<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title><![CDATA[merinews: India News Articles]]></title> <description><![CDATA[Latest News Articles from India ]]></description> <language>en-us</language> <link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catBrief.jsp?catID=2&category=India]]></link> <copyright><![CDATA[&#169;  Copyright 2006, Meri News]]></copyright><item><title><![CDATA[It's time to abolish all reservations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Muslims want 8.5% proportionate share for their backward castes, who, according to them, have so far remained a deprived lot. Muslim backward castes under the ambit of Mandal Commission constitute 54% of the total backward castes, which they say are so weak that they are unable to compete with mighty Hindu backward castes.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/its-time-to-abolish-all-reservations/15885737.shtml]]></link><linkM><![CDATA[http://m.merinews.com/mobile/article/its-time-to-abolish-all-reservations/15885737]]></linkM><author><![CDATA[Satbir Singh Bedi]]></author><myUrl><![CDATA[SatbirSinghBedi]]></myUrl><pubDate><![CDATA[2013-05-19T19:15:11+05:30]]></pubDate><videoLink><![CDATA[]]></videoLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two more held in Aussie missionary Graham Stains' murder case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI Friday arrested two more persons in connection with a case in which Australian missionary Graham Stains and his two minor sons were burnt alive by a mob in 1999.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/two-more-held-in-aussie-missionary-graham-stains-murder-case/15885738.shtml]]></link><linkM><![CDATA[http://m.merinews.com/mobile/article/two-more-held-in-aussie-missionary-graham-stains-murder-case/15885738]]></linkM><author><![CDATA[K. Sudhakar Patnaik]]></author><myUrl><![CDATA[k.sudhakar]]></myUrl><pubDate><![CDATA[2013-05-19T18:15:13+05:30]]></pubDate><videoLink><![CDATA[]]></videoLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[UPA's fact file: Is Bharat really Smiling?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Politics is much like our lives. We try to look positive and vibrant whenever we decide to fight a gloom and strive to come out of it. The ultimate hope resides in prayers to God. In the case of politics, God is people, the voters, who, all the politicians like mortal human beings, think can be fooled.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/upas-fact-file-is-bharat-really-smiling/15885740.shtml]]></link><linkM><![CDATA[http://m.merinews.com/mobile/article/upas-fact-file-is-bharat-really-smiling/15885740]]></linkM><author><![CDATA[Prabhash K Dutta]]></author><myUrl><![CDATA[Prabhash]]></myUrl><pubDate><![CDATA[2013-05-19T16:15:01+05:30]]></pubDate><videoLink><![CDATA[]]></videoLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use technology to avoid mishaps]]></title><description><![CDATA[On World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, May 17, while lauding the theme 'ICTs and improving road safety', the Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), R.K. Upadhyay, said that ICT plays a catalytic role in creating opportunities for people in every walk of life.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/use-technology-to-avoid-mishaps/15885696.shtml]]></link><linkM><![CDATA[http://m.merinews.com/mobile/article/use-technology-to-avoid-mishaps/15885696]]></linkM><author><![CDATA[Dr. Lalit kishore]]></author><myUrl><![CDATA[lalitkishore]]></myUrl><pubDate><![CDATA[2013-05-19T14:15:32+05:30]]></pubDate><videoLink><![CDATA[]]></videoLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty - a feeding ground for Maoism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Communists thrive on poverty while Maoists and Naxalites on extreme poverty. The Naxalite-hit areas cover mostly the tribal belts in Jharkhand, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra etc., which are economically the most backward areas of the country.