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Articles 6521 through 6620 of 20587:
- Police May Let Muslims See Intelligence Reports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
The London police are considering a proposal to let selected British Muslims examine the intelligence used to mount anti-terrorism raids before they take place.
- Army Must Be Gender Sensitive’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Reacting to the Indian Army vice-chief’s remarks that it can do without women, activists of several organisations branded the force as “discriminatory and gender insensitive”.
- Ethics And The Economist (Hindu, SHASHI THAROOR, Jun 18, 2006)
A profound moral sense is never absent in the works of Amartya Sen.
- Army Enhances Stress Management (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Move follows `suicides' by officers
It plans to double number of psychiatrists in these areas
Suicides due to marital, financial, medical problems
- Vijaya Bank Plans To Spread Wings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
It proposes to increase number of branches from 942 to 1,000
Bank has ambitious plans to increase business from Rs. 45,000 crore to Rs. 60,000 crore during the fiscal
A sensitisation-cum-awareness camp for aggressive marketing of `V Arogya Bima', . .
- Iodised Salt For Optimum Brain Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Focus should be on small scale salt traders
Less freight on iodised salt and more wagons for its transportation sought
Call to exempt it from import duty and sales tax
Lack of awareness among people regarding benefits of iodised salt
Poorer . .
- Army For More Women Officers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
The Army on Saturday clarified that it was in favour of recruiting more women as officers "in keeping with the changing times" and was looking at additional areas where lady officers could be recruited.
- Rs. 590 Crore Sanctioned For Development Works In Belgaum (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Officials told to give priority to relief works in flood-affected areas
Rs. 226.43 crore to be spent under the planned sector
Zilla panchayat sanctioned Rs. 22 crore under the Twelfth Finance Commission plan
Detailed report on the works taken . . .
- Doctors To Protest Against Assault On Colleague (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Doctors of private nursing homes and clinics in Hospet city have decided to strike work for about a week in protest against the attack on a few doctors following the death of a patient.
- Sex, Drugs And Militancy (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jun 18, 2006)
By an ironic twist of events, Kashmir has been in the news for the last few weeks for reasons other than what it has been traditionally known for and hailed the world over as ‘‘paradise on earth’’.
- Aiims: Rival Camps Pull Out Scalpels (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences is now witnessing a no-holds-barred vilification campaign as a fallout of the face-off between Director Dr P Venugopal and Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss.
- Web Auctions, The New Jackpot For Middle Americans (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Al Losey, a corporate trainer at a Detroit auto parts maker, lost his job six weeks ago in what could be another down-and-out story from a hard luck corner of the American economy.
- Nwfp Also Churns Out Tax-Free Budget (News International, Mohammad Ali Khan, Jun 18, 2006)
The NWFP joined its sibling provinces in churning out a tax-free budget on Saturday.
- Sri Lanka, Tigers Claim Victory In Naval Clash (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jun 18, 2006)
Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels each claimed victory on Saturday after a naval clash that officials said left more than 40 people dead or missing.
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has invited applications for admission to its Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Programme for the January 2007 session.
- 11th Plan To Meet Needs Of Aids-Hit People (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 18, 2006)
Area-specific health care interventions planned
Millennium Development Goals for Infant Mortality Rate and Maternal Mortality Rate can be reached: paper
Suggestion to utilise services of Indian Systems of Medicine practitioners
- Two Kashmiris Held With Heroin (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Police had information about consignment
- Not Nuclear Power Alone (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 18, 2006)
Speaking at the meeting of the Energy Coordination Committee in August, 2005 Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh said, "Atomic energy will have to play a much larger role in the future in our quest for energy security...
- Urban Ecology (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Jun 18, 2006)
Healthy forests, streams, and wetlands contribute to clean air and clean water by enabling impurities to settle out or be converted to harmless compounds by plants or soil.
- Death Of An Officer (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Army has its hands full ---- Even as the mortal remains of Lt Sushmita Chakravarty, who allegedly committed suicide at the Udhampur unit, were consigned to flames in Bhopal amid grieving family members who refused to . . .
- Facing Up To The Indian Challenge (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Jun 18, 2006)
Coping with the challenge of India on several fronts — strategic, economic, cultural, psychological and more recently technological .
