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Articles 10121 through 10220 of 35809:
- Gujarat Communalised (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 02, 2006)
The BJP attempted to make Gujarat chauvinism synonymous with Hindutva for better poll prospects
- Focus On Agrarian Economy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Interesting reads in Kannada...
- Strike Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 02, 2006)
The foiled terrorist strike on the RSS headquarters at Nagpur early on Thursday was not unexpected, even though it is to the credit of the security forces that they acted according to drill and gunned down the three attackers.
- Rbi Imposes Penalty On Centurion Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday imposed a monetary penalty of Rs.15 lakh on Centurion Bank of Punjab Ltd. for violation of RBI guidelines on Know Your Customer norms.
- South Indian Bank Opens Branch (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
V. A. Joseph, Chairman and CEO of South Indian Bank, on Thursday presided over the inauguration of the Kadavanthra branch of the bank at Kochi.
- Raising The Networthiness Of Indian Banking (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Jun 02, 2006)
The banking sector is today relatively much stronger than its Asian counterparts but it still has a long way to go.
- About Time, A Ban On Ltte (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 02, 2006)
In the 30 years of its existence, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam brazenly used Europe as an extended backyard for its war against the Sri Lankan state.
- Joining The Wrong Side (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 02, 2006)
Meek capitulation before a small section demanding a ban? Or an overzealous attempt to pander to religious sentiment? Either way, the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to suspend the screening of The Da Vinci Code bodes ill for freedom of expression.
- India's Gains Predicated On Competitiveness (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 02, 2006)
The Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN is a link up with a group of dynamic economies that can test India's mettle in several areas of trade. More than the comfort of tariff quotas it will be the country's sustained competitiveness that would bring it . . .
- Maoists To Hold First Rally In Nepal Capital In 3 Yrs (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels are set to hold their first mass rally in Kathmandu in over three years on Friday, in what their chief negotiator said would be a peaceful demonstration after a ceasefire declared in April.
- Mumbai On Alert For Heavy Rains (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
India's commercial capital of Mumbai was on alert for very heavy rains on Thursday, almost a year after a sharp cloudburst crippled the metropolis for days and killed hundreds of people in the region.
- Bush Adds Dawood To List Of Drug Traffickers (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
President George W. Bush added three people and two foreign entities to a list of major drug traffickers, a step that prevents them from using the U.S. financial system or carrying out transactions with U.S. firms.
- Look Who’S Speaking (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 02, 2006)
The upside of pressure-cooker diplomacy is that there’s always some space to let off steam.
- Gdp Figures Underline Importance Of Reforms (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jun 02, 2006)
If the economy's performance is to sustain, more reforms are needed, as the Finance Minister has called for.
- Multi-Racial Fiji (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 02, 2006)
The dream of the late Timoci Bavadra of a multi-racial Fiji for which he launched the Fiji Labour Party in the 1980s providing a common platform for the indigenous Fijians and the Fiji-Indians was at last realised in the just concluded parliamentary . . .
- From `Volumes` To `Value` (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 02, 2006)
Brands and marketers should start tapping the opportunity at the top of the pyramid.
- Governance After Enron (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 02, 2006)
Most of the cases of “governance failure” in US companies a few years ago are in the process of attaining closure, with the key figures involved having been found guilty and sentenced to prison terms, one after the other.
- Jamal Mecklai: Let`s Hear It For Clause 49! (Business Standard, Jamal Mecklai, Jun 02, 2006)
Since compliance with Clause 49 of Sebi’s listing agreement became mandatory on April 1, 2005, all listed companies have, in their March 2006 accounts, certified that the CEO and CFO “have evaluated the effectiveness of the internal control systems . . .
- Volatility Is The Only Certainty (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 02, 2006)
It’s the season of mixed signals. Analysts in the US are unable to discern any definite direction from the minutes of the last Fed meeting, and, Indian investors are being confronted by falling markets and record gross domestic product (GDP) growth.
