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Articles 10521 through 10620 of 20008:
- The Slippery Slope Of Stings (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 16, 2006)
After the success of the Aaj Tak–Cobrapost sting, nearly everybody in the media has got used to the concept of the sting operation-for-hire.
- Re-Defining Bricks And Mortar (Deccan Herald, Ramaa Shanker Aiyer, Jan 16, 2006)
Ravi Puravankara, whose dream is to leave a mark in the world, has been fulfilled through Puravankara Projects, a well-known landmark in real estate development across many cities. Puravankara Projects, a brainchild of Ravi Puravankara, . . .
- Delhi Under Pressure To Bar Entry Of French Warship (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
The Indian government on Sunday came under increasing pressure to stop a decommissioned French warship from heading to an Indian ship breaking yard, as powerful trade unions joined environment groups demanding the ship’s return to France.
- Minister Reviews Development Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Valarmathi tells officials to clear storm water drains to prevent flooding
- Varsities Must Be Free: Nrn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
In the wake of the Human Resource Development Ministry turning down the plea of Indian Institute of Bangalore to start an overseas campus, Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy on Sunday sought lesser “government control”...
- Egypt Approves Transit For French Warship Through Suez Canal (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 16, 2006)
It is unclear if India's agreement for dismantling is still valid
Egypt appears to have accepted the French claim that the Clemenceau was a warship
French Defence Ministry confirms the deadlock had been broken
- Heritage Conservation Goes The Outsourcing Way (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Jan 16, 2006)
ASI, Wakf Board rope in outside experts for upkeep of Capital's monuments
- State Project For Building Capacity In E-Governance (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Jan 16, 2006)
Proposals for Rs.5.83 crores submitted to the Centre
- `Economic Development Generating New Issues' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
It requires a strategic disseminating ideas, says professor
Though it has been optimistic notion that economic growth leads to political development and can remove political disturbances, there are possibilities of it generating new issues.
- Crisis Management (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 16, 2006)
Once again Kashmir is facing the wrath of Nature. Snow has completely disrupted all the public utility services. The National Highway as usual got blocked this year too.
- Manmohan Meets Sajjad Lone (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 15, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held on Saturday an hour-long meeting with a five-member delegation of a People’s Conference faction led by Sajjad Lone, the younger son of slain Kashmiri leader Abdul Gani Lone.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Still Has Long Way To Go (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 15, 2006)
The US-India nuclear cooperation agreement in July 2005 had been signed in a hurry without working out the details and was unlikely to be finalised any time soon, a noted defence and strategy expert told a meeting on Friday.
- Dams Issue Is Getting Blurred (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 15, 2006)
The exuberance in the official quarters about construction of major dams especially the Kalabagh Dam has seemingly dissipated.
- China’S Word Of Advice To India (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 15, 2006)
China has urged India to resolve its disputes with Pakistan for the sake of peace and stability in South Asia. Commenting on the talks between the visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawet, . . .
- Tourism Can Destroy Archaeological Sites (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 15, 2006)
American archaeologist John M Fritz and Australian architect George Michell, co-directors of the Vijayanagara Research Project, spent 22 years extensively documenting the core area of the Vijayanagara site. Mapping in detail more than 25 sq km . . .
- Fresh Snowfall In Srinagar, Highway Closed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Kashmir valley continued to reel under intense cold wave even as the night temperature appreciated marginally to minus 3.5 degrees celsius, MET officials said.
- Bloodshed In Baluchistan, Revolt Against Dam (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Jan 15, 2006)
The tribal and feudal mindset that approves of honour killings also pervades political profession in Pakistan.
- Energy Is An Eternal Delight (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 15, 2006)
William Blake said that ‘‘Energy is eternal delight’’. Indeed, overtime, progress has become equal to energy. That is why the future of India’s energy policy is central to our growth aspirations.
- Cracking Venice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
This book, with its myriad characters and many intrigues is very like the city it is set in, layered and subtle.
- When Netas Play I-Spy (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jan 15, 2006)
The “influential” persons behind the tapping were paying the detective Rs 5 lakh a week and already Rs 50 lakh has been paid for the patently “illegal service”.
