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Articles 8121 through 8220 of 20587:
- Varanasi Blasts' Accused Shot Dead In Kashmir (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, May 10, 2006)
After receiving a tip-off from the Uttar Pradesh Police about his presence in the northern part of the Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir Police shot dead Muhammed Zubair, key accused in the March 7 Varanasi blasts case in an encounter in Kupwara district....
- India's Children: Imperilled By Hunger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 10, 2006)
There is bad news about India's children. They account for one third of the world's malnourished children, and the country's rate of malnutrition is, at 47 per cent, the same as Ethiopia's.
- Bjp Condolence Meet On Mahajan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
The provision of reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes was incorporated in the Constitution for a limited period. However, politicians not only kept extending it through repeated constitutional amendments, but the ambit of caste-based . . .
- Livelihood A Major Issue For Quake Survivors In Uri (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, May 10, 2006)
URI (Kashmir): Life will, perhaps, never be the same for the hundreds of families affected in the earthquake that shook parts of Jammu and Kashmir on October 8 last year. For over 260 families, now living at the Bela Camp in Uri, there is nothing . . .
- Bring Cheer To The Aged (Telegraph, TUMPA MUKHERJEE, May 10, 2006)
The abuse of old people can take many forms — physical, psychological, emotional or financial.
- Bending The Constitution (Pioneer, MC Joshi, May 10, 2006)
The provision of reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes was incorporated in the Constitution for a limited period.
- Verdict On Quota (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Ideally, the 6-2 tennis score verdict of the National Knowledge Commission against extending OBC reservation to IITs, IIMs and centrally-affiliated medical institutions such as AIIMS should put to rest Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh's ...
- Latin America’S Turn To The Left (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 10, 2006)
Towards the end of last month, Fidel Castro played host to a pair of neighbours, Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, with whom he signed a pact titled the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas.
- Indians In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, May 10, 2006)
The abduction and killing of K Suryanarayana by Taliban in Afghanistan, just a few months after a BRO jawan met the same fate at the hands of the fundamentalist militia, has posed a new challenge for India-- to ensure security of country's nationals . . .
- Killer Waves (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 10, 2006)
Long ago a boat filled to capacity with pilgrims from Akhnoor to the Jhiri fair capsized on the way in the Chinab River.
- Pakistan Charity Says U.S. Terror Label An Indian Plot (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , May 10, 2006)
The founder of one of the most feared militant groups fighting in Kashmir accused the United States on Tuesday of pandering to India and being anti-Islam by branding the charity he now runs as a terrorist organisation.
- Ensure Rehabilitation Of People Displaced By Project: Bangarappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
A proper package is as important as the project itself, says the former Chief Minister
The Shimoga MP says
Consider geographical area and not population for delimitation of constituencies
A third political front is possible if Left parties . . .
- Another Look At Liver Transplants (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 10, 2006)
The tragedy involving Pramod Mahajan has led to numerous queries from friends and patients on the management of major abdominal injuries.
- Admk Worker Hacked To Death, Anbumani, Father Named In Fir (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and his father Dr. S. Ramadoss, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder, have been named in an FIR relating to the murder of an AIADMK functionary, Muruganandam, in Tamil Nadu on Monday night, hours after . . .
- Prosperity May Lead To Reforms (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, May 10, 2006)
Economic prosperity and changing lifestyle in China is slowly shifting the goal towards political reforms
- Another Deadly Violation (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 10, 2006)
AT least three different versions of the US helicopter gunship bombardment on the Pak-Afghan border that left three miners dead, three others injured and eight missing on Monday have appeared in the press.
- Rogue Tiger Brought To Vandalur (Hindu, P. Oppili, May 10, 2006)
An adult tiger, which strayed into a human habitation in a village in Kanyakumari District was captured by the Forest officials and brought to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, on Tuesday.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 10, 2006)
In "India not invited to ACU meeting" (May 7, 2006), the reference to the "Asian Current Unit" is incorrect. It is the Asian Currency Unit (ACU), a proposed currency unit for the ASEAN "10+4" economic circle (ASEAN, China, India, Japan and South Korea).
