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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Panel Flays Lalu For Allowing Private Players In Concor (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2007)
Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Railway Ministry has pulled up Lalu Prasad Yadav for allowing private players in container traffic instead of enhancing the carrying capacity of the Container Corporation of India (CONCOR).
- Sugar Stocks Rise As Govt Plans Incentives For Sector (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2007)
Sugar stocks went up even as the Sensex went down 161 points on news of a sugar buffer scheme and export incentives to the industry.
- Indo-Pak Trade: Favour Or Benefit? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 27, 2007)
The Indian foreign minister, Pranab Mukherjee, says India is ready to consider some “unilateral” steps to address the concerns of Pakistan in order to operationalise the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA).
- Paris Embraces Plan To Become City Of Cycles (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 27, 2007)
Paris is for lovers – lovers of food and art and wine, lovers of the romantic sort and, starting this summer, lovers of bicycles.
- Focus On Price Control: Cooking Oil, Pulses Sale Through Ration Shops (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Mar 24, 2007)
Essential commodities such as pulses and cooking oils will be distributed through fair price shops in Tamil Nadu.
- India`s First Auto Design Institute (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
India has one of the largest booming auto industries in the world but not a single dedicated auto design school. This will change with Dilip Chhabria, noted automotive designer, set to introduce the country's first Automotive Design Institute in . . .
- Jet To Launch Us Flight By July-August (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
Jet Airways, the country's top private airline, will launch its long-planned maiden flight to the US via Belgium by July-August this year and make Ahmedabad the fourth Indian city in its network to have direct flights to London's Heathrow airport . . .
- Rel Bags Rs 576-Cr Tn Road Project (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
The Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Energy (REL) has bagged a contract for developing the Trichy–Dindigul National Highway four-laning project to be undertaken in the BOT Scheme. REL won the project through competitive bidding. After the negotiations, .
- Handle Pipeline Politics Cautiously (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 24, 2007)
Another snag has cropped up in the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) project, which must be handled carefully.
- Singapore Emerges As The Hotspot For Oil, Gas Financing (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2007)
When Aban Offshore, India’s biggest offshore oil services firm, wanted to raise cash, it sold a $150 million convertible bond issue in Singapore. Bankers say the deal shows that Singapore is emerging as a capital-raising venue for Asian oil . . .
- Rel Bags Rs 576-Cr Tn Road Project (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2007)
The Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Energy (REL) has bagged a contract for developing the Trichy–Dindigul National Highway four-laning project to be undertaken in the BOT Scheme.
- Railways Joins Global Club (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2007)
To achieve 78.7 p.c. operating ratio; makes a major turnaround in finances
Lalu Prasad inaugurates global rail freight conference
Containers have bridged the gap between road and rail
- Venice Of The East (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Mar 23, 2007)
On the west coast, in Kerala. Alappuzha was an important port of call for trading ships.
- Why I Am Sorry For London’S Role In This Horror (Indian Express, Ken Livingstone, Mar 22, 2007)
Next Sunday marks the bicentenary of the abolition of one of history’s greatest crimes — the transatlantic slave trade.
- Israel Invites Tenders From Indian Firms For Rail Networks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2007)
Israel has invited Indian firms to take part in tenders worth $five billion for construction of Light Rail and Metro Rail networks in the cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
- Russian Rlys Keen On India Taking Part In Rail-Cum-Sea Link (Business Line, Mamuni Das , Mar 22, 2007)
Russia, Iran plan on building new railway track & operate it
- India Warns Pak Of Pulling Out (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2007)
India has threatened to walk out of the $7 bn Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project if Islamabad did not bring down the fee it wants to charge for allowing flow of natural gas from Iran to India.
- Railway Board Mulls Busy Season Freight Surcharge (Business Line, Santanu Sanyal, Mar 22, 2007)
In keeping with the practice followed in 2006-07, the Railway Board is mulling out-of-Budget freight hike in 2007-08 too.
- India Gets On Board The Trans-Asian Railway (Singapore Times, RAJA M, Mar 21, 2007)
Getting from Singapore to Scotland by train will soon be possible now that India has hopped aboard the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) project.
- Why The World Goes To The Moon (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Mar 20, 2007)
The renewed interest arises from the scientific curiosity about the moon, its origin and the possibility of learning more about the Earth's own past.
