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Articles 1621 through 1720 of 4523:
- Desperately Seeking Manmohan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court has played the leadership role in defusing the situation over the Narmada conflict by finding a way out of the impasse.
- Time To Decide (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court could not have been clearer in its latest statement on the Sardar Sarovar dam. Some of the court’s clarifications repeat, with good reason, its 2000 and 2005 judgments on the issue, and reiterate the terms of the Narmada . . .
- Nba To Return To Narmada Valley (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Unveiling her mode of struggle in the coming fortnight before the next Supreme Court hearing on May 1, NBA leader Medha Patkar on Tuesday said she would launch a campaign to expose the rehabilitation claims of the three states and undertake . . .
- No More Excuses (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court's latest directions on the contentious issues surrounding the Sardar Sarovar dam have cleared all residual doubt about the Prime Minister's authority to act in the matter.
- Victims Of Bias, Muslims At Bottom Of Social Barrel’ (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Apr 18, 2006)
Discriminated against and pushed to the sidelines, the Muslim community in India is at the bottom of the heap when it comes to benefits from Government-run welfare schemes, access to education, employment, even the system of credit, including . . .
- The Height Of Confusion (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 18, 2006)
As expected, the Supreme Court has given the various state governments time to file reports on the status of rehabilitation of those displaced by the construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam.
- Sensex Zooms 302 Points On Encouraging Corporate Results (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Heavy buying in blue chip stocks by domestic funds
- Beating The Street (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Apr 18, 2006)
Big deals will continue to drive TCS` topline growth
- Sense On Narmada (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 18, 2006)
Enforce Monday’s SC order
- Build The Dam, Now (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 18, 2006)
Till the Supreme Court stepped in on Monday and put to rest speculation over whether or not the height of the Sardar Sarovar Project dam, better known as the Narmada dam, can be raised from 110 m to 121.92 m, it seemed the . . .
- Congress, Allies Communalising Issues: Advani (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Apr 18, 2006)
Advani accuses Government of playing vote bank politics `Government is proposing religion-based reservation in the Army'
- "None In Upa Stood Up To Modi" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Manmohan still has the opportunity to take a decision: Arundhati Roy
"It seems this Government blinked in the face of fascism and showed itself to be uncertain and unsure of itself"
Women's groups say NBA struggle should not be given "confrontational
- Rehab That Builds Lives (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Apr 18, 2006)
In Pipri village, Madhya Pradesh, there may not be celebrations immediately following the Supreme Court judgment.
- Narmada’S Dilemma (Indian Express, SAPNA SHARMA, Apr 18, 2006)
On most public issues, I can take a position without much difficulty. But there is one issue — Narmada — on which I am torn.
- Don’T Damn Dam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2006)
Keep it above politics, armtwisting
- Muddying The Waters, Soz Passes The Narmada Dam Buck To Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Deadlock Gujarat Cong, BJP MPs urge PM to let work go on, he says no decision taken to suspend construction; Modi begins fast, says Delhi, NBA ‘hand-in-glove’
- Manmohan Studying Soz Report On Dam Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Centre says it will await outcome of Monday's hearing in Court
BJP, Gujarat Congress teams meet Prime Minister
Medha Patkar's fast enters 19th day
Narendra Modi begins hunger strike
- Narmada Project: Clearing The Confusion (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Apr 17, 2006)
The factual answers to ten relevant questions are clear. Now the Prime Minister needs to act justly and responsibly, in line with the Supreme Court's judgment.
- People's Needs Over Party Politics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2006)
Once again, the politics of expediency has taken precedence over the needs of people.
- Narmada: No Plan To Stop Work, Says Pm (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
An all-party delegation from Gujarat, including parliamentarians from the Congress and the BJP on Sunday met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, urging him to allow continuance of construction work on the Narmada Dam, following which the PMO . . .
