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Articles 3221 through 3320 of 20587:
- 'Bad Behaviour Not Terrorism' (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Aug 25, 2006)
All 12 passengers held after displaying worrying behaviour on a Mumbai-bound Northwest Airlines flight were being released on Thursday after being cleared of suspicion of terrorist intentions, public radio said.
- A Helping Hand For Hiv-Infected (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Women's Co-operative Finance Corporation launches training programme
- State-Level Eye Donation Programme To Be Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Distribution of copies of eye donation documents under way .
- 16 Killed, 22 Injured In Darhal Bus Accident (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Sixteen persons including three women, a JE and a police constable were killed and 22 others were injured when a semi video coach bus rolled down about 200 feet into a gorge after front wheels of the bus got separated from the vehicle at Danna Top . . .
- Karma Cola (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
There was no need for health minister A Ramadoss to issue a clean (of pesticides) chit to Coca-Cola and Pepsi. As Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment pointed out, he spoke the language of the cola companies.
- Government Claim On Chikungunya Disputed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Dr. Ramadoss says Chikungunya is a non-fatal disease
- `Population Policy Should Transform People Into Assets' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Invest in education, health and skills: Manmohan
- The Eu Influx Into U.K. (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2006)
A total of 447,000 young, single, eastern Europeans have officially come to Britain looking for work over the past two years, according to Home Office (Ministry of the Interior) figures published on Tuesday.
- Ltte Denies Links With U.S. Arrests (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 24, 2006)
This is not our way of operating, say Tigers
- U.K. Aid For Child Health Plan (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 24, 2006)
For more than a lakh women giving birth means death
£252 million funding to be spent over five years
Other donors include World Bank, EU and U.N. agencies.
- Where Does The Buck Stop? (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 24, 2006)
Despite poverty, India has emerged as a world leader. The PM’s expression of helplessness is not understandable.
- Bottled-Up Plans (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
There'sll now be bottles full of comments, not all of them objective or scientific, on whose science is better:
- Tatas Swallow 30% Of Glaceau For $677 M (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Executing India Inc’s biggest non-oil foreign acquisition yet, the Tata Group is all set to invest $677 million (Rs 3,152 crore) in Glaceau, for a 30 per cent stake in the US-based flavoured water maker.
- Enforcing The Peace: New Role For Indian Army In Lebanon (Asia Times, Seema Mustafa, Aug 24, 2006)
The Indian Army has no reservations about continuing as part of the strengthened United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, although a final decision is still to be taken by the government.
- Israel Purposely Hit Civilian Targets: Ai (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Rights group Amnesty International (AI) accused Israel on Wednesday of deliberately targeting civilians during its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon and said the Jewish state may be guilty of war crimes.
- Bihar Government Accused Of ``Misleading'' People (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Pradesh Congress Committee releases chargesheet
- Bullet Of Destiny (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2006)
The bullet that accidentally injured drag-flicker Sandeep Singh has in a way wounded every Indian hockey lover.
- Betrayed’ Trs Boss On Hunger Strike (Telegraph, DHIRENDRA K. JHA, Aug 24, 2006)
Fighting a two-pronged battle — against the Congress’s “betrayal” and the move within his party to edge him out — Telengana Rashtra Samiti chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao today began an indefinite hunger strike.
- ‘Money Goes To Black Coat, White Coat And Thieves’ (Deccan Herald, CP Bhambhri, Aug 24, 2006)
Janardhan Reddy released 4 video CDs and 1 audio CD. While 3 video CDs showed the conversation (in Hindi & English) among the mine owners, exporters and a ‘sting’ operator, the audio CD . . .
- Us Crackdown Setback For Ltte (Asia Times, M.R. Narayan Swamy, Aug 24, 2006)
The arrest of eight Tamil men in the US on charges of attempting to buy sophisticated weapons marks a new low for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers, now battling the most serious military and diplomatic challenges in its three-decade history.
