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Articles 5821 through 5920 of 20008:
- Rs. 38 Crore For Development Of Hassan City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Funds to be used for improving water supply and underground drainage system
Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation has sanctioned the project
It is part of Karnataka Municipal Reformation Programme
- Wages Of Intolerance (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 18, 2006)
The lynching of a mosque imam by a mob near Bahawalpur accused of committing blasphemy and the stabbing to death of another man undergoing a court trial in Muzaffargarh for the same act are a grim reminder of the high levels of intolerance found . . .
- Invert The Pyramid (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jun 18, 2006)
The nation is once again caught in two contradictory trends of performance and non-performance in several critical areas of governance.
- Over The Top (News International, Masood Hasan, Jun 18, 2006)
The wonderful thing about pulling off a scam in Pakistan is that everything and everyone works for you and thus there are no hurdles.
- Tasty, Sweet And Harmful (Hindu, SREELAKSHMI GURURAJA, Jun 18, 2006)
We need to educate the public on the dangers of `junk food' consumption
- Mobile Conservation Laboratory Inaugurated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
It is aimed at conserving the rare manuscripts at Kodi Math
- Olympics Nostalgia (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jun 18, 2006)
Lausanne, the birthplace of the modern Olympics, has a few other attractions as well.
- Panamarathupatti Lake To Be Made A Tourist Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Civic body proposes to convert it into an eco park
- Report On Britney Spears Namibian Birth Spiked (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Britney Spears, through her press representative, denied a report on Friday that she was considering a Namibian birth for her next baby. ......
- Iraq Attacks Kill 43 As Us Seeks Missing Soldiers (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
A series of bombs killed at least 43 people in and near Baghdad on Saturday, police said, in one of the bloodiest days in Iraq since a US military air strike killed Abu Mussab Zarqawi 10 days ago.
- Assam Asks Army To Be On Standby For Floods (Pioneer, Syed Zarir Hussain, Jun 18, 2006)
The authorities on Saturday asked Army soldiers to remain on standby in Assam where floods that began last month and marooned 30,000 people overnight killing 16 and displaced 5,30,000, officials said.
- Nwfp Also Churns Out Tax-Free Budget (News International, Mohammad Ali Khan, Jun 18, 2006)
The NWFP joined its sibling provinces in churning out a tax-free budget on Saturday.
- Sri Lanka, Tigers Claim Victory In Naval Clash (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jun 18, 2006)
Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels each claimed victory on Saturday after a naval clash that officials said left more than 40 people dead or missing.
- 11th Plan To Meet Needs Of Aids-Hit People (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 18, 2006)
Area-specific health care interventions planned
Millennium Development Goals for Infant Mortality Rate and Maternal Mortality Rate can be reached: paper
Suggestion to utilise services of Indian Systems of Medicine practitioners
- Fir Against Bypl Bosses Demanded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Protest also over `power-theft holiday' to senior bureaucrats
- Two Kashmiris Held With Heroin (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Police had information about consignment
- Spare Soft Targets (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 18, 2006)
In a young nation, the aged suffer. Young India’s growth story has been built on the back of the efforts of the preceding generation.
- Not Nuclear Power Alone (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 18, 2006)
Speaking at the meeting of the Energy Coordination Committee in August, 2005 Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh said, "Atomic energy will have to play a much larger role in the future in our quest for energy security...
- Urban Ecology (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Jun 18, 2006)
Healthy forests, streams, and wetlands contribute to clean air and clean water by enabling impurities to settle out or be converted to harmless compounds by plants or soil.
- Mengal Too Is A Bit Reconciliatory (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 18, 2006)
PROMINENT Baloch leader Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal has said that he is not against the construction of Gwadar Sea Port but is concerned about the changing demographic trends. Talking to Pakistan Observer in Quetta, he said that he stands for development
- Facing Up To The Indian Challenge (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Jun 18, 2006)
Coping with the challenge of India on several fronts — strategic, economic, cultural, psychological and more recently technological .
