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- Nepal Turmoil: Alert Sounded Along Border (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
An alert was sounded on Tuesday in states along the Indo-Nepal border by the Union Home Ministry, which also asked the para-military forces to step up vigilance on the 1,751-km boundary in the wake of sudden political developments in . . . .
- Flood Preparedness, A Necessity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 19, 2007)
It has been a grim monsoon, with floods ravaging vast areas of the country and leaving behind crops destroyed and lives shattered. In June, the very first month of the monsoon, torrential downpour hit Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra.
- Ancient Spice Trade Gets A Makeover (Asia Times, RAJA M, Sep 19, 2007)
If the ghosts of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama continue craving for new sea routes to India's fabulous spices, they won't need a ship to ride across the unknown: they can spiritedly log on to e-auctions launched last month by . . . . .
- Mha Sounds Alert Along Indo-Nepal Border (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Security forces and police along the Indo-Nepal border have been put on high alert after Tuesday’s political developments in Nepal. The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the Central paramilitary force guarding the 1,751-km border, has been alerted to the . . . .
- Haryana Hurricane (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 19, 2007)
The regional distribution of investment in states offers some surprises and reinforces some stereotypes. Haryana and Orissa are witnessing big gains in investment, while Rajasthan, UP and Bihar remain BIMARU.
- Muslims Taken For A Ride (Pioneer, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 18, 2007)
The Allahabad High Court's ruling that declared the appointment of Urdu teachers (BTC) by the previous Samajwadi Party Government in Uttar Pradesh "illegal" shows the kind of governance provided by the previous regime in the State.
- Doubts Over Quality Of Pds Grain In Some States (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
While almost half the PDS rice and wheat in the country might be getting stolen, questions have also arisen about the quality that does get supplied in some states.
- More Popular Than The Badshah (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Sep 18, 2007)
If you want to know how deeply the Ramayana is etched in Indians’ collective consciousness, read this from Glimpses of World History, the magnum opus that Jawaharlal Nehru authored from his Dehradun prison in 1933.
- Clean Up Your Act (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 17, 2007)
In a welcome development, UP chief minister Mayawati has announced that the population of Dalits will no longer be the criterion for developing certain villages under the Dr Ambedkar rural development programme that she is pushing.
- Rs 31,500 Cr Pds Grain Stolen In 3 Yrs (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
In the last three years, Rs 31,585.98 crore worth of wheat and rice meant for the poorest of the poor was siphoned off from the public distribution system.
- Maya Says Bjp, Cong Plotting To Deny Quotas To Upper Castes (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Sunday alleged that there is a conspiracy by the Congress and BJP for not providing reservations to poor among the upper castes.
- Mayawati Woos Upper Castes; Keen To Replicate U.P. In Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Sep 17, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is to keen on replicating U.P. in Gujarat in the coming Assembly elections by presenting a united front of upper castes and backward classes against the Congress and the BJP.
- Congress Eyeing Tie-Up With Arch-Rivals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
Amidst speculation about mid-term polls, the Congress appears to take even arch-rivals Samajwadi Party and BSP on board.
- Soni Hurt By Jairam's Remark, Says Khurshid (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
The blame game is on in the Government over the controversial Ram Setu affidavit denying the existence of Lord Ram.
- Ordeal Of Separation (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Sep 17, 2007)
Muslim leaders and intellectuals have squarely blamed Gandhi and Nehru for the emergence of Pakistan; this book is no different, write Prafull Goradia and KR Phanda
- No Cause For Pot-Belly (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 17, 2007)
Since time immemorial, potato has been considered a 'vegetable' whose excess consumption could lead to obesity. The myth has finaly been exploded. A new study by Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, clears the air over the popular . . . .
- A Front In Disarray (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Sep 14, 2007)
Doubts are being raised about UNPA's future, with Jayalalithaa going hammer and tongs against the Samajwadi Party
- 16 Kanwariyas Crushed To Death, Violence, Arson Follow (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
At least 16 Kanwariyas (devotees of lord shiva) were crushed to death by an Express train near Saryu Ghat railway station of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday night triggering arson and violent protests.
- Dalit Rally (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 14, 2007)
ON the night of August 27, Rakesh Lara, a popular local leader of Valmikis, the community considered to be the lowest in the Dalit hierarchy, was shot dead by three motorcycle-borne assailants in Gohana town of Sonepat district in Haryana.