- Dangerous Concept Of Nation-State (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Apr 17, 2006)
Serb communist-nationalist and President of the post-1991 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- Gom's Confidential Report (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 17, 2006)
This is the text, obtained exclusively by The Hindu, of "A Brief Note on the Assessment of Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R & R) Sites and Submergence of Villages of the Sardar Sarovar Project." The note marked confidential and dated April 9, 2006,
- Cong Makes Mp Scapegoat In Narmada Politics (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Apr 17, 2006)
Dam on Narmada is not only caught in the crossfire between anti and pro-dam activist, but also in politics of riparian States.
- Height Of Injustice, Gujarat Mps Tell Manmohan (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Apr 17, 2006)
The UPA Government is speaking with a forked tongue on the politically volatile issue relating to the construction work on the Sardar Sarovar Project on river Narmada.
- Advani Swipe At Pm Over Dam (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Senior BJP leader Mr LK Advani today accused the Prime Minister of abdicating his responsibility when he was supposed to provide leadership and blasted the Centre for creating an “unprecedented and messy Centre-state stalemate” on the Narmada dam issue.
- Modi Goes On Fast Over Narmada Dam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday began a 51-hour fast to protest the "anti-development" stance of the central government over the Narmada dam, considered the "lifeline" of the state.
- Narmada Dam Work To Continue: Pm (Hindustan Times, Shekhar Iyer, Apr 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought to defuse the rising tension on the Narmada dam controversy, with his spokesperson saying no decision has yet been taken to stop construction work at the Sardar Sarovar dam and nothing will be done against . . .
- Take Clear-Cut Decision On Dam Issue: Modi To Centre (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a 51-hour hunger strike on the Sardar Sarovar dam height issue, today said the Centre should take a sharply defined decision on the matter.
- Pmo: Dam Work Not Suspended (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Twenty-six MPs of the BJP and Congress from Gujarat met the prime minister and urged him to allow the continuance of construction work on the Narmada dam.
- Three Protesters (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 17, 2006)
It has become easy to dismiss or trivialize public protest in India. ‘Activism’ is perceived as falling into one of three . . .
- Pm Washes Hands Of Narmada Dam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
Faced with protests from MPs belonging to BJP and his own Congress, rising pro-dam passions, and mounting concern over Narendra Modi’s skillful transformation of the issue of Narmada water into one of Gujarat’s pride, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- No Decision To Stop Work On Dam: Pmo (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Apr 17, 2006)
Coming together against any move by the Centre to suspend the Narmada Control Authority decision to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam, BJP and Congress MPs from Gujarat today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the project was . . .
- Modi Begins Fast; Medha Patkar’S Effigy Burnt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2006)
After taking blessings of several religious leaders, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today began his 51-hour hunger strike in protest the Centre’s stand on the Sardar Sarovar Dam height issue.
- Dam: Doable And Must Be Done (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Apr 17, 2006)
To scale the heights of Sardar Sarovar, keep your feet planted on facts
- Modi’S Best Friend: Soz (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 17, 2006)
Let's look at the brighter side—Saifuddin Soz is not the final arbiter on the Narmada issue.
- The Tragedy Of Want In India (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Apr 16, 2006)
Poverty has always dogged India’s heels, although the situation has improved over time.
- Dmk Candidate Prints Hindi Pamphlets To Woo North Indians (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Despite the DMK's known stand against 'imposition of Hindi,' a DMK candidate in nearby Erode has printed pamphlets in that language, in a bid to woo North Indian votes for the May 8 assembly polls.
- Private Sector In Healthcare (Daily Excelsior, M V Meenakshisundaram, Apr 15, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's regret that the record of the private sector in health care provisioning has "not been very good" is certainly not a revelation.
- Friday Blasts Rock Jama Masjid, Srinagar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
In a chilling reminder of the October 29 serial blasts last year, two low-grade bombs exploded in Jama Masjid complex on Friday evening injuring 13 people.
- A Winner At The End (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 15, 2006)
Why Amartya Sen should become the next president of India
- Dam Busters (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 15, 2006)
The UPA Government's announcement that it will review the decision to enhance the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam - part of the Narmada river development project - is yet another instance of its habitual capitulation to a trendy, non-representati . . .
