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Articles 5021 through 5120 of 20008:
- Tuk Tuk, Look What Brighton’S Riding (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
The tuk tuk, India’s motorised rickshaw, began service in Brighton today and was “hailed as the next new big thing”.
- `Government Equipped To Tackle Natural Calamity' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Some newspapers are blowing the flood situation out of proportion: official
- Pm Puts Off Disinvestment After Dmk Threatens Pullout (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Faced with a pullout threat from DMK supremo and Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, the Manmohan Singh government was on Thursday forced to consign its disinvestment agenda to the backburner.
- Assessing The Nuclear Balance Sheet (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 07, 2006)
The U.S. wants a decisive say in the scripting of India's safeguards and additional protocol agreements with the IAEA but is withholding "full" civil nuclear cooperation.
- With Fear And Favour (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 07, 2006)
Stagnant rain waters swamp Bombay and bring the city to a virtual standstill; the wife of the late Parvinder Singh of Ranbaxy lodges a criminal case against her youngest brother-in-law as she and her family contest the written . . .
- Reactor Tech Upgraded To 700 Mwe (Tribune, O.P. Sabherwal, Jul 07, 2006)
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) is enhancing its reactor technology towards building future pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) of 700 MWe capacity – a new milestone in Indian nuclear power capability.
- Hassled Pm Puts Off Disinvestment After Dmk Threatens Pullout (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
A day after the governing body of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences passed a resolution recommending removal of its director Dr Venugopal, the cardiac surgeon has hit back by moving the Delhi High Court challenging his removal, and . . .
- Deconstruct, Then Panic (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jul 07, 2006)
Anno Domini 2001 is ancient times, and yet not so ancient. Early in that year, an official committee, worried over stocks of foodgrains lying with the . . .
- Check Wastage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 07, 2006)
It is time that the BWSSB got its act together
- Out Of Iraq (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jul 07, 2006)
The Junichiro Koizumi government's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq is consistent with the mood of the Japanese people.
- Imposing Iodine (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Jul 07, 2006)
The ban on non-iodised salt, reimposed this May, is criticised as being based on generalisations made by the authorities.
- E-Governance Can Ease Admission Travails (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, Jul 07, 2006)
The UK has used e-governance to its advantage in college admissions, why can’t we emulate it?
- Emerging Challenges To Our Foreign Account (The Financial Express, VIVEK BHARATI, Jul 07, 2006)
The importance of electronics for managing trade deficits and generating jobs is overlooked
- Leveraging Investment (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 07, 2006)
Domestic and foreign firms with investible funds looking for opportunities in India for expanding their existing markets and capturing new ones have never had it so good.
- People First (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Jul 07, 2006)
India’s 80 million tribal population, the largest in the world, is also India’s most exploited and disadvantaged community.
- Kerala To Seek `Vidharbha-Like Package' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Achuthanandan leaves for New Delhi with memorandum listing State's travails
- Water Released From Amaravathy Reservoir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
The Public Works department officials on Thursday released the water from Amaravathy reservoir near here for irrigation of around 10,000 acres in Coimbatore and Erode districts.
- Intec 2006 Industrial Trade Fair Opens Today (Hindu, A. A. Michael Raj, Jul 07, 2006)
Exhibitors from India and 11 other countries will participate
- Ltte's Manoeuvres India's Options (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Jul 07, 2006)
By now it is clear that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has grudgingly admitted responsibility for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi only as a tactical manoeuvre and in search of a trade off. Whether it will succeed in its gambit is a . . .
- Kerala Government To Seek `Vidharbha-Like Package' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Achuthanandan leaves for New Delhi with a memorandum
- Council Of Common Interests Revived (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Jul 07, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday formally reconstituted the Council of Common Interests (CCI).
- Friday Feature: Tolerance In Islam (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Jul 07, 2006)
Islam, which literally means ‘submission’, establishes and promotes peaceful co-existence.
