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Articles 2321 through 2420 of 4401:
- Corporation Council To Elect Convener Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
For the first time, the Council will meet without a Mayor or Deputy Mayor in the chair
- Development Agenda For Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Kalam unveils 11-point plan, wants economic activity spread across the State
- Importing Trouble (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Nov 21, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research.
- Kalam Way To Robust Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
In his special address to the joint session of the Karnataka legislature to mark the Suvarna Karnataka celebrations, the president focussed on transforming the State into an economic powerhouse by the turn of the decade.
- Save Kiocl, Cm To Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
The State government has appealed to the Centre against closing down the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL), Chief Minister N Dharam Singh said in Bangalore on Sunday.
- Missing The ‘Should’ For The Trees (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
To save forests, and the Tribal Bill, use the Employment Guarantee Act
- No-Go Area-Ii -By Ishan Joshi (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 21, 2005)
Even those who concede that advising France to jettison its integrationist model could amount to advocating an illiberal communitarianism i.e.
- Capturing Nature’S Wonders (Tribune, Usha Rai, Nov 21, 2005)
Shrinking forests, disappearing tigers, the urban sprawl eating up green spaces, pollution levels in cities making it difficult to breathe, and the interminable cycle of floods, droughts and natural disasters, leave one with the distinct feeling that . .
- Behind The Screens (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Nov 21, 2005)
It is likely that you have never heard of the phrase “integrated movie-making.” It is a euphemism used by advertisers for something increasingly ubiquitous in films: product placement.
- The Future Of Rivers (Deccan Herald, Asim Ranjan Das, Nov 21, 2005)
The inter-linking of rivers will help to control floods and drought. A cheap inland river transport system is possible too.
- New Water Policy Likely To Focus On Ageing Dams (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Nov 21, 2005)
Management plan to implement policy objectives
Attention on conservation of wetlands
Regulatory authority being mooted
Drip and sprinkler irrigation to be promoted
- Bangalore Now Gets Wake-Up Call From Kalam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
President: ‘City as development facilitator being eroded, needs 11-mission charter to get in shape’
- State Water Management Plan Finds Favour With Central Team (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2005)
Report will incorporate State's flood prevention measures, says Mishra
Might need more time to finalise drainage system improvement
Salient long-term measures to feature in Central report
Flood-hit people satisfied with relief, says Central team
- Taking A New Route To Change In The Mekong Delta (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 21, 2005)
The stage for major conflict in the 1970s and 1980s, the region is now experiencing the benefits of economic linkages.
- Abdul Kalam's Vision For Karnataka (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Nov 21, 2005)
The President unveils 11-point plan, wants economic activity spread across the State
- New Bearings Of Sco (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Nov 21, 2005)
BEFORE turning to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as promised last week, I need to clarify a point. Mr Zia Rizvi, a consulting engineer in far-off Toronto read the online version of my article Politics of pipelines (Dawn, November 14) and ....
- Getting Pragmatic (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 20, 2005)
In legalistic terms, the government should have rejected Hindustan Coca Cola Holdings’ (HCCH) proposal to buy back the 49 per cent shares it had earlier divested in its bottling subsidiary, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB).
- Infamies Of The Glorified Village Panchayats (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 20, 2005)
Bangalore, the Knowledge Capital of India is one of the most important cities of the World, according to British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
- Remote Viewers See Massive Pakistani Plans Of Terrorist Infiltration Into India Though Open Borders In Kashmir As India Announces Loc Crossover Dates (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Nov 19, 2005)
India is planning to formally open the Line of Control in Kashmir
- Winning Is Everything (Hindu, Pankaj Vohra, Nov 19, 2005)
The battle for Bihar has reached a decisive stage and in eight days, the country will know whether Lalu Prasad Yadav’s writ will continue to run in a state where he has virtually been in power for over 15 years.
- India Unlikely To Agree To Kyoto Emission Caps (Reuters, Sugita Katyal, Nov 18, 2005)
India is unlikely to agree to any emission caps in the next phase of the Kyoto Protocol because of its expanding energy-hungry economy, but analysts say developed nations will continue to pile pressure on the nation.
- Warning On Global Warming (Tribune, Steve Connor, Nov 18, 2005)
Scientists have compiled one of the first comprehensive pictures of what the world might be like when climate change begins to dry up water supplies and trigger a dramatic increase in epidemics, disease and death.
