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Articles 4821 through 4920 of 20587:
- Babesiosis Virus Claims Tigress At Birsa Zoo (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The deadly disease babesiosis claimed the life of yet another carnivore in Birsa Zoological Park here on Thursday late night, taking the tally to five in a span less than a fortnight.
- Israel Warns Of Full-Scale Invasion (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Israel waged deadly strikes against Lebanon for the 10th day today and mobilised more troops after warning that it could launch a full-scale ground invasion ~ despite mounting international calls for a ceasefire.
- Israel Plans More Lebanon Incursions, Not Invasion (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The Israeli army plans to step up incursions into southern Lebanon but not launch a mass invasion in its war against Hizbollah, an Israeli military source said on Saturday.
- Pay Now, Repent Later (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 22, 2006)
The objections raised by states against the 6th Pay Commission are a welcome change to the times when such proposals sailed through without much deliberation.
- Handle The Old With Care (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 22, 2006)
Over the years, seeking advice and support from HelpAge, many elderly people have written in to us expressing their insecurities and fears about fast-dwindling savings, nose-diving interest rates, and declining standard of living. Often, they seek . . .
- Truth & Falsehood (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Jul 22, 2006)
Everyone praises the truthful and runs down liars. But when it comes to the nitty-gritty, we have to concede that liars get a better deal in life than the truthful.
- Indian Killed In Israeli Bombing On Lebanon (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
The continued Israeli military action in Lebanon has claimed the life of an Indian national, a development described as "very, very unfortunate" by the government.
- Indian Tribals Fear More Maoist Attacks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Rotting goat carcasses lie next to the smouldering remains of huts in a government camp in Chhattisgarh which was set up to protect tribals from Maoist guerrillas.
- Heal Thyself (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 22, 2006)
Two tell-tale photographs of district hospitals in Poonch and Kathua have appeared in the last Sunday magazine of this newspaper.
- British Asians ‘Desis’ Or What (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jul 22, 2006)
A Government-aided survey in Britain says that British Indians do not want to be known by the omnibus moniker of ‘Asians’, preferring one of the three options:
- No Dearth Of Evidence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 22, 2006)
Proof of Pak hand in terror? Surely, General knows better—he is fighting it at home
- Stemming Research (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 22, 2006)
Bush’s veto on stem cell research is silly but there’s a rare research opportunity for India
- College Seats, Double Shifts (Indian Express, S S Gill, Jul 22, 2006)
Whether we like it or not, 27 per cent reservations for the OBCs is here to stay. The big question exercising most people is whether we have the infrastructure to accommodate the increased intake.
- Indian Resilience (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jul 22, 2006)
The biggest challenge before the Maharashtra and central government in the aftermath of the Mumbai blasts was to prevent a communal backlash at any cost. Riots, instigated by hatred, were exactly what the terrorists had hoped for.
- Time For An Appraisal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
While welcoming the decision to constitute the Sixth Pay Commission, it would be sensible to recall the fiasco of its predecessor, which was, in the World Bank’s opinion, “the single largest adverse shock” to India’s strained public finances.
- Prospects For Mideast Ceasefire Dim: Annan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said the prospects for an imminent ceasefire in the Israeli-Lebanon crisis are dim, but called for hostilities to stop so humanitarian aid can reach half a million people trapped in Lebanon.
- Marking Education’S Decline (Indian Express, NEHA SINHA, Jul 22, 2006)
My son is not showing any visible signs of Board exam stress. He does not panic or complain. Is something wrong with him? No, this is not an SMS joke. It is a genuine question posed to the CBSE counselling helpline, weeks before the Board exam this . . .
- In The Heat Of British Politics (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Jul 22, 2006)
The United Kingdom has been sizzling in heat. From the sub-continental point of view temperatures of 37 C to 38 C are no big deal. This country, however, is not equipped to bear this heat.
- If Ahmad Shah Were Here (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Jul 22, 2006)
History books tell us that Ahmad Shah Abdali of Afghanistan attacked India repeatedly in the eighteenth century and pillaged the country barren. These never-ending invasions gave birth to a desperate coinage in Punjab: “Khaada Peeda . . .
