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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Foreign Remittances — Growing With The Flow (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Aug 10, 2007)
The phenomenon of migration and remittances, without doubt, has been Without doubt, migration and remittances have been among the greatest integrators and levellers levelers of the 20th century.
- India Should Rope In The Neighbours (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
Floods are as much a natural phenomenon in India as they are in the rest of the world.
- Floods Death Toll Rises To 521 In South Asia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The death toll from two weeks of heavy rains across South Asia rose sharply as rescuers reached remote submerged villages in northern India amid a respite in the annual monsoon.
- Floods Find India Wanting As Climate Change Looms (Daily Times, Simon Denyer, Aug 09, 2007)
Global warming is likely to cause even heavier monsoons with more devastating storms in the region, and India needs to wake up fast to the risks
- Millions Left Homeless By Asia's Monsoon Floods (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Women and children were seen screaming for help from treetops yesterday as monsoon floods struck three countries in south Asia, leaving at least 280 people dead and 20 million washed out of their homes.
- A Trail Of Destruction (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2007)
The South-West monsoon, in a burst of fury, has left a trail of death and destruction in the central, northern, eastern and north-eastern parts of the country.
- Washed Away By Corruption (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 09, 2007)
In the end, it took one mighty nudge from the United Nations to put the news about the critical flood situation in north Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh and Assam back on the national agenda.
- Uttarakhand On High Alert Over Kanwarias Issue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Clashes have taken place at Masoorie, Rishikesh, Haridwar and other parts of Western Uttar Pradesh, where Kanwarias are either clashing with locals or having skirmishes with police.
- Maya’S Mp Mission (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
The prominent roundabouts in the Madhya Pradesh capital, Bhopal, give one a feeling of being in UP’s capital Lucknow.
- Fear Of Epidemics Follow Lethal Floods In Southern Asia (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Millions of people who have been left marooned by torrential monsoon rains south of the Himalayas face an uncertain future cut off from their submerged villages amid fears that epidemics would spread unchecked in the waterlogged region . . . .
- Hazardous Waste (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2007)
It is highly disturbing that some foetuses were found in a garbage dump in Bangalore on Sunday.
- Women In Public Life: No Ideal Role Model (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 08, 2007)
Today's women leaders are regional politicians with a restricted vision who cannot be regarded as role models.
- Lashkar Militants Sentenced For Possessing Explosives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
Court also slaps a fine of Rs. 50,000 on each of the convicts
“The accused were held at Nizamuddin in 2002 with RDX, two detonators and a Chinese-made pistol”
- Bjp Mlas In Up On Warpath (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2007)
About half a dozen BJP MLAs in Uttar Pradesh have threatened to quit the party in protest against the "autocratic" behaviour of party functionaries and the "dictatorial" attitude of state leaders.
- Opportunists Knock (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 08, 2007)
The Delhi Congress seems to have picked up some bad habits from the Opposition camp. And the timing couldn’t have been worse. With the Congress gearing up for a series of assembly polls leading up to the 2009 general elections . . . .
- Bjp Won't Tolerate Conspiracy To Oust Non-Kashmiris: Hussain (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
The BJP on Monday flayed the Congress-led coalition Governments at the Centre and Jammu & Kashmir for being insensitive to the plight of non-Kashmiri labourers in the State.
- Before The Flood (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 07, 2007)
Alarm bells have started ringing in the corridors of power but it is probably a little too late for the millions facing this year’s monsoon fury in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Assam.
- Farmers Can Knock On Sc Doors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
While dismissing the petition challenging the allotment of land to Anil Ambanis ADA Group for the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Dadri in Noida, a bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justice Tarun Chatterjee and Justice R V Raveendran . . . .
- Spare The Rod (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2007)
It is time the government and school authorities took stern steps to put an end to corporal punishment to children in schools.
- Fear Of Epidemics Follow Lethal Floods In Southern Asia (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Millions of people who have been left marooned by torrential monsoon rains south of the Himalayas face an uncertain future cut off from their submerged villages amid fears that epidemics would spread unchecked in the waterlogged region, say relief . . .