- 13 M Deaths Due To Environmental Exposure (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
More than 13 million deaths annually are due to preventable environmental causes that can be averted by well-targeted interventions, a WHO report has said.
- International Sponsors Back Palestinian Aid (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
International sponsors of a stalled Mideast peace plan have agreed to channel aid to cash-starved Palestinians for health care, utilities and social services, while continuing a boycott of the militant-led Palestinian government.
- No Full Stops On India’S Roads (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 18, 2006)
There should be few surprises in a survey that says that nearly 70 per cent of those who obtain a driving licence in Delhi cannot drive.
- Fierce Battle In Lanka Kills 52 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Tamil tigers and security forces on Saturday fought land and sea battles in Sri Lanka’s northwest leaving at least 52 people dead, further rupturing a ceasefire that was hanging in balance.
- Lankan Forces Fire At Villagers, Killing 5 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Sri Lankan government forces stormed a church on Saturday where about 200 Tamil civilians had sought shelter, shooting indiscriminately in the building and around the surrounding village in an attack that killed five people and injured 47, witnesses said.
- Unsafe Blood (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 17, 2006)
Need to step up voluntary donation
Blood safety standards are hugely compromised because of higher prevalence of HIV and other blood-borne pathogens among paid and replacement donors than among voluntary and altruistic donors.
- Modern Times (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 17, 2006)
Chaplin wouldn’t have objected to the change
The fact that a cinema hall in Kolkata named after Chaplin is to be pulled down to make way for a multiplex recalls the concession that the legendary tramp made to the arrival of sound in his later films.
- Sea Tigers Clash With Sri Lankan Navy (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels attacked two naval craft off Sri Lanka's north-western coast today, inflicting casualties on both sides, military sources said.
- Aiims Director On Leave (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The director of AIIMS, Dr P Venugopal, who is in direct confrontation with the Union health minister, Dr A Ramadoss, whom he has accused of excessive interference in the functioning of the institute, has proceeded on leave.
- R&d Spend In Drugs Will Be Hit (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 17, 2006)
The government’s proposal to extend price control from the present 74 bulk drugs and formulations to 354 drugs under the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) is among the several bad dirigiste ideas, like price control on steel and . . .
- Woman Army Officer Commits Suicide (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 17, 2006)
The Army today dismissed allegations that the young woman Army officer, who shot herself to death at the Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur last night, wanted to leave the Army as she was unhappy with the job “but had no money to repay the . . .
- A Lion's Share For Own Tn, With Love From Ramadoss (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Jun 17, 2006)
State gets funds for 8 hospitals, despite failing to reveal earlier accounts ---- Charged with nepotism in premier institutions, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has flouted guidelines to favour his home State with Central funds.
- No Full Stops On India’S Roads (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 17, 2006)
There should be few surprises in a survey that says that nearly 70 per cent of those who obtain a driving licence in Delhi cannot drive.
- Rda Members Threaten To Quit If Venugopal Resigns (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Rallying behind its Director P Venugopal embroiled in a war of attrition with Union Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss, members of AIIMS Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) today threatened to resign in case he quits and some senior faculty . . .
- 4 Militants Among 8 Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Four militants and four civilians have died in different militancy-related incidents across Kashmir valley even as a Dy SP had a narrow escape in an ambush at Bandipore and a fierce gunbattle took place at Sagipora in Sopore-Handwara belt.
- Serious Fungal Infections Of The Eye On The Rise (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Health Investigators in Miami and San Francisco describe clusters of a serious eye infection called ulcerative keratitis, an ulceration of the cornea, among soft contact lens wearers caused by the fungus Fusarium, which until this year had been . . .
- Cracks In Aiims Faculty, Many Threaten To Quit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Cracks appeared on Friday in the AIIMS Faculty Association with a section of its members supporting its Director P Venugopal embroiled in a war of attrition with Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss while another group accusing the Director of . . .
- Use And Abuse (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 17, 2006)
Is Rahul an addict, peddler or both? Why was he let off on bail? Is coming from a "good family" reason enough to be shown leniency - particularly since he was reportedly snorting heroin with his late father's secretary, Vivek Moitra, for whom the . . .