- Israel Warns Of Full Scale Ground Invasion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
A besiged Lebanon continued to be bombed from air for the 10th day as Israel called up thousands of reserves after warning it could launch a full-scale ground invasion and airdropped leaflets warning civilians to leave border villages by 2 pm on Friday.
- An Act Disabling An Act (Indian Express, Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey, Jul 22, 2006)
If the people of this country wanted to know what it would mean to have a right to information law amended as per the reported cabinet decision, questions about how this decision came about would provide enough of an answer.
- India: Dangerous For Children? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2006)
A recent poll, which was part of a Reuters AlertNet campaign to focus on neglected humanitarian crises, names India as the sixth most dangerous place . . .
- Bmtc Conductor Foils Robbery Bid (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
A daring BMTC bus conductor foiled a robbery attempt onboard the bus and handed over one of the gang members to the police, near West of Chord Road in Basaveshwaranagar Police limits on Thursday night.
- Israel Ready For Ground Offensive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Hundreds of thousands of people were warned to flee southern Lebanon on Friday as Israeli military officers indicated that final preparations were being made for a ground offensive.
- Britain Grapples With Scorching Mercury Levels (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Train tracks are getting bent, the tar on roads is melting, people are moving about in public places scantily clad to tackle the scorching heat - this, in short, is the story of the current heat wave in Britain where the mercury touched highest . . .
- Israel Prelude To Ground Invasion (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Thousands of Lebanese civilians fled north today after Israel warned them to leave border villages and called up 3,000 army reserves in a possible prelude to a ground offensive against Hizbollah guerrillas.
- Indian Worker Killed In Lebanon (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
On a day an overcrowded Beirut port frustrated Indian evacuation efforts, news came of the first Indian death in war-ravaged Lebanon.
- Exhibition Inspires Organ Donation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2006)
As china's medical sciences continue to make great leaps forward in saving lives with modern surgery techniques, physicians are being held back by a lack of transplant organs.
- By The Way (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 22, 2006)
Visibility has nothing to do with the eye.
- Israel Threatens Invasion (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 22, 2006)
Hizbollah chief rules out unilateral release of kidnapped soldiers
- Indian Troops Kill 5 Rebels In Kashmir Raids (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Indian troops shot dead five Muslim rebels in raids on two hideouts in a southern village in Indian-held Kashmir on Friday, the army said.
- Nato Chief Assesses Reconstruction In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Nato Chief Jaap De Hoop Scheffer flew to Afghanistan’s restive southern Uruzgan province on Friday to assess the latest phase of the alliance’s efforts to build stability.
- Smuggling Of Pds Rice Through Krishnagiri Continues Despite Checks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Law & order Combating smuggling of PDS rice has become a Herculean task for the official machinery, writes S. Prasad .
- Big Nation, Timid Response (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 22, 2006)
Hindus need to be more assertive if they want the country to be terror free ----- Contrast Israeli action with the Indian . . .
- Israel Warns Lebanese To Flee (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Israel warned Lebanese civilians to leave border villages on Friday and called up thousands of reserves in a possible prelude to a ground offensive that would expand its 10-day-old campaign against Hizbollah guerrillas.
- Israel Preparing For Massive Invasion (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Israeli raids kill four, Hezbollah rockets injure 15 in Haifa
Thousands of foreigners and Lebanese leaving Lebanon
- Dead & Dying (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 22, 2006)
Personal biographies become identical with their (men's) medical biographies: Philip Roth.
- 100 Hezbollah Guerrillas Killed: Israeli Army (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
Israeli army has claimed to have killed at least 100 Hezbollah guerrillas whereas hundreds of Israeli soldiers are taking part in the fight against the guerillas where they are facing resistance in four villages of Lebanon, according to statement . . .
- Secrets For Sale (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 22, 2006)
The second major espionage scandal in two years highlights the growing vulnerablity of India's covert services.
- Quota Crusaders Work Overtime To Push The Bill (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2006)
With both the Prime Minister's Office and the Human Resource Development Ministry waiting for the Oversight Committee's interim report likely to be submitted this month, political confabulations over the proposed UPA legislation on OBC quota in . . .
