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Articles 8921 through 9020 of 16306:
- Us Firm Employee Detained, Questioned About Iisc Attack (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 01, 2006)
Investigations into the terrorist attack on the IISc have led to the detention of an employee of a US-based company.
- Right Move (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 31, 2005)
Often in these columns we have called for urgent need for applying certain necessary correctives to the State's polity.
- The Demographic Dividend (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 31, 2005)
Reserve Bank of India governor YV Reddy is not being unduly alarmist when he speaks of “the so-called demographic dividend (turning) into a demographic nightmare,” if employers do not take the initiative to train people with employable skills.
- ‘Pak Yet To Meet Anti-Terror Pledge’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Manmohan Singh government has taken a dim view of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s commitment not to allow his country’s soil for perpetrating acts of terrorism in India as central intelligence agencies pointed to the strong possibility . . .
- Flaws In Counter-Terror Practices (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 31, 2005)
Home Ministry orders review of procedures in major cities Bangalore police did not once send officials to Jammu and Kashmir to independently develop the inputs on the growing terrorist threat to the city
- Bangalore Attack Sparks A Security Debate (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 31, 2005)
What can research institutes and small companies do?
A positive fall out of the tragic gunning down of an academic in Bangalore earlier this week has been the initiation of a debate on the security environment.
- Abu Salem Undergoes Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
"Cases will now have a new direction"
He was said to have spoken about his role in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai
"All the tests, the lie detector [polygraph], brain mapping and narco-analysis, were successful"
- India, Sri Lanka Deplore Violations Of Ceasefire By Ltte (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Agree that environmental implications of Sethu project must be studied
Ambitious plan for a number of joint ventures
Enhancing cooperation in the field of education
Setting up an Information and Communication Technology Park
- Not Apprised Of Threat Perception: Iisc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
"Security does not mean more policing or personnel alone — that will affect the free atmosphere of the institute"
- Super Bizarre (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 31, 2005)
As far as common sense is concerned quantum mecha-nical theory is not just counterintuitive, it's way beyond weird. Einstein in fact famously described it as being downright "spooky".
- Bangalore Cops Release Suspect Profile (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
It was a breakthrough of sorts for the city police when they released a sketch of the suspected terrorist who had raided the Indian Institute of Sciences here on Wednesday, killing an IIT professor and injuring four academicians.
- "Terrorism An Impediment To Peace Process" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Pakistan yet to fulfil commitment
Though investigations into Wednesday's armed attack at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore are still continuing, the Government has no information at this point linking terrorist organisations . . .
- Hunt On For Terror Suspects (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Dec 31, 2005)
No breakthrough yet in attack on IISc; security tightened for New Year's Eve
- Hoax Bomb Calls Create Panic In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Police search three colleges, a software firm and two malls
People urged not to panic and allow miscreants to `have an upper hand'
Police officials not forthcoming on details of calls
- 2006 — Year Of Agricultural Renewal (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Dec 31, 2005)
During this year, an integrated package of measures should be introduced in every part of the country to increase farm productivity and profitability in perpetuity without associated ecological harm.
- City Police Release Assailant’S Sketch (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Bangalore Police Commissioner Ajai Kumar Singh said there “are no specific clues” about the suspect involved in the attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).....
- Battered But Unbowed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Science campus, home to some of the finest minds in the country, is also not lacking in spirit, discover BHUMIKA K. and ANAND SANKAR in the aftermath of the dastardly act
- Sri Lanka: Towards An Enduring Solution (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2005)
Environmental implications of the Sethusamudram project have to be studied and action taken.
- High Security For Isc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The shadow of the Bangalore terror attack looms large on the 93rd Indian Science Congress that is to be held here from January 3 to 5.
- U.S. Versus Iran In Iraq (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 31, 2005)
Iran's influence over the SCIRI, a key constituent of the Iraqi Government, is setting up a confrontation with the United States.
- Enhancing Institutional Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2005)
Winter is the season when countless scientific conferences and meetings are held in cities across India, and many of these attract delegates from abroad.
