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Articles 3121 through 3220 of 20008:
- Laloo Chucks Out Colas From Trains, Stations (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Aug 21, 2006)
A day after Chairman of Pepsico India Holdings Private Limited, Rajeev Bakshi virtually admitted that the soft drink could be harmful for children, Railway Minister Laloo Prasad took the war against the two cola giants — Coke and Pepsi – one step . . .
- Diamond Hub To Be Back On Feet (Hindu, Ramnath Subbu, Aug 21, 2006)
The recent floods have taken a heavy toll on the industry in Surat .
- Balance Of Economic Power Ebbs From U.S. (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 21, 2006)
The recent flow of news from around the world suggests that the balance of world economic power may finally be swinging away from the United . . .
- Breaking Ships Need Not Break Lives (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Aug 21, 2006)
The economics of ship-breaking should not be built on the destroyed lives of those who dismantle the ships.
- A Stone Encyclopaedia Called Sanchi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The Great Stupa dominates Sanchi with an impressive diameter of 36.6 metres and a height of 16.46 metres, excluding the railing and umbrella, write Hugh and Colleen Gantzer.
- ‘Build A Strong, Ethical Employment Brand’ (Deccan Herald, Sangeetha Chengappa, Aug 21, 2006)
The recent fraud uncovered in companies like HSBC, Mphasis, IBM Daksh and Barclays Bank have jolted the IT, ITES and BFSI sectors out of their complacence because the perpetrators happened to be their own employees.
- America’S Orwellian Talk (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 21, 2006)
The unanimously adopted UN Security Council Resolution 1701 will at best reduce the fighting in Lebanon. In the immediate context it will wind down both the Israeli aggression and the retaliatory Hizbollah attacks.
- The Dispensation Of Justice (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 21, 2006)
The four-day International Judicial Conference, held in Islamabad recently to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court, issued the Islamabad Declaration at its conclusion.
- ‘We Must Scale Up Iits, Iims, Take Strong Affirmative Action Or . . . (Indian Express, S. Ramadorai, Aug 21, 2006)
His usual reticence reflects his company’s traditional understated style but S Ramadorai, MD & CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, talks tech, quotas and cricket with Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk . . .
- Big Dams, Big Problems (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 21, 2006)
Unregulated storage and releases have meant that Karnataka, being a lower riparian state, is always at the mercy of Maharashtra in times of drought or flood.
- Down The Amaravati (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Not one more of your pilgrimages, I hope,’’ began my wife, looking at the tickets for out weekend break to Udumalpet.
- Fears Of Disease After Rains (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 21, 2006)
Doctors in Karachi are warning of a possible outbreak of waterborne diseases after the recent rains in the city.
- How To Revive Agricultural Economy (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Aug 21, 2006)
As the crisis of the farming community reverberate in the country with suicides and hunger, the prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in his Independence speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, loudly proclaimed that the UPA government is "concerned . . .
- Ongc Resumes Gas Production At Surat Outlet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Plant at Hajira was closed for 12 days due to flooding in the Tapi river; water discharge reduced from dams
- Flood Situation Slightly Improves In Gujarat » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The flood situation slightly improved in north and central Gujarat as inflow of rain water from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh decreased even as more than 70,000 people have been evacuated and Army deployed in affected areas, officials said.
- Now For The Real Miracle (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 21, 2006)
As far as miracles go, turning brackish sea water sweet is pretty neat. Regardless of the scientific explanation being doled out — excess freshwater flowing from the Mahim river into the sea — the thousands thronging to Mahim Creek near the . . .
- Moving Nukes: India Must Join World Initiative (Tribune, Premvir Das, Aug 21, 2006)
The Proliferation Security Initiative, PSI for short, is an initiative, initially sponsored by 14 nations including the USA (therefore being seen as an American scheme) aimed at countering proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and . . .
- Rains Delay Train To Pakistan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The Thar Express, linking Munabao in India with Khokhrapar in Pakistan, was delayed by about five hours due to incessant rains in the desert belt of Rajasthan, officials said on Sunday.
