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Articles 2621 through 2720 of 20587:
- Ganja, Liquor Bottles Seized During Raids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
The police seized ganja and liquor bottles from different parts of the district during raids on Wednesday.
- Online Lottery Racket Busted In Mysore; Four Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Officials of the City Crime Branch have unearthed an illegal online lottery racket in the city and have arrested four persons on the charge of gambling.
- Obesity Problems Dog Indians (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
Health problems related to obesity are hitting Asians, including Indians, harder than other ethnic groups because doctors using a one-size-fits-all diagnosis fail to pick it up, experts said.
- Air India Relaxes Security Measures (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Air India has relaxed the security measures that had angered passengers from Bahrain.
- `Assess Impact Of Change In Pluto Status' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil has urged Indian scholars to study and assess the possible impact of recent changes in the status of Pluto as a planet on the astrological calculations.
- 'The Anti-Quota Attitude Is Over' (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 08, 2006)
Veerappa Moily, a veteran Congress leader from Karnataka, became chief minister of the state briefly during 1992-94 and was credited with cleaning up the administration.
- Risks Of Online Genetic Testing (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 08, 2006)
Since the human genome went public, a raft of websites has offered to analyse our DNA -- for a price. But at what cost to our health?
- What The Heart Does Not Feel, The Eye Cannot See (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 08, 2006)
After 15 years of a battering from hostile policies and governments, the world of the peasant has turned highly fragile. But the onus of changing is on the farmer. Not on those driving a cruel process and system.
- 30 Trapped Miners Die (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
At least 30 miners of the 57 trapped deep inside a coal mine were killed after an explosion inside the mine in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district late on Wednesday night.
- Foreign Aid Or Economic Freedom? (The Financial Express, Parth J Shah, Sep 08, 2006)
FDI and remittances have the potential to offset aid as important engines of growth in South Asia
- Sins Of The Father (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
t is impossible not to sympathise with Mr Veerappa Moily, the chairman of the Oversight Committee on Reservations and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, as he battles the street-level threats and plain bullying of . . .
- Clash Within Civilisation (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Sep 08, 2006)
In two recent incidents, Muslim lives have been lost in violence.
- Captain Strikes Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
Twenty-five years ago, it seemed that most fearful of all infectious illnesses - tuberculosis - was in terminal decline.
- Bridge The Digital Divide (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
Development agencies, the United Nations, poor countries and now the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are clamouring for the wonders of information and communication technology (ICT) to cure the ills of the developing world: Rich people have . . .
- Unsung Hero In A Time Warp (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
At a time when the nation is going to celebrate the 150th anniversary of First War of Independence of 1857 next year, it is propitious to remember the sacrifices of martyrs of the freedom struggle. Jatindranath Mukherjee, popularly known as Bagha . . .
- Life After Fidel (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 08, 2006)
Fidel castro's succession may be easier to agree than Tony Blair’s, but there is plenty of chatter in Havana and beyond about what will happen when the iconic Cuban leader is no longer in charge.
- Saddam Lawyer’S Aide Shot Dead (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
An assistant to one of the defence lawyers in the trial of Iraq’s ex-President Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants over the alleged genocide of Kurds has been found dead, a lawyer said on Thursday.
- This Too Shall Pass (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
Manish Adhikary's mind takes a curious ride on a number of important issues gripping the people when he is left idle by a midnight power cut
- Foreign Aid Or Economic Freedom? (Business Standard, Parth J Shah, Sep 08, 2006)
Aid leads to larger government while economic freedom eventually results in higher FDI and growth.
- Trial Ground For Disaster (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 08, 2006)
During Israel’s blitz on Lebanon, UN agencies and major aid organisations based themselves at the luxurious Movenpick Hotel and resort on the seafront near Beirut’s Pigeon Rocks landmark.
- Clean Bill Of Health To Economy (Business Line, A. Seshan, Sep 08, 2006)
RBI Annual Report
- What Banking Crisis? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 08, 2006)
Though lakhs of small depositors all over the country get affected any time a private bank goes bust, few regional language papers except those in Marathi followed the crisis of the United Western Bank being put under . . .
