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Articles 1621 through 1720 of 2218:
- Notes From Haryana’S Election Scene (Indian Express, RAJINDER CHAUDHARY, Feb 03, 2005)
During the last elections (’99-’00), I had the (mis)fortune of being on poll duty four times: for elections to Parliament, to the Haryana assembly, to panchayats and to municipal bodies. It was a great learning experience.
- What Lies Beneath (Pioneer, SK Srivastava, Feb 02, 2005)
"Islam has provided women more rights than any other religion. But the ignorance among them renders it impossible to implement the above mentioned provisions...",
- Fierce Battle For Haryana Assembly (Tribune, Yoginder Gupta, Feb 01, 2005)
AS Haryana is all set for the Assembly elections on February 3, the ruling Indian National Lok Dal of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and the Opposition Congress are engaged in a fierce fight to control the political destiny of the state for the next f
- Stalemate In Goa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 01, 2005)
GOA, the little state known for its lovely beaches, is again back to the politics of instability. The fear of defections has always haunted every Chief Minister and the present incumbent, Mr Manohar Parrickar, is no exception.
- Preventable Deaths (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 31, 2005)
THOUGH the infant mortality rate in the country has been on the rise, the authorities have not formulated a comprehensive strategy to tackle it. The scene in Maharashtra is disturbing.
- Corruption, Unemployment Main Issues In Polls: Jindal (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 30, 2005)
AS Haryana goes to elections on February 3, Naveen Jindal, the 35-year-old Congress MP from Kurukshetra says that corruption and widespread unemployment are the main issues in the elections.
- Bihar As Eternal Subsidiser Of National Elite (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Jan 29, 2005)
Bihar is possibly the only state in the country where bipolar politics has not taken root, inspite of one and half decades of Laloo Prasad’s rule.
- We Must Review Msp Pricing Patterns (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 29, 2005)
The industry perspective is that the MSP that currently obtains in Haryana and Punjab has artificially segmented India's market in agro-produce.
- Till Elections, Foxes Will Let Poultry Live (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 29, 2005)
Even as the US mourns its `deadliest day' in the land that Saddam bequeathed to Bush, the world watches if Uncle Sam's election gamble in Iraq will pay off. But that may matter little to our netas who are busy
- Politics Of Families (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 29, 2005)
I have written in the past about 'dynastic' control within the political system, and since political and financial control are inextricably linked, the 'virus' has spread to all political parties regardless of their size and status.
- Msp Abolition Will Lower Grain Production (The Economic Times, T C GUPTA, Jan 29, 2005)
MSP (minimum support price) ensures food security and abolishing it will lead to a slump in foodgrain prices (especially of wheat and paddy).
- Gandhi’S Approval For My Disapproval (Hindu, Khushwant Singh, Jan 29, 2005)
We celebrate Bapu Gandhi’s birthday (on October 2nd) and we pay homage to his memory on anniversaries of his martyrdom on January 30. Of the two, the one of greater significance is the latter, because it sums up our failures:
- Here A Cm, There A Cm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 27, 2005)
It seems that way sometimes but this round of assembly elections is not all happening in Bihar. In Haryana, the BJP and the Congress have sought the deployment of additional paramilitary forces at sensitive polling booths.
- Punjab Going Dry (Telegraph, S.S. Johl, Jan 26, 2005)
The Bhakra hydro-electric project, along with taming the Satluj, did check floods and provide irrigation water to the state, yet when the harvested dam water is excessively carried away, it leads to a scarcity of water in the basin area.
- Rss Has Highest Stake In Jharkhand (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 23, 2005)
Of the three States going to the polls next month, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has the highest stake in Jharkhand.
- Anti-Laloo Sentiment Strong In Bihar, Says Arun Jaitley (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jan 23, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which got a severe drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections and in the recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra, is in a bind.
- Democracy A Bad Word In Bihar (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jan 23, 2005)
Who will, in Bhagalpur, save the dolphins, those wonderfully intelligent water-animals of the Ganga? And save the polluted Ganga as well? Reports say that people are catching the dolphins and eating them up.