- Left Caught Red-Handed (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Mar 20, 2007)
Nandigram has emerged as the symbol of what a soulless state leviathan driven by an imported ideology can do to unarmed natives resisting its grand design of social deconstruction and corporate engineering. Nandigram showcases how native India . . .
- Force Is Not A Multiplier (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 20, 2007)
With the zeal of a new convert, West Bengal’s communist-turned-capitalist chief minister has been pushing hard for big industrial projects.
- An Antiquated Banking System Holds Back Development In India (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2007)
Janpath, a traffic-choked mini-highway that runs through central Delhi, is home to some the city's best-known jewelry stores and five-star hotels — and, less famously, to dozens of bank branches.
- Budgeting For Defence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 16, 2007)
HITCH and McKean, well-known defence economists, have stated that “there are no magic linkages to the GNP or the total national budget ...
- Ril To Use Gail Pipelines (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2007)
In a demonstration of public-private partnership, Gail (India) Ltd., India’s largest pipeline company, has teamed up with Reliance Industries Ltd., signing an MoU on Thursday for cooperation in the gas sector.
- Officers In Dock After Terrorists’ Confession (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2007)
Corruption in the ranks of civil defence services is under focus following the confession of three terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Toiba that they had paid off patrolling officers from the Coast Guard off the western coast to gain entry into the country.
- Ril Eyes Stake In Carrefour (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2007)
Reliance Industries Ltd is on a global prowl and is said to be negotiating for a stake in US energy giant Chevron Corp and France’s retail giant Carrefour. There are also unconfirmed reports that it may partner with Dow Chemicals for joint . . .
- Sslc Examination Begins On A Positive Note (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2007)
The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination has begun on a positive note with students and teachers expressing happiness over the nature of questions set for Malayalam, the first subject.
- Bhaskar Ghose: (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Mar 15, 2007)
The Railways are a transportation agency and should put the needs of the client moving freight and of passengers above everything else.
- Interview: Dr. Anil (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Mar 15, 2007)
Interview with Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC.
- Survey Sees Robust Job Mart (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
Job market in India is expected to remain vibrant in second quarter of current year with mining and construction sector employers indicating strongest hiring intent.
- Rail Romance (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 14, 2007)
Someday soon we may be able to travel on rail between India and China in the East, and Bulgaria in the West.
- Indian Firms Likely To Hire Fewer People In April-June (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
India Inc is expecting the job market to soften in the next quarter. Though HR departments continue to be optimistic in India with an overall Net Employment Outlook of +31per cent, this represents a decrease of 8 percentage points over the first . . .
- India To Continue Hiring Spree: Survey (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
India is among the few countries in the world where the employers are optimistic of making new recruitments during this financial year's second quarter while the United States plans to tone down its hiring activity, a survey shows.
- Dupont's Hyderabad Centre A First Outside Us (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
US-based science products and services firm DuPont announced start of its first plant biotech research centre outside US in Hyderabad to develop high-yielding hybrid seeds that would help farmer improve crop productivity and profitability.
- Fragile Mothers (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Mar 14, 2007)
The fundamental causes leading to high maternal mortality are yet to be addressed.
- Cement Cos. Agree To Hold Prices (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2007)
Will absorb all additional costs for one year
High input costs, a drag on operations'
Any duty cut will be passed on
- Cement Companies Agree On Year-Long Price Freeze (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2007)
Facing criticism from all sides for the last 10 days, the country’s cement manufacturers today agreed to hold the price line and not increase prices any further for the next one year.
- A Budget Boost For Infrastructure Financial Products (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 10, 2007)
Innovative products, such as takeout financing, structured financial loans and securitisation, have not been extensively used in infrastructure financing. MR MANAV BANSAL, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS PRIVATE LTD, CHENNAI.
- Bharat Martyr (Times of India, SHABANA AZMI, Mar 09, 2007)
India's maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is highest in South Asia: 540 deaths per 1,00,000 live births, or one woman dying roughly every five minutes. India has vowed to reduce the ratio by a quarter by 2015, as part of its Millennium Development Goals.