- Development Takes A Backseat (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
A National Sample Survey Organisation study done for the Unicef paints a dismal picture of traditions hampering development in the country.
- Cm Visits Valley Flood Hit Areas (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has taken up the matter of release of Central assistance for flood affected people with the concerned union ministry and central leadership.
- Not Out Of Joint (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 08, 2006)
It says much for the sense of propriety that inspires The Times that in 1990 it deleted from the obituary of a gardening journalist called Peter Coats the suggestion that as ADC in Delhi to Lord Wavell he had been the viceroy’s gay lover.
- Metrowater Board Fully An Official Body Now (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Sep 08, 2006)
With Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin, the only non-official representative on the Board of Directors of Chennai Metrowater, being replaced by the Secretary of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) department, the water . . .
- Us Debates Stance Towards Musharraf (Tribune, Selig S. Harrison, Sep 08, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is supposedly a key US ally in the “war on terror.”
- Punjab Cm’S Farm Has ‘Only Mongolian Pheasants’ (Tribune, Pratibha Chauhan, Sep 08, 2006)
The state’s wildlife authorities are awaiting a reply from Punjab Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh in response to the notice issued by them regarding exotic species of birds at his Dochi farm near Chail, it has been reported there are only three . . .
- Study: Gene Dual Role In Ageing (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Scientists delving into the mysteries of ageing have uncovered a key gene that could explain why tissues decline as the years pass.
- Let Wanted To Kill Vajpayee, Advani (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists arrested in connection with the IISc attack have revealed during a narco-analysis test that they had planned to attack Vidhana Soudha, Hewlett-Packard (HP) buildings, a mosque and the RSS building on HAL Road.
- A Killing Death Rite (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Sep 08, 2006)
And what about us?” she asked suddenly. “What do we do?”
- Arrests In Denmark (OutLook, B. Raman , Sep 08, 2006)
While the world awaits the fifth anniversary of 9/11 with anxiety, Denmark has to deal with yet another anniversary, the publication of Prophet's cartoons on Sep 30, 2005. And now Danish authorities claim to have thwarted "an attack somewhere in Denmark".
- A State Of Missed Chances (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2006)
Jharkhand has made it to the national headlines for the political crisis in Ranchi but this relatively new state deserves a larger, longer look.
- Bjp Waiting For Spring (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Sep 08, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party is yet to discover a strong Central leader since losing power.
- Vidhana Soudha On Lashkar Radar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Two Lashkar-e-Toiba men, arrested by the City police following an attack on IISc Bangalore in December 2005, have revealed during narco-analysis tests that they had planned attacks on vital installations such as the Vidhana Soudha, offices of . . .
- Court Gives 4-Day Police Custody For Bina Ramani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Orders medical examination every 24 hours
- Nod For Autonomy To Jipmer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for converting the Pondicherry-based Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) into an autonomous institution through an Act of Parliament.
- Cm Visits Flood Affected Areas, Assesses Damage (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Directing the administration to show promptness in collection and compilation of flood damage details so that necessary succour is provided to the affected, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that on the basis of these details adequate Central . . .
- A Question Of Work And Death (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2006)
Sometimes limbs get cut with steel” or “you die in one graveyard and go to another”. That is graveyard humour among migrant Oriya and Bengali workers at Alang.
- Cse Pulls Out Of Talks With Coca Cola (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Claiming that public policy on setting norms for softdrinks has been “compromised”, the Centre for Science and Environment today pulled out of talks with Coca Cola to discuss the issue of pesticide residues in its products.
- 13 Killed In Road Mishap (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Thirteen persons, including nine women and a seven-year-old girl, were killed when the tractor-trailer in which they travelling overturned and fell into a gorge along the Anandpur Sahib hydel canal here this afternoon.
- The Human Mind (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
It is common to find that a person is concerned more about his body and its health but not about his mind.
- Japanese Princess Gives Birth To Long-Awaited Boy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Japan’s Princess Kiko today gave birth to the royal family’s first boy in more than 40 years, easing a succession crisis and silencing calls to let a woman lead the world’s oldest monarchy.