- Don't Shoot The Messenger (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 21, 2006)
Over the past fortnight, the country’s cola majors have been on a PR offensive, though with a difference.
- President To Dedicate Upper Krishna Project To The Nation Today (Hindu, Suresh Bhat , Aug 21, 2006)
Lal Bahadur Shastri laid the foundation stone for the project on May 22, 1964
- A Crusader Against Corruption (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 20, 2006)
Anna Hazare is one of India’s most respected social activist. Whenever he takes up a cause, an alert is sounded in New Delhi’s corridors of power.
- Fuel Price Hike Sparks Protest In Nepal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Demonstrators in Nepal today burnt tyres, damaged over a dozen vehicles and disrupted traffic for hours after the government hiked fuel and cooking gas prices up to 25 per cent in an attempt to make up for losses incurred by a state-owned oil company.
- Some Issues To Ponder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2006)
The basic question regarding the Indo-US nuclear deal is whether we really need it. It is said, the deal will give a boost to our power sector.
- A Raja’S Realm (Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar, Aug 20, 2006)
A problem that early professional and amateur photographers in India had to deal with was an idiosyncratic and varied climate.
- Mole In The Pmo? (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Aug 20, 2006)
In politics, truth is strictly optional. Former External and Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh first hinted that there was a mole in the Prime Minister's office during the tenure of PV Narasimha Rao.
- The Green Way To Energy Security (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 20, 2006)
India and the United States share a deep and abiding interest in assuring reliable and abundant energy to power our economies and provide a basic foundation for the prosperity of our citizens. We also share a vision of promoting clean energy practices . .
- Faith Proves Sweeter Than Filth (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
A part of India went to sleep on Friday wondering how pure its cola is.
- Floods: Army Called Out Again In Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 20, 2006)
Red alert in 100 villages following warning of heavy rainfall in central, northern parts
- Dam Safety Authority To Inspect Mullaperiyar (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Aug 20, 2006)
The State Dam Safety Authority will next week inspect the Mullaperiyar dam, in whose vicinity tremors were reported on Friday. It will examine structural safety.
- ‘Miracle’, To Drink And Take Home (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
For most it is a miracle they hope is true. For some it is a miracle that spells a little different — because sweet sea water has meant more money.
- "Cauvery Issue Cannot Be Resolved Through Legal Means" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Kumaraswamy advocates mutual understanding and cooperation
- Tight Security At Alamatti Dam For Kalam's Visit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The President will first offer `bagina' to the Krishna tomorrow
Kalam will reach Bidar by an IAF aircraft
A.B. Vajpayee, H.D. Deve Gowda to attend the function
- Mumbaikars Cry Miracle As Sea Water Turns Sweet (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Aug 20, 2006)
Several thousand people rushed to the sea behind Mahim dargah in Mumbai on Friday night after word spread that the usually salty water had turned sweet.
- Release Of Bhadra Waters Floods Many Areas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Some areas in the city were inundated owing to the release of excess water from the Bhadra reservoir on Thursday evening.
- Grass Does Not Grow In Calcutta (Indian Express, Anees Jung, Aug 20, 2006)
An encounter with Gunter Grass had revealed him to be a man with little love
- Almatti Dam’S Date With Time At Last (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Preparations are going on in full swing to welcome President Dr Abdul Kalam who will dedicate the most modern, technologically advanced Almatti dam catering to Mumbai, Hyderabad-Karnataka region, to the nation on August 21.
- Indians Drink "Divine" Sea Water As It Turns Sweet (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Thousands of Indians drank from a murky Arabian Sea creek after news spread overnight that its water had miraculously turned sweet and could cure illnesses, police said on Saturday.
- It And Tourism Projects To Get Instant Approval (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, Aug 20, 2006)
"SEZ will encourage all types of industries"
- Creek Water Turns Sweet In Mumbai (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
On Saturday, another rumour – of the salty water of the Mahim creek in North Central Mumbai turning “sweet” – spread like wild fire in the metropolis and people thronged the creek to taste it, believing it to be a miracle.
