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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 20587:
- India For Rendering Borders Irrelevant (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Observing that economically flourishing India is a "great opportunity" and not a threat to neighbours, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today said New Delhi favours increased connectivity to render borders irrelevant and a number of proposals have been . . .
- Un Raps India For Polio Failure (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
Alarmed by the polio situation in the country, the UN has written to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the World Health Organisation has shot off a letter to the health minister, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, expressing concern over the . . .
- Troops Patrol Malegaon After Deadly Blasts (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 10, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in Maharashtra buried its dead as troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- Caste Floods Logic In Barmer (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Sep 10, 2006)
It's like rattling away nursery rhymes. Children at a makeshift school at the relief camp in Kawas, the worst-hit village in the Barmer deluge, merrily narrate their tales of woes and get back to their meaningless chores. They are celebrating their . . .
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
All kind of train service between Hyderabad and Karachi has been suspended due to damage to rail track at the site of washed away bridge at Ranpathani .
- Our Big Fat World (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
The world is round — and so are a growing number of its inhabitants.
- Refix The Centre-State Federal Model (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
The sooner this is done, the better would be the prospect for faster economic growth movement
- When Government Falls Prey To Businessmen (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
For instance, the Haryana government is willing to hand over vast tracts of land to an Indian MNC
- Balochistan Blast (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 10, 2006)
The extremely precarious nature of the law and order situation in Balochistan, especially following Nawab Akbar Bugti's death was indicated by Friday morning's powerful bomb blast in Rakhni Bazaar right on the border with Punjab.
- Camel Milk For Sex ? (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Sep 10, 2006)
In Greek mythology one comes across the story of Iphyles who was advised to drink urine mixed with iron rust in order to improve his sexual prowess.
- Suicide Epidemic Among Farmers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2006)
The suicide epidemic that has hit our farmers is not confined to just one district, one state or one particular crop.
- Indian Troops Patrol Muslim Town After Blasts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in western India buried its dead as troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- After The Rains In Sindh (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
Friday's heavy rains in Hyderabad and parts of Sindh wreaked their usual havoc on an already dilapidated infrastructure as 10 people were reported dead and thousands marooned.
- `Heritage Walk' To Take Tourists Through Mysore's Culture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Buildings and structures in the heart of the city to be showcased
The concept of Heritage Walk was introduced in 2004
Participants will be given a detailed note on the array of structures to be showcased to them.
- When The Terrorists' Plan Failed To Survive The Explosion (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Sep 10, 2006)
The town has proved not second to Mumbai in recovering from the shock and getting up to take care of the injured and to stand by the bereaved.
- Malegaon Calm, Curfew Lifted (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Sep 10, 2006)
Crack probe team formed; Rs. 5 lakh reward announced for clues to blasts
- In The Mind Of Atta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
This extract from a short story published in the New Yorker, ‘The Last Days Of Muhammad Atta’, by Martin Amis, is part of his new book, ‘The House of Meetings’.
- Two Kin Of Blast Victims Refuse To Accept Payment (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Sep 10, 2006)
State announces ex gratia of Rs. 1 lakh
- Chikungunya: Mayor For Precautionary Steps (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
People will not be afflicted by chikungunya if they take precautionary measures, Kadapa Mayor P. Ravindranath Reddy said on Saturday.
- Jaya Out Of Way, Centre May Dump Green Regulation (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Sep 10, 2006)
Within four months of her exit as the Tamil Nadu chief minister, an environmental regulation originally conceptualised to stall J Jayalalitha’s new secretariat project in Chennai, is also on its way out.
- Long Night Of Funerals At Malegaon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Shab-e-Baraat or the ‘night of forgiveness and atonement’ is an occasion when Muslims pray for their forefathers believing that prayers on this day absolve them of their own sins.
- A Q Khan Goes Under Scalpel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
A Q Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme who confessed to having led a clandestine proliferation network, was on Saturday successfully operated on for prostate cancer at a hospital here.
- Health & Edn Schemes Of Karnataka Enthuse Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam has favoured legislative backing for Karnataka’s innovative programmes in the field of primary education and health such as mid-day meal scheme, Yashasvini etc to make them permanent features.
