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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Free Campuses From Politics (Deccan Herald, Damodar Agrawal, Oct 10, 2007)
In student elections in Central Universities, we have been witnessing, year after year, a show of money and muscle power.
- 12 Up Schemes In Kanshi’S Memory (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
To mark the first death anniversary of the late BSP leader Kanshi Ram on Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh government will unveil 12 ambitious schemes named after him. The estimated cost of these schemes is Rs 3,987 crores.
- Quick Turnover (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir is the only place where a power-sharing agreement within the ruling coalition has worked in recent times.
- Grease Palms And Govern (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Oct 08, 2007)
The Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh has sacked more than 10,000 policemen in September 2007 on the ground that their recruitment and selection process was not fair.
- Gowda Was Ready To Have Ananth As Karnataka Cm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
With Rahul Gandhi on an overdrive to create his own team, moves are afoot to appoint another political secretary to the Congress president.
- When Taxman Was Unclear About Nuclear Power (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 06, 2007)
When the air was thick with nuke talk, Dr Manmohan Singh had to assuage the fears of the anxious by saying, “I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.”
- Reliance Power To Go In For $6 B Syndicated Loan (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Oct 06, 2007)
To create a total capacity of 24,200 MW
Sasan project to be commissioned during XI Plan
To foray into hydro projects in Arunachal Pradesh
- Logic Does Not Defy Ram Setu (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Oct 06, 2007)
Is there any authoritative, scientific evidence to prove that Ram Setu is a natural formation? According to Mr T Satyamurthy, who recently retired as Superintending Archaeologist, having worked with Archaeological Survey of India since . . . .
- Mulayam Nixes Counsel To Tie Up With Cong To Rein In Mayawati (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The Samajwadi Party has shot down a move engineered by a section of its leaders to join hands with the Congress in an effort to checkmate their common foe — BSP president Mayawati.
- Raw Transparency (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Retired Major General VK Singh's book, India's External Intelligence: Secrets of the Research and Analysis Wing, has stirred a hornet's nest.
- Power Tussle In Bangalore (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Oct 05, 2007)
The mess in Karnataka reflects the failure of coalition politics in that State in particular and the country in general. At the moment, going to the people for a fresh mandate seems the best possible solution
- Bsnl Gets Spectrum, Private Telcos Cry Foul (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Tensions between private telecom players and the government ratcheted up a notch after it was discovered that state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) was given additional spectrum of up to 10 MHz for GSM . . . .
- The Going May Not Be Easy For Modi (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 05, 2007)
The ground situation in Saurashtra and in the tribal areas does not permit the assumption that Narendra Modi will have a second consecutive sweep.
- India 'Fair Price' Shops Attacked (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Mob violence against dealers of government-licensed "fair-price shops" has spread to at least three districts in the Indian state of West Bengal.
- Bjp Should Let Jd(s) Be In Power (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Oct 05, 2007)
Political activity is quite unpredictable in coalition politics and results from Karnataka will surprise all political parties including the JD(S).
- Women Die In India Stampede (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
At least 14 women have been crushed to death in a stampede at a train station in northern India, officials say.
- Monsoon Effect (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 05, 2007)
As farmers favour crops they are comfortable with in terms of cultivation and price, the announcement of MSP for rabi crops brooks no delay.
- Indian Pm, Sonia Gandhi To Decide On Lok Sabha Polls (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 05, 2007)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the ruling Congress President Sonia Gandhi will take a final decision on Saturday on whether and when to go for the mid-term Lok Sabha polls, a top Congress source disclosed here.
- 15 Women Die In Stampede In Mughalsarai Railway Station (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Fifteen women were killed and 48 people injured in a stampede on the staircase of an over-bridge at Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
- Reliance Further Cuts Its Troubled Retail Plans (The Financial Express, C B P Srivastava, Oct 04, 2007)
Reliance Industries Ltd has ended the services of about 400 franchisees for its planned retail operations in West Bengal and has shelved a rollout in Orissa because of protests from small traders.