- Ban On Wedding Meals And Other Bad Laws (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 24, 2006)
One bad law — ban on wedding meals — the citizens of Pakistan have tacitly resisted since its enforcement in 1997 has been amended by parliament with near unanimity.
- Bush Phones Musharraf; Me Crisis Discussed (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
US President George W. Bush telephoned President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday and expressed words of appreciation for Pakistan’s support in the global fight against terrorism.
- One-Dish Meal At Weddings (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2006)
Ground realities were recognised on Tuesday when both houses of parliament passed a bill allowing ‘one-dish’ meals at wedding receptions.
- State Curbs On Pepsico Potatoes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Although averse to banning its beverages, the state government today imposed restrictions on Pepsico India for cultivation of the Atlantic variety of potato which the company is distributing among farmers for supplying to its subsidiary company, . . .
- Exploring Tourism Potential Of Jammu And Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
If Kashmir is paradise on earth, Jammu is the gateway to reach this heaven. Similarly, Ladakh is the crown of India; all the three regions of the State of Jammu and Kashmir have been blessed by nature with much more to be offered to the tourists.
- Nation & States: Iii (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
UP's economic resurgence cannot be brought about merely by bringing into the state a few industrialists or entrepreneurs.
- Export Exuberance (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
The data released by the ministry of commerce and industry last week indicate a high degree of buoyancy on the trade front.
- Landmark Ruling (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 24, 2006)
Throwing acid on women deserves severest punishment.
- Mass Hysteria (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 24, 2006)
Miracles are born of blind faith and insecurity.
- Illusions On Sale (Deccan Herald, Don Lee , Aug 24, 2006)
In this populous city of fanatical shoppers, Plaza 66 is what some locals call a gui gouwu zhongxin — a ghost mall. The prices are so high that no one buys much. But then, no one really cares.
- The Controversy Loses Its Fizz (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 24, 2006)
The fact that an expert committee constituted by the Union health ministry has found infirmities in CSE’s pesticide findings is unlikely to bring the controversy to an end, given its quasi-ideological nature.
- Cancerous News Of Malignant Prostate (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 24, 2006)
The Government has announced that Dr A Q Khan, father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme is suffering from prostate cancer.
- Ramadoss’ Defence Of Colas Angers Mps (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Colas seem to be losing their fizz in India, with parliamentarians, environmentalists and ordinary citizens demanding a complete ban on carbonated drinks, which according to a recent study contains high quantities of pesticides, which are health hazards.
- Quota Stir: Docs To Increase The Dose (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The medical fraternity’s confrontation with the government over the 27% reservation for the other backward classes (OBCs) in centrally-funded educational institutions appeared to be intensifying with the resident doctors of the All India Institute . . .
- Is Living Injurious To Health? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The renewed pesticides-in-cola controversy is an example of stoking emotions with inaccurate data and faulty analysis; it is a useful reminder of the need for accurate scientific reporting
- Globalisation: Seizing The Opportunities (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Aug 24, 2006)
Expedite work on trade facilitation reforms, innovative regional pacts and trade in services
- Sez Numbers Game (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The 46 new special economic zones (SEZ) cleared by the government takes the total to 150, the ceiling set by the empowered group of ministers. The government is still to decide on the many remaining proposals.
- Curdling Social Justice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 24, 2006)
So the Union Cabinet has cleared a draft Bill on reservations for OBCs in higher educational institutions that will include members from the ‘creamy layer’ of the category.
- 16 Die As Bus Falls Into Gorge (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
As many as 16 persons were killed and 35 were injured when their bus rolled into a 250-feet deep gorge in the border district of Rajouri today.
- Pm Stresses Need For Awareness On Human Sexuality (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday urged parliamentarians to help create more awareness on issues related to human sexuality considering the social and economic burdens imposed by diseases like HIV/AIDS on the young population.
- Reddy Bomb Turns A Dud (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Aug 24, 2006)
After producing “masked” evidence on Wednesday, which only brought jeers from the media, suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy unmasked himself later in the day.
