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Articles 9621 through 9720 of 20587:
- Up Politician Held In Meher Murder (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Police today detained Samajwadi Party leader K.D. Singh for his alleged involvement in the killing of Meher Bhargav.
- Hiv Patients Prone To Fungal Infection Of Brain (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Mar 27, 2006)
Number of cases with fungal infection of the brain is increasing, thanks to the spreading HIV.
- Kashmiris In Fear In Goa (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Ahead of their crucial trade talks here tomorrow, Pakistan has stuck to its stance of linking the issues of Most Favoured Nation status for India and transit facilities for its goods with progress in resolution of political issues including Kashmir.
- Nasa Plans Moon Base For Mars Trip (Telegraph, Guy Gugliotta, Mar 27, 2006)
For the first time since 1972, the US is planning to fly to the moon, but instead of a quick, Apollo-like visit, astronauts intend to build a permanent base and live there while they prepare what may be the most ambitious undertaking in . . .
- Scot Puff Ban (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
A sweeping ban on smoking came into force in Scotland today, making it the first part of Britain where pubs, restaurants and workplaces are smoke-free.
- Afghan Court Drops Christian Convert Case (US News & World Report, Daniel Cooney, Mar 27, 2006)
A court on Sunday dismissed the case against an Afghan man facing possible execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, officials said, paving the way for his release.
- Do We Submit To Quasi-Colonial Surrender? (Deccan Herald, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Mar 27, 2006)
Every office – executive, judicial, legislative or other – is a constitutional trust, and the nation’s sovereignty is non-negotiable.’
- Alliances: Rhetoric And Reality (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Mar 27, 2006)
There is a growing tendency in the world to describe a friendly relationship as a “strategic alliance”.
- Tact And Tactics (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Mar 27, 2006)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles over Nature
- Climate Change To Hit Farmers (Tribune, Andy McSmith, Mar 27, 2006)
Over 70 million Africans and an even greater number of farmers in the Indian sub-continent will suffer catastrophic floods, disease and famine if the rich countries of the world fail to change their habits and radically cut their carbon emissions.
- Law Against Domestic Violence Gets Delayed (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Mar 27, 2006)
Fifty million women are missing in South Asia. They are missing because of the increasing number of cases of foeticide, dowry deaths, honour killings and other acts of violence being inflicted on them.
- Don’T Laugh It Away (Tribune, Anurag, Mar 27, 2006)
It is a matter of life and death, I heard somebody saying sombrely. Was it someone’s kin down with a serious illness or, I mumbled, was someone being posted to Iraq ? No, it was neither. It was that............that bugbear ......... the board exam !
- Plan For Delhi (Statesman, Gopal Bhargava, Mar 27, 2006)
In recent times, Delhi has witnessed a population explosion. At present, it has crossed the one crore mark.
- Satyam Stops Hiv Tests On Potential Employees (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
In a move to prevent discrimination against people suffering from AIDS, Satyam Computer Services has stopped conducting HIV tests on potential employees.
- Of An Indomitable Spirit (Deccan Herald, Suryakumari Dennison, Mar 26, 2006)
The book convincingly depicts the lives of two women, divided by class but united by bereavement.
- Pakistan Links Mfn Status To India With Kashmir Solution (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Mar 26, 2006)
A 15-member Indian delegation led by SN Menon, secretary commerce, arrived in Islamabad on Saturday night for participation in the plenary session of second meeting of Pakistan-India Joint Study Group on March 27 and third round of Composite . . .
- Misplaced Defence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 25, 2006)
All this talk of Muslims and the mainstream recalls a Bihar minister who, visiting Telco’s office in Jamshedpur, asked General Shiv Verma, who had a post-retirement job there, how many Biharis he employed. Shooting his immaculate cuffs and with . . .
- Where The Mind Is `Not Halved By A Horizon' (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 25, 2006)
Amartya's Sen whips up a `stirring read' in his book Identity and Violence which talks about how people can interact with each other in a great many different ways. And Ram Puniyani's Religion, Power and Violence discusses globalisation and . . .