- A Touch Of Uncertainty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 22, 2005)
Which way will the verdict swing in the elections to the State Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Haryana? Up until a fortnight ago, the answer seemed self-evident:
- Punjab’S Success Story (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jan 21, 2005)
Economics defines land, labour, capital and management as four principal factors of production. Land and capital by themselves are inert resources. It is the management that applies appropriate doses of labour to the right mix of land and
- What State The Vat? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 21, 2005)
The white paper on the Value Added Tax, released by the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers, does no doubt offer some insights into the legislative framework on the proposed system of
- Not A Conspiracy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 19, 2005)
The interim findings of the Justice Banerjee Committee investigating the circumstances that resulted in the fire in the Sabarmati Express at Godhra in February 2002 confirm what many suspected all along
- Not Carnage; Only Accident (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 19, 2005)
THE Gujarat riots of 2002, arguably the worst slur on the face of Independent India, have all along been projected to be an on-the-spur reaction to the charring of death of 59 kar sevaks in a coach of Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002.
- Vat Gets Going (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 19, 2005)
THE value added tax (VAT), being introduced from April 1, 2005, aims to create a single national market and ensure a uniform system of state-level taxes.
- Assembly Poll Shadow Over New Delhi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 19, 2005)
Irrespective of who wins or loses the coming Assembly elections, there will be no change to the numbers in the Lok Sabha. But the chemistry of dependency at the Centre could change.
- How To Rebuild Better (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
On the tsunami front, the real and strenuous work on relief and other structural changes will have to be addressed. How do you rebuild? Do you leave the conceptualizing and planning of the reconstruction to the PWD and government
- Criminals In Bihar Elections (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Jan 17, 2005)
EVEN as elections to the Bihar Assembly are fast approaching, the Patna High Court’s attempt to check the criminals’ menace in the elections is commendable. Criminalisation of politics has assumed alarming proportions.
- Enforcing Norms (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 15, 2005)
Two Supreme Court decisions earlier this week in cases relating to the eligibility of sitting MLAs or MPs, convicted by courts for criminal offences, to contest elections have cleared some ambiguities in the provisions of the Representation of the People
- Cleansing Politics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2005)
Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling debarring convicted MPs and MLAs from contesting elections is very timely in the light of the ensuing Assembly elections in Haryana, Bihar and Jharkhand.
- Keep Msp Intact (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2005)
In his pre-Budget consultations on Tuesday, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was advised to dispense with the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat and paddy.
- Pre-Poll Coalition Confusion In Upa (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 12, 2005)
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana, the Congress(I) seems to be taking a leaf out of the BJP's book on how not to deal with allies.
- Metallic Monsters Of The Highway (Indian Express, SHATRUJEET KAPUR, Jan 12, 2005)
There has been a spurt in traffic density on Indian roads in recent times. Vehicle population has grown up from 0.3 million in 1951 to over 60 million now, and so have the accidents.
- Sugar Turns Bitter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 12, 2005)
Despite the government claim that there are enough stocks of sugar in the country, its price has been rising continuously.
- Get Ready For A Repeat Performance (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 12, 2005)
Laloo Yadav’s victory will not only reinforce his distinctive politics, but also that which is old and needs to be replaced
- Ec Asserts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 12, 2005)
THE Om Prakash Chautala government has only itself to blame for earning the wrath of the Election Commission of India.
- Fiscal Muscle Dystrophy (The Economic Times, M. Y. Khan, Jan 12, 2005)
Maharashtra had for long occupied pride of place among Indian states in fiscal management.
- Advantage Upa (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2005)
The countdown has begun for elections to the State Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Haryana, and what better evidence of this than the hectic behind-the-scenes bargaining for seats by the major political players.
- Seating Tight On Alliances (Indian Express, MUKESH BHARDWAJ, Jan 08, 2005)
Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala’s INLD may be the ruling party, but it doesn’t seem to have many friends. When the BJP supported him in making Tarlochan Singh the minorities commission chairman
- Will Nda Stay Or Fade Away? (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 08, 2005)
THE BJP-led NDA’s rule came to an end in May 2004 but will the NDA as a political entity survive or fade away ? Since the NDA was formed in 1998 for capturing power by the BJP and some of its ideological allies, the loss of an instrument of governance ...
- When Truth Is No Defence (Tribune, P. P. Rao, Jan 05, 2005)
CORRUPTION has assumed alarming proportions. The epidemic has spread to the judiciary to some extent. The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, miserably failed to prevent or check corruption.
