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Articles 13621 through 13720 of 35809:
- Plight Of Minorities In J&k (Daily Excelsior, S Mohan Singh Kala, Apr 06, 2006)
To help in rehabilitation and development of minorities Finance Minister proposed in the budget, to set up a J&K Minorities Development Corporation, to promote employment opportunities, entrepreneurship by sponsoring self-employment programmes . . .
- Economy On A Roll (Daily Excelsior, K R Sudhaman, Apr 06, 2006)
Sceptics have been critical of the UPA Government that it has been unable to push economic reforms because of compulsions of coalition politics.
- Rajya Sabha Reconvened To Meet On 10th May (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Rajya Sabha, which was adjourned sine die on March 22, 2006 has been reconvened to meet on 10th May, 2006, a Rajya Sabha release tonight said. Reconvened by its chairman, the Upper House would continue its session till May 23 for transaction of . . .
- Saffron States Fall In Vat Line (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Apr 06, 2006)
The protest against Value Added Tax (VAT) regime has gradually subsided with the BJP-governed states accepting and implementing it from April 1. The initial grumbling against the new tax petered out with the five saffron-run states embracing VAT . . .
- Muslim India Tries To Escape The Past (Deccan Herald, RANDEEP RAMESH, Apr 06, 2006)
Prominent individuals belie the poverty of a minority left behind by the 1947 partition
- Common Future (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Apr 06, 2006)
The Prime Minister has a vision for Indo-Pak amity where borders become irrelevant
- Infrastructural Growth Upa Govt's Top Priority: Pm (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Apr 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked for greater flow of investment in infrastructure in roads, ports, telecommunication, airports, railways and power.
- All The Tea In China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 06, 2006)
Dressed in tight, faux leather pants, 50-year-old Sheng Xiu Qing oozes attitude.
- Draft Norms On Credit Information Companies Issued (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Telecom cos., stock brokers included in the `specified users' category
Ceiling on membership fee Rs. 15 lakh
All information to be retained for a minimum of seven years
- Metro Crosses Another Hurdle (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
In a decision that could lead to faster approval of the Bangalore Metro project by the Centre, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday accepted the recommendation of the Group of Ministers (GoM) that operation and maintenance of metro rail systems and the . . .
- Marx's Reserve Army Of Labour Going Global (Hindu, Andrew Glyn, Apr 06, 2006)
The eruption of the Indian and Chinese economies could shift the balance of power sharply in favour of capital in the rich world.
- Manmohan's Assurance To Haryana (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Apr 06, 2006)
Atomic plant to be considered
Lays foundation for six-laning of a 10 km stretch of NH 1
Medical college at Karnal in memory of Kalpana Chawla
UPA Government investing over Rs.1,80,000 crore on road network
- Closure Of State Bank Atms Hits Banking Transactions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Employees' indefinite strike continues for the third day
- Aiadmk To Cash In On Alliance With Mdmk, Dpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Vaiko's stature, Thirumavalavan's say among Dalits to benefit
- Karunanidhi's Arithmetic Versus Jayalalithaa's Chemistry (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 06, 2006)
The Tamil Nadu Assembly election may be decided by which of the two prevails
- Sonia's Third Resignation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
After her resignation from the National Advisory Council (NAC) and from the Lok Sabha in the aftermath of the office-of profit controversy, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has resigned as chairperson of the prestigious Jallianwala Bagh National . . .
- Varanasi Blasts Mastermind, 5 Accomplices Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
A mastermind of the recent Varanasi blasts and five of his accomplices were arrested on Wednesday by the Uttar Pradesh police and Central security agencies.
- Sbi Staff Continue Protest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Banking transactions in all branches of the State Bank of India (SBI) in Guntur district under Vijayawada zonal office remained paralysed as the agitation by employees reached third day on Wednesday.
- Bangalore Metro Put On The Fast Track (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Union Cabinet approves Group of Ministers' recommendations
- Migrants And Minorities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The scrapping of the IMDT Act has lent a new dimension to electioneering in parts of Assam, says Sushanta Talukdar
- Indo-Us N Deal Has Serious Implications (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Wednesday said Pakistan is against increase in the permanent members of the Security Council and in favour of enhancing only non-permanent members to make the organization more representative and equitable.