- A Health Check For Indian Hospitals (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 02, 2006)
As the Indian healthcare sector grows at a frantic pace transforming into a $17 billion industry with an annual growth rate of 13% a year, what is clear is a picture of the Indian healthcare industry which is no longer limited to only hospitals and . . .
- A Wake-Up Call Once Again (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 02, 2006)
Prudent policies key to sustained capital inflows
- Iran Ready To Talk (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Iranian foreign minister Mr Manouchehr Mottaki today welcomed direct talks with Washington but rebuffed a US proposal that Teheran must suspend uranium enrichment as a condition of such talks, state-run television reported.
- Old Whine In New Bottle (Times of India, Janaki Nair, Jun 02, 2006)
In the early 1980s in Bangalore, before its high visibility as an IT destination, there were some who would react to the news of some doctor's wrong diagnoses by darkly suggesting "he must be a capitation fee doctor".
- Buoyant Economy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 02, 2006)
Reforms are needed to sustain the GDP growth
- Waving, Not Drowning (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 02, 2006)
If the BJP wants to stage a comeback, it must regain the Opposition space that it has lost to the Left -
- Appeasement As State Policy (Pioneer, Sanjog Maheshwari, Jun 02, 2006)
While the past decades have witnessed relentless competition among various political organisations to appease the minority community in a bid to cultivate the Muslim vote-bank, none can match the UPA Government's firestorm of minorityism.
- Trinamool Fans Farmers' Ire On Land For Tatas (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Jun 02, 2006)
For the first time after the elections, the Nationalist Trinamool Congress on Thursday got down to testing the political waters in Hooghly district by galvanising disgruntled farmers at Singur block to protest against the "unlawful and impetuous . . .
- Japan Not To Consider Curbs Over N-Issue (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Japan is not considering economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Tokyo's top diplomat said on Thursday.
- Us Close To Deal For Iran; Tehran Remains Defiant (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
World powers converged on Vienna on Thursday for talks on how to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis, strengthened by a US decision to join in direct talks with Tehran if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment.
- Opening Doors To Islamists (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 02, 2006)
After sealing the fate of Indian academics with 27 per cent reservation, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is off on a nine-day trip to the Gulf to explore possibilities of cooperation in academics between the two countries.
- Something’S Missing In The Jigsaw (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 02, 2006)
There seems to be unexplored ideas in spite of the new human, diplomatic and political situation at present
- Golden Ghoos (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Jun 02, 2006)
Arjun Munda, Jharkhand's chief minister, is faced with a dilemma.
- Left Takes A Right Hand Turn (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
Under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, West Bengal's lapse into capitalism is a foregone conclusion,
- Sudan Is The Most Failed (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 02, 2006)
The recently released annual global “failed states index” covered 146 states from all continents. Each country was scored from one to ten according to a dozen criteria and was ranked according to its score. Those scoring highest were rated the most . . .
- Terror At Sangh Sanctorum Gate (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Militants disguised as policemen tried to storm the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s headquarters in Nagpur shortly before dawn today but were gunned down in their car outside the gates.
- Wipro Acquires Eu Firm Enabler (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Wipro Technologies Enterprise Solutions President Sudip Banerjee said, “retail industry is one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors in the Enterprise Solutions market for Wipro.
- Still Earthly (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
The more vulnerable the better. This seems to be the killers’ motto, and they have succeeded three times within 15 days.
- Terror May Sour J&k Tourism Success Story (Times of India, Himanshi Dhawan, Jun 02, 2006)
The two recent attacks on tourists in Jammu & Kashmir may have soured a success story in the making. Officials and tour operators have reported cancellations ranging from 5-10% within a day of the last attack.
- One Answer To 5 Tricky Questions (Indian Express, M. Rama Jois, Jun 02, 2006)
The on-going controversy over OBC reservations raises some important questions: is reservation on the basis of the decades old OBC list really in favour of socially and educationally backward classes? Is reservation at the post-graduate level justified?
- Law On Medical Staff Transfers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Assam is planning a legislation to make it mandatory for medical teaching staff to work for a “certain minimum period” in each of the three colleges in Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Silchar.
