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Articles 5421 through 5520 of 22140:
- Rehabilitating Quake Victims (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2006)
Although Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz believes that the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority has made considerable progress, reports suggest otherwise.
- Empowered Victim (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Jul 24, 2006)
A woman sarpanch belonging to an Other Backward Classes community in Madhya Pradesh is asaulted and paraded naked.
- Pitfalls For Prince On Dark Road Ahead (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The two days spent trapped inside a 60-foot-deep pit may leave the six-year-old Prince with a lifelong fear of the dark.
- Reality Hits Home (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jul 24, 2006)
Security agencies are unable to find a Kashmir link to the Mumbai serial train bombs, unlike the past. The arrests of three suspects — two from Bihar, and a third from Navi . . .
- Govt Gives Clean Chit To Madarsas (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
Turning a blind eye to intelligence reports, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has given a clean chit to Islamic madarsas, often accused of being the breeding ground of militancy.
- Forest Rights And Promises (Frontline, Ashish Kothari, Jul 24, 2006)
The revised Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Bill, 2006, has many positive points.
- College Seats, Double Shifts (Indian Express, S S Gill, Jul 24, 2006)
Whether we like it or not, 27 per cent reservations for the OBCs is here to stay. The big question exercising most people is whether we have the infrastructure to accommodate the increased intake.
- Profit Bill Debate Tomorrow (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2006)
The controversial Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2006, better known as the office of profit bill, will be first debated in the Rajya Sabha expectedly on Tuesday.
- Ziegenbalg's Mission (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Jul 24, 2006)
The tercentenary of Tranquebar Lutheran Mission is celebrated in Chennai.
- When The Water Touches The Nose (OutLook, Dunu Roy, Jul 24, 2006)
Environmentalism isn't a luxury of the rich, sure. But when he really had to say why, he loses nerve.
- Mobile Addiction (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 23, 2006)
In the USA, it has reached the level of an obsession but not been acknowledged as an addiction as yet. In India, doctors’ waiting-rooms carry signs advising patients to switch off their mobiles.
- Can’T India Be Positioned As A Soccer Nation? (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Jul 23, 2006)
Especially, since we are known as a key viewer market of this low-capital, low-entry barrier game
- Pay Now, Repent Later (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 23, 2006)
Just raising all salaries will be disastrous
- Moonlighting Cops (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 23, 2006)
Universally are the police underpaid, Justice Mulla famously dubbed some of our “criminals in uniform”, but even inter-twining those not disparate strands would hardly have woven as unlikely a . . .
- `Naac Grading System Will Improve Quality Of Education' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
It has so far assessed 3000 institutions all over the country
Certain states have made it compulsory for educational institutions to get NAAC grading
- Gmc Srinagar Faces ‘Derecognition’ Prospect? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jul 23, 2006)
Nothing can be sadder than to see the medical fraternity of Srinagar's Government Medical College (GMC) helplessly struggling to avoid the possibility of Kashmir's premier teaching institution getting derecognised by Medical Council of India (MCI).
- Tamil Nadu Will Join Vat Regime In January, Says Anbazhagan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
"It is expected to benefit about 45,000 traders in the State"
Tax-free budget presented for 2006-07
Two technical universities coming
Pilots' training centre to be set up
- Parliament Forecast: Stormy Times Ahead (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 23, 2006)
Amendment to Parliament (prevention of disqualification) Act, 1959: The Office of Profit bill, exempting over 50 posts from disqualification, has its genesis in Jaya Bachchan’s disqualification following a Congressman’s petition. President . . .
- A Pervez Beats Indian Hearts Bleating For Mumbai (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Jul 23, 2006)
Rich Indian businessmen with their wives dolled up came to see Amitabh Bachchan last night at a House of Commons dinner which raised a paltry £26,000 for the victims of the Mumbai train massacre.
- Trehan’S Turn At Health Hub (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
A Rs 940-crore healthcare hub with super-speciality units and a stem cell research centre may in three years rid Calcuttans of the need to travel outside for treatment.