- 13 M Deaths Due To Environmental Exposure (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
More than 13 million deaths annually are due to preventable environmental causes that can be averted by well-targeted interventions, a WHO report has said.
- Reform School Education (Tribune, Vijay Sanghvi, Jun 18, 2006)
In the midst of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s by-election from Rae Bareli, Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh sprung a surprise by proposing to extend reservations to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in admissions to higher studies.
- N-Deal Will Help End India’S N-Pariah Status (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 18, 2006)
Even though the Indo-US nuclear deal is embroiled in a complex maze of diplomatic negotiations, nuclear scientists are of the opinion that it will help in ending India’s more than three decades’ old nuclear isolation.
- Sonia In Attack Mode (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Jun 18, 2006)
Lashing out at the Mulayam government for removing Rae Bareli from the VIP list for uninterrupted power supply a day after her victory, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked “kya yeh insaaf hai?”
- Fierce Battle In Lanka Kills 52 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Tamil tigers and security forces on Saturday fought land and sea battles in Sri Lanka’s northwest leaving at least 52 people dead, further rupturing a ceasefire that was hanging in balance.
- Prisoner Abuse Not Illegal: Pentagon (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
United States Special Operations troops employed a set of harsh, unauthorised interrogation techniques against detainees in Iraq during a four-month period in early 2004, long after approval for their use was rescinded, according to a Pentagon . . .
- Unsafe Blood (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 17, 2006)
Need to step up voluntary donation
Blood safety standards are hugely compromised because of higher prevalence of HIV and other blood-borne pathogens among paid and replacement donors than among voluntary and altruistic donors.
- Woman Army Officer Commits Suicide (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 17, 2006)
The Army today dismissed allegations that the young woman Army officer, who shot herself to death at the Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur last night, wanted to leave the Army as she was unhappy with the job “but had no money to repay the . . .
- Palestinian Freedom Under Israeli Guns (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Jun 17, 2006)
Once again Palestine finds itself in extremely hot water. President Mahmoud Abbas has announced a public referendum on the Prisoners' Document to be held on July 26.
- Desertification In India (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Jun 17, 2006)
There are two deserts in India. The Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) is a desert mainly located in the State of Rajasthan in northwest India. It continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan Desert.
- Fishing In Troubled Up Waters (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jun 17, 2006)
Vishwanath Pratap Singh, a former Prime Minister and father of Mandalisation of upcountry politics, is back at it.
- Spare Soft Targets (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 17, 2006)
In a young nation, the aged suffer. Young India’s growth story has been built on the back of the efforts of the preceding generation.
- Army To Protect Nation’S Wildlife (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jun 17, 2006)
Besides protecting the country’s borders, the Army is now being armed with legal powers to guard the nation’s rich flora and fauna as well.
- Tarn Taran Is 19th District Of Punjab (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jun 17, 2006)
Tarn Taran was formally made the 19th district of the state to mark the 400th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Arjan Dev here today.
- A Legacy Of Brutality (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 17, 2006)
DR Louay Bahry, an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, served as the chair of the Department of Public Administration at the University of Qatar and has taught at several universities, including the University of . . .
- The Sindh Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 17, 2006)
A provincial budget is a good indicator of the state of the economy of a province.
- Outbreak Of Cholera Suspected In Kottivakkam Kuppam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
17 persons admitted to Communicable Diseases Hospital
Mobile teams dispatched
Door-to-door survey done
Water samples collected
No case reported in Chennai
- Nice To Invite Ministers To Second Stretch Inauguration (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Expressing regret over the absence of representatives from the State Government at the inauguration of the Peripheral Ring Road, managing director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) Ashok Kheny said on Friday that the government . . .
- Koirala, Prachanda Reach Historic Accord (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 17, 2006)
Both sides express commitment to human rights, press freedom in Nepal
- Sindh Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
Sindh's senior minister Syed Sardar Ahmad presented a Rs193.1 billion budget for fiscal 2006-07 before the Sindh Assembly on Thursday.
- Tax-Free Sindh Budget (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 17, 2006)
Senior Minister of Sindh Syed Sardar Ahmad on Thursday presented Rs 193.1 billion surplus budget of the province that seeks an all time high investment of Rs 50 billion on developmental activities.