- Telangana Row: Trs President Begins Indefinite Hunger Strike (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A day after resigning from the UPA government, TRS leader K Chandrasekara Rao on Wednesday began an indefinite hunger strike to press his party's demand for a separate state of Telangana to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh.
- Consumer Culture (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
In the old days, when communist central planning suffocated China's economy, fixed-asset investment was the regime's measure of economic progress.
- Education For All Programme (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 24, 2006)
The strength and vitality of a nation emanates from its literate populace. Literacy begins from home and takes a formal shape in schools that lies in public domain.
- Pakistan Arrests 'Indian' Over Alleged Train Terror Bid (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A suspected Indian national stole a railway engine in Pakistan and tried to drive it into a passenger train in an attempted terror attack, police in the southern city of Karachi claimed today.
- Three Cheers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2006)
The statement of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss seeking to clear the pesticide controversy in cola drinks must be seen in its proper perspective.
- Rajiv Gandhi Award For Devi Cherian (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Ms Devi Cherian, hailing from the Chamba area of Himachal, was today awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Ekta Samman Award-2006 for her achievement in social service and journalism.
- Transform People Into Social And National Assets: Pm....... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the essence of India’s population policy must be one of transforming people into social and national assets and asked Parliamentarians to play an active role in this direction.
- Quota Tempo Rises, Aiims Docs On Leave Today (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Protesting the introduction of reservations in elite institutions, resident doctors of AIIMS have decided to go on mass casual leave on August 24. As a build-up, on Wednesday, medicos across the Capital observed black day against police action on . . . .
- Quota Protests Continue As Doctors Observe 'Black Day' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Resident doctors of Delhi's medical colleges were marking Wednesday as a black day and declared they would go on mass leave on Thursday to protest the decision to implement caste-based quotas in central universities and institutes.
- Q&a:'ban On Soft Drinks Prompted By Health Reasons' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 24, 2006)
It was the ruling Left Democratic Front led by CPM that asked the Kerala government to ban the production and sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi. However, the other Left-ruled states, West Bengal and Tripura, have not followed the Kerala example.
- More Than Soft Drinks, Hard Facts (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 24, 2006)
It seems you can you have your Coke and drink it too? The controversy is getting curiouser with Minister of Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss questioning the findings of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on pesticide levels in colas.
- Israel Deliberately Hit Civilian Targets: Amnesty (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A report by the human rights organisation Amnesty International accuses Israel of deliberately attacking civilian targets during the recent conflict in Lebanon.
- Pak Arrests ‘Indian’ Over Alleged Train Terror Bid (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A suspected Indian national stole a railway engine in Pakistan and tried to drive it into a passenger train in an attempted terror attack, the police in the southern city of Karachi claimed today.
- Ramadoss Denies Giving Clean Chit To Cola Companies (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss tonight said he has not given any clean chit to the soft drink companies on the pesticide issue and threatened to file a defamation case about "colluding" with the soft drink manufacturers.
- Aiims Docs On Mass Casual Leave Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Thursday is going to be a not-so-pleasant deja vu for patients at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- Quota Bill To List Exempt Institutes (Times of India, Akshaya Mukul, Aug 24, 2006)
The final Bill on SC/ST/OBC reservation in aided institutions, approved by the Cabinet on Monday, provides a list of institutes of higher learning that would be exempted from the quota regime.
- Indian Activists Plan Coca-Cola, Pepsi Blockades (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
An Indian environmental group said on Wednesday it would temporarily paralyse the supply of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products in the country after another group said it had found dangerous levels of pesticides in their drinks.
- Cola Report Lacks Fizz, Says Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Even though Kerala and Karnataka have initiated legal action against cola companies alleging high-level of pesticides in soft drinks, the Centre on Tuesday said that the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) report does not conclusively prove . . .
- Mysore City Development Plan To Be Submitted To Centre Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Revised plan will incorporate heritage component, says D.T. Jayakumar
CDP to be submitted within 60 days
This is necessary for JNNURM funds.
