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Articles 9321 through 9420 of 35809:
- Govt Forms 2 Panels, Seeks Formula Within 2 Days (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
In an effort to find a solution with regard to seat-sharing, fees and other related issues related to professional courses, the State Government on Tuesday constituted a separate medical and engineering committee to come out with a formula within . . .
- Reliance Comm., Intel Join Hands (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Reliance Communications and Intel have joined hands to offer instant and uninterrupted Internet connectivity with Intel-powered PCs.
- Bhutan Through Political Reforms (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Jun 14, 2006)
Thirty-two years rule of King Jigme Singye Wangchuk has ushered in a new era of democracy.
- Tdp, Cpi(m) Stage Joint Protests Against Petrol Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
CPI(M), TDP together stage demonstrations in Tirupati
- India, China Do Not Consider Each Other A Threat: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
A series of CBMs has seen to the growth of that perception'
- On Banning The Da Vinci Code (Hindu, N.L. Rajah, Jun 14, 2006)
To ban the film in India, reacting to demands from some, is grave constitutional impropriety, besides being imprudent.
- Andhra Bank Ties Up With Hmt (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Andhra CMD, K. Ramakrishnan has said they have fixed a target to finance 3,000 tractors in the current fiscal under a tie-up with HMT Tractors.
- Icici Onesource's Overseas Centres (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
ICICI OneSource, a leading business process outsourcing (BPO) company, has announced that it will invest in setting up outsourcing centres in Northern Ireland creating around 1,000 jobs over the next two years.
- I-T Dept Turns Defensive, Denies Harassing Big B (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Reacting to the controversy over the issuance of I-T notice to cinestar Amitabh Bachchan, Income Tax Commissioner, Mumbai, H Tulsiyan on Tuesday said the department was not targeting any individual and the "aggrieved party was entitled to move any . . .
- South Korea Win (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
South Korea came from behind to beat Togo 2-1 in Frankfurt today.
- Andhra Pradesh Rated Best In Power Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Report places Gujarat, Delhi in the second and third places
- Pm Under Siege (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jun 14, 2006)
Main Threat From Within?
The Constitution defines how politics should be conducted. The system determines how politics is actually run.
- Nepal's Rough Road Ahead (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jun 14, 2006)
How many zeroes does it take to make Girija Prasad Koirala smile? At least three - quipped a wag, as mandarins in the Ministry of External Affairs sweated in the Delhi heat to create an aid package that would meet the expectations of India's neighbour . .
- A Surface Encounter (OutLook, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 14, 2006)
There is a view, forcefully articulated by a shrinking band of ex-colonials in London’s gentleman’s clubs, that Calcutta was created and lovingly nurtured by the . . .
- India, China Not A Threat To One Another, Says Pranab (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
India and China are not a threat to each other and the growing relations between the two neighbours provide enough space to the two countries to progress, Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Tuesday.
- India@info.Com (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 14, 2006)
The citizen vis-a-vis a reluctant informer
- Nabard To Invest 2,000 Crore In Bihar To Boost Its Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Chairman appreciates changes in the state's economic scenario
80,000 Aganwadi Centres to be opened in the State
`Target to raise Bihar's ranking in terms of investment by NABARD from 16th position at present to 6th in the next three years'
- Tackling Threats (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 14, 2006)
Raising more Central forces is not the best solution
- Development For All? (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Jun 14, 2006)
Development means people graduating from lower paid jobs to higher-valued jobs over time
- Rising To Our Potential (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Jun 14, 2006)
In a globalised world, India can't afford to shy away from its role as a key player
- Petrol, Diesel To Cost Less In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
AIMTC laughs it off, says govt should give up excise, customs and sales tax on petro products
- India To Seek Chinese Help To Enter Nuclear Club (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
India plans to seek the backing of one-time rival China as it bids to enter an elite club of nations allowed to trade in nuclear supplies, the defence minister said on Tuesday.
- Record Allocation For Development: No New Tax In Punjab (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Punjab government will lay before the provincial assembly its revenue budget of Rs274 billion — indicating a current expenditure of Rs191 billion and carrying a surplus of Rs83 billion — for the fiscal year 2006-07 on Wednesday.
