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Articles 1421 through 1520 of 27558:
- A Low-Key Visit (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 13, 2005)
No momentous decisions on mutual cooperation were expected during the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to Russia. The main concern vis-à-vis India-Russia relations is the poor performance on the economic front.
- A Chance To Take Centre Stage (Hindu, Amit Baruah, May 13, 2005)
The proposed meeting in Vladivostok is an opportunity for India, Russia, and China to work towards a more equitable world order.
- Anti-Desecration Protests In Pak, Afghanistan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Demonstrations spread in Afghanistan today over a report that U S interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran and one protester was killed and four others were wounded in a blast.
- Banking Reforms: Left Parties Take Issue To Pm (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Left parties on Thursday expressed their opposition to the Government on the decision to introduce a Bill to lift the 10 per cent voting rights cap in private sector banks.
- Wal-Mart’S Menzer Says There Is Space For All (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
It’s the biggest of them all. A company that’s topped the Fortune 500 list four times in a row.
- Tread Warily (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Financial Express, May 13, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India’s working group on Warehouse Receipts and Commodity Futures has put forth a well-thought roadmap for banks to enter commodity trading.
- Rbi Bang On Target (Deccan Herald, Madan Sabnavis, May 13, 2005)
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) committee’s package of recommendations relating to bank participation in commodity markets is just the solution that the doctor may have suggested to bring the farmer closer to them.
- Cbi Adopting Double Standards, Targeting Me, Says Mayawati (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Upset over the questioning of Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a disproportionate assets (DA) case, party members today
- Crude Import Policy For Psus To Be Relaxed (Deccan Herald, ANUPAMA AIRY, May 13, 2005)
The government is planning to amend the existing policy on crude oil imports by empowering the state-owned oil companies - IOC, BPCL, HPCL and MRPL - to finalise term contracts on best commercial practices.
- Dubious Decision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Financial Express, May 13, 2005)
The government’s decision to allow non-tobacco and non-liquor advertisements by Wills and Kingfisher on television channels smacks of arbitrariness and must be scotched forthwith.
- Making Mobile E-Mail A Success (Deccan Herald, S SADAGOPAN, May 13, 2005)
Phones provided connectivity to human beings a century ago. While they have been in extensive use for several decades in advanced countries, developing countries such as India lagged considerably.
- Ties With Pakistan Vital, Says Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that his Government attached great importance to normalisation of relations with Pakistan and that it sincerely desired to find mutually acceptable solutions to all outstanding issues.
- Left Bent On Cbi Probe Into Centaur Deals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Demanding a statement by the UPA government on the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) report on disinvestment deals of Centaur hotels
- The Continued Journey (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , May 13, 2005)
Sitarist Arvind Parikh's short film on his guru, the unparalleled sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan, is a fitting tribute
- Mayavati Vents Taj Ire On Govt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayavati went on the offensive in the Rajya Sabha today with a bitter tirade against the CBI, which is investigating charges of corruption against her, and threatened to withdraw support to the UPA government.
- Telecom Fdi Hike The Big Step Forward (Deccan Herald, PRACHI VERMA DADHWAL, May 13, 2005)
The hike in foreign direct investment (FDI) to 74% from 49% has been one of the major landmarks achieved by the UPA government in the telecom sector, since it came to power in April 2004.
- Industrial Output Up 8 P.C. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Aided by a boom in the manufacturing sector with a 8.8 per cent growth, the year 2004-05 ended with an overall industrial growth of 8 per cent, according to the data released here on Thursday by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on the Index of I
- Wal-Mart Chief Seeks Fdi In Retail Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The President and CEO of Wal-Mart International, John B. Menzer, on Thursday met the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, to discuss opening up of the retail sector in this country for foreign direct investment (FDI).
- Kannada Scholars Oppose English From Standard I (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Intellectuals and writers stressed the need for a comprehensive government policy to protect Kannada.
- Boldly Stress On ‘Enabling’ Them As Growth Engines (Deccan Herald, MAHESH REDDY, May 13, 2005)
The third SSI census must serve as an eye opener. Out of the 22 lakh registered units surveyed, over 8.8 lakh units were found closed.