- Back To The Glorious Past (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 23, 2006)
It’s a perfect idea to focus and re-focus on the immediate past. The present anyway seems rather bleak. So it is best to not really forget and bypass what had been happening not too long back.
- Life Comes A Full Circle For Rahman (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 23, 2006)
THE music prodigy A.R. Rahman is attempting something new.
- Now Where Have You Read This Before? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 23, 2006)
The 19th century French psychic researcher, Emile Blorac, coined the term déjà vu -- French for ‘already seen’ -- to describe the experience of feeling that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously.
- Rs.110-Crore Project For Mcc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Project to be implemented in three phases, says A.K. Balan
Nursing college, treatment block, water supply scheme in first phase
A special officer to be appointed to co-ordinate efforts to develop the centre
- Was It India’S Ocean? (New Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 23, 2006)
The phrase ‘‘Aden to Malacca’’ has for long summed up India’s strategic ambitions in the Indian Ocean. The search for primacy, however, has been an elusive one for New Delhi, at least until recently.
- Portrait Of Artiste As Historian (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Sujit Chowdhury remembers renowned portrait photographer Arnold Newman, who captured 20th century’s history through indelible images.
- Encourage Pvt Investment In Food Processing Sector (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 23, 2006)
After information technology and bio-technology, Karnataka can emerge as the leader in food processing.Dr V Prakash
- Project On Preventing Torture (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM) and People’s Watch, a human rights organisation in Tamil Nadu on Saturday launched the Karnataka Chapter of the National Project on Preventing Torture in India.
- By Golly! Tintin Is Great Literature... (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
In unearthing the secrets behind Herge’s comics, Tom McCarthy makes some bold claims, finds Killian Fox.
- Left In A Nuke Deal Sulk (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Leftist parties today told the government that it should go by what Parliament said on the Indo-US nuclear deal, even if there was no constitutional provision for international treaties to be ratified in the House.
- The Music Of The Mind (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Jul 23, 2006)
For Edward Said, Glenn Gould is not only a virtuoso pianist, but also an intellectual.
- In Amish Country (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Jul 23, 2006)
The bedrock of Amish identity is the primacy of community over the individual.
- Five Arrested For Planning To Bomb Coimbatore Hospital (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Police on Saturday claimed to have averted a series of bomb attacks on government offices here by arresting five persons and seizing explosive materials, including an IED, from them.
- Discontent Sows Seeds Of Jihad Among Indian Muslims (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Jul 23, 2006)
These are bad times, says the chief priest of a small mosque in the heart of the Muslim quarter of Asia's largest slum in India's biggest city.
- A Hand-Made Wonder (New Indian Express, Usha Rai, Jul 23, 2006)
Oedipus The King, written, illustrated and produced by Tara Publishing, is a hand-made book. It is a joint publication of Tara and Getty Publications of Malibu, California.
- Valley Beyond The Himalayas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Nubra's greatest value is the feeling of escape, freedom and timelessness that restores a sense of balance and well-being.
- `Education A Casualty For Children In Hiv-Affected Households' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Education is valued but enrolment is low, reveals study
Higher dropout rates Girl child more likely to be withdrawn from school
- It’S Raining Deals (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
There is a golden rule in cricket: Never go for a run on a misfield.
- Loud And Misunderstood? (New Indian Express, MARK MAGNIER, Jul 23, 2006)
At a casino hotel in Malaysia’s Genting Highlands last summer, 300-plus members of a Chinese tour group were issued meal coupons with the crude illustrations indicating that they ate pork – unlike most people in that predominantly Muslim country.
- Birth Of A City (Hindu, Mala Kumar, Jul 23, 2006)
A book that urges readers to look at how Bangalore became the `Garden City'.
- 4 Killed In Ponnani Building Collapse (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Four construction workers were killed and 30 others injured when a three-storeyed building collapsed at Easwaramangalam, near Ponnani in Malappuram district, on Saturday afternoon.
- What You See (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 23, 2006)
What people desire, hope or long for can influence how they perceive visually ambiguous stimuli. As if we didn't secretly know this.
