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Articles 1421 through 1520 of 4401:
- No Decision To Stop Work On Dam: Pmo (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Apr 17, 2006)
Coming together against any move by the Centre to suspend the Narmada Control Authority decision to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam, BJP and Congress MPs from Gujarat today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the project was . . .
- Interview: Anil Naidoo (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Interview with Anil Naidoo, Director of the Blue Planet Project, which is fighting against the commercialisation of water.
- Private Water, Public Misery (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Apr 15, 2006)
Privatisation of water is taking root in India, often aided by political and bureaucratic corruption. Alongside, resistance to this is also building up.
- Manager's Nightmare (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Apr 15, 2006)
Every morning is a nightmare for M. Mohan, president of Thottipalayam panchayat, which includes about 30 villages on the outskirts of Tirupur.
- No Ducking On The Issue Of Climate Change (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, Apr 14, 2006)
Governments can no longer afford to dither over new post-Kyoto targets for GHG emissions
- India Willing To Settle Kashmir Along Loc’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 14, 2006)
A French academic has said that India is willing to accept the Line of Control, as it stands today, as the permanent dividing line between the two Kashmirs. He also believes that a pragmatic compromise around a soft border is possible.
- The Risen Redeemer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Good Friday and Easter are linked to God's creation of humankind, Adam and Eve, and their punishment for having eaten the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil beguiled by Satan in the form of a serpent.
- What Moves The Media (Deccan Herald, Minu Jain, Apr 14, 2006)
While fashion shows are played up, issues concerning the socially underprivileged are ignored in much of the media
- 20,000 Houses Sanctioned For City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Geeta Reddy tours Chudi Bazar as part of Praja Patham
- The Politics Of Water (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Severely depleted water resources will impact on the Kerala elections, with the focus on Plachimada, says G. Prabhakaran
- Bare Breasts And Bare-Faced Politics (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Apr 13, 2006)
India's morality stormtroopers were steamed up last week in response to two incidents of "wardrobe malfunction" at the Lakme India Fashion Week in Mumbai.
- Treading The Dangerous Path (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Apr 13, 2006)
The activists of Narmada Bachao Andolan have once again focused attention that when man tries to tame a river it has adversely affected human inhabitation.
- Exit Of A Legend (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 13, 2006)
The thespian epitomised the image of a true Kannadiga
- Election Sans Commotion (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Apr 13, 2006)
Having witnessed most elections in West Bengal since the first one under the present Constitution in 1952, this writer finds the forthcoming Assembly poll a rather strange phenomenon.
- Price Hike Is On (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 13, 2006)
Inflation continues unabated and the government seems to laugh off the growing agitation of the consumers and the stakeholders against the hoarders, though it knows that the situation is getting out of control as more commodities of daily use are . . .
- Journalism Is About Giving Voice To The Voiceless: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Praveen Swami, Barkha Dutt and Varghese George are journalists of the year
Freelance journalist Ramesh Menon received the award for "Environmental Reporting" (Print)
Awards on different aspects of journalism distributed
- Jayalalithaa Promises Project To Conserve Floodwater (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Ends campaign in Tuticorin district
- Rajkumar: The Making Of A Cultural Icon (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 13, 2006)
Over the years, Rajkumar came to symbolise the pride and honour of Kannadigas more than any political stalwart, social worker or litterateur.
- The Marxist Sleight Of Hand (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 13, 2006)
Enter the land of world famous Baluchari sarees, Dokra art and teracotta temples, all that has given Bankura district its present name and fame
- 57 Dead In Karachi ‘Suicide’ Bombing (Daily Times, Abbas Naqvi, Apr 13, 2006)
Top Sunni Tehreek leadership wiped out, funerals on Thursday
Hundreds injured g Blast took place during Maghrib prayers
Bomb stuffed with ball bearings to cause maximum casualties
Police teargas protesters after cars, petrol station torched
- India, Emerging Markets Sizzle (Business Standard, B G Shirsat, Apr 12, 2006)
In Q1 of CY06, India stands 4th with 20 per cent returns.