- Ec’S New Guidelines (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 05, 2005)
MONDAY’s meeting of the Election Commission with over 800 observers assumes special significance in the context of its concerted efforts to make the ensuing elections in Haryana, Bihar and Jharkhand free and fair.
- Uncertain Certainties (Gulf News, M.J. Akbar, Jan 04, 2005)
It is natural: in the first week of January every right-thinking Indian wants to know what will happen in the coming year.
- Analytical Review Of Subsidies: (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 03, 2005)
In its National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), the UPA Government had pledged that all subsidies will be targeted sharply at the poor and the truly needy
- Open Defiance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 03, 2005)
THE Chautala government is adopting a strange and unacceptable attitude towards the Election Commission of India, a constitutional body.
- Vat Will Bring Out Black Money: Onkar Singh (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jan 02, 2005)
The implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) system from April 1 will bring out a large portion of the black money in the economy besides enhancing the tax compliance.
- Good Morning, It’S 2005 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 01, 2005)
The calendar is an artificial construct but it is without doubt a useful way to mark the passing hours; to demarcate time past from time present and time future and, importantly, to imagine new beginnings.
- The Killer Brew (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 30, 2004)
The 51 Mumbai slum-dwellers who died on Monday after consuming spurious liquor did not know that the “cheap kick” they were enjoying during extended Christmas celebrations would make them sleep forever.
- Tsunami Damage Put At Rs. 5,500 Cr. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2004)
Preliminary estimates made by industry have put the economic cost of the destruction caused by the tsunami in India at Rs. 5,500 crores.
- Bjp: A Year Of Disappointments (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 28, 2004)
One year is hardly of any consequence in the life of a political party, but 2004 would definitely be remembered as a year of catharsis in the 24 years’ existence of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Politics Of Defacement (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 28, 2004)
Politicians not only pollute politics, but come elections they also indulge in the defacement of private and public property with impunity.
- The Ideology Of Numbers (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 27, 2004)
The past week has been a week of FIRs. It began with the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav, the CEO of Bazee.com, Mr Avinash Bajaj, and others involved in the "tape" issue.
- Sex, Lies And Mms (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 26, 2004)
The past week has been a week of FIRs. It began with the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav, the CEO of Bazee.com, Mr Avinash Bajaj, and others involved in the "tape" issue.
- North Or South, Arbitrary Judgments Against Women Are Similar (Tribune, Usha Bande, Dec 26, 2004)
IN the din created by issues like empowerment of women, reservation in Parliament, and gender sensilisation, the women's real voice, the voice of the woman at the grass roots is often drowned.
- We Were Being Sidelined In Bjp: Shastri (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Dec 26, 2004)
ON December 10, 2004, Sunil Shastri, the third son of former Prime Minister (late) Lal Bahadur Shastri, made a quiet exit from the BJP to float his own political party
- Democracy With A Difference (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Dec 26, 2004)
WITH its red soil, distant low hills,smiling tribal faces crowding the weekly haats, Bankura district in West Bengal is easy on the eyes. Next door is Midnapore, the largest district in the state but very different.
- Khaps Fail To Keep Pace With Change (Tribune, S.S. Boora, Dec 25, 2004)
The recent judgments by the clan-based khaps in Haryana in certain matrimonial matters have raised a storm for being insensitive to the dignity and prestige of women.
- Second Green Revolution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2004)
President Abdul Kalam, on a visit to Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, called for a second Green Revolution. This is bound to raise the question: was the first Green Revolution a success? The dominant view is: yes, it was.
- A Bill Of Her Own? (Indian Express, BINA AGARWAL, Dec 23, 2004)
The government’s intent of amending the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) towards gender equality is heartening. But the proposed amendments are inadequate.
- Sale Of Girls (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2004)
THE issue of the reported sale of girls in the Transgiri area of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh figured in the Assembly on Monday.
- Laloo’S Lapse (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 22, 2004)
The Election Commission can expect the task of holding free and fair elections in the three states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana to be an enormous challenge. In anticipation of the many difficulties it is likely to face in conducting
- Notes For Votes? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 21, 2004)
The very fact that the Election Commission has spread out the forthcoming Assembly elections in Bihar and Jharkhand in three phases from February 3 to 23, against just one day in Haryana
- Vote On Account (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2004)
Quick on the heels of the announcement of elections to the Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana comes controversy. In the middle of the storm is — who else but Lalu Prasad, caught on camera distributing 100-rupee notes in a Dalit locality.