- Tackling The Cold Wave (Tribune, Dr J.S. Sharma, Jan 15, 2006)
In north India, when the minimum temperature drops three to four degree centigrade below the long term (normal) average, cold wave conditions set in. Excessive drop in the temperature, frost and snowfall has significant effects on crops, vegetables, ....
- River Linking Risks (Statesman, SUSHIL KUMAR MUKHERJEE, Jan 15, 2006)
Planners who try to redistribute surplus water into deficit areas by river linking forget that in the dictionary of Nature, there is no word like ‘deficit’ or ‘surplus’
- Centre Asks States For Action Plan On Bharat Nirman Project (Press Trust of India, PTI, Jan 14, 2006)
The Centre has asked all states and union territories to submit Action Plans, along with a list of habitations to be covered under the ambitious Bharat Nirman project for rural development.
- Fourteen Leopard Skins Seized In Uttar Pradesh (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Police in north India have arrested five people and seized 14 leopard skins and one skin of a civet cat from them in what could turn out to be a big poaching racket, a senior police official said on Saturday.
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
The CPI(M) obviously enjoyed the BJP’s national executive meeting in Mumbai when leaders competed to be named after heroes from the Ramayana.
- Pinning General To Specifics (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jan 14, 2006)
As the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan begin third round of dialogue next week, a political paradox confronts the peace process.
- Spiteful Gesture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 14, 2006)
The IIMs have been denied an opportunity allowed to foreign universities.
- Mittal Steel Names Chief For Indian Project (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Mittal Steel, the world's largest steel company, has named Sanak Mishra as chief executive of a proposed 12-million-tonne steel project in eastern India.
- Govt To Invite Bids For 5 Power Projects In Jan (Reuters, Madhu Soman, Jan 14, 2006)
The government will invite expressions of interest from foreign and domestic companies by Jan. 31 for five big thermal power projects to help meet demand for electricity that is outstripping supply.
- Al-Qaeda Claims To Have Killed 10 Us Soldiers In Iraq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Snails For Money (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
MONEY is not only the root of all evil — it is the root of everything. Despite what you may have read in the comic strips, the first money early homo sapiens used wasn’t clams, but snails.
- Sri Lanka Mine Blast Kills Two Navy Sailors (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Us-Afghan Troops Kill Six Militants (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Nato Relief Team To Leave Ajk By Feb 1 (News International, Mariana Baabar, Jan 14, 2006)
The Nato disaster relief team in Pakistan has started redeployment from Azad Kashmir and will be completely out of Kashmir by February 1 before moving to home bases by mid-February.
- Europe Still The Odd One Out (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
IF the past year were judged by headlines alone it looks like a bit of an economic disaster.
- Will The Taxman Read First Chapter In History Of Medicine? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2006)
THIS story is on saffron confusion. Not what a political party may chronically be suffering from, but about what brought Khosala Kesharwala (KK) to Bombay High Court recently.
- Value Opportunities Lie At The Edges (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 14, 2006)
Companies that "find themselves walking a fine line between significant value creation and commensurate value destruction"
- Sea-Change In Puri (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 14, 2006)
THE last time we visited the Orissa seaside resort of Puri was in 1981 when — apart from one old hotel which had by then become a seven-storey monstrosity..
- Many Kargil Passengers Stranded (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 14, 2006)
Over 100 passengers of Kargil were stranded in Kashmir valley as the helicopter service could not operate for the past five days due to bad weather.
- Demilitarised General (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 14, 2006)
Our dear General is at it again. The whole world so respects him, so trusts him, so very much accepts him as a man of his word... and yet it is only India that refuses to accept his word
- Guru Of All Ages (Daily Excelsior, R L Kaith, Jan 14, 2006)
One hundred and six years ago an elementary combination appeared in the birth of a human child at Smailpur (in Jammu).
- Overpopulation ‘Is Main Threat To Planet’ (Tribune, Steve Connor, Jan 14, 2006)
Climate change and global pollution cannot be adequately tackled without addressing the neglected issue of the world’s booming population, according to two leading scientists.
