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Articles 7421 through 7520 of 20587:
- Medicos To Continue Strike Despite Sc Appeal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Agitating anti-reservation medicos on Monday night decided to continue their strike despite an appeal by the Supreme Court to call off their fortnight-long stir.
- Medicos To Continue Strike Despite Sc Appeal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Agitating anti-reservation medicos tonight decided to continue their strike despite an appeal by the Supreme Court to call off their fortnight-long stir.
- Aid Trickles Into Quake-Hit Java (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Aid trickled in today for survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia’s Java island, but tens of thousands of homeless still foraged on their own for food and shelter.
- Wincing Over Da Vinci Code (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, May 30, 2006)
Three Vatican-affiliated satra-pies have unilaterally banned the Hollywood blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code, thereby affirming paramount loyalty to Il Papa as opposed to the Indian nation.
- Help Indonesian Brothers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 30, 2006)
Pakistan has done well in immediately responding to the needs of the earthquake-hit people of Indonesia.
- India’S Insecurity~ii (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, May 30, 2006)
If the state of India’s external security is a cause for serious concern, the country’s internal security situation is equally dismal.
- India Inc Can Sow A Paradigm Shift (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 30, 2006)
Corporates can bring about a turnaround in the agriculture sector, bringing all-round benefits.
- Can Democracy Ensure Economic Discipline? (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, May 30, 2006)
Freedom is an important component of development. But if it can deliver economic advancement for a vast majority depends squarely on whether or not the policy environment is conducive, says BHANOJI RAO.
- Doctors' Strike Hits Medical Services In M.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Services remained affected in hospitals affiliated to Madhya Pradesh's medical colleges as the junior doctors' strike in protest against 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in higher education institutions continued unabated.
- Pakistan Rallies Around A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 30, 2006)
Renewed interest in America on nuclear proliferation network
- Have Income, Give Subsidies (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 30, 2006)
The fault lies not in providing subsidies to the poor and the needy but in not raising enough resources. The Government provides tax exemptions, which reduce legitimate tax revenues due to it, and the variety of subsidies and sops
- China Promises A "Non-Smoking" Olympics In 2008 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
China, the largest producer and consumer of tobacco in the world with an army of 350 million smokers, today vowed to stage a "non-smoking" Olympic Games in 2008.
- Family Health Survey Puts Figure At 32 Per Cent (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, May 30, 2006)
Even as the Supreme Court takes a look at the basis of Government's quota contention, a Health Ministry household survey belies the Mandal Commission's claims that OBCs constitute over half of the total population.
- Jatropha Cultivation In India (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, May 30, 2006)
Hope you would be aware that in India more than one lac people commit suicide every year.
- Quake Death Toll Close To 5,000, Survivors Scavenge For Food (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Grieving quake survivors on Monday scavenged for food in the debris of their houses, as the world promised help to Indonesia recover from its latest deadly natural disaster.
- Sindh Coalition Intact (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 30, 2006)
Now that the differences between the MQM and the PML have been settled — to quote the prime minister — “amicably”, one hopes that no new tension will develop between the two, and the coalition will stay intact and work as a team for Sindh’s . . .
- South Of Java (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 30, 2006)
There may have been one terrible earthquake in Indonesia, but the tragedy in that island cluster is manifold.
- India Should Do A China In Africa (Tribune, NIMI KURIAN, May 30, 2006)
China has lately been rediscovering the African continent with a voyager’s zeal. Chinese President Hu Jintao’s recent visit to Africa forms part of a charm offensive to determinedly court the continent.
- Optimisation Of Care In Cerebral Palsy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The concept of transdisciplinary approach in the management of cerebral palsy (C.P.) is astoundingly simple as it is complex.
- Tourism Zone (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
I submit that entire Nilgiri district should be converted as a tourism zone. The main five zonal centres comprising Udhagamandalam, Coonoor, Gudalur, Kotagiri and Kundah regions are scenic spots.
- The Pakistan Connection (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, May 30, 2006)
India has to be prepared for attacks on its personnel working on Afghan-Pak border from the Taliban
- Quake Toll Crosses 5,000-Mark (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
A week-end earthquake that shook the heartland of Indonesia's densely populated island of Java killed at least 5,115 people, a provincial government office said today.
- Implications Of Reservations (Deccan Herald, TRILOCHAN SASTRY, May 30, 2006)
Expanding facilities might be easy, but getting faculty may be difficult
- Some Reservations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 30, 2006)
How can you support the extension of reservations to the OBCs while mopping up the resentment among the upper castes?
- In A Brinjal Soup (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 30, 2006)
Monsanto Mayho Biotech’s proposal for large-scale field trials of genetically modified Bt brinjals can show a way forward for Indian agriculture.
- 13-Member Quota Oversight Committee Set Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Committee told to submit report to Union Government by August 31
Three groups set up to draw up modalities for implementing the decision
The groups asked to complete their job by July 31
- Get Back To Work (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 30, 2006)
By continuing their strike protesting against the Cabinet decision to institute, from the next academic year, 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central educational institutions even after getting . . .