- Little Progress On Tb (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 25, 2006)
World Tuberculosis Day, Pakistan had little to show for its efforts to combat the infectious disease that afflicts 350,000 people in the country each year and kills about 60,000. Despite extending the DOTS (directly observed treatment, short . . .
- ‘No Proof Oily Fish Has Health Benefits’ (Tribune, Jeremy Laurance, Mar 25, 2006)
For at least 20 years doctors have been urging their patients to eat more oily fish to benefit the heart.
- Pm Flags Off Peace Offer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 25, 2006)
THE Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus service flagged off by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday has come as an answer to a long-held yearning of the Punjabis.
- Unreal Estate (Tribune, Jayanti Roy, Mar 25, 2006)
The city is obsessed with real estate. It was there all along but an incident highlighted it more glaringly.
- Are There Free Lunches For Central Banks? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Mar 25, 2006)
Economic stability won by a war on cost-push inflation may soon be lost to asset price bubbles.
- Ministers, Legislators To Get Significant Pay Hike (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The Legislative Assembly today passed Appropriation (Finance) Bill as Deputy Chief Minister, Incharge Finance Muzaffar Hussain Baig announced that salary, allowances and pension of the Ministers and legislators will be hiked substantially before . . .
- The Truth Is Beyond Technique & Method (Times of India, GURPREET NARANG, Mar 25, 2006)
The great Zen master Ma-tzu — when he was an aspiring disciple — would meditate intensely for unusually long hours everyday. Observing this, one day, his master Huai-jang, enquired of him: "What is the purpose of your meditation?"
- Ban Religious Processions (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Mar 25, 2006)
As usual Sikhs of Delhi took out a procession on Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday.
- Deemed Varsities Bound By Aicte Norms: Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
First Bench advises students to stop their agitation
- Maoists Storm Jail In Orissa, Free 40 Prisoners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Three officials taken hostage from police station
Morning raid by extremists, supporters lasts over two hours
Simultaneous attack on police camp, jail, treasury and tehsil office
Second major Maoist attack in southern Orissa in recent years
- Aids: India To Set Up Pharma Unit In Africa (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Mar 25, 2006)
Saran offers to set up a pharmaceuticals unit to manufacture anti-HIV/AIDS drugs in Africa
India urged to provide special support to a single LDC
Proposal for Indian private sector to support counterpart in LDCs
- Development With Dignity (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Mar 25, 2006)
In the monograph,Development with Dignity: A Case for Full Employment,Amit Bhaduri forces us to acknowledge the centrality of employment in our politics and economics.
- Tb Arrested, But Hiv Bails It Out (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Mar 25, 2006)
Speedier detection of tuberculosis and a stringent regime to administer doses is yielding results. The prevalence rate of the disease is down and the Health Ministry hopes that the number of TB cases will be reduced to half by 2015.
- Singh Offers Peace Treaty To Pakistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Indian PM rejects linking normalisation of ties to Kashmir solution; hints at agreement on Siachen, Sir Creek, Baglihar; APHC lukewarm to new initiative
- Healing Touch (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 25, 2006)
With the kind of health care infrastructure and facilities the country’s government-run hospitals have to offer, it comes as no surprise that more than half the population in both the urban and rural areas of the country looks to privately-run . . .
- Sonia Resigns, Now Will Congress Reinvent Itself? (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Mar 25, 2006)
She has done it yet again. She is the leader of those few individuals who are symbols of probity, integrity and decency in the political space.
- 20 Militants Killed In N Waziristan: Ispr (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The Pakistan Army claimed killing 16 to 20 attackers in retaliatory action in the North Waziristan tribal agency early on Friday.
- Pakistan Sees "Positive Sentiments" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistan on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at Amritsar, saying it reflected "many positive sentiments," but declined to comment on the offer of a "treaty of peace, security and friendship."
- 118 Cases Of Acute Tb In Sangareddy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Many patients unaware of latest developments, says Joint Collector
Patients urged to use free diagnostic services
There are 29 TB control centres in Sangareddy
Six microscopic examination centres in the town
- Rs. 1.1 Cr. Sanctioned For Road Work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Chikmagalur will be given preference while filling up vacancies of specialist doctors
- Total Sanitation Drive Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
A total sanitation drive was launched at Hadadi village in Davangere taluk on Wednesday.
