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Articles 6921 through 7020 of 20587:
- Jessica Case: Doc Moves Hc For Anticipatory Bail (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
The Delhi High Court on Friday refrained from granting any immediate relief on an anticipatory bail application moved by Chandigarh-based medical practitioner Dr JS Bedi apprehending arrest for allegedly issuing false medical certificates to one of . . .
- My Kingdom For Some Powder (Indian Express, Suhel Seth, Jun 10, 2006)
Euripides may well have lived at 7 Safdarjung Road. Because nothing short of a Greek tragedy unfolded there with amazing alacrity.
- How Us Found The Most-Wanted Man In Iraq (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
To Kill Abu Musab al Zarqawi, US forces first found his spiritual adviser. Then they had to wait.
- Echoes Of Silence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 10, 2006)
Over coffee, my friend shares newsy tidbits about common friends. Occasionally, she describes how tough juggling work and home is.
- Vaccine For Cervical Cancer In Shops Soon (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
The first vaccine against cervical cancer will be available to girls as young as 9 in the US later this month.
- "Territorial" Rights To Nomadic Tribes Suggested (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
The National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes has suggested giving "territorial" rights to those communities for their educational, economic and social development with a view to integrating them in the national mainstream.
- Somalia: Return To Civil War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jun 10, 2006)
The truce between the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-terrorism and the Islamic Court Union proves short-lived.
- Fiji: Complex Equation (Frontline, Shubha Singh, Jun 10, 2006)
A new experiment in sharing power has brought together the main political parties in Fiji, the SDL and the FLP, in a multi-party Cabinet.
- Chinks Appear In Bjp After Top Leaders Visit Rahul (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Call it a sign of a belated sympathy or sharp differences within, but the concern shown by BJP president Rajnath Singh when he visited Rahul Mahajan in hospital and former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's defence of the young man seem to be gaining . . .
- U.S. Air Strike Kills Al Qaeda's Zarqawi In Iraq (Reuters, MARIAM KAROUNY, Jun 09, 2006)
U.S. warplanes killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al Qaeda leader in Iraq blamed for bombings, beheadings and assassinations, in a strike which President George W. Bush said on Thursday had delivered justice.
- Overzealous Police Treating Rahul Like Hardened Criminal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Mahajan jr collapses in court ---- Even hardened criminals have not had it so bad. Pulled out of the jaws of death, late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul has been subjected to humiliation of the worst kind by an overtly insensitive Delhi Police.
- Court Directs Police To File Case Against Apollo Doctors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
In a new development in the Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case, a city court on Thursday directed the Delhi police to register an FIR against doctors and management of the Apollo Hospital here for allegedly giving false information to investigating authorities
- Anger As An Emotional Disorder (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 09, 2006)
We all get angry sometimes. Some of us, no doubt, are angry right now.
- Health Ministry, Mci In A Standoff (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Jun 09, 2006)
Diplomate of National Board degrees equated with MD/MS and DM/M.Ch for teaching jobs.
- Boom To Gloom (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 09, 2006)
The country's stock market indices are falling like nine pins. After a fall of 256 points on Wednesday, the Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex has crashed again on Thursday by another 461 points.
- Media And Employment (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Jun 09, 2006)
When people monitor public works closely, it checks corruption and is synonymous with a bottom-up approach.
- Will Bmic Move Scare Investors? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 09, 2006)
Aside from the arrogant abuse of people power that it reeks of, the Government’s move to bring in legislation that will enable it to take over the BMIC project represents the most negative signal the State could send to potential investors.
- Time To Dismantle The Immunity Regime (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2006)
The Supreme Court has begun the process of bringing the political leader on a par with the citizen.
- Naspati Changes Lives For A Primitive Tribe (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Jun 09, 2006)
Neterhat tribals now sport Onida TV, Hero Honda, Prestige cooker in homes as their fruit finds a demand across the east
- After A Long Hunt, U.S. Bombs The Leader Of Al Qaeda In Iraq (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
With the two 500-pound bombs that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Wednesday evening, American forces eliminated Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq and boosted the flagging confidence of American officials and the new Iraqi government as they moved into the . . .