- Ex-Mp Jaya Bachchan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s rejection of Jaya Bachchan’s petition against her disqualification from the membership of the Rajya Sabha by the Election Commission on grounds of holding an office of profit was not entirely unexpected. Ms Bachchan has been . . .
- Anbumani, Father Named In Murder Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Echo of death of State Minister's aide
- Key Suspect In Varanasi Blast Shot In Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
A top militant of the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islamia and one of the main brains behind the twin blasts that rocked Varanasi recently was shot dead in a gunbattle in the Handwara area today.
- Today's Editorial: Sonia's Sally (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 10, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi's public debate with prime minister Manmohan Singh on free trade agreements (FTAs) with ASEAN countries may well pander to populist protectionism, but it does not speak well of the government's clarity of thinking on the issue.
- The Missing Emphasis (Business Standard, A K Bhattacharya, May 10, 2006)
Somewhere along the way, power sector reforms in India seem to have lost direction.
- Market Economies And The End Of History (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, May 10, 2006)
Before we have such declarations, emerging market economies like India need a viable welfare model.
- Going Overboard On Tax Concessions (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, May 10, 2006)
The SEZ Act is not geared for genuine economic zones and the finance ministry’s worries seem real.
- Factory Of Disease Production (Pioneer, Maneka Gandhi, May 10, 2006)
Bird Flu is one of many diseases that regularly attack chickens in badly kept poultries.
- New Way To Untangle The Reservation Mess (Business Line, A. Seshan, May 09, 2006)
The controversy over reservation, of seats in higher educational institutions and employment in the private sector, can be resolved in a manner that balances equity with excellence. The Government could start academic institutions exclusively for the . .
- Change In Habits Could Lull You To Sleep (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 09, 2006)
While not every insomniac's problem is so easily solved, many if not most of the people who now rely on sleeping pills could cure their insomnia simply by changing their living and sleeping habits.
- The Drought Threat (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 09, 2006)
An alarming scenario of countrywide drought appears to be in the making, with the rains last winter 40 percent less than average and snowfall barely 20 to 25 percent of normal, and with the Met pundits predicting no significant rains in the coming . . .
- Indian Police Kill Muslim Militant In New Delhi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Indian policemen killed an Islamist militant on Monday after a gun-battle in the heart of New Delhi, police said.
- Invasion By Alien Species (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , May 09, 2006)
The ministry is to applying provisions of a defunct Order that makes no mention of weeds
- An Effective Response To Malaria (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 09, 2006)
Troubling questions raised by a group of researchers on the World Bank's initiatives to contain malaria must occasion a review of India's own prolonged efforts to combat the disease.
- Feed Behind Bird Flu (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 09, 2006)
The recent action taken by the authorities, seizing 50 containers of poultry feed and getting its samples tested has dug up a pertinent reason for the spread of Bird flu all over and in Pakistan according to a private TV channel.
- Marketing Jammu Tourism (Daily Excelsior, Dr Rajendra Mishra, May 09, 2006)
Jammu the land of the Dogras, offers a wide variety of cultural mix which is unparalleled among all the three regions of J&K. The only missing link is the marketing! Over the successive tourism plans, the major focus has always remained - 'Kashmir'.
- A Day The World Must Not Forget (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 09, 2006)
May 9 will always bring Russian people of all generations, nationalities and religious beliefs together, writes Viktor Litovkin .
- Us-India N-Deal Would Go Through: Rice (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed hope that the civil nuclear deal between India and the US would go through in the future.
- Getting Real About Oil Prices (Deccan Herald, Bhamy V Shenoy And A Madhavan, May 09, 2006)
Crude oil prices have surged from $ 18 per gallon to $ 75 since 2002, with no ceiling in sight. For India, which annually imports more than 74 per cent of its crude oil demand, this is the third oil shock. The government has tried in vain to contain . . .
- No More Marathons For Wonder Kid (Pioneer, Bhubaneswar, May 09, 2006)
Armed with the report of doctors who conducted tests on Budhia Singh, Orissa's Women and Child Development Minister Pramila Mallick on Monday announced that her department would no more allow the child prodigy to participate in marathons.