- Politics Sans Excellence (Indian Express, A.K. VERMA, Sep 13, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has banned students union elections in the state.
- “Time To Curb Number Of Backward Castes” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
“It is time for the court to put restrictions on the number of backward castes as the presence of caste is being felt in every field,” senior counsel K.K. Venugopal said on Wednesday.
- 6,500 Policemen Sacked In India Over Corruption (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
The chief minister of India’s most populous state has sacked 6,500 police officers, saying they paid bribes to get jobs under the previous government. Chief Minister Mayawati also fired 12 senior officers late on Tuesday who were in charge of . . . .
- Govt, Experts Ridicule Allahabad Hc Judge (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
It is the duty of every citizen of India under Article 51-A of the Constitution- irrespective of caste, creed or religion- to follow the dharma propounded by the Bhagvad Gita".
- Cleansing Campuses (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 12, 2007)
The Supreme Court's recent observation that our colleges and universities need genuine students who are eager to pursue knowledge and not 'student leaders' whose sole occupation is "goondagiri" and "dadagiri" is a view that is shared by millions . . . .
- Left-Cong Charade Officially Begins (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Sep 12, 2007)
The UPA-Left committee to resolve the impasse over India-US civil nuclear agreement met on Tuesday, but the exercise has become a mere formality with both parties preparing for midterm polls.
- Shekhar Son Is Sp Ballia Nominee (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday announced the candidature of Neeraj Shekhar, younger son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, for the Lok Sabha byelection for the Ballia constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
- Politics Of Disruption (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 12, 2007)
The proposed move to provide cheaper credit to unorganised retailers through a cess on large retail chains is retrograde and must be dropped immediately.
- No Cess On Organised Retail (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 12, 2007)
The proposed move to provide cheaper credit to unorganised retailers through a cess on large retail chains is retrograde and must be dropped immediately.
- Sc Wants Squatting To Be Made Criminal Offence (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The supreme court on Tuesday asked the Centre to examine suitable amendments to the Indian Penal Code for making unauthorised occupation of government accommodation a criminal and non-bailable offence.
- Indian Farmers Oppose Giant Buddha Statue (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
Kushinagar has yet to see violence related to the Maitreya Project, but anxiety over the plans remains
- A Flawed Concept (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Sep 12, 2007)
IN 2003, when the Government of India identified 55 districts affected by left-wing extremism (naxalism) across nine States to address the issue of backwardness, its decision stemmed from the realisation that people were drawn into naxalism . . . .
- Naxal Terror (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 12, 2007)
“THIS is essentially to create a shock effect on the government and its agencies. More concrete and substantial political and organisational work of the Maoists is taking place at the grass roots in a number of States including Jharkhand . . . .
- See No Evil (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
The bomb blasts at Hyderabad were another reminder that the Indian State, indeed India’s future, is becoming steadily more endangered.
- Indian Farmers Oppose Giant Buddha Statue (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
In the middle of a village square about a mile from the northern Indian town of Kushinagar, where Buddha died nearly 2,500 years ago, dozens of semiliterate, poor villagers chanted in unison last week through the humid night.
- Reserves Of Cunning (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
Following criticism about the presence of the RBI’s nominee directors on the boards of banks, the former promptly withdrew all its officials from the boards.
- Division Of Up Won't Help (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Sep 10, 2007)
This has reference to Prafull Goradia's article, "Divide UP for development" (September 5). In support of this contention, Gujarat's and Haryana's cases are often cited.
- In Rajasthan, Death Prefers Young Girls (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
Nearly half of all female deaths in rural Rajasthan are of girls below the age of 20. The precise figure is 49.4%. Out of these, 42% of the deaths are of girls who haven't yet celebrated their fifth birthday. In short, a girl born in a . . . .
- No Sweat (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 10, 2007)
Commenting on the Delhi University polls, the Supreme Court stated on Friday that the country needed good students and not leaders engaged in goondagiri and dadagiri in colleges and universities.
- Nuke Deal Row May End Session Early (Statesman, R C Rajamani, Sep 10, 2007)
Proceedings were once again paralysed last week over the Indo-US nuclear issue that now threatens to cause a premature end – earlier than the scheduled date of September 14 – to the troubled monsoon session.
