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Articles 1721 through 1820 of 2218:
- Chautala Vs Centre (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 25, 2004)
With a Congress-led government at the Centre, the going has got tougher for Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. First blow came after the Centre declared Chautala’s much-touted goodwill visit to Pakistan to bring holy waters from the village of
- Food For Thought (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 24, 2004)
THE proverbial route to a child's heart is through his stomach, but this is obviously a lesson lost on those entrusted with the education of children.
- Dubious Package (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 22, 2004)
It is not a very exciting prospect to have to think of Mr Narendra Modi as part of one’s private, conjugal decisions. But the chief minister of Gujarat could become an important factor in the size of the family that an elected representative in Mr Modi’s
- The Undoing Of An Alliance (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Nov 21, 2004)
By 2004 the BJP's alliance magic had started to wear off, unnoticed by a world immersed in raising a toast to "Shining India,"
- The Wilting Lotus (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Nov 19, 2004)
The secular camp could not have written a better script for itself. Not only has its main political opponent, the BJP, lost two elections in a row, the party has fallen into such disarray that its plight is almost embarrassing to behold.
- Huda’S Callous Attitude (Tribune, Subhash C. Jain, Nov 18, 2004)
The Haryana Urban Development Authority’s failure to allot land to the applicants even after six months from the last date calls for intervention by the Supreme Court. On October 31, 2004...
- Charged Atmosphere (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 17, 2004)
The long “chargesheet” made by Congress leaders in Haryana against Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, which the latter prefers to call a “vague, baseless and politically motivated” memorandum, has come out at an unusual time.
- Cauvery: Disappointments, Appeals (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Nov 09, 2004)
The lower riparian has rights and unless the upper riparian is prepared to accept this, there can be no resolution of the dispute.
- Barnala I Know (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 08, 2004)
Just because Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, in 1990, when he was the Governor of Tamil Nadu, refused to comply with the wishes of the then Prime Minister, Mr Chandra Sekhar, to send a report to the President
- Frivolous Case (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2004)
It is a legal battle in which the petitioner himself has become the loser. The petitioner, Mr Sanjeev Bhandari, had challenged the auction of liquor vends in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the ground that the Punjab Excise Department had ignored ...
- Musharraf Limits Pakistan’S Bargaining Position (Tribune, David Devadas, Nov 07, 2004)
Poor General Musharraf. Considering the historic import of what he has recently proposed regarding Jammu and Kashmir, he must be sorely disappointed by the responses from this side of the border.
- Need To Contain India’S Expanding Population (Tribune, Seema Sengupta, Nov 07, 2004)
THE need to focus serious attention on population control for a developing country like India is of paramount importance.
- The Uniform Beckons (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 05, 2004)
Lack of language skills of candidates for the army from K’taka affects recruitment
- Import To Consume (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Nov 04, 2004)
Every day, thousands of commodities are transported from other states of India to West Bengal for local consumption.
- Litigation As A Weapon (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2004)
THE Punjab and Haryana High Court’s strictures against the Punjab Government for indulging in wholly unnecessary litigation are timely and a blow for justice.
- Whither National Farmers Commission? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 03, 2004)
At the fag end of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime, on the initiative of the former Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a National Farmers Commission was set up to look into all aspects of
- The Politics Of Governor's Office (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 03, 2004)
In the interest of smooth Centre-State relations and in a truly federal structure it is desirable that a chief minister be consulted on the appointment of a Governor.
- Chautala’S Sops (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2004)
FEW can challenge the rationale behind the Haryana Day giveaways Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala announced at Kaithal on Monday, but the timing and the motive were certainly questionable.
- Going Home (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2004)
How happy is a happy ending? In Jhajjar, Haryana, Sonia, eighteen months married and three months pregnant, will now be allowed to go back to her marital home as “daughter-in-law of the village”.
- Stopping Honour Killing (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 29, 2004)
Pakistan's National Assembly has passed a law introducing death as the maximum punishment in extreme cases of so-called honour killings.