- An Opposition Without A Cause (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jun 09, 2006)
In spite of the blunders made by the UPA regime, the BJP remains too effete to derive any political advantage, says Anuradha Dutt
- Primary Capital Market Sets (The Economic Times, M Y KHAN, Jun 09, 2006)
The primary market can contribute tremendously to capital formation and growth of the economy if foreign participation in equity is further liberalised across all sectors.
- Israel Assassinates Top Activist (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Four Palestinians including paramilitary group leader Jamal Abu Samhadana were killed Thursday in an Israeli air strike on a training camp in the south of Gaza, medical and Palestinian sources said, Agence France-Presse reported.
- Rural China's Crisis (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
This scenic capital of China's southern Yunnan Province has earned itself a more unsavory sobriquet - China's AIDS capital.
- Vital Role Of Usc (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 09, 2006)
PRIME Minister Shaukat Aziz Wednesday visited one of the main outlets of the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) in the Federal Capital to see for himself the availability of essential commodities at reduced rates as per announcement in the new budget.
- Revival Of Cinema (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz's appeal to the film industry's representatives, during a meeting with them, to produce quality movies will only materialise if the old guard of the Pakistani cinema are willing to make way for a younger generation of . . .
- Manipur: Violence Ad Violation (Frontline, MALINI BHATTACHARYA, Jun 09, 2006)
An account of the atrocities inflicted by militants on two tribal villages in Manipur.
- Remarkable Dissonance (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Whatever be your take on the anti-reservation issue, there is no escaping the fact that the matter has triggered an unprecedented upheaval among young people.
- Indonesia: Quake And Politics (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 09, 2006)
Indonesia has hardly gone off the international community's natural disaster monitors since the horrific Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. So, when a powerful earthquake hit Indonesia's Yogyakarta and Central Java region on May 27, the alarm . . .
- Mining Frenzy In Karnataka (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The terrible consequences of uncontrolled iron ore mining in Bellary district prompt a demand for its curtailment.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Jun 09, 2006)
Interview with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- 14-Day Judicial Remand For Rahul Mahajan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan, who has been arrested on charges of drug abuse, was sent to judicial custody till June 22 by a Delhi court today.
- Isolated Cell For Rahul (Times of India, Megha Suri, Jun 09, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan stepped into the high-security Tihar Jail around 6.40 pm on Thursday, looking tired and washed-out. "I feel weak.
- Being Indian Doesn't Count (Pioneer, Tarun Vijay, Jun 09, 2006)
It is distressing to see the 'politically-correct' media leaving Kashmiri Hindus at the mercy of Islamists, says Tarun Vijay
- Tragedy Of Politics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2006)
The Central government’s efficient statisticians gleefully announced a few days ago that India’s economy had crossed the 8-per cent growth barrier. At the same time, the word is being spread that the much-awaited Agni III — the intercontinental . . .
- Azadpur Sabzi Mandi Set For A Revamp, Buzzword Is Modernisation (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The smell of garbage and the sight of a market spilling over its sides may not be the first things to assail you when you next pass by Delhi’s Azadpur Sabzi Mandi.
- Haryana Finds Wonder Cure In Agri-Clinics (Indian Express, RAJENDRA KHATRY, Jun 09, 2006)
Haryana has taken the lead in financing agricultural graduates to set up agri-clinics and agri-business centres to help farmers.
- 14-Day Judicial Custody For Rahul (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Court orders registration of case against Apollo Hospital for misleading police
Police request for remand extension turned down
Rahul claims he is innocent and he had never taken drugs
- The Flip Side Was As Riveting (Pioneer, Mohd Asim, Jun 09, 2006)
Over the last fortnight, it seemed nothing substantive happened in India apart from the anti-reservation protests by a section of doctors, who will, if calculated, make a mere handful, given the vast population of the country.
- Rahul In Jail Till June 22 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan, son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, arrested on charges of drug abuse, was today sent to judicial custody till June 22 by a Delhi Court.
- Popular Not Populist: Rollback Demand Is Bad Politics (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 09, 2006)
Manmohan Singh may have asked petroleum minister Murli Deora to stand firm, but the possibility of a rollback in the prices of petrol and diesel still remains. The ill-considered, reactive response of the Left parties, some junior partners in the . . .
