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Articles 7121 through 7220 of 20587:
- Twists And Turns In A Sordid Case (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 05, 2006)
"It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key," to use a Churchillian description.
- Canada Terror Plot Inspired By Al-Qaeda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Three tonnes of explosives seized in raid
- Breastfeeding As A Biological Norm (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 05, 2006)
The `International child growth standard' recently announced by the World Health Organisation is significant for many reasons.
- Eco-Innovate To Combat Change In Climate (The Financial Express, MADHAV MEHRA, Jun 05, 2006)
This can often be done with minimal costs and sometimes even profitability.
- Learning From Enron (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 05, 2006)
Post Enron, corporate governance has been spruced up, yet nobody is betting that excesses will not recur.
- Persistent Odours In Air Are Harmful Gases: Ngo (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jun 05, 2006)
It could be suicidal to dismiss persistent smell of cooking gas, rotten egg or nail polish in your vicinity as a mere nuisance.
- It’S Cocaine, Confirms Lab (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jun 05, 2006)
The condition of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul Mahajan considerably improved and he gained consciousness on Sunday only to find that the he may be in for more trouble with his urine test at a reputed laboratory here suggesting traces of cocai
- Air In India Highly Toxic, Says Report (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jun 05, 2006)
Indians are being exposed to dangerous levels of highly toxic gases, including volatile organic compounds and sulphur gases, through the air they breathe.
- Indian Doctors Abroad Also Needed At Home (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has reminded ethnic Indian doctors serving abroad that they are also needed at home, the Ministry has reported from Saudi Arabia where he is on a visit.
- Iims Say Increasing Seats Unfeasible; Mute On Obc Quota (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Majority of the elite institutes of higher education across the country are 'mute' on complying with the Government's reservation policy for OBCs but raised doubts over increasing the seats with the IIM-Bangalore saying bigger classrooms may lead . . .
- Denial Won't Help (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 05, 2006)
The United Nations report on the status of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic seems to have both positive and negative portents.
- Docs, Cops On Guard In Rahul Case (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
To maintain secrecy in the Rahul Mahajan case, the Delhi Police has been repeatedly shifting the detained persons from one police station to another for interrogation.
- Benzodiazipine In Rahul's Sample Higher Than Normal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The Apollo Hospital, in the eye of a storm over its role in the Rahul Mahajan case, had on Saturday revealed some of the reports of the 'quantitative' test done on Mahajan Jr by Dr Lal's Path Labs while stating that barbiturates were present in Rahul's .
- Recent Strides In Education (Daily Excelsior, K.K. Khullar, Jun 05, 2006)
Of the eight ‘Flagship Programmes’ of the Government, two programmes namely ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ and Mid-day Meal Scheme’ directly relate to the Education sector while the other six, in particular, the ‘Integrated Child Development . . .
- One Held For Murder Of Aiadmk Worker (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Eight others absconding; police blame it on business rivalry
- Elite Institutions Mute On Reservation (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The majority of the elite institutes of higher education across the country are ‘‘mute’’ on the question of complying with the government’s reservation policy and its proposal to go ahead with 27 per cent reservation to OBCs in higher education.
- It Firms Sailing Smoothly On Foreign Shores (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 05, 2006)
Even as industry titans like L N Mittal, Vijay Mallya and Ratan Tata are facing stiff opposition to takeovers on foreign turf, Indian IT firms are having a cake walk when it comes to acquiring firms overseas.
- The Rope Trick (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Jun 05, 2006)
A skipping rope without a rope may sound as goofy as gobi Manchurian without the gobi but to inventor Lester Clancy it makes a lot of sense to have just a pair of handles with no interfering cord in between connecting them.
- Surreal, Not Saral (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 05, 2006)
Income tax lawyers can rejoice. Government has just made filing tax returns considerably more complicated. Instead of the earlier one-page Saral form, the IT department is set to introduce Form 2F.
- It's The Economy, Stupid (Times of India, A SRINIVAS, Jun 05, 2006)
From a political economy point of view, there are two interesting aspects to the issue of undocumented or 'illegal' Hispanic migrants in the US. First, the business community and sections of the state do not favour a crackdown.
- Share Markets Gone Bust For Good? (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 05, 2006)
The Sensex had scaled the all-time height of 12,612 on May 10. That same day the US Federal Reserve Bank raised the interest rate on US Government Treasuries to 5% and gave indications of further increases in near future.