- Pm Sings Paeans To Delhi Metro (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Launching the longest line of Delhi Metro, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today asked other cities to evolve their own “technically and economically”
- India’S Space Science (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
A chance for rationality
The launch into space of India’s INSAT-4 satellite by a European rocket in French Guyana last week, and the prospect of our satellites being launched by the indigenous Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) . . .
- 2005 In Its Own Words (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 31, 2005)
Amid the dizzy year-enders, it’s best to do what the New York Times did. It tried to squeeze 2005 into a handy list of catchwords and phrases. The paper was not unaware that the exercise could turn out to be foolhardy.
- Sketch & Scare In Bangalore (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
One picked up for questioning in city put on edge by bomb hoax calls
- India Ready For Role In Lanka Peace Process (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
With the ceasefire between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE rebels under ‘‘strain’’, India has indicated that it is ready to ‘‘encourage’’ parties to bring the peace process back on track.
- The Ordinance Factory (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 31, 2005)
Grab something. Then make law to legitimise the grab. It used to happen in the Emergency.
- Metro On The Fast Track (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Dec 30, 2005)
The New Delhi metro has set the benchmarks for the successful handling of a complex mega-project, without time and cost-overruns, and has become a model for other such projects in the country.
- Terror In Bangalore (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 30, 2005)
The terrorist attack at Bangalore on Wednesday indicates that the symbols of India’s economic growth remain high on the target list of the enemies of the nation. Bangalore, the IT capital of India, where some sensitive defence establishments . . .
- India, Pak Nukes A Serious Threat (Tribune, Simranjit Singh Mann, Dec 30, 2005)
THE Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) is against the nuclearisation of India and Pakistan and their arsenals of weapons of mass destruction. Our party opposes the policies of some Western democracies in giving nuclear technology to India for civilian purpose
- Kalam Declines To Accept Pu Honorary Degree (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam has refused to accept the Honorary Degree of Science (DSC) which the Patna University had decided to confer on him at its convocation tomorrow.
- Science Wakes Up To A Stifling New World (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Dec 30, 2005)
Despite enhanced vigilance, it will not be easy to protect India’s science establishments from terrorist strikes because of their culture of unfettered interaction and openness, scientists and policy-makers said today.
- Another Target (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
Shock is an inestimably valuable weapon for murderers. A country grown tragically used to terrorism can be made to sit up in new terror when scientists are attacked, injured and killed within their haven when they are peacefully dispersing . . .
- New Impetus On Trade (Deccan Herald, Arun Mohanty, Dec 30, 2005)
India, Russia and China are keen on trilateral co-operation on a host of economic and political issues.
- Remembering Raja (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 30, 2005)
As Nominated Members to the Rajya Sabha, we were accommodated on a separate bench.
- Terror Can’T Scar Bangalore: Cm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The Karnataka chief minister, Mr Dharam Singh, today described yesterday’s attack on the Indian Institute of Sciences campus that had killed an IIT don as an act of terrorism.
- Nation On High Alert (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Vital scientific and defence installations across the country were on Thursday put under heavy security in the wake of the suspected terrorist attack at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore in which a scientist was killed and four others injured.
- Security Cover For Seminars, Says Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Thursday said there were no definite clues about the involvement of any particular extremist organisation in the gun attack outside the J N Tata Auditorium ...
- Second Security Breach At Iisc (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Dec 30, 2005)
For the IISc, Wednesday’s night terror attack was the second serious security breach in less than a year. In May, Tenzing Tsundue, general secretary of the Friends of Tibet, thumbed his nose at the Bangalore police and the IISc security system ....
- Chakri Sirindhorn: Honoured For Serving The Mankind (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Dec 30, 2005)
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who received the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2004 recently, is an Indologist who has a special love for India and its people.
- Clues From Travel Bag Point To Pak Link: Police (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Dec 30, 2005)
After 12 hours of groping in the dark for clues on yesterday’s attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus, investigators today ran into remnants of the attacker’s gun-blazing march.
