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Articles 1821 through 1920 of 4523:
- Manager Par Excellence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 24, 2006)
Dr Varghese Kurien went to great lengths to get technical data right and found solutions, usually local and inexpensive.
- 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.
- Hc Moved Against Bjp Yatras (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Apprehending communal hatred in the country, a voluntary agency today filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to stop the ‘‘rath yatras’’ by BJP leaders L.K Advani and Rajnath Singh from Dwarka and Puri respectively, from April 6.
- Power Grid Ongc, Essar, Torrent In Jv (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Power Grid Corp of India Limited (PGCIL) is set to form joint ventures (JVs) with five more companies, including ONGC and Essar for setting up transmission lines in the country entailing a total investment of Rs 5,000 crore.
- ‘Karnataka Lagging In Sanitation Campaign’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 23, 2006)
About 770 (761 gram panchayats and 9 block panchayats) Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) from 14 states – AP, Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Orissa, TN, Tripura, UP, Uttaranchal and WB – will be given the award.
- A Hero, Never Mind The Bitter End (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 22, 2006)
The bitterness that marked the resignation of Dr Varghese Kurien as head of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation should not stop us from celebrating one of the most inspiring careers in the history of independent India.
- The Milkman Goes (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Verghese Kurien first talked of retirement a quarter century ago, when he was approaching 60. His departure on Monday has therefore been long overdue, and it is sad that it should have been precipitated finally by a revolt by colleagues .
- Reliance Industries Eyes Agri-Business (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2006)
Raises mangoes and medicinal plants in refinery greenbelt
- Scaling Up Kurien (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 22, 2006)
One statistic captures the change brought by Dr Verghese Kurien in India’s villages.
- Bird Flu: India Hit By Asian Strain (Times of India, Chandrika Mago, Mar 22, 2006)
The high-security animal disease lab in Bhopal, testing each bird or animal sample for bird flu, confirms that India has been hit by the Asian strain of the virus, not the Eurasian or North American strain.
- India Is Up To Some Mischief (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 22, 2006)
Pakistan's Foreign Office has debunked Indian propaganda accusing Islamabad of breeding a new form of Jehadi terror aimed at fanning communal tensions within India. India’s National Security Adviser MK Narayanan had pointed out to the bomb attacks . . .
- Decline Of The Upper House (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 21, 2006)
The announcement of candidates for the upcoming biennial election to 58 seats in the Rajya Sabha has thrown up no big surprise, with realpolitik considerations rather than eligibility weighing with parties across the board .
- Arjun, Bhardwaj, Shinde Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Union Ministers Arjun Singh, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Praful Patel, Hansraj Bhardwaj, and Dasari Narayan Rao are among the political heavyweights who were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha today.
- Saving The Girl Child (Tribune, Manmohan Kaur, Mar 21, 2006)
I have retired from government service with a good pension. My three daughters are highly educated and are working. My son-in-laws are well placed. I own a house in the city. Because of my old age, my wife and I have decided to shift to the . . .
- Zahira Tells Court She Was A Victim Of Circumstances (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 21, 2006)
Wants sentence reduced, fine waived
- Bhardwaj, Arjun Enter Rajya Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj among elected
Dasari Narayana Rao, G. Sanjeeva Reddy Keshava Rao, Azeez Pasha, M.V. Mysoora Reddy, Rashid Alvi elected from Andhra Pradesh
K. Rehman Khan, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, K.B. Shanappa, M. Rajasekhara . . .
- Steps To Contain Prices And Phase Out Tax Exemptions: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
Excise duty exemption for candles, bricks and `supari' sachets restored; levy on umbrellas, marbles stays
- Banerjee Report: Railways' Plea Rejected (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2006)
A Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court on Monday rejected an application filed by the Railway Ministry, which sought to vacate the stay on the tabling of the Banerjee Commission report in Parliament.
- Notions Of Water Scarcity (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Mar 21, 2006)
Case study exposing the social and power relations which usually underlie water crises
- Terrorist Attack On Varanasi (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Mar 21, 2006)
If you want to hear the Indian story, listen to the sound of silence once the roar of the explosion has ebbed away into time. India’s weakness is institutional.
- Gujarat Cops 'Link' Varanasi, Hum Terrorists (Times of India, Sourav Mukherjee, Mar 20, 2006)
The Gujarat Police suspect a link between Varanasi blasts, the one at Ahmedabad railway station, and deaths of four Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) members in the Crime Branch encounter.
