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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 20587:
- 20 Injured In 2 Grenade Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
At least 20 persons were injured in separate grenade explosions on Friday at Baramulla and Sopore while as two militants believed to be belonging to Harkat-ul-Mujahideen were killed in an encounter at Manzgam, Kulgam.
- Ideal Drink? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 12, 2006)
Both of them are no more but there had been an interesting meeting between Mulk Raj Saraf, Father of Journalism in Jammu and Kashmir, and Morarji Desai when the latter was the Prime Minister.
- Israel Gives Orders For Wider War: 15 Killed In Airstrikes (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Strikes by Israeli warplanes across Lebanon on Friday killed 15 civilians, including 11 in an attack on a key bridge.
- `Agriculture, Education And Health To Get A Boost' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Another Green Revolution in the offing: Minister
Says these sectors were the "most neglected" during the UDF rule
UDF Government accused of helping private profiteers
- India, Pakistan Need To Move Ahead (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 12, 2006)
The two neighbours have too much at stake to allow the peace process to drift further.
- ‘Journalist On Wheels’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
The former princely state of Patiala was one of the pioneer promoters of sports in general and cricket in particular.
- Sc: Any Govt Policy On Terror Compensation? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Does the Centre have a compensation policy for victims of bomb blasts? This question by the Supreme Court to the Centre on Friday reflected a marked change in the situation prevailing in the country.
- 'Rehabilitation Crucial For Curing Mental Illness' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 12, 2006)
On August 6, 2000, 28 mentally ill patients were killed in a fire at an asylum in Erwadi in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.
- Rendezvous With Arthur (Times of India, NARAYANI GANESH, Aug 12, 2006)
Hailing a taxi from a hotel in Colombo, I gave the address of the destination to the driver. "Sorry", he said. He didn't know the place. Desperate, I pleaded that I would miss my appointment with Arthur C Clarke.
- 5.2 Millions Hiv Infected In India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
India has an estimated 5.2 million HIV infected persons, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
- Uk Muslims Fear Backlash Over Airline Terror Plot (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Muslim leaders here reacted with anxiety and scepticism after 24 people, all British citizens with many believed to be of Pakistani origin, were arrested overnight in connection with a plot to down US-bound planes.
- Ultras Were In Final Stage To Bomb Planes (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Terrorists had planned to blow up 10 US-bound planes by mixing a British sports drink with a gel-like substance and were hoping to stage a practice run followed by actual attacks "within days", security officials said today.
- Populist Fizz (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
Kerala's heavy-handed and self-defeating stance of banning the manufacture and consumption of colas should have cautioned other state governments to the dangers of such impromptu and irrational action.
- Ten Reasons I Couldn’T Get My Fix From Bbc (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Aug 12, 2006)
I watched BBC World on Thursday night and Friday morning - and fought cold turkey. Beeb was going big on the Heathrow/foiled terrorist plot story. But I wasn’t getting my fix.
- 'Jet Employee' Among Britain Terror Suspects (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Britain on Friday identified 19 of the 24 suspected terrorists who allegedly plotted to destroy US-bound planes and froze their assets.
- The Coming Tsunami Of Trash (Deccan Herald, Niall Ferguson, Aug 12, 2006)
With plastic, a new kind of pollutant entered the sea; one that has taken more than a century to degrade.
- Let’S Go Beyond Colahal (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 12, 2006)
How much the politicians in this country love any controversy which diverts the people’s attention from basic issues which they have failed to solve even 59 years after Independence!
- Jet Airways Heathrow Security Staffer Is Among 24 Held For . . . (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
A 23-year-old employee of Jet Airways at Heathrow is one of the 24 people arrested in connection with the planned air terror attack which was foiled on Thursday.
- Rights Of Children (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Aug 12, 2006)
One of the most painful facts of life with regard to young people is the presence of children in the country's prisons.
- Tackling Chikungunya (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2006)
The incidence of chikungunya, the debilitating though non-fatal illness, has reached epidemic proportions in at least eight States.