- It’S About Quality, Not Merit (Indian Express, Abhijit Sengupta, May 09, 2006)
We would need to ensure universal good quality teaching in quality schools all over India
- Gladiators Out Of Athletes (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2006)
Sunil Gavaskar, who now heads the powerful cricket committee of the sport’s world governing body, has said that the burnout theory was nonsense and hard grind was part of the cricketer’s honour of representing one’s country.
- Not The Way (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 09, 2006)
Dukhtaran-e-Millat is back to playing its favourite role as moral police in the Kashmir region. Evidently it feels it can exploit the present resentment against the "high-profile" sex scandal to force its retrogradory viewpoint.
- The Plight Of Women In Iraq (Hindu, Natasha Walter, May 09, 2006)
Women in Iraq are living a nightmare that is hidden from the West. Now one of them has turned film-maker to give us a window on to what they endure. She reveals what she saw.
- Swadeshi Sonia (Pioneer, Swadeshi Sonia, May 09, 2006)
In writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the eve of the Rae Bareli by-election and arguing against free trade agreements (FTAs) aimed at allowing Indians greater access to agricultural and manufacturing imports, Congress president Sonia Gandhi . . .
- World Bank Reacts To Lancet Article On Malaria (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
The World Bank has clarified its stand on the recent article in medical journal, Lancet, which had raised some questions on its role in India’s Malaria Control Programme between 1997 and 2005.
- Science Without Borders (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 09, 2006)
I am just back from a regional meeting of scientists, held in Islamabad, on the topic of mathematical physics. The 'region' in this case means the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia.
- Police Image (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 09, 2006)
The Police force has onerous responsibility of maintaining law and order and detecting and preventing of crime besides prosecuting offenders. Whatever efforts are being initiated to keep the crime under control the image of the police still continues . .
- India Acquires Tools To Detect Aids Among Kids (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, May 09, 2006)
India is procuring 19 Qualitative Polymerase Chain Reaction machines (PCR), the only diagnostic tool in the world that accurately detects the presence of HIV in children aged below 13.
- Lashkar Militant Killed In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
A Pakistani national allegedly belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was gunned down in an encounter with the police outside Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday night. The encounter followed the arrest of two other LeT militants at Hazrat . . .
- The Danger Of Aids (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 09, 2006)
A TASK force on AIDS has come out with some alarming figures for HIV-infected people in Larkana and has confirmed the presence of the deadly virus in 118 persons.
- Aiadmk Man Hacked To Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
Forty-year-old Manikandan, a party worker of the All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, was hacked to death in front of the house of Education Minister C.Ve. Shanmugham here on Monday night.
- Afraid To Ask (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 09, 2006)
Surveys reveal as much about the surveyed as about the surveyors. A survey of the sexual behaviour, attitudes, histories and awareness levels of boys and girls in almost 3,000 schools across 19 districts in Madhya Pradesh is no exception.
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
The Karnataka Sahitya Academy has invited entries for its annual book awards in 18 categories from publishers and authors of books published in 2005. Each award comes with a purse of Rs. 5,000.
- ‘N. Areas To Get Dam Royalty’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Northern Areas will get a share in the royalty of the water reservoir being built in areas bordering the Northern Areas and the NWFP.
- Terror Tactic Of The Times (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, May 08, 2006)
Suicide terrorism is the flavour of season, whether in India, Sri Lanka, West Asia or Pakistan. Suicide terror attack is invariably politically motivated. It is aggressive, brutal and generally executed by an individual or a group of individuals.
- Monday Blues (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 08, 2006)
After days of non-news and tragic news, the political media must look forward to the week that starts today with unusual excitement. India is poised for one of its most newsy seven days in a long, long time.
- One Rate Tax For All Sectors (Jordan Times, Fahed Fanek, May 08, 2006)
One of the most important features of modern income tax laws, adopted by most economically developed countries, is the imposition of corporate tax across the board, in one rate, applicable indiscriminately to all sectors, so as the tax rate would . . .
