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- Tata Ace North Unit By March ’07 (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
With more than 30,000 Tata Aces running on Indian roads, sold within a year of the launch of the one-tonne 4-wheel mini-truck, Tata Motors is facing a challenge of sorts on the capacity expansion front.
- Creation Of More States (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jun 24, 2006)
There is a dormant demand for creation of a separate state of Vidarbha by bifurcating Maharashtra.
- Alleged Sex Racket Busted In Uttaranchal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Police claim to have busted an inter-State sex racket with the arrest of nine persons.
- Trade Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 23, 2006)
Border trade agreement is a step forward
- 2007 Assembly Polls: ‘Power Axis’ Of Up Polity (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Power has become a major poll issue in the run up to the 2007 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, even as the severe electricity crisis refuses to subside any time soon.
- Nation & The States (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 22, 2006)
There is a serious mismatch between the potential of UP and aspirations of the people, and its level of economic development. In 1700, India’s share in world GDP was 24.4 per cent, 2 percentage points higher than China’s (OECD publication).
- Sc Comes To Amorous Colonel's Rescue (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Jun 21, 2006)
...says love letter does not amount to sexual harassment ---- Sending love letters is romantic.
- No Concrete Solution In Sight (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 18, 2006)
Prime Minister's wavering over an Islamabad visit is intended to send a message to Pakistan that its policy of simultaneously pursuing the 'peace process' and promoting cross-border terror is unacceptable to New Delhi.
- No Concrete Solution In Sight (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 17, 2006)
Prime Minister's wavering over an Islamabad visit is intended to send a message to Pakistan that its policy of simultaneously pursuing the 'peace process' and promoting cross-border terror is unacceptable to New Delhi ----
- No Cuts Till Oil Price Break-Up: States (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The empowered committee of state finance ministers headed by Bengal’s Asim Dasgupta today put the ball back in the Centre’s court over scaling down taxes on petrol and diesel.
- Polls On The Horizon (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Jun 16, 2006)
We have three state elections on the horizon and I think it is time to see the situation prevailing in these states.
- Ncc To Introduce Special Package For J&k, N-E (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The National Cadet Corps would soon introduce a special package to attract students in Jammu and Kashmir and the seven Northeastern states and wean them away from the extremist groups.
- 45 Killed As Truck Falls Into Gorge (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Forty-five people were killed and 17 injured when the truck they were travelling in fell into a gorge near Bhikiasein in Uttaranchal’s Almora district today, police said.
- Touch Of Politics From ‘Apolitical’ Pm (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Jun 11, 2006)
Less than a month ago, a section in the Congress had started a campaign to bring in a “political” Prime Minister in place of Manmohan Singh.
- A Drive Into The Present (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 10, 2006)
In my youth, the road I most often travelled ran between New Delhi, the capital of India, and Dehradun, the town where I was born and raised.
- Power For The Rural (Daily Excelsior, Madhusudan Verma, Jun 09, 2006)
Like food, shelter and clothing, electricity has also become the primary need of human life.
- Centre Drafting Law For Resettling The Displaced (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
It will help those affected by major developmental projects: Minister
Take to land reforms, States told
States should send figures of landless people
- Rel To Invest 60,000 Cr (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Reliance Energy, the flagship company of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, today said that it was pursuing generation projects aggregating to a total capacity of 16,000 MW with a projected investment of Rs 60,000 crore.
- Dhaka Hawks Want Ancient Dhakeswari Temple Shifted (Pioneer, Pramod K Singh, Jun 08, 2006)
In a bid to appease fundamentalist Muslims in the run-up to the 2007 general election in Bangladesh, certain sections of the Begum Khaleda Zia Government are mounting pressure to shift the historic Dhakeswari Kali temple located in the heart of . . .
- Rel Aims To Generate 16,000 Mw (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Investment outlay set at Rs 60,000 crore; in-house team to focus on nuclear power
Power plans
To form two joint ventures with PGCIL
Land being acquired for Raigad project
Participating in rural electrification programme
- Israeli Tourists Get Sermons In India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The Israeli government has decided to break up the party.
- China Prepares To Sinocise South-East Asia (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
The defence minister Pranab Mukherjee's six day China visit and signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a host of issues, including military to military cooperation has raised a number of issues.