- Freedom To Be Corrupt (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 11, 2006)
Manmohan Singh's suggestion that Government employees should not be transferred every two years is wrong, says Bharat . . .
- It May Not Make A Difference In Bihar' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 11, 2006)
"Talks about IT, for example, is for the consumption of some people... My understanding of the Bihar economy is such that these things will not make much difference."
- Peace Prevails During Aiadmk Rule, Says Vaiko (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
"No cases of caste-related violence"
- Unquiet Flows The Narmada (Deccan Herald, Punypriya Dasgupta , Apr 11, 2006)
Big dams projects never really provide the irrigation and power that their project reports promise
- Nabard Aid To Tamil Nadu, Pondy Crosses Rs. 2,345 Cr. (Hindu, S. Vydhianathan, Apr 11, 2006)
Rs. 604 crore for infrastructure projects
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Total aid sanctioned includes Rs. 1,827 crore as refinance to banks
Rs. 547 crore to cooperative banks, regional rural banks
- Poll Panel, State Election Machinery At The Receiving End (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Apr 11, 2006)
Monitoring enforcement of model code in the State a tough task
EC, State election machinery straining to prove impartiality in ensuring parties' compliance
Faced with complaints of violations, State election machinery conducted probes
- Water Conservation (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Apr 11, 2006)
T.M. Mukundan, Akash Ganga Trust, D-15 Bay View Apartments, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai 600090. Rs. 100
- Freedom To Be Corrupt (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 10, 2006)
Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh has suggested that Government employees should not be transferred before two years to enable them to show results.
- Living In A World Of Make-Believe (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a waning sense of reality in national politics as each day passes.
- The Prophet Who Initiated A Permanent Revolution (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Apr 10, 2006)
Goethe devotes a magnificent poem to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in which as the very epitome of mankind, he is compared to a mighty river.
- Supplementing The Goals (Business Line, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 10, 2006)
The new SEZ Act may queer the pitch for exporters by creating islands of tax and other privileges.
- Mass Leadership And Backroom Politics (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 08, 2006)
The Congress will do well to look at the BJP, which has begun to experience the consequences of ignoring its mass leaders.
- Mitigating The Impact Of Natural Disasters (Business Standard, RAGHAV GAIHA, Apr 08, 2006)
A 5 percentage point reduction in the proportion of poor countries would reduce disaster-related deaths by roughly a similar amount.
- Rehabilitation Is A Cost, Don't Fudge It (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 08, 2006)
The government’s insensitivity towards Medha Patkar’s fast-unto-death and the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) dharna in Delhi is of a piece with the long years of systemic apathy to the larger issue of rehabilitation of local communities, either . . .
- Damn Good Dam (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Apr 08, 2006)
On 15 March the Kerala Assembly unanimously passed a Bill to nullify the 27 February Supreme Court order authorising the raising of water level in the Mullaperiyar dam from 136 feet to 142 feet and permitting further strengthening of the . . .
- Officials Violating Poll Code, Say Dpa Leaders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
"They are carrying out relief activities under various schemes"
- Work On Dam Must Continue'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that work on the Sardar Sarovar Dam should not stop, as it was the lifeline of the drought prone region of Saurashtra, Gujarat.
- Jaya Lashes Out At Upa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Criticising the UPA government for its “step-motherly” treatment towards Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalitha said 13 Union Ministers from the state were blocking all Central assistance.
- Support For Jaya Wells Up In Tn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
There is a strong undercurrent of support for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalitha among rural masses, a tour of Cuddallore, Chidambaram, Mayiladuthurai and Tiruvarur in northern . . .
- Marx's Reserve Army Of Labour Going Global (Hindu, Andrew Glyn, Apr 06, 2006)
The eruption of the Indian and Chinese economies could shift the balance of power sharply in favour of capital in the rich world.
