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Articles 8621 through 8720 of 35809:
- Second Meeting Of India-Bangladesh Task Forces — Improving Ties By Increasing Commerce (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 23, 2006)
As Bangladesh seeks more trading opportunities in India and market access for its exports, India has conveyed its commitment to keeping open the options of economic cooperation in a bid to foster friendly ties.
- Life On The Border (Frontline, ROMESH BHATTACHARJI, Jun 23, 2006)
Punjab's border villages abound in historical monuments which cry out forconservation. -
- Centre Reviews Progress Of Credit Flow To Farmers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Government today outlined the progress of credit flow to farmers and the irrigation initiatives at the agriculture coordination committee meeting held here.
- India Suggests Removal Of Barriers Inhibiting Indo-Us Trade (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
India today suggested removal of barriers that inhibit growth of Indo-US trade in goods and services and invited American investments in the country's manufacturing and industrial sector.
- Olmert Vows To Continue "Targeted Attacks" Agnst Terrorists (Press Trust of India, Harinder Mishra, Jun 23, 2006)
Despite expressing regrets from "the depth of his heart" for the death of civilians in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has vowed to continue with "targeted assassinations".
- Prices Skyrocket, Govt In Tizzy Allows Pvt Import (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Jun 23, 2006)
Worried that its Aam Aadmi campaign has become a mockery in view of the galloping price rise, the Government on Thursday turned to imports to overcome the domestic food crisis.
- Next Time, Let Your Leaders Do The Talking, Centre To Ulfa (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jun 23, 2006)
Making it amply clear that it means business, the Centre on Thursday asked the leadership of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to come forward for a dialogue and usher in an era of peace in Assam.
- Nalco, Neyveli Selloff: Left Cries Foul (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
After months of dithering, the Government on Friday approved the sale of 10 per cent equity in aluminum major Nalco and Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) in a bid to raise an estimated Rs 2,500 crore.
- Disinvestment Back On Track (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
The government today decided to disinvest ten per cent of its equity in each of the two non-navaratna public sector companies ~ National Aluminium Company (NALCO) and Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC).
- Enclave-Led Growth Strategy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 23, 2006)
A Prominent Indian response to the opportunities thrown up by globalisation has been to create little enclaves of economic advancement.
- The Case For Better Income Distribution (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 23, 2006)
Why more egalitarian countries win wars.
- 'Even Astrology Seems Respectable Now' (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 23, 2006)
As the pioneer of the low-cost carrier (LCC) model, Captain GR Gopinath is used to be in the limelight. But last week, his maiden public issue just about scraped through and his share fell nearly 80 per cent after listing.
- Business As Usual (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Jun 23, 2006)
The Union government has once again indicated that it intends to bring the disinvestment process back on track after a lull of nearly 20 months with the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs’ clearing a proposal to divest 10 per cent stake in . . .
- Kerala To Seek Cancellation Of Minority Status For Colleges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Baby pilots Bill on professional colleges in Assembly
Education Minister says these institutions do not fulfil prescribed norms
Finds national minority panel's decision a breach of promise
Wants State Government to be heard before granting the . . .
- Politics Of Prices (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Jun 23, 2006)
The retail price of food. Let’s start with the prices of vegetables.
- A Referendum In Palestine (Statesman, Marianna Belenkaya, Jun 23, 2006)
Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian National Authority, has announced a referendum on the National Accord Document, which envisages the creation of an independent Palestinian state with the capital in East Jerusalem and within the borders that . . .
- Cvt On Property (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 23, 2006)
Normally, the two per cent capital value tax (CVT) on sale/purchase of property of 500 yards or more, may not be questionable if the gains fall in the ambit of taxable income.
- New Carers For Grandpa (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 23, 2006)
Twenty years ago, granny called “yaya” in Greek, would have her shopping done by her sons and daughters.