- President Decrees Formation Of Cci (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Jul 07, 2006)
The President General Pervez Musharraf has reconstituted the Council of Common Interests (CCI) as demanded by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
- Bleak House~ii (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 07, 2006)
Cities Drifting Towards Physical And Moral Degradation
- Making Public Transport Popular (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 07, 2006)
With the inevitable rise in oil prices, transport sector in general and personal transport in particular are the sufferer.
- Environmental Fiscal Reform (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 07, 2006)
The environmental fiscal reform (EFR) project launched recently by an international NGO could lay some misconceptions to rest.
- Let There Be Law (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 07, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s rejection of the Bush administration’s plan for terrorist trials has rightly been seen as a rebuff of the president’s unilateral legal approach to fighting Al Qaeda. But in a subtler way, it is also a profound rebuke to Congress.
- Lowari Tunnel Project (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 07, 2006)
The formal inauguration of work on the much-delayed Lowari tunnel project in Chitral should be good news to Chitral's inhabitants.
- Eight British Soldiers Battle With 1,200 Taleban At 'Camp Incoming' (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Our correspondent joins the training squad who are under fire daily at their outpost.
- Europe To Slap Green Tax On Air Passengers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
Air passengers will be charged up to £40 extra for a return ticket within Europe to pay for the environmental impact of their journeys, under plans approved by European Parliament yesterday.
- Break The Logjam (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 06, 2006)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Geneva might have run into a deadlock, but let us not lose heart. Such deadlocks are part of any democratic negotiations process.
- Freedom Of The Press Why It Is A Casualty In The Us (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 06, 2006)
The freedom of the press gives journalists the right to be honest, fair and courageous in gathering and interpreting information. However, many people are criticising the American press for no longer doing their job. Are the days of deep throat and . . .
- Needless Sledgehammering (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 06, 2006)
There were occasions in the past when strife in West Asia threatened to spin out of control.
- Cyber Insecurity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 06, 2006)
Those were the days when I could get up from both sides of the bed in the morning. Chandigarh was young then and it was a blessing to live with no pollution in the air. “Matka Chowk” had not come up and we had to be contended with the Lake. A few . . .
- Crippling Standards (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 06, 2006)
The National Commission for Minority Education Institutions (NCMEI)’s suggestion that performance in maths and English need not be considered for promotion to Class 6 in government schools must be rejected outright.
- Meditation Changed Tihar's Face: Kiran Bedi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
Meditation was instrumental in bringing a turnaround in hundreds of violence-prone inmates in the Tihar jail, India's first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi has said.
- Councillor Among 5 Killed In Kargil Road Mishap (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
Five persons including a National Conference Councillor of Kargil Autonomous Hill Development Council and his daughter-in-law were drown-ed in Shingo river, about five kms from Kargil on Drass-Kargil road this morning.
- Rain Pockmarks Mumbai Runway (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
Gravel on the runway at the country’s busiest airport peeled off in the rain today, delaying flights, as potholes on the ground slowed down road traffic and got the municipal corporation an earful from Bombay High Court.
- Right Benediction (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 06, 2006)
The Pope's decision to demand human rights for Christians in Muslim countries is a welcome change in the Vatican world-view, says Daniel Pipes.
- Matter Of Rational Faith (Pioneer, Jagmohan , Jul 06, 2006)
Sanctity of Amarnath as a place of Hindu pilgrimage isn't affected by the formation or non-formation of the . . .
- Washed Up Rhetoric (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court hears the Narmada case on July 10. The Shunglu Committee’s report on resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) will be part of the government’s submission.
- Soni Boost To Tea Tourism (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
The Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government’s plans to revive tea tourism in north Bengal, turned down twice by the Centre earlier, got a fillip today with the promise of full support from tourism minister Ambika Soni.
- Experience India (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 06, 2006)
Complying with a high court order Shimla once feted as the summer capital of British India has gone in for a makeover. Every building has had its roof painted red or green, transforming Shimla's appearance from jaded shanty town to an attractive . . .
