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- India May Sell Pakistan 50,000 Tonnes Sugar (Reuters, Biman Mukherji, Dec 27, 2005)
India is likely to export about 50,000 tonnes of sugar to Pakistan by the end of January, a top trade official said on Monday.
- `Operation Duryodhan': Is Seeking Money Merely `Stupid'? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 27, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party veteran and the party's outgoing President, Mr L. K. Advani, has given a new nuance to the terms `stupidity' and bribe-taking.
- A.P. Deputes Engineers' Team To Babli Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Move follows reports on resumption of work at the project site
- `No Dispute With Andhra Pradesh On River Waters' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Karnataka Chief Minister N.Dharam Singh has made it clear that there was no serious dispute over the sharing of river waters with Andhra Pradesh, and for that matter, with any other riparian State. "Such trivial differences could be sorted out . . .
- Of Passion Fruit And Vegetables (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In 1972, we were posted to Imphal. Offered the choice of three houses, I selected a cottage with a thatched roof, enraptured by its picture postcard garden. At that time, I did not know that bandycoots would run relay races on its roof all night. Also tha
- Push Infrastructure Reforms (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In 1972, we were posted to Imphal. Offered the choice of three houses, I selected a cottage with a thatched roof, enraptured by its picture postcard garden. At that time...
- Annual Reflections (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 26, 2005)
As another December ends, one is inevitably reminded of unmet targets and unfulfilled promises, public and private, and can too easily give way to wistful regret.
- Trivially Tragic To Tragically Comic: Thank Goodness,2005 Is Almost Past (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 26, 2005)
Another year and something always on. Too much on air, too much happening as though the world is in constant motion. Of course it is.
- Musharraf Pins Hope In Youth (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 25, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf focused the importance of major water reservoirs to the Sindh’s future and sought Sindhi youth’s support to avert the impending disaster.
- Fighting Aids, Hiv With A Cutting Edge (Hindu, G.V. Prasada Sarma, Dec 25, 2005)
Project to train barbers begins
Hyderabad-based NGO takes initiative in making barbers peer educators
Some 1,000 barbers are being trained by a team of 12 doctors
What is AIDS, how it spreads and the means to prevent it are explained
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 24, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink. Abundance of it means life in full bloom, absence turns the whole world into a big wasteland.
- Musharraf’S Futuristic Approach (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 24, 2005)
Opponents of the Kalabagh Dam took out a rally in Karachi on Thursday terming the project as detrimental to the ‘integrity’ of the country.
- Abbasi Report On Kbd (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 24, 2005)
New developments on the Kalabagh dam issue seem to offer new opportunities for seeking a consensus on what has now become the nation’s biggest political controversy.
- "India Has Done A Good Job On Rehabilitation" (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 24, 2005)
India tied up with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank for assistance to launch a massive tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction programme in the affected States. In an email interview, World Bank Country DirectorMichael Carterreviews . . .
- Permanent Shelters Ready For Tsunami Hit (Hindu, Sandhya Soman, Dec 24, 2005)
Slum Clearance Board has completed construction of 5,000 houses at Chemmenjery
- Minister Seeks Icar Help To Evolve Better Quality Crops (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Proposal for setting up sugarcane research station at Cuddalore sent to Centre
- Bjp Welcomes Announcement On Relief Distribution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Says it will reduce anxiety among people
- K’Taka Leaders Cut A Wavering Figure (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Dec 23, 2005)
The MPs’ Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is hot news now with some of the honourable Members of Parliament getting caught on camera for taking commission to dole out money in the name of developmental works in their constituencies.
- Tn Stampede: Dmk Councillor Seeks Bail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A DMK councillor of the Chennai Corporation, arrested on Tuesday in connection with the stampede at a relief token distribution centre here which claimed 42 lives, on Thursday filed a petition in a sessions court for bail.
- A Merry Charioteer (Deccan Herald, Mrittika Sen, Dec 23, 2005)
City autos are a menace, but once in a while drivers shock us with their nobility.
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 23, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink.