- Jayalalithaa Seeks Rs. 1,742 Cr. For Flood Relief From Calamity Fund (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Tells Central team that State exhausted its relief fund on tsunami rehabilitation
Major demands:
Infrastructure - Roads: Rs. 870 crores
Assistance for damaged houses: Rs. 300 crores
Irrigation: Rs. 122 crores
- Sentinel Sam (Indian Express, Rajnish Wattas, Nov 18, 2005)
With the sprightly nonagenarian Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw’s recent brush with ill health, legendary tales of his valour, grit and fighting spirit come to mind.
- Mullaperiyar Case: Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On Raising Water Level (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 17, 2005)
The court had suggested appointment of an experts panel "The committee had suggested strengthening measures but engineers from Tamil Nadu were prevented by Kerala from carrying out repairs"
- Driven By Climate (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 17, 2005)
Every year, more than 10 million people are being displaced by creeping environmental deterioration, concludes a study conducted by the Institute of Environment and Human Security at the United Nations University in Bonn.
- Agriculture Is Ripe For Restructuring (Indian Express, R. RADHAKRISHNA & K. VENKATA REDDY, Nov 17, 2005)
India has been following liberalised and open economic policies since the advent of economic reforms in 1991 and the process has accelerated after its entry into WTO in 1995.
- State Hopeful Of Getting More Funds From Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
M.P. Prakash chairs meeting to review flood relief measures
Government has received Rs. 471 crores from Centre
Government has allocated Rs. 104 crores from its resources
Rs. 270 crores has been released for various works
- Water Table Up, Thanks To Rain (Hindu, Kannal Achuthan, Nov 17, 2005)
Clayey areas and hard rock regions record healthy groundwater recharge
Poondi-2.1 m
Tamaraipakkam-6.3 m
Kannigaiper-0.5 m
Panchetty-0.6 m
Minjur-2.85 m
- Britain To Extradite Terrorism Suspect To U.S. (New York Times, ALAN COWELL, Nov 16, 2005)
Britain today approved the extradition to the United States of a 31-year-old British computer technician on terrorism charges, provoking anger and complaints from Islamic leaders that the decision was unjust and would alienate young Muslims.
- Delhi Blasts: Three Suspects Nabbed In Kashmir (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Three persons are understood to have been detained in Srinagar by Delhi police in connection with the serial blasts in the national capital.
- Abu Salem Aka Akil Ahmed Aka Danish! (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Extradited gangster Abu Salem has three Indian and a Pakistani passport, while wife Monica Bedi has two Indian passports, CBI sources said today, adding that interestingly none of them tried to procure passports using their true names
- Rainwater Harvesting To Tide Over Water Crisis (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Simple techniques of rainwater harvesting can go a long way in averting a water crisis that looms large over the world, according to the International Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (IRCSA).
- Banking Up The Wrong Tree (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 16, 2005)
In legalistic terms, the government should have rejected Hindustan Coca Cola Holdings’ (HCCH) proposal to buy back the 49 per cent shares it had earlier divested in its bottling subsidiary, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB).
- Getting Pragmatic (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 16, 2005)
In legalistic terms, the government should have rejected Hindustan Coca Cola Holdings’ (HCCH) proposal to buy back the 49 per cent shares it had earlier divested in its bottling subsidiary,
- Jehanabad: Naxals Free 389 Jail Inmates, Kill Ranvir Sena Men (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Armed naxals freed 389 inmates of the district prison here and killed four persons in their daring storming operation last night and gunned down nine members of Ranvir Sena, an outlawed militia of upper caste landlors,
- Salem Nostalgic About Mumbai, Family (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Extradited gangster Abu Salem, who kept hiding in various countries for long, got nostalgic about Mumbai and his family members
- We Were Wrong About Iraq: Us Security Advisor (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
The US was ‘wrong’ about presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, a top White House aide has admitted while maintaining that President George W Bush did not manipulate intelligence and mislead the American people to justify the invasion of Baghdad
- Cbi Denies Salem’S ‘Confession’ (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
After the TADA court intervened on Monday, the CBI denied that Abu Salem had given any admission or confession about his role in the 1993 serial blasts.
