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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 20008:
- A’Hlan Wa Sahlan! (New Indian Express, Jemima Raman, Aug 06, 2006)
As I stepped off the aircraft — and before I could breathe or stretch my travel weary limbs — the words came tumbling from nowhere in particular:
- One More ‘Dazzler’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 06, 2006)
All the three main foreign trade targets — export, import and trade deficit — announced for the current year on Monday appear to be largely unrealistic.
- Norway Envoy Reaches Colombo For Fresh Peace Bid; Clashes On (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
A Norwegian envoy arrived in Sri Lanka on Friday to try to prevent a resumption of full-scale civil war after a sharp escalation in clashes between the military and Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Regional Arc Of Instability (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Aug 06, 2006)
Today, the entire Balochistan is in flames because the military leaders of Pakistan are busy exploiting natural resources of the region without giving anything in return.
- 'N Korea Moves Second Missile From Launch Site' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
North Korea may have removed a long-range missile from a launch site, lowering the possibility of the communist regime immediately carrying out further tests, a South Korean official said on Friday.
- No Need Of A Primrose Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 06, 2006)
Roads as a notion are alluringly poetic — they can lead to the end of the rainbow just as efficiently as they can lead to a government office. But being tempted by the metaphorical plane has its dangers, particularly if examples of the symbolic . . .
- Sending Peacekeeping Troops To Lebanon? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, on his return from a session of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Malaysia, has said that Pakistan would consider sending peacekeeping troops to Lebanon only after approval by the United Nations, the . . .
- Godavari Level Rising; Many Villages In 6 Districts Flooded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Torrential rain in north Telangana; traffic dislocated on Highway
- Tigers Halt Attack, Pull Back (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels said they had halted an offensive on a government-held town in the east today and were pulling back, a sign that conflict on the island may be easing off.
- Kumaraswamy Surveys Flood-Hit Areas On Banks Of Krishna, Bhima (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Compensation paid to flood victim's family
- Krishna Water Release From August 15 (Hindu, M. Malleswara Rao, Aug 06, 2006)
We will refer Palar project design to Tamil Nadu, says Rajasekhara Reddy
High-level team led by Stalin holds talks with Chief Minister
Lining work on Telugu Ganga canal to be stopped to facilitate water release
- Iran Wants Nuclear Talks, But Not At Gunpoint (Hindu, N. Ram , Aug 06, 2006)
No problem with India's nuclear deal, only with U.S. `double standards'
- Opposition Against Rs. 350-Crore Mega Housing Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Residents urged to write to Ministry of Environment and Forests expressing their resentment People urged to write to Ministry of Environment and Forests expressing their resentment
The project entails construction of multi-storeyed apartments and . . .
- Regional Arc Of Instability (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
Today, the entire Balochistan is in flames because the military leaders of Pakistan are busy exploiting natural resources of the region without giving anything in return.
- Vietnam Kills Wild Storks To Prevent Bird Flu Spread (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Vietnam's animal health workers have killed 53 wild storks at a theme park in Ho Chi Minh City after random tests showed two of the birds carried an avian influenza virus strain, officials said on Saturday.
- Sri Lanka Battles Rebels As Displaced Flee To Safety (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 05, 2006)
Tamil Tigers and troops exchanged mortar and artillery fire on Saturday in the 11th day of fighting in Sri Lanka's restive east, as the military sought to move thousands of displaced civilians out of harm's way.
- State Government Nod Likely For Tirupati-Tirumala Ropeway Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
TTD's alternate alignment survey completed
TTD suggests ropeway at a level lower than sanctum on seven hills
Alternate sites at 840 ft high surveyed keeping in view pilgrims, TTD's sentiments
Project to be implemented with Austrian technology
- The Taliban’S War On Education (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 05, 2006)
The international community must establish a secure environment for Afghanistan’s teachers, who are risk everything to educate their children.
- Panel For Lifting 15 Tmcft Water From Tunga To Bhadra Dam (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Aug 05, 2006)
Six-member K.C. Reddy Committee submits 133-page report to the Government
2,54,023 acres of land to be irrigated in Chikmagalur and Chitradurga districts
The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 4,150 crore
- Protect Forest Wealth Of Kanyakumari District: Forum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
"10,000 acres of forests have been encroached upon''
- Eco-Friendly Idols For Vinayaka Chathurthi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Tight security for the festival Collector asks the public to use idols, which are free from chemicals and easy for immersion .