- Uproar In Na: Nadra Missing From Budget (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 14, 2006)
An opposition eagle eye put the government in the spot during the budget debate in the National Assembly on Tuesday when it was found that no funds had been demanded for a key federal department and the finance minister did not know why it was so.
- Us Bans Five Companies For Aiding Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The United States has prohibited all transactions with four Chinese companies and one US Company for allegedly helping Iran acquire weapons of mass destruction and missiles capable of delivering them.
- China, Russia Refuse To Join Iran Sanctions (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
China and Russia refused on Tuesday to join with other world powers in a statement that would threaten sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme, during diplomatic jostling at the UN nuclear watchdog.
- A Woman's Sight (OutLook, Jean Dreze, Jun 14, 2006)
Sen is praised as a "feminist economist" but it is not very clear what "feminist" actually stands for (except for a general concern with gender issues) and why Sen qualifies
- Pml-N For Polls Under Neutral Govt (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the PML-N here on Tuesday resolved to speed up its struggle for the establishment of a neutral caretaker government in the country to conduct credible elections through an independent and effective Election . . .
- Sco A New Model Of Successful Tie-Up (News International, Vladimir V. Putin, Jun 14, 2006)
As the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), one of the youngest international entities, is turning five on June 15 and preparing for the anniversary session of its Heads of State Council in Shanghai, I would like to share my thoughts and . . .
- Pakistan Seeks Cooperative Partnership With (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Pakistan is looking forward to develop a mutually beneficial cooperative partnership with the SCO member and observer countries, Pakistan’s ambassador to China Salman Bashir said on Tuesday.
- People Participation In Agricultural Development (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 14, 2006)
This fact has been proven time and again that the success of any agricultural development programme depends to a large extent on the intended beneficiaries.
- Tata Sons To Pick 26 Pc In Nagarjuna Refinery (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Jun 14, 2006)
To invest Rs 350 crore; project set to achieve financial closure soon
Equity partner
Tata group expected to sign a definitive agreement shortly
IDBI syndicating the loans, including the foreign currency debt
TIDCO to convince the State . . .
- Inflationary Discomfort (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 14, 2006)
If any evidence of inflation concerns was needed, the RBI provided it by raising the repo and reverse repo rates.
- One Dollar Is One Dollar (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jun 14, 2006)
The US is assumed to have practised a strong dollar policy and presumed to have been content to let the dollar drift down so that exports would become cheaper and imports more expensive.
- 'Dalits Have Not Benefited From Quotas' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Professor P Radhakrishnan of the Madras Institute of Development Studies is a well-known social scientist. Some of the key areas of his research include affirmative action; agrarian problems; backward classes and reservations; backward class . . .
- Politics And Football: Bridgeable Divide? (Rediff on the Net, Vikram S Mehta, Jun 14, 2006)
More than any other public event, the ongoing world cup is witness to the brotherhood of merit.
- World Cup Unity In West Bank (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 14, 2006)
It is about the only issue Israelis and Palestinians can agree upon. The TV subscription rates to watch the football World Cup are too high.
- A Surface Encounter (OutLook, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 14, 2006)
There is a view, forcefully articulated by a shrinking band of ex-colonials in London’s gentleman’s clubs, that Calcutta was created and lovingly nurtured by the . . .
- Sensex Sheds 414 Points On Global Meltdown (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Gloomy weather across the global markets continued to hurt Indian bourses, sending the benchmark Sensex spiralling down 414 points to a six-month low of 9062.65, notwithstanding sustained foreign institutional investment inflows in equity.
- A Taste For Luxury (Deccan Herald, Amrit Sadhana, Jun 14, 2006)
Maybe you've noticed it, too: despite a belt-tightening economy, many more men and women today are reaching up for high-style luxury goods.
- Us Bets On India's Boom, Frets Too (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 14, 2006)
The Sensex may be headed south and the Nifty anywhere but north, but as far as the west is concerned, the world economy is devolving on the east -- India being the current favorite.
