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Articles 3721 through 3820 of 20008:
- Pakistan Floods Kill 140, One Mln Homeless In India (Reuters, Kamran Haider, Aug 08, 2006)
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed more than 140 people in Pakistan's northwest, and forced hundreds of thousands out of their homes in neighbouring India, officials said on Monday.
- Sri Lanka Fighting Goes On, Slain Aid Workers Moved (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 08, 2006)
Explosions sounded out in Sri Lanka's east on Tuesday as fighting between the military and Tamil Tigers over a water supply entered a 14th day, while aid workers planned for the burials of 17 slain local staff.
- Maharashtra Rain Toll 40 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
At least 40 persons have lost their lives in the past two days across Maharashtra following heavy rain, according to the state police control room here, while the death count rose to 94 in Andhra Pradesh where three lakh people were marooned in . . .
- Over 1,500 Marooned Rescued By Army (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Over 1,000 soldiers deployed in Marathwada region, J&K and Dantewada
- Legislation On Reservation For Christians, Muslims Coming (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Plan to provide quota in all educational institutions and employment
- Indian Dam Flooded By Democratic Values (Daily Times, Simon Denyer, Aug 08, 2006)
‘For the construction of the dam, some people will have to suffer but there will be many benefits’
- Niranjanananda Puri Is New Head Of Kanaka Peetha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
He succeeds Beerendra Keshava Tarakananda Puri Swamiji
- The Indian Outsourcing Saga (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 08, 2006)
Highlights the achievements of pioneers who put India on the world map of BPO
- `Ltte Certainly Wants Peace' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 08, 2006)
Certainly LTTE wants it. The question is how much it is willing to compromise politically in terms of the power it wields. — MR JEHAN PERERA, MEDIA DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL, COLOMBO .
- Bridge Tragedy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
The deaths of at least 44 people in a bridge collapse in Mardan is heart-rending and a grim reminder of the fragile nature of much of the country's physical infrastructure.
- Withering ‘Kali’ Of Kashmir? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 08, 2006)
Sometimes certain songs have lyrics that turn out to be nearly prophetic. Superhit "Junglee" readily comes to mind in this behalf. Saira Bano playing a Kashmiri belle had moved the millions while portraying Lata . . .
- Guided Development Of Sabarimala Complex Mooted (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Aug 08, 2006)
Draft Master Plan proposes strategy to minimise future disasters
Suggests environment-friendly development
Improved transportation facilities proposed
Working committee discusses proposals
- Concentration In The Competitive Software Business (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 08, 2006)
The success of India in the global market for software services has encouraged the view that software is a competitive industry with limited barriers to entry and space for new and small players. In actual fact, however, US firms dominate the . . .
- Groundwater Not The Culprit (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 08, 2006)
The cola companies are taking the consumers for a ride in developing countries, giving false excuses.
- The Forked Tongue (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2006)
When it comes to gift of the gab, you just can’t beat a Bajaj, especially if the first name happens to be Rahul. The independent Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra sure knows how to keep his PR and business in water-tight compartments.
- The Ultimate Multiple Personality Inside Us (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Aug 08, 2006)
Multiple personality, or dissociative identity disorder (DID) as it’s called these days, is a condition described as the existence in one single individual of two or more distinct identities or ego-states, each with its own pattern of perceiving . . .
- Headless Chicken (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 08, 2006)
We are a brave democracy now, and to prove it, we shall take on the big bad cola companies.
- Five Washed Away In Ch'garh Flood: Collector » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
At least five persons were feared dead after they were washed away in floods at Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Sunday.
- 15 Aid Workers, Top Anti-Terror Officer Killed In Sri Lanka (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Fifteen Tamil civilians working for a French aid agency were found slain in north-eastern Sri Lanka after fierce battles between rebels and the Government in a dispute over water supplies, relief agency officials said on Monday.