- Pilgrims As Hooligans (Times of India, RAVINDER KAUR, Sep 10, 2007)
While Anjolie Ela Menon celebrated the kavadiyas in San Francisco through her painting appropriately titled Yatra, these very pilgrims held Indian cities to ransom.
- 'Education' Or Cultural Assault? (Pioneer, Rami Chhabra, Sep 08, 2007)
The plan to make sex education 'interesting' to Indian students by using Western teaching modules has bombed - now how about using desi values to combat the scourge of HIV-AIDS?
- ‘Yatra’ To Honour Rezangla Heroes (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Sep 08, 2007)
A journey to honour 114 soldiers of a battalion, who laid down their lives in the 1962 war against China, was flagged off here on Friday.
- Avoidable Burden (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2007)
The imports are an avoidable drain on foreign exchange and an added burden on an already bloated food subsidy.
- Up To Get Its Very Own 'Grand Trunk Road' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Under the proposed project, flood control embankments running along the left bank of Ganga will be widened or built where they don't exist.
- Special Article (Statesman, DEBAKI NANDAN MANDAL, Sep 06, 2007)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), launched on 2 February 2006 in 200 districts, has been a subject of controversy and debate since the days when experts of the National Advisory Council prepared its blueprint.
- Sher Shah Maya’S Grand Ganga Road (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Mayavati today announced a plan to build the modern-day version of the Grand Trunk Road along the Ganga, triggering protests from environment groups and political rivals.
- Inquiry Ordered Into 'Illegal' Arms Sales (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Reacting to an investigation by the Hindustan Times, the army on Wednesday has ordered an inquiry into the alleged sale of non-service pattern (NSP) weapons by some officers in the border districts of Rajasthan.
- Centre Works On Poll Lollies (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Sep 05, 2007)
Even as Manmohan Singh defends his ties with new friend George W. Bush, his party and government are busy working on an old ally: the aam aadmi.
- Sifting Through Ashes Of Ramu's Aag (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Remakes can rebound, especially if the director has nothing new to say.
- Divide Up For Development (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 05, 2007)
The demand for a sub-division of Uttar Pradesh into Purvanchal by Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav deserves to be reflected upon. One member of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in 1955 had considered Uttar Pradesh to be unwieldy and had . . . . .
- Lumbini Park Bomber Identified (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
In a step forward in the investigation of the August 25 blasts, the police on Tuesday almost concluded that Rizwan Ghazi, who fled his Kishanbagh residence here just before the police raid a couple of days ago, as the bomber who planted the . . . . .
- Maya Snatches Mulayam Seats (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
Mayavati today continued her winning streak in Uttar Pradesh, wresting from the Samajwadi Party two of three seats to which Assembly bypolls were held.
- Time & Time Again! (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
A group of scientists has, says PTI, suggested that Indian Standard Time (IST) be moved six hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) instead of 330 minutes.
- Up Bypolls: Bsp Eats Into Sp Turf, Gains 2 Seats (Indian Express, PIYUSH SRIVASTAVA, Sep 04, 2007)
In another setback for the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, the BSP succeeded in snatching the Swar Tanda (Rampur) and Farrukhabad seats from it in the bypolls held on August 31.
- Left Can't Set The Agenda (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Sep 04, 2007)
We have another terrorist attack in Hyderabad, which leaves at least 42 people dead and hundreds injured. 'Sleeper units', which have carried out the blasts, can comfortably go back to sleep once again, as we simply refuse to act on security . . . .
- Dalit Anger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2007)
THE murder of a Dalit youth in Gohana provoked a violent reaction from the community in the region. Nowadays any attack on Dalits or anything that represents their identity like the statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar is immediately followed by mob violence.
- Mayawati Wants One More House (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Sep 03, 2007)
One had thought that after becoming Uttar Pradesh chief minister on her own steam, Mayawati would become more mature.
- Rjd Mp Finds Bovine Qualities In Shivraj (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
RJD MP Prabhunath Singh stunned the House this week by comparing Union home minister Shivraj Patil to a cow.
- Democracy Sans Parties Dangerous (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 03, 2007)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and the debate on its implication seemed to cover a lot of ground.