- 1990 Revisited (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Apr 15, 2006)
Mr Vishwanath Pratap Singh, then Prime Minister of India, announced in Parliament the Union Government's decision to reserve 27 per cent of all jobs in Central Government offices and establishments and central public sector undertakings for . . .
- Support Mounts For Narmada Dam Displaced Ahead Of . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Activists write to Chief Information Commissioner seeking information on GoM report
Amir Khan, Rahul Bose express solidarity
Aruna Roy, Jean Dreze, Shekhar Singh join dharna
Narendra Modi meets Manmohan, Soz
"Democracy is at stake," says Aruna Roy
- Advani Yatra To Resume From Guntakal Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
BJP leader L K Advani, who cancelled the Karnataka leg of Bharat Suraksha Yatra following the death of Kannada icon Rajkumar, would fly to Ananthpur in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday and resume his journey from Guntakal on the Andhra-Karnataka border.
- Jayati Ghosh: Guarding The Guardians (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Apr 15, 2006)
The State's response to the Narmada Bachao Andolan's agitation betrays its obsession with market-obsessed economic priorities.
- Warning Signals From Jd(u) (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 15, 2006)
Thanks to a running feud with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, George Fernandes had long been reduced to dummy president of the Janata Dal (United). In this background, Sharad Yadav's emergence as the new helmsman of the party defeating Mr. Fernandes,
- Muslims Must Pursue Modern Education' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 14, 2006)
"Unless we develop a modern outlook skewed towards scientific education, there is no future for us."
- Jd(u) To Remain In Nda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Fernandes will continue as convener
- Storming Bastions Of Privilege (Times of India, D Raja, Apr 14, 2006)
In 1915, leader of the untouchables Ayyankali (1863-1941), who led Dalits to emancipation in Travancore in Kerala, took a Pulaya untouchable girl for admission to a school in Ooruttambalam. On refusal of admission, there was a violent confrontation.
- George, Grounded (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 14, 2006)
A Nitish Kumar victory in November has seen a George Fernandes exit in April. With Sharad Yadav running away with the presidentship of the Janata Dal (United), George Fernandes — the man who took on prime ministers and may well have imagined . . .
- End Of The Georgian Calendar? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 13, 2006)
Writing political obituaries in India is always a hazardous task, considering the incredible resilience of our politicians.
- Narmada Project: The Points At Issue (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Apr 13, 2006)
What the NBA is asking for is a suspension of work on the project until the prescribed conditions on resettlement and rehabilitation have been fully met in all respects.
- Poor George! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 13, 2006)
Left alone in his later years
- Govt To Review Raising Height Of Narmada Dam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Faced with strident protests from Narmada Bachao Andolan - which also enjoys Left support - the Centre has called a meeting to review the month-old decision to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam.The review will be held on Saturday.
- ‘Stories That Matter Don’T Go Unnoticed’ (Indian Express, C VANAJA, Apr 13, 2006)
Uncovering India Invisible (Print)
For her journey into the deep forests of Dandakaranya to report on the parallel government run by the Naxalites
- Too Easy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 13, 2006)
There can be too much of a good thing.
- Why A Re-Think On Gm Crops Is Needed (Business Line, Aldas Janaiah, Apr 12, 2006)
The Government must review rigorously and re-position its policy on extending approval to MNC-owned GM crop varieties.
- Is Gandhiji Relevant? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 12, 2006)
As part of a discussion on the Narmada Bachao Andolan leader, Ms Medha Patkar's indefinite fast to draw attention to the hardships of those displaced by the construction of the Narmada dam, one of the TV channels conducted a spot poll of viewers on . . .
- Witness A Prosecutor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 12, 2006)
If Bollywood actor Salman Khan actually got to partake of state hospitality in Jodhpur’s Central Jail, it is also because of an unsung public prosecutor in a small town who did his job.