- 15 Aid Workers Slain In Lanka (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Fifteen Tamils working for a French aid agency were found slain in north-eastern Sri Lanka following fierce battles between Tamil rebels and the government in a reservoir dispute, relief agency officials said on Monday.
- Blood Over Water (Pioneer, Amantha Perera, Aug 08, 2006)
The peace process notwithstanding, war in Sri Lanka has intensified with little to hope from international efforts at mediation, says Amantha Perera.
- 52 Killed In Monsoon-Hit Maharashtra (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Aug 08, 2006)
The situation in the monsoon-ravaged Mumbai improved a bit on Monday, even while heavy rain continued to wreak havoc elsewhere in Maharashtra claiming 52 lives, disrupting rail and road traffic and snapping communication lines.
- Top Lanka Police Official Killed In Mine Explosion (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Aug 08, 2006)
A top police official attached to the counter-insurgency Special Task Force and his driver were killed in a powerful claymore mine explosion by suspected LTTE cadres in Sri Lanka’s Central Kandy district on Monday.
- Arnie’S Dream Ticket For Re-Election (Deccan Herald, Dan Glaister, Aug 08, 2006)
Arnie, it seems, has friends in high places. Some leading Hollywood liberals – the mythic entity said to prowl the hills of Los Angeles dispensing money and influence – are siding with the Republican governor.....
- Rain Batters Gujarat, Maharashtra (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Surat faces a ‘‘critical’’ flood situation with the release of 8 lakh cusecs of water from the Ukai dam, some 90 km from here. The water was released at 3 p.m. today and will take about four hours to reach the city.
- 15 Tamil Aid Workers Slain In Lanka (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Fifteen Tamil civilians working for a French aid agency were found slain in north-eastern Sri Lanka after fierce battles between rebels and the government in a dispute over water supplies, relief agency officials said today.
- Floods Threaten To Engulf Bhadradri Rama Temple (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Water levels at river Godavari continue to rise menacingly on Sunday, even as four persons were killed in separate incidents in the Bhadrachalam division.
- Rain Lashes Maharashtra, 62 Die In Andhra (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrential monsoon showers lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra crippling normal life and claiming 15 lives even as flood situation in Andhra Pradesh, where the death toll rose to 62, was grim today.
- Half A Million Homeless In India Floods, Mumbai Hit (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Rescuers in India stepped up efforts on Sunday to help hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by floods in a southern state as torrential rain hit the country’s financial capital.
- Army Evacuates 500 From Flood-Hit Ladakh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
With flood situation in Ladakh turning grim, the army has stepped up rescue efforts evacuating over 500 people from several submerged areas of Leh and Kargil district.
- India: Human Trafficking Fuelling Hiv (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 07, 2006)
Images of guns, drugs and rebels have long defined India’s troubled northeast. Now, a study across eight states in this resource-rich, infrastructure-poor, conflict-scarred region seeks to highlight a new worry:
- Quality And Price — The Basic Factors (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2006)
An action plan to reduce the cost of doing business is stated to have been finalised by the ministry of industries and production, something urgently needed to make the economy globally competitive.
- Appalling Civic Failures (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrental downpours claimed another 25 lives in Punjab on Friday, pushing the rain-related death toll in the province to well over 50 in less than two weeks.
- Ap To Release Krishna Waters To Chennai (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh Government has agreed to release Krishna waters to Tamil Nadu from the Telugu Ganga project from August 15.
- Feed Us The Facts (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 07, 2006)
The Supreme Court has issued notices to two cola giants on a PIL that followed the report revealing unacceptable amounts of pesticide residues in colas.
- Division In The House (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
UPA will face trouble on the Indo-US nuclear deal in Parliament, with combined opposition pressure mounting against it, says CP Bhambhri.
- India: Looking Back And Forward (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2006)
I came to India four years ago at an exciting time in India’s recent history. Change was palpable and a new sense of confidence was in the air.