- Election Commission Not Under Political Pressure: Naresh Gupta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Stuffing of electoral rolls: Filing of complaints with Magistrates has started
EC acted in accordance with the law, says Chief Electoral Officer
Magistrates can proceed with the case if they are satisfied with the complaint
- Fighting "Hidden Hunger" (Daily Excelsior, B.S.Padmanabhan, Dec 23, 2005)
Of late media reports have highlighted the problem of malnutrition, especially among children, in different parts of the country.
- Trampled Upon (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Dec 22, 2005)
That stampedes have become a regular feature in our country, particularly during religious festivals is clear, as governments pat themselves on the back when festivals pass off uneventfully. But a stampede causing the death of 42 people who were part ...
- Montreal Impasse (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 22, 2005)
More needs to be done by countries and individuals to save the planet’s ecology.
- A Risk Of Global Collapse (Hindu, Dylan Evans, Dec 22, 2005)
Is It possible that global civilisation might collapse within our lifetime or that of our children?
- Tn Government Politicising Flood Relief: Dmk (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Dec 22, 2005)
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) today charged the Tamil Nadu Government with politicising flood relief distribution and trying to cover up its inefficiency by arresting its councillor with false charges of spreading rumours leading to the death of 42
- A Risk Of Total Collapse (Deccan Herald, Dylan Evans, Dec 22, 2005)
We would be foolish to take for granted the permanence of our fragile global civilisation.
- Consensus Eludes All-Party Meet To Resolve Srisailam Project Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A.P. to go ahead with earlier plan to increase regulator capacity
- Pre-Project Work Started For Six Power Units: Npcil Official (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
"Koodankulam project designed to withstand shock waves" The first and second units of the Koodankulam project would start generating power by 2007 and 2008 respectively, says Mr. Agrawal
- Mid-Year Review — Setting The Economic Priorities (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 21, 2005)
The economy appears well-set for a sustained high-growth path, judging by the average of 7 per cent recorded three years in a row (2003-06) and all indicators pointing to a continuing boom in investments and soaring business confidence derived from ...
- Dmk Councillor Held In Stampede Case (Hindu, K.T. Sangameswaran, Dec 21, 2005)
Police say Dhanasekaran and others allegedly spread rumours and were responsible for the tragedy
Councillor remanded to judicial custody till January 3
He allegedly announced token distribution would start at 5 a.m.
- Participatory Politics Is The Solution (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 21, 2005)
Indians at large do not tire of celebrating India’s status as the world’s largest democracy. But this democracy is also a bundle of institutional failures.
- A Modi-Cum Of Strategy (Indian Express, VIRENDER KUMAR, Dec 21, 2005)
When Narendra Modi announced that he was going to campaign in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections recently, Mukul Wasnik, AICC general secretary in charge of Gujarat, declared that they had won half the battle.
- India-Bharat Connectivity And Logging In To Hope (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 21, 2005)
A mother fights back tears and asks the highest Constitutional authority in the land: Do you have a plan to ensure that no honest young Indian ever faces the hapless fate of my murdered son?
- Correct Mistakes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 21, 2005)
The TN govt should have taken safeguards to avoid a second stampede
- Fatal Relief (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2005)
The dilemma of the poor people of Tamil Nadu could not have been more harrowing. Even if they somehow manage to escape the jaws of recurring floods, they can fall a prey to relief operations.
- Fast Vanishing Wealth - I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 20, 2005)
We have a capital in the form of animal and plant kingdom in our state. It needs to be guarded from extinction, cautions Prof. (Dr.) R. D. Gupta
- Chennai Collector Shifted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Chennai has a new District Collector
N. Muruganandam, Executive Director, Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, takes over from S. Chandramohan.
- Without Relief (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2005)
Lessons are never learnt in India, especially if there are elections in the offing. The Democratic Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu, the opposition coalition headed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, has reacted instantaneously to the stampede deaths ...
- Krishna Tribunal: Karnataka Moves Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 20, 2005)
Directive to Centre sought for effective functioning of tribunal
- Makes Sense (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 20, 2005)
It is understandable if government departments share services provided by each other.