- Tourism Fete A Big Draw In Kolli Hills (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Take concerted efforts with officials to stop felling of trees, Minister tells people
- Preconditions For The Xi Plan (The Financial Express, NK SINGH, Aug 05, 2006)
Before Parliament meets for its winter session, the Approach Paper to the XI Five-Year Plan would have been endorsed by the National Development Council. Historically, Parliament has been a recipient, not a forum for discussing five-year Plans.
- Goodness: Only Way Of Life (Deccan Herald, Swami Sukhabodhananda, Aug 05, 2006)
Goodness should be the substratum on which life is built. Being good is important, but being good alone does not lead to success. To be successful, one should also be smart.
- Lending Her Voice (Deccan Herald, L Subramani , Aug 05, 2006)
Some voices in life are simply unforgettable, and when they read out poetry.
- Nature’S Solution For Water Needs (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
The most important event of the year in our national calendar is the advent of the summer monsoon. It takes place sometime between the last week of May and the first week of June.
- Us Official Backs India’S Concerns (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 05, 2006)
A senior Bush administration official has expressed support for India’s concern that the United States Senate plans to approve legislation that will prevent India from ever obtaining nuclear enrichment, reprocessing or heavy water technologies.
- ‘Systematic Targeting Of Civilians By Israelis’ (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 05, 2006)
During its ongoing conflict with the Lebanese Hizbollah movement, Israel has systematically targeted civilians and failed to distinguish between combatants and civilians.
- A Vexatious Issue (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 05, 2006)
The fertiliser industry in India is passing through an uncertain phase in the absence of any effective policy both for nitrogenous fertilisers (urea) and phosphatic fertilisers (DAP and NPK).
- Disclose Cola Contents: Pil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The controversy surrounding pesticide-laden colas is likely to take an interesting turn as a Delhi-based voluntary organisation has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking disclosure of the ingredients and chemical . . .
- North Karnataka Rejoices With Pooja For Hc Bench (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
People of north Karnataka rejoiced with gay abandon on Friday as they took a step towards realising their dream – a circuit bench of the High Court in Dharwad to serve Mumbai-Karnataka, and in Gulbarga, to cater to Hyderabad-Karnataka region.
- Civilian Toll Rises, 40,000 Trapped In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 05, 2006)
Aid agencies appeal for humanitarian corridor
- Happiness Indices Must Be Discounted (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Aug 05, 2006)
A recent study that has received global attention seems to conclude that money can buy happiness and probably falls short of asking: “Does happiness buy money at all?”
- Dispelling False Pride (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The ease with which the arrogance of wealth assumes great proportions in all created beings, be it the celestials, demons or human beings, is astonishing.
- Environment "Needs Apollo-Scale Project" (Hindu, Ian Sample , Aug 05, 2006)
An urgent project on the scale of the Apollo moon landings is needed to boost research into green energy sources and save the planet from environmental disaster, according to Britain's top scientist.
- Reform Needs Unreserved Support (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 05, 2006)
The Government must aim to raise the foundations, not bring down the ceiling through a quota regime.
- Writ Petitions — Maintainability Matters (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Aug 05, 2006)
The Constitution has given the High Court the power to issue writs, directions and orders, as may be necessary to meet the ends of justice, subject to their maintainability, which is determined by cause of action, merits of the case and . . .
- Corporate Social Conscience (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Aug 05, 2006)
Money spent for being known as a good corporate citizen cannot be regarded as being wholly outside the ambit of the business concerns of the company.
- Why The Standard Economist May Be The Emperor In New Clothes (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 05, 2006)
Why too much credence to a version of economics that is often ridiculously at odds with our simple powers of observation, asks Nobel Laureate George A. Akerlof in Explorations in Pragmatic Economics. In Empire of Knowledge, Vinay Lal talks about . . .
- A Hasty Retreat (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 05, 2006)
The Mutahidda Qaumi Movement leaders committed a tactical mistake of not turning up for their scheduled meeting with the president.
