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Articles 9221 through 9320 of 20587:
- 1,000 Arrested, 21 Killed On Day 1 Of Nepal Strike (Pioneer, Shirish B Pradhan, Apr 07, 2006)
Over 1000 protestors were arrested in Nepal on the first day of the Opposition-sponsored general strike against King Gyanendra's direct rule even as 21 people, including an Indian were killed in clashes between Maoists and security forces and . . .
- Mah: Bird Flu Detected In 14 New Places Of Jalgaon (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Fresh outbtreak of birdflu was today detected in backyard poultry in 14 places of this district, close on the heels of completion of culling of nearly two lakh chickens here.
- Boucher’S Fears About Afghanistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 07, 2006)
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher has said that violence in Afghanistan is likely to increase this year as NATO led forces expand their activities to Taliban infested southern and eastern Afghanistan.
- Four Killed In Hindu-Muslim Clashes In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Four people were killed and seven injured in clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the northern Indian town of Aligarh, said a senior official on Thursday.
- The Silliness Of Some Scientific Methods (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Apr 07, 2006)
The magnificence of science in unravelling the secrets of the natural world has on hundreds of occasions proven to be undoubtedly resplendent.
- Timely Takeoff (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 07, 2006)
The signing of an agreement with GMR and GVK groups for the Delhi and Mumbai airports’ modernisation was slated to be held in Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, house to the civil aviation ministry.
- Share Of Customs In Government Revenue Will Decline: Fm (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Role of customs in future will be enforcement, trade facilitation
- In Just 28 Yrs, This Govt Servant Minted Rs 12 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Meet B T Lakshman, Chief General Manager of Mysore Minerals Limited. His take-home salary is Rs 18,000. But he is worth more than Rs 12 crore.
- War Room Leak Case: Cbi Nabs 5 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
The raids in 17 places in Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Chandigarh and Muzaffarpur were conducted after the agency registered a case against nine people, including Ravi Shankaran, a relative of Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash, in connection with the case . . .
- Murthy, Premji Join Kumaraswamy To Promote Brand Bangalore (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Sharing a platform for the first time with Infosys chief mentor N.R. Narayan Murthy, Wipro chairman Azim Premji and finance minister
- Hiv Care Centre Reels Under Public Apathy (Hindu, Anasuya Menon, Apr 07, 2006)
For its inmates, the HIV Care and Support Centre at Sivananda Colony is a comforting alternative to the depressing environs of a hospital.
- Best Buys For Health (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 07, 2006)
In developing countries, more than 13 million children die each year before their fifth birthday.
- The Evolution Of The Model Code (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 07, 2006)
With its origins in 1951, the code emerged out of a political consensus. So long as it remained on paper, there was hardly any protest. The situation changed when the focus shifted to enforcement.
- Mystic River (Hindu, MINI ANTHIKAD-CHHIBBER, Apr 07, 2006)
Pankuj Parashar's Banaras hits the screens today and here's an auteur's take on existentialism
- Rs. 100 Crore Granted For Varahi Irrigation Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Mid-term assessment of the project to be taken up
Meeting to discuss revival of Brahmavar Sugar Factory to be convened
Union Government may release Rs. 137.84 crore for construction of sea walls
Rs. 2 crore sanctioned for the construction of . . .
- Hamas Minister Held, Freed By Israel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Haniyeh rejects Abbas' move
- 20 Killed In North Waziristan Fighting (News International, CP Bhambhri, Apr 06, 2006)
Four soldiers and 16 militants were reportedly killed in fresh incidents of violence in the Shawal valley and Dattakhel area of North Waziristan tribal agency on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
- 14 Hurt In Blast (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
A counter-insurgency leader was killed and 16 others were injured, while the security forces averted a major tragedy in the Kashmir valley today, official sources said.
- Third Stepdown For Sonia (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Apr 06, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has resigned for the third time — now as the chairperson of the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust whose first head was Mahatma Gandhi.
- Nengti’S Wedding (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Apr 06, 2006)
“Syar, Nengtir-na biya!” a little girl informed us, leaning, with coy but laughing eyes, on the rickety gate of green bamboo that led to her mud-and-thatch learning centre in the village.