- Implications Of The F-16 Deal (Dawn, Javid Husain, Aug 12, 2006)
As was to be expected, the Pakistan Foreign Office welcomed on August 3 the approval by the US Congress of the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan and rejected the impression that unprecedented conditions had been accepted by Islamabad to acquire them.
- Uk Bomb Suspect Keen Footballer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Ibrahim Savant, named on Friday as a suspect in an alleged suicide bomb plot on US-bound aircraft, had a regular job and loved football, just like many other young Britons, his neighbours said.
- Probe Into Mumbai Blasts On (Hindu, Prachi Pinglay, Aug 12, 2006)
A month after serial blasts killed 187 people on Mumbai's local trains, the police have still not revealed who was responsible for the attacks or how they were carried out, though eight persons have been arrested.
- A Spurious Crusade (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2006)
As someone who is passionate about saving the environment, it angers me when environmental groups trivialise issues of deep seriousness.
- Corporation Council Accuses Centre Of Scuttling Vizhinjam Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Chinese companies cannot be considered a security threat'
- Sreesanth Is Brand Ambassador For Muthoot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Group plans to invest Rs. 210 crore in infrastructure and hospitality sectors
- Great Past, Sorry Present, Uncertain Future (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
Sridhar K Chari visits the famous medical institutions of Amritsar and finds that they are far from what they used to be and are now struggling on a life-support system
- Gilead, Merck To Distribute Combination Aids Pill (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Gilead Sciences Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. said on Friday they have agreed to distribute a new triple-combination AIDS pill in developing countries.
- Spending On Defence (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
President Musharraf's criticism of those he terms "drawing room critics and pseudo intellectuals" who want a reduction in the country's defence expenditure seems somewhat misplaced. Speaking in Karachi at the launching ceremony of the Agosta . . .
- Say No To Coke, Pepsi (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Aug 12, 2006)
The revelation by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that various soft drinks are unsafe for human consumption has come as an eye-opener.
- Indian, Pak Workers Stir Against 'Bad' Conditions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
More than 750 Indian and Pakistani construction workers went on a strike to protest against "appalling" conditions at their labour camp here after two of the labourers collapsed due to dehydration.
- Soon Mrp On Drugs To Include Local Taxes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Now pay only MRP price printed on drug strips. To prevent patients from being short-charged by pharmacists, the Centre has notified that manufacturers will have to notify prices inclusive of local taxes.
- Natwar Back In Rebel Mudra (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Aug 12, 2006)
praises Nehru, slams PM ---- Suspended Congress leader and former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh on Friday gave unmistakable hints that he would not relent in his campaign against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Downsizing Subsidies (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 12, 2006)
Technology will help break the political stalemate
- Britain Identifies 19 Of 24 In Mass Murder Plot (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
'Key person' among 7 more arrested in Pakistan ---- British officials on Friday identified 19 of the suspects accused of planning to blow up US-bound aircraft in the biggest terrorist plot to be uncovered since 9/11.
- Burdensome Commission (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
Just when the Punjab finances had started improving comes the report about a new pay commission, that too within days of a similar Central announcement.
- The Lifeline Of Maoist Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2006)
In 2002, a former Maoist district commander estimated that the Maoists needed Rs 10 million every month to keep the war going. A halt to their available methods of garnering finance would result in dismantling their militia ----
- Sea Change In The Fee Concept (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck speaks of `pleading for a lover's fee' and asks Oberon, `Shall we their fond pageant see?' A recent case before the apex court was about rice mills' plea that the taxman see the difference between cess and fee.
- The `Darwinian Element' In Supply-Demand Matters (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
"The outlook for the world economy is uncertain at best — and dire at worst," warns Wake Up! But not all is gloomy: If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks. And there are more useful tips in Controlling Currency Mismatches in Emerging Markets.
- For Inclusive Growth (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
The key task is not of raising the economic growth rate to 10 per cent but of sustaining it and spreading it widely.
- Mumbai, Rude? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 12, 2006)
Dressed in crisp black-coats, they stood on the kerb, about 60 of them. Men and women staff of Marine Plaza, stood in silent reverence in front of the glass-tinted hotel, facing Mumbai's famed Marine Drive.