- No Ringing Endorsement (Deccan Herald, William Weir, Jul 06, 2006)
Ring tones- Cell phone sounds are still so new and varied that we have not yet absorbed them into our mental vocabulary.
- Floody Hell! It’S Just Rains, Not A National Crisis (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jul 06, 2006)
Floody Hell! Mumbai has just drowned in the bathtub.
- Environmental Protection And Conservation, Need Of The Hour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
Better utilisation of human and natural resources would make the country strong and powerful. Every problem has an answer.
- Long Term Strategy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 06, 2006)
The State government’s decision to join hands with other states to fight the spread of chikungunya is laudable.
- Indian Companies' Investment In U.K. Doubles To $2 B (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Jul 06, 2006)
South Indian cos. account for 30 p.c. of the investment decisions
Third largest investor next only to U.S. and Japan
ICT companies dominate with 26 projects
- Delhi Napping As Beijing Pushes Tibet Rail To Sikkim, Arunachal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 06, 2006)
The long-awaited re-opening of the Nathu La pass for border trade between Sikkim and Tibet tomorrow pales into insignificance as Beijing unveils plans for rail connectivity across the Sino-Indian border and all along it.
- Hp Unveils New Blade System For Businesses (Deccan Herald, Dilip Maitra, Jul 06, 2006)
HP, on Wednesday, announced the launch of its breakthrough blade architecture – HP BladeSystem c-Class, that will bring in large savings to its customers.....
- Avoiding An Unequal Social Bargain (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Jul 06, 2006)
Grass-roots democratic institutions need to be revitalised and involved in managing food and water security systems.
- A Flawed Process (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 06, 2006)
The absence of a consensus-building process within the United Progressive Alliance is evident from the manner in which the decision to divest 10 per cent stake in the profit-making Neyveli . . .
- Development Should Not Go Against Environment, Says Zp President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
President of Udupi Zilla Panchayat B.N. Shankar Poojary said on Wednesday that industrial development in Udupi district should not go against the fragile environment of the region.
- The Jatropha Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 06, 2006)
It is self-evident that biofuels hold out the promise of significantly easing the impact of the ongoing oil crisis.
- Tata Steel: Steeling Up (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Jul 06, 2006)
After the Mittal-Arcelor episode, the fear of hostile takeovers has reached the house of Tatas with the chairman saying that the steel industry is "highly fragmented and considerably vulnerable".
- Isro Begins Work On Navigational Satellite System (Hindu, Chitra V. Ramani, Jul 06, 2006)
To be operational by 2011-12, it will be optimised for the specific needs of users in the country
- 28 Rain-Related Deaths In Maharashtra (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
At least 28 deaths were reported from Maharashtra in the past 24 hours as incessant rain, accompanied by strong winds, continued to batter Mumbai and its suburbs for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday.
- Heavy Rain Continues In Mumbai, Schools Closed (Hindu, Prachi Pinglay, Jul 06, 2006)
Gujarat receives heavy rainfall, major rivers in south in spate
- Environmental Activists Oppose Nhpc Project (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
Anti-dam activists are crying foul even as National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) is going ahead with the 2000 MW Lower Subansiri Hydro Electric Power Project at Gerukamukh in Arunachal Pradesh along its border with Assam.
- Bleak House~i (Statesman, Jagmohan , Jul 06, 2006)
The agonising picture of housing shortage and growth of slums in the developing countries that has emerged at the Vancouver World Urban Forum III (June 19-23) is, in essence, no different from the picture that was painted at the first Forum held at . . .
- Policy And Policing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 06, 2006)
The first mustn’t impede the second
The Central police organisations may have been remarkably successful in holding elections as they should, but have on occasions miserably failed when it comes to tackling crime.
- Monsoon Blushes (Business Line, A. Ranganathan, Jul 06, 2006)
When the Kerala coast was battered by heavy rain in the last week of May, the Meteorological Department announced the early arrival of the monsoon. June proved that monsoon was nowhere in sight.
