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Articles 1221 through 1320 of 2218:
- Bio-Diesel Policy Announced (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
Oil companies to buy at Rs. 25 a litre
Scheme to come into force from January 1, 2006 Product must meet BIS standard Purchase centre in States identified
- Haryana To Observe Un Day On Oct 24 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
The Haryana Government has decided to observe United Nations Day on October 24.
- West Bengal Must Work To Catch Up (Business Line, S. Majumder , Oct 11, 2005)
TRADE union, though the voice of workers, is also an institution that nurtures understanding between the labour and the management for a smooth functioning of the organisation.
- `Farmer Households Spend 55 Pc On Food' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
THE average Indian farmer household spends the highest share (Rs 101.27 or 20.14 per cent) of its monthly per capita expenditure of Rs 502.83 on cereals and cereal substitutes, followed by 9.68 per cent on milk and milk products.
- Gas Authority Of India Limited Plans To Start Distributing Lpg In India From April (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
Gas Authority of India Limited on Thursday said it would foray into marketing and distribution of LPG across the country from April 1 next year.
- Carried Forward Indefinitely (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Oct 08, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on how the law on unabsorbed depreciation allowance has evolved
- Dowry Harassment Of A Different Kind (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh and Tameem Hashmi, Oct 08, 2005)
The recent study by USAID and Centre for Social Research (CSR) on the misuse of anti-dowry laws by estranged wives has come as a breather for many harassed husbands.
- Every Strike Has A Sting (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2005)
Last week’s unnecessary and rather perverse day-long disruption in large parts of the country continues to be the subject of bitter comment.
- Conclave Of Congress (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Oct 06, 2005)
What purpose does the Conclave of Congress Chief Ministers serve?
- Help Paddy Growers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2005)
IN the past couple of years paddy procurement had been so smooth that it had stopped making headlines and one got the impression that state machinery had been geared up to meet the yearly challenge.
- Provide More Funds For Agriculture Production (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Oct 05, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has asked agri-scientists to speed up research to boost cereal production as the green revolution has plateauted out to meet the burgeoning need of the growing population in the country.
- Citu Set To Form India's First Union For It, Bpo Workers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2005)
Left-affiliated central union CITU announced that it has taken the initiative to establish the country's first union in the IT and BPO sector to address the grievances of over five lakh workers, not governed by labour laws so far, . . .
- Indefensible Means (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
The strike was unnecessary, dialogue should have sufficed
- A Relief For Rice Millers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2005)
The Haryana Government has decided to extend the delivery period for custom-milled rice up to March 31 next year without levying holding charges on the millers, thus giving them the desired relief.
- Farmers Left Out (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Sep 30, 2005)
India’s 600 million farmers are being ignored by a government that came into power through an angry rural protest vote
- Bhakra Gains Limited (Tribune, Shripad Dharmadhikary, Sep 29, 2005)
The piece by M.S. Menon “Why belittle Bhakra?” (Sept. 9) borders on an invective. It is clearly attempted as a criticism of our recently released report “Unravelling Bhakra”, a study of the contribution and impacts of the Bhakra Nangal project focussed on
- Tatas, Fiat In Pact For Sales, Manufacture (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
The two companies will have agreements based on the feasibility report
- Gill's Review Plea Rejected (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Convicted for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer in 1988
- Maharashtra Sugar Cane Farmers — Bitter Deal From Weather, Government (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 21, 2005)
Sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra's Golden Triangle have been dealt a double whammy — by the floods that destroyed much of their crop and by the Government's disregard for their plight.
- Seeing A Loved One Lose Memories (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
A cure for Alzheimer’s disease which afflicts hundreds of elderly people may be a long way off, but continuing social interaction and activity can keep patients mentally agile and slow the crippling illness, say experts.
- 90 Per Cent Of Rain Fell In Three Weeks Of Monsoon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
This staid chart has more to it than just rainfall measurements of North-West India.
- Heavy Rains Lash Northern India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Normal life affected for the third consecutive day in most parts
- 61.6 Per Cent Of State's Farmer Households Are In Debt (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Sep 18, 2005)
Dependence on moneylenders has made farming unprofitable, says survey
- How About City Govts? (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Sep 17, 2005)
The only way to get cities some attention would be to get local governments, for which autonomy and representation are both important.
- Workshop (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2005)
The Haryana Agricultural University will hold a two-day Agricultural Officers' Workshop from September 24 at Hisar to finalise the package of practices for the ensuing rabi season crops. It will be inaugurated by the V-C, Asha Sharma.