- Karunanidhi's Arithmetic Versus Jayalalithaa's Chemistry (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 06, 2006)
The Tamil Nadu Assembly election may be decided by which of the two prevails
- Migrants And Minorities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The scrapping of the IMDT Act has lent a new dimension to electioneering in parts of Assam, says Sushanta Talukdar
- Development' Binds Nitish's Coalition Of Extremes (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 06, 2006)
The coalition Mr Nitish Kumar leads in Bihar includes not only the marginalised sections but also people from the upper crust and castes.
- The India Hype Is Ahead Of Reality (The Financial Express, R SESHASAYEE, Apr 06, 2006)
The economic growth India has achieved, to quote the finance minister, is ‘quite a heady mix’ and we saw the effect recently in Davos, where the world looked at India with great interest. We discovered our importance in that milieu.
- India Abroad (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
With ever increasing sums of foreign money rushing into the Indian equity market, it looks like the India story has been well and truly bought into by the rest of the world.
- Wto Brings China And Taiwan To Bargaining Table (International Herald Tribune, David Lague, Apr 05, 2006)
When Lai Shin-yuan, a Taiwan lawmaker, learned last year that a group of towel manufacturers from one of the poorest counties on the island planned to take action under World Trade Organization rules to stem a flood of cheap imports from China, she knew i
- Jayalalithaa For Formation Of Cauvery Delta Authority (Hindu, G. Srinivasan , Apr 05, 2006)
It should have power to open the dam in Karnataka and release water
Jayalalithaa says response to her campaign everywhere is overwhelming
DMK promise to provide free colour television sets "not practicable"
- Pmk Fully Endorses Dmk Election Promises (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Resolves to highlight its salient features during poll campaign
- Hunger Strike Reignites India's Narmada Dam Row (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 05, 2006)
A week-long hunger strike by India's most famous environmental activist has helped reignite a two-decades-old row over a controversial hydroelectric dam.
- Camouflaging Sensitive Sites From Satellites (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Universal effort needed to guard against Google Earth images: Army Chief
- Stone That Triggered Avalanche (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 04, 2006)
Despite Sonia Gandhi's attempt to turn her resignation from the Lok Sabha into yet another 'sacrifice', the majority of people think otherwise, says Anil Narendra
- Good Response To Farmers Security Scheme: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
3.74 lakh farmers have been registered under the scheme
- The Idea On The Ground (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Apr 04, 2006)
Contradictions characterise the rural job scheme in terms of a project and a holistic approach
- There’S A Story That Still Needs To Be Told (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 04, 2006)
Dr Verghese Kurien enhanced the livelihood options for the small and marginal farmers. He also stood up against the faulty paradigm of free trade
- Why Do People Choose Them? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 03, 2006)
Ethics and values no longer influence voters' emotions anywhere in the country, including in the South, writes K Govindan Kutty
- Tn: Jaya Seeks Mandate For Continuing 'Golden Era' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Continuing her campaign for the May 8 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa today said while her government had many "achievements" to its credit, the Opposition "has nothing" to present to the people.
- Capital Account Convertibility Concerns (Hindu, Sunanda Sen , Apr 03, 2006)
Can the Government avoid disaster if resident Indians join others in moving funds out in times of crises?
- Dmk Legislator Joins Aiadmk In Tamil Nadu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalitha’s campaign for the upcoming assembly election has been bolstered with a legislator of the main rival DMK defecting to her party.
- Help Usher In Yet Another Golden Era In State, Jayalalithaa Urges Voters (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Apr 01, 2006)
Chief Minister kick-starts election campaign at Saidapet
- Brahmaputra Threatens To Sink Island Way Of Life (Reuters, Alpana Sarma, Apr 01, 2006)
It is 14 times the size of Manhattan, but South Asia's largest river island could disappear beneath the Brahmaputra river within 25 years unless efforts to save it are dramatically stepped up, officials say.