- Enhancing Food Security (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Oct 28, 2004)
Space technology can help double the country’s foodgrain production to meet the increase in demand
- Tackling Shortage Of Water, Power (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Oct 27, 2004)
The Pong dam and Ranjit Sagar reservoirs are seldom full to the brim during the monsoon. This year the reservoirs were hardly half full. Four MAF of the Beas water has already been diverted to the Gobind Sagar reservoir to facilitate the running of
- Food Security Of India Not Tenable (Tribune, Joginder Singh, Oct 26, 2004)
It is well known that the progress of agricultural production, particularly on the food front in the country, has been remarkable. In spite of a fast growth of population, a healthy interaction of farmers, agricultural scientists, policy planners and ...
- How India Hurts Its Tourism (Tribune, Prem Kumar , Oct 25, 2004)
I am an NRI from Canada. I went there for higher studies some 30 years ago and stayed on. Now an affluent pensioner, I am in India to renew my ancestral bonds and visit its major religious and historical sites.
- Let The Saffron Kumbhakarnas Sleep (The Economic Times, RAJIV DESAI, Oct 24, 2004)
What ideology? The BJP is intellectually and morally bankrupt with just one item on its agenda: power.
- Another Most-Disturbing Setback (The Economic Times, R PRATAP RUDY, Oct 24, 2004)
The Maharashtra election is the second-most disturbing setback for the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls.
- Contract Farming: Joining Hands For Mutual Gains (Tribune, K.N. Rai, Oct 24, 2004)
Globalisation has brought enormous opportunities for Indian agrarian economy. Besieged with problems like fragmented landholdings, the lack of infrastructure
- Let The Saffron Kumbhakarnas Sleep (The Economic Times, RAJIV DESAI, Oct 23, 2004)
What ideology? The BJP is intellectually and morally bankrupt with just one item on its agenda: power. The Maharashtra result is part of an ongoing process of rejecting the BJP's cynical and amoral quest for power.
- Collapse Of A Flyover (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2004)
While Panipat badly needs a flyover on the Sher Shah Suri Marg cutting through the city, the one it had on the road to Rohtak collapsed suddenly on Thursday morning.
- Another Most-Disturbing Setback (The Economic Times, R PRATAP RUDY, Oct 23, 2004)
The Maharashtra election is the second-most disturbing setback for the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls.
- Another Most-Disturbing Setback (The Economic Times, R PRATAP RUDY, Oct 22, 2004)
The Maharashtra election is the second-most disturbing setback for the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls.
- Let The Saffron Kumbhakarnas Sleep (The Economic Times, RAJIV DESAI, Oct 22, 2004)
What ideology? The BJP is intellectually and morally bankrupt with just one item on its agenda: power. The Maharashtra result is part of an ongoing process of rejecting the BJP's cynical and amoral quest for power.
- Babes In The Advertising Wood (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Oct 21, 2004)
There was a news item, recently, regarding a case filed against a bottled-drink maker by a child labour activist at Hyderabad, for glorifying child labour.
- Maharashtra Elections — War Is Over, Skirmishes Are On (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 20, 2004)
That Indian voters will never cease to spring surprises has been proved yet again, in Maharashtra. In fact, they have shown their ability to spring double surprises.
- Back To Advani (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 20, 2004)
The change in the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party is nothing but dramatic. The explanation Mr Venkaiah Naidu proffered for quitting the post was just for public consumption.
- The New Hindu Growth Rate! (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Oct 20, 2004)
Ironically, economic prosperity and higher literacy levels seem to lead to mass slaughter of the girl child in India
- Save The Cotton (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 18, 2004)
The prospect of a record harvest notwithstanding, a crisis is brewing for cotton farmers. The preliminary crop estimates doing the rounds are more damaging to farmers than rewarding.
- The Terror Of Khaps: Leadership Cowers Before Kangaroo Courts (Tribune, L. H. Naqvi, Oct 17, 2004)
Sonia of Asanda is lucky to be alive. So is her husband Rampal. Any number of instances can be dug up of khap panchayats having ordered the killing of couples for defying the oppressive and irrational caste-based social code of the community.
- ‘No’ To Mewat District (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2004)
It is indeed surprising how the Haryana government went ahead with its proposal of creating the district of Satyamev Puram in Mewat, despite an explicit ban on the creation of new administrative units by the Delimitation Commission.
- 85th Amendment On Promotions (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Oct 16, 2004)
The Punjab Government, especially Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, has been repeatedly asserting that the 85th Amendment to the Constitution would be implemented soon.