- Daughters At A Disadvantage (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Mar 20, 2006)
Hindu Succession Act change doesn’t help them
- How Kutch Rail Reduced Project Cost (Business Line, Mamuni Das , Mar 20, 2006)
Krcl is expected to generate at least Rs 115 crore revenue in its first year of operation, ensuring an internal rate of return of 20.81 per cent.
- Three Under Observation For Bird Flu (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
While no case of bird flu in humans has been reported in the country, three people have been admitted to the district hospital in Jalgaon, including a doctor, with complaints of fever. The doctor complained of fever after an egg broke in his hands.
- Hindu Outfits Skeptical About Advani's Yatra (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2006)
Notwithstanding the indirect support of the RSS, the Hindu outfits appear to be skeptical and critical of senior BJP leader L K Advani's plans to embark on yet another Yatra in the wake of the Varanasi bomb blasts.
- ‘Ban Diclofenac, Save The Vulture’ (Deccan Herald, Utpal Borpujari, Mar 20, 2006)
Three-time Green Oscar winner and internationally-acclaimed environment and wildlife film-maker Mike Pandey has been crusading for vultures — which are hurtling towards extinction
- Bjp Yatras: Now, Krishna Is The Moving Force (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
When the BJP undertakes a major mission, it is just natural that the party invokes Gods. Therefore, it is only appropriate that leader of the opposition L K Advani and BJP president Rajnath Singh embark on their twin national integration yatras . . .
- Wheat Imports (Statesman, Vandana Shiva, Mar 18, 2006)
Will India Turn To Ship-To-Mouth Existence?
- Police Say Kill Four Militants In Gujarat (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Police shot dead four suspected Islamist militants in Gujarat on Friday and said the men were planning to attack religious sites in the communally sensitive region.
- Bjp Finalises Advani, Rajnath `Yatra' Details (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Mar 18, 2006)
Advani to cover 10 States over 26 days and Rajnath Singh 12 States over 24 days
Raths' will not cross paths, but will touch five "common States"
Will not go through the five States going to the polls
VHP leader Ashok Singhal criticises Advani
- Bsnl Gets Flak Over Hazardous Waste (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Environmentalists might have been successful in forcing the French to stop the asbestos-laden Clemenceau before it made it to the shipbreaking yards in Gujarat, but our own BSNL seems to be adding to the danger posed by hazardous waste in the country.
- Reliance, Biocon Among 150 Sezs Cleared (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
The Union Government on Friday cleared nearly 150 special economic zones (SEZs), including those of the Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Group, Biocon, Bajaj Auto, Bharat Forge, DLF, the Adani Group and Satyam Computers.
- Muslim Leaders To Meet Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2006)
Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari has convened a national conference of Muslims here tomorrow to bring all Muslim religious and political groups under one platform to evolve a joint strategy for social, economic and educational . . .
- Harvest Of Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 18, 2006)
For Hindu fundamentalist politicians and their Islamist doppelgangers, the jehad has offered an opportunity to make political gains from violence.
- There Will Be More Wahida Prizms And Munafs (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mar 17, 2006)
Today, a new class of enlightened and liberal Muslims is emerging and the stereotype is fading out
- India Takes Proactive Steps To Contain Bird Flu (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The Indian government has launched proactive steps to contain the spread of bird flu in 38 districts in Maharashtra after four villages in the state reported fresh avian flu cases this week, even as there were fears of the disease breaking out in . . .
- An Alarming Decline (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 17, 2006)
This year, on International Women's Day, the Government reiterated its commitment to halt the alarming and continuous decline in the country's sex ratio and announced several measures to reverse the trend.
- Engineering Growth (Frontline, T.V. Lakshminarayan, Mar 16, 2006)
Coimbatore today accounts for 48 per cent of the pumpsets manufactured in India.
- Star Of Hills (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 16, 2006)
Leopard is one of the rare stars of the State especially its hills.
- Rs Polls: Arjun, Bhardwaj Renominated (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2006)
Union Ministers Arjun Singh, H R Bhardwaj and Sushil Kumar Shinde and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K Rehman Khan have been nominated by Congress for the ensuing Rajya Sabha polls.
