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Articles 12121 through 12220 of 35809:
- Economic Initiatives (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 30, 2006)
While the country's economy has been put on the path of high growth, the government's emphasis on enhancing the availability of water for boosting farm output, developing energy resources to meet the growing needs of this vital production input . . .
- Challenge Of Coexistence With India (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Apr 30, 2006)
Having been created in the teeth of India’s opposition, whose Hindu majority considered the division of “Bharat Mata” (Mother India) a sacrilege, Pakistan has had to contend with India’s hostility from its very birth.
- Kalam Calls For Evolving 'Enlightened Citizenry' Round The Globe (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam has called for the evolution of an enlightened citizenry round the globe, with the introduction of moral value system in education and by making religion graduate into a universal spiritual force.
- Afghans Find Beheaded Body Of Kidnapped Indian (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan police found on Sunday the beheaded body of an Indian telecommunications worker kidnapped with his Afghan driver on Friday, police said.
- India’S Icici Bank Net Profit Up 28% (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank beat forecasts on Saturday by posting a 28 percent jump in its quarterly net profit but said its retail loans growth rate could slow.
- Taliban Threatens To Kill Abducted Engineer (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
The fate of an Indian engineer kidnapped by Taliban in Afghanistan on Friday evening remained unknown as India stepped up efforts to secure his safe release on Saturday.
- Icici Bank Q4 Net Up 28 Pct, Beats F'cast (Reuters, M.C. Govardhana Rangan, Apr 30, 2006)
India's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank beat forecasts on Saturday by posting a 28 percent jump in its quarterly net profit but said its retail loans growth rate could slow.
- Iran's Nuclear Progress (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Apr 30, 2006)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to help the Bush administration's effort to convince the U.N. Security Council that more concerted action is needed to stop Iran's nuclear program.
- Us Interested In Final Settlement To Kashmir (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The US has an "interest" in seeing if a "final settlement" of the Kashmir issue can be reached and was trying to help build on the progress made by India and Pakistan on the Composite Dialogue.
- India, Pakistan Plan Hotline On Maritime Security (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Indian Coast Guard and the Maritime Security Agency of Pakistan will set up a hotline soon as part of increasing cooperation for surveillance at sea between the two neighbours.
- Pm Speaks To Koirala, Offers Nepal All Help (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday assured Nepal all help in its economic recovery.
- Colombo Will Not Fall Into Ltte Trap, Says Envoy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
"The Tigers will suffer the consequences for the recent attacks"
Air strikes were a "deterrent" and limited in scope
There has been some denting of LTTE's capacity
Sri Lanka wants India to extend support for a negotiated settlement
- "There Is A Fury Building Up Across The Country" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
In this excerpt from a much longer interview, Arundhati Roy updates her essay on the Narmada issue,The Greater Common Good, published in 1999 inFrontline. The interview was done byShoma Chaudhuriover a period of several days, in person and on email.
- Supreme Court Issues Notice To State On Transfer Of R. Nataraj (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 29, 2006)
EC counsel says it involves serious questions of law for future
- Iran: Nuclear Row (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Apr 29, 2006)
The Iranian government shows no signs of winding up its nuclear programme despite escalating threats from Washington.
- India Hints A Giftwrap Of Revival Package (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Apr 29, 2006)
With Nepal taking the first major step towards popular rule when its Parliament was reconvened after four years today, India has decided to propose a package for the country’s economic recovery.
- Ksrtc City Services Become Popular In Shimoga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Eight buses have been introduced on various routes
- Celebration Of Democracy (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 29, 2006)
The vote in Kolkata on Thursday — in the third phase of polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections — is set to go down in the State's election annals as one of the most keenly watched battles of the ballot.
- Don’T Do A Bad Job (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 2006)
Why the Centre should want to mess with one of its more promising social welfare initiatives is a mystery.
- Pakistan's Fault Line (Pioneer, BHARAT VERMA, Apr 29, 2006)
The so-called land of the pure, Pakistan, on its creation in 1947 had approximately 13 per cent minorities residing within an Islamic population of 76 million. In its unholy fervour to achieve physical instead of the spiritual purity, the minorities . . .