- Delhi's Deepening Trauma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 06, 2006)
The court order on sealing showrooms and shops in residential areas will deprive the dispossessed of legitimate livelihood, says Anuradha Dutt
- Development' Binds Nitish's Coalition Of Extremes (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 06, 2006)
The coalition Mr Nitish Kumar leads in Bihar includes not only the marginalised sections but also people from the upper crust and castes.
- Three-Year Roadmap For India’S Globalisation (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Apr 06, 2006)
India’s economic vision calls for a high, sustained GDP growth, low poverty and unemployment levels, and fuller integration into the world economy. This will help India join the major global league.
- Gandhi Evoked For All Manner Of Causes (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Two major nonviolent protests this week in India are being used by both the left and right.
- China Sends Big Business Group To U.S. (International Herald Tribune, Joseph Kahn, Apr 06, 2006)
Chinese leaders, eager to improve relations with the United States ahead of the first ever visit there by President Hu Jintao later this month, have dispatched a large delegation of businessmen and economic officials both to display . . .
- Punjab Cabinet Decisions (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 06, 2006)
ON a welcome note, the Punjab Cabinet has taken a number of initiatives that will have a bearing on the welfare of the people as well as the development process.
- Fukuyama's Take On Islam And Islamists (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 06, 2006)
His prescription: the solution lies not in "fixing" the Muslim world by imposing democracy but in reaching out to alienated Muslims in the West.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 06, 2006)
The editorial, "A foundation for public health" (April 4, 2006) said the expenditure on public health was less than one per cent of GDP. A reader cites the
- Oiling Our Way (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 06, 2006)
Carefully assess Rosneft’s offer to ONGC
- Justice For All, For Social Stability (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Apr 06, 2006)
It is a matter of self-interest for the power-class to quickly mend the system before it breaks.
- The India Hype Is Ahead Of Reality (The Financial Express, R SESHASAYEE, Apr 06, 2006)
The economic growth India has achieved, to quote the finance minister, is ‘quite a heady mix’ and we saw the effect recently in Davos, where the world looked at India with great interest. We discovered our importance in that milieu.
- Freedom For Foreign Corporates (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 06, 2006)
SEBI loosens up, but would foreign companies want to raise money in the Indian market now?
- A Defunct Post (Business Line, S Balakrishnan, Apr 06, 2006)
Do we need alternate directors?
An alternate director is in the same position as any other director as regards his duties, rights and liabilities.
- Is It End Of The Road For Community-Based Banking? (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Apr 06, 2006)
The spirit of grassroots entrepreneurship, which is the basis of the country's growth, must not be snuffed out by software solutions that ignore human judgment, and half-baked policies formulated by the metropolitan elite who know more of Wall . . .
- Courting Trouble (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 06, 2006)
Fill all vacancies of judges
- Enough Of Pampering (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 06, 2006)
The indefinite strike at the State Bank of India has entered the third day but there is no sign of a rapprochement between the striking employees and the management.
- A Flawed Business Model (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Apr 06, 2006)
Pakistan’s chronic trade deficit this year to record the highest deficit level in its history.
- Exceeding Monetary Targets (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 06, 2006)
The annual monetary targets set for 2005-2006 were exceeded by March 16, three and a half months before the close of the financial year.
- Saarc And The United States (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 06, 2006)
Our Foreign Office spokesperson in Islamabad informed the press on Tuesday that the Unites States had approached the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for observer status. The SAARC standing committee of foreign secretaries . . .
- Skewed Bond Spread To Hit Banks (Business Standard, Anindita Dey, Apr 06, 2006)
Spread between corporate bonds and underlying gilts stood at 145 bps in March.