- 5 Bills Passed In Assembly (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Apr 01, 2006)
Last day of the first budget session of Congress-led coalition Government today saw the ruling party members and supporters protesting in the Assembly, castigating the Ministers and casting serious aspersions on each other. While the PDP MLAs . . .
- Structural Shift In Economy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 01, 2006)
SPEAKING at the ground-breaking ceremony of a steel mill in Karachi, President Pervez Musharraf said that the focus of the economy would gradually shift from agriculture and textiles to engineering and heavy industry so as to promote a significant . . .
- You Have No Right To Be Mla: Dy Speaker To Wani (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Deputy Speaker, Mohammed Akbar Lone today reprimanded the MLA Doda, Abdul Majid Wani who is also an ally to ruling coalition when the former raised the issue of retrenchment of daily wagers from the Government recently.
- An Impossibility (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Apr 01, 2006)
The Nagas have to realise that it is not possible for New Delhi to redraw the map of Nagaland
- Free Trade Among Neighbours (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Apr 01, 2006)
Indian officials are cautious in their expectations of Pakistan with regard to the South Asian Free Trade Agreement.
- Engaging India’S States, The Stanford Way (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Apr 01, 2006)
As state sector reforms now hold the key to our growth strategy, it is critical to forge consensus
- Sheila For Meeting With Mulayam Singh On Water Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
`Delhi Government is taking all possible steps to ensure that there is no water shortage this summer'
Proposal to raise water tariff shot down
Budget estimates for 2006-07 of Delhi Jal Board approved
- Rehabilitation: Where The Truth Lies (Hindu, Usha Ramanathan, Mar 31, 2006)
It is about people's lives. A route to accountability is surely not too much to ask for.
- India Says Nuclear Deal Will Not Spark Arms Race (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 31, 2006)
India, pressing for U.S. congressional approval of a landmark nuclear energy agreement, on Thursday rejected suggestions the deal might provoke a South Asia arms race and reaffirmed its commitment to a voluntary moratorium on atomic weapons testing.
- Sleaze Ennobled (Telegraph, Anabel Loyd, Mar 30, 2006)
O dear, the smell of rotten eggs rises once more over Westminster and threatens to engulf the parliamentary Labour Party.
- Uk Schools Closed As Govt Staff Go On Strike (Tribune, Kate Holton, Mar 29, 2006)
Up to 1.5 million local government workers went on strike across Britain today closing thousands of schools and disrupting travel in a growing row over pensions. Eleven labour unions combined to stage the 24-hour protest which they said would be the . .
- In The Sweatshops Of Mumbai (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Mar 29, 2006)
Maharashtra is officially child labour-free but the exploitation of children continues in the zari units in its capital.
- As Kalam Would Have It (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Bihar’s law-makers were today taught a “lesson” in development by the President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who said they could not afford to ignore the pivotal role they were required to play.
- Maharashtra: Mill Lands For The Builder (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Mar 29, 2006)
There is disappointment in Mumbai as an apex court order makes 240 hectares of mill land available for private development.
- Mitigating Natural Disasters (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Indian soldiers' peace-time contribution to society often goes unsung and unrewarded, says MM Lakhera
- Jayalalithaa Says Dmk Impeding Growth (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Mar 29, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa today accused the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance of hindering the implementation of several ongoing welfare schemes in the state by ‘‘using the Election Commission’’ for . . .
- Jayalalithaa Rules Out Coalition Government In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Aiadmk releases manifestos for Assembly poll in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry
- Kalam's Mission Map For Bihar (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Mar 29, 2006)
Emphasis on agriculture and agro food-processing sector
Put good management structure in place
Politics, religion should not come in the way of mission
All parties united on development: Nitish
- Making Water A Basic Right (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 29, 2006)
By failing to declare water a basic human right, the Fourth World Water Forum (WWF) held in Mexico City has missed a major opportunity to empower the one billion people who are without a source of clean water.
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