- Icici Bank Hikes Interest Rates On Nri Deposits (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Largest private sector bank of the country ICICI Bank on Thursday revised upwards interest rates on deposits of Non Resident Indians (NRIs).
- Fear And The City (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
An economy growing at a brisk 8.4 per cent should be expected to celebrate confirmation of support from nature.
- Ways To Defeat Ourselves (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
On the face of it the two have no correlation. Fourth Generation Warfare (4GW), which has kept strategic thinkers engrossed for the last decade and a half, is about the what, why, where and how of future conflicts and possible responses.
- The Wrongs In Land Rights (Indian Express, SUDIPTA DATTA , Jun 02, 2006)
The PM wants changes in land ownership laws, so does his party president yet the government has sat on suggestions it called for 19 years ago
- Banking Reforms Can Free Up $48 Bn: Mckinsey (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The time has come for the Indian financial services sector—troubled by bad loans and high cost of operations—to face foreign competition in order to reduce poverty in the country, a report released here on Thursday said.
- Maoists Accuse Nepal Govt Of Reneging On Promises (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal today charged the government of Prime Minister G P Koirala with going back on promises and trying to push the country back into conflict .
- Ruthless Merit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
There is an English disease, peculiar to a particular class, of using language to mask feelings rather than express them.
- Development Control Rules `Outdated' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Planning norms must reflect changing conditions: Gopinatha Rao
Development control rules are `in urgent need of reform'
Outdated rules have resulted in deviations from approved plans
- You Can’T Wall Off Immigrants (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
Both the senate and House versions of an immigration bill to keep unauthorised migrants out of the US rely on the construction of hundreds of miles of new physical barriers, high-tech gadgetry and more manpower along the Southwestern border.
- Strike And After (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
It is in the nation’s interest that the anti-reservation agitation by medicos has been called off although after a stern warning of the Supreme Court.
- Terror Alert (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
While India and Pakistan were reiterating “their commitment to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations” in Islamabad on Wednesday, terrorists were busy executing their plans on this side of the divide.
- Growth Surge (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
If there were still some sceptics left about the Indian growth story, they can slink away into the shadows.
- True Cost Of Elections (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
To date, there have been no authentic, overarching studies assessing the cost of elections in India.
- Pakistan Blocks Full Nam Support For Afghan Moves To Curb Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
An objection from Pakistan has prevented the Non-aligned Movement (NAM) from throwing its full support behind Afghanistan’s efforts to prevent former Taliban from taking refuge in neighbouring countries.
- The Stock Market Slump (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 01, 2006)
A report carried in Wednesday’s Dawn says that a hefty amount of Rs600 billion has been wiped out by plummeting share prices and falling KSE-100 index between April 17 and May 30.
- Government Will Stop Undue Inflation: Pm (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Jun 01, 2006)
Aziz says budget will benefit the poor
Govt hiring foreign agriculture experts
- Utopian Norms For Idrs Call For Revision (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Jun 01, 2006)
Thanks to rigid eligibility norms announced two years ago, no IDR issues have come up
- World’S First Audio-Only Novel Launched (Statesman, Arifa Akbar, Jun 01, 2006)
The modern novel has often clashed with literary tradition but never before has it eschewed the written word altogether. Now the latest form of the novel, it would appear, can only be found as a digital online download, rather than on a bookshelf.
- ‘Our Second Freedom Will Release Us’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jun 01, 2006)
A C Kamaraj, an engineer, and an ardent believer in the interlinking of rivers, was a member of the committee of experts on interlinking of rivers set up by the Union government.
- Bears In The Woods (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 01, 2006)
If you meet a bear in the woods, try not to panic or scream; on no account should you turn your back and run.
- Sonia Must Quit: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The BJP President, Mr Rajnath Singh, today demanded that Congress President Sonia Gandhi should resign from her Lok Sabha seat on the “grounds of morals and principles” after President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam returned the Office of Profit Bill passed . . .