- Notices To Haryana, Maharashtra (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
The Supreme Court today issued notices to Haryana and Maharashtra governments on a petition by Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries seeking adjudication of all special economic zones (SEZ) related cases by the apex court to avoid . . . .
- No Confirmed News Of Al-Qaida Threat: Minister (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
The Supreme Court today issued notices to Haryana and Maharashtra governments on a petition by Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries seeking adjudication of all special economic zones (SEZ) related cases by the apex court to avoid multiplicity . . . .
- Millions Left Homeless By Asia's Monsoon Floods (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
Women and children were seen screaming for help from treetops yesterday as monsoon floods struck three countries in south Asia, leaving at least 280 people dead and 20 million washed out of their homes.
- The Wait For Rahul ‘Godot’ Gandhi (Telegraph, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 06, 2007)
Political circles in Delhi are once again abuzz with talk of a cabinet shuffle and an AICC revamp — but both, sources say, hinge on a decision to be taken by the MP from Amethi.
- Stamp Of Duty (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
MONEY and visibility make them celebrities and being celebrities help them make more money and get more visibility.
- Monsoon Fury (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
North India, Nepal and Bangladesh have been battered by heavy rains and serious floods.
- Roll Call Of Up Chief Ministers (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
The politics of Uttar Pradesh has many interesting facets. In this State, no Chief Minister has been able to stick to the office continuously for five years.
- Monsoon Floods Kill At Least 186 In India And Bangladesh (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Torrents of water washed away homes, crops and cows, leaving hungry and frightened villagers perched in treetops or on roofs as the death toll rose Friday from monsoon rains across northern India and Bangladesh.
- Millions Forced To Flee And 1,100 Die After Heavier Than Usual Monsoon Hits South Asia (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Monsoon rains whipped the Indian subcontinent yesterday, flooding a wide swath south of the Himalayas and bringing the death toll in recent weeks to more than 1,100, with 19 million people displaced.
- Bihar Flood Toll 41, Army Out In Up (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Swollen rivers continued to wreak destruction in 16 Bihar districts affecting over 83 lakh people and claiming 41 human lives, official sources said today.
- Unpa Decides To Expose Upa On Nuke Deal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Firm on asserting their separate identity in Parliament, the UNPA has decided to oppose the Indo-US civil nuclear deal when it comes up for discussion in the House.
- Politics Of The Governed (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 03, 2007)
While much literature exists on mass politics, little attention has been given to the relationship between the politics of identity and changes in the economy and patterns of governance in the post-reforms era.
- Voice Over (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
For Goa, crises come in incessant waves. Only days ago, its brand new Congress government had been endangered by the rapid withdrawal of support by two members of a supporting party, an independent and a rebel party member.
- Muhammad's Legacy (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 03, 2007)
TARIQ RAMADAN is a Muslim Martin Luther,” The Washington Post once remarked. It is doubtful whether he would accept such ignorant and condescending praise.
- Have Power? No Problems! (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 02, 2007)
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition filed by Mr Prashant Bhushan, a member of the NGO, Common Cause, seeking the court's directions to the Union Government to prosecute Capt Satish Sharma in the petrol pump distribution scam.
- Maoists Kill 1, Blow Up Two Railway Stations (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
One person was killed and 17 injured in two incidents of firing by CPI(Maoists) activists, who also detonated bombs in two railway stations during their 24-hour Jharkhand bandh that began on midnight last night.
- Taj Corridor: Sc To Take Up Plea Against Decision (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice S H Kapadia, will take an application challenging “legal validity” of Uttar Pradesh Governor’s refusal to give prosecution sanction against Chief Minister Mayawati and former. . .
- Should We Allow U.P. To Hijack Indian Politics? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2007)
In a federal nation like ours, no State should have more than 10 per cent of the seats in the popularly elected house of Parliament, i.e. the Lok Sabha. We must, therefore, seriously consider bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh.