- Price Of Honour (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 24, 2006)
The suffix MP has been on sale for the past fifty years
- Canadian, British Aid Workers Freed In Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Three Western peace activists were freed on Thursday in an operation mounted by US-led forces in Iraq, a British embassy spokeswoman said.
- Two Wrongs Do Not Make A Right (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Mar 24, 2006)
Last Tuesday will remain a memorable day for me for the insights it provided about the way our public utility undertakings treat citizens. I spent the entire day going round with a resident of Bangalore who has been slapped with a demand notice . . .
- The Mighty Nightie (Deccan Herald, SNEHLATHA BALIGA, Mar 24, 2006)
Rarely do we find an outfit that suits all ages, classes and times!
- Chuck The Churn (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 24, 2006)
New rules will make mutual funds sell their funds sensibly
- Rich And Poor In India, China (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 24, 2006)
Opposite approaches of two countries
- Foreign Miscreants Must Leave Or Face Action: Musharraf (News International, Ziaullah Niazi, Mar 24, 2006)
Shaukat says PML needs to revive spirit of early 1940s; Shujaat says president will become party member
- At Home In The Lungs (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 24, 2006)
Latest research on the bird flu virus, H5N1 will give an important leg-up to global efforts to check the spread of the disease.
- Hope For Patients Of Alzheimer's Disease (Hindu, Sarah Boseley, Mar 24, 2006)
A Controversial drug for Alzheimer's can reverse some of the mental deterioration experienced by people who are in the advanced stages of the disease, according to a study published on Thursday.
- Cpm In A Mess In Kerala (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Mar 24, 2006)
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat has talked about an international conspiracy against his party and its poll prospects in West Bengal and Kerala.
- Remittances By Domestic Migrants (The Economic Times, Prabhu Ghate, Mar 24, 2006)
Internal labour migration has a long history in India, and is increasing rapidly as differences in the rate of growth between and within states, and between the urban and rural areas, increase.
- Hundred Years Of Kala Pani (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Mar 24, 2006)
Once infamous as Kala Pani , this historical monument at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, marked its centenary on 10th March this year.
- Ties Strengthened, Made More Meaningful (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Mar 24, 2006)
Rarely if ever has such a major visit to Pakistan as that of President Bush taken place against a background so laden with negative overtones and a sense of foreboding.
- Women’S Sports Complex (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 24, 2006)
It comes as no surprise that despite its completion seven months ago, Karachi’s only women sports complex remains unoperational.
- Police On The Loose (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 24, 2006)
AS many as four policemen were arrested and another six booked in a murder case for killing two citizens in their custody at different places in the Punjab.
- Making Development A Way Of Life (Business Line, Sudhansu R. Das, Mar 24, 2006)
The economy of a nation is like a living being. Its growth must be planned on the basis of a clear understanding of the impact on society. Cultural and economic activities and people's dependence on environment should be understood properly.
- Government Taken To Task For Affidavit In Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Affidavit says Idgah Maidan in Hubli will be converted into a park, maintains Sindhia
Sindhia's statement takes everyone by surprise
Accuses Government of not taking Opposition into confidence
Shettar says statement will be made on Friday
- Vtu Completes 1,000th `E-Class' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) on Thursday completed the 1,000th `e-class' beamed through EDUSAT. It was the first university to use the satellite for beaming lectures to its affiliated colleges.
- Precaution Needed (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 24, 2006)
As the enthusiasm for industrial development of the State grows there is need for stepping up safety measures for employees.
- Interpreters Bridge Language Divide For Foreign Patients (Hindu, M. Dinesh Varma, Mar 24, 2006)
Hospitals in city either have in-house interpreters or commission someone from outside Hospitals in city have in-house interpreters or commission someone from outside Most visiting groups of foreign patients are accompanied by an English speaking . . .