- Terror Strike (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 30, 2005)
The IISc attack has put the city on the terrorist map
- Is India Safe At The Hands Of Old Media? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Dec 30, 2005)
Besides the speed with which the guillotine came down on them, a standout feature of the expulsion of 11 Members of Parliament on charges of misconduct and corruption in the cash-for-query scam is the certificate of legitimacy it has given to the . . .
- Intel Inside: Securing It Cities (Indian Express, C. Uday Bhaskar, Dec 30, 2005)
Bangalore's prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was the venue of an attack by an unidentified gun-toting killer on December 28. Delhi based professor, Professor M.C. Puri — participating in an international conference — was killed and . . .
- Us Indian Denied Bail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
An Indian student, charged with stabbing his professor, has been denied bail by a court in the US state of Massachusetts. Twenty-two-year-old Nikhil Dhar’s plea that he be confined to his uncle’s home with an electronic monitoring bracelet was . . .
- Iit Holds No Grudge Against City Police (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here plunged into sorrow on Thursday over the killing in Bangalore of one of its most respected scientists, but faculty members said they had no complaints against the police over the terror attack.
- How The Web Will Link Us All (Hindu, Aleks Krotoski, Dec 30, 2005)
The Internet's latest revolution creates new connections and brings people together.
- New Targets Of Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 30, 2005)
Terrorists aim to hit a nation where it hurts the most. In India's case, its high-tech institutions and skilled manpower could be the new targets.
- A Tangled Web Called The Bharatiya Janata Party (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Dec 30, 2005)
The BJP's Rajat Jayanti year finds the party bruised and bereft, and the Parivar at war with its own professed values.
- Puri Kin Unhappy With Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A night after suspected terrorists gunned down Prof M C Puri at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, the tragedy-struck members of the Puri family and thier relatives in the national capital weren’t too happy with the Government’s attitude . . .
- New Areas For Research Mooted At Proposed Nims University (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
First phase of the NIMS University Research and Referral Centre to be completed in two years
Chief Minister to lay the foundation for the NIMS university tomorrow
- Soft Target (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
With Karnataka chief minister Dharam Singh confirming that the attack at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus in Bangalore was indeed the work of terrorists, any hope that Thursday’s shootout might have been the work of a stray . . .
- Grenades Bear Pakistani Markings (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 30, 2005)
The police made no substantial headway in identifying the terrorists behind the attack on Bangalore’s Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus on Wednesday but a few leads have emerged — a few grenades found near the site bore Pakistan markings and . . .
- Did Iisc Ignore Police Advice? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
On three occasions police officials had advised the Registrar to change the existing security apparatus
Institute was told to switch security agency
Security breached during Chinese premier's visit
- Terrorist Attack Was Predicted (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 30, 2005)
Architect of Lashkar's Akshardham temple attack had visited Bangalore
Officials, institutions were slow to address vulnerabilities
Bangalore has been on the Lashkar's list of targets for a while
- Vision 2010: Universities To Get Rs.10 Crores (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The State Government will give Rs.10 crores each to all the universities in the State to implement programmes in the higher education sector outlined by President A.P.J Abdul Kalam and contained in the Vision 2010 programme of the Government.
- Centre Does Not Rule Out Terror Angle (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
'Modus operandiand the blind shooting point to it being a terror attack'
Special team constituted to investigate the case
No terrorist organisation has so far claimed responsibility
- More Security Cover For Defence Scientists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Defence installations to be protected
The country's top defence and nuclear scientists and major defence installations were on Thursday given heightened security cover in . . .
- Lashkar-Linked Magazine Calls For Attacks (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 30, 2005)
Demands `retaliation and requital' for fall of Dacca
The December issue of the Voice of Islam, a Pakistan-based journal closely affiliated to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, has called for "retaliation and requital" of the fall of Dacca to Indian forces on . . .
- Kalam's "No" To Honorary Degree (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has declined to accept the honorary Degree of Science which the Patna University had decided to confer on him at its convocation on Friday.