- Pakistan's Afghan Problem (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 13, 2005)
The over three million Afghan refugees still in Pakistan pose a variety of challenges for the host nation.
- Gom Favours Facsimile Editions Of Foreign Newspapers In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Clears proposal for foreign institutional investors to buy stakes in print media companies within 26 per cent ceiling
- India A Responsible Nuclear Power: Natwar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The Bill on WMD was necessitated because many countries had expressed reservations on Indian legal instruments to help prevent weapon proliferation.
- Radars That Don’T Work, Parachutes That Didn’T Land (Indian Express, SUDHI RANJAN SEN, May 13, 2005)
Defunct radars that the Ministry of Defence didn’t want in the first place and is now saddled with, parachutes ordered from a US firm that didn’t land, fake airway bills that did, $10.6 million as advance that went down a black hole: these are some of the
- Left Lists Centre's Shortcomings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The Left parties on Thursday told the United Progressive Alliance that during the past one year the coalition government should have enacted the Employment Guarantee Scheme, the Women's Reservation Bill, the Agricultural Workers' Bill and ...
- Right To Information Act A Welcome Move: Aruna Roy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The Act may change the culture within and outside the government. It generates awareness that in a true democracy the government is answerable to the people.
- Pmo's Office Writing To Ulfa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The chances of a dialogue between the United Liberation Front of Asom and the Centre have brightened. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said the Prime Minister's Office was preparing a fresh letter to the ULFA.
- Blast At School Gates In Srinagar (Telegraph, MUKHTAR AHMAD, May 13, 2005)
Panic reigned the city’s busiest road as suspected militants set off a grenade blast outside two schools this afternoon.
- Blast Rocks Heart Of Srinagar, 2 Killed (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, May 13, 2005)
A little red shoe, windscreen fragments, a tiny crater, three patches of blood and the wails of mothers.
- Weapons Bill (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
A German tourist was allegedly raped by an autorickshaw driver and his accomplice on the outskirts of Jodhpur city on Wednesday
- Electricity Act: Subsidies To Stay Switched On, So Will Key Reforms (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, May 13, 2005)
The Centre and the Left parties are close to coming to a final understanding on which parts of the Electricity Act 2003 need to be reviewed. Under the crucial change agreed upon, the Power Ministry is set to modify or even scrap the section pertaining to
- Higher Education Hits A Low (Hindu, V. Jayanth , May 13, 2005)
The recent examination fraud exposé in Chennai only underlines the need for a credible regulator.
- Militants Explode Grenade Near School Bus In J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Militants on Thursday carried out a major grenade explosion outside the main gate of Christian Missionary-run Tyndale Biscoe School at Ganta Ghar, Lal Chowk, injuring 28 persons including 11 school students.
- Left Urges Upa To Fulfil Cmp Promises (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The Left parties have demanded a legislation on agricultural workers and also the tabling of the women’s reservation bill in the Parliament.
- J&k Gets Adb Aid For Reconstruction (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The state proposes to spend the money on reconstruction of roads, bridges and for improving the sanitation facilities.
- Pm Rings Alert On Pak Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he would not be able to take Indian public opinion with him in persisting with the peace talks if terrorist attacks continued from across the border.
- Varavara Rao Apologises To Gaddar, Kalyan Rao, Trio Address Media (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Varavara Rao says in his letters to CPI (Maoist) state secretary he had merely repeated the information he had got about Kalyan Rao’s ‘dealings’.
- After Fake Bt, This Nagpur Lab Helps You Weed Out Insecticides (Indian Express, Vived Deshpande, May 13, 2005)
After fake Bt, this Nagpur lab helps you weed out insecticides
- Saptarishi May Be Censured, Sent Home (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, May 13, 2005)
In what will be a strong signal to Laloo Prasad Yadav on where to draw the line, the government is likely to censure L V Saptarishi, IAS officer of the 1969 batch, and revert him back to the West Bengal cadre for accusing the two Election Commissioners N
- Shift In Army’S War Strategy (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, May 13, 2005)
Exercise Vajra Shakti, the first field exercise held by the Army after adopting its new doctrine, has revealed a perceptible shift in the deployment and use of defensive formations and an increasing role for the special forces in spearheading offensives.