- Much Work, Many Worlds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 07, 2006)
On the football field or behind a toddy-shop counter, here are some women holding their own against unusual odds
“I have been around since Indira Gandhi’s time,” declared Saleha Bibi, sitting with a natural magnificence on the pavement in . . .
- Preventing The Child Malnutrition In India (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 07, 2006)
A joint study carried out by the United Nation World Fund Programme and Dr M S Swaminathan Research Foundation during 2002, indicates that child malnutrition is very high in India. It is more so in urban areas with 36 per cent of urban children . . .
- Rupee Convertibility (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Sep 07, 2006)
The much hyped capital account convertibility (CAC) report has been dealt its first blow. The left is planning to step up pressure on the Manmohan Singh Government against allowing full CAC, which it says it going to lead to "currency crisis and . . .
- Us Fears Biological, Nuclear Attacks (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
While most Americans focus on the threat of another aviation attack like the September 11 hijackings, the US government is quietly working to prevent something far worse — a catastrophic strike with a weapon of mass destruction.
- Life After Bugti (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 07, 2006)
It was always on the cards that the government of Pakistan would mishandle the situation arising out of the death of Akbar Bugti. When the head of state is dependant upon advice of moderate quality on matters of critical importance, he will not . . .
- Too Much Irony (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 07, 2006)
Sad as it is, Nawab Akbar Bugti's passing away has raised a plethora of questions about the political scene in Pakistan and the role of foreign elements in governing our state.
- `There's A Premium That Foreign Companies Need To Pay For Their India . . . (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 07, 2006)
"More than half the deals consummated globally do not create shareholder value, although this trend is improving." MR ROHIT KAPUR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KPMG INDIA PRIVATE LTD.
- Controlling Pesticide Use (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistan's first pesticide manufacturing plant, expected to open later this month near Lahore, will reportedly save the country nearly four billion rupees a year in foreign exchange.
- Miranshah Accord Was Need Of The Hour (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 07, 2006)
The militants and the Government have signed an accord to restore peace and order in North Waziristan Agency. Under the agreement negotiated by the Grand Tribal Jirga, the militants will not give shelter foreigners and launch cross-border . . .
- Pakistan Vows To Help Kabul Crush Taliban (Reuters, SAYED SALAHUDDIN, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistan, criticised by some Afghan leaders over cross-border infiltration by the Taliban, vowed on Wednesday to help its neighbour fight terrorism as Afghanistan battles its worst violence in five years.
- Expansive India Sets Trading Sights On West Africa (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Mangoes stand piled high in red, orange and green stacks, a traditional sight on the roadsides of Senegal during the harvest season.
- India's Downtrodden Disabled Find Power In The Law (Reuters, Daniel Sorid , Sep 07, 2006)
When disabled Hindu worshippers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu were blocked from entering temples with their wheelchairs and crutches, Meenakshi Balasubramanian knew she had the law on her side.
- A Template Approach To Eleventh Plan? (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, Sep 07, 2006)
The Planning Commission has approached the Eleventh Plan with `mundane templating', ignoring the issues on the ground. India deserves something bigger, better and fresh.
- Healthcare: The Price Of Well-Being (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 07, 2006)
The current political economy of healthcare makes India one of the most privatised health sectors in the world. Out-of-pocket expenditure of the citizens is the main mechanism of financing healthcare.
- A Gentleman Among Politicians (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 07, 2006)
For a while my residential address in Patna was “behind Satyendra Narain Sinha’s house”. His was the most elegant house on Boring Road, though high walls blocked its visibility.
- Nyc Children Are Hounded By Hunger, Obesity (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
One quarter of New York City's 1.9 million children live in poverty — 50% higher than the United States average — and many of these children are overweight, a food supply group said on Tuesday.
- Feudal Federalism (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 07, 2006)
Besides being the capital of the country, Delhi also happens to be the headquarters of the sarkari mindset. Sample this contrast. State government bhavans, which sprawl across vast areas of prime real estate, are on an expansion drive.
- Fighting Fat (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 07, 2006)
One billion people worldwide weigh more than what they're supposed to. Of them, 300 million are obese. Paul Zimmet, chairman of the recently held obesity conference in Sydney, warns: "This insidious, creeping pandemic of obesity is now engulfing . . .