- Mayawati Tells Obcs To Beware Vote Politics (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Predicts fall of UPA Govt before Monsoon Session ---- Terming the move to provide reservation to OBCs in higher educational institutions as "vote politics", BSP supremo Mayawati appealed to the OBCs to beware the plans of Congress and BJP on the issue.
- Private B Ed Colleges Come Under Fire In Uttaranchal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
After private universities, it's now private B. ED colleges' deluge in Uttaranchal with the State Government giving its nod to open scores of such educational institutes.
- Waving, Not Drowning (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 02, 2006)
If the BJP wants to stage a comeback, it must regain the Opposition space that it has lost to the Left -
- Tracing A Pilgrim’S Trail (Deccan Herald, Shishir Prashant , May 31, 2006)
The yatra season in Uttaranchal has just started and pilgrims are coming from every nook and corner to pay their obeisance to Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri shrines perched on the lofty peaks of the Himalayas.
- Extensive Consensus On Defence Cooperation With China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 31, 2006)
Wen calls Pranab's visit a success; progress of border negotiations discussed
- Keep Creamy Layer Out Of Quota, Says Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Forced to tread a middle path on the controversial OBC reservation issue, the BJP today said it favoured quota for OBCs in higher educational institutions and wanted that the ‘creamy layer’ be kept out and economically weaker sections of upper . . .
- Health Services Paralysed Across The Nation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
The anti-reservation protests reached a crescendo on Thursday as striking doctors in private and public hospitals across the country paralysed health services.
- Taxing Policy (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 25, 2006)
Discourage states from competing on tax sops
- South Indian Bank Aims To Achieve Zero Level Net Npa (Hindu, K. T. Jagannathan, May 23, 2006)
Bank hopes to do business worth Rs. 20,000 cr. this year
Brings in professionalism
Keen to be a regional player with a national presence
- Naxalism A Threat To Internal Security:parliamentary Committee (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2006)
Voicing serious concern over "growing influence" of Naxalism across the country, a Parliamentary Committee has said it is "no more" a law and order problem but posed a threat to internal security and asked the Government to curb it with an "iron hand".
- Cm Spells Out Curbs On Reliance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The project of Reliance Industries Limited for procuring vegetables and milk in Punjab will carry on as scheduled.
- Govt Denies Influx Of People From Nepal To India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2006)
The Government today denied that there was heavy influx of people from Nepal to India due to political turmoil in the Himalayan country.
- Sonia Skirts Comments On Reservation (Tribune, Anita Katyal, May 16, 2006)
While the UPA Government is grappling with the snowballing controversy over the proposed quotas for OBCs in elite educational institutions, Congress President Sonia Gandhi maintained a studied silence on this burning issue when she addressed the . . .
- India Stops Loc ‘Love Infiltration’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2006)
Two young Indian women were caught by the Indian Army at the Line of Control in Poonch when they tried to cross over to meet their Pakistani boyfriends, NDTV news channel said on Monday.
- What’S Ethanol-Blended Petrol & More... (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 15, 2006)
Almost a century ago, the founder of Ford Motors, Henry Ford, had hoped to run the Ford Model T on ethanol. Indeed, he is even reported to have said that ethanol would be the “fuel of the future”.
- Tata Motors To Consider West Bengal Plant (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Tata Motors Ltd. is considering setting up an automobile plant in West Bengal, the company's managing director said on Friday.
- More Or Less (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 12, 2006)
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is clearly somewhat of a realist, if a rather pedantic one.
- Rbi To Open Regional Office (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India will open its regional office in Uttaranchal within two months. Announcing this here after a meeting of the RBI Board, a senior official said that it had also been decided to extend banking facilities through post offices . . .
- Old Query On Young (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2006)
With Pramod Mahajan no more, Uma Bharati out and Rajnath Singh’s earlier elevation to party presidentship in some ways taking him out of the future race, the BJP’s so-called second generation leaders have less competition but are perhaps no more . . .
- Cbi Raids On Chautala Premises (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Property estimated at Rs. 1,467 crore
Three plots in Gurgaon Phase V worth Rs. 150 crore
A hotel and restaurant worth Rs. 150 crore, a shopping mall (Rs. 180 crore) and a plot (Rs. 55 crore) in Karol Bagh
A plot on Ring Road worth Rs. 120 crore
- Bus Crash Kills 19 In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
At least 19 people were killed and 26 injured when their bus plunged over a bridge into a dry riverbed in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday, police said.