- Shutting Out The Past (Telegraph, Soumitra Das, Apr 06, 2006)
In whatever stage of dilapidation they may be, Calcutta’s heritage buildings are the only extant and visible indication of the city’s once truly cosmopolitan culture, says Soumitra Das
- Pakistan Will Maintain Minimum Deterrence, Says Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Formation Commanders stress need for disaster management policy and apparatus
- Compensate The Investors In Ipo Frauds (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Apr 05, 2006)
It feels good when a scam is unearthed. It feels good when the scamsters are debarred from trading in the capital market.
- India Abroad (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
With ever increasing sums of foreign money rushing into the Indian equity market, it looks like the India story has been well and truly bought into by the rest of the world.
- Rbi's Balance-Sheet: Mirroring Global Change (Business Line, Ashoak Upadhyay , Apr 05, 2006)
The extent to which the RBI has travelled in the last 15 years is evident in the dramatic shifts in its assets and sources of income. The central bank has soaked in the effects of globalisation with the attendant risks. These changes mirror and may . . .
- We Too Need Labour Flexibility (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 05, 2006)
Should people in India bother about the massive protests that stall Paris these days, as students, unions and unemployed young people oppose labour reform? We should: there are important lessons there on adjusting to the forces of change.
- Strategic Horizon Of Indo-Us Deal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
The India-United States agreement is in line with Bush's objective of curbing Islamist strength which is dependent on petroleum, says Prafull Goradia
- Wto Brings China And Taiwan To Bargaining Table (International Herald Tribune, David Lague, Apr 05, 2006)
When Lai Shin-yuan, a Taiwan lawmaker, learned last year that a group of towel manufacturers from one of the poorest counties on the island planned to take action under World Trade Organization rules to stem a flood of cheap imports from China, she knew i
- Awaiting Foreign Trade Prescriptions (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 05, 2006)
The April 7 Foreign Trade Policy review should cast light on the achievements and offer new directions to expand exports.
- Kaw Panel Favours Dgca As Regulator (The Financial Express, CORPORATE BUREAU, Apr 05, 2006)
The MK Kaw committee set up by the civil aviation ministry to review the role and functions of the director general of civil aviation (DGCA) has made a strong pitch for making it the sole apex body for safety and economic regulation of the sector.
- Globalising Indian Markets (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) notification on Indian depository Receipts (IDRs) is a belated but welcome move. It is the next stage in announcing the coming of age of the Indian capital market and the economy. Everybody agrees that t
- Rule Roulette (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 05, 2006)
MLAs in Orissa are now being trained in how to vote.
- Hamas Minister To Visit China And East Asia (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
China says it respects Hamas’ election victory
- Hovering Clouds Of Pessimism (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Municipal elections held on February 8 in the shadow of Maoist attacks and a boycott by political parties painted a sorry picture of Nepal, even as it further shrunk King Gyanendra's options.
- Labour Pains (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 05, 2006)
The inconceivable is beginning to happen in China. It is facing a labour crunch, which is pushing wages up. And the crunch isn't temporary, it's been deepening over the past two years.
- Mphasis Bfl: Not In Sync (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
EDS' offer to MphasiS BFL shareholders may be at a 30 per cent premium to the 26-week average price but it falls a little short of the current market price. Plus, the fact that the offer is conditional to EDS acquiring a 51.72% stake indicates . . .
- Bina Ramani Questioned In Jessica Murder Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Bina Ramani, one of the key witnesses in the Jessica Lal murder case, presented herself before the police at the office of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch on Tuesday. She returned from Thailand on Monday night after attending . . .
- `Indian Kids Are Increasingly Becoming Technologically Savvy' (Hindu, Madhur Tankha, Apr 05, 2006)
With 40 per cent of the children living in 14 cities across the country using computers, 74 per cent of them aspiring to own jazzy mobile camera phones and an overwhelming majority picking up a leading mobile phone brand as their favourite, Indian . . .
- An Emergency For Rural Childhood (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Apr 05, 2006)
The challenge of educational reform in the age of globalisation is very complex and rural children are especially vulnerable at a time when India is witnessing an unprecedented economic growth.
