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Articles 4121 through 4220 of 20587:
- Independence Day Celebrations (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said the district government has finalised arrangements to celebrate Independence Day on August 14 with national enthusiasm and traditional fervor.
- Indian Gang Strikes Terror In Nepal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Stone walls do not a prison make, especially if they harbour Bihar’s notorious gang lords.
- Israeli Forces Step Up Bombardment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Israel on Saturday launched its heaviest bombardment of the nearly month-long conflict in southern Lebanon, carrying out 250 air raids and firing 4,000 shells...
- Defence Projects: Land Acquisition ‘Shoddy’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Absence of a law on land acquisition and the resulting shoddy way of obtaining land for defence projects has attracted the wrath of a Parliamentary panel.
- Upa Accused Of Dumping Proposal For 6 New Aiims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The BJP today accused the Congress-led UPA of putting to cold storage the proposal of the previous NDA government for opening six new AIIMS and upgradation of six existing hospitals to the level of AIIMS.
- It’S A Political Theatre Of The Absurd (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"Governance demands back-breaking work that calls for vision, application, contemplation; not politics of expediency"
- Israel Carries Out Heaviest Yet Bombardment Of Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
America says U.N. resolution designed to halt the war is nearing completion
- Farm Sector Growth Is A Mission Possible (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2006)
"We have to learn to convert information into knowledge and that knowledge into equity" -Mangla rai
- Bjp Ministers ‘Examined' On Six-Month Performance (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The progress reports of 16 BJP ministers in the State cabinet were assessed by Central leaders and BJP State unit President D V Sadananda Gowda on day-one of the camp, held at a resort on the outskirts of Bangalore.
- Patronage -Based Politics And Crime (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 06, 2006)
Distressing signals are there; if one has the time and inclination to go through the annual Home Ministry Reports. The crime rate in urban and rural areas is multiplying at a fast pace.
- The Green Revolution : Soils Being Depleted (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Aug 06, 2006)
Is the green revolution depleting the very soil on which the high yielding varieties of seeds are planted?
- Quota Move May See 54% Seat Expansion: Panel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The Oversight Committee, set up to prepare a roadmap for reservations for OBCs in elite educational institutions, has projected an additional student intake of 80,557 with a 54 per cent capacity expansion of seats to implement the new quota.
- Children Protest Against Israel Killings In Lebanon (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Hundreds of schoolchildren under the banner of ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’ and the Global March Against Child Labour today joined a protest march against the killing of innocent children, women and old persons by Israel in Lebanon.
- Israel Launches Heaviest Bombardment (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Israel today launched its heaviest bombardment of the nearly month-long conflict in southern Lebanon, carrying out 250 air raids and firing 4,000 shells, and its naval commandos attacked targets near the port city of Tyre to prevent rocket launches . . .
- Social Activist And Environmentalist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 06, 2006)
Pepsi and Coca Cola executives call her gusty, one who makes much noise. Her critics say she is moody, temperamental and a “bad boss” to work with.
- Absconding Kar Seva Baba Holds Meeting With Dera Chief (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Aug 06, 2006)
The Punjab Government has directed the Health Department authorities to examine the content of pesticides in various soft drinks, including Coca Cola and Pepsi.
- Sri Lankan Town Deserted And Devastated By Battle (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
After days of heavy fighting in this eastern town, jumpy Sri Lankan soldiers are almost the only signs of life on streets littered with fallen power lines, spent cartridges and dead animals.
- Tunnel Set To Open Despite Defects (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
Though all is set for Mr Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, to inaugurate the 2,809 metre-long double lane tunnel near Aut on the Ambala-Manali National Highway 21 tomorrow, technical drawbacks and engineering defects of . . .
- Pretexts, Provocations And Consequences (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 06, 2006)
When a series of bomb blasts ripped through seven commuter trains, causing mayhem in Mumbai nine days ago, it was hardly surprising that suspicion immediately fell on Islamist militants, with Lashkar-i-Taiba becoming the main focus of attention on . . .
- Nurses’ Grievances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 06, 2006)
That there is one nurse for every 35 patients in the country highlights just how pitiful the public healthcare facilities are.
- We Just Pulled Up Our Diapers On Child Rights (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Aug 06, 2006)
It would be funny, if it weren’t so grim. While India jostles politely for membership to the elite G-8, we have just been awarded membership to another, well, exclusive club.