- Indian Counter Intelligence Recovers Sensitive Military Documents From Pakistani Spy Using Field Intelligence And Remote Viewing (India Daily, Anil Rane, Sep 17, 2005)
Pakistan’s intelligence community is now really foxed.
- Pak National Held With Army's Internal Document In Delhi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2005)
A Pakistani national was arrested here on espionage charges and the Reddy Committee report on Kargil War was allegedly recovered from him,
- Government To Sell Tide Water Oil To Ongc And Exit Maruti (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2005)
The government said it is open to exiting Maruti Udyog Ltd completely and is talking to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for selling its stake in Tide Water Oil.
- Small Family Norm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2005)
Union Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar’s about-turn on the two-child norm for panchayat members comes as a great surprise,
- Murder Most Foul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2005)
AS time passes and society progresses, one expects certain social evils to die a natural death.
- Splurge And Prosper (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 16, 2005)
Nobody's really surprised that Delhi is India's richest — as well as highest spending — city, ahead of Mumbai, Kolkata and thrifty Chennai.
- Power Regulation — Time To Get Back To The Basics (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Sep 16, 2005)
Electricity regulators, who could have formed the bridge between the uninformed consumer and the power utility, have unfortunately failed to rise to the occasion.
- Supreme Court Summons Health Secretaries Of Five States (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 15, 2005)
To explain reasons for non-implementation of order relating to sterilisation
Hearing a PIL petition seeking framing of guidelines for performing sterilisation
Order said only doctors with five years of gynaecological experience could carry . . .
- Business Thai-Style In Rural Karnataka (Deccan Herald, P M Raghunandan, Sep 14, 2005)
The Rural Business Hub project is all set to kick off in villages of Mysore and Tumkur. The project aims at providing employment for the rural youth.
- Gratefully Yours (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 14, 2005)
Every time I meet Radhe Shyam Sharma, Director of Haryana Sahitya Akademi, I get the jitters. He usually has bad news for me.
- Govt. Won't Ban Onion Export; Imports If Necessary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The Government will not ban export of onions despite a shortfall of 20 to 25 per cent in production this season but would import the commodity if necessary, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said at a press conference here on Tuesday.
- Trivialising The Aggressor (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Sep 11, 2005)
It is a mystery, but society has to wake up to the gross inaccuracy of the term "eve teasing".
- Bangla Lessons For Hindi Belt (Hindu, Jairam Ramesh, Sep 09, 2005)
THE UNITED Nations Development Programme's annual Human Development Report for 2005 has just been released.
- Dead As Dodo? (Tribune, Shailaja Chandra, Sep 09, 2005)
Almost every night I walked my daschund Dodo down Copernicus Marg, past the Kamani auditorium, Punjab and Haryana Bhavans and the Princes’ Park, all well known landmarks in the heart of Delhi.
- Scotland Eyes Investment From Punjab, Haryana (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Sep 08, 2005)
Scotland (UK) is looking at independent relationship with India, particularly Punjab and Haryana keeping in mind their growth rate, per capita income and literacy.
- Just Reprimand (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
The Election Commission has rightly reprimanded the Bhupinder Singh Hooda Government in Haryana ....
- There's A Much Larger House On Fire (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 06, 2005)
About the time 50 Dalit houses were set ablaze in Gohana, the country marked 50 years of a law giving effect to the Constitution's abolition of untouchability. As if to rub it in, 25 more Dalit homes were torched the same week in Akola, Maharashtra.
- India: A Super Power Or A Failing State? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 06, 2005)
The term “failed state” entered our lexicon, initially, in the context of Somalia, Afghanistan, and now, increasingly, for Iraq.
- Tip Of The Iceberg (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 06, 2005)
The violence perpetrated on Dalits in Gohana village in Haryana last week and now at Akola in Maharashtra is a shameful reminder that India’s Constitution and its law-enforcing bodies have failed to provide Dalits even a modicum of security.
- Election Commission Pulls Up Madhya Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
"Remove lotus symbol from social science textbooks for class VI students"
- Badal Stresses For Early Solution To Dalits Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Phagwara, Sept 4 (PTI) Former Punjab Chief Minister and Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal today flayed the "inhuman act" of torching the dalits' houses in Gohana recently saying it had exposed the so-called secular face of the Congress government in ...
- Breaking Barriers In Panchayats (Tribune, Dharam Pal More, Sep 04, 2005)
Ever since Parliament passed the Constitution 73rd (Amendment) Act and empowered over a million women,
- Cpi(m) Stages Protest Against Gohana Incident (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
Speakers demand immediate arrest of those involved in the attack against Dalits
- A Myth Demystified (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 04, 2005)
A four-year study of the Bhakra Nangal project dared to examine the most sacred `temple' of India's development.
