of an academic in Bangalore earlier this week has been the initiation of a debate on the security environment.
- Abu Salem Undergoes Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
"Cases will now have a new direction"
He was said to have spoken about his role in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai
"All the tests, the lie detector [polygraph], brain mapping and narco-analysis, were successful"
- India, Sri Lanka Deplore Violations Of Ceasefire By Ltte (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Agree that environmental implications of Sethu project must be studied
Ambitious plan for a number of joint ventures
Enhancing cooperation in the field of education
Setting up an Information and Communication Technology Park
- Not Apprised Of Threat Perception: Iisc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
"Security does not mean more policing or personnel alone — that will affect the free atmosphere of the institute"
- Super Bizarre (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 31, 2005)
As far as common sense is concerned quantum mecha-nical theory is not just counterintuitive, it's way beyond weird. Einstein in fact famously described it as being downright "spooky".
- Bangalore Cops Release Suspect Profile (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
It was a breakthrough of sorts for the city police when they released a sketch of the suspected terrorist who had raided the Indian Institute of Sciences here on Wednesday, killing an IIT professor and injuring four academicians.
- "Terrorism An Impediment To Peace Process" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistan yet to fulfil commitment
Though investigations into Wednesday's armed attack at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore are still continuing, the Government has no information at this point linking terrorist organisations . . .
- Hunt On For Terror Suspects (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Dec 31, 2005)
No breakthrough yet in attack on IISc; security tightened for New Year's Eve
- Hoax Bomb Calls Create Panic In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Police search three colleges, a software firm and two malls
People urged not to panic and allow miscreants to `have an upper hand'
Police officials not forthcoming on details of calls
- 2006 — Year Of Agricultural Renewal (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Dec 31, 2005)
During this year, an integrated package of measures should be introduced in every part of the country to increase farm productivity and profitability in perpetuity without associated ecological harm.
- City Police Release Assailant’S Sketch (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Bangalore Police Commissioner Ajai Kumar Singh said there “are no specific clues” about the suspect involved in the attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).....
- Battered But Unbowed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Science campus, home to some of the finest minds in the country, is also not lacking in spirit, discover BHUMIKA K. and ANAND SANKAR in the aftermath of the dastardly act
- Sri Lanka: Towards An Enduring Solution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2005)
Environmental implications of the Sethusamudram project have to be studied and action taken.
- High Security For Isc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The shadow of the Bangalore terror attack looms large on the 93rd Indian Science Congress that is to be held here from January 3 to 5.
- U.S. Versus Iran In Iraq (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 31, 2005)
Iran's influence over the SCIRI, a key constituent of the Iraqi Government, is setting up a confrontation with the United States.
- Enhancing Institutional Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2005)
Winter is the season when countless scientific conferences and meetings are held in cities across India, and many of these attract delegates from abroad.
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