- A Quick Step Forward In Sino-Indian Ties (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 30, 2006)
As China and India grow in economic and strategic importance, what is needed is a genuine attempt towards mutual accommodation that would take into account shifting geopolitical power plays.
- 78 Child Labourers Rescued (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Raids conducted in Sarai Kale Khan
One person has been detained
Children were living in unhygienic atmosphere
- Medicos Welcome Court Appeal But Seek Written Assurance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
A softening of stand by medicos?
- Call Off Agitation, Cpi Tells Striking Medicos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Says continuation will mean doing away with reservation
- Two Die As Rain Lashes Dakshina Kannada (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
In Kozhikode, Kerala, torrential rain, influenced by south-west monsoon, has left a trail of destruction in north Kerala over the last two days. One person was washed away in flash floods, several houses were damaged and many low-lying areas inundated.
- Junior Doctors Threaten To Launch Indefinite Strike From Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Procession taken out against Union Government's decision on reservation
- Industrial Model Township To Be Developed In Jagadhari (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
IMT would provide employment opportunities to the youth: Hooda
The Chief Minister also announced that the Civil Hospital of Jagadhari would be upgraded from 30 to 60 beds
Government has earmarked Rs.929 crore for constructing, repairing and . . .
- Waiting For `Anna' In Vidharbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, May 29, 2006)
The failure of the banks has seen new kinds of creditors emerge in Vidharbha. Some of these now come in from neighbouring States — with a `home delivery system' of loans. Many farmers owe money to banks, cooperative societies, input dealers, private . . .
- India’S Insecurity~i (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, May 29, 2006)
External defence being the classic concern of international law, the traditional notion of national security has been wholly militaristic.
- Strengthening Social Sector (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, May 29, 2006)
The State government has undertaken major projects to strengthen the social sector.
- Patient Pm Avoids Strike Hospital (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The Prime Minister was to get up close and personal with the striking doctors today. But at the last moment, he thought better of it.
- Talks On Quota Deadlocked (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The minister also told the agitating students on the Prime Minister’s behalf that their demand for setting up the commission too would be examined, while also assuring them that no action would be taken against the striking students, interns and . . .
- Govt’S Mixed Record (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 29, 2006)
The govt has missed the boat and not done so many things it could have
- Govt Agrees To Examine Students’ Demand (Tribune, Tripti Nath, May 29, 2006)
The government tonight agreed to examine the students demand to set up an expert committee to review the reservation policy.
- Indonesia Quake Toll Rises To 4,611 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
20,000 injured, 1,00,000 homeless; US, Australia pledge aid worth $5m
- Dan Brown, Jesus And Indian Christians (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 29, 2006)
“Even if Dan’s hypothesis were to be true -which it is not- should we feel so embarrassed that Jesus loved a woman?”
- Cpm Invites Non-Nda Parties To Join Hands (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
At the end of the CPI(M)’s two-day Politburo meeting here today, the party General Secretary, Mr Prakash Karat declared they would invite all other non-NDA partners to join them in their struggle against the UPA’s “anti-people”policies.
- Creek Of Contention (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 29, 2006)
India and Pakistan narrowing down their differences on the question of boundary delineation in the Sir Creek marshy area in the Rann of Kutch between Gujarat and Pakistan’s Sindh province is bound to help in taking forward the composite dialogue . . .
- Document In Hand, Students Sceptical (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The government today released a two-page document designed to defuse the anti-reservation agitation but medical students and doctors rejected the offer and lined up meetings to take a final decision.
- Indian Student Shot Dead In Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
An Indian student, working part-time at an all-night convenience store in the US state of Pennsylvania, has been shot dead by an unidentified assailant.
- Indonesia Quake Toll Shoots Past 4600 (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors today and hospitals struggled to cope with the thousands of injured, a day after an earthquake killed more than 4,600 people on Indonesia’s Java island.
- India Joins Rush To Help (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
India has joined the international community in offering relief and assistance to Indonesia in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit Java.
- No Headway To Govt-Medicos Talk, Anti-Quota Stir On (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The striking anti-reservation medicos on Sunday talks with the government but the exercise failed to make headway as the students and resident doctors insisted the Centre give its response in writing to their demands and decided to continue their . . .
- Race Against Time In Shaken Java (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors on Sunday as residents returned to ruined homes on Indonesia's densely populated island of Java a day after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 3,300.
- Govt To Examine Demand For Experts Panel On Quota (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Government will examine the demand for setting up an expert committee to review the reservation policy, Union Minister Oscar Fernandes said on Sunday.
- Death Toll In Quake Rises To 3,700 In Indonesia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Thousands of exhausted and grieving survivors dug through their crumpled homes today searching for clothes, food and valuables after a powerful earthquake hit central Indonesia, killing more than 3,700.
