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Articles 5321 through 5420 of 35809:
- People Protest Civilian’S Killing (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
People today held massive demonstrations at Harni and Mendhar in Poonch district and observed a complete bandh against the killing of a civilian Lateef son of Munir R/o Gursai during cross-firing between militants and security forces and . . .
- Familiar Terrain (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 13, 2006)
Pankaj Mishra’s book is for the Western audience, not for the intelligent common reader in India .
- Economists Worry About High Inflation (Business Standard, Tamal Bandyopadhyay , Aug 13, 2006)
The growth rate of money supply in the Indian financial system has hit a 12-year high of 19.5 per cent. Economists and financial analysts do not rule out a tightening of the monetary policy and a rise in interest rates as the spectre . . .
- Sbi Goes To China; `Looking At It As A Long-Term Prospect' (Business Line, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 13, 2006)
Launches commercial banking operations in Shanghai
"We have been told that no other foreign bank has been able to secure meetings at such a high level. It shows how seriously they have begun to take India."
- Reliance Petro To Raise $1.5bn Term Loan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Reliance Petroleum Ltd, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd, said on Friday it has mandated a group of lead arrangers to arrange a $1,500-million syndicated term loan facility.
- Un Resolution On Lebanon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
QATAR’s foreign minister is right when he says that Resolution 1701, passed unanimously by the UN Security Council on Friday, contains “imbalances in favour of Israel”, but to expect anything else would be unrealistic.
- What Is Left Unsaid (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Aug 13, 2006)
It is not easy to give the full flavour of the speech that the chairman of a large company gave at his annual meeting with shareholders last month, but let me give it a shot.
- Power At The Cost Of Merit (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Aug 13, 2006)
Last month President Musharraf spoke long, tiresomely long, on radio and TV and patted himself on the back for the success of his policies and the achievements of his administration in the economic field. Economy has its priority for though man cannot liv
- The Lifeline Of Maoist Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2006)
In 2002, a former Maoist district commander estimated that the Maoists needed Rs 10 million every month to keep the war going.
- Where From Heathrow? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 12, 2006)
Condemnation and congratulations are both in order.
- Uk Freezes Assets Of 19 Suspects In Terror Plot (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Britain on Friday froze the assets of 19 of the 24 people arrested on suspicion of plotting to detonate explosives on ten US-bound flights.
- Wto: Seeds Of New Beginning? (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Aug 12, 2006)
Soon after the WTO trade talks broke down in Geneva on July 25, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath suggested that it would not affect India's economic growth story and New Delhi would go ahead with proposals for entering into bilateral and . . .
- Sebi Suspends Credit Suisse First Boston (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Friday suspended for one month the certification of registration of Credit Suisse First Boston (India) Securities Private Ltd (CSFB), the Indian arm of the global broking firm, on the Bombay . . .
- Exit Route Readied For Natwar (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Aug 12, 2006)
The dirty politics of Indian variety is in full glare, and the blame game to knockout the former Foreign minister K. Natwar Singh is being played with great precision.
- Cheque Clearing Not To Be Outsourced: Rbi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The Government on Friday allayed the apprehensions of the RBI employees over outsourcing of cheque clearing work, saying there is no such proposal.
- Lebanon The Real Victim (Hindu, Ahmad Samih Khalidi, Aug 12, 2006)
The Franco-U.S. resolution is an absurdity: it would give Israel immunity while denying Lebanon the right to defend itself.
- 'Doha Jinxed, India Not To Dilute Stand' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
India on Friday made it emphatically clear that there will be no dilution in the stand taken by India at the failed Doha round of WTO talks, and that a solution to the deadlock is not immediately in sight.
- Terror Shuts Down Swanky Mumbai Mall (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Malls all over Mumbai were on extra alert on Friday amidst intelligence reports of a growing threat perception for public places in Mumbai. The warning prompted at least one mall in the city—Crossroads at Haji Ali—to shut down for the day.