- Exclusive - Sri Lanka Rebels Say New Shelling A War Declaration (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Renewed government shelling after a Tamil Tiger offer to defuse a 12-day bout of fighting in the island's east is a declaration of war, the rebels warned on Sunday.
- The Good Side Of Global Warming (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Aug 07, 2006)
We have had nine normal monsoons in a row. People of the country are happy. This fortunate circumstance owes itself partly to the rise in temperature of the earth due to global warming.
- Analysis - Passions Rise As Flagship India Dam Fills (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 07, 2006)
It is held up as a flagship for the development of modern India, and reviled as a symbol of how the rights of the poor are trampled upon.
- Colombo Rejects Deal To End `Water War' (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 07, 2006)
Brief prospects of an early end to the `water war' between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came to nought on Sunday evening after Colombo rejected a deal negotiated by Norway and bombed LTTE positions . . .
- Citizen Narain (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Aug 07, 2006)
Life’s been quite a whirl for Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director Sunita Narain ever since she unveiled CSE’s second set of tests that showed the country’s soft drinks industry hadn’t improved its act over the past three years with . . .
- Half A Million Homeless In India Floods (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Rescuers in India stepped up efforts on Sunday to help hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by floods in a southern state as torrential rain hit the country’s financial capital.
- The Changing Face Of Indian Banking (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 07, 2006)
Bank CEOs are well aware that `clicks' cannot replace bricks completely. Even in the age of computerisation and core banking solutions, there is need for bankers to know their customers and be sensitive to their needs.
- Ngos Irked Over Open Debate On Environment (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Aug 07, 2006)
The decision of Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to hold public hearing on projects (as specified under the Environment Impact Assessment Notification) at the site of the project has drawn flak from various non-government organisations.
- 4 Die As Boat Capsizes In Yamuna (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
At least four persons, including two women and a girl, drowned in the Yamuna near Chhainsa village in Ballabgarh subdivision of the district when their boat capsized this morning.
- Mumbai Paralysed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Heavy rains since Saturday threw life out of gear in Mumbai and Maharashtra with several parts of the state remaining under water till late this evening. As many as 15 persons have been killed in the state so far in rain-related incidents.
- Another Wet Day & Mumbai's Out Of Gear (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrential monsoon showers lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra crippling normal life and claiming 15 lives even as flood situation in Andhra Pradesh, where the death toll rose to 62, was grim on Sunday.
- Party Time (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Aug 07, 2006)
Delhi is back with a bang. The Page 3 regulars, designers, socialites and wannabes are back to partying big time.
- Wrong Pest (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 07, 2006)
When denial works, nothing else is needed. The cola companies, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have confidently denied the possibility of impermissible levels of pesticides in their products.
- Lands And Ways Of Life (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Aug 07, 2006)
The author is professor of economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
Second, how far should the government indulge itself in the act of acquiring land, by force if necessary, from farmers and hand them over to profit-maximizing investors?
- Sustainable Growth (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Aug 07, 2006)
Suicide deaths, growing indebtedness, wheat imports and stagnant food production coupled with declining crop productivity signal a farm crisis that can no longer be ignored.
- Rajasthan Government Preparing New Human Development Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
To facilitate planning for improving the standard of life of people
- "Narmada Valley Projects Will Be Completed On Schedule" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
M.P. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan chairs review meeting
- A Ban That Was Overdue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
The Government of India has announced a ban on the employment of children as domestic workers and as workers in restaurants, dhabas, hotels, spas and resorts effective from October 10 this year.
- Improving Delivery Of Public Services (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
The focus of the recently released, India-specific, World Bank's Development Policy Review, is seen in its title "Inclusive Growth and Service Delivery: building on India's success."
- Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh Ban Soft Drinks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh on Sunday banned the sale of aerated drinks following reports that they had pesticide residues.