- Students Threaten Anti-Quota Stir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
"Government cannot introduce the Bill when the matter is still sub judice"
- Government Doctors Call Off Day-Old Strike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Seven persons involved in attack on Visakhapatnam doctor arrested .
- How The Cabinet Lined Up On Obc Quota (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 23, 2006)
Final decision will reflect Prime Minister's three concerns
T.R. Baalu makes a case for complete changeover to new quota regime for OBCs
Kapil Sibal points out legal difficulties and problems.
- Aiims Fails To Send Shahbuddin's Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Much to the surprise of the Patna High Court, a sealed cover from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences did not contain a report on the health of the Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Mohammed Shahbuddin and it directed the Registrar-General to procure . . .
- Frenzy On The Waterfront (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
A willing suspension of rational thinking
We are witnessing a crisis of rationality in the country’s financial capital. And the contradictions in the nation’s psyche may not have appeared so stark had the weekend frenzy on the waterfront not . . .
- Channel For Sars Virus Release Discovered (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Chinese scientists today announced that an international research team had made a breakthrough in the treatment of the deadly SARS disease by identifying the "channel" through which the virus enters the human body.
- Pro-Quota Doctors Slam Govt For Diluting Reservation Policy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Pro-quota medicos today attacked the government for "diluting" the provisions of the proposal for reservation for OBCs in elite educational institutions by excluding the creamy layer from the ambit of the policy.
- Fresh Protests Erupt In India Over College Quotas (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Police fired tear gas and used water canons to disperse student protesters in New Delhi on Tuesday as a fresh outcry erupted over a government move to reserve more college places for lower caste candidates.
- India Says Cola Pesticide Charges Not Proven (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Tuesday an environmental group that said soft drinks produced by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo contain high levels of pesticides had failed to prove its claims.
- What Confucius Taught About Sitting Quietly (Hindu, Karen Armstrong, Aug 23, 2006)
Zhuangzi, the great Daoist sage who lived in the 4th century BCE, told an illuminating story about Confucius. One day his favourite disciple Yan Hui triumphantly announced that he could not remember anything Confucius had taught him.
- Bid To Spread Awareness About Aids In Mp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Red Ribbon Club for students launched .
- Smoking Kills And Your Right To Know (Daily Excelsior, Narinder Sharma, Aug 23, 2006)
Four million unnecessary deaths per year, 11,000 every day. Its rare - if not impossible - to find examples in history that match tobacco's programmed trail of death and destruction.
- Illusions On Sale (Deccan Herald, Don Lee , Aug 23, 2006)
In this populous city of fanatical shoppers, Plaza 66 is what some locals call a gui gouwu zhongxin — a ghost mall. The prices are so high that no one buys much. But then, no one really cares.
- Tv-Mediated Activism (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Aug 23, 2006)
People turn insensitive to issues in course of time due to over exposure of events on television.
- Accidentally Shot At On Train, Hockey Star Sandeep Is ‘Grave’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Barely two weeks to go for the hockey World Cup in Germany, Indian drag-flick specialist Sandeep Singh was accidentally shot at and seriously injured on board the New Delhi-bound Kalka-Delhi Shatabdi Express this morning.
- School Attacked In Jharkhand (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A group of armed miscreants attacked a missionary school, critically injuring a Christian priest and the institution director, in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district on Monday night
- Hiding In The House (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
Is the spirit of Indian federalism damaged by electoral law amendments dispensing with domicile requirements for Rajya Sabha? Is this a case of grievous injury to the Constitution’s ‘basic structure’?
- Anti-Reservation Stir Comes Back To Life (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
If April was the cruellest month for anti-quota protesters in the Capital, Tuesday signalled an August replay.
- Anti-Quota Stir Comes Back To Life (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
If April was the cruellest month for anti-quota protesters in the Capital, Tuesday signalled an August replay.
- Oop Amendment Challenged In Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A Trinamool Congress MP has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of the amended Office of Profit Act, which exempts 45 positions from the purview of disqualification.
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