- A Surgeon Insulted (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 17, 2006)
THE Director of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr P Venugopal, being constrained to proceed on leave as a sign of his readiness to quit is an extremely unfortunate development.
- Oop Case: Amar Singh Says He Broke No Rules (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in his written submission before the Election Commission on the office of profit case contended that he did not drew any financial or other benefits as chairman of the UP Development Council (UPDC) to attract . . .
- Aiims Doctors Warned Of Action (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jun 17, 2006)
AIIMS Director and noted heart transplant surgeon Dr P. Venugopal has got a fractured support from his 488-member Faculty Association for raising his voice against the undue interference of the Health Ministry in the day-to-day functioing of the . . .
- Fractured Support For Aiims Director (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jun 17, 2006)
Aiims Director and noted heart transplant surgeon Dr P. Venugopal has got a fractured support from his 488-member Faculty Association for raising his voice against the undue interference of the Health Ministry in the day-to-day functioing of the . . .
- Obesity Tied To Hepatitis C Treatment Failure (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Obese patients who are treated for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are more likely to have a better outcome if the underlying abnormalities caused by excessive fat tissue are corrected first, according to a review published in the medical . . .
- Sri Lanka Says Sinks 5 Tiger Boats In New Violence (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jun 17, 2006)
Sri Lanka's military said it sank five Tamil Tiger rebel boats after an attack in the island's northwest on Saturday, while two suspected rebel frogmen were arrested and attempted suicide after landing near the capital.
- The Sindh Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 17, 2006)
A provincial budget is a good indicator of the state of the economy of a province.
- Outbreak Of Cholera Suspected In Kottivakkam Kuppam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
17 persons admitted to Communicable Diseases Hospital
Mobile teams dispatched
Door-to-door survey done
Water samples collected
No case reported in Chennai
- Militant Attack Leaves Them Disabled For Life (Hindu, Luv Puri , Jun 17, 2006)
Five-hour torture for family
- Leading Up Politician Faces Bribery Charge (Times of India, Pradeep Thakur, Jun 17, 2006)
The income-tax department is investigating a leading UP politician, who has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons, for helping businessmen of the state to evade excise duties.
- Koirala, Prachanda Reach Historic Accord (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 17, 2006)
Both sides express commitment to human rights, press freedom in Nepal
- Bjp's Charge Against Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Demands Manmohan's intervention in the issue
- Aiims Row: Anbumani Warns Of Action (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Says he only acted as the ex-officio president
- Pro-Poor Policy Shift In Governance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Governor's address says State mulls quasi-judicial body to help farmers in debt
Special attention to marginalised sections of society
Efforts to be made to mobilise additional resources
IT, biotechnology, tourism new growth sectors
Public . . .
- Killing Of Policemen (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 17, 2006)
The irony was unmistakable.
- Pak, China To Strengthen Strategic Partnership (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan is awaiting for China’s support in attaining full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and considers its relations with China as most valued. While Chinese President has lauded Pakistan’ . .
- Let Down By India? (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 17, 2006)
After its initial expression of concern over the military operations, the Balochs are disappointed at Indian silence on the continuing suppression by the Pakistani military establishment.
- Central Asia Rediscovers Islamic Roots (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 17, 2006)
Turkestan, Kazakhstan: In Soviet days, people walked past the Khoja Ahmed Yasawi mausoleum, a holy Muslim site in the steppe of southern Kazakhstan, and pretended it wasn’t there.
- Tax-Free Sindh Budget (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 17, 2006)
Senior Minister of Sindh Syed Sardar Ahmad on Thursday presented Rs 193.1 billion surplus budget of the province that seeks an all time high investment of Rs 50 billion on developmental activities.
- Court Reserves Order On Sahil's Bail Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Application for narco-analysis will also be heard on Monday
No parity between Rahul, Sahil: prosecution
Nothing against my client: Sahil's counsel
- Service Of The Nation (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 17, 2006)
By the very nature of his/her duties, a prime minister of Pakistan is serving the nation. So is the leader of the opposition because of the important place that the position occupies in the democratic dispensation.
