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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 4523:
- Turmoil In The Bjp (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 30, 2005)
TO say that the Bharatiya Janata Party is in a crisis would be an understatement. It would seem that the party has lost its mooring and is undergoing a period of intense turmoil before it can re-invent itself or revert to its traditional constraining.....
- The Burden Of Farmers' Debt (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 30, 2005)
A recent NSSO report on the indebtedness of farmer households provides important information on the extent and nature of cultivators' debt.
- Sc Panel Indicts Zahira As ‘Self-Condemned Liar’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
The committee gave a clean chit to Teesta Setalvad and also examined video footage of how a BJP politician got admitted to a hospital when summoned for questioning.
- India's Natural History (Hindu, Meena Menon, Aug 30, 2005)
A sequel to Salim Ali's India, with over 70 colour plates, this is a record of India's rich wildlife, of which very little remains
- `You're The Opposite Of Me!' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
A father and son talk of common roots, divergent paths, of walking meekly in the shadows and taking one's place under the sun
- Centre Urged To Scrap Sops For Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
Concessions a complete negation of reforms: Jayalalithaa Concessions a negation of the economic reforms process: Jayalalithaa
- Cancel Tax Holidays For North Indian States: Jayalalithaa (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
With Tamil Nadu witnessing flight of capital to tax havens like Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal, Chief Minister J. Jatalalithaa seems to have developed cold feet. Ms Jayalalithaa today urged the Central Government to immediately withdraw exemptions . . .
- With A Little Help From All (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 29, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India's status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August, 2004
- Hazards Of Gas Pipe Line Through Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Aug 29, 2005)
In a recent meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh it was stated that India's requirement for natural gas within the next two and a half decades will soar from the current 21 million standard cubic meters per day(mmscmd)
- First Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 29, 2005)
The first step in India’s ambitious river-linking project has been taken with the Centre and the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh signing a memorandum of understanding on linking the Ken and Betwa rivers.
- Dead Fish Move With The Flow (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 29, 2005)
Discarding old methods of farming and blindly adopting foreign ones has been extremely unprofitable
- India's Power Reforms Stall As Foreign Funds Keep Clear (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
Power-hungry India faces a stifling energy crisis after a decade of halting, half-hearted reform and payment problems, contract disputes and political interference that have sent most foreign investors packing.
- Consult Ngos Before Fmcc Bill Is Enacted (Tribune, Pooran Chandra Pandey, Aug 28, 2005)
The voluntary sector is seriously concerned over the Centre’s proposal to enact a new Foreign Contribution Management and Control (FCMC) Act by replacing the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 1976.
- Govt Under Pressure To Rein In Power Utilities (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
After the recent controversy over the hike in power tariff in Delhi and adverse remarks by the Standing Committee on Energy, the UPA Government is under pressure from its Left allies and the Opposition to take steps to check the rising tariff hike in. . .
- India's Power Reforms Stall, Foreign Funds Keep Clear (Reuters, Hiral Vora, Aug 27, 2005)
Power-hungry India faces a stifling energy crisis after a decade of halting, half-hearted reform and payment problems, contract disputes and political interference that have sent most foreign investors packing.
- India Plans Massive Refining Capacity Addition (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
India plans to invest a massive Rs 35,000 crore in adding new refineries to become an oil product export hub, even as it looks at opportunities to build refineries in Africa and Latin America.
- Government Sets Up Panel To Restructure (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Following the submission of Krishnamurthy Committee report, the government has set up another committee to suggest the implementation of Committee’s report on the restructuring of public sector oil companies.
- On Jharkhand Rebels, Bjp Scrambles To Form Panels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Fearing that the outbreak of dissidence in Jharkhand could spell the end of Arjun Munda's BJP-led government, the party's central leadership on Thursday decided to form two coordination committees - one at the party level and the other which will include
- Flood Relief Norms May Be Relaxed’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Deve Gowda held talks with several Central leaders and demanded help on the lines of what was extended to tsunami affected states last year.
- A Black Spot (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 26, 2005)
How do you define crime situation in a state in which two out of every one lakh of the total registered crimes are rapes?
- For An Effective Human Rights Commission (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Aug 25, 2005)
In May 2005, the federal government introduced in the National Assembly a bill to provide for the establishment of a ‘National Commission on Human Rights’.
- Walking On Two Legs (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Aug 25, 2005)
In all schools three subjects should be taught in the regional language and three should be taught in English
- India Must Play Mediator Between The Muslims And The West’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
A member of the House of Lords, Bhikhu Parekh has been living in the UK for over four decades.
- Where’S The Party , Where’S The Party (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2005)
The BJP is likely to dismiss it as semantic jugglery but the party with difference(s) currently seems an apt description for the political outfit that prides itself on its ideological sanctity and discipline.
- Shiv Sena Hold Weakens (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Aug 23, 2005)
Long before the McDonalds and Pizza Huts touched base in India, the Shiv Sena in Mumbai came up with the idea of franchising its brand of terror and instant justice.
