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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Now, Indian It Firms Teaching Us, Uk Students (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Certain Indian software companies are beginning to influence the way students in the US and UK get educated.
- Jd(s)-Bjp Row: Cong To Stay Out (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The power-sharing game between the Janata Dal (S) and the BJP in Karnataka is becoming more interesting after the Congress appeared disinclined to describe the H.D. Deve Gowda-led party as "communal". The JD(S) is an ally of the BJP in Karnataka.
- Dera Chief Appears Before Cbi Court (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Friday appeared before a court here in connection with the three criminal cases filed against him by the CBI.
- Special Article (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Oct 03, 2007)
The import of 50 lakh tonnes of wheat for the second consecutive year (2007-08) and 55 lakh tonnes during 2006-07 imply that our food security is at risk.
- No Easy Way Out For Up (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Oct 03, 2007)
A serious analysis of Uttar Pradesh politics deserves to be undertaken because the Congress-led UPA Government cannot postpone a mid-term poll for long.
- Congress Loses Nuclear Edge (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 01, 2007)
Political 'accidents' cannot be predicted. When such accidents take place, these are difficult to control. I have been writing about this for the past four weeks.
- ‘If The Grandfather Had 10 Acres, The Grandson Gets Half An Acre.It’S Hard To Sustain A Family On That. The Alternative Is Industrialisation’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 01, 2007)
It’s back to my small-town college for me, and my guest is the most illustrious alumnus of the same college, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Chief Minister of Haryana. Welcome back to our old college, the Government College, Rohtak.
- Model Monsoon Tracker Goes Kaput (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Oct 01, 2007)
A new monsoon forecasting strategy adopted by scientists appears to have failed in its very first year with rainfall exceeding normal despite a 7 per cent below-normal prediction.
- What Upa Won’T Tell You (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 01, 2007)
Inequality is an important issue for the UPA government. The Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) adopted in December 2006, mentions “inclusive growth” in the title itself.
- Reliance Power Plans Ipo To Fire Sasan (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Reliance Power Ltd (RPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Energy (REL), is planning to raise Rs 8,000-10,000 crore through an initial public offer.
- Cow Slaughter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 28, 2007)
The refusal of the Supreme Court to ban cow slaughter on the ground that it is a policy matter and for the government to take the decision is in consonance with the fundamental principles of separation of powers, the basic structure of the Constitution.
- Agitating Farmers Lathicharged Outside Jallianwala Bagh (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Sep 28, 2007)
The day before the birth centenary celebrations of Shaheed Bhagat Singh was marred by police lathicharge and stone -pelting between agitating farmers and the police outside the Jallianwala Bagh when Vande Matram was being sung there in the . . . .
- Does India Need Bt Brinjal? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Sep 28, 2007)
On September 16, at the same time that Greenpeace was holding a protest against Bt brinjal, outside Krishi Bhavan, the ICAR Director-General was making a strong plea for genetically modified (GM) crops.
- Punjab Moves Sc Against Capt Bail (Tribune, S. S. Negi, Sep 27, 2007)
The Punjab government today moved the Supreme Court to get the bail to former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in the Ludhiana City Centre scam cancelled, claiming his custodial interrogation by the Vigilance Bureau (VB) was necessary . . . . ..
- Stinking Toilets, Leaking Drains Typify Jammu Bus Stand (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Sep 27, 2007)
Bumpy and waterlogged roads, dilapidated building, spiderwebs, leaking drains, stinking toilets, garbage dumps and encroachment by hawkers.
- Stop Murdering The Girl Child (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Punjab loses every fourth girl. By the 2011 census, we would be killing off 10 lakh girls a year.
- “Upa Regime Creating Row Over Ramar Sethu” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Several Opposition leaders, including former Chief Ministers, on Tuesday charged the United Progressive Alliance government with unnecessarily creating a controversy over Ramar Sethu.
- Rahul Begins Takeover (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
As Congress president Sonia Gandhi confidently walked across from her 10 Janpath residence to Congress headquarters with her 37-year-old son Rahul on Tuesday evening, the party seemed to have completely resolved the question of future . . . . .
- Dealing With Short-Term Migration (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 25, 2007)
Short-term migration for work has evidently increased rapidly in recent times in India, but our statistical systems are currently not adequate to capture such flows of labour.