- Bonded Labour In Vogue In India: Ilo (Tribune, H S RAO, May 13, 2005)
Cautioning that trafficking for “forced commercial sexual exploitation” was growing, the International Labour Office (ILO) has said India and several other countries in Asia and the Pacific region are struggling against both traditional and newer forms...
- Information Bill Passed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
The right to information Bill, which seeks to herald a new era of transparency and accountability in the governance, today got the approval of Parliament with the Rajya Sabha passing the law by a voice vote in the absence of the NDA, which is boycotting P
- Maya Erupts In House (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
A visibly upset BSP supremo Mayawati erupted in anger today in the Rajya Sabha over the CBI probe against her in the Taj corridor case and threatened to withdraw BSP’s support to the UPA government
- People’S Computer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2005)
The dream of inexpensive computers is now turning into a reality. We will soon have computers costing less than Rs 10,000 with the essential features of a regular personal computer, including the software for word processing, spreadsheet, personal
- Foreign Papers With Riders (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Foreign publishing houses will be allowed to print facsimile editions of their newspapers and journals in India, provided they do not contain local content or local advertisements.
- Cbi ‘Harassment’: Bsp Threatens To Withdraw Support To Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Mayawati accused the CBI of acting on the wishes of the government and posed a question to it as to whether it could question leaders of other parties.
- Laloo’S Brothers-In-Law, 2 Rjd Ministers Face Eviction (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
Sadhu Yadav, Subash Yadav, RJD ministers Akhilesh Prasad Singh and Jayprakash Narain Yadav have been staying in government bungalows not heeding eviction notices.
- A Failed State, A Talibanised Society (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, May 13, 2005)
Pak is unable to think of an identity except as ‘Not India’, except as the country whose mission is to dismember India
- Bodoland Council Polls: Ex-Rebels Stick To Ballot (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2005)
For years, he led more than 2500 youths, who unleashed a reign of terror, waging an armed struggle for a separate homeland for 1.5 million Bodos of Assam. That was the time when bullets flew thick and fast.
- Give Your Spirit A Break (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , May 10, 2005)
This temple constructed in the Vijayanagara style, located a little away from Bangalore, is a witness to the golden history of the Avathi rulers,
- Why Doing Business On French Soil Is Difficult (Business Line, Mohan Murti, May 09, 2005)
LAST weekend I was in the City of Lights, Paris. It was here, over 150 years ago, that Victor Hugo addressed the International Peace Congress with these prophetic words.
- The Answer, My Friends Lies In The Numbers! (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, May 09, 2005)
Aswathanarayan Muthkur, an avid mathematician and astrologer, has been able to write every prime exponent as a sum of even numbers of lower expon
- Is It Pack-Up For Nfdc? (Times of India, JANARDHAN ROYE, May 09, 2005)
Thousands of aspiring young film-makers will have to put their dreams of making movies on hold if the Union government decides to stop financing film-makers through its premier film financing body, the National Film D
- Race With The Dragon (Hindu, PRASHANTH G.N., May 09, 2005)
Jairam Ramesh's book on China is an attempt to understand and not demonise China
- "India Poised To Be An Innovation Leader In Manufacturing Sector" (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, May 09, 2005)
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join developed nations in next 25 years, say scientists
Can join develope
- Iraq Plunging Into Sectarian Violence (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 09, 2005)
The emergence of a number of power centres, many of which operate with American help, could set in motion a long-drawn civil war.
- Movement In Wto Negotiations (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 09, 2005)
Assuming that the developed countries have shifted gears on the ongoing WTO negotiations, it can safely be said that the rich have been finding themselves under pressure in recent months, especially since the end of the failed Cancun ministerial meeting.
- Elders Ignore Rail Accidents (Tribune, Devi Cherian, May 09, 2005)
When Parliament is on, the limelight is always on our MPs’ agenda.