- Train To Lhasa (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 22, 2006)
The Qinghai-Tibet railway is an engineering marvel and the Chinese government hopes it will bring about an economic renaissance in Tibet.
- Palestine Under Siege (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jul 22, 2006)
Israel sticks to its doctrine of disproportionate response by pounding Palestine in retaliation for the abduction of a soldier.
- Only The Prez Understands (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 22, 2006)
Of all our national leaders only he has understood the urgency with which things will need to change if Mumbai is not to run out of its patience
- Court Decision (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2006)
The Supreme Court's decision that even if an employee dies under the very nose of the employer due to heart attack, he should still establish causal relationship with the employment is one among a series of decisions that have gone against the . . .
- Medi-Claim Policies (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 21, 2006)
According to news reports nationalised general insurance companies are showing reluctance to renew and also issue new medi-claim policies to senior citizens.
- London Shooting Inquiry Prolongs Family's Pain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2006)
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes has waited almost a year to find out that no officer will be charged in relation to his shooting. How can someone have been killed so deliberately and no individual be held accountable?
- Under The Judicial Scanner (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2006)
There was no mistaking the mood of the Supreme Court during the hearing of the public interest litigation challenging the controversial Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006. While giving the Centre a week to reply to the petitions, the apex ...
- Bhopal Express (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 21, 2006)
Lessons on corporate governance two decades after the tragedy
Twenty years ago, Bhopal choked over methyl isocynate fumes from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) factory. According to the Madhya Pradesh Gas Relief and Rehabilitation . . .
- Lebanon Diary (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
My friend Omar left Beirut two nights ago. His family’s house, close to the sea, was rocked by the sound of explosions and air strikes all night and all day long. After having to spend many an hour sheltered in their corridor, Omar and his family . . .
- A `Business Model' To Help The Tiger (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jul 20, 2006)
The "Tigers Forever" initiative expects biologists to provide a guaranteed return in the form of a 50 per cent increase in tiger populations in key areas.
- Exodus Of Foreigners From Lebanon (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The US and other nations were plucking their citizens from Lebanon today in an air- and seaborne exodus of foreigners fleeing Israeli air raids.
- But, What About Fifa? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
As Zinedine Zidane slips his toothbrush into his travel bag for Thursday’s head-butt hearing, it’s hard not to recall how World Cup 2006 partially coincided with Snoopy’s bid for a US Supreme Court job in Peanuts.
- Upa's Scholarly Scheme Benefits Only One Backward Student In Bihar (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jul 20, 2006)
There is just one student in Bihar who is eligible for financial assistance under the post-matric scholarship scheme of Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry in 2005-06. Or this is what Ministry would have us believe.
- Attacks No Deterrent, This Tour Operator Loves Kashmir (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Jul 20, 2006)
The limp in his walk is conspicuous and his right foot is still plastered. But the smile on his face is intact. As it was a month ago before he was hit in a militant attack.
- Anil Feeler For 60-Acre Health City In Bengal (Telegraph, SIMI KAMBOJ, Jul 20, 2006)
Anil Ambani has shown interest in setting up a healthcare facility in memory of his father on the outskirts of the city.
- Indian Myanmar Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Jul 20, 2006)
Myanmar and Andhra Pradesh may seem two far off places on the map of South Asia. But drawing a straight line across the Bay of Bengal, planners in New Delhi and Yangon have hit upon an imaginative way of linking them.
- Indian School Throws Out Son Of Aids Patient (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
A six-year-old boy in eastern India was forced to leave school on fears he was HIV positive after his father was discovered to have been infected, newspapers reported on Wednesday.
- Assault On Cops: 2 Killed, One Hurt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Militants in separate attacks at various places in Srinagar, today opened fire at three cops and killed two of them while as third was critical, while as a local militant was killed in an encounter at Braripora Pulwama.
- Israeli Air Raids Kill 70 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
US, Israel agree on bombardment of Lebanon for another week
- Exodus From Lebanon Begins (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Three Indian nationals were wounded in an air strike on a glass factory in the eastern Bekaa Valley in Lebanon even as the Indian Government prepared to evacuate another 1000 people from the war zone and deployed four ships to bring them back home.