- Sri Lankan Army Attacks Reservoir (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Government forces launched fresh artillery attacks on Sunday at a disputed water reservoir in Sri Lanka’s northeast, hours after Tamil Tigers agreed to lift a blockade on water supplies to government-held villages, rebels and truce monitors said.
- The Train Over River Time (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
Before the Chinese thought of building a rail line to connect Quinhai, province in the southwest of China, to Lhasa, the idea would have been fantasy.
- Army, Iaf Step Up Flood Relief Work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Torrential monsoon rain lashes Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra; Godavari flowing over danger mark
- Flood Situation Continues To Be Grim (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Godavari continues to play havoc in parts of Telangana and Andhra; toll mounts to 63
- Waiting For Award (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2006)
The tribunal needs to be reasonable and fair to all states
- The Challenges Posed By Polio (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Aug 07, 2006)
Lessons from past failures must guide planners to move in the right direction.
- Colas And Farmer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
Soft drinks in face of hard truths ---- For the second time in three years, a Delhi-based environmental NGO has tested samples of popular colas and found them contaminated by pesticides at levels that are deemed dangerous for human consumption.
- Rains Pour More Misery On Maharashtra (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
A low pressure zone over western Madhya Pradesh resulted in the monsoon fury that swept across Mumbai and five districts of Maharashtra over the weekend, leaving over 30 dead and disrupting rail, road and communication lines in several pockets.
- The Export Challenge Is Real (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 07, 2006)
Rains in Karachi have claimed several lives. Many people were hit hard by frequent and prolonged power breakdowns and some were electrocuted on the first day of the downpour.
- 152 Rebels Slain, Claims Lanka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
At least 152 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in air attacks by the Sri Lankan security forces in the island’s northeast as the troops took full control over the Muslim coastal town of Muttur...
- A Daughter’S View (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Shooting Water; Devyani Saltzman, Penguin Books, 2006, pp 256, Rs 295.
- Defence Projects: Land Acquisition ‘Shoddy’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Absence of a law on land acquisition and the resulting shoddy way of obtaining land for defence projects has attracted the wrath of a Parliamentary panel.
- It’S A Political Theatre Of The Absurd (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"Governance demands back-breaking work that calls for vision, application, contemplation; not politics of expediency"
- Crafted With Soul (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
This novel breaks new ground even though it stays within the confines of a film script.
- Kalasa-Banduri Nala Project Gains Momentum (Hindu, Govind D. Belgaumkar, Aug 06, 2006)
It will meet drinking water needs in the Bombay Karnataka region
- Whodunit? (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 06, 2006)
A secondary controversy around the expulsion by Pakistan of Indian diplomat Deepak Kaul has broken out over which side went to the media first with the information.
- Farm Sector Growth Is A Mission Possible (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"We have to learn to convert information into knowledge and that knowledge into equity" -Mangla rai
- Bjp Ministers ‘Examined' On Six-Month Performance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The progress reports of 16 BJP ministers in the State cabinet were assessed by Central leaders and BJP State unit President D V Sadananda Gowda on day-one of the camp, held at a resort on the outskirts of Bangalore.
- Splendour By The Spans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The grand stone `bridges' of the Arches National Park, Utah, are awe-inspiring.
- Deadly Drinks: Malathion Found In Softdrinks (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
A new study has claimed that traces of Malathion, a pesticide, which can have harmful effects in the human brain, were found in certain samples of softdrinks.
- Steady Decline Of Water Table In Punjab (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Aug 06, 2006)
Punjab is passing through its worst ecological decline. Its water resources are under grave threat.
- Social Activist And Environmentalist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 06, 2006)
Pepsi and Coca Cola executives call her gusty, one who makes much noise. Her critics say she is moody, temperamental and a “bad boss” to work with.
- Absconding Kar Seva Baba Holds Meeting With Dera Chief (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Aug 06, 2006)
The Punjab Government has directed the Health Department authorities to examine the content of pesticides in various soft drinks, including Coca Cola and Pepsi.
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