- Scientific Community, It Professionals Shocked (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Security wake-up call for Information Technology sector
`Red alert' sounded in all vital installations of ISRO
IT industry to work with Government on security issue
- Attack On The Iisc — South India On Terror Cross-Hair (Business Line, B. Raman , Dec 30, 2005)
The Wednesday attack at the IISc does not appear to have been targeted at any scientist but generally at the IT industry for which Bangalore is best known.
- Iisc Incident Puts Tn Police On Alert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
New security arrangements put in place in view of the changed threat perception
- ‘Terrorists Behind Bangalore Shootings’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Indian police stepped up patrols in the southern technology hub of Bangalore on Thursday after a professor was shot dead and four other people wounded at a top science university in what authorities said was an attack by suspected anti-India militants.
- Remission Of Loans (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 30, 2005)
Loans worth about 4.6 billion rupees outstanding against 130 industrialists have been written off during the current fiscal year by the National Bank of Pakistan, Omar Ayub Khan, Minister of State for Finance told the Senate on Wednesday.
- Nuclear Energy Option (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 30, 2005)
Civil works of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2, known as C-2, has begun with first concrete pouring and foundation stone laying by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister explained the multi-pronged strategy. . .
- A Terrorist Strike: Dharam Singh (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Dec 30, 2005)
Sophisticated arms were used
Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh has confirmed that Wednesday's attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here was the handiwork of terrorists.
- Kalam Shocked Over Iit Professor's Death (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
President APJ Abdul Kalam on Wednesday night expressed grave concern and shock over the firing incident in the Indian Institute of Science campus in Bangalore which killed a retired professor of Delhi IIT.
- Abu Salem Subjected To Lie-Detector Test In Bangalore (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Extradited gangster Abu Salem was subjected to lie-detector test at Forensic Science Laboratory here today in connection with a murder case.
- Tsunami Made People Think About Coastal Security: Expert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
"India is not exploiting its coastal strengths despite a huge potential `' "Production and migration of biological creatures are some of the areas that required a full study"
- Communication Gap (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 29, 2005)
Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani on Wednesday dared Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to come clean on the Volcker Committee revelations on Iraq's `Oil-for-Food' programme or resign as the head of the National Advisory Council.
- Teacher Killed In Shooting At Indian Institute Of Science (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
An unidentified gunman shot dead one man and wounded four other people with an automatic rifle at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on Wednesday before making an escape, officials said.
- Rajapakse, Manmohan Agree On Revival Of Peace Process (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
"Both sides agreed that talks, aimed at strengthening ceasefire, must begin soon"
India is "deeply concerned" at recent escalation of violence
Discussions also covered "wide ranging economic and commercial cooperation"
- Abu Salem Put To Lie Detector Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
To be subjected to brain mapping in builder murder case
Abu Salem, Mumbai underworld operator, who was recently extradited from Portugal, was subjected to polygraph (lie detector) test at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) here on Wednesday.
- Mass Grave: Nhrc Seeks Report From Gujarat, Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
DNA testing of the skeletal remains sought
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Gujarat Government and the Central Bureau of India on media reports on the unearthing of a mass grave at Lunawada in Panchmahals district
- Infy's Murthy Tears Into 'Inept' Netas (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
It could have been a pure coincidence but even as the Karnataka panchayat election results poured in, IT czar N R Narayana Murthy tore into the political system, calling it inept in handling the vast changes needed to achieve a sustained . . .
- A Polio Free India (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Dec 29, 2005)
International experts have appreciated the progress made on polio eradication by India and hoped that the country would be rid of it by next year.
- Andhra Pradesh To File Case Against Monsanto (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Four seed companies to be named respondents in petition
Case to be filed before MRTP Commission
Price of seed at Rs. 1,850 for 450 gm seen as being "very high"
Some other States may join Andhra Pradesh in legal battle
- Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Project: Iran To Host (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 29, 2005)
Iran has agreed to host tripartite official-level talks with India and Pakistan in February to kick start the construction of the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline.
- Politicians Want You Ignorant: Murthy (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited N R Narayana Murthy on Wednesday said corruption has become pervasive in institutions in the country and there is a strong incentive for politicians to keep people ignorant and illiterate
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