- Patkar Arrested, Shifted To Aiims (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
In a dramatic midnight swoop, Delhi Police today arrested Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Ms Medha Patkar, on an indefinite hunger-strike here, took her to a hospital following deterioration in her condition.
- Mozart Wasn’T So Poor After All (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 06, 2006)
For centuries, historians have portrayed Mozart as poor, but new documents suggest the composer was not nearly as hard-up for cash as many believed.
- India Should Adopt Brazilian Model To Check Spread Of Birdflu (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
India could adopt the Brazilian model while formulating steps to check spread of birdflu to other parts of the country, according to poultry and veterinary scientists.
- Infrastructural Growth Upa Govt's Top Priority: Pm (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Apr 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked for greater flow of investment in infrastructure in roads, ports, telecommunication, airports, railways and power.
- Marx's Reserve Army Of Labour Going Global (Hindu, Andrew Glyn, Apr 06, 2006)
The eruption of the Indian and Chinese economies could shift the balance of power sharply in favour of capital in the rich world.
- Manmohan's Assurance To Haryana (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Apr 06, 2006)
Atomic plant to be considered
Lays foundation for six-laning of a 10 km stretch of NH 1
Medical college at Karnal in memory of Kalpana Chawla
UPA Government investing over Rs.1,80,000 crore on road network
- Scb Website Full Of Goof-Ups (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Though officials assert that the site is intended to be useful to public, it is not so.
- Isb Students Strike It Rich (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
One of them receives an offer of Rs. 1.04-crore annual salary
- Incidence Of Hiv Cases On The Decline In Southern States (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
`While 7.70 lakh people in India needed ARV treatment, less than 40,000 might be actually receiving it'
- Migrants And Minorities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The scrapping of the IMDT Act has lent a new dimension to electioneering in parts of Assam, says Sushanta Talukdar
- Delhi's Deepening Trauma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 06, 2006)
The court order on sealing showrooms and shops in residential areas will deprive the dispossessed of legitimate livelihood, says Anuradha Dutt
- Guru Greg's Eklavya Xi (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, Apr 06, 2006)
Chappell's much publicised experiment with young blood has only destabilised the equilibrium in Team India, says Ashok Malik
- Gandhi Evoked For All Manner Of Causes (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Two major nonviolent protests this week in India are being used by both the left and right.
- Punjab Cabinet Decisions (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 06, 2006)
ON a welcome note, the Punjab Cabinet has taken a number of initiatives that will have a bearing on the welfare of the people as well as the development process.
- Boucher’S Fears About Afghanistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 06, 2006)
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher has said that violence in Afghanistan is likely to increase this year as NATO led forces expand their activities to Taliban infested southern and eastern Afghanistan.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 06, 2006)
The editorial, "A foundation for public health" (April 4, 2006) said the expenditure on public health was less than one per cent of GDP. A reader cites the
- Nbcc Branches Out Into Powert (The Economic Times, G Ganapathy Subramaniam & Jayanthi Iyengar, Apr 06, 2006)
Buoyed by the boom in construction, National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) plans to branch out into new areas of business including power.
- Six Killed In Nepal Maoist Attack (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 06, 2006)
While the Nepal government concentrated its might on the Opposition parties, beginning fresh raids on the houses of leaders, students and trade unionists and arresting over 100 people, the Maoists struck in eastern Nepal, killing six security . . .
- Bank On Them (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 06, 2006)
There is enough evidence to suggest that corruption is among the most important reasons for countries remaining poor and backward.
- How The Mind Works (The Economic Times, Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Apr 06, 2006)
We all believe that without the mind we cannot function. In fact we function better without the mind.
- Courting Trouble (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 06, 2006)
Fill all vacancies of judges
- Police Remove Medha To Hospital (Hindu, Garimella Subramaniam, Apr 06, 2006)
In a midnight swoop, the police on Wednesday removed the fasting Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader, Medha Patkar, to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Dealing With Rabies (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 06, 2006)
That two major hospitals in Karachi received over 50 dog-bite cases on Monday is disturbing news and highlights the need for the city government to find a solution to the stray-dog problem before it poses a serious health concern.
