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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 22438:
- 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 . . .
- On Naxalites, State Won’T Join The Dots (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Aug 31, 2006)
The meeting between chief secretaries and director generals of police of 13 Naxalite-affected states on Wednesday places the Naxalite issue on the front burner. It must remain there.
- Hub Of Research (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 31, 2006)
Bangalore has emerged as one of modern India's most important centres of higher education and research.
- Jobless Growth? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 31, 2006)
Despite the rapid growth of the Indian economy since the 1990s reforms, the widespread impression is that of its limited employment potential. Reports of jobless growth surface often, with the analysis of statistics published by the . . .
- 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.
- Left Refuses To Take Sides On Vande Mataram (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
As the BJP and a section among the Muslim community slug it out over the Vande Mataram issue, the Left has struck a muted note. The CPM, which took the issue off the political terrain, said the decision on how to celebrate the centenary anniversary . . .
- Nine-Judge Bench To Examine Tamil Nadu Reservation Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
It will go into constitutional validity of 69 per cent quota
Constitution Bench will also examine inclusion in Ninth Schedule
Hearing for five days from October 9.
- Left Wants Ec’S Power Redefined (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Making a case for major Constitutional amendments to define the powers of the Election Commission against the backdrop of its clashes with the Commission during the West Bengal polls, the CPI(M) today said it had become necessary to have clear . . .
- Mockery Of Democracy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
Apropos the editorial, "Sadhu as shaitan" (August 26), the bedlam in the Lok Sabha has forcibly brought home the mockery our elected legislators have made of parliamentary behaviour.
- 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.
- The Real Question Is Of Relevance (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Aug 30, 2006)
The Planning Commission has neither control over, nor responsibility for, the outcomes of its key prescriptions for ‘faster economic growth’
- Boost For Naxal-Affected States (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Army, in a major effort to help the state governments tackle the scourge of Naxalite violence, will train more than 14,000 personnel of Central and State police organisations and ex-servicemen next year.
- Ramadoss Trips Over Law Again, Loses Sack Race (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 30, 2006)
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' penchant for sacking senior officials has earned him a rap from the judiciary for the third time in a row.
- Is The Problem With Quotas Over? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 30, 2006)
Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Delhi
The solutions to the teachers’ shortage will sound the death knell for the IITs
The Bill that sanctions 27 per cent reservations for OBCs allows the IITs, IIMs and . ..
- 6 More Killed In Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Bomb blast in Hub kills five
150 detained g Govt bans carrying of arms for 2 months
- 10 Killed In Accident On Indus Highway (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ten people were killed and 26 others injured in accidents involving four vehicles, including three passenger coaches, near Manzoorabad in the Khanoth area on the Indus Highway late on Monday night.
- N-Plants: Chinese Help Sought (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Aug 30, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has sought increased Chinese military and economic support, especially to meet Pakistan’s growing nuclear energy needs. Talking to a 17-member delegation of the Communist Party of China which met him on . . .
- Funding For Madressahs (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 30, 2006)
Given the sharp differences between the federal government and madressah associations, one should not be surprised by the report in Tuesday’s Dawn that a sum of no less than Rs65 million meant for madressah reforms in Sindh has lapsed.
- Bush’S Flawed Iraq Policy (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 30, 2006)
WITH 3,438 civilian fatalities (roughly three times the number of civilian deaths in Lebanon during the month-long assault by Israel), July was the bloodiest month in Iraq since the American-led invasion.
- Flood Levels Recede In Rajasthan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Relief workers in the flood-affected state of Rajasthan stepped up efforts to rescue thousands of stranded villagers on Tuesday, as water levels began to recede, officials said.
- Army Training Police Personnel, Ex-Servicemen To Counter Naxals (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The Indian Army is on course to train 14,000 personnel in anti-Naxal operations by May next year in six affected states, including 92 companies of police personnel and 5,000 ex-servicemen. It has so far trained about 6,400 personnel in . . .
- Media-How Much Embedded? (Daily Excelsior, Vijay Satokar, Aug 30, 2006)
‘‘Today, if you are a journalist in the print or the electronic media anywhere in the world, it is difficult to escape embedding,’’ celebrated documentary film maker, Anand Patwardhan recently wrote in an article. Corporate and Government interests . . .
- 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 . . .
- More The Men, Less Safe The World (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Aug 30, 2006)
The preference for male babies in India and China has skewed national sex ratios to levels that could spawn increased anti-social behaviour and violence and destabilise society, researchers warned on Monday.
- 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.
- Bush Remembers Katrina Victims (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
US President George W. Bush on Tuesday mourned Hurricane Katrina's victims and vowed to do right by its survivors, one year after the killer storm devastated New Orleans, appalled the world, and forever scarred his presidency.
- India Needs Universal Child Custody Law (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
To cope up with the increasing number of inter-parental conflicts involving children of NRIs and multiple problems arising leading to removal of such children to India, the Union Government should enact a universal child custody law by adhering . . .