- Hooda Announces Relief Package For Gohana Victims (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Sep 03, 2005)
The Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday announced compensation for the affected families whose houses had been damaged in the violence at Gohana near Sonepat.
- Not Through Violence, Please! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2005)
VIOLENCE begets violence. Many times over. In reaction to the torching of the houses of Dalits in Gohana, traffic was blocked at many places in Haryana and government buses were damaged in Panchkula on Friday.
- Whose Integration? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 03, 2005)
The unity of India has always been a question of its diversity. The great empires of Indian history — the Maurya Empire, the Gupta Empire and the Mughal Empire
- A Brain Bank For Reality Check (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
JSS Educational Institution has set up a unique “Depression Brain Bank” to conduct research on suicidal tendencies.
- Gohana Incident: Nhrc Asks Report From Haryana Govt (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Protesters blocked Delhi-Amritsar National highway at Ambala, Hisar-Delhi highway at Hansi and Chandigarh-Kaithal highway at Pehowa for about an hour.
- Dalits In Haryana Protest Against Gohana Incident (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The Haryana chief minister said the damage was being assessed and full compensation would be paid to the affected families.
- India, Pak Agree To Release All Prisoners By Sept 12 (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
India and Pakistan announced on Tuesday the release of all fishermen and civilian prisoners by September 12
- India Briefs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2005)
Slums have fared better than non-slums in child sex ratio, according to the Census report 2001.
- Burning Casteism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 02, 2005)
The nasty demon of casteism has defied all attempts to exorcise it. Every now and then it raises its ugly head, leaving dazed victims in its wake.
- Mines Of Misery (Tribune, CP Bhambri, Sep 01, 2005)
IT is a shame that as many as 114 persons, including women and children, were working as “bonded labourers” in Charkhi Dadri subdivision of Bhiwani district, Haryana.
- Call To Strengthen Secularism, Humanism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2005)
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday cautioned that social and economic inequalities, selective denial of opportunities to some and an education system that failed to develop the young minds into responsible ideal citizens were the ..
- Rule Of Law Violated (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2005)
Public pressure forced the Punjab Police to release Indian Express reporter Gautam Dheer within a day of his arrest. It is for the courts concerned to decide whether the police have any case at all against him or not.
- Gains Of Cooperation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana shared a common platform after jointly inaugurating the new Bhakra-Beas Management Board building in Chandigarh on Monday and,
- Freedom, Above All (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2005)
In a chilling operation on Sunday night, members of the Punjab Police spirited away this website’s newspaper’s reporter, Gautam Dheer.
- ‘Extend Vat To All Goods And Services In Economy’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Buoyed by the success of the VAT in Haryana, the RBI, on Monday, advocated extending the new tax regime to almost all goods and services of the economy.
- 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.
- Haryana Power Project Work Starts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Installed capacity of power generation to go up by 3000 mw in four years: Hooda
- Drug Menace (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
TO say that the drug menace in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh has reached alarming levels is to state the obvious.
- Iato Seeks More Consideration For Tourism Industry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
National convention seeks nod for hotels to add more rooms
- 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
- Trade Unions Face A New Challenge, Says Dasgupta (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Aug 28, 2005)
He is the firebrand trade union leader who heads the All-India Trade Union Congress which has over three million members. As the leader of one of the largest trade unions,
- 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. . .
- The Ken-Betwa Message (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
THE grand scheme of interlinking all the country’s rivers has hit a brick wall, not only technical and financial but also political. The current thinking is to take one small step at a time.
- For Children’S Sake (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
THE Punjab Government’s stand that it is unable to implement the mid-day meal scheme in the primary schools of the state because of paucity of funds cannot be accepted at its face value.
- Substitution Confusion In Notification (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 27, 2005)
Substitute SUBSTITUTE was the real issue in a recent case that went up to the apex court: Government of India vs Indian Tobacco Association, decided on August 23. First, the facts, beginning with the introduction of the Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB)..
- Sc Notice To Haryana For Not Declaring (Tribune, S. S. Negi, Aug 26, 2005)
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Haryana Government on a petition challenging the Hooda Ministry’s directive to the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC)
- 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?
- Bandh Karo Bandh Ko (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 25, 2005)
is obviously because of our common past that we in the Indian sub-continent have certain identical traits --- positive as well as negative --- whether we are in this country or in Pakistan or Bangladesh on our two sides.
- Buta Does A Lalu! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2005)
You scratch my back and I scratch yours. That is common practice in politics. But should even Governors be engaged in such a cosy relationship with a controversial politician? Bihar Governor Buta Singh has landed his high office in the firing line . . . .
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