- 'Rehabilitation Crucial For Curing Mental Illness' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 12, 2006)
On August 6, 2000, 28 mentally ill patients were killed in a fire at an asylum in Erwadi in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.
- Forgive And Forget (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 12, 2006)
Experience forgiveness and forgive others. Grace is available. Once you forgive, there will be healing.
Gladys Staines
- Is A Partition Of Iraq In The Offing? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
They have a new constitution, a new government and a new military. But faced with incessant sectarian bloodshed, Iraqis for the first time have begun openly discussing whether the only way to stop the violence is to remake the country they have . . .
- Terror Trail (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 12, 2006)
For obvious reasons we in this State ought to know each and every facet of terrorism.
- Populist Fizz (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
Kerala's heavy-handed and self-defeating stance of banning the manufacture and consumption of colas should have cautioned other state governments to the dangers of such impromptu and irrational action.
- If Only We Could Ban All Our Problems. Specially In Kerala (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
Why don’t they ban toddy instead? That opaque white country liquor, served in used beer bottles, which inundates Kerala’s innards. Making it float up, right to the top, of the chart that measures alcoholism in our states.
- Sebi Cracks Down, Suspends Csfb For Rigging... (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
For the second time, the Indian market regulator has suspended stock broker Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) for one month after it found that the multinational rigged the shares of South East Asia Marine Engineering (Seamecl).
- End Of A Drama (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
Rajya sabha chairperson Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee have ruled what was apparent to even a layperson:
- The Coming Tsunami Of Trash (Deccan Herald, Niall Ferguson, Aug 12, 2006)
With plastic, a new kind of pollutant entered the sea; one that has taken more than a century to degrade.
- Don't Ignore The Ominous Signs (News International, Praful Bidwai, Aug 12, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Carnage In Lebanon (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was overwhelmed with emotion and wept publicly while describing the carnage his country is suffering at the hands of Israel.
- Uk Terror Arrests (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
From the arrests of 21 people (all born and raised in Britain) by the UK police on Wednesday, it seems that a major terrorist plot to attack the United States may have been averted.
- Bsnl's Technical Upgradation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
In view of the technical upgradation work at the Malumichampatti telephone exchange on Friday (August 11) midnight, the STD/ISD subscribers in this area are requested to re-register their password.
- Tackling Chikungunya (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2006)
The incidence of chikungunya, the debilitating though non-fatal illness, has reached epidemic proportions in at least eight States.
- Sensex Buoy On Sustained Fii Inflows (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Buoyed by sustained FII inflows, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex on Friday surged by 43 points to end at 11,192.46.
- Lalu Has A Rail Coach Factory For Sonia’S Rae Bareli (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The Indian Railways has proposed to set up a modern rail coach factory (RCF) in Rae Bareli at a cost of around Rs 1,000 crore.
- Plot Foiled (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2006)
India needs to be on guard against more terror attacks
- Implications Of The F-16 Deal (Dawn, Javid Husain, Aug 12, 2006)
As was to be expected, the Pakistan Foreign Office welcomed on August 3 the approval by the US Congress of the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan and rejected the impression that unprecedented conditions had been accepted by Islamabad to acquire them.
- A Horrendous Plot (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 12, 2006)
Thanks to international coordination in the war on terror, a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airlines in mid-air has been foiled.
- Defensive Offensive Doctrine (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 12, 2006)
Locally built Agosta 90-B submarine, named Hamza, has been inducted into Pakistan Navy. Speaking at the launching ceremony, President Pervez Musharraf spoke about defence and security needs of the country and for the first time came out with the . . .
- Some Food For Thought For World Jurists (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 12, 2006)
A galaxy of chief justices, judges and jurists from all over the world have gathered in the Federal Capital at the invitation of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to share their views on the theme of the judicial . . .