- Indian Navy Key Target Of Us Pressure (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 06, 2006)
The United States has turned up the pressure on India to join the Proliferation Security Initiative with the Indian Navy, which had been virtually crippled by US sanctions after the 1998 nuclear tests, now being singled out by Washington as a . . .
- Empower Mumbai (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 06, 2006)
Almost exactly a year after the last one, a deluge has brought Mumbai to a standstill again, raising the question whether an entire year has been wasted.
- Pilot Project To Share Telecom Infrastructure (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
Move to enable lower tariffs and better coverage
- How About Focussing On Deliverables? (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Jul 06, 2006)
A push for what is doable within three years would make the current fiscal strain worthwhile
- Us-Led Forces Kill 38 Taliban (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan killed 35 militants in a single strike on a “known Taliban compound” in the south of the country, while three more were killed separately, as multiple bombs hit Kabul, killing one and injuring nearly 50, . . .
- Mma Warns Against Interference In Ajk Polls (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2006)
Central leader of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) MNA Liaquat Baloch warned that any interference in the Azad Kashmir elections by ruling Pakistan Muslim League would not be tolerated.
- Sting Theorists (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 05, 2006)
The outlawing of spurious journalism ---- Like the proverbial curate's egg, the corpus of norms advocated by the Broadcast Services Regulation Bill - proposed to be brought before Parliament by the Information and Broadcasting . . .
- Violence At Work Increasing (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Jul 05, 2006)
Violence at work, ranging from bullying and mobbing, to threats by psychologically unstable coworkers, sexual harassment and homicide, is increasing worldwide and has reached epidemic levels in some countries.
- The True King (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 05, 2006)
When the Emperor Jehangir summoned 5th Nanak, Guru Arjun Dev Ji, to meet him in Lahore, mainly at the instigation of Chandu.
- Heavy Rains Continue To Lash Mumbai And Suburbs (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2006)
Heavy rains continued to lash the city and the suburbs for the fifth consecutive day today, while the weather office has predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall with gusty winds during the day.
- A Dying Industry In India's Graveyard Of Ships (Reuters, RUPAM JAIN NAIR, Jul 05, 2006)
Kamal Mandal packs his greasy clothes, pausing to glance at a ship being ripped apart bit-by-bit by an army of workers on the Indian coast.
- Doctors Ready To Thwart Minister's Invasive Surgery (Pioneer, Praveen Kumar, Jul 05, 2006)
While a belligerent Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has decided to go ahead with the extraordinary meeting of the institute body on Wednesday, the AIIMS community has rallied behind Director P Venugopal.
- Flood-Alert Sounded Along Krishna (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2006)
Heavy rain in Western Ghats results in rise in water level in the river course
- And A World-Class E&p Licensing Regime (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 05, 2006)
It is ironic that the directorate general of hydrocarbons, the regulator for the upstream oil sector, has asked for the “surrender” of at least 10 exploration and production (E&P) blocks based on norms and criteria which have since been diluted! . . .
- Rain Brings Mumbai To A Halt, Rescue Teams Deployed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2006)
South Mumbai receives more rain, arterial roads clogged, power supply shut down, suburban rail services affected
South Mumbai receives more rain
Power supply shut down, telecom services affected
Rescue teams deployed in various parts of city
- Parties Demand Hygiene, Development In City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2006)
Speed up effort for amenities in unapproved layouts: councillors
- Flow Into Dam Perks Up Farmers' Spirits (Hindu, S. Vydhianathan, Jul 05, 2006)
They hope to reap good kuruvai, samba
Catchments of Cauvery basin reservoirs in Karnataka experiencing torrential rain
Kabini reservoir has reached its capacity; Krishnaraja Sagar inching towards brim
- Pm Seeks Un Fund For Relief In Natural Calam (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2006)
The UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel (HLP) on UN System-wide Coherence on Tuesday discussed draft recommendations to improve efficiency of the world body as Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz called for giving “prime priority” to the needs . . .
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