- Loosen Up! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 06, 2006)
It’s not every day that a Prime Minister picks up a telephone and apologises to someone. So when Manmohan Singh called up noted Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir to apologise for the ‘inconvenience’ caused to her on Monday when police . . .
- Sun Shines On Hill Towns, Thanks To Delhi (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
If you thought Infosys founder NR Narayanamurthy’s driver is India’s only millionaire chauffeur, here’s a surprise. “My driver is a million- aire too,” chuckles Arun Rawat, owner of Kanha Biogenetics, a tiny drug making unit in Baddi, a small town . . .
- Development Will Eliminate Child Labour (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 06, 2006)
The intention behind the government’s decision to ban employment of children below 14 years of age as domestic servants, and as helpers in the unorganised part of the hospitality industry, under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) . . .
- Memories Of Bombay (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 06, 2006)
Like Suketu Mehta, I was born in Calcutta, a city in extremis, in Mehta’s words, and, like him, grew up in Bombay.
- Sydney Court Upholds Charge Against Pak-Born Terrorist (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2006)
The first Australian accused of training with a terrorist organisation lost his bid in the nation's highest court Friday to have the charge dropped.
- Govt Attempts To Reassure Cubans (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Cuba’s Communist leadership launched a campaign today emphasising Raul Castro’s revolutionary roots and loyalty to his older brother, an attempt to reassure Cubans that the revolution would continue while Fidel Castro recovers from surgery.
- Pgi Seeks Rs. 100 Crores Additional Central Grant For New Facilities (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Aug 05, 2006)
PGI Director K.K.Talwar is hopeful that the amount will be released shortly
- Vietnam Kills Wild Storks To Prevent Bird Flu Spread (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Vietnam's animal health workers have killed 53 wild storks at a theme park in Ho Chi Minh City after random tests showed two of the birds carried an avian influenza virus strain, officials said on Saturday.
- 16 Die Of Rabies After Dog Attacks In East China City (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
Another city in China has announced mass culling of dogs after 16 people died of rabies in the past eight months after a rash of dog attacks.
- Israeli Commando Raid Near Tyre Kills 5 Lebanese (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Helicopter-borne Israeli commandos landed near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and clashed with Hizbollah guerrillas on Saturday, Lebanese security sources said.
- Protect Forest Wealth Of Kanyakumari District: Forum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
"10,000 acres of forests have been encroached upon''
- U.S. Wants Pakistan To Move Against Terrorists: Boucher (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
'U.S. is working with everybody in the region against terrorism'
- It’S A Gold Medal For Private Managements! (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 05, 2006)
Ever since the Supreme Court judgement in the TMA Pai Foundation case in 2002, overturning the famous Unnikrishnan’s case, the managements of private professional colleges have had a field day in turning these institutions into money-spinning ventures.
- Nature’S Solution For Water Needs (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
The most important event of the year in our national calendar is the advent of the summer monsoon. It takes place sometime between the last week of May and the first week of June.
- Court Notice To Coca Cola, Pepsico On Plea To Disclose Ingredients (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Centre for PIL alleges soft drinks contain toxic ingredients
"No effective law to regulate permissible ingredients and their quantity
Let experts evaluate harmful effects on health
- ‘Systematic Targeting Of Civilians By Israelis’ (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 05, 2006)
During its ongoing conflict with the Lebanese Hizbollah movement, Israel has systematically targeted civilians and failed to distinguish between combatants and civilians.
- Disclose Cola Contents: Pil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The controversy surrounding pesticide-laden colas is likely to take an interesting turn as a Delhi-based voluntary organisation has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking disclosure of the ingredients and chemical . . .
- Happiness Indices Must Be Discounted (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Aug 05, 2006)
A recent study that has received global attention seems to conclude that money can buy happiness and probably falls short of asking: “Does happiness buy money at all?”
- Sharp Expansion Of Israeli Air Strikes In Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Christian heartland attacked for the first time
- Why Mumbai Escaped A Flare-Up (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Aug 05, 2006)
To deal with alienation post-7/11, civil society and the state have to come together as they did post-1992-93.
- Development Will Eliminate Child Labour (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 05, 2006)
The intention behind the government’s decision to ban employment of children below 14 years of age as domestic servants, and as helpers in the unorganised part of the hospitality industry, under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) . . .