- Terror Kills 38, Targets A Divided Town (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Sep 10, 2006)
Barely two months after a highway chase led police to Malegaon’s communally divided by-lanes in search of explosives and ammunition, five blasts rocked this Maharashtra town just as Friday afternoon prayers were winding up, killing at least 38 people . .
- Buildings Worth Rs 50-Cr And Above Won’T Need Central Environment Ok (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Sep 10, 2006)
Until now all construction projects anywhere in India worth Rs 50 crore and above, discharging 50,000 litres of water per day or meant for 1,000 people, had to come to the Centre for clearance. Now they won’t.
- Malegaon Buries Its Dead (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Investigators today sifted through evidence and followed up leads to trace those responsible for multiple bomb blasts that killed 31 persons and injured nearly 300 in this powerloom town, which remained peaceful as grieving kin buried the dead.
- Overriding Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2006)
A dazed Malegaon, which just saw two blasts inside and outside a mosque kill 38 and injure hundreds, can read the signals just as well as the rest of the nation.
- Children Bear Blast Brunt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Mohammed Arif had taken his eight-year-old son to Bada Kabrastan to pray for his forefathers. Hours later he returned to the mosque-cum-graveyard, this time to bury his son.
- A Whimsical Collection (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
This extract from a short story published in the New Yorker, ‘The Last Days Of Muhammad Atta’, by Martin Amis, is part of his new book, ‘The House of Meetings’.
- Sonia’S Lakh Invites 10-Lakh Bombshell (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has Rs 1 lakh for him. But Shafiq Ahmad wants to give her Rs 10 lakh instead.
- 37 Killed In Blasts Near Malegaon Mosque (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The fragile peace in Maharashtra post 7/11 serial blasts got breached on Friday afternoon when multiple bomb blasts took place in close sequence in the communally-sensitive textile town of Malegaon, 300 km from here.
- Why Globalisation Is In Trouble - Ii (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 09, 2006)
Globalisation has spurred inequality — both among citizens in the wealthiest countries as well as among developing nations. BRANCO MILANOVIC explores the growing resentment, as only a few poor countries adjust to globalisation.
- Body Bomb Rips Apart Taxi In Sri Lanka, Four Children Injured (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
A bomb hidden with a dead body in a three-wheeled taxi exploded in embattled north Sri Lanka on Friday, wounding six people, including four school girls and a policeman, witnesses, the Government said.
- Prayers For The Dead (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The holy Shab-e-Barat is when Muslims seek divine blessings for the well-being of mankind. Muslim devotees spend the night at mosques and homes, offering special prayers and reciting from the holy Quran.
- 600 Rocket Shells, 27 Launchers Seized In Ap (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The police recovered 600 rocket shells, 275 unassembled rockets, 27 rocket launchers, 70 gelatine sticks and other explosive material from two Maoist dumps in Mahbubnagar and Prakasam districts in Andhra Pradesh. The seizures, the largest ever in . . .
- Refix The Centre-State Federal Model (The Financial Express, N K Singh, Sep 09, 2006)
The state of the economy receives continuous review. As also the working of central ministries.
- Indian Hand In Baloch Unrest, Says Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 09, 2006)
At least five persons were killed and several injured in a bomb explosion on Friday in Pakistan's Balochistan province. In the capital, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammed Ali Durrani once again insinuated an Indian hand in the . . .
- Mithi Calls For Joint Campaign For Eye Donation Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
"Superstitions hampering donation should be removed through sustained campaign"
- Myanmar: Junta Blamed Over Tribes' Poor Health (Hindu, John Aglionby , Sep 09, 2006)
The tribes of eastern Myanmar (Burma) have some of the worst health conditions in the world as a result of persecution by the junta, a report published on Thursday reveals.
- Emirates Set To Launch Eight Flights A Week From Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The UAE airline's service will start on October 29
Airline to have discounted fares as introductory offer
Company's Mumbai call centre to be expanded.