- The French Connection (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 29, 2006)
THE launch in Paris of the Pak-France Committee at a meeting between Industries, Production and Special Initiatives Minister Jehangir Tareen and MEDEF, an association of 700,000 French-based . . .
- R.K. Raghavan: Policing The U.K. (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Apr 29, 2006)
The July 7 blasts in London have prompted Tony Blair to bring about changes on the criminal justice front that could pave the way for more efficient policing.
- Southern Record (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Apr 29, 2006)
South India has an enviable history of reservation in education.
- Political Consensus (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Apr 29, 2006)
The history of reservation for OBCs underscores a strong political commitment to the policy of positive discrimination in their favour.
- Jayati Ghosh: Protecting Foreign Investors (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Apr 29, 2006)
Bilateral investment treaties have become potential weapons of multinational companies against developing country governments and societies.
- Who Cares For Myanmar? (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Apr 29, 2006)
Last month, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran spoke at a well-attended lecture organised in Washington by the Heritage Foundation.
- What Affirmative Action Can Be All About (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Apr 29, 2006)
Corporates should make affirmative policy a part of their recruitment and outsourcing strategy
- Country First (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 29, 2006)
Bollywood has always taken great pride in swearing by secularism. But when Feroze Khan, one of its well known faces, sought to wear it on his sleeve in Pakistan earlier this week, it created a controversy of sorts.
- Operation Clean-Up (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 29, 2006)
490-point dip in the Sensex and then an eye-popping recovery only signals a combination of jitters and greed signifying an overheated market.
- Energy-Cum-Trade Corridor (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 29, 2006)
ON Thursday Pakistan and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide umbrellas for agreements furthering bilateral energy, industrial and trade cooperation. Earlier addressing a group of China's private and public sector leaders . . .
- Pull Up Your Socks, Sebi (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 29, 2006)
It is welcome that Sebi should act tough on IPO manipulation. But its tough and wide-ranging order that sought to reassure investors that the regulator was in command has been marred by its own decision to hold in abeyance the ex-parte interim order . . .
- Let Psus Manage Their Own Capital (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 29, 2006)
The government has no business to ask PSUs to split stock or issue bonus shares, if it has no immediate plans to divest stakes in the PSUs. In theory, stock-splits are non-events: although shareholders get more shares, their relative holdings remain . . .
- An Open Letter To The Hon'ble Pm (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Apr 29, 2006)
In our country, we have more varieties of haves and have-nots than most. We have the rich haves and the poor have-nots; the urban haves and the rural have-nots; the higher-caste haves and the backward-caste have-nots; the educated haves and the . . .
- C.P. Chandrasekhar: Driven By Debts (Frontline, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Apr 29, 2006)
Everyone belonging to India's middle and upper classes has experienced its effects, but few analyse its implications. The country has been through a retail credit transition, making it a haven for the would-be borrower who is relentlessly pursued by . .
- Let’S All Share (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Apr 29, 2006)
But for a minor glitch, it could well be one of the best explained, best researched Sebi orders.
- Behind The Scam (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 29, 2006)
In one of its sternest orders ever, the Security and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has barred 24 market participants from participating in the stock market for their role in the IPO scam.
- Markets Are Essential, So Is Regulation (Tribune, Johann Hari, Apr 29, 2006)
The first has been conducted in the United States over the past 25 years, increasingly setting corporations free from regulation and safeguards. The second experiment has been conducted in Argentina over the past five years, and lies at the opposite . . .
- Faster, Higher, Out Of Reach (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Apr 29, 2006)
For 25 years it was India’s elusive eye in the sky, keeping a constant watch over the enemy deep inside his own territory and yet remaining beyond his reach.
- Human Development Indices Differ Considerably For All-India, Sts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Study carried out by Institute of Human Development
Loss of productive sources the main reason
HDI represents three dimensions - economy, education, health
- Mera Gaon, Gurgaon (Times of India, Shobhit Mahajan, Apr 29, 2006)
That woman at a Gurgaon mall — halter tops, shorts and wedding bangles — could very well have been a newly-wed in Silicon Valley, married to an NRI engineer.
