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Articles 10921 through 11020 of 35809:
- Man Who Rescued Dogma From Dogmatism (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, May 21, 2006)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has buried the ghost that hovered over Jyoti Basu’s table for two decades — that his remarkable run of victories was tainted by rigging.
- When Attending Class Doesn’T Pay (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
‘Bunk college and walk home with Rs 5,000’ — it seems this has become the new mantra for many of Bangalore’s youngsters today.
- If You Don’T Like It, Don’T See It (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 21, 2006)
To be honest, I have not read The Da Vinci Code and I don’t want to hurt anyone’s sentiments, but I don’t really understand why such a ban should be placed on the movie by anyone.
- Mega Special Economic Region Mooted For Vizag: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
Prime Minister launches major expansion project for steel plant
$ 10 billion investment can be attracted
Offers to consider revival of shipyard and BHPV
Vizag Steel Plant to get `mini ratna' status: Paswan
- Widening Agitation (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 21, 2006)
After the Satyendra Dubey and Jessica Lal murders, the government of the day is again in danger of failing to recognise the depth of public anger over increased reservations.
- ‘Funds Are No Constraint For Infrastructure’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
The Centre, on Saturday, said that constraint of funds would not be allowed to come in the way of developing infrastructure.
- Failed Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, May 21, 2006)
According to a study, in the year 2005 Pakistan made a spectacular progress, jumping from 34th position to 9th.
- Iran's Iraq Strategy (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, May 21, 2006)
From the moment the first U.S. warheads detonate over an Iranian nuclear installation, the United States will be at war with the Islamic Republic.
- Gradualism, Key To Fdi In Retail (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, May 20, 2006)
The Government is being cautious about allowing FDI in retail. This is the way to go if the small local players are not to be uprooted wholesale. Opponents argue that the advent of retail giants will pose mammoth risks. Proponents say it will enhance . .
- No Islamistan In India (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 20, 2006)
Earlier this week, when noted Shia cleric Kalbe Jawwad announced that a group of Muslim organisations, including Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, had decided to come together and launch the People's Democratic Front, little did he realise that it would . . .
- Bourse Bullies (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 20, 2006)
Thursday's destructive volatility at the BSE, whatever one chooses to call it - a bloodbath or mayhem - is pointer to some basic inconsistencies with the great Indian bourse.
- Had A Great Fall (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 20, 2006)
First to go were the king’s men; it was then the king’s turn. No two historic events being quite the same, there are differences between the English Revolution of 1640 and the birth of a Nepali Magna Carta.
- Yechury: Ensure 27 Per Cent Quota For Obc Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
Calls for increasing education base
"There is a need to add creamy layer concept to the quota"
Students from Delhi University submit memorandum to President
- New Republic (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 20, 2006)
Nepal has taken a giant step towards becoming a republic. The Nepalese parliament has adopted a resolution stripping the king of his privileges, including his title of commander of the armed forces.
- The New Mind Of Openness (Deccan Herald, Swami Sukhabodhananda, May 20, 2006)
People increase their standard of living but not their standard of thinking.
- Main Accused In Mehar Bhargava Murder Shot Dead (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
The special task force of the Uttar Pradesh police shot dead Sachin Pahari, the main accused in the Mehar Bhargava murder case, and his accomplice in an encounter at Madion on the outskirts of the city this morning.
- Killing Farm Economy (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, May 20, 2006)
Fear is often a constructive emotion. But much of it may be set off by unfortunate memories.
- Victims Of A Surrogate War (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, May 20, 2006)
The inhuman killing of telecom engineer K. Suryanarayana in Afghanistan, where he was working on behalf of a Bahrain firm, by the barbaric forces known as the Taliban has closely followed a rush of video/audio tapes carrying anti-US and anti-India . . .