- Flood Evacuees Die In India Storm (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
At least 28 people died when an overcrowded boat carrying flood evacuees and aid workers capsized in northern India, officials have said.
- Jats As Obcs (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Aug 02, 2007)
THE root cause of the recent outburst of Gujjar fury in Rajasthan is traced to the inclusion of Jats in the list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for reservation in Central services in October 1999.
- Sc Indicates Reopening 1992 Mumbai Communal Violence Cases (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
Seeking details of alleged lapses in the probe and prosecution of cases related to the 1992 communal violence in Mumbai, the Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated it may order a re-investigation - just as it had done with the 2002 Gujarat carnage.
- Maya Deploys Mishra To Expand Base In Mp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Haryana, three BJP and one Congress-ruled States, are now on BSP chief Mayawati's radar.
- Child Thrown From Howrah Bridge (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
A young woman is suspected to have thrown her four-year-old daughter into the Hooghly from Howrah Bridge and would have also tossed her infant son into the swelling river, according to two youths who said they stopped her.
- Rail Tickets From Designated Post Offices (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Aug 01, 2007)
Indian Railways and the Department of Posts on Tuesday signed an agreement to allow the sale of reserved tickets through post offices spread across the country.
- Crafted With Care (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
The weekend visit to an exhibition of handicrafts and handlooms in town is always a family affair.
- Tokenism As Official Policy (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 01, 2007)
Should we take the installation of Ms Pratibha Patil as the President to be an effort in the direction of empowerment of women in India?
- Ap’S Inter-Regional Gaps Worry Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today expressed concern over the large inter-regional gaps in agricultural productivity and the high-level review meeting he chaired adopted an ‘Andhra Pradesh Resolution’ to give agriculture a four per cent growth.
- Pratibha Patil Wins Big (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 01, 2007)
UPA nominee Pratibha Patil wins big and the BJP’s attempt to convert the poll into a game of realpolitik comes a cropper.
- Dowry Spectator Slur On Arjun (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh police have lodged a case of dowry-related harassment against Union minister Arjun Singh and seven members of his family following a complaint from his grandson’s wife.
- Flawed Electoral System (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Jul 31, 2007)
Despite mounting evidence that most legislators in India today enter democratic bodies riding on a minority vote in their constituencies because of the fragmentation of the polity, lethargy and the fear of change has prevented the political class . . . .
- Apna Pariah (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 31, 2007)
Have you caught the new flick Apne yet? Amar Singh is acting as himself, or rather as he was: ‘a well-respected politician’ who is chief guest at an award ceremony.
- Rain-Related Deaths Mount To 31, Flood Threat In Up (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
With six more people dying in house collapses since Sunday, the toll in rain-related deaths across Uttar Pradesh mounted to 31 as the threat of flood loomed large with the water level of several rivers rising.
- Indian Minister Faces Dowry Harassment Charges (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
A senior Indian cabinet minister and veteran leader of the ruling Congress party has been accused of breaking the law by demanding a dowry payment from his grandson’s wife, police said on Monday.
- Bihar Seeks Army’S Help In Flood Relief (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Bihar government has sought help from the Indian Army to bail it out of the flood situation triggered by heavy rain for the past 10 days.
- Congress Leaders Fear Fate In Polls (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Jul 30, 2007)
The absence of regional heavyweights in key states will affect the Congress' electoral prospects in the coming Assembly polls and in the general election as well, fear senior party leaders even after the massive victory in the presidential election.
- Water And Sanitation: A Pipedream For Indian Villages (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Gram Panchayats should be empowered to provide 100 per cent water and sanitation facilities to households.
- Bsp Fields Tiwari As Candidate For Ballia Lok Sabha Bypoll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has reposed faith in Brahmin-Dalit equation to wrest the Ballia Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh in the byelection to be held on August 29. The byelection was caused by the death of former Prime Minister and . . . .
- More Indians In 'City Of Widows' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Jyotsna Singh, Jul 28, 2007)
The number of young Hindu widows seeking refuge in India's holy city of Vrindavan - nicknamed "the city of widows" - is rising, a study says.