- At Least 15 Women Killed In Mughal Sarai Station Stampede (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
At least 15 women - most of them elderly - were killed and 50 people were injured Wednesday in a stampede at the Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh after there was panic over a snap ticket check.
- Vaghela’S Remarks On Rahul Embarrass Congress (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Union textiles minister Shankar-sinh Vaghela's comments on Rahul Gandhi have put the Congress in an embarrassing situation in Gujarat.
- Hide Your Love Away (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 04, 2007)
Rizwanur Rehman's charming smile refuses to fade from people's memory. After his body was found on September 21 on train tracks in the heart of Kolkata, there have been numerous candlelight vigils, angry protests and demonstrations demanding the . . . .
- Irrational Campaign (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 04, 2007)
A sector that was to have created millions of new jobs in the country is reporting job losses before it even gets under way. Organised retail is still in its infancy — less than 4 per cent of the total shop space is accounted for by organised . . . .
- ‘Most Corrupt Babu’ May Own More Assets (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The number of properties owned by Akhand Pratap Singh, the former chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh, could well cross the list initially compiled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
- Cong All Set To Chalk Out Strategy (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Oct 03, 2007)
Faced with the possibility of an early Lok Sabha election, the Congress is getting ready to devise its future political strategy at an AICC session in the light of the lessons learnt from managing its first coalition government.
- No Easy Way Out For Up (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Oct 03, 2007)
A serious analysis of Uttar Pradesh politics deserves to be undertaken because the Congress-led UPA Government cannot postpone a mid-term poll for long.
- Cbi, Did You Say? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 03, 2007)
Lord Digby Jones, minister for trade and investment in the UK and former head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the equivalent of our industry chambers, is no stranger to India.
- Sc Right To Rule Bandh Illegal (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 03, 2007)
The Supreme Court would have done well not to suggest the imposition of President’s rule on Tamil Nadu.
- Congress Loses Nuclear Edge (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 01, 2007)
Political 'accidents' cannot be predicted. When such accidents take place, these are difficult to control. I have been writing about this for the past four weeks.
- Covers Off Sex-For-Job Scandal In Up Police (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Women applicants were sexually exploited by political leaders in exchange for jobs in Uttar Pradesh police, an inquiry committee has found.
- Model Monsoon Tracker Goes Kaput (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Oct 01, 2007)
A new monsoon forecasting strategy adopted by scientists appears to have failed in its very first year with rainfall exceeding normal despite a 7 per cent below-normal prediction.
- What Upa Won’T Tell You (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 01, 2007)
Inequality is an important issue for the UPA government. The Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) adopted in December 2006, mentions “inclusive growth” in the title itself.
- To Another Script (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
You can’t buy a ticket to Bollywood,” writes Stephen Alter in his new book . “It’s just an idea that flashes like a neon sign.”
- Ril Retail Sacks 400 In Wb (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
After facing resistance in Uttar Pradesh and Orissa, the Mukesh Ambani group firm Reliance Retail has sacked 400 employees, or half its work force, in West Bengal.
- Iaf Spruces Up Bareilly Maintenance Hub (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
With the Sukhoi 30 MKI slated to be the mainstay of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the coming years, the Ministry of Defence has started developing a state-of-the-art infrastructure including a world class avionics lab for stationing and . . . .
- Reliance Power Plans Ipo To Fire Sasan (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Reliance Power Ltd (RPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Energy (REL), is planning to raise Rs 8,000-10,000 crore through an initial public offer.
- Rahul Requests, Singh Serves Up (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Sep 29, 2007)
Rahul Gandhi proposed, Manmohan Singh delivered in two days.
- Rights Activists: Persecution And Resistance (Hindu, MUKUL SHARMA, Sep 29, 2007)
Harassment of human rights activists is so often part of their daily life that it goes unreported. Detention or abduction, disappearances and politically motivated imprisonment are used to intimidate them.
- Mayawati Govt Asks For N-Power Plant (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Sep 29, 2007)
While the Left continues its protests against the nuclear deal, the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh is pushing the Centre to set up a nuclear power plant in the state.