- Reliance Agro, Itc To Set Up Mandis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Reliance and ITC are all set to foray into the agri-business in a big way in Uttaranchal with the State Government offering bulk licences for setting up private mandis for a better deal to farmers.
- Out Of Power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 01, 2006)
Shortage spells doom for growth ---- The severe power shortage in northern States could have been dismissed as a regular occurrence every summer when demand far outstrips supply but for the fact that the situation this April is more grim than in the previ
- We Will Help Farmers And Jobless Youth: Sharad (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Apr 30, 2006)
Sharad Yadav’s election as Janata Dal (United) President has been a subject of controversy within and outside the party. A seasoned politician who was first elected to the fifth Lok Sabha in 1974 at the age of 25, Yadav has before him the gigantic . . .
- Advani Accuses Congress Of `Mischievous Propaganda' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani on Thursday lashed out at the Congress saying that it had launched "mischievous propaganda" against him on the Telangana issue.
- Naxal-Hit States Allowed To Raise 9 Police Battalions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The Centre today sanctioned the raising of nine more India Reserve Battalions (IRB) comprising 9,000 police personnel for Naxalite-affected states, including Haryana.
- Sp Threatens Stir In Uttaranchal Against Discrimination (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 27, 2006)
The Samajwadi Party has threatened to launch an agitation in the plains of Uttaranchal "if the Government does not stop discriminating against the State's plain districts in various welfare schemes".
- Maoists Plan To Engage India In Trench Warfare (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Apr 26, 2006)
The developments in Nepal have a menacing overtone for India. The Maoists' rejection of King Gyanendra's decision to restore Parliament clearly indicates they are more interested in capturing power rather than restoring multi-party democracy.
- Killer's Humour Led To Capture (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
Sher Singh Rana, the prime accused in the murder of bandit-turned-politician MP Phoolan Devi, was arrested by the Special Cell on Monday evening from Kolkata. Delhi Police had been on his trail for more than two years.
- Prime Accused In Phoolan Murder Case Arrested (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2006)
The Delhi police has arrested Sher Singh Rana, the prime accused in the murder case of bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi, from Kolkata. Rana had been arrested earlier, but he escaped from the high-security Tihar Jail here in February, 2004.
- Ripper The Tiger (Tribune, Brig (retd) Ranjit Talwar, Apr 26, 2006)
The recent killings of four tigresses, three in the buffer zone of the Corbett National Park and one in the neighbouring Ramnagar Division, were initially explained as the work of a male tiger with the tendencies of a serial killer. Someone like “Jack the
- Watch For Low-Pressure Area Extended (Business Line, Vinson Kurian, Apr 24, 2006)
The watch for the evolving low-pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal has been extended to the next 48 hours even as a number of weather foreign models showed the prospective system growing in strength and heading north, while skirting the . . .
- Credibility Gap Widens (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 22, 2006)
The Ganga Action Plan was launched in 1986 with the objective of improving the water quality of the Ganga to acceptable standard by preventing the pollution load reaching the river. In 1987, the objective of GAP was recast as restoring the . . .
- India's Prescription For King Gyanendra (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
As India’s special envoy Karan Singh and foreign secretary Shyam Saran met Nepali Congress leader and former PM G P Koirala in Kathmandu on Wednesday, they bounced off India’s solution to the Nepal crisis:
- Empowering The Handicapped (Daily Excelsior, Habibullah, Apr 19, 2006)
The founding fathers of modern India envisaged her as a welfare State where the interests and rights of the weaker and under-privileged sections of society would be fully protected and upheld.
- European Parliamentary Team Visits State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Discussion with Governor on subjects of mutual interest
Gen. Rodrigues emphasized the need for further economic and trade ties
The visiting delegation appreciated the initiatives taken by the Punjab Government and the Chandigarh Administration
- Cbi Probe Into Rape Of Woman Activist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Crime graph on the rise in Uttaranchal, alleges BJP
- Naxal Bid To Extend Sway In South Cause For Concern (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Apr 15, 2006)
Emphasis on planning on the lines of the military
Increasing attacks on rail infrastructure
Multiple attacks on police, security apparatus
Affected States to launch joint operations
- The Thin Edge Of The Naxal Wedge (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Apr 14, 2006)
The consolidation of Naxal power — with over 55,000 well-armed cadres, hi-tech weapons in plenty and a well-honed guerilla strategy in the “compact revolutionary zone” in 13 states — is now well established.
