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Articles 8721 through 8820 of 20587:
- R E G I O N: Karzai Blames ‘Foreigners’ For Raging Insurgency (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday blamed unspecified “foreigners” for providing funding and weapons to fan his country’s raging insurgency.
- Fdi Ruled Out In Indian Carriers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
The new civil aviation policy will not allow foreign airlines to own equity in Indian carriers, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said.
- China Is Branching Out Aggressively (Deccan Herald, Raymond W Copson, Apr 22, 2006)
Beijing’s courting of African states is a direct challenge to American interests.
- The Universe Isn’T About Us (Deccan Herald, Joel Achenbach, Apr 22, 2006)
‘In our obscurity, there is no hint that there is anyone who will come and save us from ourselves.’
- Twenty Years On The Banks Of The Narmada (Indian Express, MADHU PURNIMA KISHWAR, Apr 22, 2006)
The spectacular success of Medha Patkar’s Narmada Bachao Andolan in manipulating the media for over two decades is unparalleled in the history of social activism.
- Time To Act (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Apr 22, 2006)
The consequences of inaction in addressing the agrarian ‘distress’ in India will be disastrous. This warning comes from the fourth report prepared by the eight-member National Commission on Farmers headed by Prof M S Swaminathan who spearheaded . . .
- Senior Bjp Leaders Rush To Mumbai (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Senior BJP leaders, including Leader of Opposition LK Advani and party president Rajnath Singh, are rushing to Mumbai to visit high-profile party General Secretary Pramod Mahajan who was shot at allegedly by his brother on Saturday morning, party sources
- The Truth Behind History (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Apr 22, 2006)
M.J. Akbar's latest book is a history of India couched as a fascinating family chronicle
It would be a tragedy if one were to be imprisoned by despair
- Delhi Air Sickens (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 22, 2006)
If you thought the problem of air pollution in the national Capital stands solved following the introduction of CNG-run buses, you have to think again.
- Pramod Mahajan In Surgery After Being Shot (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
A senior leader of main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was shot by his brother on Saturday and is undergoing emergency surgery, police said.
- Indian Doctors Protest Uk Work Permit Plan (Reuters, Tim Castle, Apr 22, 2006)
Overseas doctors, mainly from the Indian sub-continent, demonstrated outside the Department of Health in London on Friday to protest against new rules forcing them to leave Britain.
- Indian Economy On Fast Track: Montek (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
The Indian economy continues to be on an accelerated trend with an upsurge in investments, low inflation rate and ample foreign exchange, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said.
- Bengal Shining? Young Leader Helps Put Gloss On Party’S Image (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 22, 2006)
The Left Front, having consolidated rural Bengal, turned to Kolkata applying mouth to mouth
- Indian Politician Pramod Mahajan Shot At In Mumbai (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan was shot at outside his Worli residence here early on Saturday.
- Indian Army Communication Network System Launched (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 22, 2006)
DZAN network to give India technological edge over adversaries
* Scientists unveil anti-nuclear, biological and chemical equipment
- India To Station Mig-29 Fighter-Bombers At Tajikistan Base (Tribune, RAHUL BEDI, Apr 22, 2006)
India’s first overseas military facility in Tajikistan is expected to become operational by the year-end as part of New Delhi’s thrust into oil-rich Central Asia to meet its growing energy needs.
- Credibility Gap Widens (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 22, 2006)
The Ganga Action Plan was launched in 1986 with the objective of improving the water quality of the Ganga to acceptable standard by preventing the pollution load reaching the river. In 1987, the objective of GAP was recast as restoring the . . .
- No Alternative To Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 22, 2006)
Waziristan has become a festering wound for Pakistan. Operations in the tribal area are now more than two years old, but going by the results it seems the end is nowhere in sight, and the militants hiding there continue to create trouble.
- Throw Open The Books, Let's See What Everyone Earns (Hindu, Polly Toynbee , Apr 22, 2006)
Trust and social glue are corroded by pay secrecy and the greed-is-good culture. Transparency would change all that.