- After Tobacco, Ramadoss On Anti-Cola Drive (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 05, 2006)
Under the attack for deliberate delay in setting standards for pesticides residue in aerated drinks, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss is expected to make a statement in Parliament next week.
- Discover The Dragon (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 05, 2006)
I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?
John Lennon
- Education For Few (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 05, 2006)
The new education bill proposed by the UPA will exclude disadvantaged groups from quality schooling and pass the burden to cash-strapped State governments.
- A Disastrous Model (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
Those advocating armed attacks on Pakistan in response to the Mumbai bombings wish to emulate Israel's aggression. That is the worst model India could follow.
- 'Free-Market' Propaganda Through 'Planning'? (News International, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- History From Below (Frontline, Shelley Walia, Aug 05, 2006)
In this new book, Howard Zinn seeks to give voices of struggle the place they deserve in history.
- Delhi Knew Us Won’T Lift N-Tech Curbs (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The United States has had no intention of fully lifting the embargo on civil nuclear commerce with India despite signing a much-trumpeted deal on July 18, 2005.
- Rains Wreak Havoc, 41 Die (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 05, 2006)
Forty-one people were died in rain related incidents in different parts of the country on Friday. At least 27 persons including five children and women died in different rain related incidents as flood water submerged low laying areas of the city on . . .
- Unmasking Corporate Greed (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 05, 2006)
A well-researched book based on sound archival material, it argues that Enron was a product of scheming minds.
- India: Empowerment Via The Kitchen (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
Can the tedious task of making rotis (Indian bread) help in fighting discrimination? Amita Khaparde, a Dalit, believes so. "Especially if those rotis stand for self-respect and social acceptance for a class of marginalised women." She says, "Dalit . . .
- Care For Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
How does one describe the fact that 34.5 per cent of children below three years of age are underweight in Jammu and Kashmir? By no yardstick can it be called a happy position.
- Kurukshetra To Be Included In List Of Heritage Sites (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Keeping in view the archaeological and religious significance of Kurukshetra, the Haryana Government has decided to get it included in the list of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO and develop this place of antiquity as tourist destination of . . .
- Delhi May Ban Colas In Schools From Next Week (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Delhi may ban soft drinks in all schools from next week, government officials said.
Plans are in process to hold a education advisory board meeting to make the ban mandatory, an official of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's office said.
- Parmar: Proud Pahari And Able Leader (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Aug 05, 2006)
Fondly remembered as the architect of Himachal for his feat in earning Himachal full statehood on January 25, 1971, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar was a personality to reckon with.
- New N-Reactor To Be Used For Military Purposes, Says Pak Envoy (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 05, 2006)
A new Pakistani nuclear reactor is likely to be used for “military purposes,” Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S. said on Thursday.
- Pesticides In Cold Drinks: Sc Notices To Pepsi, Cola (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
After the Centre for Science and Environment came up with its fresh report on alleged presence of pesticides far higher than permissible limit in Pepsi and Coca Cola products, the Supreme Court today issued notices to the two multinational . . .
- Unsafe For Children (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 05, 2006)
Six school children died and survivors were traumatised after a school bus fell into a canal near Sonepat on Tuesday.
- Nato’S New Role In Afghanistan (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
On Monday, 31 July, NATO took up its first military combat role since its founding in 1949 – not in Europe, for the security of which it was established during the Cold War, but in Afghanistan.
- Bjp Singles Out Aamir For Soft Drink Ads (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Aug 04, 2006)
With Coke and Pepsi coming under the pesticide scanner again and Parliament debating the issue with full steam, BJP on Thursday used the opportunity to attack actor Aamir Khan for appearing as the brand ambassador for Coca Cola.
- No New Clauses In Senate Version Of Law: Lugar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
No new clauses have been written into the Senate version of the legislation pertaining to the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal to make India unhappy, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Richard Lugar said on Wednesday.
- In The Presence Of Greatness (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 04, 2006)
There are, Alberto Manguel writes in this little gem of a book, writers “who attempt to put the world in a book.
- Bridge Washed Away (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Adverse weather conditions in the monsoon season continues to wreak havoc in the far-flung areas of Kinnaur and Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh creating panic among the tribal people.