- Another U.S. Base In The Indian Ocean? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 09, 2007)
India, from a long-term perspective, has every reason to be concerned about the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement between the U.S. and Sri Lanka.
- India Will Focus On Economy, Security (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2007)
India and Kazakhstan shared the perception that it was only through a reassuring environment for economic development that security issues can be best addressed, secretary (east) in the ministry of external affairs N. Ravi said.
- Bharat Martyr (Times of India, SHABANA AZMI, Mar 08, 2007)
India's maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is highest in South Asia: 540 deaths per 1,00,000 live births, or one woman dying roughly every five minutes. India has vowed to reduce the ratio by a quarter by 2015, as part of its Millennium Development Goals.
- Indonesian Plane Bursts Into Flames, Dozens Dead (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2007)
At least 49 people died but dozens escaped after an Indonesian passenger jet overshot the runway and burst into flames on landing in the cultural capital of Yogyakarta on Wednesday.
- Tata's Rs 1-Lakh Car May Come With 600cc Petrol Engine (Business Line, S. Muralidharan, Mar 07, 2007)
Plans to launch new passenger carrier
Geneva March 6 After months of speculation about its form and feasibility, some details about the specifications of the proposed Rs 1-lakh car from Tata Motors is finally out.
- U.S., Sri Lanka Sign Logistics Pact (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 06, 2007)
Sri Lanka and the United States on Monday signed an agreement valid for 10 years, to facilitate transfer and exchange of logistics supplies, support and re-fuelling services.
- Cops: Pilot Crashed Plane Into House Of 1 Of His In-Laws In Indiana, Killing Self, Daughter (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2007)
A pilot and his 8-year-old daughter were killed when their small plane crashed into his former mother-in-law's house near a southern Indiana airport, authorities said.
- Carrying Of Rail Coaches By Road From Next Week (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Mar 06, 2007)
The work of carrying coaches from here by road to Srinagar by the railways for running a local train in the valley is expected to resume next week when the landslides are completely removed from the Jammu-Srinagar highway.
- Is Railway Budget A Populist One? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2007)
Railway Budget is a populist one as Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has cut passenger fares across the board.
- Land Scams Galore In Karachi (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 05, 2007)
THE past few weeks have been eventful where land scams in Karachi are concerned.
- Inflation Moderates But Challenges Remain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2007)
Decline in food articles helps tame price rise
Cheaper transportation fuels helpful
Cement, steel sectors go against the trend
- Help Hold Price Line: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2007)
Industry must help Centre rein in inflation
Hails industry for playing catalyst in economic growth
Defends differential excise on cement
- Oil India Plans Rs 1500 Cr Ipo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2007)
Oil India, is likely to hit the market with an IPO of 10 per cent by October. "We expect Cabinet approval in March-April and the IPO would come within six months after that,” OIL director (finance) T K Ananathkumar said.
- Pan To Replace Min For Mutual Fund Transactions From Today (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2007)
The Permanent Account Number (PAN) will replace the Mutual Fund Identification Number, which was made mandatory in January for mutual fund investments worth over Rs 50,000, making it convenient for investors but leaving those disgruntled who had . . .
- Not Worth A Toast (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Feb 28, 2007)
The editorial, "Railway does well" (February 27), is duly and selectively critical of the Railway Budget 2007-08, the praise in the headline notwithstanding.
- On Indian Response (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
India, projected by a recent study as the worst victim of climate change, needs to chart multiple strategies to cope with threats.
- Giving Roads Back To The People (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Feb 28, 2007)
A radical shift in the way cities think about moving people is essential.
- Fdi Flows Push India To 4th Spot (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
India attracted a cumulative FDI inflow of Rs 1,81,566 crore ($43.29 billion) since August 1991 up to September 2006, the Economic Survey said.
- India Overtakes South Korea In Fdi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
Buoyed by favourable policies, India has now emerged as the fourth largest destination in Asia for foreign direct investment, attracting over Rs 20,000 crore within the first six months of the current fiscal year.
- In Step With Europe (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Feb 28, 2007)
The India-European Union Ministerial Science Conference has laid a solid road for more traffic in science and technology in both directions.
- Is The Rbi Inflating India? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Feb 28, 2007)
There is evidence that the Reserve Bank of India may have been inflating the economy even while keeping the rupee weak and the rupee prices of imports high. It has made living an avoidable misery for the weaker sections.