- 923 Pulse Polio Booths To Be Set Up In Dharmapuri District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
A total of 923 pulse polio booths will be established in the district during the first phase of pulse polio immunisation to be taken up on April 9.
- Private Sector In Healthcare Delivery (The Economic Times, Sunil Jain, Apr 05, 2006)
Healthcare delivery is a mammoth task. The private sector contributes only a minuscule through curative services.
- Mozart Wasn’T So Poor After All (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 05, 2006)
For centuries, historians have portrayed Mozart as poor, but new documents suggest the composer was not nearly as hard-up for cash as many believed.
- Lust And The Lonely City (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2006)
While political authority demands more taxes, living itself has become burdensome in Delhi, says Gautam Sen
- Hovering Clouds Of Pessimism (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Municipal elections held on February 8 in the shadow of Maoist attacks and a boycott by political parties painted a sorry picture of Nepal, even as it further shrunk King Gyanendra's options.
- Cpi(m) Candidates Call On Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Railway porters thank DMK chief for stopping suspension of colleagues
- Sc For Filling All Judicial Vacancies (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Taking serious view of the state governments and High Courts’ inordinate delay in filling the vacancies of judges at all levels, which has direct bearing on speedy disposal of cases across the country, the Supreme Court has directed them to adhere to the
- Hiv Prevalence In State Coming Down (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Apr 05, 2006)
Has Tamil Nadu finally progressed from being a high incidence state to a mid prevalence state in HIV cases? The question is being raised at a time when the HIV Sentinel Surveillance data for 2005 shows the prevalence curve dipping to reach an all-time low
- Insurance For Those With Hiv, Aids By May End (Hindu, Divya Ramamurthi, Apr 05, 2006)
A pilot project will be implemented for two years
Freedom Foundation is working on the policy model with the Government and other organisations
The premia will be offered on a sliding scale
- Medha Won't Relent Despite Soz's Plea (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Apr 05, 2006)
Minister's statement silent on NBA demand but says team will visit affected villages and rehabilitation sites
Health shows signs of deterioration
CPI (M) for suspending decision to raise dam height
Ministerial team to visit affected villages
- An Emergency For Rural Childhood (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Apr 05, 2006)
The challenge of educational reform in the age of globalisation is very complex and rural children are especially vulnerable at a time when India is witnessing an unprecedented economic growth.
- 28 Per Cent Hike In Annual Plan Outlay For Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Fixed at Rs. 20,000 crores; billed as the largest ever for any State
- U.K. Immigration Rule To Affect Indian Doctors (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 05, 2006)
Those who are in U.K. and do not have a work permit will be forced to return home and apply again
New rules for doctors from non-European countries to be introduced in July
Non-EU nationals who have trained in a U.K. medical school will be exempt for
- Hunger Strike Reignites India's Narmada Dam Row (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 05, 2006)
A week-long hunger strike by India's most famous environmental activist has helped reignite a two-decades-old row over a controversial hydroelectric dam.
- Innocence In Jail (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Apr 05, 2006)
Hundreds of women prisoners languishing in jails suffer from a deep sense of loss and guilt that fills them every second of their incarceration.
- Railways To Set Up 100 Budget Hotels (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
After a marked improvement in its financial health, the Indian Railways plans to build over 100 budget hotels on its vacant land near railway stations across the country.
- Afghan President To Visit India From April 9 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will undertake a week-long visit here from April 9 to further consolidate the ties between the two countries.
- 3rd Cong Councillor Killed In One Month (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Congress party has become the unidentified gunman’s target number one ahead of by-elections for the Assembly segments in Baramulla district.
- Humour Us, We Want To Be Healthy (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
It may not be the most spectacular breakthrough, but scientists have proved what everyone else takes for granted: laughter is good for you.
- Female Foeticide (Daily Excelsior, Arunesh Mahajan, Apr 05, 2006)
Man is said to be the crown of creation. He has been blessed with the highest blessings of God like the power of reasoning, imagination, attention, will-power. No doubt man has made full utilization of these blessings of God. He has discovered ways and me
- Naxals Release Abducted Cops In Orissa (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Two police officials abducted by armed Maoists from Ramagiri Udayagiri town of Orissa's Gajapati district on March 24 were released in a dramatic fashion on Tuesday.