- The Fallacy Of Price Control (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 09, 2006)
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker, unless you can also sell what you create, said David M Ogilvy.
- Freelance By Choice (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jun 09, 2006)
On Wednesday when a journalist approached me for a posting in Bhubaneswar, I told him that we would rather take on board our occasional contributor from there, Bibhuti Mishra, than look for a new face.
- Zarqawi Killed In Us Air Strike Near Baquba (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Trail of Zarqawi spiritual adviser led US forces to Qaeda chief in Iraq
* Operation helped by Iraqi and Jordanian intelligence
* Qaeda vows to fight on
- Hard Target (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 09, 2006)
Just when it seemed that a majority of people in the US, including neoconservatives, were distancing themselves from the Iraq imbroglio, news has come that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in an air raid.
- The Oil Weapon And Iran (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
In an address to the Iranian nation last weekend, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei referred to the security of energy supplies in the Persian Gulf region being affected in the event of "the slightest mistake over Iran" made by the United States.
- Flee Market (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 08, 2006)
On a day when IBM pledged to invest $6 billion in India over three years, the Sensex shed 256 points. Last Wednesday, when government announced that the economy grew 9.3 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2005-06, the Sensex plummeted 388 points.
- Chennai Gangster Shot Dead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
A notorious gangster wanted in connection with the murder of an AIADMK functionary was shot dead by the Chennai Police in an encounter on the outskirts of the city in the early hours of Wednesday...
- Will Soccer World Cup Foster Peace? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 08, 2006)
The soccer World Cup is coming. ESPN, which will broadcast most of the games in the US, is airing a series of ads with members of the rock band U2. In one, Bono says that the World Cup ``closes the schools, closes the shops, closes a city and stops a war.
- The Great Wheat Scam (Times of India, Brinda Karat, Jun 08, 2006)
Even as UNICEF reported that like Ethiopia, one in every two children in India is malnourished, the ministry of food and public distribution, which is the nodal agency to provide food security in the country, was making disastrous policy proposals . . .
- When Crude Oil Runs Out ...... (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Jun 08, 2006)
As the crude oil price, jumped above $70 a barrel and there is no sign of decline, a small group of geologists and planners are considering a more fundamental question:
- Where Have All The Taxes Gone? (Deccan Herald, Vimala RamaRao, Jun 08, 2006)
Every single problem that is making life more and more difficult day by day, is traceable to the indifference and lack of accountability of those whose job it is to attend to these things.
- A New Line Of Thinking (Telegraph, Bidyut Chakrabarty, Jun 08, 2006)
The anti-reservations stir launched by members of the medical fraternity has brought back the ‘quota system’ into the limelight.
- Pramod Mahajan’S Key Aide Gets Bail (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Investigations into the Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case made further headway with the arrest of Harish Sharma, a key aide to the late BJP leader, Pramod Mahajan and his driver Ganesh on charges of destruction of evidence.
- Supreme Court Asks Mulayam To Explain Huge Assets (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, his two sons and daughter-in-law to explain within four weeks the source of the disproportionate wealth they have been accused of acquiring in the last six years.
- Focus More On Drug Discovery, Indian Bt Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Conceding that the biotechnology sector was a highly capital intensive sector, he, however, pledged the Centre’s full support in the innovation and drug discovery initiatives to produce low cost drugs and drug delivery systems.
- Malaise Too Deep (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2006)
It is raining scandal in the Bharatiya Janata Party's backyard — sleaze, murder, and now a suspected case of liquor-and-drug overdose.
- Bird Flu Exercise Tests (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The 21 members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group began a bird flu disaster exercise today to test how countries inform each other about the risks of a flu pandemic.
- Police Will Oppose Rahul's Bail For Proof Destruction (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Armed with a fresh forensic report that late Pramod Mahajan's aide Vivek Moitra died of drug overdose on last Friday and evidence at the crime scene was disturbed on orders from his personal assistant Harish Sharma, police are expected to oppose . . .
- Bird Flu Has Subsided In India - Top Official (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Jun 08, 2006)
Bird flu has subsided in India with no new cases reported since March, the top official in charge of prevention efforts told Reuters on Wednesday.