- Bank Loans Made Easy For Poor Students (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Government scheme to cover students pursuing professional courses
10.5 to 11.5 per cent interest to be charged on loans
Banks will be asked to waive third party guarantee
Loans up to Rs. one lakh will be granted.
- Seeking Joint Responses To Global Challenges (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2006)
Asia and Europe look to the future on ASEM's tenth anniversary.
- Ge India Sales Could Grow 73 Pct This Year (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
General Electric Co.'s Indian revenue could grow as much as 73 percent this year, a top executive for the media and industrial conglomerate said on Friday.
- Night Of Funerals In Malegaon Hit By Bombs (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 09, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in Maharashtra buried its dead throughout the night and troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- Lone Doctor Battles To Save Blast Wounded (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 09, 2006)
A lone doctor at a small private hospital in Malegaon struggled on Saturday to treat some 100 bomb victims, single-handedly operating on dozens of them to take out splinters and sew up gaping wounds.
- 35 Killed, 150 Injured In Indian Mosque Blasts (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least 35 people were killed and 150 injured after at least two blasts near a mosque in the west Indian town of Malegaon, officials said.
- 37 Die In Malegaon Blasts (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 09, 2006)
An indefinite curfew has been imposed in Malegaon town, 180 km from here, after riots broke out in the wake of bomb blasts this afternoon that claimed at least 37 lives. More than 200 persons were injured in the incident.
- M’Rashtra Blasts Kill 38 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least 38 people were killed and over 100 grievously hurt when three powerful explosions rocked the communally sensitive textile town of Malegaon in Nasik district of North Maharashtra, 180 km from here, in a terrorist strike on Friday.
- Bodies Of 46 Miners Recovered From Colliery (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of 46 miners from a mine at the Nagda colliery of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) at Bhatdih in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. The bodies of four others have been traced.
- Major Arms Haul In A.P. (Hindu, Suresh Krishnamurthy, Sep 09, 2006)
Seizure includes 42 rocket launchers, 1,000 empty shells and 35 improvised landmines
Maoists planned to use the weapons on police stations: police chief
Arms seized from a transport company godown.
- 31 Killed, 100 Injured In Malegaon Blasts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
People gathered for Friday prayers targeted; situation in city tense; red alert in Maharashtra .
- Task Force Set Up For Community-Based Disaster Management Teams (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Will integrate NGOs, networks for co-ordinated action in the state
- Dvac Raid On Houses Of Former Ministers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
In the first major operation by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) against AIADMK functionaries after the Dravida Munnetra Kazghagam came to power, searches were conducted in 23 places in the State on Friday in connection with . . .
- Experts Moot Tribal Development Authority For Jarawas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
"Intervention should be limited to health, food security and should be guided by experts"
Authority will study all aspects of their life
All contact with the tribe should be closely monitored
They should not be introduced to alien food . . .
- Proposal For Scholarship Scheme For Merit Seats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Cabinet sub-committee to study recommendations of Mohammed panel
- Jammu’S Aiims Project Falls (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Sep 09, 2006)
The prestigious project of setting up a new hospital at Narwal, named as Jammu’s All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), has been rejected by the Union Health Ministry. The upgradation of Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu will now take . . .
- 38 Killed, Over 150 Injured In 3 Malegaon Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Terrorists struck again in Maharashtra today, killing at least 38 people and injuring over 150 in three blasts including one in a mosque in this communally sensitive Muslim-dominated town.
- Bid To Trigger Blasts In Jammu Hospital Foiled (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Security forces foiled an attempt by terrorists plan to set off blasts in hospital foiled to set off blasts at sub-district hospital Beerwah and Agriculture department in Kishtwar, while a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was injured in a grenade . . .
- Care For Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 09, 2006)
The least that the country can do as a gratitude to soldiers is to look after them in their hour of need. It is all the more necessary to take care of the families of those who happen to die in the discharge of their onerous duties.
- Scientists Return To Their Roots (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
In the Sixties and Seventies, they left India on scholarships to go to the US. Today they head leading-edge science at the world's top institutes - and have no plans of returning home.