- Nato Relief Forces To Withdraw In Feb (Dawn, Iftikhar A. Khan, Jan 14, 2006)
Nato forces engaged in relief activities in the earthquake-affected areas of Pakistan will complete withdrawal from the country by mid- February.
- Missing Statecraft In The Chinese Theatre (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jan 14, 2006)
India’s relationship with Beijing is marked by naivete and a singular lack of coherence
- Biotechnology Revolution (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Maharaj Krishan Bhan, Jan 13, 2006)
Biotechnology is today a growing sector with over 200 industries, market share of US$ 1 billion, investment to the tune of US$ 137 million and exports being 59% of the revenue. The Biotech sector recorded a growth of 39% during 2004.
- Tn: Mono Rail System In Chennai Soon (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
All set to take public transport to a higher plane, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to introduce the eco-friendly 'mono rail' mass rapid transit system in Chennai.
- Liberalize The Welfare Sector (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 13, 2006)
The UPA Government is implementing the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) to provide relief to the poor. But the experience of Maharashtra EGS has not been very positive. At a seminar organized by SAP - India, following problems were mentioned . . .
- We Will Create New Economic Environment: Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Noting that past policies of offering subsidies had benefited "only a few", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday expressed confidence that his government "will create a new environment of economic security and prosperity".
- Slow Down, Save Time (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 13, 2006)
A commercial scramjet could take you on a roundtrip along India's 7,000 km coastline in less than an hour. Thankfully, the scramjet is earmarked for only space travel. The Concorde was supersonic too.
- Now Here’S Some Rich Advice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 13, 2006)
In the latest edition of its ‘State of the World’ report, the US think-tank Worldwatch Institute warns growing economies like India and China not to try too hard to attain ‘Western living standards’, since that might consume too much . . .
- Parking Funds In New Slots (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 13, 2006)
Public sector banks provide an excellent example of how consistent policy changes can affect institutions in fundamental ways, across the spectrum.
- Ysr Announces Rs. 400-Crore Boon For Anantapur District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
State will remove the shadow of drought from the perennially drought-hit district, says Chief Minister
10 ttmcft allocation for PABR
Rs. 250 crores for canal modernisation
Rs. 150 crores for dairy development
Raghuveera leads a team to meet YSR
- India-Bound Clemenceau Halted By Egypt Near Suez Canal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The decommissioned French ship, the Clemenceau, headed for Gujarat’s shipbreaking yard at Alang, was halted by the Egyptian government just outside the Suez Canal.
- French Ship Detained En Route To India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Greenepace activists on Thursday intercepted and boarded the decommissioned French warship Clemenceau in a bid to prevent its journey to India as the Egyptian government sought details about the vessel before allowing it to sail through the Suez Canal.
- Nuclear Deal: Much Ado For Marginal Gain (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 13, 2006)
There are enough straws in the wind pointing to the so-called nuclear deal signed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the US President, Mr George W. Bush, turning out to be an albatross round India's neck.
- Jain Mutt Launches Waste Management Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
ISRO, Vignana Parishat, and the Channarayapatna Taluk Panchayat are involved in the Rs. 30-lakh programme
Schools, colleges and Stree Shakti self-help groups will participate in the programme
- Rare Is The Community (Indian Express, Shelley Walia, Jan 13, 2006)
It happened years ago. I arrived in Jalandhar a little after midnight from Mussourie to appalling heat, so oppressive that it had become difficult to sleep after an exhausting rail journey in a packed compartment. I recollect I attempted reading Owen Beat
- Women Struggle In Dire Conditions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Quake victims and those living in quake hit areas face the harshest winter of their lives, and pregnant women undergo the worst trauma, writes Prakriiti Gupta.
- Iim-B: Sibal Raps Hrd Ministry (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday criticised the Human Resource Development Ministry for turning down a request from Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), to open a campus in Singapore, saying it went against . . .
- Panning The City (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 13, 2006)
Greater Bangalore will hopefully improve infrastructure in the city
- Demolition Drives: Dramas Of The State? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 13, 2006)
To each his own An American, a Russian, a Chinese and an Israeli are standing at a street corner when they are approached by a pollster. “Excuse me, what is your opinion of the meat shortage?” asks the pollster. The American says, “What’s a shortage?