- A City In Perpetual Crisis (Business Standard, Sunil Sethi, Aug 12, 2006)
Mumbai: Forty-eight hours in the megalopolis, stuck mostly in traffic jams, is enough to make one’s thoughts turn as dark and threatening as the furious black clouds rolling overhead.
- The Fizz Of The Matter (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Aug 11, 2006)
It’s important that the public debate on colas should not be limited to the pesticide content.
- Trojan Parasite (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 11, 2006)
Ever wondered why malaria, tuberculosis and cholera — diseases traditionally endemic in developing countries — have dogged us for centuries though medical innovation has helped contain other less rampant diseases?
- Health Scheme Needs To Be Reworked: Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said the Yeshaswini scheme will be reworked into a comprehensive health policy for the poor.
- India Protests To Icrc: How Can You Work With Lashkar? (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 11, 2006)
India has lodged a strong protest with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) over reports that its top officials endorsed a function of the Jamat-ud-Dawa (JUD), considered a front for the Lashkar-e-Toiba, to inaugurate a hospital . . .
- Assume Nothing (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 11, 2006)
The issue is not whether tap water is “just as contaminated” as bottled drinks, but whether we know what we are paying for and ingesting.
- Over 50 Civilians Dead In Lanka Fighting (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The Sri Lankan military attacked Tamil Tiger rebels from land and air on Thursday and the rebels retaliated in heavy fighting that killed at least 10 combatants, officials said.
- Development Hurts (Times of India, Ashish Kothari, Aug 11, 2006)
When farmers in Pen and Raigarh in Maharashtra recently gathered to protest the takeover of their lands for a special economic zone, they were expressing a growing discontent among India's rural masses.
- Kerala’S Cola Karma (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Aug 11, 2006)
What is common to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, All Quiet on the Western Front, Animal Farm, Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, Arabian Nights, Black Beauty, Candide, Canterbury . . .
- Work On Better Alternatives (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
A section of the ruling elite of Pakistan led by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has been stressing on changing the focus to non-traditional areas of security.
- Understand The Jihadi Mindset (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 11, 2006)
What is the link between Kashmir, Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan and West Asia?
- Ban In A Bottle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
Kerala's Coca-Cola Communism ---- The decision of Kerala's Left Democratic Front Government to ban the bottling . . .
- London Terror Plot: Uk Citizens Of Pak Origin Suspected (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Barely a month after the first anniversary of the 7/7 attacks in London, the spectre of home-grown terror came back to haunt the UK on 8/10 as British police and intelligence foiled a suspected al-Qaida plot to blow up 10 US-bound flights from here . . .
- The Zoo’S Not A Jungle, It’S Worse (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
The news is now almost routine, losing its shock value. On Wednesday, yet another tiger died at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda zoo, the seventh since July 9.
- Plot To Bomb Planes Busted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
An alleged plot to kill thousands of people by detonating explosions on up to 10 transatlantic flights from UK airports was disrupted overnight. British home secretary John Reid on Thursday said such an attack could have caused civilian casualties . . .
- Women Re-Enact March Against Apartheid (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 11, 2006)
It was a seminal moment in the history of apartheid, a day on which 20,000 women risked arrest or worse by marching on Pretoria's Union Buildings, singing : "You have touched the women, Strijdom. You have struck a rock."
- Indian Flood Levels Recede, Risk Of Disease (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Indian rescue workers persisted with efforts on Thursday to reach hundreds of thousands of people stranded by days of flooding, but as water levels receded in some regions, officials warned of the risk of disease.
- Kalpana Chawla Award For Iit Scholar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
W.B. Vasantha Kandasamy, an Assistant Professor in IIT-Madras, has been chosen for the Kalpana Chawla Award for 2006. According to a press release, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has announced the candidateure.
- Indian Army’S Foolish Strategy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 11, 2006)
The Indian army is reportedly insisting on the Indian government to follow Israeli example in Lebanon and authorise attack on ‘terrorist’ targets in Azad Kashmir.