- For Best Results, Begin At The Base (Indian Express, Pradeep Agrawal, Jun 01, 2006)
The recent move by the government to extend caste-based reservations to OBCs at central universities, including institutions like IITs and IIMs, has rekindled the debate on how best to help the weaker sections of society without increasing social . . .
- Maoists Step Up Anti-India, Us Propaganda Ahead Of Talks (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jun 01, 2006)
Ahead of their first-ever public meeting in Kathmandu due on Friday, the Maoists seem to have revived their anti-India stance.
- Corpbank Launches Rtgs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Corporation Bank announced on Tuesday in Bangalore that it has launched its inter-bank funds transfer facility based on Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system implemented by the Reserve Bank of India.
- Stop Proselytisation (Deccan Herald, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Jun 01, 2006)
Organised attempts at mass conversion or re-conversion has the potential to undermine public order
- A New Role For Rrbs (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 01, 2006)
It is imperative to re-focus the RRBs as development finance entities devoted to rural credit needs.
- Infosys Plans To Have 5,000 In China In 5 Years (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Easier to access Japanese, Korean markets from there
- Empowering Through Entrepreneurship (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Jun 01, 2006)
The empowerment of the weaker sections among the SC/STs and OBCs must be through entrepreneurship and business rather than by quotas. Reserving seats in higher educational institutions will not go far, considering the situation at the school level
- Hurdles To Be Tackled In Indian Growth (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Jun 01, 2006)
A steady GDP expansion is essential and can’t be assured without economic and political drive
- 35 Bengalis Injured As Terrorism Takes On Tourism (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 01, 2006)
About three dozen tourists from West Bengal sustained injuries when unidentified terrorists carried out grenade attacks on two tourist buses in Dalgate area in this capital city today.
- Reduce Reliance On Monsoons (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Pandita and Meenakshi Koul, Jun 01, 2006)
Monsoons; of rains and suicides, may sound a bit strange and unusual to a good cross section of our society, especially to people, who dwell in urban areas of cities and towns, but holds very true to our farming community, who not just experience . . .
- Stop Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 01, 2006)
In the first four months this year 141 persons including a number of security personnel have been killed in the State in 466 incidents of terrorist violence.
- Pak Assures Complete Elimination Of Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Pakistan today assured India of working towards "complete elimination" of terrorism and fighting the menace in all its forms and manifestations.
- J&k Terrorist Groups Finding New Recruits (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 01, 2006)
Maharashtra, Gujarat residents training with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
Resident of Maharashtra village killed in encounter in J&K
Was most likely being trained on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Hizb may be seeking to enhance its own pan-India capabilities
- India-Us Economic Relations On A High (Business Line, S. Majumder , Jun 01, 2006)
Given the instances of bounce-back of the US interests in India, it would not be over-optimistic to foresee a paradigm shift in the relations between the two countries. With China figuring as the hot topic of debate in board rooms of several . . .
- Infosys Looking At Acquisition In $50-100 Mn Range (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The stock market was once again hurtled into bear orbit by panicky investors but the benchmark Sensex, which dipped by 674 points at one point, managed a partial recovery thanks to better-than-expected 8.4 per cent economic growth in 2005-06.
- Kashmir Rebel Chief Rejects Indian "Come Home" Call (Reuters, Kamran Haider, Jun 01, 2006)
The Pakistan-based commander of Kashmir's biggest guerrilla group rejected on Wednesday an appeal by India's prime minister for militants to return to their homes, saying New Delhi must first leave the territory.
- Safari Tourism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 01, 2006)
Any effort to promote tourism in Assam, or for that matter the North-east in entirety, is welcome.
- Bjp Urges Students To Listen To Sc On Strike (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The opposition BJP, which has been sympathetic to the agitating medicos, today counselled them to pay heed to the supreme court’s direction to call off their ongoing strike against the OBC quota.
- Bjp, Sangh Parivar Flay Nagpur Terror Attempt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Condemning the terroist attempt to strike at its headqurates in Nagpur, the RSS on Thursday asked its cadres across the country to remain calm while the BJP said the UPA must realise that terrorists cannot be fought with kidgloves.
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