- Saffron Test For Cong On Vande Mataram (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Aug 30, 2006)
After having fended off BJP assaults on several fronts, from the nuclear deal to former foreign minister Natwar Singh's revolt, Congress is now gearing up to face a more testing saffron challenge over the burgeoning Vande Mataram row.
- Tactical Gain, Strategic Blunder (Indian Express, C. Uday Bhaskar, Aug 30, 2006)
The killing of the Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti by the Pakistani military on August 26 looks like a tactical victory for Islamabad.
- Nri Student Found Dead In Delhi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
A 28-year-old student's body was found hanging from the ceiling of his room in Dabri in the North West area of this city, police said.
- Rail Link To Quetta Cut (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Movement of all trains towards Baluchistan, and particularly to capital Quetta from other parts of Pakistan has been suspended in the wake of more reports of mayhem in the tribal province following the death of Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti in . . .
- Abolished Posts In Schools To Be Revived (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
A meeting of the Punjab Council of Ministers held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today approved to convene two-day session of the state Assembly from September 14.
- 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.
- `India Has To Sustain Pace Of Development' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Former Union Minister and journalist Arun Shourie said here on Tuesday that the pace of development in the country had to be sustained for the next 20 years if India was to move along with the fast changing world.
- V.P. Singh Favours Quota For Backward Classes Among Muslims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
"Relief should be given to people victimised on basis of birth and religion"
- A Peek Into World Of Terrorists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
It now seems almost impossible to imagine a world without terror lurking in the background. Bringing home this bitter truth is Discovery Channel's new series, "Terror Strikes", that goes on the air this coming Friday.
- For The Sake Of Quality (Telegraph, Aruni Mukherjee, Aug 30, 2006)
Here is a trivia for readers. Let us say that there is an academic institution ‘A’. Its admission criteria for post-graduation courses states that “applicants require a high 2:1 or a first class at BA level, but admission is at the discretion of the . . .
- 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’.
- Is This What Happiness Looks Like? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
A happy environment can be derived from bright colour like vivid shades of pink or canary yellow with chartreuse accents.
- 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.
- A Case For The Year Of Planet Earth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2006)
We can use the riches of Earth for a living but not upset its dynamic equilibrium.
- Pakistan's Baloch Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 30, 2006)
In the last weeks of his life, Akbar Khan Bugti twice told a confidant he wished to die the death of a martyr.
- Pm Reviews Initiatives In Punjab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
With an eye on the forthcoming Assembly election in Punjab, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently reviewed the progress of infrastructure projects and directed the state and central ministers to speed up their implementation.
- Learning To Read (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 30, 2006)
One would assume that at least in education, government policy is based on solid theoretical and philosophical assumptions and a clear-eyed assessment of ground realities.
- From Bullets To Ballots In Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 30, 2006)
Is the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen contemplating turning to politics? If he takes the peace road, Syed Salahuddin could face opposition from within his own organisation too.
- Massacre And Dispute (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
The distinction between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is getting thinner with every passing day. However, what if someone killed as a terrorist or a potential killer does not even get the benefit of being owned up as a freedom fighter by anyone?
- ‘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.
- I Say, Three Cheers For Ayaan (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Muslim by birth, is a daring woman. She has dared to raise questions despite knowing that a Mussalman is prohibited from raising any question on Islam.
- Speaking Of Urdu (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Excluded from school curricula, Urdu’s growth as a functional language ceased.
- Withering Lives (Frontline, P. SAINATH, Aug 30, 2006)
The agrarian crisis bankrupts whole communities and drives hundreds of farmers to suicide across Maharashtra.
- Marathwada's Turn (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Aug 30, 2006)
The Marathwada region has seen farmers' suicides and it could be another Vidarbha in the making.
- Judicial Rap (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Aug 30, 2006)
The Bombay High Court directs the State government to take more responsibility regarding farmers' suicides.
- `Irrigation, The Key' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Interview with Dr. B.L. Mungekar, member, Planning Commission.
- Musharraf For Cooperation With China On ‘Bro (Pakistan Observer, Mariana Baabar, Aug 30, 2006)
Brisk preparations are being made by both Pakistan and China ahead of the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Pakistan.
- Hometruths (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 29, 2006)
The finance minister’s response (letter to Montek, FE August 28) to the Planning Commission’s draft approach paper to the 11th Plan is in sync with ground realities.
- The Sikandar-Jinnah 'Understanding' (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 29, 2006)
The year 1926-27 was a continuous period of communal strife between Hindus and Muslims. Towards the end of 1926 Muslim leaders of Punjab decided to unite on one platform and reconstitute the Punjab Provincial Muslim League, which was headed by . . .
- Upa Reaches Out To Rural Folk (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 29, 2006)
Fiftyeight year-old Prabhavati, chairperson of the Karaikal Town Panchayat, is brimming with confidence and ideas these days.