- Farmers Driven To Despair (Tribune, Tarvinder Singh Chahal , Jan 13, 2006)
Suicides among farmers is a countrywide phenomenon. The cases of suicide by farmers have been reported from several states of India, including Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tripura.
- Hat Trick! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jan 13, 2006)
The Haryana Home Department finds itself in a piquant situation on having to dispose off the thousands of bobby type hats which have become surplus following the changeover of police headgear and it has acted in the finest bureaucratic traditions . . .
- Trading Charges In The Midst Of Drift (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 13, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process has taken some knocks recently. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf need to engage directly.
- Where’S The Cold Light Of Reason? (Indian Express, R.K. PACHAURI, Jan 13, 2006)
It’s never been so cold in 70 years, the Met office has told us. Before that we were told that it’s rarely been as rainy as it did get in Mumbai first and the souhern cities later.
- Stop Polluting The Environment, Cry Children (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Young ones take out a rally against burning non-degradable materials on Bhogi
- `Launch Crusade Against Female Foeticide' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Establish novel tradition of celebrating birth of girl child: Gen. Rodrigues
Need to project positive image of girl child
Investments needed in education, health, food and labour.
- Egypt Halts Convoy Tugging Clemenceau (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Appeal to Egypt to refuse permission for the ship to enter the Suez Canal
Say more than sufficient evidence that the French Government failed to decontaminate the ship
- Cold Wave In The North Hits Crops (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jan 12, 2006)
Estimates show up to 15 per cent damage; no agriculture insurance scheme cover
Frost the worst killer
Most of the affected crops not covered by insurance
Cabbage, cauliflower, carrot and radish benefit from chilly weather
- Listen, Mr Chidambaram (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jan 12, 2006)
P Chidambaram will receive a million pre-budget suggestions by end-February. But the one he must take seriously, he has already received — the Left has hammered home the point that he must take a sickle to the weedy field of tax exemptions.
- In The Snap Of A Jaw (Indian Express, GEORGE N. NETTO, Jan 12, 2006)
The meagre entry fee, at one rupee per person, belies its importance. But the unpretentious Crocodile Breeding Centre near Udumalpet in Tamil Nadu is doing yeoman conservation work, breeding the endangered Estuarine Crocodile.
- When Science Turns To Wishful Thinking (Hindu, Tim Radford, Jan 12, 2006)
There is an inevitable temptation to massage results in the race for scientific status.
- Anna Varsity Signs Water Management Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
MoU marks start of Rs 2.4 crore international project It will facilitate exchange of staff and students among partner institutions and field-level research projects
- What Next In Balochistan? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 12, 2006)
The situation in Balochistan is going from bad to worse. Every day the newspapers carry reports of rocket attacks by unknown people and shelling and firing by the security forces.
- Cbms Are Going Nowhere (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 12, 2006)
The two governments have not actually come to grips on the real issues between the two countries
- Convoluted Legacy Of The Bulldozer (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 12, 2006)
After Ariel Sharon was hospitalized a week ago following a massive stroke, there were some, particularly among Palestinians, who lost little time in dancing on his grave. From a distance, the celebrations were more than a little callous.
- Hysteria And Hypocrisy (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jan 12, 2006)
The western world is engaged in a double- speak with regard to the Iranian declaration
- Tigress Dead In Corbett, Big Skin Seizures In Up, Mp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
young tigress died of injuries in the Corbett National Park on Monday last. ‘‘The tigress, a little over two years old, was injured a couple of weeks back when a male tiger tried to climb on her. The carcass was found on January 9 near Garjia Sot . . .
- China, India Offer Ecological Wake-Up Call - Report (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
The Earth lacks the energy, arable land and water to enable populous and fast-growing China and India to attain Western levels of resource consumption, an environmental think tank said in a report on Wednesday.
- An Open Air Exercise (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jan 12, 2006)
“I want to climb the mountain, but I have no company,” complained the 20-something shop girl. “My friends are always too tired, or sleeping.” It was a cold December afternoon. The girl had feigned illness to take an off to meet a friend.
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