- To The Polls (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2004)
THE election dates have such a profound bearing on the itineraries of leaders these days that the sudden announcement of the schedule for Haryana, Bihar and Jharkhand by the Chief Election Commissioner has thrown the best-laid plans of politicians out of
- Satyameva Jayate (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandran, Dec 17, 2004)
THE law may be an ass and justice blindfolded, but truth may well tilt the scales in contempt proceedings if the Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 1 gets passed. The Contempt of Court (Amendment) Bill, 2004, provides for making truth a valid de
- Girls For Sale In Himachal (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Dec 16, 2004)
Driven by extreme poverty and social backwardness, villagers across the Transgiri area of Sirmaur district in Himachal are forced to sell girls, often to physically challenged and aged men from Punjab and Haryana.
- In A Buffalo Economy (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Dec 15, 2004)
On a field trip to rural Haryana, what struck me was the dissonance between per capita incomes and living conditions, especially as they affect women.
- Why `She' Still Remains Unwanted (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 15, 2004)
A conference on sex selection diagnosis and female foeticide in Goa last week brought to light the disturbing proof of India holding one half of its population
- P(l)ots Of Money (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2004)
OF all the election-oriented, populist announcements made by the Haryana Cabinet on Saturday, the most unsettling one with far-reaching consequences is the decision to regularise some 1,054 unauthorised colonies in the state.
- Needed, Politics Of Moderation (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2004)
There are few holidays in coalition governments and as the United Progressive Alliance completes six months in office, we would do well to look at the formations both within the ruling coalition and the Opposition.
- Out In The Cold (Business Line, Joseph Prabakar, Dec 11, 2004)
Excise valuation based on `normal wholesale price' was in vogue till June 2000. The Government thought it fit to replace the wholesale price concept with transaction value, which is a WTO-approved method for Customs valuation.
- In Election Mode (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2004)
THE three Haryana Bills facilitating municipal and panchayat elections 120 days before the end of a local body’s term have got the Governor’s assent after an avoidable standoff.
- Vultures And Values (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
For long has the United States been described as a “vulture culture” which is very different from having a few culture vultures, like we do in India.
- Democracy On Decline (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
The Punjab Assembly holds fewer sessions and spends much less time on debating matters of public interest than before. These are the findings of its own secretariat.
- Mission Horticulture (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2004)
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who was in Chandigarh on Friday to open the CII’s Agro Tech fair, made two significant statements. One, a National
- Ever Changing Situation (Deccan Herald, T SREEDHAR RAO, Dec 04, 2004)
The J&K problems have to be dealt with at two levels, by separating out Pakistan from the Hurriyat and the jehadis
- Private Eye (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 30, 2004)
Last week a Delhi teenager circulated on mobile phones sexually explicit shots of himself and a friend, sparking off a debate on technology and privacy. By most accounts
- Unhappy Days Are Here Again (Telegraph, Nalin Verma, Nov 30, 2004)
There is little reason to suspect that the BJP will have an easy time in the forthcoming state polls in Jharkhand and Bihar
- Mid-Day Meal Shame (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 29, 2004)
THE school authorities in Haryana have been prompt in reacting to the story about children being served worm-infested and fungus-affected food under the mid-day meal scheme of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan
- Scourge Of Litigation (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Nov 27, 2004)
Paradoxically, the government has emerged as the biggest litigant in the administration of justice. Judges and lawyers are generally blamed for clogged up courts
- Meals For Students (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 26, 2004)
The Supreme Court’s directive to all the states and Union Territories on Wednesday to provide cooked mid-day meal to school children up to Class V by January 2005 is timely.
- “rebibal” Of Haryana Connexion (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Nov 26, 2004)
“Axe-kyooj me Bhai Shaab, are you note Raaz-Beer!” He held me by the shoulder at the World Trade and made me turn a full hundred and eighty degrees. “Yes I am but…sorry I couldn’t place you, sir,” I said, meekly protesting against the whack.
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