- Its Past The Boiling Point (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 17, 2006)
On June 12, 1992, the US in Rio de Janeiro, signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The convention set the goal of averting “dangerous” human interference with the climate system.
- ‘The Phobia Felt By Dalits Is Very Real’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jun 17, 2006)
Chandra Bhan Prasad is a Dalit columnist and writer. In his latest book, Dalit Phobia: Why do they hate us? he argues that Dalit phobia is passed on from generation to generation....
- Invert The Pyramid (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jun 17, 2006)
The nation is once again caught in two contradictory trends of performance and non-performance in several critical areas of governance.
- Kuwait For Better Trade, Economic Ties With India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Kuwait, on Friday, sought closer economic and trade relationship with India that can provide job opportunities and high living standards to the peoples of the two countries.
- Quota And Populism (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jun 17, 2006)
By a happy coincidence I went to have coffee with Arun Shourie in his elegant Delhi home the day his new book came out. It is called Falling Over Backwards:
- Reading The Tea Leaves Amidst Storm In The Stocks Cup (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 17, 2006)
"Investing without understanding the economy is like planning a beach trip without checking the forecast," alerts Richard Yamarone in The Trader's Guide to Key Economic Indicators. Over the past century, thousands of indicators have emerged, including . .
- No Concrete Solution In Sight (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Jun 17, 2006)
Prime Minister's wavering over an Islamabad visit is intended to send a message to Pakistan that its policy of simultaneously pursuing the 'peace process' and promoting cross-border terror is unacceptable to New Delhi ----
- Debate And Debasement (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
Geo TV has done a great public service by openly debating and discussing the Zina Ordinance, the most controversial part of the Hudood Ordinances, 1979.
- Ngos Oppose Bt-Brinjal (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jun 17, 2006)
The possible entry of genetically modified brinjal in India as the first GM food crop is unlikely to be a smooth affair, as non-governmental organizations have started hectic lobbying against the transgenic brinjal .....
- Army May Pitch In For Wildlife (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Faced with the increasing menace of poaching and inadequate surveillance, the Centre may offer a pro-active role to the armed forces for keeping an eye on the smuggling of wildlife products and curb illegal killing of animals in reserve forests.
- "We Are Trying To Build An Inclusive Society" (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Jun 17, 2006)
M. Veerappa Moily, chairman of the Oversight Committee for implementation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions, discusses the tasks before him. Excerpts from an interview . . .
- City Populations Set To Outnumber Country Dwellers (Hindu, David Adam, Jun 17, 2006)
Globally, the slum population will swell by 27 million people each year over the next 20 years.
- Floods In South Asia Hit 1.5 Mln People, Kill 17 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Floods and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains have left more than 1.5 million people in northeast India and neighbouring Bangladesh marooned or homeless, and killed at least 17, officials said on Friday.
- The Deserted Village (Tribune, Shelley Walia, Jun 17, 2006)
We had lived in Oxford for over six years and had no idea that there existed this old parish called Binsey right across the meadows to the west of Oxford. An Indian artist visiting Oxford had recommended it to us.
- Courts Intervene To Deal With Building Violations (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jun 17, 2006)
A monitoring body to deal with unapproved layouts is the need of the hour
Authorities must deal with all violations even-handedly
Absence of adequate parking space in complexes a cause for worry
- Thrust On Capital City Development In Governor's Speech (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Speedy steps to set up Vizhinjam project
Government to acquire Sreepadam Palace
Modern bus terminal complex at Thampanoor planned
Chitra Art Gallery to get a facelift
Proposal to establish centre of good governance
- The Choice For Iran (Boston Globe, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
It took awhile, but the Bush administration has wisely joined with European allies, Russia, and China in making an offer to Iran so valuable that Iran's rulers can reject it only at the price of confessing to the world that they are lying about . . .
- Sit And Watch Others (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 16, 2006)
While watching a television programme on Abu Dhabi and its plans for development and growth, one realized how backward and silly India is being in relation to the tourism industry.