- A Namesake Affair (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 14, 2006)
One fine evening I got a telephone call from my friend’s daughter-in-law. She was sobbing.
- In Its Own Mess (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 14, 2006)
While an increase in global crude oil prices should be transmitted in the form of increases in domestic petroleum product prices, the Centre has itself to blame for the economic and political mess it has got into.
- Don’T Let The Branding Iron Go Cold (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 14, 2006)
Corporates build brands over years, spending considerable time, energy and cash so that one day that brand would allow the company to charge a premium for its products and enhance cash flow.
- Musharraf Calls For Peace In Region (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Tuesday to represent Pakistan at the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He was given a warm reception on his arrival at the Pudong airport.
- Bharat Inc. (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 14, 2006)
The results of the Fifth Economic Census, by far the most reliable count of enterprises and economic activity in the country, have only underscored the trend thrown up by the latest growth data released recently.
- No Truck Yet With Technology (Indian Express, SUMANT CHAK, Jun 14, 2006)
While the Maybachs and Bentleys have made inroads and new technology cars like Swifts and Santros zip around us, our trucks seem to be caught in a time warp.
- Plenty Of Enemies To Go (Deccan Herald, Thomas L Friedman, Jun 14, 2006)
Al-Zarqawi reminds us that open societies are threatened by his kind of ruthless jihadists
- Exuberance Can Be Rational (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jun 14, 2006)
In capitalism’s high ground, demand and supply are what matter, and the market is where the twain meet to discover deal prices.
- Aiadmk And Its Allies Stage Stir Against Fuel Price Increase (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Agitators say the revision in fuel prices will affect the common man drastically
- Nlc Inks Pact With German Company And Iit-Madras (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The research collaboration is to replenish ground water level
"Simple rainwater harvesting technique will not serve the purpose"
NLC has already adopted a technology successfully to recharge water level at two natural points
- "Suspend Work On Maheshwar Dam" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 13, 2006)
Responding to representations by the Narmada Bachao Andolan, the Centre has directed the Madhya Pradesh Government to ask the private company constructing the 400 MW Maheshwar hydroelectric project in the Narmada valley to suspend work on the dam . . .
- The Double-Decker Effect (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Jun 13, 2006)
Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav recently flagged off the first ever double-stack container train, to run from CONCOR’s inland container depot at Kanakpura (Jaipur) to Pipavav port on Gujarat coast.
- Taxing The States (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 13, 2006)
The petro-product tax structure is grotesque, serving neither the poor nor promoting efficient economic outcomes.
- Gwadar’S Rich Potential (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 13, 2006)
The government’s plan to set up an export processing zone in Gwadar with a 15-year tax holiday as an incentive for potential investors is a step in the right direction.
- Reliance Accord With Haryana On Sez Project On June 19 (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 13, 2006)
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and Haryana Government will sign the deal for setting up of the Rs 25,000 crore multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) near Gurgaon on June 19.
- Soldier Killed, Three Civilians Hurt In Lanka Mine Blast (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels detonated an anti-personnel mine near the northern town of Vavuniya on Monday, killing one soldier and wounding three civilians, the area's police chief said.
- Choice Is Clear (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Kumaraswamy's way, or highway----It is typical of the infuriating ironies of Indian politics that the Golden Quadrilateral, the highway development programme that is contemporary India's showpiece infrastructure project, has swiftly seen a change . . .
- Imam's Call To Party (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Bukhari dreams of Muslim votes----Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari of Delhi's Jama Masjid is being truthful when he says that 'secular' parties have treated India's Muslims as nothing more than a vote-bank to be tapped at the time of elections through . . .
- Us Could, India Can (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Jun 13, 2006)
It is not only military belligerence and arm-twisting economics that has raised the US to the pinnacle of political power. It is also for the fact that there was a time when that country embraced all.
- Can India Fix Its `Macro`? (Business Standard, Govindraj Ethiraj, Jun 13, 2006)
What does the average Chinese businessman think of India? I put this question two months ago to an Indian trader I met in China’s textile capital Shaoxing, some four hours south-east of Shanghai.