- I&b Ministry Withdraws Bill On Broadcasting (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Aug 12, 2006)
The Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has withdrawn the controversial Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill, 2006, from the Cabinet to facilitate wider consultations with stakeholders before the Government takes a final view.
- North Chennai Gets Rs. 217-Crore Package (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Work on Perambur flyover to resume
- Achievable Goal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2006)
Making a conscious effort towards literacy by 2012
- Gaza Hopes In Ruins A Year After Pullout Beg (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
As Palestinian farmer Hassan Abdel-Dayem looks across his fields to the rubble of former Jewish settlements, he sees an Israeli armoured vehicle trundling past.
- Union Cabinet Sets Fixed Tenure For Top Bureaucrats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Cabinet committee clears backward regions' grant fund
- Spending On Defence (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
President Musharraf's criticism of those he terms "drawing room critics and pseudo intellectuals" who want a reduction in the country's defence expenditure seems somewhat misplaced. Speaking in Karachi at the launching ceremony of the Agosta . . .
- Britain Freezes Assets Of 19 Suspects; Pak Arrests 7 (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Aug 12, 2006)
After foiling an alleged terror plot with strong Pakistani links to simultaneously blow up US-bound jets, Britain today named 19 of the 24 suspects held by it and froze their assets as Islamabad announced the arrest of seven people.
- Mcdonald's India Sees Sales, Profits Surging (Reuters, Shailendra Bhatnagar, Aug 12, 2006)
The Indian unit of McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant chain, expects sales and profit to surge over the next decade as it adds new restaurants and a culture of eating out spreads.
- Xi Plan – Beyond Platitudes (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Aug 12, 2006)
Some critical choices now need to be made, based on clear thinking, before the Approach Paper goes to the National Development Council
- The Lifeline Of Maoist Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2006)
In 2002, a former Maoist district commander estimated that the Maoists needed Rs 10 million every month to keep the war going. A halt to their available methods of garnering finance would result in dismantling their militia ----
- Public Sector Banks Caught In A Bind (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 12, 2006)
The Finance Ministry asking public sector banks to keep in abeyance their prime lending rate hikes can affect the independence and efficacy of the PSBs. Hopefully, the Ministry will withdraw the letter and permit banks to function as before.
- A Mixed Policy Bag (The Financial Express, NR BHANUMURTHY, Aug 12, 2006)
The draft Cabinet note on the national policy on subsidies is part of the commitment that the UPA government has made in its National common minimum progrramme.
- Sea Change In The Fee Concept (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck speaks of `pleading for a lover's fee' and asks Oberon, `Shall we their fond pageant see?' A recent case before the apex court was about rice mills' plea that the taxman see the difference between cess and fee.
- The `Darwinian Element' In Supply-Demand Matters (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
"The outlook for the world economy is uncertain at best — and dire at worst," warns Wake Up! But not all is gloomy: If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks. And there are more useful tips in Controlling Currency Mismatches in Emerging Markets.
- For Inclusive Growth (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
The key task is not of raising the economic growth rate to 10 per cent but of sustaining it and spreading it widely.
- Private Indian Carrier Employee Held For London Plot (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Amin Asmin Tariq, who is among the 24 persons arrested over the alleged terror plot to blow up US-bound planes, is said to be an employee of a private Indian air carrier.
- The Unforgettable Oval Zero (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 12, 2006)
It was in August 1948 that the legendary Don Bradman played his farewell innings against the traditional rivals.
- What Is Left Unsaid (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Aug 12, 2006)
It is not easy to give the full flavour of the speech that the chairman of a large company gave at his annual meeting with shareholders last month, but let me give it a shot.
- Familiar Terrain (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 12, 2006)
Pankaj Mishra’s book is for the Western audience, not for the intelligent common reader in India
- Lhasa: Old Myth And New Reality (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2006)
When the mystical and exotic Lhasa became earth under the feet, there was slight disappointment.
