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Articles 3121 through 3220 of 21907:
- Tax Net And The Big Fish (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Sep 01, 2006)
Government revenues can be increased by spending more on tax administration, ensuring enforcement and coming down on evasion.
- Living In The War Zone (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Sep 01, 2006)
Instilling in the young qualities such as character and comradeship is one way to defeat the temporary triumph of terrorists.
- Saran To Be Pm’S Envoy On Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The Union government on Thursday appointed Mr Shiv Shankar Menon as the new foreign secretary. The 57-year-old officer of the 1972 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is currently India’s high commissioner to Islamabad.
- Change Needed (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 01, 2006)
The annual report of the Reserve Bank makes two points that have policy implications.
- No Witch-Hunt Please: Bad Decisions Don’T Prove Corruption (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 01, 2006)
The CBI’s decision to chargesheet 32 persons, including the former managing director of SBI Mutual Fund and some fund managers who have gone on to high profile jobs in private MFs, has created consternation in industry circles.
- Licensed To Kill Traffic Rules: 007 In The Vernacular! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 01, 2006)
More and more motorists are discovering that the risk of getting nabbed for breaking traffic rules is minimised if their licence-plates carry numbers in the vernacular instead of English.
- Iran Won't Back Down: Ahmadinejad (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 01, 2006)
Declaration as deadline expires
- Surplus Men (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
More does not necessarily make things merrier.
- Probe Commission May Summon The Nepal King (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Aug 31, 2006)
Nepal's multi-party government that sliced King Gyanendra's powers and levied tax on his property is now preparing ground to question the monarch about his alleged role in suppressing the pro-democracy movement in April which left 25 people dead .
- London Given A Kashmir Label (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 31, 2006)
London, which is already called “Londonistan” in some circles, could also be disparagingly nicknamed “Kashmir on the Thames”, it was suggested by a writer who was given airtime on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme.
- Mobile Bombs Seized, 4 Arrested (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Police today claimed to have unearthed militants’ plans to use mobile phone for detonating Improvised Explosive Devices to target security forces.
- Everything But The Big Picture (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
Summer holidays are drawing to an end. I missed most of this year’s unusually hot weather, when temperatures rivalled Calcutta’s, while travelling in India and the last two weeks of our holiday in Scotland have been rather grey and dull.
- Mindtree Eyes $70 Mln Ipo In Early 2007 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Venture capital-funded MindTree Consulting, an Indian mid-sized software services exporter, expects to raise about $70 million through a local initial public offering early next year, its top official said.
- Lady Muftis Breach Male Bastion (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Aug 31, 2006)
Sania Mirza’s short skirts may have hogged global headlines, but city teenager Amina Batool perhaps better represents the rise of woman power in India’s Muslim society.
- A Moment In History (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
What he could not do in life, Nawab Akbar Bugti has achieved through his death. From his cave in the Bhambore hills, where he had been hiding since he was forced out of Dera Bugti some weeks ago, Bugti has won the battle he had waged for many months . . .
- Muslims And Modernity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 31, 2006)
To enjoy social dignity as rest of India, Muslims will have to switch over to modern education, says Ather Farouqui.
- Kohlu Killings Spark Na Fury: Adjournment Motion Debate Today (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The government on Wednesday accepted an opposition’s demand to hold a debate in the National Assembly on Thursday on the killing of Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti and his associates in a military operation in Kohlu on Aug 26.
- In Qatar, Pm Envoy Pushes For Tharoor’S Un Bid (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 31, 2006)
India’s special envoy to West Asia Chinmay Gharekhan is on a 10-day tour of the region to ostensibly express support for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, but also with the added mission to garner support for the candidature of Mr Shashi Tharoor . . .
- Un To Be Made More Effective: Shaukat (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Wednesday expressed the confidence that the historic efforts being undertaken by the high level panel of Untied Nations on system wide coherence would . . .
- If Only `Torn Books' Repaired Themselves `As They Landed . . . (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 31, 2006)
The Ministry of Magic, as you might know, takes responsibility for the whole Wizarding community and prevents the non-magical population from getting wind of witches and wizards still living in secret all over the world.