- Blasts Rock Malegaon; 31 Killed, Over 100 Injured (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least 31 people died and over 100 were injured in three explosions in Muslim-dominated Malegaon, 300 km from Mumbai, on Friday. It was the first instance of serial bombings specifically targeting Muslims in Maharashtra.
- A Vegetative Patient Baffles Docs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
A 23-year-old woman, who had been in a vegetative state ever since she suffered devastating brain damage in a traffic accident, has stunned doctors by performing mental tasks for them.
- If Only Tax Disputes Had The Pace Of Turnkey Projects (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2006)
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Godavari Fertilisers and Petrochemicals, Petronet LNG and Essar Oil.
- 37 Die In Indian Mosque Blasts (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Some 37 people were killed and 50 injured on Friday when three bombs exploded as hundreds of Muslims poured out of a mosque in western India, officials said.
- Videocon Offers $700 Mn To Buy Daewoo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The race for takeovers abroad is getting hotter. After Tata Tea’s buyout of American energy drink giant Glaceau for $677 million, it’s the turn of Videocon group to make Corporate India’s biggest overseas acquisition ever.
- Blast Near Us Embassy In Kabul (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The driver of a car packed with explosives rammed into a US military convoy in Kabul on Friday, killing himself and at least 16 others, including two American soldiers.
- When Government Falls Prey To Businessmen (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Sep 09, 2006)
For instance, the Haryana government is willing to hand over vast tracts of land to an Indian MNC
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
All kind of train service between Hyderabad and Karachi has been suspended due to damage to rail track at the site of washed away bridge at Ranpathani .
- Six Killed, 21 Injured In Rakhani Blast (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Six persons were killed and 21 injured in bomb blast in Rakhani town of Barkhan district on Loralai DG Khan Road. The incident took place Friday.
- Advani Raps Cong Chief, Pm (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 09, 2006)
In a scathing attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for skipping the Congress function for singing of Vande Matram, Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha LK on Friday said that "Those who cannot with conviction . . .
- Terror Revisits Maharashtra; At Least 38 Killed In Twin Blasts (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Terrorists struck again in Maharashtra on Friday, killing at least 38 people, including children, and injuring over 100 in three blasts including one in a Mosque-cum-graveyard in the communally sensitive Muslim-dominated town of Malegaon.
- From `Absolute Advantage' To `Yunus, Muhammad' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2006)
The pillars of globalisation include `the free cross-border movements of goods and services, foreign direct investment, financial capital, labour and technology.' At a broader level, globalisation `also embraces international flows of ideas, . . .
- Hike In Da (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2006)
The Centre’s decision to raise the dearness allowance by 5 per cent has not enthused its employees. Rather they feel “let down”. There are mainly two reasons for their disappointment.
- Innovations Galore (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Sep 09, 2006)
Scientists have recently come up with a device which appears to beat magic at its own game.
- Where Doctors And Patients Are Missing (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2006)
THE first thing that strikes you about Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, is how huge the building is. A big edifice, and along with it, another half-finished OPD block.
- 3 Killed, 14 Hurt In Baluchistan Blast (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The situation in Baluchistan continues to remain unstable and unpredictable, 13 days after the killing of senior Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
- Self-Harm: Life — You’Re Worth It (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
Over the last two and a half decades, the number of cases of self-harm (suicides) in Karnataka has been steadily rising year on year.
- Terror Kills 38, Targets A Divided Town (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Sep 09, 2006)
Barely two months after a highway chase led police to Malegaon’s communally divided by-lanes in search of explosives and ammunition, five blasts rocked this Maharashtra town just as Friday afternoon prayers were winding up, killing at least 38 . . .
- 900 Rockets Meant For Ap Naxals Seized, Tn Firm Under The Scanner (Indian Express, Karn Kowshik, Sep 09, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh police today seized nearly 900 rockets along with 27 shoulder-held launchers from two districts, leading to Tamil Nadu police raids on a Chennai-based transport they said had sent these consignments meant for Naxalites.
- Suicide Epidemic Among Farmers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 09, 2006)
The suicide epidemic that has hit our farmers is not confined to just one district, one state or one particular crop. There could be some debate about the quantum of the epidemic and its nature.
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