- Bjp's Crisis Widens And Deepens (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2005)
The more the Bharatiya Janata Party tries to stamp out the flames engulfing its house, the fiercer they seem to grow.
- Defending The Wrong Man (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2005)
Many years after the Babri mosque demolition, Mr L.K.Advani remembered that it was the “saddest day” in his life.
- Why Wait For A Calamity? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August, 2004
- No Man, No Cry (Times of India, A SRINIVAS, Aug 22, 2005)
Men tend to cry not when they are sad, but when they feel cornered.
- A Bjp-Shaped Hole (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2005)
The BJP’s inner turmoil continues to completely pre-occupy the party.
- Ongc To Market Atf (Statesman, PTI, Aug 22, 2005)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has obtained the approval from the Centre for marketing aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and refuelling at airports and would start marketing products in 2006-7, ONGC chairman Mr Subir Raha said.
- Bjp Suspends Khurana (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 21, 2005)
Action taken for `sack Modi' demand The action came within hours of Mr. Khurana writing to Mr. Advani, demanding that Narendra Modi be sacked.
- Norms For Distribution Of Rice, Wheat Revised (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Aug 21, 2005)
No change in quota of foodgrains
Kharif rice cultivation declines by 1.8 per cent this year
Pawar wants States to ensure sale of coarse grains through the TDPS
Concern over deficiency of rainfall in U.P.
- Not Forgetting The Gujarat Carnage (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 20, 2005)
A pakistan television network based in Dubai asked me whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would tender his apology to Indian Muslims as he had done in the case of Sikhs for the Delhi riots 21 years after the violence
- Delhi'84, Gujarat'02, London'05 (Indian Express, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Aug 20, 2005)
On May 27, 1964, when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died of natural causes, General Chaudhuri, then army chief, ordered an extra brigade of troops into the Capital.
- It’S Commercialised Media (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 19, 2005)
MANY years ago, Krishna Menon, who later became Defence Minister, said that it was the jute Press that India had.
- The Morality Lesson (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 19, 2005)
The fault does not lie in nature but in the manner human societies organize themselves.
- The Moral Code Of Indian Democracy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2005)
THE BJP and the NDA will have every right to taunt the fulsome apology by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for 1984 once they have familiarized themselves with the letter “A”.
- Smells, Sights And Sounds (Statesman, Raj Chatterjee, Aug 18, 2005)
I detest air travel and undertake it only in emergencies which, happily, arise very rarely in my life.
- The 11-Month Syndrome (Telegraph, Vinod Mathew, Aug 18, 2005)
There are two sets of people in India. The chosen ones who live in Mumbai and the unlucky multitudes who are destined to live outside the great metropolis, even if it has become mucky after the recent rains.
- Ritual Of Retribution, Obligation Of Reconciliation (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2005)
We have evolved a political economy of collective violence, in which each breakdown of law and order has prepared the justification for the next round of violence and mayhem.
- Pvt Mobile Players See Fair Rise In Revenues (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
With GSM mobile tariffs becoming more and more affordable for the common man, private operators have recorded a rising revenue intake.
- Rebels Rally Behind Keshubhai Patel (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 17, 2005)
60 MLAs support the former Chief Minister, says Rana; six MPs also seen in dissident camp
- Guilty At Large (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
THE Supreme Court’s strictures on the Gujarat Police for its failure to arrest the main accused in the Naroda Patiya riot case show how the Narendra Modi government has been trying to scuttle justice by protecting those involved in the 2001 riots.
- Cpi (M) Calls For Law To Tackle Communal Violence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Legislation must safeguard rights and autonomy of states
- Justice Delayed And Denied (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Aug 16, 2005)
It seems that the Indian state/government has acquired a high degree of specialisation in procrastination. It is often said that justice delayed is justice denied, but here are both!
- Glowing Tributes To Seshadri (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2005)
Mr Vajpayee said “Mr Seshadri is no longer with us, when we need him most. At a time when the party is passing through a crucial period, we lost a veteran leader.”
- Ngos’ Stir Against Ban On Non-Iodised Salt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Noted Gandhians and several non-governmental organisations in Gujarat on Monday began an agitation in protest against the ban on sale of non-iodised salt, which came into effect from the Independence Day.
- Kalam For 'Energy Independence' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
The President said it is essential for the country to produce enough power to meet all its needs within 25 years.
- Cotton Association Suggests Contract Farming To Boost Output (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2005)
Awareness campaign programmes planned for farmers
Cotton output in the State has fallen from 12 lakh bales a year to 6 lakh bales
Farmers' panel to be constituted to tackle the problem
Contract farming to be taken up on 100 to 200 acres of land firs
- 72 Hours, 21 Years (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 15, 2005)
suspect each one of us who covered the anti-Sikh riots as reporters in November 1984 has a persistent nightmare. Some still wake up in cold sweat as images of half-burnt bodies in Trilokpuri appear again and again.