- China For More Trade Through Nathu La (Deccan Herald, A V S Namboodiri, Aug 11, 2006)
Though the Nathu La pass was opened for border trade between India and China on July 6, trade activity has not picked up till now and the Chinese government is disappointed with that.
- Pro And Contra (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 11, 2006)
In a parliamentary democracy, today’s opposition is often yesterday’s or tomorrow’s government.
- Should India Allow Fdi In Retail? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 11, 2006)
Three arguments are generally extended against allowing FDI in the retail sector.
- Tibet Rail To Be Extended Closer To India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
China's newly built railway line to Tibet will be extended by around 270 km from Lhasa to the region’s second largest city of Xigaze, close to the Indian border, a local official said in Lhasa today.
- Nuances Of Emerging India (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 11, 2006)
Established in 1881 by the Cambridge Mission, St Stephen’s College of Delhi aligned itself with the nationalist movement of India from its early days. The bond deepened when C.F.
- Good Out Of The Bad (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 11, 2006)
The only silver lining, if one is possible, to the Natwar Singh farce is that the prime minister and Sonia Gandhi will have to come together as proactive leaders of both the government and the party.
- Lifting The Veil (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 11, 2006)
Muslim women have been a subject of considerable debate in India.But the focus revolves mainly around personal laws and religion.
- Japan’S Dilemma: War Dead Or War History? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
Indians celebrate August 15 as the date the curtain finally came down on the British Raj. In Japan, the date marks the official end of what the Japanese call the Greater East Asia War (World War II). The coming August 15 could be a turning point in . . .
- Hairdressers For Kindergarten (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2006)
When Rahul walked into class the other day with spikes all over his head, his colleagues howled in appreciation, notes an article in the Vijay Times, Bangalore. Rahul and his classmates are all of six years old.
- Development Hurts (Times of India, Ashish Kothari, Aug 11, 2006)
When farmers in Pen and Raigarh in Maharashtra recently gathered to protest the takeover of their lands for a special economic zone, they were expressing a growing discontent among India's rural masses.
- Kerala’S Cola Karma (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Aug 11, 2006)
What is common to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, All Quiet on the Western Front, Animal Farm, Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, Arabian Nights, Black Beauty, Candide, Canterbury . . .
- Work On Better Alternatives (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
A section of the ruling elite of Pakistan led by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has been stressing on changing the focus to non-traditional areas of security.
- War Is No Panacea (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
Two weeks ago I was in Beirut. The streets, instead of teeming with tourists, were deserted; the waiters in the cafes had no one to serve; there was a ghostly quiet.
- Rbi To Charge Interest From Crr Defaulters (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday notified all scheduled commercial banks that it would charge penal interest for default in maintenance of the cash reserve ratio (CRR).
- De-Listing The Minority Shareholders (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 11, 2006)
Last week’s trading pattern with the steep and inexplicable rise and fall of stock prices suggests large-scale market manipulation.
- Lest We Take Our Eyes Off Nepal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
While hot war unfolds in Lebanon, and India and Pakistan’s nuclear-backed dispute over Kashmir episodically dominates the news from South Asia, monumental changes are underway in Nepal. It is a country in post-conflict transition.
- An Asean-India Standoff (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 11, 2006)
The stalemate in the trade negotiations is a test of the political will on both sides for cooperation on all fronts.
- Knowledge Of The Self (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The Absolute Reality (Brahman) is described in the scriptures as beyond the ken of the mind, intellect and the senses, which are the instruments through which man gains all knowledge.
- No Review Of Awards For Stf Personnel: Veerasamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
"Reversal of previous Government's decision will not be a good precedent"
- Four-Month Vat Collection In Kerala Up By Rs.600 Crores (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Finance Minister to revise VAT collection target for this fiscal to Rs.4,600 crores
- Shekhawat: Natwar's Notice Not Admissible (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Natwar gives `personal statement' to Chairman
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