- Hi-Tech Indians (Indian Express, Shobhit Mahajan, Jun 23, 2006)
A German friend of ours was clicking pictures all along the route from Delhi to Agra. It was his first trip here and everything fascinated him.
- Catch The Real Thieves (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 23, 2006)
While this government, despite having the great reformer of the Indian economy at its helm, continues to make life more difficult by making saral income tax forms kathin, and discouraging people from using their . . .
- Pm, Sonia Making Effort To Refurbish Image (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 23, 2006)
Under attack for having betrayed the “aam aadmi”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are now making a conscious effort to refurbish their “pro-poor” image.
- Jet, Deccan Stocks Depressed; (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Airline stocks continued to hog the limelight for the second consecutive day on the back of reports about the planned merger of Jet Airways and Air Sahara finally taking a crash landing.
- Into The Heart Of Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
In this book, Edna Fernandes argues that development is impossible without education and opportunities for employment in a pluralistic state like India.
- The Indian Decade (Tribune, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 23, 2006)
Last year had been one of ferment on the understanding of Indian growth. That India has been growing from the eighties is now accepted.
- India, Pakistan And The Shanghai (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jun 23, 2006)
The SCO embodies many of the principles that India invoked in writing resounding declarations with Moscow. But now that the SCO is poised to go far beyond the pieties of anti-terrorism and anti-separatism and demarcate a part of the globe that . . .
- Belated Wisdom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 23, 2006)
Any step to arrest the prices of essential commodities is bound to be lapped up by the common man.
- Pakistan In Crisis (Times of India, Benazir Bhutto, Jun 23, 2006)
Pakistan is witnessing a worrying economic and social divide. There is a growing disparity between the rich and the poor and between the powerful and the powerless.
- Ioc Starts Operations At Pta Plant (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
India's largest state-run refiner Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has started operations at a new Rs 4,600 crore petrochemical plant at its Panipat refinery in Haryana.
- Govt Opens Import Door To Cut Prices (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Wary of the political fallout of rising prices of key food items, government on Thursday scrambled to control damage.
- Centre To Spend Rs 1,560 Cr On Health Education (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
In a bid to improve India’s health infrastructure and provide quality medical education, the government has decided to upgrade 13 institutions in the country at a cost of Rs 1,560 crore.
- ‘Rail Electrification Is The Way Out’ (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Jun 23, 2006)
Ramesh Chandra: The Wadi-Raichur route will be completed in three years.
- Sell By Date (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 23, 2006)
With the UPA cabinet clearing small equity sales in two non-navaratna PSUs (NALCO and Neyveli Lignite) after a long time, that familiar dilemma confronts us again.
- Yeh Hai Mumbai, Dr Singh (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jun 23, 2006)
Bas! Ab aur nahin saha jaata. Enough! We cannot tolerate this any more.
- ‘8% Growth At Some People’S Cost’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 23, 2006)
I joined the NAC two years ago, encouraged by many of the assurances contained in the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the UPA government.
- No Room For Mistakes In A Nuclear Navy (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jun 23, 2006)
With only two years to go before the Indian Navy is to transform itself to a blue water Navy—an elite club comprising mostly of the P5 countries—a string of incidents give clue to how unprepared the force is for it.Consider the following:
- Cheney Hails India At Business Summit, Says Us Committed To Nuclear Deal (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Jun 23, 2006)
US Vice President Dick Cheney today expressed confidence that the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, pending in the Congress for approval, would get bipartisan Congressional support.
- Roll-Back Of Higher Education (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 23, 2006)
It is unbelievable but this has happened and this can happen only in a country like ours. Budget for higher education has been quietly but substantially reduced.
- Rising Opposition To Indo-Us N-Deal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 23, 2006)
Arms experts have cautioned the US lawmakers against backing a civilian nuclear deal with India that violates the global atomic agreement and will dampen US efforts to check nuclear proliferation. In a letter to the Congress, ten senior US arms . . .