- Autumn Of Hinduism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2006)
The other day, I was deeply disturbed to see on quite a few television-channels idols of some Hindu gods and goddesses drinking milk. Showing the clips repeatedly and allowing a number of eyewitnesses to appear on the screen and affirm genuineness . . .
- ‘Disappearances Rise With War On Terror’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Several hundred people in Pakistan have disappeared, apparently taken into detention in connection with the war on terrorism, the human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
- Chavez Joins Host Assad To Denounce Us ‘Impe (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, hailed in Syria as a hero for Arabs, joined his host and fellow US arch-foe President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to denounce American “hegemony”.
- Defeat Of No-Trust Motion (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
The defeat of the no-confidence motion tabled against the prime minister by the combined opposition was only to be expected given the strength of the ruling coalition in the National Assembly. But one hopes that the one thing the government will . . .
- Rights, Development And Security (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
The latest edition of the much-valued report on Human Development in South Asia was launched in Islamabad the other day.
- Lift Blockade, Annan Tells Israel (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 31, 2006)
Standing besides Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged Israel to stop Lebanon's physical isolation and withdraw its forces from there.
- Lebanon: Changing The Script (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 31, 2006)
At the end of the day, Hizbollah emerges as the symbol of resistance against the U.S.-Israeli unilateralism in West Asia.
- Japan: Imperial Baggage (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi touches a raw nerve by making another visit to the controversial Yasukuni shrine.
- Darrell Hair And South Asian Solidarity (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2006)
The bottom line of the South Asian approach is that the law is to be obeyed according to our convenience. This fashionable disdain can only beget disorder and lawlessness.
- Cairo Walks (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Aug 31, 2006)
The advice for us armchair travellers wanting to know Egypt has been unerringly consistent. Read Naguib Mahfouz, Cairenes said. Read him, and then think about venturing into Cairo’s historic centre to understand the country.
- Azad Ready For Talks With Hizb, Not Lashkar (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 31, 2006)
Chief MinisterGhulam Nabi Azadsays it will take a lot of time to rescue Jammu and Kashmir from the vested interests that have become entrenched. Excerpts from an interview:
- Kurinji Crown (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Palni Hills are once again witnessing the mass flowering of neelakurinji.
- Battle Of The Bahus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
The lead story in the latest issue of Organiser, titled “Sonia’s vendetta on Maneka’’, gives a detailed account on the CBI’s “witch-hunt’’ against the BJP MP over the release of funds to a couple of NGOs in Pilibhit when Maneka Gandhi was the social . . .
- At Russia’S Woodstock, The Times They Have A-Changed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
Try free-associating the words “Russian” and “Woodstock” for a few seconds, and you’ll likely have a fair idea of the scene. Mud. Vodka. Pouring rain. Grumpy police. Imperfect to nonexistent sanitation.
- Andhra Pradesh: Road To Kondamodalu (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The recent floods have provided a ruse to the government to relocate people affected by the Polavaram dam.
- Ethnic Profiling Nips Muslim Youth's American Dream (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
It was reported in this newspaper last fortnight that if you have a name similar to a terror suspect and wanted to go abroad, then the chances are that you would face an ordeal. Ask Mohammed Shafiq Ahmed (23) now cooling his heels in the cooler in . . .
- Montek Vs Chidambaram : The Middle Path (The Financial Express, P VAIDYANATHAN IYER, Aug 31, 2006)
Historical Fact 1: No sooner than he took over the reins at North Block in June 2004, P Chidambaram expedited the notifi-cation of the rules under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act.
- Sumith Nakandala, Former Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 31, 2006)
Interview with Sumith Nakandala, former Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka.
- Indian Convicted Of Killing Wife In Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
An Indian computer programmer, who killed his wife two years ago by dismembering her body parts using a meat cleaver, has been convicted of first degree murder by a US jury and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
- No Progress In City Serial Blasts Probe (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Mumbai police said on Thursday that there was no headway in investigations into the July 11 serial blasts. The ATS released the sketch of an unclaimed body found in one of the blast sites to establish its identification.