- Differential Tariffs For Commercial Cable Users? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
TRAI seeks comments from stakeholders on or before May 12
Consultation paper points out problems in identifying commercial subscribers
Hotel associations argue that they cannot be called commercial establishments in telecasting
- Careful At 12 (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 22, 2006)
The growing importance of MFs is welcome
- Over 78,000 Cases Of Chikungunya Reported In State (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Apr 22, 2006)
Disease said to be widespread in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra
Disease was prevalent in North Karnataka
It has now spread to Bangalore, Tumkur and Kolar districts
- Indian Docs Slam Uk Immigration Rule (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Apr 22, 2006)
Hundreds of Indian doctors have been protesting here against new immigration rules on medical training, which leave them with the ignominious status of "illegal aliens" in the UK.
- The Ultimate Privatisation (Times of India, JUG SURAIYA, Apr 22, 2006)
Coming on the heels of Arjun Singh's proposal to impose reservations in educational institutions, Manmohan Singh's veiled caveat to the Confederation of Indian Industry that if the private sector doesn't accept caste-based job reservations . . .
- Bjp's Pramod Mahajan Shot At In Mumbai (Hindustan Times, Pramod Mahajan, Apr 22, 2006)
BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan was on Saturday shot at and injured allegedly by his younger brother over a property dispute, police said.
- Efficacy Trial For Aids Vaccine Likely In Two Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
India's first AIDS vaccine is expected to take another two years to enter into the second phase of the trial to establish its efficacy. Researchers at the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) in Pune have finished injecting the vaccine in . . .
- Poor Health Care Tells On Children (Hindu, Meena Menon, Apr 22, 2006)
There is a link between socio-economic conditions and infants' health
- Human Race Plunders The Earth Planet (Daily Excelsior, Prof R D Gupta, Apr 22, 2006)
An increase in population beyond the carrying capacity of the Earth has resulted into environmental pollution, over exploitation of natural resources, scarcity of food and poor standard of living.
- Ysr Announces 3,000-Cr. Loans To Self-Help Groups (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
There will be no hurdles to implementing empowerment agenda'
SHGS advised to invest in livestock
Yet another hike in wages of Anaganwadi workers
Locals raise slogans demanding house sites
- `Angioplasty A Successful Alternative To Bypass Surgery' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Conference of interventional cardiologists gets under way
- Nepal: India Exults At The Kingly Move (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
India which had mounted immense pressure over the last one year on Nepal’s King Gyanendra to restore democracy in the Himalayan kingdom, welcomed the king’s Friday vow to transfer power to a government constituted by the Opposition Seven Party Alliance.
- Bird Flu: Like Mad Cow Disease, Is It A Revenge Of The Victims? (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Apr 21, 2006)
While even humans have the right to kill for food, no other species on this planet subject their victims to calculated, cold-blooded savagery because they are a source of food. One should live and . . .
- Lack Of Treatment For Hiv Kids Causes Concern (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Social and human rights organisations urge Govt. to issue guidelines for prompt diagnosis and treatment
The UN General Assembly is scheduled to review promises made by various countries in 2001 while accepting the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
- Nepal Out On The Streets; Police Fire At Protesters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Over 30,000 people who had walked in from surrounding villages began marching along the main road to the heart of Kathmandu
- Watchdogs Worry About Nepal Rights Situation (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
In a strong criticism of the government’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests, global rights group Human Rights Watch today accused Nepalese security forces of “brutally” beating and shooting at children as young as 12 years.
- The South Side Story (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Apr 21, 2006)
Will the octogenarian DMK chief Muthuvel Karunanidhi succeed in his last ditch attempt to capture power in Tamil Nadu?
- Can Merit And Social Justice Be Compatible? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Apr 21, 2006)
The nation needs preferential policies and good school education; rational solutions . . .
- Ashes To Ashes (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Apr 21, 2006)
Javed’s death should not go waste and should be a reminder to society
- Countering Devil's Advocate (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 21, 2006)
Lifting the ban on dance bars is tantamount to endangering the future of the country in the name of democracy, says . . .
- Cpm Lights Bush-Fire For Muslim Votes In Kerala (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Apr 21, 2006)
In Muslim-dominated areas across Kerala, especially those where the Indian Union Muslim League till now has been the undisputed political force and its shimmering green festoons the only political colour, young and old voters stare in amazement . . .