- Briton Visits India Mutiny Grave (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
A member of a group of Britons seeking to pay tribute to those who died in an 1857 Indian revolt has defied protesters to see his ancestor's grave.
- Supermarkets Halted After Shopkeepers Take To Streets (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Sep 28, 2007)
Reliance Industries, India's biggest private company, announced it will sack 1,000 workers and put on hold plans to open supermarkets in the north and east of the country after mounting protests from small traders.
- India Job Scheme 'Disappointing' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India's most ambitious scheme ever to lift people out of poverty has met with largely disappointing results in its first year, studies suggest.
- Fdi In Retail Only After Convincing Small Traders: Fm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India will open up its $330 billion retail market to foreign investors after convincing mom and pop store owners that their jobs are not at threat from big players, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said.
- Let's Move On (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2007)
What a strange country India has become. Even after 60 years of independence, it still lacks self-confidence to feel comfortable in its own skin. It is happy about the welcome 'incredible India' receives in the Big Apple.
- Iit Students Teach Migrant Children (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh: The children of Bidokhar village call it Apna Skool, or our school.
- Tough Times Ahead (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Sep 28, 2007)
Rahul Gandhi will face a daunting task as Congress general secretary and his mettle will be tested in the coming months
- No Space For Bsp In Gujarat (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 28, 2007)
On September 16 was held a public meeting in Vadodara where Ms Mayawati inaugurated the arrival of the BSP in Gujarat.
- Son And Substance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 27, 2007)
CONGRESS President Sonia Gandhi has summoned up courage in appointing son Rahul Gandhi as General Secretary of the Congress in charge of the youth and student wings of the party.
- Congress Hints At Rahul As Pm Candidate (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
The Congress on Wednesday hinted that Rahul Gandhi, just appointed All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary, might soon be projected as the Prime Ministerial candidate....
- Extend Job Scheme, Aicc Demands (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
In a clear sign of playing up the aam aadmi slogan in the politically-uncertain times as well as the pro-active role Rahul Gandhi would play in Congress, the newly-appointed AICC general secretary on Wednesday led a high-powered party delegation . . . .
- Political Project (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 26, 2007)
The Sangh Parivar revives a campaign that it had not so long ago found hard to sell.
- Cbi Arrests Former Up Chief Secy On Graft Charges (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
The CBI on Tuesday arrested former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Akhand Pratap Singh for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
- Erosion Of Faith (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 26, 2007)
THE Supreme Court has rightly voiced concern about the indiscriminate judicial delays and held that the recent lynching of 10 thieves in Bihar is a manifestation of the people’s increasing erosion of faith in the judiciary.
- Uk India Mutiny Ceremony Blocked (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Indian officials have refused to allow a British group to hold a remembrance ceremony in Lucknow to mark the 150th anniversary of an Indian revolt.
- Indians Ban Ceremonies For Mutiny's British Dead (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Lebanon's parliament yesterday delayed until October 23 its presidential elections after mustering only 85 of the 128-member legislature due to a boycott of the session led by Hezbollah.
- Former U.P. Chief Secretary Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Two years after registering a disproportionate assets case against him, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary, Akhand Pratap Singh, on the charge that he had amassed wealth through corrupt means.
- British Team’S Visit To Residency Cancelled (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
They were to pay homage to forefathers who lost their lives in the Great Uprising of 1857
Safety of members cited as reason for cancellation
A setback for culture tourism in Uttar Pradesh
- Former Chief Secretary Of U.P. Lands In Cbi Net (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Two years after registering a disproportionate assets case against him, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Akhand Pratap Singh on the charge that he had amassed wealth through corrupt means.
- A Compromise Formula (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 25, 2007)
Gandhi (1982) is a multi-award-winning biopic film about the life of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Polls In Mind, State Teams Rejigged (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Along with revamping the AICC, Sonia Gandhi has started restructuring the organisation at the state level to meet challenges from regional forces and caste-based parties.