- Cm: Only Talks Can Resolve Cauvery Row (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Seeking a cordial relationship with neighbouring Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday said that the Cauvery water sharing dispute between the two riparian states could be resolved only through mutual understanding and talks.
- Adivasis Made Mercenaries To Kill Their Own People (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 20, 2006)
“Naxalism is not an issue or a problem. It is a solution, an alternative development programme.” Pendyala Varavara Rao, Poet and Ex-emissary for peace talks between AP Govt and naxalites.
- Dead And Exclusive... (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Aug 20, 2006)
Costa-Gavras’ Mad City (Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda) opens with a close up shot of a TV cameraman loading film in his camera.
- Kailash Yatra (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Kailash yatra in Bhadarwah starts every year in the month of Bhadu on Dewadshi Thethi in Krishna Pakash i.e. in late days of August or early days of September.
- B’Lore Yet To Submit Development Plan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
While cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahm-edabad and Chandigarh have already submitted their City Development Plans (CDP) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, and some have even received . . .
- On I-Day, A Rural Reality Check (New Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 20, 2006)
India's 59th birthday I decided to skip the President’s Independence Day tea party for a rural reality check. Not because I am blase about invitations from Rashtrapati Bhawan—I only get invited once a year—but because political Delhi at the moment . . .
- Ongc's Hazira Gas Plant Resumes Operations (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) restarted operations of its flood hit Hazira gas processing complex on Saturday with the revival of one unit with gas supplies of six million standard cubic metres per day (MMSCMD).
- Down The Amaravati (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Not one more of your pilgrimages, I hope,’’ began my wife, looking at the tickets for out weekend break to Udumalpet.
- River Wild (New Indian Express, Malini Shankar, Aug 20, 2006)
Kitulgala’s claim to fame rests not only on the high grade rapids for rafting aficionados, but also because The Bridge on the River Kwai was shot here.
- Mutual Fund Rules (New Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 20, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairman M. Damodaran has a way of effecting major changes in regulation and statute without the market getting a whiff of his plans.
- Bush Has A Terror, Fascist Agenda (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 20, 2006)
Hussain Randathani | Director Islamic Research and Development Council Kozhikode
- Police Can’T Deliver Alone (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 20, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has asked the Police to do justice to the needy through prompt delivery of services.
- The Real Pesticide Threat (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 20, 2006)
Now that the numbers are out on the level of pesticides we legally allow in our daily food (‘A handful of rice=34,180 colas,’ FE, August 18), several issues become clear.
- Make Travel Across Loc Easy: Rasgotra (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 20, 2006)
People-to-people ties to be strengthened, additional avenues of interactions sought
Steps taken to initiate trade across LoC
Opening of more bus services also on Working Group's agenda
PDP leader suggests interaction at NGO level.
- Greet The New Year As An Ethical Person (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 19, 2006)
We have several responsibilities to fulfil for the good of self and the well-being of all of Ahura Mazda's creations. The most important is to follow the path of Asha or purity, at many levels.
- Break The Rice-Wheat Cycle (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2006)
An unwarranted controversy has been kicked up against crop diversification. This is absurd and belies the truth.
- N-Deal: Pm Silences Critics (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 19, 2006)
When India’s top scientists meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on August 26 to discuss Indo-US nuclear deal, they are unlikely to have any clarifications left to seek after Dr Singh’s elaborate and scholarly reply in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
- Capitalism Is Increasingly Operating Outside The Rule Of Law (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 19, 2006)
"Responsible business interests should understand that they have much more to gain from supporting and extending rather than subverting and weakening legal structures," cautions Raymond W. Baker in Capitalism's Achilles Heel. Satyajit . . .
- Earth And Beyond (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 19, 2006)
The earth is the cradle of humankind, but one cannot live in the cradle forever.
K Tsiolkovsky, 1895
- Dead And Exclusive... (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Aug 19, 2006)
Costa-Gavras’ Mad City (Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda) opens with a close up shot of a TV cameraman loading film in his camera.