- Nepal Recalls 12 Ambassadors (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 08, 2006)
Pro-democracy movement toll 21; Maoists want interim constitution
- Blair Dares His Foes To Come And Get Him (Hindu, Andrew Rawnsley, May 08, 2006)
After his aggressive reshuffle, the British Prime Minister will not concede to those Labour MPs demanding a date for his departure.
- Under An Unkind Sun (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, May 08, 2006)
India should care for its citizens working abroad in difficult conditions
- Tribute To The 'Nihonjins' (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, May 08, 2006)
Their work ethic has made them the richest and most loved people in the world
- "Chamber Of Life" A Boon For Severely Ill Patients (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, May 08, 2006)
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Machine available at RML hospital
- Novel Plan For Old City Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Denizens come together and form committee to achieve their goal
- Toxic Waste Death (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 08, 2006)
Given the low priority attached to environmental safety, it is unlikely that the FIR registered by the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency against unidentified polluters in Karachi’s SITE area will yield positive results.
- Go Rural Is Tourism's New Mantra (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
With a view to exploiting to the hilt India's cultural richness and varied excellence in the field of health and spirituality, the Government is planning to diversify tourism.
- Serious Crisis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 08, 2006)
India should tackle malnourishment immediately
- The 'True' Rate Of Inflation (Business Standard, Pooja Mirchandani, May 08, 2006)
The WPI, suitably adjusted for oil, reasonably depicts the inflationary situation in the economy.
- No Cup Of Cheer~i (Statesman, Aditi Roy Ghatak , May 08, 2006)
August 2005. A posse of officers from the Tea Board of India, under executive director EA Nazimuddin, arrives at a Conoor warehouse near the auction centre, seizes teas and summarily destroys them.
- Two Killed, Four Injured In Bomb Attack On Internet Cafe In China (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Two persons were killed and four others injured in last Friday's twin bomb attack on two Internet cafes in east China's Anhui Province, the state media reported today.
- Former Prime Minister V.P. Singh Hospitalised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Heart beat slows down due to heat, condition stable
- Bush Says Wants Guantanamo Closed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The last American survivor of the Titanic wreck has died in the state of Massachusetts aged 99.
- Another Verbal Skirmish With Kabul (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 08, 2006)
The US State Department Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Henry Crumpton, has launched another verbal skirmish with Islamabad over the presence or otherwise of Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan. He admitted Pakistan was fighting . . .
- Hallmarks Of The New Age - Buoyant Taxes, Stable Revenues (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, May 08, 2006)
Buoyancy in tax collection, apart from the general performance of the economy, depends on the structure and stability of tax policies and improvement in tax administration.
Revenue is not to be measured against any one single factor. Apart from tax . .
- Progress Through Change Management (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, May 08, 2006)
The concept of ‘change management’, as propounded by modern management techniques, also applicable to personality development, is inspired by the need for effecting timely changes to ensure stability, profitability and progress.
- Bird Flu Situation Under Control, No Further Outbreak: Hakeem (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
Bird flu situation is quite under control even though regular countrywide surveillance mechanism is on to check any possible outbreak in future, a top official said.
- Food Safety Management System (Daily Excelsior, L.C. Ponnumon, May 08, 2006)
Food reaches consumers via supply chains that may link different types of organizations and that may stretch across multiple borders. One weak link can result in unsafe food that is dangerous to health.
- Debating A Bad Idea (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, May 08, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Child Hiv Count On Cards (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
India is about to embark on an exercise to estimate the number of children who are infected with HIV and need anti-HIV therapy to extend their lives, international health experts have said.
- Cbi Raids Houses Of 5 Vigilance Officials (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 08, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) today raided residences of five officials of the State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) and an Inspector in connection with investigations of suspended RTO . . .
- Tragic Departure Of A Dynamic Leader (Deccan Herald, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , May 08, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan was an embodiment of energy and self-confidence. He also had an amazing capacity to learn about new issues and new things.
- Call Of The Valley (Times of India, Sagari Chhabra, May 08, 2006)
In recent weeks, images of a woman on hunger strike for 20 days entered our homes. Her body is a willing site of pain and deprivation, to evoke both recognition and response to the trauma of families displaced as a result of the Sardar Sarovar dam.
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