- Moily, The Star On Congress Firmament (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Sep 25, 2007)
As the party revamp has been made with an eye on the possible mid-term poll, Moily's task as chairman of the DEPCO becomes important from this point of view.
- Cabinet Shuffle Eye On Calendar (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
The changes in the Congress organisation have set off speculation that a cabinet shuffle is in the offing.
- Nightmare At Taj (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Even as Incredible India celebrates its 60th birthday in New York with dancing and colourful displays, back home India’s star tourist attraction and symbol of eternal love, the Taj Mahal, stood silent witness to violence against two . . . .
- Digvijay For U.P., Arunkumar For Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
On the reconstituted All-India Congress Committee, Andhra Pradesh leader Arun Kumar has been appointed general secretary in charge of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Motilal Vora will remain treasurer with additional charge of Administration.
- Gender Bias (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Sep 25, 2007)
Internationally sex ratio is defined as the number of men per 1000 women.
- Rahul Is Gen Secy In Major Congress Reshuffle (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Sep 25, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday inducted her son and Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi as a general secretary of the party.
- Ambika Underlined Ram Remarks, Didn’T Delete (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Sep 24, 2007)
Union minister for tourism and culture, Ambika Soni, had underlined three paragraphs with her pencil — not her pen — while reading the Ram Sethu affidavit.
- An Organisation Shaped Hole (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 22, 2007)
Let us not be complacent. Our party organisation has to be infused with new energy and drive... There is now a momentum generated by our revival — let us not squander it.
- Unorganised Sector Evading Vat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2007)
Despite booming consumerism and good purchasing power of the people, poor VAT collection in the state is a worrying situation for the state Finance Minister.
- Hrd Wants Sops To Woo Firms For Education In Backward Areas (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Sep 20, 2007)
In a bid to woo the backward sections and gain the goodwill of pro-private investment sections of the Government the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has asked the Finance Ministry to give out sops to the . . . . .
- Haryana Hurricane (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 19, 2007)
The regional distribution of investment in states offers some surprises and reinforces some stereotypes. Haryana and Orissa are witnessing big gains in investment, while Rajasthan, UP and Bihar remain BIMARU.
- Cong Sliding But Upa Retains Goodwill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
Earlier this month, The Indian Express reported that far from the heated debate in New Delhi over the possibility and outcome of a mid-term poll, most of the country was unaware of the nuclear deal and certainly didn’t want to face an election over it.
- Deceptive Statistics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 18, 2007)
BOTH Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his immediate predecessor Captain Amarinder Singh have claimed credit for Punjab having been adjudged the number one state at the fifth India Today conclave in New Delhi last Friday.
- Gender Bender (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Sep 17, 2007)
Some days ago, the Bombay High Court spoke up for the right to life of the female foetus. “Sex selection is not only against the spirit of the Indian Constitution, it also insults and humiliates womanhood.”
- Bsp Is Best Placed Of All (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Sep 17, 2007)
The Mayawati factor is going to dominate the political landscape over the next year.
- No Cause For Pot-Belly (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 17, 2007)
Since time immemorial, potato has been considered a 'vegetable' whose excess consumption could lead to obesity. The myth has finaly been exploded. A new study by Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, clears the air over the popular . . . .
- Hc Stay On Withdrawal Of Cases Against Sad-Bjp Men (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the decision of the SAD-BJP ruling alliance to withdraw criminal cases against its leaders and supporters registered during the five-year Congress rule till further orders.
- Dalit Rally (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 14, 2007)
ON the night of August 27, Rakesh Lara, a popular local leader of Valmikis, the community considered to be the lowest in the Dalit hierarchy, was shot dead by three motorcycle-borne assailants in Gohana town of Sonepat district in Haryana.
- From Russia, With Love (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 14, 2007)
Revolutions, as they say, never cease. Ninety years after the last one, which came unstuck some 20 years ago, the Russians are in the throes of a new one.
- Purging The Police (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2007)
By sacking 6,500 policemen recruited in UP between 2004 and 2006 with the help of “forged” documents and recommending the suspension of 12 senior police officers involved in this major job scam, Chief Minister Mayawati has once again brought into. . .
- Broken Window (Pioneer, Jagmohan , Sep 12, 2007)
Hyderabad bombings, violence in Agra and Haryana, and the Maoist onslaught reinforce the apprehension that the country is moving towards anarchy
- Punjab All Set To Move Sc (Tribune, S. S. Negi, Sep 12, 2007)
In a no-holds-barred legal battle in the Ludhiana City Centre scam case, the Punjab government has made every preparation to move the Supreme Court for cancelling the bail of former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh even as his son and a . . . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Jagmohan , Sep 12, 2007)
The events of the past few days bear testimony to the truth of Lord Wavell’s observations: “India can be governed firmly or not at all”.