- Book Building: The Building Blocks (The Economic Times, T R RAMASWAMI, Dec 20, 2005)
Let us allow an amalgam of fixed and book-built IPOs. The only changes that need to be made are in the fixed price rules that require 25% minimum to be paid on application and creation of buckets..
- Next Tsunami Could See Waves 98 Feet High (Pioneer, Deebashree Mohanty, Dec 20, 2005)
At ground zero, scientists map scary revelations---- A group of 27 top scientists who dived 4,800 meters down to ground zero of last year's tsunami off the coast of Sumatra have come up with scary revelations about where the next tsunami may . . .
- It Could Have Been Averted (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Dec 20, 2005)
According to the version of events touted by Ms Jayalalitha, mischief-mongers spread the rumour that tokens for relief packages were being given inside the school, causing the people waiting outside to gatecrash
- Storm Heads For Southern Indian States (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Southern Indian states readied on Monday for a fourth tropical storm to hit in less than a month, prompting officials to close schools, stockpile food and urge fishermen to return to port.
- Special Economic Zones — An Idea Whose Time Has Lapsed (Business Line, Ashok Upadhyaya, Dec 20, 2005)
No more the woolly-headed aims of value addition, employment generation and all such remnants of the control regime. Now, the sole purpose of the SEZs is to export goods and services and earn foreign exchange, says Ashok Upadhyay.
- A Wholly Avoidable Calamity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2005)
Forty-two deaths by stampede at a flood relief centre in south Chennai on Sunday is heart-rending, the more so because it was wholly preventable.
- Desperation Doles Out Death, 42 Killed In Tn Stampede (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Dec 19, 2005)
In a tragic repetition of a ghastly November incident in which six women were killed, 42 people were trampled to death early Sunday morning at a government relief centre, where thousands had gathered to get tokens for cash doles and relief supplies hours
- President Unveils Policy Package For Farm Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
`Use new technology for value addition'
- Now & Again: Root Of All Evil (Statesman, SUDHA PALIT, Dec 19, 2005)
Often misquoted as, “Money is the root of all evil”, the original maxim is, “Love of money is the root of all evil”.
- Kbd: Parties Appear To Be Coming On Board (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 19, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has sounded positive to the effect that all political parties agree on the urgency to build new dams and the MQM supports the Government on this issue.
- New Afghan Parliament Opens Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Afghanistan’s first parliament after nearly three decades of brutal occupation, war and harsh Taliban rule is due to convene today (Monday) in the final step of a transition to democracy launched four years ago.
- Kalam Expresses Concern (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam condoled the loss of lives in the stampede at a flood relief distribution centre in Chennai on Sunday.
- 42 Die In Chennai Stampede (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Dec 19, 2005)
In a tragic accident, 42 persons, including 23 women, were killed and 37 injured in a stampede this morning. People had come to collect flood relief coupons at a corporation school in the southern part of the state capital.
- 42 Killed In Chennai Stampede (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Chaos at flood relief centre, former High Court judge to head Commission of Inquiry
- Chennai Stampede Kills 42 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Forty-two people were killed, 19 of them women, in a stampede at a flood relief distribution centre here in the early hours of Sunday, prompting the government to order a judicial enquiry and the Opposition to demand the resignation of Chief Minister ....
- 42 Killed In Stampede (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
At least 42 people, including 23 women, were killed and 37 injured today in a stampede at a Corporation School in the city where hundreds had lined up in the wee hours to collect flood relief coupons.
- 42 Killed In Stampede, Jaya Announces Probe (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
At least 42 people, including 23 women, were killed and 37 injured today in a stampede at a corporation school in the city where hundreds had lined up in the wee hours to collect flood relief coupons.
- Forty-Two Killed In Chennai Stampede (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Dec 19, 2005)
Forty-two homeless people were trampled to death on Sunday and 37 were injured in a stampede during the distribution of flood relief supplies at a shelter in southern India, officials and witnesses said.
- Hungry Villagers Quit Nepal Far West For India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
There is no let-up in the stream of the famine-stricken people leaving for India from Nepal's Bajura District.