- At The Crossroads (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, May 20, 2006)
Farm sector growth has come down to less than 2 pc a year, and contributes only about 25 pc to the GDP
- Cutting The Gordian Knot (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , May 20, 2006)
FIIs' earnings from share trading as business income
If the Government for some reason is Sensex fixated and does not want to subdue FII interest in Indian bourses, it may introduce a concomitant deeming provision
- Montenegro Readies For Independence Vote (Tribune, MATTHEW MCALLESTER, May 20, 2006)
On the rippling waters of the unspoiled Bay of Kotor sit the warships that make up what remains of the once-formidable Yugoslav Navy.
- The Siachen Question (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), May 20, 2006)
Times change, people change, the world has changed, policies are being realigned, free trade, etc, is the current mantra.
- Bsnl Reduces Tariffs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
In a World Telecom Day offering, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced a 25 per cent reduction in intra circle calls from landline subscribers to other networks from Rs. 1.60 a minute to Rs. 1.20 a minute.
- Spires And Minarets (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 20, 2006)
Tony Brett’s defeat in Oxford’s council election was one of many small details that passed unnoticed in the excitement over the gains that the white supremacist British Nationalist Party made in a London suburb.
- Getting The Name Right (Deccan Herald, KAUSALYA RAMASESHAN, May 20, 2006)
Changing a name is exciting for the person concerned and others around him
- When Money Is Evil (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, May 20, 2006)
During his recent visit to India, Meghnad, Lord Desai of St Clement Danes and his pretty, Punjabi second wife Kishwar Ahluwalia (nee Rosha) gave me his recently published book The Route of All Evil: the Political Economy of Ezra Pound (Saber).
- Going Bananas (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 20, 2006)
A very important food crop might go extinct
- Wings Clipped (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 20, 2006)
The King’s perks are now subject to Parliament’s nod
- Iran-U.S. Tussle Fuels Anxieties In Oil Heartland (Hindu, Atul Aneja , May 20, 2006)
While their dependence on the U.S. is extensive, the GCC countries are in no position to adopt a confrontational posturevis-à-visIran.
- Politics Of Muslim Identity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 20, 2006)
The formation of the People's Democratic Front (PDF) in Uttar Pradesh by a group of Muslim outfits is a positive development.
- It’S Not The Economy, Stupid! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 20, 2006)
It would be a cardinal error to interpret Thursday’s collapse of stock prices, cataclysmic as it was, as a reflection of the state of the economy.
- Towards A New Political Culture (The Economic Times, V KRISHNA ANANTH, May 20, 2006)
One fallout of the recent assembly elections in Tamil Nadu has been the strong support received by a new political party that sought support on non-caste lines and the DMK and the AIADMK had better watch out.
- Twenty Die As Pre-Monsoon Storms Lash Andhra, W.Bengal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2006)
Lightning strikes and falling trees have killed 20 people in pre-monsoon storms which lashed Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, officials said on Saturday.
- The Kaleidoscope Is Not Shaken (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, May 20, 2006)
The global economy is over-dominated by the developed world, but investors ignored the trends
- Let’S Awaken A Spirited, Responsive India (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, May 20, 2006)
For, the country needs a systemic overhaul, one that will revise dated rules, promote diverse views
- Micro Pains, Macro Gains (The Financial Express, AMITA BATRA, May 20, 2006)
Asia is, perhaps, the busiest region working on FTAs over the past few years.
- India Leads In Underweight Children (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 20, 2006)
The World Bank’s report Undernourished Children: A call for Reform and Action presents some shocking facts. India is home to 60 million underweight children, nearly double the figure for Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Bringing About Parity (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 20, 2006)
The Finance Act, 2006 has given mutual funds a boost
Exemption to MFs from dividend distribution tax, and to unit-holders from long-term capital gains tax, will result in a shift in the investment pattern of balanced funds.
- Linesman Loses His Job Storm In A T-Shirt (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 20, 2006)
Summer is when some pretty young things sport T-shirts saying “if you can read this, you’re too close for comfort!” The passions aroused by a football T-shirt are of a different kind altogether, as Champions League finals linesman Ole Hermann Borgan . . .