- `Domestic Violence Is Taken For Granted In Bihar' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 21, 2006)
Where are the gender rights? Where there is so much discrimination against women, where is the question of rights? — MS RENU RANJAN, HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, MAGADH MAHILA COLLEGE . . .
- Four Protesters Killed, Over 40 Hurt In Nepal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
At least four protesters were killed and over 40 injured in Nepal today when security forces opened fire on thousands of pro-democracy activists who defied a curfew and shoot-at-sight orders in the capital to march against King Gyanendra’s rule.
- Chaos Reigns Over Nepal (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 21, 2006)
Once a placid, hospitable city, Kathmandu turned into Asia’s curfew capital on Thursday as the government clamped down a draconian 18-hour curfew but seething protesters marched in thousands ....
- Galloping Growth, Growing Concerns (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Apr 21, 2006)
This week's sandstorms have highlighted the sharp degradation in China's environment that has been accompanying its galloping economic growth.
- New Black Disenfranchisement (Hindu, Gary Younge, Apr 21, 2006)
Black and poor residents are being excluded from the mayoral ballot -- and from plans to rejuvenate New Orleans.
- Town Within A Temple (Hindu, A. SRIVATHSANA, Apr 21, 2006)
An island formed by the Cauvery and its tributary, Srirangam, is unique in many aspects.
- Today's Editorial: Caste Aside (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 21, 2006)
There is something refreshing about the current assembly polls in Kerala. Previously, election campaigns here revolved around caste and community loyalties and the ways and means to fix them.
- Manmohan’S Germany Visit From Tomorrow (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The issue of energy security and Indo-US accord on civilian nuclear energy cooperation is going to figure in the discussions that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would have with his counterparts in Germany and Uzbekistan during his five-day official . . .
- Shame Of Kandhar And Advani (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Apr 21, 2006)
NO one can blame Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee for reacting sharply to his long-time comrade-in-arms L. K. Advani’s far from honourable attempt to convey to the country that, as Deputy Prime Minister, he had opposed the Kandhar tradeoff between . . .
- New Hope For Bhopal Gas Victims (Tribune, Bharat Dogra, Apr 21, 2006)
There is a new hope for Bhopal gas tragedy victims following the Prime Minister’s acceptance of some of their important demands.
- Awareness Programme On Tb, Aids Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
World Vision India (Shifa TB Control Project, Bobbili) has launched awareness programme on TB and HIV/AIDS in villages.
- Nba Activists Attacked In Gujarat: Patkar (Times of India, Suchandana Gupta, Apr 21, 2006)
A day after being discharged from a Delhi hospital, after breaking her fast in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment on the Sardar Sarovar Project, Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar on Wednesday alleged NBA activists returning to . . .
- Soz Welcomes Sc Verdict On Narmada Dam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz, on Tuesday, said the Supreme Court observations on Sardar Sarovar Project has brought back rehabilitation and resettlement issues to the forefront of debate on development.
- 7 Pak Troops Die In Border Area Ambush (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Militants ambushed a convoy of Pakistani troops in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing seven and wounding 22, the army spokesman said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on security forces.
- Tie-Up With Aiadmk Based On Ideology: Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
"Jayalalithaa has taken progressive steps"
- Biocon Net Profit Declines 12 P.C. At Rs. 174 Crore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Rising depreciation cost pulls down profit
To enter oncology market this year
To adopt new strategy to sustain growth
- There Is No Need For A Cbi Probe, Says Yediyurappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
State police to continue inquiry into violence in Bangalore after Rajkumar's death
Violence termed a conspiracy hatched by vested interests
Says intention was to defame Government
Asserts that those responsible will not go unpunished
- People Who Literally Die To Live (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Apr 21, 2006)
The expression “near-death experience” was first coined by the American psychiatrist Raymond Moody in his book Life After Life.
- 7 Troops Killed In Miranshah (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Eight militants also killed
* Militants attack paramilitary convoy, injure 22 troops
- Aquatic Birds Spread Virus, Says Fao (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Organisation for Animal Health have said animal species, if at all playing a role in the spread of H5N1, an avian influenza virus, are essentially domestic and wild birds.
