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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- V-P Poll: Karat Meets Sonia, Pm (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Jul 20, 2007)
The search for the vice-presidential (VP) candidate has picked up momentum with CPM general secretary Prakash Karat meeting Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this evening.
- Doing It Apart (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 20, 2007)
More and more married couples in India are calling it quits. Court figures and data from crime records bureaus reveal that over the past decade, divorce rates have doubled, and in some cities, even trebled.
- Faith And Conflict (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
ORIGINALLY a place of belonging - spiritual, temporal or literal - Dera Sacha Sauda is now something that causes fear and anxiety among many people in Punjab.
- Pm Approves Working Group On Labour, Seeks Report Within Six Months (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved the constitution of a working group on labour issues to be chaired by the labour and employment secretary.
- On Poll Eve, Congress Smells Victory (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Confident of Pratibha Patil's victory, Congress president Sonia Gandhi turned poll instructor on Wednesday, meeting party MPs in batches over the day and teaching them how to mark the ballot paper.
- Sc To Hear Presidential Reference From Sept 18 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2007)
Punjab and Haryana today locked horns in the Supreme Court over the termination of the water agreements even as the court fixed hearing by a constitution bench on presidential reference on the Punjab Termination of Agreement (PTA) Act, 2004, for . . . .
- Three Inld Mlas To Support Shekhawat (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
Defying their party's decision to abstain from voting in the presidential election, three Indian National Lok Dal MLAs in Rajasthan decided to vote for NDA-backed independent candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
- Dera Chief's Vehicle Stoned In Clash Near Sirsa (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
The vehicle carrying Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh was stoned and damaged on Monday following a clash between his supporters and agitating Sikhs at a village near Sirsa town in Haryana. At least six people were injured in the clash.
- Us Wheat Not Fit To Be Imported: Report (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 16, 2007)
A crucial report concluding that US wheat is not fit to be imported is being kept under wraps by a government that doesn't want to annoy the Americans at a time of blossoming bilateral ties despite the stalemated nuclear deal.
- Murder Can’T Be Condoned (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 16, 2007)
It is a pity that 178 years after sati was abolished, new laws still need to be enacted to prevent it.
- Pregnancy Register To Save Indian Baby Girls (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2007)
India plans to register every pregnancy in an attempt to rein in the nationwide killing of baby girls.
- Priority Assured For Development Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2007)
Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy has assured the Member of Parliament from Rohtak, Deepender Singh Hooda, that development projects concerning Haryana would be sanctioned on a priority basis.
- The Caste Cauldron (Tribune, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Jul 14, 2007)
The events in Rajasthan which have now come to be known as “the Gujjar agitation” are an inevitable consequence of actions that have been taken over the last 60 years under the name of social justice, empowerment of the dispossessed, and so on.
- Shekhawat Camp Warns Against Unpa Abstention (Tribune, T R Ramachandran, Jul 14, 2007)
Even as the eight-party United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) or the so-called Third Front meets here tomorrow to decide its strategy for the July . . . .
- A Band Of Extraordinary Individuals (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jul 14, 2007)
On Sunday, Chandra Shekhar passed away after a long illness. I find it difficult to express in words his contribution to Indian politics.
- Needs To Be Farmers Voice (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 13, 2007)
Agriculture oriented television programmes in Doordarshan are blind to serious crises in the field.
- Mukesh’S Sez Among 21 Cleared (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2007)
The Centre on Thursday gave formal clearance for 21 new special economic zones, including the multiproduct Navi Mumbai SEZ promoted by Mukesh Ambani of Reliance.
- High Price For Dithering On Wheat Imports (Tribune, Nirmal Sandhu, Jul 13, 2007)
The government has decided to import 5 lakh tonnes of wheat and has placed an order with three firms – Cargill, Toepfer and Riaz Trading – at a price 54 per cent higher than what was given to Indian farmers.
- Sc Notice On Uniformity In ‘Marriageable Age’ (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the Ministry of Law and Justice and the National Commission for Women (NCW) on a petition seeking uniformity in the definition of 'child' and 'marriageable age' under various statutes and personal laws . ..
- Wise Decision (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 11, 2007)
AS the date of the proposed Sikh conference at Ratia in Haryana was drawing near, there was considerable anxiety among all responsible people, considering that there was a distinct possibility of a confrontation developing between the Sikhs and the . . .