- Retail Reversal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 03, 2007)
The UP government’s response to organised food retail is the symptom of a deeper malaise — the burgeoning agrarian crisis and failure of farm policy.
- Left Can't Set The Agenda (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Sep 03, 2007)
We have another terrorist attack in Hyderabad, which leaves at least 42 people dead and hundreds injured.
- Maya Culpa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
After a spectacular electoral victory and a fairly promising honeymoon with governance, matters of policy seem to be slipping out of control of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister.
- Survey Shows Obcs Are Actually Better Off (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
In the backdrop of the Supreme Court debate on a quota in education for Other Backward Classes, the findings of a government survey that OBCs’ monthly per capita expenditure is close to the national average, and in some states even better . . . .
- Economic Growth Is Changing Caste-Based Deprivation Logic (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
Economic growth is changing conventional logic of caste-based deprivation in several states.
- Scs, Sts Come Close To Obcs In Per Capita Monthly Expenditure (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 01, 2007)
It would be an eye-opener for the policy makers who project Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) economically weaker than other backward classes (OBCs).
- Democracy Sans Parties Dangerous (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 01, 2007)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and the debate on its implication seemed to cover a lot of ground.
- Stop Cow Slaughter (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 31, 2007)
The satyagraha against cow slaughter, launched by Vinobha Bhave at Deonar in Mumbai on January 11, 1982, continues. But, last Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea for a complete ban on the slaughter of cows, buffaloes and horses on two grounds.
- No Will To Fight Terror (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 31, 2007)
The Hyderabad bombings have brought to the fore the seriousness of the terrorist threat the country faces. With such incidents happening again and again, and the Government following an ostrich-like approach, people have been left to their fate
- Violence In Agra (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2007)
Wednesday's communal violence in Muslim-dominated areas of Agra is indicative of the fragile peace that prevails in many places across the country.
- Help Retail To Help Consumers (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Aug 30, 2007)
This refers to Kanchan Gupta's article, "To help retail, starve millions" (Coffee Break, August 26). The writer's concern for the people who have been affected by the entry of big companies in the retail sector may be justified, but some of the . . . . .
- Left With Little Choice (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Aug 30, 2007)
Comrades should support the Congress on issue-to-issue basis; else, they would be compelled to ally with 'opportunist' regional parties
- Taj Witness To Mob Frenzy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Members of two communities went on the rampage and committed arson as the police fired in the air to quell communal clashes here today. Five people were killed.
- Taj Mahal Closed After Agra Clash (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
The Taj Mahal, India's famous monument to love, has re-opened after being briefly closed to tourists when rioting broke out in the city of Agra.
- Curfew Near Taj Mahal After Violence (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
The police imposed a curfew in the northern Indian city of Agra, home to the country's most popular tourist attraction, the Taj Mahal, after a fatal road accident early Wednesday morning fueled violent clashes on the streets.
- Killer Truck Sets Ablaze City Of Taj (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
A speeding truck that mowed down four persons walking home after prayers left Agra burning and Taj Mahal shut as a night of “atonement” flared into a morning of mayhem.
- Radioactive ‘Theft’ From Tata Plant (Telegraph, JAYANTA ROY CHOWDHURY, Aug 29, 2007)
Another industrial camera with enough radioactive iridium to endanger people within a quarter-kilometre radius has gone missing, this time from Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant.
- Our Tryst With Secularism (Asia Times, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 29, 2007)
One feels stumped when one finds that Muslim fundamentalists are taking a leaf out of the BJP book of hatred and hostility.
- The Bottlenecks (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
The economy seems to be doing fine at one level, despite myriad problems like the global financial crisis, domestic unrest and growing Naxalite and terrorist attacks.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 29, 2007)
Beyond the uncertainty over whether a brand name will set up retail stores in West Bengal is the loss of face the government has suffered on the road to revamping its economic policy.
- Greater Noida To Varanasi In Less Than 10 Hrs: 8-Lane Road Project Set To Roll (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Aug 29, 2007)
If the Mayawati government in her earlier term as Chief Minister came up with the ambitious 150 km-long Taj Corridor expressway from Greater Noida to Agra, this time she has made the big leap with plans for an eight lane access-controlled 850-km . . . .
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