- Taking Stock (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 29, 2006)
Those who thought market scams in India were history have been proved wrong. SEBI has investigated irregular practices in 105 IPOs floated between 2003 and 2005 and barred 24 entities, including Karvy and Indiabulls, from opening fresh dematerialised . .
- Crime On The Rise (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 29, 2006)
THE growing crime rate in Punjab points to the negligence of the police despite the government's tall claims of breaking the status quo and bringing about improvement in the working of the law enforcement apparatus.
- With A Plot From Bangladesh (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 29, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings leads to the fact of Bangladesh's emergence as a base for Islamist terrorism.
- Healing A Goddess (Times of India, Anand Kurian, Apr 29, 2006)
It has taken me a while to get used to it all. I have lived in this tiny village my entire life; the most exciting event so far was when Ramalingam had a drink too many and climbed up the flagpole in the village square.
- Model Villages In 202 Assembly Segments (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
One village each in 202 rural Assembly constituencies will be developed as a "madari grama" or model village in a pilot project inspired by the Chinese example, Housing Minister D.T. Jayakumar said here on Friday.
- Politics Amidst Turmoil (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 29, 2006)
Four months after the December 2005 election, Iraq's parliamentarians finally picked nominees to fill the seven top spots in the governmental structure.
- Karvy Dp Handled 95% Fake Account (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Asking Karvy-DP not to open accounts till further notice, Sebi has found that 95 per cent of the fictitious and “benami” demat account holders in the Yes Bank and IDFC IPO scams were with Karvy.
- Hdfc Bank Gets An Earful (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Market regulator Sebi has charged HDFC bank with not exercising due diligence, resulting in several demat accounts being opened under fictitious names leading to the IPO scam.
- Indian Striking Workers In Uae Face Deportation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The UAE authorities, hardening their stand, have decided to deport some of the striking workers, mostly Indians, who are protesting here against the “ill treatment” meted out to them by their employers, and have detained seven of them.
- The Overseas Class (Deccan Herald, Richard C Paddock, Apr 29, 2006)
They nurse the sick in California, drive fuel trucks in Iraq, sail cargo ships through the Panama Canal and cruise ships through the Gulf of Alaska. They pour sake for Japanese salarymen and raise the children of Saudi businessmen.
- Exim Bank Line Of Credit For Fiji Firm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Export-Import Bank of India has concluded an agreement with the Sugar Corporation Ltd., Fiji Islands, for extending to the latter a line of credit of $50.40 million, which can be used for financing Indian exports of capital goods to the sugar . . .
- Icra Withdraws Positive Rating Of Karvy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Rating agency ICRA Ltd has withdrawn the positive outlook assigned to Karvy Consultants Ltd (KCL) and Karvy Stock Broking Ltd (KSBL) in the wake of the SEBI report on the initial public offer (IPO) scam.
- Unrestrained Wit (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Apr 29, 2006)
As students, we speak and act with no restraint, which wins us appreciation
- Pakistan Matinee (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 29, 2006)
An enforced 40-yr-drought has finally ended in Pakistan. Its people have been allowed to enjoy Indian films in theaters. I was in Lahore recently to witness the release of Akbar Khan’s Taj Mahal. The law banning other Indian films still holds, but . . .
- Facts Still Incomplete And No One Knows Why (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Apr 29, 2006)
“The way television channels have hyped the attack on Pramod Mahajan and his subsequent hospitalization for two days… crossed the limits of sanity.
- Scam-Jolted Stocks Settle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Stocks tumbled and the sensitive index plunged almost 500 points at the start of trading today in reaction to the market regulator’s trading ban on 24 operators last night.
- Not Just A Stock Response (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 29, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) crackdown on market manipulators involved in cornering of shares in the initial public offering (IPO) market is a welcome move on more than one front.
- The Three States Of Mind (The Economic Times, SWAMI PARTHASARATHY, Apr 29, 2006)
There are three states of the mind. When you are obsessed with too many desires and attachments, your mind suffers from constant agitation. It is never at rest.
- Reviving Local Cinema (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 29, 2006)
With the screening of the classic Indian film Mughal-i-Azam in Lahore earlier this week and the premiere of Taj Mahal in Lahore and Karachi, is there a possibility that the dying Pakistani cinema will feel a strong impulse for revival or will it . . .