- Quota Row Goes To Court, Sc Will Hear Pil Today (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, May 29, 2006)
27% OBC Reservation: Petitioner wants proposed quota law & Constitutional amendment quashed, says issue was settled by SC
- Stuck In Conflict, S.Lanka Monitors Find New Roles (Reuters, Peter Apps, May 29, 2006)
For civilians caught on the front line of a growing conflict between Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels, truce monitor Jukka Heiskanen's white jeep is almost the only reassurance around.
- Indonesia Quake Toll Tops 5,000, Aid Trickles In (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Tens of thousands of homeless survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people in Indonesia spent the night camped out in the rain as aid from across the world arrived on Monday.
- Docs To Intensify Stir As Talks Fail (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
As yet another round of negotiations failed to break the impasse on OBC reservation, the striking medicos on the 15th day of the agitation on Sunday asserted that the stir will be intensified as the Government was not heeding their demand of a . . .
- Us Pressure On Gmp (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, May 29, 2006)
The Bush administration is pressing hard that India should liberalise its import policy of oil-yielding crops, coarse grains, fruits and vegetables.
- Talks With Medicos Fail (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, May 29, 2006)
Centre's offer to study demand for experts panel rejected
Fight is for all subjects, not just medicine, say medical students
Veerappa Moily to head Oversight Committee
- Keep The Local Jokers Out Of The Pack (The Financial Express, Saumitra Chaudhuri, May 29, 2006)
The global melt affected emerging markets, but local factors worsened the intensity in India.
- Let All Know (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 29, 2006)
"(a) & (b) Plastics are polymers of long-chain hydrocarbons derived from petroleum.
- Find True Peace Through Caring (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, May 29, 2006)
Maria Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon Champion spoke words of great wisdom after she lost to Mary Pierce in the US open of that year.
- Set A Target (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 29, 2006)
An article on this page recently has reiterated the need for focussed development of tourism in the Jammu region.
- Speculators’ Paradise (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 29, 2006)
The recent disaster in the stock market should at least make authorities wake up and find out ways and means to prevent its recurrence.
- Israeli Warplanes Attack Palestinian Bases In Lebanon (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Israeli warplanes attacked Palestinian militant bases in Lebanon, wounding at least five guerrillas, in response to a rocket attack on northern Israel earlier Sunday, Lebanese and Israeli officials said.
- Indonesia Quake Toll 4600 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Rescue workers dug desperately through rubble today for survivors of Indonesia’s earthquake as weeping relatives buried victims of the disaster which killed more than 4,600 people.
- Make Quotas Price-Based (Business Standard, Bibek Debroy, May 29, 2006)
Add up all the expenses the UPA’s planned, and just give the money to everyone for voting Congress.
- Vote Manmohan (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, May 29, 2006)
You have to hand it to the government. They haven’t even figured out if the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Act is as afflicted by fraud as other government schemes are, and they go and work out the details of an even grander one, once . . .
- The U.S. Will To War (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, May 29, 2006)
What drives the `sole superpower' inexorably towards perpetual warfare?
- Hunt For Survivors On As Java Quake Toll 4,611 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Thousands take part in relief effort
* Pakistan dispatches aid goods
- Quota Debate And The Orwellian Doublespeak (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , May 29, 2006)
The Government has shut the quota debate by pronouncing that it has decided. But this, says P. V. INDIRESAN, is iniquitous as it has ordained that no institution — even if it has no government patronage — can admit students free of caste bias.
- The Teacher Who Would Be Pm (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, May 28, 2006)
From the academic year of ‘07, one out of every two students joining the IIMs, IITs and AIIMS will not be getting in on the basis of merit! ‘Credit’ goes to the Manmohan Singh government!
- Minority Government In Tamil Nadu (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, May 28, 2006)
The DMK's manifesto and alliance arithmetic enable M. Karunanidhi to take charge as Chief Minister for the fifth time in Tamil Nadu.
- Towards An Alternative (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, May 28, 2006)
Voters in Tamil Nadu have begun to think of an alternative to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which have alternately ruled the State for 40 years.
- Pondicherry For Congress (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, May 28, 2006)
The outcome of the May 2006 Assembly elections in Pondicherry is the reverse of that in neighbouring Tamil Nadu where the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagm (DMK) government is dependent on the Congress for survival.
- Town Flattened • 200,000 Homeless (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
A powerful earthquake flattened homes and buildings in central Indonesia on Saturday as people slept, killing more than 3,500 and injuring thousands more in the nation’s worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
- Budhia Singh's Feat (Frontline, PRAFULLA DAS, May 28, 2006)
Budhia Singh's record-breaking run sets off a public debate involving the issue of child rights.
- Agha Shahid Bugti Among 15 Booked For Gas Pipeline Blast (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP)’s secretary general, Senator Agha Shahid Bugti, his son Tabish Bugti and Central Secretary .
- Bottling Livelihoods (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, May 28, 2006)
Dropping ground water levels in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, prompt a fresh crop of protest actions against Coca-Cola.
- 3,505 Die In Quake (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2006)
A powerful earthquake flattened homes and buildings in central Indonesia early Saturday as people slept, killing more than 3,505 and injuring thousands more in the nation's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
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