- Hrw Blasts Saudi Arabia, India Over Hiv Tests (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The monitoring group Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused India, Saudi Arabia and other countries of breaching liberties by embracing policies of coercive testing for the AIDS virus.
- Perks And Privileges (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 11, 2006)
The Speaker of the National Assembly seems convinced that some matters are best ignored altogether.
- Let Commander Killed In Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A top commander of the Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and a police constable were among four persons killed in the Kashmir valley.
- 12 Students Hurt In Police Action (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
At least 12 students of a local college were injured as CRPF personnel used water cannons and batons to disperse demonstrators protesting the gunning down of a youth, who had allegedly attempted to hurl a grenade at the security forces, at Dalgate . . .
- Capt Distances From Natwar’S Politics (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Aug 11, 2006)
In a swift reaction to yesterday's shocking discovery of a grave of female foetuses on a vacant plot owned by two quacks at Patran in Patiala, Punjab State Commission for Women, has ordered an inquiry by the Deputy Commissioner and Senior . . .
- Dullo Offers To Resign If Son’S Misconduct Proved (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Aug 11, 2006)
In a swift reaction to yesterday's shocking discovery of a grave of female foetuses on a vacant plot owned by two quacks at Patran in Patiala, Punjab State Commission for Women, has ordered an inquiry by the Deputy Commissioner and Senior . . .
- Foeticide: Women Panel Orders Inquiry (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Aug 11, 2006)
In a swift reaction to yesterday's shocking discovery of a grave of female foetuses on a vacant plot owned by two quacks at Patran in Patiala, Punjab State Commission for Women, has ordered an inquiry by the Deputy Commissioner and Senior . . .
- Let Commander, Cop Among 4 Killed In Valley (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A top commander of Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) and a state police constable were among four persons killed in the Kashmir valley overnight, official sources said.
- Gates' Mite For Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation took its support of AIDS-related research and care to a new level, announcing a half-billion-dollar grant to a global fund that provides AIDS assistance in poor countries.
- Blair’S Us Tilt Comes Under Glare (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 11, 2006)
Is Tony Blair’s pro-US foreign policy to blame for young British Muslims turning to terrorism in protest against his actions in Iraq and now in Lebanon?
- Defunct Panels (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2006)
Supreme Court Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal has rightly lamented the lackadaisical attitude of the state governments towards the state human rights commissions.
- The Shame Of Patran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2006)
THE mass grave of female foetuses discovered behind a private hospital at Patran near Patiala is only a tip of the iceberg.
- India’S Signal May Not Work (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 11, 2006)
As if the current dip in bilateral relations was not enough, we now have a new “war doctrine” by the Indian military to combat what it describes as Islamabad’s “new” strategy of “attack by infiltration” into India beyond Indian-held Kashmir.
- Suicide Bomber Kills 30 In Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A suicide bomber detonated a belt of explosives on his body near a highly revered Shia shrine in Najaf on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 60, officials witnesses said.
- Let 'Distt Commdr', Army's Source Killed In Pattan (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
A "District Commander" of Lashkar-e-Toiba, a counter-insurgent source of security forces, a Police constable and a timber smuggler have got killed in different incidents of violence in Kashmir valley since last evening.
- Damage Control (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 11, 2006)
The suicide by a woman Army officer in Udhampur not very long ago had brought into sharp focus the need for providing a healing touch to disgruntled members of the country's elite force.
- Pests In Kerala (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 11, 2006)
Kerala’s decision to shut down the production units of Coke and Pepsi in response to the CSE’s study that found unacceptable levels of pesticide residue in the colas, smacks of classic political chicanery. No one can doubt that the . . .
- 2,000 Evacuated By Army (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
More than 2,000 persons have been evacuated from the flood-hit areas of the cold desert area of Ladakh by the Army.
- Half-Dose Will Not Do (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 11, 2006)
Government must regulate and monitor the entire healthcare sector and not zero in only on the pharma industry.
- Red Alert At Uk, Us Airports (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
24 people arrested, all UK citizens
ABC News says five suspects still at large
French minister says suspects likely to be of Pakistani origin
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