- Dignity Lost (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 28, 2007)
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term "unparliamentary language" as language contrary to the rules or procedures of Parliament.
- Mayawati Move To ‘Capture’ Himachal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
The BSP launched its concept of “social engineering” in Himachal Pradesh today in a move likely to shake up the hill-state’s political chemistry significantly in the long run.
- Chauvinism Gives Way To English (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 27, 2007)
Antipathy for English is ultimately waning. The winds of change are blowing from western India to the country's east through the Hindi belt.
- The Abc Of Sex Education (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
So, Lalu Yadav does not believe in sex education. We always suspected that he didn’t think much of family planning. But now we know that Lalu-ji would prefer it if his nine children were spared sex education lessons in the classroom.
- Countdown Begins (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jul 27, 2007)
The near closure of the India-US civil nuclear cooperation deal is good news.
- 'Consumerism Has Changed Our Values' (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 27, 2007)
Mention trafficking of women and Gram Niyojan Kendra of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh comes to mind. A pioneering institute, it can be described as the mother of voluntary organisations, training and evaluating them..
- Why Is Political Discourse Getting Vitriolic? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
With the pressure and stakes mounting for politicians to be in power their attacks on one another are becoming virulent. This does not bode well for the polity.
- Advani Takes Backseat; Mayawati, Mk In Front (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Advani, who led a vitriolic campaign against Pratibha Patil, sat in the fourth row along with Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and his party colleague Jaswant Singh.
- Protocol Goes For A Toss As Pratibha Takes Oath (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Conventional protocol went for a six in Parliament during President Pratibha Patil's oath-taking ceremony. The most glaring of it was the sight of Leader of Opposition LK Advani sitting in the fourth row behind officials and Chief Ministers.
- New Prez Calls Self 'First Servant' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Sworn in as the country's first woman President with traditional pomp and grandeur, Pratibha Patil on Wednesday called for ending divisive tendencies like communalism and fighting terrorism.
- Test Tricks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
It is getting easier to link ambitious students (and their parents) in West Bengal with fakery and corruption. But the rot is not confined to Bengal alone.
- Pratibha Patil Takes Oath (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Ms Pratibha Patil was sworn in on Wednesday as the country’s first woman President at a glittering function held in the historic Central Hall of Parliament.
- Ladies’ Circle, But One Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Women were the stars in Parliament this afternoon when Pratibha Patil took oath as the country’s first woman President.
- Now On Sonia Radar: A Reshuffle (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
The stage is set for a reshuffle in the top echelons of the Government and the Congress party.
- The Right's Wrongs (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jul 25, 2007)
PUBLISHED on May 15 this year, this book makes a timely appearance.
- The Worlds In Our Cities (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Jul 25, 2007)
THE temptation to talk about the growth and nature of Bangalore or Delhi is irresistible.
- Vp Polls: Ansari To Be Upa Candidate (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
Seasoned diplomat Hamid Ansari appears to have emerged the front runner in the race for Vice-President with a broad consensus emerging around his name in the UPA-Left combine.
- Indian It Executive Kidnapped (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
An executive at India’s fourth-largest software-maker was kidnapped shortly after dropping his daughter at school Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the company said.
- A Rebel's Journey (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jul 25, 2007)
ONE of the most enduring images of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, who passed away on July 8, relates to the Bharat Yatra that he undertook as an opposition leader in early 1983.
- Bachchan's Gift Amounts To Contempt: Up Govt (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
The Uttar Pradesh government strongly objected to Amitabh Bachchan's offer of gifting the Daulatpur plots to Bara Banki gram sabha.
- Upa Performance To Be Reviewed: Cpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
Communist Party of India general secretary A.B. Bardhan said here on Tuesday that the performance of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government would be reviewed after the Vice-Presidential election.
- Sez Investment To Cross Rs 1,00,000 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
Union Commerce Secretary G K Pillai, on Monday, said the investment in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) across the country is likely to cross the Rs 1,00,000 crore mark by 2008..
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