- Ramadoss Talks Tough First, Then Quickly Backs Off (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Jun 17, 2006)
The battle at AIIMS continued for the second day today, with Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss taking an aggressive stance against director P Venugopal and then backing away later in the day.
- Tharoor Nomination: Pakistan’S Rhetoric Is Uncalled For (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 17, 2006)
Pakistan is as much entitled as India to nominate its candidate, who’s more credible is for the UN and global community to decide
- Aiims Row Gets Uglier, Minister Overrides Director's Decision (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The AIIMS versus Ramadoss row is escalating. In a move bound to fuel hostilities, health ministry on Friday deliberately overrode AIIMS director Dr P Venugopal's appointment of Dr T Dogra as acting head and placed its own . . .
- Air India Or A Bongo-Bongo Carrier? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 17, 2006)
‘Market forces rather than the bureaucracy should shape the future of smiling Maharajah.’
- Invert The Pyramid (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jun 17, 2006)
The nation is once again caught in two contradictory trends of performance and non-performance in several critical areas of governance.
- On Again, Off Again (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 17, 2006)
Govt must decide between saving lives & winning votes
- Heal Thyself (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 17, 2006)
Anbumani Ramadoss brings to his portfolio as Union health minister a significant qualification. He is that rare incumbent of the office to actually have a degree in medicine.
- Swami’S Way (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 17, 2006)
The day the football World Cup finals started in Munich, someone quoted Swami Vivekananda’s well-known observation:
- From 'India Shining' To 'India Snorting' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jun 17, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Sack Ramadoss (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 17, 2006)
He is a risk to India's health sector ---- Ever since taking charge as Union Health Minister with the advent of the UPA Government, Mr Anbumani Ramadoss, whose credentials as a medical practitioner do not merit comment, has been going about . . .
- Sandwiched Between Law And Commonsense (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 17, 2006)
A newsy case to munch this week is a catering question concerning the BBC, that came up before the Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal (Civil Division), UK: HM Revenue & Customs vs Compass Contract Services UK Ltd.
- Make Vat Rates Flexible (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, Jun 17, 2006)
Diversion of trade is generally commodity specific
VAT rate autonomy for States is desirable because it enables them raise revenues according to their varying and changing expenditure requirements.
- Fuel Prices: What's Going On? (Rediff on the Net, T V R Shenoy, Jun 17, 2006)
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora has asked every state government to follow the Maharashtra model, and cut sales tax rates on petrol and diesel. Alas for the harassed minister, his cherished Maharashtra model is falling apart.
- Debate And Debasement (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
Geo TV has done a great public service by openly debating and discussing the Zina Ordinance, the most controversial part of the Hudood Ordinances, 1979.
- Ngos Oppose Bt-Brinjal (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jun 17, 2006)
The possible entry of genetically modified brinjal in India as the first GM food crop is unlikely to be a smooth affair, as non-governmental organizations have started hectic lobbying against the transgenic brinjal .....
- "We Are Trying To Build An Inclusive Society" (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Jun 17, 2006)
M. Veerappa Moily, chairman of the Oversight Committee for implementation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions, discusses the tasks before him. Excerpts from an interview . . .
- City Populations Set To Outnumber Country Dwellers (Hindu, David Adam, Jun 17, 2006)
Globally, the slum population will swell by 27 million people each year over the next 20 years.
- Lash & Push For Aiims Director (Telegraph, CHARU SUDAN KASTURI, Jun 17, 2006)
Senior faculty members at AIIMS today wrote a letter to the Prime Minister complaining against director P. Venugopal, whom they described as “autocratic”, and blaming him for the hospital’s deterioration.
- Suffocated’, Lady Officer Kills Herself (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Lieutenant Susmita Chakraborthy asked the army guesthouse sentry for his rifle yesterday afternoon, telling him she wanted to pose with it for a photograph.
- Jessica Case: Hc Rejects Another Bail Plea (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
For the second time in as many days, the Delhi High Court on Friday declined to grant anticipatory bail to Chandigarh-based medical practitioner J S Bedi charged with issuing false medical certificates to Vikas Gill one of the accused in the Jessica Lal..
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