- Gvmc To Form Aids Control Society (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
4-member team visits Ahmedabad and Surat
The study was facilitated by Ahmedabad-based International City/Country Management Association promoting exchange of successful practices of urban affairs
Target groups, including commercial sex . . .
- 6 Nba Activists End Fast; Patkar Continues (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Six out of 11 Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists today called off their fast following an appeal by their leader, Medha Patkar, who asked them late last night to “end their fast and plan for an intensified struggle”.
- Rpl's Ipo Gives Option To Retail Investors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The initial public offer will open for subscription on April 13
Greenfield refinery at Jamnagar
Polypropylene plant at a SEZ in Gujarat
Total outlay estimated at $6 b
- She Has A Point (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The protest fast by the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader, Medha Patkar (since arrested and hospitalised), is not without provocation though one can quarrel with her chosen method of protest.
- It May Not Make A Difference In Bihar' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 11, 2006)
"Talks about IT, for example, is for the consumption of some people... My understanding of the Bihar economy is such that these things will not make much difference."
- Ministers Return From Narmada Valley, Meet Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Three Union ministers who returned to the Capital yesterday after touring villages affected by raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam and assessing the rehabilitation work, today met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to report on the situation.
- Quick-Fix At Narmada (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 11, 2006)
As Medha Patkar languishes at the intensive care unit of AIIMS, the government may take credit for having rescued her just when she had started sinking.
- Unquiet Flows The Narmada (Deccan Herald, Punypriya Dasgupta , Apr 11, 2006)
Big dams projects never really provide the irrigation and power that their project reports promise
- Narmada: Team Meets Manmohan (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Apr 11, 2006)
They inspected rehabilitation sites
Team denied submitting a report to PM on findings
Medha Patkar's fast entered 13th day on Monday
- A Different Historical Trajectory (Hindu, R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI, Apr 11, 2006)
This concluding part of the review focusses on Sanjay Subrahmanyam's main contributions to a better understanding of the complex historical processes
- Make Team's Report Public, Says Medha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Ministers yet to submit findings to Manmohan
Who should be blamed and punished is the question the nation must answer: Medha
Every democratic process and institution subverted and every human right submerged
All that the NBA said was proved to . . .
- Sometimes, Every Picture Tells Half A Story (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Apr 10, 2006)
No columnist should start with a cliche, so apologies and all that, but here I go: Every story has two sides. Where was the other side when TV news channels, especially the major English language ones, covered the Medha Patkar story?
- Upa Appeasing Minorities: Advani (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
BJP leader L.K. Advani today accused the Congress-led UPA government of “appeasing” minorities and said the policy was not for the welfare of the minorities but to get their votes.
- The Politics Of Personality (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 10, 2006)
In her early years as Congress president, Sonia Gandhi was treated as a political lightweight by her opponents and independent commentators alike. Her public persona exuded diffidence.
- Expectations Over Oil Sector Regulator (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Apr 10, 2006)
Benefits foreseen include a level playing field for all players, larger investment in natural gas sector and greater competition
- It's Not Just The Corruption (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Apr 10, 2006)
While the World Bank held back around a billion dollars worth of health sector loans to the country on grounds of corruption, this is the least of the problems.
- A-G's Clean Chit `Irrelevant': Advani (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Apr 09, 2006)
"Only Chief Election Commissioner can comment on Chawla's conduct"
- Painful Progress (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 08, 2006)
Before Medha Patkar and fellow activists embarked on their current struggle, they should have considered two things.
- India’S Rajasthan State Assembly Bans Religious Conversions (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
BJP says conversion were weakening communal harmony
- Train Of Thought (Indian Express, Raksha Kumar, Apr 08, 2006)
When I had to make a 2,000 kilometre journey alone in a train, it raised many an eyebrow.
- The Conspiracy Of Silence (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, Apr 08, 2006)
The fallacy of understanding Gujarat in present times lies, perhaps, in the strange assortment of its Gs: Godhra, genocide, ghettos and gaurav.
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