- Wrong Medicine Harms 1.5 M In Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2006)
Medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand each year in the US, costing the nation at least $3.5 billion annually, the Institute of Medicine concluded in a report released on Thursday.
- Rediscover The Khalsa’S Values (Tribune, S.S. Dhanoa, Jul 23, 2006)
The general elections expected some time early next year in Punjab seem to be casting their spell on events in Punjab.
- Reality Hits Home (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jul 23, 2006)
Security agencies are unable to find a Kashmir link to the Mumbai serial train bombs, unlike the past.
- College Seats, Double Shifts (Indian Express, S S Gill, Jul 23, 2006)
Whether we like it or not, 27 per cent reservations for the OBCs is here to stay. The big question exercising most people is whether we have the infrastructure to accommodate the increased intake.
- Pat For Maoists, Rap For Raman (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Jul 22, 2006)
Draft tribal policy trivialises Maoist menace, slams Salwa Judum ----- In the dense jungle and hilly terrain, the Maoists have waged a relentless war against the State, but New Delhi sees it as a mere symptom of tribal unrest.
- Nathu La Beckons (Frontline, Amit Baruah, Jul 22, 2006)
The mountain pass between Sikkim and the Tibet Autonomous Region reopens for trade with China.
- A Tale Of Two Probes: One Off, One On (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The State Cabinet on Friday decided to order a judicial probe into illegal mining as well as the bribery charges levelled by BJP MLC Janardhana Reddy against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswmy and two of his Cabinet colleagues.
- Both Sides Have Badly Miscalculated (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jul 22, 2006)
Miscalculations by Israel and Hizbollah have weakened Lebanon's fragile unity. A ceasefire is needed immediately.
- From Medicine Man To Murderer (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 22, 2006)
Abdul Karim Tunda's extraordinary journey offers deep insight into the factors behind the Lashkar-e-Taiba's growth in India.
- Pay Now, Repent Later (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 22, 2006)
The objections raised by states against the 6th Pay Commission are a welcome change to the times when such proposals sailed through without much deliberation.
- Truth & Falsehood (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Jul 22, 2006)
Everyone praises the truthful and runs down liars. But when it comes to the nitty-gritty, we have to concede that liars get a better deal in life than the truthful.
- Parenthood: The Age Of Anxiety (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 22, 2006)
Are parents today anxious, depressed, warring in stress-torn marriages and feeling out of sync?
- Hsbc Securities Dealer; Son Put Fanaa Tune On His Cell Week Before Blast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Bharti Merchant insists she has never been an outdoors person. ‘‘Sabzi bhaaji leke aana bas,’’ says the 44-year-old woman sitting on a floor mat in her Kandivli home in a plain lilac sari, her head resting on the wall behind, her hair tied in a loose . .
- Heal Thyself (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 22, 2006)
Two tell-tale photographs of district hospitals in Poonch and Kathua have appeared in the last Sunday magazine of this newspaper.
- A Voyage To Sri Harikota (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 22, 2006)
The road to Sriharikota (SHAR), across Pulicat lake takes us to the launch pad of Indian Space technology. It transports us from a familiar world to a world familiar with rockets and satellites.
- College Seats, Double Shifts (Indian Express, S S Gill, Jul 22, 2006)
Whether we like it or not, 27 per cent reservations for the OBCs is here to stay. The big question exercising most people is whether we have the infrastructure to accommodate the increased intake.
- Friendly Warnings (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jul 22, 2006)
British politicians are widely regarded as the wittiest and best read in the world.
- Now Where Have You Read This Before? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 22, 2006)
The 19th century French psychic researcher, Emile Blorac, coined the term déjà vu -- French for ‘already seen’ -- to describe the experience of feeling that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously.
- Marking Education’S Decline (Indian Express, NEHA SINHA, Jul 22, 2006)
My son is not showing any visible signs of Board exam stress. He does not panic or complain. Is something wrong with him? No, this is not an SMS joke. It is a genuine question posed to the CBSE counselling helpline, weeks before the Board exam this . . .