- Railway Minister Meets Shahabuddin In Jail (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Setting aside convention, railway minister Mr Lalu Prasad today met Mohammed Shahabuddin in Siwan jail to inquire about the health of the controversial RJD Lok Sabha member who is reportedly suffering from a serious spinal problem.
- Insurance Scheme Launched For Shg Members (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Around five lakh SHG members and their family to be covered under the scheme Around five lakh members and their families to be covered under Pragathi Arogya Bima Yojana
Beneficiaries will have to pay an annual premium of Rs. 100 per . . .
- The Yojana Module (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 08, 2006)
Why and wherefore of Maoist extremism
For every Maoist killed, two are born. After trying out almost every rule in the book to contain the phenomenon, the Centre has now opted for an academic exercise.
- Quota: Pg Students Challenge Decision Of Comed-K (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
High courtround-up
- The Sensex Reacts To Questionable Policies (The Financial Express, P VAIDYANATHAN IYER, Jun 08, 2006)
While global markets did tug downwards, the UPA government did quite a bit to aid the market slide.
- A Retrograde Move: Jan Morcha Should Shun Communalism (The Economic Times, A.G. NOORANI, Jun 08, 2006)
Marriages of convenience in Indian politics have often been misconceived experiments in bad blood and poor politics.
- Warily, India And China To Reopen Silk Route Trade (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 08, 2006)
As the rain sweeps across the high Himalayan pass, a Chinese soldier arrives at the three strands of barbed wire which separate his country's territory from that of long-time rival India.
- Of Responses And Rationality (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 08, 2006)
Deriving commercial advantage out of people's tragedy, which is what media is doing, is not a sign of healthy society, says Vinayshil Gautam.
- A Democratic Road To Reforms (The Economic Times, Prashant Govil, Jun 08, 2006)
When DERC announced the tariff hike for consumers in July, the RWAs declared a virtual civil disobedience and refused to pay the increased tariffs. Their grouse was that the electronic meters installed by the private Discoms were running fast and . . .
- Will The Budget Promises Be Realised? (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jun 08, 2006)
What we have for 2006-07 is a true election year budget. President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have been making no bones about it in its preparation stage.
- Quota Solution: More Students, Fewer Teachers (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Jun 07, 2006)
In a race against time to increase number of seats in medical colleges, the Health Ministry is proposing relaxation of Medical Council of India norms for medical education, like student-teacher ratio. Relaxed rules for teaching in . . .
- Maoists Target Koirala After King In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
In an unveiled threat to the Girija Prasad Koirala Government, Maoist leader Prachanda has warned that the rebels will resort to violence if political parties did not accept their demand to set up a republican state after holding Constituent . . .
- Pak Comes Closer To Asean (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Pakistan and Asean have agreed to begin talks for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), to boost Islamabad’s efforts towards achieving full dialogue partner status with the ten-member regional economic grouping.
- Desert Fear Stares At Europe, Says New Research (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 07, 2006)
The world’s tropical zones are growing, threatening to drive the world’s great deserts into southern Europe and other heavily populated areas, alarming new research suggests.
- Us Consumers Give Highest Trust Ranking To India (Press Trust of India, SEEMA HAKHU KACHRU, Jun 07, 2006)
Majority of the American consumers do not want US companies to share their personal information with outsourcing companies overseas.
- Jihad Of Several Kinds (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 07, 2006)
IF I had the authority I would ban the use of the word “jihad” except for jihad proper.
- Rahul Bought, Distributed And Consumed Drugs: Counsel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Mahajan's lawyer says his client was framed on the basis of doctors' reports
Rahul Mahajan remanded to two days' police custody
`Sahil had received a payment of Rs. 15,000 for supply of the drugs'
- Kalam Tells Biomedical Scientists To Participate In Proteomics Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
President launches cancer drug, opens `Biocon Park'
- Federal Budget 2006-07 (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 07, 2006)
According to the government, the federal budget for 2006-07 seeks to provide some relief, especially to government servants, and accelerate investment and growth, create employment opportunities, broaden the tax net, strengthen infrastructure and . . .
- Affirmative Action And Caste Dilemmas (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Indian businesses are taking a skewed view of `affirmative action' in the U.S. to sell a strategy that is big on promises and low on accountability.
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