- Congress Basks In Son-Shine (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi named her son Rahul one of the general secretaries of her party in a move seen as mixing youth with experience ahead of the general elections widely expected to be held before schedule.
- Digvijay For U.P., Arunkumar For Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
On the reconstituted All-India Congress Committee, Andhra Pradesh leader Arun Kumar has been appointed general secretary in charge of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Motilal Vora will remain treasurer with additional charge of Administration.
- Rahul Is Gen Secy In Major Congress Reshuffle (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Sep 25, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday inducted her son and Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi as a general secretary of the party.
- Moily Is New Aicc In-Charge Of Andhra (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Senior Congress leader and former chief minister of Karnataka M. Veerappa Moily has been appointed AICC in-charge of Andhra Pradesh affairs, replacing AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh. Mr Moily is a Congress . . . .
- Bjp In Combat Mode (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 25, 2007)
Contrary to the commentariat's assessment of last weekend's National Executive meeting of the BJP, it was a useful stock-taking exercise for the party's top leadership.
- J-K Cops Sound Alert Over Let’S Up Plans (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Sep 24, 2007)
-K police have alerted their Uttar Pradesh counterparts about a Lashkar plan to recruit cadre for stepping up violence in the Valley.
- Shocking Abuse Of Judicial Power (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 24, 2007)
The Delhi High Court’s action in holding the editor, the publisher, the resident editor, and a cartoonist of Mid Day (published from Delhi) guilty of contempt of court for making allegations of gross judicial misconduct against the former . . . .
- Tale Of Two Classes (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Sep 24, 2007)
With the possibility of an early general election brewing round the corner and the chance of a compromise between the Congress and the Left getting slimmer by the day, the common man is now intrigued by the obvious question: why is the . . . .. .
- Vested Interests Hurting Aligarh University (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Sep 24, 2007)
What do former President of India Dr Zakir Hussain, present vice-president of the country Hamid Ansari, first Prime Minister of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan, eminent writer Dr Rahi Masoom Raza, legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand, . . . .
- Ambika’S Past Visits With A Vengeance (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Sep 24, 2007)
Minister with many enemies Sins of her past are visiting Ambika Soni with a vengeance.
- Chennai Bjp Office Attacked (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Sep 24, 2007)
A 300-strong DMK mob attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party's State headquarters here on Sunday morning, leaving eight persons injured. The police stood by and watched as unruly DMK men pelted stones, broke into the party office and beat up BJP . . .
- For That Spectacular Sunset (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2007)
There was no board pointing to a beach, but I was told it is there. Travelling down the NH-17 along the Arabian Sea, I was on the lookout for the right beach to watch the sunset.
- An Organisation Shaped Hole (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 22, 2007)
Let us not be complacent. Our party organisation has to be infused with new energy and drive... There is now a momentum generated by our revival — let us not squander it.
- Get Them Out (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 22, 2007)
We suffer from an excess of VIPs. And on top of that we have a unique species called VVIPs which doesn’t exist outside the sub-continent. One way they declare their status is by illegally occupying public property.
- Top Naxal Leader Held In Patna (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
The Bihar police on Wednesday arrested top Naxal leader Tushar Kant Bhattacharya from a rented house at Dujra locality in Patna.
- More Indian Policemen Dismissed (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
The government in India's Uttar Pradesh state has dismissed another 4,000 policemen over alleged "irregularities" in their recruitment process.
- Migrants Have Enriched Punjab (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Sep 20, 2007)
The influx of migrant labourers to Punjab is a subject of intense interest and debate both within and without the state.
- Getting Into Election Mode? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 20, 2007)
The little twists and turns, barbs and counter barbs between the political parties are aimed at impending elections. By now, there is little doubt that the UPA, by choice rather than affirmative action on the Left’s part, will not complete its . . . . .
- Security Alert On India-Nepal Border (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
The Union Home Ministry has alerted paramilitary and police forces in all the five States on the India-Nepal border to step up vigilance on the 1,751-km boundary in the wake of sudden political developments in the neighbouring country.
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