- Sowing Success On Farm (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 11, 2007)
How did agriculture in India, once the most advanced in the world, degenerate to its present state, asks, pointing out that if left to grow without interference, the sector will flourish.
- “Honour Killing”: Victim’S Kin Seek Ncw , Nhrc Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2007)
Traumatised by the murder of their young son, Manoj, and the social boycott for protesting against the “honour killing,” an aggrieved family from Karora village in Kaithal district of Haryana on Tuesday approached the National Commission for Women . . .
- Haryana To Spend Rs 10.73 Bn On Roads (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2007)
The Haryana Government on Tuesday announced ambitious plans to strengthen and widen roads and construct by-passes and rail overbridges at a cost of Rs 10.73 billion in the current financial year.
- Sc Notice To Centre On Plea For Security To Cat Judges (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre on a plea for providing security to judges of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) across the country.
- Shortage Of Leadership With Nobility, People Look To Courts: Kalam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2007)
As he prepares to demit office later this month, President A P J Abdul Kalam today said that the country was facing a “shortage of leadership with nobility” and people were now looking to the judiciary as their “only hope”.
- Icici Bank Joins The List Of Cos With Rs 1 Trillion Market Value (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2007)
ICICI Bank on Monday crossed the Rs one trillion market valuation in the wake of recent listing of its fresh 5.81 crore equity shares and became the eighth company on the bourses to reach the benchmark.
- Chandra Shekhar, Ambition And Idealism’S Mix, Dies At 80 (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jul 09, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, a socialist who showed political ambition and idealism can cohabit, died today in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. He was 80.
- Children Of Satan (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jul 07, 2007)
If there was a public opinion poll conducted to find out which are the most despised professions in the world, I have little doubt that politics and law would emerge as the top two.
- Curious Practices (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Jul 06, 2007)
WELL before the break of dawn, Jalandhar's largest fruit and vegetable market comes to life.
- Punjab Budget Has Failed To Target Tax Evasion (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Jul 06, 2007)
The presentation of the budget has almost been reduced to just an annual ritual. The much-awaited Punjab Budget for the year 2007-08, presented in the State Assembly on 20 June 2007, seems to be no exception.
- Ec Should Clear Clouds Over Delimitation: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2007)
The BJP on Thursday demanded that the Election Commission should clear the confusion about the delimitation of constituencies in the Central and State legislatures by the end of the year to enable political parties to plan their . . . .
- Act Of Dishonour (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 05, 2007)
The horrific murder of a young man and his wife at Karoran Padran Patti, a village of Haryana's Kaithal district, by their relatives for marrying within the same gotra, disregarding the diktat of the local caste panchayat, has once again . . . .
- Scs To Get Free Drinking Water In Haryana (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2007)
Haryana public health minister Randeep Singh Surjewala today said the state government would spend Rs 340 crore under the ambitious Indira Gandhi Drinking Water Supply Scheme in next three years to provide free drinking water connection to . . . .
- “Honour” Killings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 05, 2007)
That honour killings still take place is shocking enough. Worse, this barbarism is being practised in many cases despite the police protection provided to the hounded people.
- Centre Asks Punjab To Check Misuse Of Groundwater (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
In the face of alarming dip in the groundwater levels in Punjab, the Union water resources ministry has asked the state government to immediately enact a law to control over-exploitation of ground water resource in the state.
- One Dead, 7 Hurt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
One pilgrim was killed and seven others injured, two of them seriously, by shooting stones, 700 m away from the Amarnath shrine last night.
- Cement Industry Counts On Efficiency To Boost Output (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
With major capacity expansion still some time away, the cement industry is counting on plant de-bottlenecking and efficiency gains to enhance production in the short run.
- Japan Keen To Invest In Infrastructure Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
Japan is keen to invest in India’s infrastructure projects and to make it a hub for production and exports to Europe and Asia, according to Akira Amari, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan.
- Barbarian Face (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 04, 2007)
Cold-blooded murder? Worse, the murderers had the backing of an entire village and the act was sanctioned by a 'caste panchayat', comprising village elders.
- Corridor Must Pass My Home State: Nath (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath wants changes in the alignment of the $90 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor to include his home state Madhya Pradesh in the project.
- Islamabad To File Case Against New Delhi In Indian Court (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
In a major development, Islamabad has decided in principle to file case against New Dehli in India for betraying Pakistan by illegally declaring Super Basmati rice its own product to just its export to European Union-the largest market in the world.