- Reverse Politics Of Minorityism: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
My suggestion to minorities is to work for the spread of literacy and quality education among themselves: Advani
- End Minorityism, Join Hands, Advani Tells Congress (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Leader of Opposition and senior BJP leader LK Advani said on Tuesday that if the Congress shuns minorityism in politics and governance, it would set a firm foundation of cooperation with the BJP making common cause with the Congress.
- Hamas Leader Takes Conciliatory Note In U.N. Letter (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The Palestinians' new Hamas foreign minister has written U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan referring to a "two-state solution" for the Middle East, a conciliatory phrase the world should take note of, a top Palestinian diplomat said on Tuesday.
- Australia Says Sensitive To Tense Indonesia Ties (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Australia hopes to gradually rebuild communications with Indonesia after a row sparked by Canberra's decision to give asylum to 42 refugees from Indonesia's Papua province, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
- Lone Rider (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 05, 2006)
Once a charioteer, but not twice shy. This seems to be Mr L.K. Advani’s current belief. In the early Nineties, he moved around the country on a motorized chariot to mobilize Hindu votes and public opinion.
- In The Groove (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Apr 05, 2006)
The US recognizes south Asia as India’s sphere of influence
- Sonia Turf Visa Only For Rahul (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Rahul Gandhi will manage his mother’s Lok Sabha byelection from Rae Bareli.
- Development Aimed At Employment (Tribune, B S Thaur, Apr 05, 2006)
Thanks to the arrival of some top industrial names followed by an organised publicity blitz, a breeze of development has started blowing in Punjab.
- Fdi To Be Focus Of New Foreign Trade Policy, Says Govt (Deccan Herald, Kamal Nath, Apr 05, 2006)
The new Foreign Trade Policy, to be unveiled on April 7, would focus mainly on attracting Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) and generating employment for the youth, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath said here on Tuesday
- Railways To Set Up 100 Budget Hotels (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
After a marked improvement in its financial health, the Indian Railways plans to build over 100 budget hotels on its vacant land near railway stations across the country.
- 3rd Cong Councillor Killed In One Month (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Congress party has become the unidentified gunman’s target number one ahead of by-elections for the Assembly segments in Baramulla district.
- Will India Emerge As Global Power ? (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Patwardhan, Apr 05, 2006)
For sceptics, the suggestion of an area of peace in Asia remains wishful thinking.
- Destination Nowhere (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 05, 2006)
Tomorrow, if things go as per plan, BJP President Rajnath Singh and his senior colleague LK Advani will embark on two rath yatras from two ends of the country -- journeys that will culminate in New Delhi on May 10.
- Indian Islamic Schools Offer Lesson In Harmony (Reuters, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Apr 05, 2006)
Indian schoolgirl Julita Oraon, a devout Christian, never misses Sunday mass, but the rest of her week is spent studying Arabic and Sufi literature among other subjects at an Islamic religious school, or madrasa.
- Strike Bank Of India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
ON the face of it, the indefinite nationwide strike by officers and employees of the State Bank of India (SBI) from April 3 is illegal and unjustified.
- Man Spends 33 Yrs In Jail Without Trial (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
A district court on Tuesday ordered release of one Devi Prasad, who had been languishing in jail for the last 33 years without trial, after acquitting him of all charges.
- Indo-Us Deal Can Spoil Security In Region, Us Told (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 05, 2006)
Kasuri shares perspective on issue with Boucher; stresses
package approach to prevent arms race
- Utility-Store Phenomenon (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 05, 2006)
THE Utility Stores Corporation's announcement of a 'further slash in prices of more than 1,100 items from three to 10 per cent' will no doubt provide some relief to the target population, but exactly to what extent needs to be analysed carefully.
- Valuable Funding Of Gwadar By Oman (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 05, 2006)
Oman's Foreign Minister Yousaf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah has announced the revival of 100 million dollar fund that Oman had allocated for the development of Gwadar area. Talking to newsmen after his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmud Kasu
- Behind Pm’S Panipat Carpet Today Is Story Of Roads Tied Up In Red Tape (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Apr 05, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will look to give a push to infrastructure projects in Haryana when he lays the foundation stone for a six-laning project in Panipat tomorrow.
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