- Why The Standard Economist May Be The Emperor In New Clothes (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 05, 2006)
Why too much credence to a version of economics that is often ridiculously at odds with our simple powers of observation, asks Nobel Laureate George A. Akerlof in Explorations in Pragmatic Economics. In Empire of Knowledge, Vinay Lal talks about . . .
- High Base Effect (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Aug 05, 2006)
With the market firming up, GSK's pharmaceuticals division is expected to perform better in the medium term.
- Blessings From The Holy Cow (Business Standard, Geetanjali Krishna, Aug 05, 2006)
Watch out!” I shouted stupidly in the crowded vegetable market, when a cow making off with a mouthful of stolen cabbage peed on my feet. Hopping with irritation, I looked around to see who the animal belonged to.
- Punjab’S Subsidy On Essential Items (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 05, 2006)
The Punjab Cabinet, which met in Lahore on Thursday with Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi in the chair, has decided to give subsidy to the tune of Rs 2.33 billion on food items including atta, pulses and sugar to deserving people in the province.
- War Of Media Deception (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 05, 2006)
Here are some interesting points raised this week by a leading commentator and published in a respected daily newspaper: "The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert embeds his soldiers in Israeli communities, next to schools, beside hospitals, close to . . .
- Is A People's Army Feasible? (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Aug 05, 2006)
We have a genius for belittling great ideas, noble concepts and inspiring events. We give the sacred name of jihad to a campaign to eliminate those who don't agree with us. Political workers travelling by bus from Rawalpindi to Islamabad to hold . . .
- After Tobacco, Ramadoss On Anti-Cola Drive (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 05, 2006)
Under the attack for deliberate delay in setting standards for pesticides residue in aerated drinks, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss is expected to make a statement in Parliament next week.
- Education For Few (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 05, 2006)
The new education bill proposed by the UPA will exclude disadvantaged groups from quality schooling and pass the burden to cash-strapped State governments.
- A Disastrous Model (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Aug 05, 2006)
Those advocating armed attacks on Pakistan in response to the Mumbai bombings wish to emulate Israel's aggression. That is the worst model India could follow.
- History From Below (Frontline, Shelley Walia, Aug 05, 2006)
In this new book, Howard Zinn seeks to give voices of struggle the place they deserve in history.
- Strikes Hit S. Beirut Suburbs, Highway Bridges; Five Killed (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Israel pounded Hezbollah’s southern Beirut strongholds with missiles early on Friday and, in a sharp expansion of its bombing of Lebanon, blasted highway bridges for the first time in the Christian heartland north of the capital during morning rush hour.
- Navy War Room Case: Breach Of Trust, Conspiracy Included In Cbi . . . (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The CBI on Friday included two more sections to the chargesheet filed in the Navy War Room case, being heard in a city court.
- Unmasking Corporate Greed (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 05, 2006)
A well-researched book based on sound archival material, it argues that Enron was a product of scheming minds.
- West Asian Crisis (Daily Excelsior, Pallab Bhattacharya, Aug 05, 2006)
The visual images of distraught Indians being evacuated from Beirut following Israeli air raids on suspected positions of militants groups Hizbullah and Hamas has once again brought to the fore India's political and economic stakes in West Asia.
- Care For Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
How does one describe the fact that 34.5 per cent of children below three years of age are underweight in Jammu and Kashmir? By no yardstick can it be called a happy position.
- Kurukshetra To Be Included In List Of Heritage Sites (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Keeping in view the archaeological and religious significance of Kurukshetra, the Haryana Government has decided to get it included in the list of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO and develop this place of antiquity as tourist destination of . . .
- Loosen Up! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 05, 2006)
It’s not every day that a Prime Minister picks up a telephone and apologises to someone.
- Boucher Dispels India's N-Deal Fears (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The US on Friday allayed India's fears over the final shape of the nuclear deal between the two countries, maintaining that the pact would be on the lines of what was originally agreed upon by President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Protest In A New Theatre (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 05, 2006)
In Marginal Men, his fine history of refugee politics, Prafulla Chakrabarti recounts how Calcutta acquired its by-now-well-founded reputation as a city of protests and protestors.