- "Gom Report Does Not Reflect Ground Reality" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Full of inaccuracies and factual errors, says Madhya Pradesh CM
- 20,000 ‘Infected’ Chickens Culled (News International, Rizwan Ehsan Ali, Apr 21, 2006)
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Livestock culled around 20,000 chickens in the two poultry farms in Tarlai on Thursday due to suspected outbreak of the bird flu virus.
- Changing Face Of Financing Models For Healthcare (Daily Excelsior, Dr Arun Sharma, Apr 21, 2006)
The healthcare system options are usually known to be of three varieties, viz Fee for services, managed care and public healthcare.
- For A Democratic Future (Dawn, Imran Khan, Apr 21, 2006)
MICHAEL SCHUEUR, former head of the CIA’s Al Qaeda Unit, warned in an opinion piece in the Washington Times that if the US keeps pushing Gen Musharraf to “do US’s dirty work against his country’s national interest”, he could be toppled and . . .
- Tyres Burn In Nepal Capital Ahead Of Curfew (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Apr 21, 2006)
Anti-monarchy protesters in Nepal burned tyres and threw logs and barbed wire across the streets of the capital Kathmandu on Thursday ahead of a curfew imposed to prevent a march on King Gyanendra's palace.
- Us High-Tech Jobs On Upswing (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
In a reversal of a four-year trend, employment in the US high-tech industry grew by one per cent in 2005 adding 61,000 jobs in the field, according to a report released today.
- Changed Times? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 21, 2006)
A scholar of law wanting to test Jesus asks him a couple of questions. One seeks to know who his neighbour is.
- Clean It Up (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 21, 2006)
In a rapidly urbanising country like India, vehicular pollution is a silent killer — a leading cause of respiratory diseases and premature deaths.
- Cbi Questions Mea Official (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday grilled Rakesh Kumar, the dismissed special secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, a day after he expressed willingness to help the agency in probing charges of human trafficking against him.
- "We Have Turned Around Kerala's Economy" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The former Kerala Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, has kept a low profile during the campaign for the Assembly elections.
- China Sells Prisoner Organs, Say Uk Doctors (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
British transplant experts accused China today of removing organs from executed prisoners without their consent in order to sell them.
- Nengti’S Wedding (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Apr 20, 2006)
The journey from Nengti’s village, Gobindopur-Johoratola, into Malda town is incredibly short. It takes about half an hour on a motorcycle.
- April Fool (Nahin) Banaya (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Apr 20, 2006)
It passed off peacefully and there was no “untoward incident”. I am talking about the April Fools or All Fools day.
- Dam Politics Is Pointless (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Apr 20, 2006)
The Prime Minister has done well not to go along with Water Resources minister Saifuddin Soz and his collaborators who sought to stall the Narmada development project on the ground that rehabilitation of the oustees was not keeping pace with the . . .
- Now Pakistan, China Under Yoga’S Spell (Deccan Herald, Shishir Prashant , Apr 20, 2006)
The magic of Yoga has had the western nations spellbound all these years. It is now the turn of Islamic Pakistan and Communist China to come under the spell of Yoga, thanks to Baba Ramdev.
- Saffron Demography (Times of India, Mohan Rao, Apr 20, 2006)
At a public meeting attended by thousands, the leader of the Madhya Pradesh unit of RSS claimed recently that the Muslim population was increasing at a rapid pace, and that this combined with infiltration of Muslims from Bangladesh portended doom . . .
- The Source Is Still With Us, Say Science And Religion (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 20, 2006)
Science and technology have improved our lives by giving us material abundance. But science has also provided us with weapons of mass destruction.
- Are They Bird Flu Patients? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 20, 2006)
Three patients from Sihala suffering from fever and sneezes have been admitted in Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.
- Midstream Of Utter Confusion (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Apr 20, 2006)
While the logic of building the Tehri dam can be challenged, the benefits from Sardar Sarovar are hardly questionable, says Anuradha Dutt
- It Powers On (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 20, 2006)
India’s leading infotech firms continue to grow fast, with healthy numbers for the fourth quarter of 2005-06 and the year as a whole.
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