- Bugti Killing: Serious Repercussions Feared (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 30, 2006)
Balochistan is still numb after the killing of its most towering leader Nawab Akbar Bugti. According to an intelligence assessment, the strife-torn province of Pakistan was ready to ignite as its people were seething with anger, the manner in which . . .
- The Media Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
In the matter of the 12 men arrested aboard the Northwest flight in Amsterdam, the Indian media has shown once again that it has no independence of thought and individuality, as it totally embraced the Government's point of view.
- Beginning Of The End (Pioneer, Wilson John, Aug 30, 2006)
Musharraf may have erred gravely in using brute force against Balochis who were not asking for freedom, but just a share from their resources
- Utterly Pointless (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
To the extent the name changing bug was restricted to our reverting to indigenous nomenclatures for places - towns, cities, and regions - from their Anglicised versions, there was little perhaps wrong with the exercise.
- Thatcher Uk's Most Effective Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Post-war leader Clement Attlee and 1980s titan Margaret Thatcher were named Britain's most effective 20th-century prime ministers in a study of British premiers for BBC History Magazine.
- 26 Swept Away In Krishna (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
As many as 26 persons, including 12 women and eight children, were swept away in the Krishna today when the minibus in which they were travelling plunged into the river after crashing against the railing of bridge.
- Air Janata (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 30, 2006)
Chartered flights have long suffered the perception of being the exclusive privilege of the rich and famous.
- Rain God Spurns Empty-Handed Pm In Orissa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Prime Minister's two-day visit to Orissa was literally a damp squib.
- Conservation, Not Beautification (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 30, 2006)
The ‘beautification’ of prime national heritage monuments such as the Lahore Fort and the Shalimar Gardens is an ill-advised move that must be dispensed with. Lahore’s Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) is spending Rs17 million on beautifying the . .
- Bush Aide Says Myths About Us’ Green Policy Remain (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Defending US President George Bush’s policies on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a tough job. In the eyes of environmental activists, Bush could do no right after the US opted out of the Kyoto Protocol.
- The Sacred And The Polluting (Indian Express, SUBHASH GATADE, Aug 30, 2006)
As the Ganesh festivities reach their peak, it may be useful to remember the recent guidelines issued by the Gujarat state government to control water pollution during the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.
- Indians To Spend 50% More On Travel Abroad: Survey ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Willing to go places, literally, and having the required money in their pockets, Indians are going to spend on their travel abroad as never before.
- Looking Fierce (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
History will testify to warriors ever striving to look ferocious and scare the adversary. Before military science came up with stand-off weapons, or stealth technology, fighting at close-quarters laid emphasis on the . . .
- Blind Men Of Hindustan (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 30, 2006)
Last Wednesday an eminent American research scholar and author on South Asia, Mr Paul Brass, wrote an article in a national daily.
- India To Not Carry Out Racial Profiling Of Air Travellers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Asserting that India would not carry out any racial profiling of air travellers, the Civil Aviation Ministry today said it was implementing a pilot project to receive advance information regarding passengers arriving in the country's airports from . . .
- Annan To Press Israel To Lift Lebanon Blockade (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will urge Israel to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon and discuss the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers when he meets Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday.
- Song Of The Soul (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
So far as Muslims are concerned, true, as per the dictates of Islam, they can never worship or bow in front of anything other than Allah.
- Govt Allows Duty-Free Purchases (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has decided to relax restrictions on duty-free purchases, which from September 1 can be carried on board flights. The restrictions on carrying liquids, gels and pastes as hand baggage — barring medicines (but with . . .
- Major Tourism Plan For Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Introduction of cable cars in Udhagamandalam and Kodaikanal hill resorts by December this year, and development of Madurai, Thanjavur, Kanyakumari and Vellore as major tourist destinations with assistance from the Union Tourism Ministry are some . . .