- Abuse Of A Quota (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 29, 2006)
If retail investors can trade in the secondary market on level terms with institutional players, why should they not take their chance in a primary offering?
- Advani Wants Cbi Cases Against Sonia, Cong (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Leader of Opposition Mr LK Advani today demanded filing of a CBI case against former external affairs minister Mr K Natwar Singh and the Congress party in the oil-for-food scam. He added that Mrs Sonia Gandhi should also be questioned.
- Classy Cast Of Mind (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 29, 2006)
The announcement that reservation for other backward classes is to be extended to IITs and IIMs has provoked much debate in the press. Critics say the move will undermine the functioning of these institutions by devaluing the principle of merit.
- Pm For Poll Fund Reforms (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, believes that corruption in Indian public life has greatly reduced after dismantling of licence permit raj and taxation reforms, but it cannot disappear altogether unless there are reforms in financing of elections.
- Record Victory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2006)
This was the first popular election that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had contested and what a victory he scored! The record margin of over 58,000 votes by which he won the Bhaderwah Assembly seat gives solid legitimacy to . . .
- Regulatory Shake-Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 29, 2006)
Fulfilling just the kind of regulatory role it was set up for, the Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) has come down hard on unscrupulous stock market players who used benami demat accounts to corner large chunks of shares meant for . . .
- Cbms-Conflict Resolution In Tandem (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 29, 2006)
The third round of Pakistan-India dialogue on conventional CBMs has concluded with experts agreeing on some important measures, including finalisation of ‘ground rules’ for implementation along the international border. They also agreed not to develop . .
- Puppet Masters (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 29, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings leads to the fact of Bangladesh's emergence as a base for Islamist terrorism.
- Loud Thinking About 9th Wonder (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 29, 2006)
PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf has emphasized the need for exploiting potential for joint ventures and investment between Pakistan and China in the energy sector, pledging to turn the country into a trade, industry and energy corridor for the benefit of . . .
- The Land As He Saw It (Hindu, ATHREYA, Apr 28, 2006)
Raghuthama Putty, who passed away recently, devoted his entire life to meticulously painting landscapes
- Affirmative Action: The American Experience (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Apr 28, 2006)
"Affirmative action" in the US is aimed at the minorities. As such, in India it should focus on Brahmins. They constitute no more than 3 per cent of the population.
- Pakistan Must Qualify For Hrc Membership (Dawn, I. A. Rehman, Apr 28, 2006)
The report that Pakistan is a candidate for election to the new UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has aroused considerable interest among human rights activists in the country.
- High Oil Prices To Pose A Risk To Economy: Adb (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2006)
The Asian Development Bank said on Thursday it expects India's economy to grow 7.5 percent this fiscal year but high oil prices posed a risk and may prompt the central bank to tighten monetary policy to curb inflation.
- Business As A Bridge Between Neighbours (Business Standard, T Thomas, Apr 28, 2006)
By developing trade with Pakistan, we can gain more because we have a much bigger and much more competitive manufacturing base.
- Interesting Times (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 28, 2006)
The outbreak of so-called bird flu in Maharashtra reminded SK Toopran of his childhood when he loved seeing chickens hatch from eggs
- How Near Is India To Its Taxable Capacity? (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Apr 28, 2006)
While direct tax collections are on the rise, the contribution of indirect taxes as a percentage of GDP has stagnated the past four years.
- The Rbi Prescription For Growth, Stability (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Apr 28, 2006)
The stance of Monetary Policy is to enable the continuation of the growth momentum consistent with price stability.
- Blending Socialist Ideals With Market Imperatives (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Apr 28, 2006)
China concedes that FDI has had the most favourable impact on the development of its economy in the opening up process.
- India Everywhere (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 28, 2006)
The CII may have coined the "India Everywhere'' slogan for the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos this January, but a colleague found out that India was `everywhere' much before that.
- In The Fast Lane (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 28, 2006)
But some bumps ahead for Maruti
- Parody Of A Panacea (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 28, 2006)
The spin-offs are questionable from the islands of privilege that the special zones are.
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