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/poverty---a-feeding-ground-for-maoism/15885736.shtml]]></link><linkM><![CDATA[http://m.merinews.com/mobile/article/poverty---a-feeding-ground-for-maoism/15885736]]></linkM><author><![CDATA[Satbir Singh Bedi]]></author><myUrl><![CDATA[SatbirSinghBedi]]></myUrl><pubDate><![CDATA[2013-05-19T12:15:14+05:30]]></pubDate><videoLink><![CDATA[]]></videoLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ajmer Sharif Urs concludes with a message of communal harmony]]></title><description><![CDATA[Urs at the Dargah or tomb of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer was observed with great fervor. The festival had commenced with the hoisting of a white flag on the tomb on May 12 with great fanfare.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/ajmer-sharif-urs-concludes-with-a-message-of-communal-harmony/15885733.shtml]]></link><linkM><![CDATA[http://m.merinews.com/mobile/article/ajmer-sharif-urs-concludes-with-a-message-of-communal-harmony/15885733]]></linkM><author><![CDATA[Dr. Lalit kishore]]></author><myUrl><![CDATA[lalitkishore]]></myUrl><pubDate><![CDATA[2013-05-19T11:15:28+05:30]]></pubDate><videoLink><![CDATA[]]></videoLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government must take unpopular measures to increase growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[I do not understand why the reality does not get through the thick skulls of politicians that the Government cannot provide education and healthcare to the ever growing population unless it controls population growth and that only really capable educationists and doctors who are selected on the basis of merit can provide good education and healthcare to all. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/government-must-take-unpopular-measures-to-increase-growth/15885704.shtml]]></link><linkM><![CDATA[http://m.merinews.com/mobile/article/government-must-take-unpopular-measures-to-increase-growth/15885704]]></linkM><author><![CDATA[Satbir Singh Bedi]]></author><myUrl><![CDATA[SatbirSinghBedi]]></myUrl><pubDate><![CDATA[2013-05-19T09:02:32+05:30]]></pubDate><videoLink><![CDATA[]]></videoLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[13-day summer camp for Gurgaon kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Known for it's heart throbbing live entertainment shows such as Zangoora and Jhumroo, Gurgaon's Kingdom of Dreams is also going to organise a workshop for kids in and around Gurgaon.
]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/13-day-summer-camp-for-gurgaon-kids/15885715.shtml]]></link><linkM><![CDATA[http://m.merinews.com/mobile/article/13-day-summer-camp-for-gurgaon-kids/15885715]]></linkM><author><![CDATA[Gagan Rawat]]></author><myUrl><![CDATA[44267]]></myUrl><pubDate><![CDATA[2013-05-18T19:03:18+05:30]]></pubDate><videoLink><![CDATA[]]></videoLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demolition of illegal religious buildings continues in Odisha
]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a result of a demolition drive, which began in the city on May 1 and is still continuing, one of the largest structures that has been demolished includes the Vedanta Ashram, which had reportedly encroached upon 8.316 acres of land.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/demolition-of-illegal-religious-buildings-continues-in-odisha/15885636.shtml]]></link><linkM><![CDATA[http://m.merinews.com/mobile/article/demolition-of-illegal-religious-buildings-continues-in-odisha/15885636]]></linkM><author><![CDATA[K. Sudhakar Patnaik]]></author><myUrl><![CDATA[k.sudhakar]]></myUrl><pubDate><![CDATA[2013-05-18T16:30:38+05:30]]></pubDate><videoLink><![CDATA[]]></videoLink></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our political leaders should follow the ideals of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a mature nation, we must understand that what matters is not when or how Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died but what matters is his unflinching courage in fighting against the might of British empire for the freedom of India, his call to his countrymen to give him blood so that he might give them freedom and his sacrifices for the nation.]]></description><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/our-political-leaders-should-follow-the-ideals-of-netaji-subhash-chandra-bose/15885706.shtml]]></link><linkM><![CDATA[http://m.merinews.com/mobile/article/our-political-leaders-should-follow-the-ideals-of-netaji-subhash-chandra-bose/15885706]]></linkM><author><![CDATA[Satbir Singh Bedi]]></author><myUrl><![CDATA[SatbirSinghBedi]]></myUrl><pubDate><![CDATA[2013-05-18T16:03:46+05:30]]></pubDate><videoLink><![CDATA[]]></videoLink></item></channel></rss>