- Ayodhya: Centre For Consensus On Bulletproof Structure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Court adjourns proceedings by six weeks
- 23 Killed As Mini Bus Plunges Into The Krishna River (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Five survive; 12 bodies retrieved; water discharge from the Alamatti Dam stopped to facilitate the rescue operation
- Were The Recent Floods Man Made? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 30, 2006)
Torrential rains are heaven sent but the risk of flooding is of our own making. Settlement plans are man-made. Most city development plans disregard citizen’s right to safe city by building residential areas on flood . . .
- Bismillah Khan (Frontline, PARTHA CHATTERJEE , Aug 30, 2006)
Peerless shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan leaves behind a repertoire of sublime music.
- Unfolding Tragedy (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 30, 2006)
War rages in north and east of the island, and the number of civilians displaced by war has risen to 1.7 lakhs.
- The Delisting Problem (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 30, 2006)
Although trading on India’s two bourses hits Rs 60,000 crore (including derivatives) on good days, the illiquid nature of India’s capital market is exposed by two indicators—the number of shares traded on any given day and the sharp decline in . . .
- Big League Bound (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 30, 2006)
India Inc acquisitions open new frontiers
- Beeing A Taxman! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 30, 2006)
Has anyone cracked the eternal puzzle of how to be a taxing finance minister and still be popular?
- The Digital Revolution (The Financial Express, Alok Sheel, Aug 30, 2006)
Computers have revolutionised the way we acquire, store and communicate information
- 27 Drown As Bus Falls Into Almatti Reservoir (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
In a ghastly accident, 27 people, including two newly-wed couples and seven children, drowned when a mini-bus in which they were travelling fell into the Almatti reservoir, on Tuesday.
- State Aims At 9 Pc Growth (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Karnataka on Tuesday launched a new industrial policy aimed at garnering a 20 per cent share in the country’s total exports, and targeting a gross state domestic product (GSDP) growth of over nine per cent by 2011.
- Case Against Us Child Killer Suspect Collapses (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
John Mark Karr, the schoolteacher who made worldwide headlines by confessing to one of America’s most notorious unsolved crimes, the murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, was abruptly cleared yesterday after the case against him collapsed.
- French Journo Held For Smoking In Airport (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
A journalist with the French daily 'Le Monde' was detained after being allegedly roughed up by CISF personnel at the city airport for lighting a cigarette inside the premises in the wee hours of Wednesday.
- Mind Over Marshals (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
On December 5, I was traveling to Bucharest via Frankfurt to take up an assignment as our country’s Ambassador in Romania. The Air India flight to Frankfurt from Delhi was delayed; I was to connect with a Lufthansa flight to Bucharest but missed it . . .
- So Our Children Shouldn’T Read Tagore, Prem Chand! (Indian Express, Chaman Lal, Aug 30, 2006)
The recent debate over the introduction of ‘objectionable’ material in NCERT’s hindi and history textbooks had MPs, across party lines, going as far as suggesting that the scholars responsible for recommending this material be punished.
- Dr Singh’S Ruling Code (Indian Express, Dilip Cherian, Aug 30, 2006)
Even as The Indian Express broke into the Code that will soon follow the proposed Public Services Bill 2006, it is clear that in Dr Manmohan Singh we have a prime minister who actually wants to leave his mark strongly on governance rather than . . .
- No Racial Profiling Of Air Travellers: India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Asserting that India would not carry out any racial profiling of air travellers, the Civil Aviation Ministry said it was implementing a pilot project to receive advance information regarding passengers arriving in the country's airports from the . . .
- Remember The Public (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
The public seems a little under-prioritised in the latest attempt to reform public services.
- 1,500-Cr. Nabard Aid For Cooperatives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Andhra Pradesh has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to receive Rs. 1,500-crore assistance to streamline three-tier cooperative credit institutions.
- Sharing The Blame (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
Think of the mass hysteria that gripped the citizens of Maharashtra when some semi-literate girl from a Mahim slum woke up one morning and discovered that the waters of the ocean had turned ‘sweet’.
- ‘The Middle Way Is A Pragmatic Approach’ (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Aug 30, 2006)
Beijing can no longer afford to ignore the issue of Tibet. We are confident that it will be resolved, if not in this decade, maybe in the next few decades.
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