- Stampede Kills At Least 43 Flood Victims In Southern India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Thousands of flood victims waiting in line for relief vouchers stampeded into a government-run distribution center Sunday in southern India, killing at least 43 people and injuring another 30, police said.
- Pakistani Dam Proposal Meets Fierce Opposition (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Dec 19, 2005)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is trying to rally support for the construction of a controversial dam he says is vital for long-term prosperity but even some of his staunchest allies are vehemently opposed.
- Stampede At Chennai Flood Relief Camp; 29 Killed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
At least 41 people were crushed to death and 50 injured in a stampede at a flood relief camp in Chennai's KK Nagar area on Sunday morning, police said.
- Water Tribunal Inactive, State Approaches Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Karnataka has filed a petition in the Supreme Court drawing its attention to the non-functioning of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal for the past 18 months and Andhra Pradesh going ahead with construction of large scale projects illegally.
- River Existed (Pioneer, Arabinda Ghose, Dec 17, 2005)
The Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, in its 91st report on the functioning of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), has described the Saraswati river as a "purely mythological one" and has . . .
- Saving The Sardar Sarovar Dam (Times of India, Ravi Kuchimanchi, Dec 17, 2005)
On March 15, 2005, an exasperated Supreme Court observed that while construction had proceeded on the Sardar Sarovar dam, its rehabilitation orders of October 2000 had been violated.
- Record High Temperatures Threaten Arctic Wildlife (Hindu, John Vidal, Dec 17, 2005)
THIS COULD be the hottest year ever recorded, posing a threat to Arctic wildlife including polar bears, ice-dwelling seals and several forms of vegetation, according to United Nations scientists collating data from across the world.
- The Shrews Commando (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 17, 2005)
Thank God for having given us, scribes on either side of the Indo-Pak border, a man named Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani military ruler-cum-President
- India's Strategic Periphery (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 17, 2005)
Among the many recent events in our part of the world three have potential for grave consequences in the future - the supply of truckloads of weapons by China to Nepal;
- Still In Deep Waters (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 17, 2005)
American diplomats advising India freely suggests that they may be gaining leverage with New Delhi
- Centre Announces More Aid For Tamil Nadu (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Dec 17, 2005)
Following a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, the Centre on Friday announced an immediate ad hoc release of Rs 500 crore and additional 10,000 kilolitres of kerosene to the flood ravaged Tamil Nadu.
- Violence In Bangladesh (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 16, 2005)
The cause of democracy in Bangladesh has been hurt by extended boycotts of parliament by opposition parties. Failure to participate in the next election as threatened occasionally by some of them may inflict irreparable damage on this cause.
- Punjab Accepts Sindh’S Water Re-Routing Plan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
In a positive development, the Punjab has surrendered to the re-routing and diversion plan of water as per Sindh’s proposals during the repair period of Taunsa barrage that will start from January 1 and end on February 28.
- As Bangladesh Works Out Its Destiny (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Dec 16, 2005)
Time, they say, is the best of healers. This certainly seems to be the case between Pakistan and Bangladesh as the two countries have, to a large extent, moved on from the bitter memories of the civil war of 1971. Celebrated as Victory Day . . .
- "We Have Made A Difference" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Dec 16, 2005)
The Narmada Bachao Andolan is observing 20 years of its struggle for a "just development paradigm" using the Sardar Sarovar dam — that displaces half a million families in four States — as a symbol. In an interview, NBA leaderMedha Patkartalks about . . .
- 71 Pc Married Women Unaware Of Hiv: Survey (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Seventy one percent of married women are unaware of HIV/AIDS in Udaipur in Rajasthan and 40 per cent girls in the age group of 15-18 years in the city already have one or more children, according to a baseline survey carried out under a UN Foundation ....
- Water And India's Constitution (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 15, 2005)
Water has to be given an important place in the Constitution to guide and empower the legislature, the judiciary, and the executive to regulate its use.
- Bengal Ready For Fdi In Power, Consultants: Cm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today gave the Planning Commission outline of the state government’s reform measures in sectors ranging from education, power to development of Sunderbans by the state government.
- Eviction Drive Along The Cooum Course Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Illegal structures along water bodies will also be removed
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