- Child Budgeting (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 29, 2006)
India can be rightly proud of the tremendous progress it has achieved over the last decade, particularly in terms of its remarkable economic growth and increasing global political influence. Yet, it is wanting in an area closest to people's hearts . . .
- On Growth, Poverty And Opportunity (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 29, 2006)
"While India's growth performance has improved there are concerns about whether this is doing enough for the poor and excluded groups.
- Chidambaram Vs Ahluwalia (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Aug 29, 2006)
In his letter to Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, finance minister P Chidambaram raised several questions about the Eleventh Plan Approach Paper.
- Meeting With Musharraf Not Ruled Out (Hindu, PRAFULLA DAS, Aug 29, 2006)
"Peace process cannot move forward unless Pakistan acts against terrorism"
- Sankara Nethralaya's Research Project Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
It will pioneer ophthalmic research in nano-technology and stem cell applications
- Raipur Says Song Must Be Sung On Sept. 11 (Asian Age, Sudhir K. Singh, Aug 29, 2006)
A circular issued on Sunday by the Chhattisgarh school education department on the singing of the first two verses of Vande Mataram has created an impression that the state government had made it compulsory that the national song be sung in all . . .
- Itc Eyes 12 Pc Share Of Biscuit Market (Deccan Herald, Sangeetha Chengappa, Aug 29, 2006)
Itc Foods’ Sunfeast brand of biscuits which staged an entry into the Indian market in 2003 currently has about eight per cent share of the market, grown from a mere 4.5 per cent in 2004-05. To break the ‘duopoly’ of biscuit giants Parle and . . .
- Dashmunshi Quoted Out Of Context, Says Cong (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Rattled by the strong reaction to Parliamentary Affairs Minister PR Dasmunshi's statement that the Left parties were free to leave the UPA Government, the Congress on Monday claimed that the Congress leader's remarks had been distorted by the media.
- Poor Grade (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2006)
The SSA has stated that project targets have not been met.
- An Impossible Dream (Deccan Herald, Deepa Dumblekar, Aug 29, 2006)
Balancing material pursuits with emotional intelligence is real success.
- Sharing The Blame (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 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’.
- Chotu Doesn’T Work Here Any More (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2006)
From October, employing children below the age of 14 as a domestic worker or as help in restaurants and eating places will be illegal.
- In The Afterlight Of The Bugti Episode (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 29, 2006)
The widespread protests in Balochistan and elsewhere in the country over the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti should come as no surprise to anyone.
- Pranab, Priya Assail Left’S Handling Of Education........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The CPI(M)-led Left Front Government in West Bengal was today criticised by Union Ministers Pranab Mukherjee and Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi for "politicization" of the education system and its policy on teaching english in schools.
- Beyond Merit And Quota (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 29, 2006)
The very base in which we target to alleviate the discrimination through implementing affirmative action policies have been questioned at different levels in our times overlooking its wider impact on creating social capital among the underprivileged . . .
- Cleaning Kali Bein: Govt To Act As Support System (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
President Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s recent visit to Nirmal Kuteya in Sultanpur Lodhi has expedited the cleansing process of sacred rivulet Kali Bein.
- Flying To Skardu (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 29, 2006)
Our national flag carrier has the singular distinction of flying a Boing 737 aircraft to Skardu -- the gateway to what international tourists call the 'throne room of mountain gods'. On paper it is a daily 45 minute flight from Islamabad to Skardu . . .
- 'We Can Choose Our Friends... Not Our Neighbours' (The Economic Times, NAGESHWAR PATNAIK, Aug 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said peace talks between India and Pakistan can’t proceed unless the latter shows its commitment to dismantle terrorist camps on its soil. He said this while addressing a press conference here late evening.
- Balochistan Crippled By Strike, Violence (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Aug 29, 2006)
A complete strike on Monday paralysed Quetta and other cities and towns of Balochistan and reports of more incidents of rioting and arson were received from different parts of the province.
- Communists For Competition (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 29, 2006)
Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuth-anandan wants to leave his mark in history as a hegemon-hunter.
- Salute To Professor, Governor Steps In (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
It was a rare show of public grief. Life in the ancient temple town Ujjain came to a standstill today with the ruling BJP supporting the Congress call for a bandh to mourn the death of Professor H.S. Sabharwal in Madhav College during the . . .
- Teach Them A Lesson (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 29, 2006)
The death of Harbhajan Singh Sabharwal, a professor at Ujjain's Government Madhav Arts and Commerce College, at the hands of a student mob calls for the immediate setting up of a proper electoral system on campuses as directed earlier by the . . .
- Discordant Note On Song (Telegraph, R. KRISHNA DAS, Aug 29, 2006)
Chhattisgarh’s BJP government today stoked the raging controversy over Vande Mataram further by making its singing compulsory at every educational institution in the state, including madarsas, on September 7 to mark the national song’s centenary.
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