- Premium League Needs A Level Playing Field (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 04, 2006)
The underreported July 7, 2006 circular by The Oriental Insurance Company (OIC) on zero commissions for its Mediclaim policy for individuals over 55 is the result of a typical half-way reforms trap, a three-sided prism that takes the clean white . . .
- Mobilizing Youth For Rural Extension Work (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 04, 2006)
Nearly 70 per cent of the rural population in India is beset with cumbersome problems like poverty, ignorance, illiteracy, resource-poor, liquor/drug addiction, superstitions, beliefs, etc.
- 34 Killed As Ltte `Overruns' Muttur Town (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 04, 2006)
Water war spreads to Batticaloa, Mullaitivu and Mannar districts
TamilNet alleges killing of civilians by Sri Lankan troopers
Sri Lanka rejects Norway's call for an end to the current hostilities
- Ibm Bags $100 Million Deal From Bharti Airtel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The platform will deliver a suit of new services to 25 m customers
- Natwar, Son Indicted In Oil-For-Food Scam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and his son Jagat Singh have been indicted by the Justice Pathak Inquiry Authority for procuring contracts in the UN-managed Iraqi oil-for-food programme during the Saddam Hussein regime.
- War Clouds Darken The Outlook For Peace (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 04, 2006)
Sri Lanka appears headed for civil war, with the LTTE stepping up its attacks. The peace constituency has suffered a further blow with three European nations pulling out of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission.
- Deadly Colas On Sale (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 04, 2006)
The sense of outrage evoked by the Centre for Science and Environment’s second study, “Soft Drinks, Hard Truths II”, is not as much at the finding that there were more pesticides in all the 11 cola brands tested as at the government inaction since . . .
- Can “Carbon-Trading” Save The World? (Tribune, Philip Thornton, Aug 04, 2006)
What is carbon trading, and can it save the world from global warming? British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently joined with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California, to announce a transatlantic market in carbon-dioxide emissions.
- Keeping State Secrets (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 04, 2006)
I was speaking to a civil servant the other day who was rather disturbed by the cabinet decision to keep file notings outside the purview of the right to information.
- Quiet Fortitude (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 04, 2006)
There has been a resurgence of interest in the role of women in World War II. One area where women did contribute in significant numbers . . .
- No Flood Warning, Says Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Gujarat "completely failed" in providing relief to flood-affected
- "Car With Bombs Was Parked Near Venue Of Advani's Meeting" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Accused could not switch on bomb as the car lock got jammed, it says
Six boxes containing "bombs" found inside the car: prosecution
Seventh box had wires for triggering explosion
It was not a live bomb, says defence
- Reining In Distorting Subsidies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2006)
The World Trade Report 2006 has as its principal focus government subsidies, which may have specific goals of correcting market distortions and . . .
- Tribes Stranded As Sardar Sarovar Dam Drowns Valley (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 04, 2006)
Kishore Solanki picks up a rock on the banks of the swollen Narmada river, gesturing towards land, now submerged, where once he grew enough wheat and vegetables to make a comfortable living.
- 21 Dead, Lanka Slips Towards Civil War (Press Trust of India, PTI, Aug 04, 2006)
Artillery pounded Tamil Tiger positions in northeast Sri Lanka while rebels fought firefights with troops early on Thursday as the island slipped back towards civil war.
- Making A Meal Of Food Safety (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2006)
On Wednesday, while public attention was focused on pesticides in colas, the Rajya Sabha passed the Food Safety and Standards Bill. SONU JAIN looks at how the legislation could affect the average citizen
- Panchayat Polls Second Phase: Congress-Backed Candidates . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Congress supporters continued their winning spree in the second phase of panchayat elections by cornering 98 sarpanch posts out of 151 panchayats that went to polls on Wednesday.
- Un Mission Predicts Progress In Nepal Talks (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 04, 2006)
As he ended up his week-long assessment trip to Nepal today, Mr Kofi Annan’s envoy and UN mission chief, Mr Staffan de Mistura said he was “cautiously optimistic” that the peace talks between the government and Maoists would go forward, he also . . .
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