- Ongc Mega Project Launch Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday lays the foundation stone of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd’s Rs 4,900 crore aromatic complex at Mangalore, the state-owned oil exploration major will mark its entry into the . . .
- Unhealthy Trend (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Jun 23, 2006)
The power to purchase seats is a new threat to democracy for which the political leadership is also guilty
- Dashed Hopes (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 23, 2006)
Suu Kyi has been imprisoned for 16 years now
- "Violence Is Not The Way To Achieve Political Goals" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jun 23, 2006)
With the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam slamming the door on ceasefire monitors from European Union countries, Sri Lanka is headed for another phase of violent uncertainty. In an interview in Colombo,Palitha T.B. Kohona, Secretary-General of the . . .
- Sez Status To Entire N-E Soon: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has assured the apex students’ body of the North-East that the entire region would be declared as a special economic zone (SEZ) in the near future
- Reliance Comm To Offer Disney Content (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Reliance Communication Ventures on Thursday said it had tied-up with Disney to offer India's first 3D animation on mobile which would be available on Reliance Mobile World along with a number of other Disney mobile content offerings.
- Most Naxalites In U.P. Shift Base To Other States (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Strategy to counter naxalite activities has paid off, says Home Secretary
- Hamas U-Turn On Recognising Israel (Hindu, Chris McGreal, Jun 23, 2006)
Hamas has made a major political climb down by agreeing to sections of a document that recognise Israel's right to exist and a negotiated two-state solution, according to Palestinian leaders.
- Amarinder Seeks Rs. 2,060-Crore Package (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
With the Punjab Assembly elections due next year, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Thursday and sought a relief package of Rs. 2059.95 crore to bail out the State's farmers from the debt trap.
- Trade Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 23, 2006)
Border trade agreement is a step forward
- Nuturing Economy With Caution (Daily Excelsior, S. V. Vaidynathan, Jun 23, 2006)
Notwithstanding a brave face put up by finance minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram, in the budget session of parliament, India's external debt in 2005-06 stood at $128.78 billion.
- India's Missiles Defence Capability (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 23, 2006)
All technical snags and geostrategic fallouts of test firing of India's ambitious indigenously developed intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), the Agni III, have been identified, and it would be put in orbit in August-September.
- Saddam, Co-Defendants Go On Hunger Strike (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants went on an indefinite hunger strike on Wednesday to protest the killing of an Iraqi attorney who sits on the defence team, the chief lawyer of the ousted Iraqi leader said.
- N Korea Can't Launch N-Missile: Japanese Official (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
North Korea does not have the technology to load a missile with a nuclear warhead, a senior Japanese official said on Thursday amid fears Pyongyang may carry out a test-launch.
- Is Iran Studying North Korea's Nuclear Moves? (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
There may be no such thing as a North Korea playbook for would-be nuclear proliferators.
- Talk Boldly With Iran (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Sometime in the next several months, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or a senior colleague is likely to sit down at a negotiating table with representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran. As she prepares for these meetings, I suspect Rice . . .
- Inventive Babus (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 22, 2006)
Data collection for the fifth Economic Census had its regular share of problems.
- Sezs Not The Answer To Our Infrastructure (The Financial Express, RAJIV KUMAR, Jun 22, 2006)
Without improving governance and public delivery, the private sector can’t be competitive
- Is There A Find Amidst The Mayhem? (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, Jun 22, 2006)
Mutual funds have emerged as a potent force in the market, but a lot more remains to be done
- Damaging Drip (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 22, 2006)
The FinMin should be working through Sebi
- Feeling Low (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 22, 2006)
Nobody likes misery. Why not analyse yourself next time you are in a mood? You will see how you are willingly, wilfully making yourself miserable.
- Sensex Closes Above 10,000; Buying In Mid, Small-Cap Stocks (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Capital market's bellwether index, the BSE-30 Sensex, closed above the 10,000-point level on Wednesday, the first time since June 6, as local buying, especially in mid-cap and small cap stocks, helped markets to recover some of the lost ground of . . .