- Upa, Political Moment, Nation (Indian Express, Yogendra Yadav, Sep 11, 2007)
There are two ways of reading the political message of the Indian Express—CNN-IBN—CSDS poll.
- Division Of Up Won't Help (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Sep 10, 2007)
This has reference to Prafull Goradia's article, "Divide UP for development" (September 5). In support of this contention, Gujarat's and Haryana's cases are often cited.
- “Punjab, Haryana Entering Major Economic Boom” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
States can attract Rs.50,000 cr. additional investments: study
Paper projects job opportunities for 2.5 million skilled, unskilled people by 2012 in States
They make for vibrant economies because of dynamic, productive people: ASSOCHAM President
- Pilgrims As Hooligans (Times of India, RAVINDER KAUR, Sep 10, 2007)
While Anjolie Ela Menon celebrated the kavadiyas in San Francisco through her painting appropriately titled Yatra, these very pilgrims held Indian cities to ransom.
- Anti-Terror Hero's Fall From Grace (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
Residual effects of the illegal means used to fight terror in Punjab are haunting the state police force whose top guns like arrested former DGP S S Virk have enjoyed immunity against any scrutiny.
- Fiscal Prudence Key To Punjab’Seconomic Revival (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Sep 10, 2007)
It is well known that Punjab, which once occupied the top rung in economic status in the country, has gone down the ladder. Per capita income of states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, Goa, Pondicherry and Delhi is much higher than that of Punjab.
- ‘Yatra’ To Honour Rezangla Heroes (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Sep 08, 2007)
A journey to honour 114 soldiers of a battalion, who laid down their lives in the 1962 war against China, was flagged off here on Friday.
- Avoidable Burden (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2007)
The imports are an avoidable drain on foreign exchange and an added burden on an already bloated food subsidy.
- Sk Singh Is Rajasthan Governor (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 07, 2007)
Shilendra Kumar Singh, former diplomat and governor of Arunachal Pradesh, was sworn in as the new governor of Rajasthan at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan.
- India’S Growing Insensitivity (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 07, 2007)
A FOUR-and-a-half-year-old child dies in Simla on the Mall because the ambulance carrying him does not reach the hospital in time.
- S K Singh To Take Oath As Rajasthan Governor Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Former foreign secretary S K Singh, who is currently serving as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, will take oath on Thursday as the new Governor of Rajasthan.
- Upa To Push Ahead With Nuclear Deal (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 06, 2007)
Disregarding the Left demand for shelving the India-US civilian nuclear agreement, the Government has decided to make necessary amendments to the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, which would enable it to operationalise the agreement.
- Inquiry Ordered Into 'Illegal' Arms Sales (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Reacting to an investigation by the Hindustan Times, the army on Wednesday has ordered an inquiry into the alleged sale of non-service pattern (NSP) weapons by some officers in the border districts of Rajasthan.
- Greater Noida Set To Vroom Onto F-1 World Map (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Greater Noida is all set to figure on the international Formula One car racing map. President of the Indian Olympic Association Suresh Kalmadi along with a team from the International Olympic Council (IOC) inspected the site at Jaganpur village . . . .
- Divide Up For Development (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 05, 2007)
The demand for a sub-division of Uttar Pradesh into Purvanchal by Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav deserves to be reflected upon. One member of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in 1955 had considered Uttar Pradesh to be unwieldy and had . . . . .
- Sweep Away The Muck (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 04, 2007)
When two people from the same gotra marry and have a child, and the village sarpanch, along with the panchayat, ensure the kidnapping of that child from its legitimate parents, how come the sarpanch and his council members are not booked . . .. . . ..
- Social Churning Aggravates Atrocities Against Dalits In Haryana (Tribune, Ranbir Singh, Sep 04, 2007)
There has been an alarming increase in the incidents of atrocities on the Scheduled Castes in Haryana.
- Tame The Khaps (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
THE caste panchayats have done so much of the unthinkable that every time they punish someone without any jurisdiction, it seems they cannot plunge any deeper.