- Bomb Scare At Aiims, 2 Maharashtra Schools (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Normal functioning of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was affected for a couple of hours this morning after scores of security personnel, bomb disposal squads and sniffer dogs descended on the sprawling complex to carry out . . .
- India’S Former Soccer Captain Kills Himself On Railway Tracks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Over 11 years ago, in a hotel room in Kolkata, Indian football captain V P Sathyan saw the future in the hands of a rising star from Sikkim. ‘‘Watch out for Baichung Bhutia. He’s the next big star,’’ he said.
- Banning Blogs, A Big Blunder (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Jul 20, 2006)
The only thing worse than doing something wrong is to execute the deed ineptly. Some bureaucrats in the Government of India have managed to do both by stopping access to blogs on the Internet recently in the wake of the July 11 Mumbai bomb blasts.
- 45 Killed In Lebanon Strikes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
At least 45 people were killed, many trapped under the rubble of flattened homes, as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages in Lebanon on Wednesday on the eighth day of a conflict that shows no signs of ending despite a flurry of . . .
- Lebanon Situation ‘Catastrophic’: Un (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The United Nations said on Tuesday that Lebanon was caught in a “catastrophic” humanitarian situation with 500,000 people displaced by the Israeli onslaught which a Lebanese government minister said was bringing famine to the country.
- Cyber Gag (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 20, 2006)
Going by its decision to block about 12 blogs that host objectionable content, the government is clearly groping in its attempt to come up with a coherent policy response to terror.
- Disaster-Readiness Prod To Railways (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
In the aftermath of the July 11 serial blasts, Bombay High Court has asked Central and Western Railway to revamp their disaster management plan and submit a report on the comprehensive measures devised to meet medical emergencies.
- Legalise Homosexuality: Govt's Aids Cell (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
In a move seen as a significant boost for the gay rights movement in India, a government body — the National Aids Control Organisation — has filed an affidavit in court supporting the demand to scrap Section 377 of IPC, which declares homosexuality . . .
- Brand Prahlad: Now Acting Too (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Jul 20, 2006)
It's time for the ad world to wake up to social responsibility, says Prahlad Kakkar.
- Blasts Probe At A Crucial Stage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Focus now on unidentified body lying in Sion hospital
DNA profile being carried out
Forensic Science Laboratories Mumbai, analysed samples
Chemical substances used in blasts were RDX, ammonium nitrate, nitrites and fuel oil .
- Deemed Varsities Need Not Get Ugc Approval (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Reversal of stand brings relief to the institutions
- `Blood Banks Need An Independent Agency To Regulate Them' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Expert stresses awareness on use of blood components
Some hospitals buy blood at Rs. 500 but sell components dearer
Pooling of samples for testing `completely unacceptable' .
- Resilience In Times Of Rudeness (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 19, 2006)
Words have specific meanings. Words like spirit, resilience. But coming from the mouths of those whose entire careers are based on the buying and selling of human votes and emotions, they almost sound like abuse.
- Tsunami Death Toll Rises To 327 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
At least 327 people were killed, officials said, with another 160 or more missing. The area hit by Monday’s disaster was spared by the devastating 2004 Asian tsunami...
- A Small Town’S Dreams On Track (Deccan Herald, Gopal Sutar, Jul 19, 2006)
For the first time a corporate entity has come forward to develop an eco-city.
- London Police Off The Hook For Killing Brazilian (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
British prosecutors have said they had ‘‘insufficient evidence’’ to charge police officers with any crime for killing a Brazilian man mistaken for a suicide bomber last year.
- Shah Bano’S Ghost Over The Rubble (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jul 19, 2006)
Being a party that swears by Hindutva, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) must have reason to believe in the law of karma, and how it can catch up, in its own sweet way.
- Kalam Shares Mumbai's Pain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
"Help provide medicare to victims"
- Gujarat To Offer Packages For Tourists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Road shows being organised to promote the State as a tourist destination
- Bmtc To Launch Drive Against Misuse Of Passes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Offenders will be liable to pay penalties and face criminal action
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