- No Regrets Over Briton’S Death: Disabled Mountaineer (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The first double amputee to conquer Mount Everest said today he has suffered intense criticism for not rescuing a fellow climber on his ascent but has no regrets about leaving the Briton to die.
- Nepal Sc Frees Royal Ministers (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 05, 2006)
Since coming to power on the strength of a mass uprising in April, the Girija Prasad Koirala government of Nepal suffered its first loss of face today with the Supreme Court ordering the release of three of King Gyanendra’s ministers, saying they . . .
- Govt In A Spot Over Quota, Profit Bill (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The “impressive” progress card of UPA’s two years in office that was brought out in costly and glossy booklets hardly received any notice as it was swamped by the continuing mess over the office of profit bill and the OBC quota issue.
- Misappropriation Case: Two Officials Arrested (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Organization (SVO) has arrested two government officials including an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) in connection with the alleged misappropriation of more than Rs one crore in the Public Health Engineering . . .
- 'Nri' Part Of Plot To Blow Up Canadian Parliament (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Jun 05, 2006)
One of the 17 suspects rounded up by Canadian authorities while uncovering the country's first major terrorist bomb plot goes by the name Steven Vikash Chand alias Abdul Shakur.
- 'Priyaranjan Dasmunshi Has Set A Bad Precedent By Viewing The Film' (OutLook, Anuradha Raman, Jun 05, 2006)
From a call to hold back its release to granting an adult certification, with a prominent disclaimer that it was a work of fiction, it was the I&B ministry which took all the decisions. The Censor Board chairperson on the parallel body.
- Terrorists Planned To Bring Tokyo Terror To London (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 05, 2006)
Islamic terror suspects were planning a chemical attack in London similar to the 1995 outrage on the Tokyo underground, which prompted last week's counter-terrorist operation in east of the British capital in which one person was shot and another . . .
- Polio's Upswing Cripples Campaign (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Jun 05, 2006)
This is one race that is beginning to tire the team. After several deadlines to free the country of polio missed, the virus has struck with renewed ferocity in Uttar Pradesh this year.
- Sahil Gave Lethal Powder To Bibek And Rahul (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 05, 2006)
Sahil Zaroo gave the lethal "white powder" to deceased Bibek Maitra and Rahul Mahajan on the fateful Friday. "According to preliminary investigations it has been revealed that Sahil was the one who provided the powder to both of them," said . . .
- It Could Be Drug Laced With Poison (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Jun 05, 2006)
...says AIIMS autopsy report on Maitra ---- The mystery surrounding the death of Bibek Maitra and near-death of Rahul Mahajan is waiting to be unraveled, if the Delhi Police intends to uncover the conspiracy.
- Apollo Flip-Flop Irks Police (Times of India, Sachin Parashar, Jun 05, 2006)
Senior police officers investigating the Rahul Mahajan case have started casting doubts on Apollo hospital's conduct.
- Matter Of Shame (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 05, 2006)
It is extremely unfortunate that one of the tourists from West Bengal who was injured in a dastardly terrorist hit at the Dal Gate has succumbed to his injuries at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (Saura) in Srinagar.
- Cops Crack Courier, Not Mystery (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Police today claimed to have found answers to two questions about the party at Rahul Mahajan’s residence, saying drugs had indeed featured and they were brought by the fourth guest, Sahil Zaroo.
- Simple Drug Tests Made To Look Complex: Experts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Did they or didn't they? New Delhi's Apollo Hospital has made a simple question about drug abuse by Rahul Mahajan and his aide Vivek Moitra appear needlessly complex, say experts.
- 'Us Package For Army's Mistakes Inadequate' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
A lawyer who had several relatives among 24 Iraqis allegedly slain by US Marines and is representing kin of other victims complained in videotape on Saturday that American compensation paid to the families was inadequate compensation of $2,500. . . .
- Sahil Brought The Dope; Forensic Test Confirms Heroin (Times of India, Sachin Parashar, Jun 05, 2006)
Sahil Zaroo, fourth accused in the Rahul Mahajan-Vivek Moitra drug abuse case, has started to squeal.
- Balm For Rahul In Atal Sympathy (Telegraph, MANJEET SEHGAL WARRIOR, Jun 05, 2006)
The first comments from the BJP offering sympathy and help to Rahul Mahajan, recovering from a possible drug overdose, came today with Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying “such mistakes happen in young age”.