- Lalu's Maal-Gaadi Chugs On Freight Cuts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2007)
Since its creation by the British Raj, the Railways in its glorious 150 years history, has for the first time generated a cash surplus (profits) of Rs 20,000 crore.
- Railways Eyes No. 1 Slot In World (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Feb 27, 2007)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad’s highly motivated team of Railway Board members today reiterated his determination to put the vast network of Indian Railways(IR) on the number one position of the railway systems in the world.
- Fares Down, Freight Same (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Feb 27, 2007)
In a please-all budget, railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav banked on volumes by proposing reduction in passenger fares across the board and left freight rates unchanged barring those of diesel and petrol which will be slashed by 5 per cent to check . . .
- `Iron Ore Freight Cut May Not Lower Steel Prices' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2007)
The reduction in iron ore freight rates by 6 per cent in the Railway Budget is unlikely to have any immediate impact on steel prices.
- President Kalam Lays Emphasis On Convergence Of Technologies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 26, 2007)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Sunday laid emphasis on convergence of technologies, even as he saw nanotechnology as the field of future.
- In China, Now Great Ride Forward (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 26, 2007)
At 76,600 km, the total length of China's railways is behind only that of the U.S. and Russia, and it is expected to reach 100,000 km by 2020. The country already boasts of the world's fastest train.
- Surplus Okay, But Rlys' Share Of Freight Traffic Shrinking (Times of India, Shalini Singh, Feb 26, 2007)
On Monday, when the railway budget is presented, rail minister, Lalu Prasad will boast of high freight earnings generating an impressive cash surplus.
- Civil Rights Leader’S Ancestor Was Slave (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 26, 2007)
Genealogists have found that civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Strom Thurmond, a Southern senator who was once considered a symbol of racial segregation, a newspaper reported today.
- How Europe Cares For The Disabled (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Feb 26, 2007)
Over three years ago, I had the opportunity of making my way to London's Curzon Soho for the debut screening of Kroko, a powerful German film featuring real-life disabled actors and teenage tearaways.
- River Reinvented (Hindu, MAYA JAYAPAL, Feb 25, 2007)
The Singapore river reflects the changes the city-State is going through.
- Off To Halong Bay (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2007)
Sandip Hor journeys to encapsulate rural, scenic and real Vietnam.
- India And Iran Vow To Finalise Proposals By March 15 (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Feb 24, 2007)
Pakistan and India have said that the import of gas from Iran is a national requirement for both and that both are committed to going through with the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.
- India, Pakistan Buy Time To Study Transit Fees (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Feb 24, 2007)
Fourth bilateral talks on gas pipeline end
Pakistan hopeful of first supply of gas by 2010
Feasibility study on credit-worthiness to be conducted
- Lalu Announces Tight Security Measures (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2007)
Steps initiated to strengthen RPF, he tells Lok Sabha
CCTVs, video cameras being installed in sensitive stations
More number of sniffer dog squads
- Lalu May Not Hike Rail Passenger Fares (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2007)
Continuing with the trend over the past two years of the UPA government, railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav is all set to present his third "people friendly" railway budget in the Lok Sabha on Monday with no hike in ordinary class passenger fares . . .
- Make-Believe Peace (Asian Age, Brahma Chellaney , Feb 24, 2007)
Death and destruction are an abomination to human conscience. So when terrorist attacks and slayings become increasingly recurrent, catchphrases like "peace process," "confidence-building measures" and "people-to-people contact" help serve as a . . .
- An Urgent Necessity (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Feb 23, 2007)
Despite growth in GDP, the rise in inflation rate has been a cause for concern and the RBI is taking steps to curb it.
- Getting Security On Track (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 22, 2007)
The bomb blasts on the Delhi-Attari Samjhauta Express are chilling reminders that plugging the security gaps in our transportation systems is one of the most challenging tasks ahead. Investigators have recovered suitcases intact at the site that . . .
- Getting Security On Track (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 21, 2007)
The bomb blasts on the Delhi-Attari Samjhauta Express are chilling reminders that plugging the security gaps in our transportation systems is one of the most challenging tasks ahead.
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