- Reuniting Parliamentary, State Elections (Daily Excelsior, Aditya Nath Dar, Mar 16, 2006)
The leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Mr. Lalkrishna Advani, while delivering a speech at India Today conclave, surprised most of his listeners when he said that he was in favour of reuniting the parliamentary and state assembly elections.
- Arjun, Bhardwaj Nominated For Rajya Sabha Elections (Hindu, CP Bhambri, Mar 16, 2006)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh and Law Minister H.R. Bhardwaj will be the Congress party's candidates for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh and Haryana.
- Fresh Outbreak Of Bird Flu Reported In Maharashtra (Hindustan Times, Sanchita Sharma, Mar 16, 2006)
Bird flu has struck chicken in four new villages in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, about 140 km away from Navapur, which was declared free of bird flu just two weeks ago.
- Yatra To Change Course Of National Politics: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
The BJP parliamentary party on Tuesday endorsed the controversial ‘national integration yatra’ of Leader of Opposition L K Advani, who declared that “it would change the course of national politics”.
- Bjp Mps Back Advani’S Yatra (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
A day after the RSS backed Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani’s proposed national integration yatra, likely to begin from Gujarat on April 6, the BJP Parliamentary Party today endorsed his programme.
- Advani "Thought Of" Rath Yatra Before Varanasi Blasts (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Mar 15, 2006)
Dasmunsi: It is meant for dividing the country
The `yatras' will have the same political effect as his Ayodhya rath yatra in 1989, says Advani
"Minorityism is contributi
- In Quest For Justice (Business Standard, Rashid Shaz, Mar 15, 2006)
That the Supreme Court had to intervene to ensure justice in the Best Bakery is indicative of a systemic failure that needs to be addressed without any further delay. Else, how will justice be delivered to victims of terror where the perpetrators . . .
- Reuniting Parliamentary, State Elections (Daily Excelsior, Aditya Nath Dar, Mar 15, 2006)
The leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Mr. Lalkrishna Advani, while delivering a speech at India Today conclave, surprised most of his listeners when he said that he was in favour of reuniting the parliamentary and state assembly elections.
- Fresh Outbreak Of Bird Flu Reported In Maharashtra (Hindustan Times, Sanchita Sharma, Mar 15, 2006)
Bird flu has struck chicken in four new villages in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, about 140 km away from Navapur, which was declared free of bird flu just two weeks ago.
- Reuniting Parliamentary, State Elections (Daily Excelsior, Aditya Nath Dar, Mar 14, 2006)
The leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Mr. Lalkrishna Advani, while delivering a speech at India Today conclave, surprised most of his listeners when he said that he was in favour of reuniting the parliamentary and state assembly elections.
- Reforms Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 14, 2006)
Both corruption and delay in delivery of justice needs to be looked at
- Of Manipulators And A `Bad Victim' (Hindu, Usha Ramanathan, Mar 14, 2006)
Sentencing a survivor, however opportunistic she may be, will have the unfortunate effect of punishing a `bad victim' while leaving the manipulators free and undeterred.
- Police Files Appeal In Jessica Lal Case In Delhi Hc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
A sessions court today detained Best Bakery prime witness Zaheera Shaikh in its custody till March 16 and sought clarification from the Supreme Court on the manner of execution of one-year jail term imposed on her for contempt of court.
- Slow But Sure Steps Of Justice (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Mar 14, 2006)
IF there is justice there will be peace. Nine men from Baroda were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Mumbai for a massacre of innocents (known as the Best Bakery case) during one of the most terrible communal riots in our . . .
- Indian Hindus, Muslims Seek To Rise Above Conflict (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 13, 2006)
Starting bloody riots between India's majority Hindus and minority, but large, Muslim population usually doesn't take much doing.
- Saintly Crusader (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Mar 13, 2006)
IT is a comment on our times that even the informed intelligentsia bat their eyelids in ignorance at the mention of the name Siddhraj Dhadda.
- Murder Of Justice (The Week, Suman K. Jha, Mar 11, 2006)
Everything has been said already, but as no one listens, we must always begin again." Justice V.S. Malimath began with this Andre Gide quote while outlining the roadmap for reforming the criminal justice system in . . .
- Amulya Lessons (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 11, 2006)
The despatch of a top US defence official, charged with the reconstruction of Afghanistan, to Anand in Gujarat for a first-hand study of the famous Amul dairy development model is a reminder of the many valuable models we have in our own backyard.