- Reduced Allocation For Education In Budget Draws Flak (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2006)
Government criticised for `neglecting' education
Government criticised for allowing private managements to introduce courses in agriculture
Legislation sought on the fee structure for professional courses and sharing of seats
- A New Meaning For Ptsd (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 24, 2006)
Ptsd is the acronym for post-traumatic stress disorder of the kind experienced by US Marines returning from combat duty in first Vietnam and now Iraq. For Indian employees who are subjected to an annual medical check-up, PTSD could even stand for Post-Tes
- 2 Killed, 13 Hurt In Amritsar Clash (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Even as the holy city has virtually been converted into a police cantonment on the eve of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s visit to his home town, two persons were killed and 13 injured in an incident following a land dispute, here today.
- Afghan Fm Removed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Afghanistan’s foreign minister since the fall of the Taliban regime four years ago will be replaced and a new interior minister anointed in a cabinet reshuffle proposed by President Hamid Karzai, officials said on Wednesday.
- Total Cleanliness Campaign Launched In Shimoga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
A 40-day campaign for total cleanliness of villages was launched by the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and the Department of Information at Ayanur, near here, on Wednesday. This was launched in connection with the observance of . . .
- Fuelling A Needless Controversy? (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Mar 23, 2006)
It makes little logical or diplomatic sense to get Russian fuel for Tarapur bypassing the Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement and violating Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines.
- Unicef Launches `Hand Washing Campaign' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Diarrhoea causes the death of one child every 30 seconds globally. However the risk of diarrhoeal infection can be reduced by 47 per cent by the simple process of washing your hands with soap.
- Programme For Children With Hiv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
A skill development workshop for children with HIV, and their parents was organised by Coodu, a non-Governmental organisation (NGO) here recently.
- Paramedical Students Told To Update Knowledge On Hiv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
"1 lakh pregnant women are infected with HIV"
- The Tricky Emotion Between Idolising And Despising (Deccan Herald, Ann Hornaday, Mar 23, 2006)
We're sincerely happy for our idols even while we endure their ever-accumulating triumphs
- The Peace Of God (Deccan Herald, Usha Muliyil, Mar 23, 2006)
Have you noticed that many saints and ascetics do not have families of their own? In Vedanta, this is known as a release from the desire for home, spouse and children.
- Nitish Kumar Consolidates Hold On Bihar (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Mar 23, 2006)
AS the ruling NDA completed 100 days in office last week,Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is firmly in the saddle and has established his supremacy both in the party and the government.
- Who Killed Cock Robin? (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Mar 23, 2006)
All the birds of the air fell a-sighing and a-sobbing,/ When they heard the bell toll for poor Cock Robin.
- The Importance Of Cooperation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 23, 2006)
Extracts from the ILO’s regional high-level tripartite meeting on the Role of Labour Inspections in Combating Child Labour, Harare, 2001
- Dealing With Bird Flu (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 23, 2006)
Now that an EU laboratory in London has confirmed the H5N1 virus strain in poultry samples from two farms in the NWFP, livestock and health authorities in the country would be well advised to face up to a potential avian flu outbreak and take . . .
- Bangladesh Says Trade Gap, Militant Charges Hurt India Ties (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Mar 23, 2006)
Bangladesh urged India on Wednesday to cut its huge trade surplus with Dhaka and stop making "misleading charges" about hosting Indian militants to help improve edgy ties between the traditional friends.
- Iraqi Shi'ite Pilgrims Ambushed, More Bodies Found (Reuters, Ross Colvin, Mar 23, 2006)
Gunmen in Baghdad killed at least 15 Shi'ite pilgrims and wounded dozens on Wednesday, raking vehicles with machinegun fire in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence that threatens Iraq with civil war.
- Rupee Rumbles (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 23, 2006)
False convertibility is worse than none
- Last Of The Mohicans (Statesman, SURAJIT KUMAR DAS, Mar 23, 2006)
Resettling in Agartala in 1947, my mother’s cousins from Comilla managed to preserve their dialect and old way of life. Two decades back I re-established a kinship with my uncles. They recounted gratefully my late maternal grandfather’s material . . .
- India Expected To Have Met Un Target On Tb Detection: Who (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
India is expected to have met the target set by the United Nations to control tuberculosis in 2005, the World Health Organisation has said.
- Hexaware: The Right Link (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Mar 23, 2006)
Hexaware could leverage General Atlantic connection to win more business
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