- In The Heat Of British Politics (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Jul 22, 2006)
The United Kingdom has been sizzling in heat. From the sub-continental point of view temperatures of 37 C to 38 C are no big deal. This country, however, is not equipped to bear this heat.
- Simi Dares Government To Prove Charges (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
President of the banned Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) Shahid Badr today challenged the UPA government to prove its involvement in Mumbai blasts, and alleged it was made a scapegoat to cover up government’s failure.
- Where Hard-Line Shiites, Sunnis Meet (Tribune, KIM MURPHY, Jul 22, 2006)
One of the hottest-selling items in Mustafa Hahel’s shop here off Baghdad Street is a poster showing the leaders of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah side by side, smiling pleasantly and surrounded by roses and daffodils. Portraits of the founder of Hamas . . .
- Reality Hits Home (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jul 22, 2006)
UP, Bihar weren’t recruiting grounds for Kashmir jihad. Why is it different for Mumbai?
- India: Dangerous For Children? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2006)
A recent poll, which was part of a Reuters AlertNet campaign to focus on neglected humanitarian crises, names India as the sixth most dangerous place . . .
- Parliament Forecast: Stormy Times Ahead (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 22, 2006)
The Office of Profit bill, exempting over 50 posts from disqualification, has its genesis in Jaya Bachchan’s disqualification following a Congressman’s petition.
- Bmtc Conductor Foils Robbery Bid (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
A daring BMTC bus conductor foiled a robbery attempt onboard the bus and handed over one of the gang members to the police, near West of Chord Road in Basaveshwaranagar Police limits on Thursday night.
- What You See (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 22, 2006)
What people desire, hope or long for can influence how they perceive visually ambiguous stimuli. As if we didn't secretly know this.
- Israel Ready For Ground Offensive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Hundreds of thousands of people were warned to flee southern Lebanon on Friday as Israeli military officers indicated that final preparations were being made for a ground offensive.
- Britain Grapples With Scorching Mercury Levels (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Train tracks are getting bent, the tar on roads is melting, people are moving about in public places scantily clad to tackle the scorching heat - this, in short, is the story of the current heat wave in Britain where the mercury touched highest . . .
- Uk Leader Plays 'Hindu Card' For Support (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Conservative Party leader David Cameron took many by surprise by turning up at a religious function of prominent Indian preacher Morari Bapu in Leicester and lavishing praise on Britain's Hindu community.
- Stealing From Women And Children (Tribune, Usha Rai, Jul 22, 2006)
Nokha in Bikaner District is a nondescript little town with a cavalcade of camels, women in bright, swirling Rajasthani ghagras, petty farmers and traders.
- Exhibition Inspires Organ Donation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2006)
As china's medical sciences continue to make great leaps forward in saving lives with modern surgery techniques, physicians are being held back by a lack of transplant organs.
- Poverty-Stricken Malegaon A Terror Haven (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
A 26-year-old doctor from Malegaon, Mohd Shareef Shabbir Ahmad, arrested in connection with the May 15 RDX seizure here is a computer geek, and was a "key figure" in maintaining regular contacts with terror modules in India and Pakistan.
- By The Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 22, 2006)
Visibility has nothing to do with the eye.
- Nato Chief Assesses Reconstruction In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Nato Chief Jaap De Hoop Scheffer flew to Afghanistan’s restive southern Uruzgan province on Friday to assess the latest phase of the alliance’s efforts to build stability.
- Rs.4.64-Cr. Proposal Sent For Development Works (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Such as social forestry, road connectivity and infrastructure
- Termites Nibble At Textbooks In A.P. Godowns (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jul 22, 2006)
Thousands of undistributed textbooks gathering dust in State
Loss due to Government apathy estimated at Rs.9.5 crore
District Education Officers violate orders, reveals Vigilance probe
- Kashmir Demilitarisation Proposal Supported (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
US Congressman Dan Burton has said that demilitarisation will be helpful in resolving the Kashmir conflict.
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