- Bjp List For Rajya Sabha Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and Vinay Katiyar included
- Muslim Representation (Daily Excelsior, Maqbool Shah, Mar 11, 2006)
The alleged seeking of details by Sachar Committee from the Army Headquarters about the Muslim officers and personnel below officer rank serving in the Army and their pattern of posting has yet again focussed the attention of the nation . . .
- Iim Graduate Declines Job Offer To Learn Soccer Biz (Hindustan Times, Chetan Chauhan, Mar 11, 2006)
Is a better business model the answer to Indian football's troubles? Satyajit Sadanandan, an IIM Lucknow alumnus, thinks so.
- Zaheera Sheikh Turns Herself In, Says Don’T Send Me To Gujarat (Indian Express, Stavan Desai, Mar 11, 2006)
In the end, it was the “estranged cousin” who had claimed she had severed all ties with him and denied any knowledge of her whereabouts, who escorted Zaheera Sheikh to the Mazgaon sessions court this evening.
- The Two Faces Of Gujarat Riots (Indian Express, Palak Nandi, Mar 10, 2006)
If Best Bakery is now the metaphor for justice in Gujarat, Qutu-buddin Ansari was the face of the riots.
- Reliance Petro, Dow Pact Gets Nod (Business Standard, Utpal Bhaskar, Mar 10, 2006)
Polypropylene plant to be set up at Jamnagar special economic zone.
- Railways Challenge Godhra Order (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Thursday reserved its order for next week on a petition challenging the single judge order on the U. G. Bannerjee Commission report relating to the Sabarmati Express train carnage probe.
- Chariots Of Ire? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 10, 2006)
To the BJP, it must appear as if circumstances have fuelled its rath. While its leaders were concentrated on the shake-out in the party organisation, issues close to the party’s agitational heart were piling up.
- Punish Puppeteers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 10, 2006)
Those who pushed Zaheera to turn hostile should also be punished
- There’S A Better Way To Check Stray Animals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Why can’t the money be used to tackle the problem before precious lives are lost, I can’t understand. Only death and calamity stirs the authorities into action
- To Court Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 10, 2006)
History is made in unexpected ways.
- Godhra: Order Reserved On Railways' Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
A Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court on Thursday reserved its order on a petition by the Railways seeking lifting of the stay on the Union Government from taking any action on the final report of the U.C. Banerjee Commission on the . . .
- Telling Lies (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 10, 2006)
The one-year jail term handed down to Zahira Sheikh, the prime witness in the Best Bakery case, who decided to go with the accused instead, is the kind of exemplary punishment that all right-thinking people had been seeking for the witnesses . . .
- Pakistan Blamed For Temple City Blasts (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Mar 09, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, cornered by the opposition over a devastating bombing incident in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, pointed the finger at Pakistan on Wednesday, saying that the attackers had been trained across the border.
- Blasts In Varanasi (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 09, 2006)
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the three blasts in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi on Tuesday, but whosoever carried out this dastardly act deserves to be condemned.
- Easy Targets (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist attack in Varanasi (including one on an important Hanuman temple on Tuesday, in which about 15 people died) does not leave much room for doubt that these attacks follow a pattern.
- Truth Will Out, In The Right Environment (Indian Express, H. S. PHOOLKA, Mar 09, 2006)
The Best Bakery re-trial has shown that witnesses will speak the truth in a conducive environment.
- Smouldering Yet (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 09, 2006)
Four years, two inquiry commissions and reams of literature later, no one is ready to say what caused the fire on the Sabarmati Express as it pulled out of Godhra station.
- Holy Terror (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 09, 2006)
The combination of holiness and terror is likely to be a dangerous one for India.
- Finding Zaheera Sheikh (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, Mar 09, 2006)
She represented the demand for justice in Gujarat. Till twists and turns in the Best Bakery case gathered her into the shadows, says AYESHA KHAN
- Pieces In Terror Jigsaw, Two Top Lashkar Men Shot In Up, Delhi (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Mar 09, 2006)
Within hours of the terror strike in Varanasi, two top-ranking Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed by the police in Lucknow and Delhi.
- Blasts Kill 16 In Varanasi, Red Alert Sounded Across India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
In an outrageous serial terrorist strike on the holy city of Varanasi, the ancient Sankat Mochan temple packed with Tuesday worshippers of Lord Hanuman was rocked by a huge blast and two bombs exploded soon after at a nearby train . . .
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