- Truth And Reconciliation (Tribune, Brig H.S. Sodhi, Aug 15, 2005)
The assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was an unfortunate and sad event. This was, however, built into Operation Bluestar. This operation, and some other political events of the same period, was the outcome of the usual political mindset of wan
- Salute To Three Brave Women (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Aug 14, 2005)
Last fortnight I met with three national rainbows, read outstanding women of our country:
- A Forgotten Hero (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Aug 14, 2005)
K. Kamaraj is now almost overlooked.
This column is about a once mighty politician, a nurturer of Indian democracy who — outside of Tamil Nadu, at any rate — is now almost wholly forgotten.
- First Step (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 13, 2005)
The PM’s apology to the Sikhs comes 21 years too late
- Sorry, Pm (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 13, 2005)
We need more than an apology for 1984 riots
- 72 Hours, 21 Years (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 13, 2005)
I suspect each one of us who covered the anti-Sikh riots as reporters in November 1984 has a persistent nightmare.
- ‘i Bow My Head In Shame Over 1984...We Can’T Rewrite Past...We (Can) Write A Better Future ’ (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Aug 12, 2005)
In a powerfully emotional speech, very unlike his characteristic measured approach,
- Jinnah A Genuine Secularist (Indian Express, Dr H V Hande, Aug 12, 2005)
For appreciating the import of the remarks made by the BJP President L K Advani at the mausoleum of Md Ali Jinnah,
- Wavering On Political Morality (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2005)
The resignation of Union Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs Jagdish Tytler even if amidst protestations of innocence and with a great deal of reluctance is to be welcomed.
- More Teeth For Sex Determination Law (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2005)
Amended in 2002, the PNDT Act has made sex determination a crime with punishment of 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs one lakh.
- Moral Indifference As The Form Of Modern Evil (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 12, 2005)
India is the only democracy in the world where politicians and policemen responsible for mass murder, from Delhi in 1984 to Gujarat in 2002, are allowed to thrive while their victims live lives of penury and despair. It's time we put a stop to this.
- Madras High Court's Unenviable Record (Hindu, A. Subramani , Aug 11, 2005)
Just one judge has made it to the Supreme Court as Chief Justice
- Good Riddance (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2005)
All the best, Mr Tytler. The PM has promised, so let’s get on with the rest, one by one
- Government Plans To Revive Ethanol-Blended Petrol (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
The Government has plans to revive the old but ambitious programme of running automobiles on petrol blended with ethanol from October.
- Nanavati Report Rocks Parliament (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
Opposition members said the Nanavati panel had faulted the Congress for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
- Truth & Reconciliation (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
Why India should face up to the past, not bury it
- Unless Dharam Singh Is Given Full Scope To Run This Tough Govt, It’Ll Be Very Difficult. There Should Not Be Any Remote Control’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2005)
‘Unless Dharam Singh is given full scope to run this tough govt, it’ll be very difficult. There should not be any remote control’
- Blowing Hot And Cold (Times of India, SURESH PRABHU, Aug 10, 2005)
India should not scuttle Kyoto Protocol
- No Policy For The Farmer (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Aug 10, 2005)
When you get a headache because of urban venality — garbage, meaningless violence, (someone abused me for not blowing the horn of my car yesterday) or just plain old vulgarity
- The Stain That Will Not Go Away (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 10, 2005)
Try as it might, the Congress party cannot erase from public memory the terrible crimes that were committed on its watch against Indians of the Sikh faith in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination 21 years ago.
- Late Report (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2005)
Justice delayed is justice denied. The report of the Nanavati commission on the 1984 Sikh riots in Delhi that was tabled in parliament on Monday has lost its relevance and its poignancy because of the time which has elapsed between the report and the
- Parliament Work Stalled (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
Opposition seeks action against those named in Nanavati report
Government must resign: Akali Dal
AIADMK, TDP, SP back BJP demand
Congress role in riots shameful: Sushma Swaraj
Not satisfied with Chair's ruling in Rajya Sabha
- Why No Action? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2005)
Twenty One long years after the 1984 riots only the statutory requirement of placing the Nanavati Commission report before Parliament within six months of its submission seems to have been fulfilled.
- Politics Of Forgetting And Forgiving (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 09, 2005)
A society ought to move beyond the politics of memory. Justice Nanavati has given enough ammunition to those who want to keep the pot boiling.
- Mansur Al-Hallaj (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Aug 08, 2005)
While touring Iran last month, I liked to sit alone at the back of our coach, sorting all the Persian baggage I carried in my head.
- Conversion: Invitation To Introspect (Indian Express, RUDOLF C. HEREDIA, Aug 08, 2005)
In his Antimemoirs in 1968, André Malraux recalls asking Nehru: “What is your greatest difficulty since Independence?” Nehru’s spontaneous reply was: “Creating a just State by just means,
- Apostle Of Peace And Non-Violence (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 07, 2005)
It is difficult to believe but it is true. Another Gandhi-like colossus has appeared on the scene.
- Modi Showing Signs Of Weakness (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 07, 2005)
No disciplinary charges against Jhadafiya
- For A Radio Of Their Own (Hindu, Kanchan Kumar Malik, Aug 07, 2005)
Radio, designated by several as a medium of the poor, seems to have been hijacked by the elite
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