- Two Emerging Giants: The Global Debate (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , May 09, 2005)
Will India be the new Asian tiger or will it be a lumbering elephant caught in the trap of red tape and corruption, is the question international observers are asking.
- Not Persuasive Enough (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 09, 2005)
GOING PURELY BY the record of evidence presented, the Comptroller and Auditor General of Indiadoes not quite make out a persuasive case of financial wrong-doing in the sale of Centaur Hotel properties belonging to the Government, as the CAG report . . .
- There May Be No Virtue In Portfolio Diversification (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , May 09, 2005)
THE S&P CNX Nifty declined nearly 7 per cent in one month. It is in such times that the traditionalists extol the virtues of portfolio diversification.
- Our Common Victory And Its Lessons (Hindu, Vyacheslav I. Trubnikov , May 09, 2005)
The 60th anniversary of the victory in World War II should serve as a reminder of the need for unity in facing the challenges in the 21st century.
- A Salvo On Chapra (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 09, 2005)
I have known Mr L. V. Saptharishi for as long as he has been in the IAS both as a member of the West Bengal cadre and as a friend of more than 30 years' standing.
- Mr. Bush And The Riga Axioms (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 09, 2005)
His attack on Yalta shows the U.S. is not interested in cooperative security.
- Global Negotiations On Human Rights (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, May 09, 2005)
The global human rights forum decides to send represetatives to monitor the human rights situation in Nepal
- Organizing Trade (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, May 09, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
More shine
The visit of the prime minister of China has triggered many comparisons between India and China
- Public Faith (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2005)
Science celebrates doubt, religion worships faith. The two domains are thus seen as two opposing poles of human experience and human enterprise.
- Right To Information (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 09, 2005)
IT is surprising the revised Right to Information Bill does not contain some important recommendations of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Personal, Public Grievances, Law and Justice.
- A Ear To The Ground (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, May 09, 2005)
A strange blend of poverty and deprivation ensures that girls outnumber boys in schools in the Sunderbans, discovers Parimal Bhattacharya
- Europe: Deciding To Look Outwards (Hindu, Benita Ferrero-Waldner , May 09, 2005)
The EU firmly believes that preventing conflicts is not only a moral imperative, but also less costly in the long run.
- India's Strengths To Be A World Player In Pharmaceuticals (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , May 09, 2005)
Small company culture, speed to market, recipes for success
- Awaiting A Good Monsoon (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 09, 2005)
In the age-old march of the seasons, the searing heat of May is quenched only when the southwest monsoon arrives in early June.
- Tdp’S New Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 09, 2005)
THE Telugu Desam Party breaking ranks with the National Democratic Alliance to end its boycott of Parliament is a pointer to re-alignments in the making.
- Small Hydro-Power Projects — The Spv Model Can Be Electrifying (Business Line, R. V. Panchapakesan , May 09, 2005)
A large number of hydro-power development projects with the potential to generate 25 MW each
- Son-Shine (Tribune, Gitanjali Sharma , May 09, 2005)
There are times when I feel I am the most blessed and there are moments I couldn’t be more sorry for myself.
- A Letter A Day Keeps Anaemia At Bay (Telegraph, ARITRO GANGULY, May 09, 2005)
The world may revolve around the email, but India’s affair with the snail mail continues
Horace Walpole once lamented that letter-writing is a lost art.
- Dressing-Down (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 09, 2005)
Chief Minister Dharam Singh adopted a tough line with his men last week. Mr Singh told his officers that he “expected a result-oriented performance”,
- The Neglect Of Small Businesses Continues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 09, 2005)
The annual credit policy statement of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to stop the declining relevance of organised sector credit to the several million-strong small manufacturing and service enterprises.
- Watchword For Judges, Lawyers (Tribune, Fali S. Nariman, May 09, 2005)
A few weeks ago Vice-President B.S. Shekhawat was to inaugurate a seminar on public governance but could not, as he had to go to Rome.
- Cop On Rights Commission? (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, May 09, 2005)
For better or worse, the Supreme Court has upheld the appointment of P.C. Sharma, a police officer who retired as the CBI Director.
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