- The Way To Salvage Nepal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 13, 2006)
Given political will, it's still possible to redeem the Himalayan nation from the mess it is in, says NN Jha
- More Teeth To Commission On Minority Edu Institutions (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Apr 10, 2006)
Critics are quick to take the Government to task for the recent amendment to the National Commission for Minority Educational institutions Act.
- Bajaj Auto Unveils Platina (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2006)
Plans CNG/LPG two-wheelers, four-wheel cargo vehicles
To set up unit in Uttaranchal
Plans assembly unit in Indonesia, Nigeria
- Sonia's Gamble To Win Back Uttar Pradesh? (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Apr 08, 2006)
The battle for political space in Uttar Pradesh is getting tougher.
- ''Health For All'' Gets Momentum (Daily Excelsior, Rattan Saldi, Apr 07, 2006)
The theme of this year’s World Health Day on April 7, "Working Together for Health",
- Independents Hold The Key In Rs (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Apr 04, 2006)
There has been no dramatic alteration in the overall composition of the Rajya Sabha after the recent biennial elections as the two major political formations - the UPA and the NDA - have registered only minor changes.
- Itc Plans Biscuit Plant In B’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
ITC’s food division would soon start its biscuit production units in Bangalore and Uttaranchal at a cost of Rs 36 crore, according to ITC Ltd Brand Manager Devarajan Iyer.
- Talks On “Office Of Profit” Issue From May 10 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
The government today decided to reconvene Parliament from May 10 after the Assembly elections for enacting a comprehensive law on redefining office of profit, an issue that resulted in a political storm and has threatened the survival of BJP-led . . .
- Meher's 'Killer' Turns Hostile (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
The police inquiry into Meher Bhargava's murder is fast becoming a convoluted tale of public confession, courtroom retraction and official confusion.
- Bjp Yatras To Focus On Jehadi Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Sonia's resignation termed a drama
Need to free governance from corruption also to be highlighted
Media missed the crucial point in the EC order
- Rights Approach To Empowerment (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 28, 2006)
The Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) is a Dehra Dun-based NGO working with Van Gujjars and other hill communities for four decades. Avdesh Kaushal, founder of RLEK, speaks to V J Thomas:
- Uma Takes Saffron Lead On Sonia Home Turf (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Mar 28, 2006)
In a move aimed at wresting the anti-Congress space from the BJP, expelled sanyasin Uma Bharati — who will formally launch her party on April 30 — has decided to field a candidate against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in the Rae Bareli byelection and . . .
- Warm Pool' To Buoy Wet Session (Business Line, Vinson Kurian, Mar 28, 2006)
Thunderstorms, hailstorms in the next few days
Small showers
The Bay islands have been brought under a spell of intermittent heavy showers.
The wet session would extend to coastal Tamil Nadu and Kerala as well.
- Natural Labyrinth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 28, 2006)
Sandeep Silas' journey to a Himalayan town made him believe that some places have the power to hold one up
- Near Consensus On Parliament Session (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Decks have been cleared for reconvening the Parliament session and introducing a bill to amend the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act to remove the threat of disqualification hanging over dozens of MPs cutting across party lines.
- Madarsa Too Many (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 27, 2006)
The Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) is understandably concerned over the mushrooming of 1,900 madarsas on both sides of the India-Nepal border in the recent past.
- N.D. Tiwari Tables Bill To Amend Disqualification Act (Hindu, C.K. Chandramohan , Mar 25, 2006)
Opposition accuses Congress of not consulting them on the Bill
- From The Mean Streets (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 24, 2006)
It is deemed ‘politically incorrect’ to address, criticize or confront many realities that plague us all in some measure, in an attempt to appease one set of people as against another and thereby create anarchic situations in various spaces of . . .
- Uttaranchal Bjp Targets Cong Mlas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Former speaker and BJP leader Prakash Pant on Thursday demanded the disqualification of 13 ruling Congress MLAs claiming that they were holding offices of profit.
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