- Karzai Arrives On April 9 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is arriving here on April 9 on a week-long visit to this country for discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders on a whole range of bilateral, regional and international issues as well as . . .
- ‘India Is Important For The Doha Round’ (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Apr 05, 2006)
The former European Union Trade Commissioner and a Cartesian Socialist from France, wants to ensure that an important deadline to wrap up what are called negotiating modalities in Doha agriculture and industrial market access by this month-end is . . .
- Sheikh Rashid To Do The Ultimate (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 05, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed is ‘true son of the soil’ and praised his efforts to promote education in the Potohar region.
- Indo-Pak Humorous Mushaira Held (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Indo-Pak humorous Mushaira organised by ‘The Combine’ on Monday night, was held here at the Public Garden, Latifabad. The Mushaira continued till Tuesday morning.
- Punjab To Build Lahore-Sialkot Motorway (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The Punjab cabinet decided to initiate measures including construction of international standard motorway from Sialkot to Lahore, action against sale of spurious drugs, activation of price control committees and construction of a sports city in the . . .
- Mea's Most Wanted Seeks Refuge In Munich Hospital (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
With the CBI looking out for him for his alleged role in human trafficking to Germany, Rakesh Kumar, senior IFS officer and Special Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs, got himself admitted in a Munich hospital on Tuesday.
- Crazybusy: A Severe Case Of Modern Life (Tribune, Edward M. Hallowell, Apr 05, 2006)
Got it. Next point? These days, people get the picture quickly – or think they do. We do everything faster, not just because we’re busy but because speed is fun. Speed rivets attention. Speed blasts you out of boredom. Nothing is boring if it’s . . .
- Change Is Possible (Deccan Herald, V Pradeep Kumar, Apr 05, 2006)
Meet India, the land of diversities or unity in diversity, as we like it to be. A country which is being wooed by everyone right from USA, the self-proclaimed guardian of this world to Iran, at the other end of the spectrum. Despite living in . . .
- Chidambaram Sends A Firm Note To Bank: Let’S Not Strain Ties (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Apr 05, 2006)
With the World Bank withholding funding for a slew of development projects, Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has sent a letter to Bank President Paul Wolfowitz urging him to avoid “further strain” in the relationship between India and the . . .
- Hiv Infections In India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
international media blitz — one-third decline in HIV infections in high-prevalence South India pointed out in a study published on March 30 by Indo-Canadian researchers in Lancet Online.
- Dada, Let Me Go Home. My Parents Are Waiting For Me. He Laughed And Said, I’Ll Let You Go Soon’ (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Apr 05, 2006)
The three-page Mara-thi statement, by a Mumbai teenage girl to the police, vividly tells a grim story of what happened inside a police chowkey on India’s best-known seaside promenade less than a year ago, on April 21.
- The Case Of The Missing Teachers (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Apr 05, 2006)
With one in four government primary school teachers absent on any given day, and only one in two teaching, India is wasting much of its budget for education, a study finds.
- Seven Killed In N Waziristan Violence (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Two local tribesmen were killed and six Pakistan Army soldiers were injured in an exchange of fire in Mir Ali on Monday, while five passengers lost their lives and three others sustained injuries when their vehicle hit a landmine on the . . .
- The True ‘Heroes’ Of Our Times (Daily Excelsior, S.V. Vaidyanathan, Apr 04, 2006)
Unlike the economic establishment in India that comprises economic bureaucrats, journalists, academics (Indian and non-resident Indians) and is all gung ho about the emergence of neoliberal economic globalisation since the beginnings of . . .
- All India Examination For Medical Pg Courses To Be Cancelled (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Health Ministry today decided to cancel the All India Entrance Examination for Post Graduate Medical Courses conducted last year in view of the leak of question papers into which the CBI is investigating.
- J&k Bank Is Not A State: Full Bench (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan went berserk adjoining Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s residence at Wazarat Road in the City here late this evening killing his three colleagues including a CRPF Inspector and two head constables
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