- Rescued Monkey Returns To India (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 20, 2006)
A monkey smuggled into Singapore and kept in a warehouse chained by its neck to a pole for a year was repatriated to her native India today by an animal rights group.
- `Drafted' Damage (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 20, 2006)
Did the I-T Department circulars on exemptions and stock trading send the market sliding?
- The Haitian Miracle? (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, May 20, 2006)
This spring’s presidential election in Haiti sadly re-enforced the country’s blighted reputation.
- The Origin Of Stress (The Economic Times, SWAMI PARTHASARATHY, May 20, 2006)
Most people in the world today suffer from stress. To deal with stress you must first find out its origin. Identify its source before you can root it out.
- Is The Music About To Stop? (Business Standard, Jamal Mecklai, May 19, 2006)
The major conundrum that has been keeping market analysts and regulators (and conference organisers) in business over the past several years is the odd fact that most measures of risk—from volatilities (of equities, bonds and currencies) to . . .
- Economic Growth Best Medicine For The Ill (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 19, 2006)
If India is to improve the health of its people, policies promoting growth will have to take precedence
- The Risks And Rewards Of Corruption (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, May 19, 2006)
Raise risk and lower rewards by making it harder for the corrupt to enjoy the fruits of their perfidy
- A Brave New Left On The Horizon? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 19, 2006)
Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee riding the crest of a popular tsunami is raring to go, even if it means breaking loose from the stalwarts of the Left living in the past. The chances of a schism within the CPI(M) are very real with Mr Bhattacharjee . . .
- Pakistan’S Economy A Success Story: Us (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, May 19, 2006)
The United States is working through a three-pronged strategy to help the seven countries of South Asia — Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — become more free, stable and prosperous, Assistant Secretary of . . .
- Claims And Reality (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 19, 2006)
With the annual budget only about two weeks away, the usual reports about the shape and size of the forthcoming budget, its theme and direction, its targets and emphasis have started appearing in the media.
- A War Of Diminishing Returns (Hindu, R. Hariharan, May 19, 2006)
The LTTE's fight now stands reduced to a turf war to establish its rights over the northeast. Its continued escalation of violence means increased loss of international sympathy for Sri Lankan Tamils.
- What Is The Way Out? : Crisis In The Muslim World-Ii (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, May 19, 2006)
With regard to the Iran crisis, the issue here is that the US and several other countries are convinced that Iran is trying to achieve nuclear weapons capability.
- Havells India Bonus And Dividend (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Havells India has recommended an issue of bonus shares in the ratio of one share for every equity share.
- Bengal Needs Political Reform, Too (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
Now that Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and his ministers have been sworn in, the Left Front (LF) would do well to heed the fine print of its seventh consecutive victory in West Bengal.
- Rangasamy Announces 10 Kg Of Free Rice To Ration Card Holders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Scheme to be implemented from July 15
- Mufti Calls For New Vision To Solve J&k's Problems (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 19, 2006)
``Look at regional economic integration as the engine of growth''
``Look at regional economic integration as the engine of growth''
- The Bengal Paradox (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
Latin Americans did not invent magic realism. West Bengal politics did.
- Focus On Distribution (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2006)
There is a flurry of activity on the power front, or so it would appear. Reportedly, the power ministry has set the onerous task of commissioning as many as 53 generation projects totaling 20,300 MW in the current fiscal.
- Nepal Army Worried (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Unhappy about stripping of king's title of Supreme Commander of the Army
Army Chief of Staff met with Prime Minister Koirala
Army also unhappy with provision about heir to the throne
- Union Bank Of India To Open Representative Office In Dubai (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Union Bank of India, the fifth largest public sector bank of the country, is planning to open its representative office in Dubai.
- Economics Of Nuclear Power (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 19, 2006)
There are many critics of Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
- Population Grows North (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 19, 2006)
In the absence of other measures, incentives to control family size will not succeed.
- Demands A Re-Think Of Policy Calculus (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, May 19, 2006)
After the South-East Asian contagion, stability has been held to be sine qua non for growth, especially in developing countries. In the context of the debate on convertibility, perhaps India needs to re-work the policy calculus: Accumulate res erves, ....