- Patil, Shekhawat In Straight Contest (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
A straight contest between UPA-Left nominee Pratibha Patil and NDA supported Independent candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat is on the cards for the July 19 presidential poll.
- Wheat Imports Are Unnecessary (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Jul 02, 2007)
Lack of foresight and poor policy planning is responsible for the country being projected as a food-deficient nation.
- The South’S Leap Forward (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 02, 2007)
The Confederation of Indian Industry’s finding that the States in the south have the best economic indices in the country today confirms the generally prevailing impression.
- North Block In The Rearview Mirror (New Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Jul 02, 2007)
This seems to be the season for Indian finance ministers to produce books. Jaswant Singh, P Chidambaram, and now, Yashwant Sinha (YS). Media never tires of ranking FMs since 1991.
- 'Nandigram, A Case Of Wrong Marketing' (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 30, 2007)
A chance meeting with the West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in 2003 convinced Jakarta-based NRI Prasoon Mukherjee — head of the Rs 3,000- crore Universal Success Enterprises Group that is into real estate, trading, hospitality, . . .
- Hc Grants Interim Bail To Dera Chief (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
In a reprieve for embattled head of Dera Sacha Sauda Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday granted him interim bail till August 6 in a case related to hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs but asked the sect chief to . . . .
- Interim Bail For Dera Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
Even as the Punjab government has upped the ante on the Dera issue by granting sanction to prosecute and arrest Dera Sacha Sauda chief Sant Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today came to the rescue of the beleaguered Sant . . .
- The Age Of Political Tycoons (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jun 30, 2007)
Political accidents are not confined to the UPA alone, and now it is the turn of the BJP and the UNPA to have "accidents."
- Growing Economy, Rising Disparities (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Jun 29, 2007)
Despite several programmes in place to bridge the rural-urban gap and correct regional imbalances, Bharat remains India’s poor cousin and inter-State economic disparities remain as divisive as ever.
- Haryana To Have 1857 War Memorial At Ambala (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
The Haryana government on Thursday announced that a memorial would be set up at Ambala in memory of those who sacrificed their lives in the country's first war of independence in 1857.
- Telgi Pleads Guilty; Fined Rs 102 Crore, Gets 13-Year Imprisonment (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 29, 2007)
A Pune-based Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Thursday sentenced multi-thousand crore fake stamp paper scam mastermind Abdul Karim Telgi to 13 years' rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of staggering Rs 102 crore, . . .
- Tension In Sirsa After Govt's Nod To Arrest Dera Chief (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
Tension on Thursday mounted in Sirsa town of Haryana, the Dera Sacha Sauda hub, with sect followers taking out a protest march in the wake of the Punjab Government's nod for the prosecution of its chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
- Dera Moves Kalam, Seeks Badal Govt's Dismissal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
The Dera Sacha Sauda on Thursday moved President A P J Abdul Kalam demanding dismissal of the Punjab government for "politically manipulating" the sequence of events in the wake of the controversy involving its head despite the sect's efforts to . . .
- The Age Of Political Tycoons (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jun 29, 2007)
Political accidents are not confined to the UPA alone, and now it is the turn of the BJP and the UNPA to have "accidents."
- Tension As Dera Chief’S Arrest Is Cleared (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
Signalling an escalation in the prevailing tensions between the Sikh community and adherents of the Dera Sacha Sauda, thousands of angry Dera supporters staged demonstrations demanding the immediate withdrawal of what they insist is a "false" criminal . .
- Fearing Chief’S Arrest, Dera Writes To Kalam, Says Dismiss Badal Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
Tension mounted today in Haryana’s Sirsa town, headquarters of the Dera Sacha Sauda, with sect followers demanding the dismissal of the Badal government in Punjab and taking to the streets to protest its sanction to the police for the arrest of . . .
- Dera Dispute (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 29, 2007)
It is unfortunate that things on the Dera Sacha Sauda front have not been sorted out. Worse, the situation has deteriorated.
- Dera Row: Khalsa Panel Splits; Sant Samaj Recalls 2 (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jun 29, 2007)
In a major jolt to the Sikh hardliners, who have been spearheading a campaign against Dera Sacha Sauda, the 15-member Khalsa Action Committee (KCA) has been split, a day before its crucial meeting scheduled to be held at Fatehgarh Sahib.
- Wb Okays $600-M Loan For Co-Operative Banks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
In one of the largest support packages to India, the World Bank today approved a $600 million (Rs 2,400 crore) loan toward revitalising rural Credit Cooperative Banks (CCBs) to transform access to financial services for India’s poorest farmers.