- Back To Square One In Jharkhand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2006)
The pendulum has swung once again in the perennially troubled State of Jharkhand. Four independent MLAs who propped up the Arjun Munda-led National Democratic Alliance Government in return for plum ministerial berths have switched allegiance to the . . .
- Urban Lament (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 07, 2006)
Nowadays I dread meeting people my own age in Chennai. Not because we exchange a litany of woes about our aches and pains of osteoporosis or our sacrifice of pickles and papadams.
- Musharraf Vows To Help Kabul Crush Taliban (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Says Pakistan and Afghanistan must work together to fight common enemy
Discusses drug trade, economic ties with Karzai.
- Menace Of Rad-Tape Culture (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Sep 07, 2006)
President Musharraf has been attacking the ubiquitous red tape that stifles the administrative system in the country. He has done that several times in recent weeks, particularly when he meets foreign investors or inaugurates their projects.
- Pawar Denies Telgi Charge (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Names of prominent politicians such as Union agriculture minister and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra minister for public works Chhagan Bhujbal have now cropped up in the tapes which were recorded while fake stamp papers case prime . . .
- Ruined In Ranchi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2006)
Whichever way the latest crisis goes in Jharkhand, the dream of a new beginning in a new state has wilted young. The infant state in November 2000 looked so very good on paper.
- Dereserve These Myths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2006)
A special series in The Indian Express is highlighting the sense of siege Muslims in our cities find themselves to be under.
- Prospects For Kannur Airport Brighten (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
The Centre is willing to make an exception for Kerala in the stipulation that all new airports of the country should have a second runway. An assurance to this effect was given to Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan by Union Minister of State . . .
- Fresh Probe Into Stamp Paper Scam Hinted At (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Chief Minister criticises slow pace of CBI inquiry
Chief Minister stays at a Dalit's house in Dadada Kallahalli
`Overnight stay at remote villages is not a publicity gimmick' .
- Corruption Of Youth (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Sep 07, 2006)
Student unions and elections are a must in a democracy but they should be free of politicians.
- Wildlife Warrior (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 07, 2006)
Irwin lived life dangerously and died dangerously too.
- Who Sounds Global Alert Over Deadly New Tb Strains (Deccan Herald, Sarah Boseley, Sep 07, 2006)
The new strains are known as extreme drug-resistant TB, or XDR-TB.
- Pawar, Roshan Baig Feel Telgi Heat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
The can of worms opened by the belated release of VCDs of fake stamp racket kingpin Abdul Kareem Telgi’s “confessions” during a narco analysis test three years ago, continued to rock the political and police establishment mainly in Maharashtra . . .
- Amazonian Tribal People Speak Out (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2006)
Brazil's Mehinaku are threatened by pollution and hydroelectric dams. The Enawene Nawe are fighting ranchers and soya growers devastating land in Mato Grosso.
- ‘Migration Of Medicos Affects Healthcare In Poor Nations’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Migration of doctors, nurses and midwives from poor countries, where healthcare systems are already in bad shape due to under-funding, to wealthier countries is creating “unprecedented” healthcare crisis in migrants’ own nations, a new UN report . . .
- Putting The Small First (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 07, 2006)
Studies suggest the scale of the problem of AIDS in rural areas has largely been left out.
- Flood Situation Eases In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 07, 2006)
Crop loss put at Rs. 200 crore; lakhs rendered homeless
Massive damage to property and crop, particularly in South Kashmir
Around 444 villages under water in Kashmir; 155 under water in Jammu
Over 93,000 hectares of land with standing crop . . .
- Naxal's Mother To Receive Interest On Compensation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Twenty nine years after her son Seeralan, a naxalite, died in police custody, 75-year-old Baggiam Duraisamy is set to get Rs. 1.2 lakh towards interest for the compensation paid by the government.
- Ahmadinejad Calls For Purge Of Liberals (Hindu, Robert Tait and Ewen MacAskill, Sep 07, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fired an ominous warning at the country's educated elites by calling for a purge of ``liberal and secular'' academics in the country's universities.
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