- Fall In Balochistan Gas Revenue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 16, 2006)
According to a report, Balochistan is facing serious financial difficulties because of sharp decline in its gas revenue especially the Gas Development Surcharge (GDS). As per original estimates for the outgoing financial year the province was to . . .
- A Silver Lining? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 16, 2006)
It is a commentary on our times that the mere act of members of the Muslim majority organising and attending the funeral of a Kashmiri Pandit is enough to make news.
- Martyrdom Of Guru Arjan Dev (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 16, 2006)
The Sikh religion has unique history and tradition of martyrdom right from its inception.
- Where The Economy Is Being Chained (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jun 16, 2006)
The delivery of services is poor and this has to change to put public money to good use
- Spare Soft Targets (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 16, 2006)
In a young nation, the aged suffer. Young India’s growth story has been built on the back of the efforts of the preceding generation.
- Go For Rural Development! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jun 16, 2006)
EVEN after 58 years of independence and throwing off the brutish colonial and imperialist yoke, India is still a basket case going round the world with a begging bowl and with 80 per cent of her population wallowing under the absolute poverty line . . .
- Right Fuel Pricing Is The Only Way To Efficiency' (Business Line, R. Balaji, Jun 16, 2006)
Though India has not been as gluttonous in fuel as some developed countries, our energy efficiency is far from satisfactory. Because of political pressure, by not pricing fuel correctly, our efficiencies have suffered.
- Surplus Punjab Budget (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 16, 2006)
A Rs 274 billion tax-free, surplus and development oriented Punjab budget was presented in the provincial assembly in Lahore on Wednesday for the year 2006-07 with the total expenditure of Rs 191.38 billion.
- Waiting For Change (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
As expected, as the media hype around the earthquake victims settled down, the post-quake relief and the reconstruction work went on the back-burner.
- Crackdown On Ginger Traders (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 16, 2006)
THE tendency among elements in the business community to maximise profits at the cost of public health has been brought to the fore by the recent crackdown on ginger-processing plants in the federal capital.
- Punjab Finances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 16, 2006)
A measure of how Punjab is run came on Tuesday, when the chief minister made next fiscal year’s budgetary allocations public — a day before the provincial budget was presented in the Punjab Assembly.
- Pm Rules Out Rupee Devaluation (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the National Assembly on Thursday that there would be no compromise on national defence and ruled out rupee devaluation as the government came out strongly to defend the new federal budget against bitter opposition . . .
- Sc Seeks Veracity Of Cabinet Role In Psm Pre-Bidding (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
A Supreme Court judge on Thursday wondered whether or not the pre-bidding approval of the cabinet committee on the sale of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) was against the privatisation laws.
- Sindh Budget Proposes Salary, Pension Raise (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Provincial Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad presented in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday Rs193.1 billion budget for the year 2006-07 that shows a small surplus of Rs302.24 million.
- Tarbela Calling: Eight Days Of Water Left! (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Jun 16, 2006)
Pakistan is staring at another setback with massive cut in water supplies. Only eight days supply of water is left in the Tarbela dam, The News learnt on Thursday.
- Punjab Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 16, 2006)
Punjab Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak presented a Rs274 billion surplus and ostensibly tax-free budget (meaning that there are no new taxes) for 2006-07 in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday.
- India: Emerging Market Caught In External Factors (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Jun 16, 2006)
In search of returns, global liquidity found its way here leading to Sensex’s upward march
- Breathe Deeply To Prepare For That Journey Inside (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 16, 2006)
I am not going to talk about pranayama which has a much wider and extensive connotation than deep breathing. Pranayama has spiritual significance, being one of the steps towards achievement of sama-dhi, the highest superconscious state.
- Strange Bedfellows Of Politics (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 16, 2006)
CPM's alliance with TDP in Andhra Pradesh could destabilise the UPA if the experiment succeeds in the panchayat election, says Kalyani Shankar
- Seven More Bombs Hit Thai South (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
At least seven more bombs hit the Thai south early on Friday, police said.
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