- Wheels Of Justice Turn In Bus Trips To Villages (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
As his gleaming silver bus swung into the unpaved village car park, Judge Sundeep Singh clambered out to deliver what India's rural poor crave at least as much as jobs, clean water and schools - justice.
- Clues In Candlelight (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Sep 04, 2007)
THE decisive moment in Indian politics comes not when leaders believe that they have convinced the electorate but when they are certain that they have convinced themselves.
- Artefacts Of Harappan Civilisation (Hindu, Shereen Ratnagar, Sep 04, 2007)
After an introduction to the Harappan civilisation in this book Sharma discusses Harappan art under the rubrics of stone sculpture, bronze figurines, jewellery, glyptic, terracotta figurines, and pottery.
- Dalit Anger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2007)
THE murder of a Dalit youth in Gohana provoked a violent reaction from the community in the region. Nowadays any attack on Dalits or anything that represents their identity like the statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar is immediately followed by mob violence.
- Clues In Candlelight (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Sep 03, 2007)
The decisive moment in Indian politics comes not when leaders believe that they have convinced the electorate but when they are certain that they have convinced themselves.
- Democracy At Discount (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 03, 2007)
It had been India’s pride – rightly – to be the world’s most populous democracy. We would claim parity with the USA – acclaimed as the world’s “greatest” democracy – to be the largest in the category.
- Criminals As Teachers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 01, 2007)
THE sense of outrage that provoked a mob of parents and others on Thursday to thrash the Delhi schoolteacher, accused in a TV sting operation of forcing students into prostitution, is understandable.
- Economic Growth Is Changing Caste-Based Deprivation Logic (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
Economic growth is changing conventional logic of caste-based deprivation in several states.
- Dumping And Disposal Of Waste (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Sep 01, 2007)
As the elections in four Municipal Corporations are over, it is now time to concentrate on the plight of urban dwellers whose number is swelling day by day and is expected to reach 50 per cent by 2030.
- Rise In India’S Female Foeticide May Spark Crisis (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
Increasing female foeticide in India could spark a demographic crisis where fewer women in society will result in a rise in sexual violence and child abuse as well as wife-sharing, the United Nations warned.
- Guarding The Chicken From A Hungry Taxman (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 01, 2007)
In King Henry VI, York speaks of ‘an empty eagle set to guard the chicken from a hungry kite’, and Queen Margaret laments, in response, “So the poor chicken should be sure of death.”
- Road Rage (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2007)
By any yardstick, the reaction in Agra to the road accident will appear severe. It may even seem overwhelming to residents of cities that are learning to get used to the frequent spilling of blood on the streets.
- Arson In Agra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2007)
WHAT was most disconcerting about the widespread violence in Agra was its predictability.
- Cultural Hubs To Boost Rural Tourism (Tribune, CORPORATE BUREAU, Aug 31, 2007)
The Union Government will unveil a comprehensive plan for promoting rural tourism after the completion of the pilot project being implemented in 104 villages across the country.
- 10-Year Jail For Hawara, 4 Others (Tribune, Swati Sharma, Aug 31, 2007)
Already awarded death sentence in the Beant Singh assassination case, Jagtar Singh Hawara, along with four other convicts, were today sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by UT district and sessions judge Ravi Kumar Sondhi in the . . . .
- Gom Submits Report On Sez Relief & Rehab (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
The Group of Ministers (GoM) set up to finalise the land acquisition procedure and relief and rehabilitation policy in case of SEZ or other industrial projects have submitted its report to the Government.
- Hiv+ Patients Pushed To The Edge (Indian Express, Kartyk Venkatraman, Aug 31, 2007)
Two weeks after pharmacists in Imphal sent out a distress signal over shortage of medicines, a number of HIV/AIDS NGOs have come together to form the Taskforce for Empowering in Addressing Medical Issues (TEAM) and have submitted a memorandum . . . .
- Bjp Sets Up Panels On Gohana, Agra Violence (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
BJP on Wednesday set up two separate committees to probe into the caste violence in Gohana in Haryana and cases of rioting in Agra.
- Haryana Violence Spreads (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Dalits protesting the murder of a Balmiki youth in Gohana battled the police in several Haryana towns on Wednesday.
- Victims Of System (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2007)
THE gunning down of a Dalit youth by three unidentified persons in Haryana’s Gohana town and the statewide bandh organised in protest against the incident on Wednesday once again highlight the plight of Dalits in the state. Violence against. . .
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