- Going Beyond Kansas (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 13, 2006)
Forecasters are famously advised never to predict both an event and its timing. This was certainly the approach adopted by ancient soothsayers and oracles, who, like Alan Greenspan, added ambiguity and obscurity to their counsel.
- The Door To Labour Reform (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 13, 2006)
The government has, at last, woken up to the need to initiate labour reforms. A high-level central panel will look into an offer, made by the domestic textile industry, guaranteeing a minimum of 150 days of work a year to contract employees.
- Free To Profit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 13, 2006)
Whether it is industry or agriculture, the only way to run it profitably is on sound business principles.
- Rediscovering India (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Jun 13, 2006)
If Amitabh Bachchan drinks a tender coconut in a TV commercial, millions take to the nature's best cool drink. So also if Mahendra Singh Dhoni relishes a glass of buttermilk.
- Office Of Profit Bill To Be Tabled In Same Form (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The UPA government appears to be determined to re-introduce the Office-of-Profit Bill, returned by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in the “same form without any alterations” in Parliament during the coming Monsoon session.
- Forty Years Later (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 13, 2006)
Mao's Cultural Revolution was launched 40 years ago, yet, despite 20 years of economic liberalisation, its wounds remain a taboo subject. Today's rulers dare not face up to their own experiences or moral responsibi-lity.
- Indian Overseas Workers Send Home A Whopping $21 Bn (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
For Indians, the umbilical cord with home is never severed. India is the largest recipient of remittances by overseas workers, estimated at $21 billion -- up from almost 150% since 1995, says a study by investment bankers J P Morgan.
- Digesting The Rbi’S Unexpected Rate Hike (The Financial Express, Rajeev Malik, Jun 13, 2006)
The portents are clear for at least another hike between now and the end of the calendar year.
- Islamabad Rejects Sinha’S Remarks On Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday snubbed the former Indian External Affairs Minister for his naive remarks made regarding the status of Kashmir dispute saying that anyone who knows even little about Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan would . . .
- 15 Killed In Iraq Car Bombings (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
At least 15 people were killed and 61 injured in Iraq car bombings.
- North Korea Flexes Missile Muscle To Grab Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
North Korea’s preparations for possible long-range missile tests, its first in nearly a decade, may be an attempt to grab the attention of a US government distracted by its nuclear row with Iran, experts said Monday.
- The Case Of The Curious Rate Hike (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jun 13, 2006)
The timing of last Thursday’s interest rate hike suggests more of politics than economics.
- Sensex Down 301pts; 88% Bse Stocks In Red (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The Sensex is now down 301 points at 9175.
HDFC slumped 6.7% to Rs 1,049. ICICI Bank dropped 5.5% to Rs 449.
- Insensate On Acquisition (The Financial Express, L C JAIN, Jun 13, 2006)
While some displacement due to development projects is unavoidable, the suffering inflicted in the process on the uprooted is avoidable. But we continue to act in an insensitive, if not insane, manner.
- Powering Ahead (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 13, 2006)
At one level, the power ministry’s target of an additional 19,000 mw of installed capacity in one year may seem overly ambitious.
- Land Acquisition Problems.. (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 13, 2006)
With the private sector setting up an increasing number of greenfield projects, infrastructure facilities and special economic zones (SEZs), it has become imperative for the Union government to come out with a comprehensive land acquisition policy . . .
- Rbi Slaps Rs 5-Lakh Fine On Canara Bank (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India today imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Canara Bank for violation of CRR and SLR norms.
- Markets And Macro Diverge, Hike Infrastructure Spending (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 13, 2006)
The stronger than expected industrial growth in April predictably failed to impress the markets, which again tanked on Monday.
- India-Japan Ties: More Hay To Make From The Rising Sun (Business Line, AJAY KHANNA, Jun 13, 2006)
Given India Inc's newfound confidence in its ability to compete globally, it can look at Japan as much as a market as a source of knowhow and finance. "Incredible India" is finding increasing resonance in Japan, too.
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