- Israel Bombs Beirut Highways, Stalls Un Aid (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Israeli air strikes today destroyed three highway bridges north of Beirut stalling several UN aid convoys for civilians caught up in Israel’s expanding conflict with Hizbollah in Lebanon.
- Sydney Court Upholds Charge Against Pak-Born Terrorist (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The first Australian accused of training with a terrorist organisation lost his bid in the nation's highest court Friday to have the charge dropped.
- Pesticides In Cold Drinks: Sc Notices To Pepsi, Cola (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
After the Centre for Science and Environment came up with its fresh report on alleged presence of pesticides far higher than permissible limit in Pepsi and Coca Cola products, the Supreme Court today issued notices to the two multinational . . .
- Power Of Images (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Aug 05, 2006)
The task of news channels is to harness the power of television to inform people of what is happening, not tell them what they ought to know and think.
- Eudaimonia (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Aug 05, 2006)
I woke up to the realisation that it was my birthday. The predominant feeling was one of relief - I had crossed the bar and was now, at long last, entitled to an income tax rebate.
- Pm Turns To Ramadoss (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Continuing his efforts to bring about a consensus on the implementation of OBC quota in central educational institutions, PM Manmohan Singh on Friday held consultations with Union health minister Ambumani Ramadoss, whose party PMK wants its immediate . .
- Spirit, Sure. What About Funds? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Mumbai is a tiny sliver of land but its problems are epic as are its aspirations. No one says the living is easy in India's commercial capital and no one expects it to be.
- Beirut Bridges Bombed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Israel expanded its assault on Lebanon on Friday, launching its first major attack on the Christian heartland north of Beirut and severing the last significant road link to Syria.
- Smoking Gun (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 05, 2006)
We are told that neither the United States nor Israel will accept a ceasefire in Israel's campaign against Lebanon unless the 'root causes' of the problem are addressed.
- Pm Finds An Ally In Rjd Chief (Times of India, SUBODH GHILDIYAL, Aug 05, 2006)
Government may be looking at a three-year timeframe for implementation of OBC reservations in central educational institutions, so that the 27% quota does not come at the cost of either the quality of institutions like IITs and IIMs or the seats . . .
- Implausible Jaunts (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 04, 2006)
Meghalaya practices need to be curbed
Thanks to a notice, filed under the Right to Information Act by a Shillong daily on travelling allowances of ministers and IAS and Meghalaya Civil Service officials, the public now has an idea about how much . . .
- Premium League Needs A Level Playing Field (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 04, 2006)
The underreported July 7, 2006 circular by The Oriental Insurance Company (OIC) on zero commissions for its Mediclaim policy for individuals over 55 is the result of a typical half-way reforms trap, a three-sided prism that takes the clean white . . .
- Mobilizing Youth For Rural Extension Work (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 04, 2006)
Nearly 70 per cent of the rural population in India is beset with cumbersome problems like poverty, ignorance, illiteracy, resource-poor, liquor/drug addiction, superstitions, beliefs, etc.
- 34 Killed As Ltte `Overruns' Muttur Town (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 04, 2006)
Water war spreads to Batticaloa, Mullaitivu and Mannar districts
TamilNet alleges killing of civilians by Sri Lankan troopers
Sri Lanka rejects Norway's call for an end to the current hostilities
- Worst Foot Forward (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 04, 2006)
The vote of the Jewish community is of crucial importance in a number of key states in the American elections. Equally important is the size of campaign funds Jewish business tycoons are capable of contributing.
- Deadly Colas On Sale (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 04, 2006)
The sense of outrage evoked by the Centre for Science and Environment’s second study, “Soft Drinks, Hard Truths II”, is not as much at the finding that there were more pesticides in all the 11 cola brands tested as at the government inaction since . . .
- Agricultural Growth (Tribune, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 04, 2006)
The Dutch disease is known to economists as a fall in agricultural profitability as a consequence of macro developments.
- Keeping State Secrets (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 04, 2006)
I was speaking to a civil servant the other day who was rather disturbed by the cabinet decision to keep file notings outside the purview of the right to information.
- Subgroups Cite Reasons For Staggered Quota Implementation (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
Even as the formula for the implementation of quotas for the OBCs in higher educational institutions is being devised, the government’s earlier stand of executing the reservation in one go has met with opposition from all five subgroups set up by . . .
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