- Salem Delivers 'Little And Long Speeches' To Cbi (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
The CBI is trying to find out whether extradited underworld don Abu Salem played a bigger role in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast conspiracy other than being a mere supplier of arms and explosives.
- Dosa, Salem Likely To Be Tried Jointly (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
The CBI is likely to try 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast case accused Mustafa Dosa and extradited gangster Abu Salem together, agency sources said on Monday.
- Now, Heavy Downpour Down South (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2005)
Widespread rain in southern districts has resulted in a steep rise in water levels in many dams. While tanks and ponds are overflowing, there are even instances of flash floods in some places.
- Perils Of Parallel Processing (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 14, 2005)
THE Japanese tea ceremony called chanoyu is a combination of ritual, art, flower arrangement, and Zen ideology. The idea is to focus on the present and forget everything else.
- 47 P.C. Turnout For Third Phase Of Assembly Elections In Bihar (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Nov 14, 2005)
Polling completely peaceful and incident-free, says Election Commission
- U.S. Not To Put Curbs On Indian Textile Imports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2005)
The United States has assured India that it would not impose restrictions on Indian textile imports on the line of curbs on the Chinese textile imports since the WTO agreement on lifting of quota had provided the U.S. safeguards only against China.
- Rotary To Lay Focus On Water Management (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Nov 14, 2005)
Programme following emphasis by president of the organisation
- Fight For Survival (Hindu, SWAPNA BIST-JOSHI, Nov 13, 2005)
Rural women bear the brunt of the problems caused by environmental degradation. So it is not surprising to find that they are trying to set things right.
- Cracking Up Cities (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Nov 13, 2005)
Have India’s major cities been overtaken by lack of urban planning compounded by their attractiveness to the jobless?
- Goa Expects Record 8 Lakh Tourists In Christmas Season ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
The sandy beaches, verdant countryside and cobbled alleys of Goa are expected to draw a record eight lakh tourists to the state this Christmas.
- Strike A Balance Between Growth, Environment To Save Birds: Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
`They play a vital role in maintaining ecological balance'
Many species of birds facing threat of extinction owing to decline in forest cover
Increasing urbanisation and pollution are the cause for their migration
- Why Salem Won’T Recognise Mumbai (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
When he came from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai was like Chicago in the 1930s: Bloody mafia feuds were the order of the day, the police and customs paid off, the honest ones ceaselessly scanning the coastline for dhows weighed down with . . .
- No Death For Salem? Experts Differ (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
The "no-death" penalty undertaking given by the government to Portugal for extraditing underworld don Abu Salem has kicked off a debate over the sentence for the prime accused in the Mumbai 1993 serial blast case after a TADA court questioned the . . .
- Salem Wealth Of Information, Knows Strengths And Weaknesses Of Dawood’ (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday began interrogating underworld don Abu Salem, extradited from Portugal and arrested for his alleged complicity in 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, with the central intelligence agencies likely to join CBI....
- Shatrughan Slams Nda, Ready To Quit Bjp (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Sulking BJP leader and actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has said he is prepared for expulsion from the party, which he had asked to ponder over its own state of affairs in Bihar before opposing the Centre on the tainted ministers' issue.
- National Interest Or Ideology? (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Nov 13, 2005)
In mourning the absence of democracy and fundamental rights, or the severe limitations imposed on both, we tend to forget that the foundation of it all was laid in the very initial years of independence when Pakistan was declared an ideological state ....
- Assessing Vajpayee-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 13, 2005)
Atal Behari Vajpayee, mentored by Shyama Prasad Mookerjee himself, became Prime Minister of India for less than a fortnight in 1996, then again in 1998 and again in 1999 and remained so until he was voted out in 2004.
- Flood Damage Severe: Central Team (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
The damage caused by heavy rain and floods in Bangalore and in other parts of the State is "very severe."
- Nda Fostered Communalism, Says Sonia Gandhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
The need of the hour is a strong and stable Government in Bihar which can work in tandem with the Centre
Congress has always stood for the minorities
NDA was biased against Bihar, Rajasthan and Orissa
- Natwar Singh And The Oil Slick (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Nov 12, 2005)
There comes a time in the life of every government when the media decide that they are very bored. Generally, this phase occurs at a time when things are going well.