- Former Dig Dies Holding On To Train Robber (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Robbers shot dead a former DIG on a Mumbai-bound train this afternoon, minutes after it pulled out of Rajendranagar station, barely 3 km from here.
- Nutrition And Children (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 05, 2006)
A recent report on child nutrition alerted the world to a staggering health risk: More than one quarter of all children under the age of five in developing countries are underweight.
- Cooling Heels As Globe Warms (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
Last month at the UN Conference on global warming, India's Secretary to the Ministry of Environment & Forests said that "ending" the country's poverty had to take precedence over the limiting use of fossil fuels that are widely blamed for causing . . .
- Your Smoking Is Killing Me (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 05, 2006)
Ban on depiction of smoking in films and TV serials is necessary as impressionable minds take their screen idols very seriously, says Shailaja Chandra.
- There At Last (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 05, 2006)
India seems to have finally caught up with South Africa. The two countries are now more or less on a par with the highest estimated number of people living with HIV.
- Campaign Goes Up In Smoke (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 05, 2006)
The annual ‘No Tobacco Day’ has become little more than a ritual. To say that the rite is meaningless may be pitching it too strong, but the fact is that the impact of the observances are, sadly, negligible.
- Luxury Becomes Necessity (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Jun 05, 2006)
Thomas Friedman might well have second thoughts revisiting Bangalore; while the world is certainly flat in these parts, it's also uneven and potholed ---- Queen Regent Kempananjammanni spent less than Rs 42 lakh almost a hundred years ago, to build . . .
- Collector For Coordinated Approach To Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Silver Jubilee celebrations matter of pride, he says
Road accident rate dipped with harmony of transportation sector
City has to enter fast-track mode of development
- Bjp Looks Set To Dump Mahajan Jr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Saturday said in Bangalore that the party had not shown any interest in bringing Mr Rahul Mahajan, who is battling for life in a Delhi hospital, into politics.....
- This Way To Paradise (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 04, 2006)
As tourism brings in the dollars, Shangri-La is discovering anew the value of its Tibetan heritage.
This is Shangri-La. Given the visceral punch of the area's beauty, this is one marketing ploy that's easy to fall for.
- Bjp Leadership In A Dilemma Over Rahul Mahajan Episode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Party leaders contradict each other on the line to be adopted; Rahul was poisoned, says Munde
Initial reports suggested that it was a case of liquor and drug overdose
Sushma Swaraj described it as a family tragedy unconnected to the party
"We . . .
- Quota Report To Govt By 31 August, Says Moily (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
The chairman of the Oversight Committee on reservations, Mr M Veerrappa Moily, today said five sub-committees constituted by him on the matter would submit their reports by 31 July.
- Galbraith The Green (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jun 04, 2006)
Galbraith's 1958 essay throws up issues which may turn out to be fundamental ones in the 21st century.
- Life And Times Of A Serial Novelist (Hindu, PARVATHI NAYAR, Jun 04, 2006)
Alexander McCall Smith admits that it is tough balancing the demands of being an accidental writer.
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
A total of Rs.12,19,302 contributed on the occasion of the 83rd birthday of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi would be remitted to the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund, an official release said here on Saturday.
- Successes And Failures (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 04, 2006)
Every time the State denies a tactical victory to the terrorists, it takes one step forward for achieving a strategic victory over terrorism. That is the way to look at the foiled terrorist attack on RSS headquarters at Nagpur.
- Taliban Have Safe Havens In Pakistan, Says Afghan Envoy (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 04, 2006)
The Afghan ambassador to the United States, Said Jawad, was quoted here on Saturday as having stated that the Taliban have been emboldened by more advanced weaponry and greater mobility within the country and across the porous border to terrorist . . .
- People Stories And The Public Interest (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 04, 2006)
If President Kalam were media-obsessed — there’s absolutely no suggestion of this in this most serious-minded head of state —
- Fresh Fighting Erupts In East Timor (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Fresh fighting erupted among rival ethnic gangs in East Timor's capital Dili Sunday, as church leaders pleaded with factions to heal the rifts that have threatened to push the country into all-out civil war.
- 35 Die In Afghan Unrest As District Retaken (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Nearly 35 Taliban rebels were killed in the latest strikes in Afghanistan as Afghan and coalition troops took back a district that had been in rebel hands for days, officials said.