- Taxing Zones (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 22, 2006)
The dream SEZ concept is turning into a nightmare as the Finance Ministry watches in alarm the prospect of declining tax revenues
- Voluntary Stand: Infy Takes The Lead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
IT giant Infosys has decided to take the first concrete step on voluntary affirmative action for SC/STs, in what could help cool down tempers on 'private sector quota' front - which flared up following the PM call for voluntary action and . . . .
- Terrorists Kill Saddam's Top Lawyer: Report (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
One of Saddam Hussein's lawyers was shot dead on Wednesday after he was abducted from his home by men wearing police uniforms in Baghdad, court and police officials said.
- Has Europe Lost Its Way? (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Jun 22, 2006)
Suddenly, it all seems to be going wrong. Just a few years ago, the European Union was aspiring to bigger and better things: a new constitution, more member states, a revamped economy and global power status to rival the United States.
- Road To Nowhere (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Jun 22, 2006)
Land acquisition controversies stall the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project.
- Bullish On Bangladesh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
In spite of sporadic unrest, rampant corruption and a polarized political system that’s all but dysfunctional, Bangladesh finds itself in the midst of a sustained boom. The main drivers: surging export growth and a robust service sector
- Triggering The Right Growth Impulses (Business Line, A. Vasudevan, Jun 22, 2006)
Estimating potential output is helpful for both policymakers and the markets. Though difficult to arrive at, especially in an interdependent world where uncertainties are far too many, it should be pursued, says A. VASUDEVAN.
- Lawyer Killed, Saddam Goes On Fast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants went on an indefinite hunger- strike today to protest the killing of an Iraqi attorney who sits on the defence team, the chief lawyer of the ousted Iraqi leader said.
- Secondees, On Second Thoughts (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 22, 2006)
BPO units may transfer the payroll of the secondees from the foreign parent to the Indian subsidiary.
- The New Middle East (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Jun 22, 2006)
One dividend of the peace process is the positive regional ramifications in the "New Middle East", a term that denotes the post-Madrid and . . .
- Another Of Saddam’S Lawyers Killed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
One of Saddam Hussein’s lawyers was shot dead today after he was abducted from his home by men wearing police uniform in Baghdad, court and police officials said.
- Himalayan Challenge (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Jun 22, 2006)
For a nascent democracy that was being repressively trampled under by a Canute-like king, Nepal has risen with remarkable resolve to march ahead for consolidating the gains of the struggle for popular rule.
- Rites Of Passage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2006)
Throughout human history, migration has been a courageous expression of the individual’s will to overcome adversity and to live a better life.
- Big Is Beautiful (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Jun 22, 2006)
There's a core policy issue flagged by the Jet-Sahara deal and by similar corporate negotiations. The issue is at the heart of liberalisation.
- Building India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
Signs of private sector-led infrastructure overhaul. So warning to politicians: be smart, honest
- India’S Largest $12-B Fdi In Orissa Hits A Roadblock (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
The makeshift road-blocks cordoning off three village panchayats— Dhinkia, Nuagaon, and Gadakujanga— are taking on metaphorical dimensions for the Orissa and the central governments.
- Positive Thinking (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 22, 2006)
Despite what many may believe, depression is not a symptom of our modern consumer age.
- ‘If I Don’T Discharge My Duties, Who Will?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
Pointing out that the Governor has been made the chairman of the Amarnath Shrine Board by the state, Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha says it is his job now to facilitate the yatra. The controversy was an unnecessary one, created by politicians, but it is . . .
- Southern Stirrings (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
The job of governing a state can concentrate the mind wonderfully. Notice the sudden awakening in Thiruvananthapuram.
- Pm Panel Raises Price Alert (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Just as rising foodgrain prices are burgeoning into a major political headache for the government, the PM's own thinktank, the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), has confirmed the bad news.
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