- Cast(e)ing A Shadow (Pioneer, BC Dutta, May 19, 2006)
Despite domestic disturbances and terrorist violence in different parts of the country, India has retained its steady economic growth; it is being reckoned as an emerging global power. The World Bank considers India an "Asian giant".
- Waiting For The Son-Rise (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, May 19, 2006)
Last May, at the completion of his one year in office, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave himself six marks on a scale of 10.
- `Rbi Amendment Bill To Give More Leeway' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Will help central bank to pursue its risk management strategy
Legal backing
The Bill would, inter alia, allow the apex bank to set CRR requirement for banks
The RBI will be able to address other key issues, including those related to OTC derivatives
- How Cops Cracked The Rs 10-Cr Heist In 2 Days (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Undeterred by the legislation putting a one-year moratorium on demolition of unauthorised constructions and sealing of commercial premises in residential areas of the Capital, the Delhi High Court on Thursday set up a two-member Monitoring . . .
- Assembly Elections In Five States (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, May 19, 2006)
There is something positive for all the UPA constituents which had contested the recent assembly polls. If the Left parties chalked up landslide wins in their traditional bastions West Bengal and Kerala, Congress managed to overcome . . .
- Iran Pulls Curtain On Atom Sites (International Herald Tribune, WILLIAM J BROAD, May 19, 2006)
Due south of Tehran, the desert gives way to barbed wire, anti-aircraft guns and a maze of buildings, two of them cavernous underground halls.
- Pak, Libya To Strengthen Economic, Trade Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Thursday said Pakistan and Libya shared identical views on important regional and global issues and hoped his visit would open up new avenues of cooperation between the two countries in economic, political, defence and . . .
- In National Disinterest (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, May 19, 2006)
How responsive is the UPA Government towards the external security imperatives of India?
- Ongc To Invest Rs 950 Cr For Extracting Gas (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The Board of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has approved the investment of Rs 950 crore to extract gas from below the coal seams in Jharkhand and West Bengal from June 2007.
- Tata Steel: Melting Point (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, May 19, 2006)
Tata Steel's March 2006 quarter results were largely overshadowed by the strong selling pressure witnessed in the stock market on Thursday.
- Gamble Could Prove Counter-Productive (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2006)
Affirmative action must begin at the level of schools so that 'backward' students get equal opportunities in employment, says RC Acharya
- Making Cold Calls (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 19, 2006)
The current chill in US-Russia relations is stirring Cold War memories.
- Assam Rifles Bill Will Give More Strength To Force (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The new law to govern the functioning of the Assam Rifles will enhance the ability of the country's oldest paramilitary force to guard the Indo-Myanmar border and to act against erring personnel, its Director General Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh has said.
- Anybody Listening In Pakistan? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 19, 2006)
On the face of it the "Charter of Democracy" signed by Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mr Nawaz Sharif in London seems to be a hopeful sign for the neighbouring country.
- Atm-Cum-Debit Card For Lic Customers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The Life Insurance Corporation of India on Thursday launched a prepaid `Annuity Card' to help its policyholders withdraw pension and annuities from UTI ATMs and shop at various outlets in India and abroad.
- Buddhadeb Ministry Sworn In At A Glittering Ceremony (Hindu, Marcus Dam, May 19, 2006)
Chief Minister calls for a `totally corruption-free' administration
Main concern is to increase peoples' purchasing power
To work for greater industrialisation
Not to allow hire-and-fire policy of corporates
- Bsnl Reduces Tariffs On Intra Circle Calls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
In a World Telecom Day offering, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced a 25 per cent reduction in intra circle calls from landline subscribers to other networks from Rs. 1.60 a minute to Rs. 1.20 a minute. Wireless in local loop (WLL) services....
- Eu Film Festival In India (Daily Excelsior, Santosh Mehta, May 19, 2006)
The Eleventh European Union (EU) film festival just concluded in New Delhi. It will now go to Kolkata, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram.
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