- 35 Taliban Killed In New Afghan Unrest (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Nearly 35 Taliban rebels have been killed in the latest strikes in Afghanistan as Afghan and coalition troops took back a district that had been in rebel hands for days, officials said.
- Our Pattern Of Budget-Making (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
Successive governments in Pakistan have tended to use the annual budgets to gain political mileage rather than promote any particular economic plan or strategy.
- Britain's Top Police Officer Could Face Charges Over Killing Of Brazilian (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Britain's top police officer Sir Ian Blair could face legal charges over the fatal shooting of a Brazilian man who was mistaken by police for a suicide bomber last year, a newspaper reported Sunday.
- Centre Approves Gmc Jammu Upgradation Project (Statesman, Sanjeev Pargal, Jun 04, 2006)
The Centre Government has approved prestigious Rs 120 crore project for upgradation of Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu on the pattern of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- Drug Conduit Sahil Zaroo Pretends Innocence (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Jun 04, 2006)
He was biting his lips, repeatedly moistening them with his drying tongue but still wearing a smile on his clean shaven face to float the impression that he was not what he is perceived to be.
- Grim Picture Of Armed Conflict And Violence (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jun 04, 2006)
There seems turmoil and unrest all around. The Annual Report of 2005, just published by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, paints a grim picture of the impact of armed conflict and violence on civilians.
- Lifetrack In New York (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 04, 2006)
My most favourite bar in New York is The Otherroom on Perry Street in West Village.
- Hormonal Imbalance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2006)
Dr. D. Pushpalatha, Chairperson, Family Welfare Committee, Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India, Hyderabad, replies to this week's questions.
- Jousting Is No More Only Physical Here (Pioneer, Harjeet Ahluwalia, Jun 04, 2006)
Cry war, and a Punjabi will step forth. Now he's ready to do the same online, as increased broadband penetration brings the state into the interactive gaming arena.
- London Police Search For Evidence Of Terrorist Plot (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
British police were frantically searching Sunday for evidence of what security sources fear is a plot to unleash sarin nerve gas or another deadly agent.
- Markets Are Cyclical, Like Life After Death (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 04, 2006)
We must use our power to discriminate and should not be influenced by sensationalism in media and herd mentality
- U.S. Affirmative Action & Our Reservation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2006)
In that country, fixing quotas or awarding preferential extra points is not allowed
- Nightmare In Kashmir (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 04, 2006)
It will not help if the ghastly attack on a bus carrying tourists, mostly from West Bengal, in Srinagar is treated as an “accident’’ and tour operators are allowed to do business as usual even after the tragedy that claimed one life and inflicted serious
- Time Yet To Relent (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 04, 2006)
UPA must reconsider quota policy ---- By calling off their strike and returning to work, doctors in Delhi and other cities across the country have done the right thing. Now that the . . .
- Twelve Tourists Return, Dutta’S Coffin Too Reaches Kolkata (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Indian Airlines cargo package 49590065/ 01/ CCU/DACC, carrying the body of Swaraj Dutta, the lone Bengali tourist who succumbed to injuries received in the terrorist attack at Srinagar, arrived in Kolkata late on Friday evening.
- Aiadmk Man Killed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
An AIADMK functionary was hacked to death in broad daylight by a six-member gang at Padi near here on Friday.
- Rahul Mahajan In Icu For Food Poisoning, Key Aide Dead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Mr Mahajan had succumbed to the gunshot wounds inflicted by his brother Pravin Mahajan on May 3.
- Protecting Rights Of Minorities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
West Bengal Amendment Bill Will Hit Education
- Mahajan's Son Battles For Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The police have not completely ruled out a “conspiracy angle” to the incident, sources told Deccan Herald. Rahul and Moitra were rushed to the Apollo Hospital after their condition deteriorated, with both vomiting.
- Tourist Succumbs, Others Flown (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
One of the tourists from West Bengal, injured in Wednesday’s grenade blast at Dalgate, died early this morning, official sources said.
- 'Mercy Killing A Relevant Topic Even For Our Cinema' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 03, 2006)
Malayalam film-maker Jayaraj straddles the worlds of parallel and commercial cinema with ease. Karunam won the Golden Peacock at the International Film Festival of India in 2000.
- Positive Alert (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 03, 2006)
India has overtaken South Africa. A UNAIDS report says that with 5.7 million HIV-positive people, India has the world's largest population infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. That's two-thirds of the figure for Asia.
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