- Grass Does Not Grow In Calcutta (Indian Express, Anees Jung, Aug 19, 2006)
Reading the news of Gunter Grass having revealed that he had served in the Waffen-SS, the Nazi elite force, was disturbing.
- Us Makes It Easier To Kill Resident Canada Geese (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
They tried border collies in Virginia. They tried a stuffed coyote in New Jersey. In fact, officials have tried just about everything to get rid of large flocks of Canada geese that move in, eat the grass and leave lots of unwanted poop.
- Modern Methods (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Builders have been adopting new construction techniques, materials and organisational practices.
- U.S. Espionage In India (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 19, 2006)
The book is a comprehensive survey of U.S. intelligence on the bomb in countries including India, Pakistan, the USSR and Israel.
- Pollution Solution (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Aug 19, 2006)
Asia should learn from the West and leapfrog the mistakes it made, to avoid polluting the environment.
- Big Dams, Big Problems (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 19, 2006)
Unregulated storage and releases have meant that Karnataka, being a lower riparian state, is always at the mercy of Maharashtra in times of drought or flood.
- Tour De World (Deccan Herald, S Raghunath, Aug 19, 2006)
Want to tour the globe? No tickets, no money, just sit back and imagine!
- Pak Woman Stopped At Us Airport, Demands Apology (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 19, 2006)
The mother of a pregnant Pakistani woman who was stopped at a US airport on suspicion of carrying explosives in her carry luggage has demanded an apology from the authorities for wrongful detention.
- Bush In Babylon (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 19, 2006)
Arnove has built up a powerful case for immediate American withdrawal from Iraq.
- Rain & Civic Collapse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2006)
Rain, storms, earthquakes — these are nature’s visitations over which man has little control.
- In The Name Of Culture (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2006)
The lacklustre ‘culture week’ being celebrated by the Punjab archaeology department inside the Lahore Fort calls for some serious stocktaking.
- Save Karachi Save Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 19, 2006)
At least 13 people died in Karachi from electrocution as heavy storms with thunder and lightning struck many parts of the city on Thursday paralyzing life and wreaking havoc on the power supply and communications’ networks.
- Terrorism Has To Be Met With Force: President (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Calling on the country’s police to be courteous to common people and do justice to the needy through prompt delivery of services, President General Pervez Musharraf Friday asked the law enforcing agencies to act strongly against those preaching . . .
- No More Rain, Please (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 19, 2006)
Again, three inches of rain and the country's largest city becomes severely paralysed. Again, there were massive traffic jams with people reaching homes well past midnight -- some just stayed put in their offices but not an option for female staff.
- Not A Sustainable Growth (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2006)
Economic growth is a complex phenomenon. How much growth is achieved by a country for how long, using which strategies, emerging from which sectors and is shared by whom are all inter-related questions.
- Work On Bangalore Metro Rail Project To Start Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Road digging for shifting BESCOM lines to start in three weeks
Work will commence from Chinnaswamy cricket stadium
The work, being taken up in two packages, will be executed by BMRCL
Plan is to shift all utilities by November .
- The Remarkable Rise Of Documentary Cinema (Hindu, Mark Lawson, Aug 19, 2006)
Most documentary films are as much about propaganda as civil service films 60 years ago.
- Icar Awards For 42 Scientists, Six Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Honoured for contributing to the growth of agriculture science and farm research
- ‘Build A Strong, Ethical Employment Brand’ (Deccan Herald, Sangeetha Chengappa, Aug 19, 2006)
The recent fraud uncovered in companies like HSBC, Mphasis, IBM Daksh and Barclays Bank have jolted the IT, ITES and BFSI sectors out of their complacence because the perpetrators happened to be their own employees.
- Hold That Drink (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Aug 19, 2006)
Without disputing Sunita Narain’s findings on pesticide traces in cola drinks, I want to know if a cola containing pesticides is more harmful to us than milk, vegetables and even drinking water that contain pesticides, pollutants and other adulterants.
- Give A Fillip (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 19, 2006)
Looked from one angle one will find it surprising that per capita income in the State is Rs 16190.
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