- Plan To Build Retaining Walls Along The Cauvery (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
District administration seeks Rs.40 crores as flood relief
- India To Host South Asia Disaster Management Centre (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
South Asian nations agreed on Thursday to set up a disaster management centre in India to help the region better handle calamities like tsunamis, earthquakes and floods that have ravaged it in the past year.
- Refugees Go Home: Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Pakistan is urging 15,000 earthquake survivors who flooded into its small capital city to return and rebuild their homes in the country's hard-hit northern mountains, but many fear being forgotten as winter closes in.
- State Seeks Weightage For Drought Areas In Cauvery Basin (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Asserting that the State has the largest drought-prone area in the Cauvery basin, Karnataka on Wednesday argued in the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal that it had taken care of this aspect while proposing and executing irrigation projects.
- Bhagirathi River At A Standstill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
For centuries the Bhagirathi has been revered as one of the holiest rivers in India. Ever since the Tehri dam authorities shut down its last diversion tunnel,
- The Imperfect Storm (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2005)
There is no doubt the White House is having a bad hair day (week?). Between the president’s popularity polls, the war In Iraq, the withdrawal of Harriet Miers’ nomination for the Supreme Court and the indictment of I.
- Flood Alert Issued As Poondi Reservoir Nears Capacity (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Nov 10, 2005)
People living in low-lying areas along the Kosathalaiyar river being evacuated
- 3,800 Water Connections To Be Provided In Two Months (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
15.Velampalayam Municipality begins scrutiny of applications
- U.S. Signs Deal With China On Textiles (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 09, 2005)
The U.S. and China signed a deal on Tuesday limiting imports of Chinese clothing and textile products into the U.S., ending three months of negotiations over the thorny issue.
- India To Support Afghanistan’S Entry Into Saarc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
India said on Tuesday that it will support Afghanistan’s entry into the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at the organisation’s summit in Dhaka this weekend.
- Private Hospitals (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 09, 2005)
From all that I hear of experiences of relatives and friends with the functioning of private hospitals, I get the impression that they are getting to be a law unto themselves.
- Clearance Sale! Politicians Going Cheap (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Nov 09, 2005)
The Mitrokhin Archives dealt with the Soviet period. The UN’s Independent Inquiry Committee Report investigating corruption in Iraq’s oil-for-food programme during President Saddam’s regime deals with recent events.
- Dismiss Tn Plea Over Water: State (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Karnataka on Tuesday submitted before the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal that Tamil Nadu had, until very recently, never questioned the State’s requirement of 408 tmc of water for irrigation.
- Heavy Rain Pounds Tn Delta Districts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Heavy rain lashed the Cauvery delta districts of Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam besides adjoining Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu as well as the Karaikkal enclave in Union Territory Pondicherry from the early hours of Wednesday,...
- India Opens Border, Pok Shouts For Freedom, Pakistan Cops Shoot (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
Pakistani police fired tear gas and shots to disperse hundreds of villagers trying to approach a border crossing with India alongside Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir after it was opened to facilitate earthquake relief efforts.
- Restoring Heritage Back To Glory (Deccan Herald, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2005)
With the signing of the MoU between the Karnataka government and the Hampi Foundation on October 18, the stage is set for the restoration of a part of the World Heritage site of Hampi, Nirmala Rao tells us.
- High And Dry On Vanishing Rivers (Hindu, Tom Phillips, Nov 07, 2005)
According to environmental groups, the drought in the Amazon region is a direct result of deforestation and global warming.
- New Fed Chairman From February — Daunting Task Before Bernanke (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Nov 07, 2005)
To succeed the US Fed Chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan, is a challenge, especially when the successor is a comparatively unknown, albeit brilliant, economist.
- Meet On Naxal Problems Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Sunday said the Government will take firm steps to curb the naxal problem in the state.
- Dhaka’S Coming Of Age (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Nov 07, 2005)
Dhaka seven years ago looked like an adolescent unsure of itself: it was a disorderly, chaos-ridden, confused and unconfident child that its parents seemed to have all but abandoned it.
- Flying With Butterflies (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 07, 2005)
A lone pilot has tracked millions of monarch butterflies on their epic annual migration from Canada to Mexico, touching down near their remote highland roost at the end of a 10-week odyssey in an ultra-light plane decked out in their gaudy wing colours.
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