- Wanton Misgovernance (Tribune, M.G. Devasahayam, Jun 28, 2007)
For those who do not remember the past, there is no future’. This is particularly true of countries like India with a hoary past where there is a hunger for ‘Good Governance’.
- Traffic Tips (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Jun 28, 2007)
The scientists who have predicted that future humans would live up to a 1000 years haven’t driven on our roads. For those driving in Delhi and the NCR, here are a few tips.
- Elusive Consensus (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 28, 2007)
Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal made two interesting observations while concluding the debate on the 2007-08 Budget proposals on Tuesday.
- Dera Chief’S Apology “Unacceptable” (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jun 28, 2007)
Neither was the letter signed by Dera chief nor any mention made about the “mistake”: Vedanti
- Big Problem (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 28, 2007)
The report that a couple in Haryana’s Mewat region has had 23 children is shocking. What makes this report cause for concern is that this family is not an exception.
- Dera Back On The Boil, Badal Says Ok To Chief’S Arrest (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
Barely weeks after it had simmered down following an across-the-board political intervention, the Dera Sacha Sauda controversy is back on the boil. Late tonight, the Punjab government gave its sanction to the Bathinda police to arrest Dera chief . . .
- Educating India (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jun 27, 2007)
Sivaji, the boss’, the latest AVM production with Rajnikanth in the lead, is a resounding box-office hit.
- Tainted Judge Is Punjab Law Panel Head (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
Controversial Justice (retd) Amarbir Singh Gill has been sworn in as chairman of the Punjab State Law Commission.
- Allies Confused Over Haldia Chemical Hub (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
As the CPI-M central committee in Delhi is trying to find a solution to the ongoing resistance to acquisition of land in West Bengal, the party’s smaller partners are virtually groping in the dark to find a plausible explanation to key issues. . . .
- Monsoon Assault (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 26, 2007)
As the mighty monsoon rains sweep across the subcontinent, they are taking a heavy toll on human lives.
- Gurjar Protest In Pushkar (Deccan Herald, ABHA SHARMA, Jun 25, 2007)
The Mahapanchayat attended by a large gathering of Gurjars not only paid rich tributes to those killed in the police firing during the recent agitation but also vowed to relaunch the agitation if the Raje government failed to fulfil its word at the . . .
- No Unpa Nominee: Chautala (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
United National Progressive Alliance leader Om Prakash Chautala on Sunday ruled out the possibility of the front fielding a candidate for next month’s presidential election.
- Khalistanis: Arrest Dera Chief (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
Khalistani activists within the newly-formed Khalsa Action Committee led more than 2,000 Sikhs in a 65-km protest march in Punjab on Sunday to reiterate their demand for the arrest and prosecution of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, spiritual head of the . . .
- Major Naxal Attacks On Sezs Feared (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
Fearing major attacks on infrastructure projects during the June 26-27 economic blockade planned by CPI (Maoists), the Centre has sent advisories to Naxal-hit states, as also Punjab and Haryana, directing them to beef up the security.
- Maoist Attacks Feared On Infrastructure Projects (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
Fearing major attacks on infrastructure projects during the June 26-27 economic blockade planned by CPI(Maoists), the Centre has sent advisories to Maoist-hit States, as also Punjab and Haryana, directing them to beef up the security.
- Security Forces Raided Their House And Arrested Him (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
GHULAM QADIR SHAH earned his living by doing menial jobs in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. After a long separation from his family of six, in 1999, Shah returned to Sonthipora, his village in Kupwara. Six months later, he disappeared.
- Why Are Child Malnutrition Levels Not Improving? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 23, 2007)
India’s tardy performance can be traced to the limited progress in providing basic health care.
- Criminal 'Doctors' (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 23, 2007)
Reports have appeared in the Press of a shocking case of medical malpractice. A doctor couple in Manapparai, Tamil Nadu, have allegedly allowed their 15-year-old son to perform a caesarian section, callously motivated by the perverse desire to see . . . .
- Boa Clears Ambani Brothers’ Sez (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
The board of approval (BoA) for SEZ, on Friday, cleared 36 proposal of which three SEZs are jointly promoted by RIL chief Mukesh Ambani and his close associate Mr Anand Jain.
- Pratibha To File Papers Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
President accepts her resignation as Governor
UPA constituents put signatures on nomination papers
No diversion of votes: Paswan
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