- Why Can’T Dm Take Action? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2004)
THE trauma Sonia of Asanda has been subjected to is not likely to have an early end. The television channels are now chasing her story.
- The Tehelka Commission (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The reliance on Commissions of Inquiry is misplaced. Increasingly, they are instruments of intimidation.
- Just Two (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 14, 2004)
Can “national interest” override private choice? It can, in Haryana and in a few other Indian states. The Supreme Court has now upheld the Haryana assembly’s legal competence to enact a law that could disqualify a member of the municipality if he or ...
- Rain Struck Now (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2004)
Untimely rain has damaged paddy — harvested, standing in the fields or lying in the mandis. Apart from Punjab and Haryana, reports of ruin have poured in from Himachal Pradesh as well.
- Of Sonia And Gudiya (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2004)
The story of the plight of Gudiya and Sonia of Asanda village in Haryana are strikingly similar. Gudiya was eight months pregnant with Taufiq’s child when her first husband Arif, a soldier, returned after five years in Pakistani jails
- Return Of The Native (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2004)
Political battlelines will need to be redrawn in Haryana, now that the Haryana Vikas Party of former Chief Minister Bansi Lal is set to merge with the Congress.
- Death For Daughters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2004)
Recently, a father in Kauli village near Patiala shot dead his one-month-old second daughter and buried her body in the nearby fields. The killing of daughters, both born and unborn, is all too common in Punjab, a state that has the lowest adverse male...
- Bloodthirsty Honour (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Oct 10, 2004)
Eve teasing. Voluntary sati. And now, honour killings. These oxymoron-ridden phrases wreak violence on our language every day. They also mirror flesh-and-blood violence.
- Lahore Retains Its Grandeur (Tribune, Tarlochan Singh, Oct 09, 2004)
Recently, I got an invitation to accompany Mr O.P. Chautala, Chief Minister of Haryana, to visit Sodhara village in Gujranwala district where Bhai Kanhaiya, a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, was born about 325 years ago.
- Rabi Prospects (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 07, 2004)
Even as the kharif harvest gathers momentum, it is clear that actual output of several crops — rice, coarse grain, pulses, and oilseeds — will not only fall considerably below the target but also short of the kharif 2003 output.
- Haryanvi’S Moment Of Pride (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 03, 2004)
ONE wonders if cricket still remains the gentlemen’s game, judging by petty manipulation witnessed in what should have been a routine election of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Never before election to a sports body has seen intrigue of ...
- An Unwarranted Transfer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2004)
THE Haryana Government has abruptly, though not unexpectedly, transferred the Director of Secondary Education, Mr Ashok Khemka, who withheld teachers’ transfers effected frequently, arbitrarily and mid-way by the Chief Minister’s office.
- A Crusader Against Social Injustice (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 26, 2004)
Ask 89 bonded labourers about the joy and importance of freedom preceded by days of agony as slaves and you will listen blood-curdling tales of brutality.
- Small Family Or The Two-Child Norm? (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 26, 2004)
In the wake of the raging controversy on the inclusion of the two-child norm in the population programme, the Central Government has stated that it is "against coercion, incentives and targets''.
- Gudiya’S Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 26, 2004)
Arif or Taufiq? Does Gudiya really have the power to choose in this bizarre problem play of one woman, two husbands and an unborn child? She does not, and she never did.
- Farming In Us And India — The Ground Reality On Subsidies (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Sep 25, 2004)
A comparison of farm production costs in India with those in the US reveals that the Indian farmer is clearly cost-competitive relative to his American counterpart in virtually every item.
- Sensitivity Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2004)
The armed forces should now evolve as a woman-friendly organisation
- Safety In Schools (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2004)
States must ensure that safety norms are followed in all private and govt schools
- Meals At Mid-Day (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 18, 2004)
The Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday on the mid-day meal scheme is significant for three reasons. First, it has restrained the Centre from taking steps to transfer the administration of mid-day meals in schools to the states.
- National Tax Tribunal — Importance Of Judicial Composition (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Sep 18, 2004)
In view of the large backlog of cases the National Tax Tribunal needs to be set up quickly. The Government decision to set up as many NTT Benches as there are High Courts is also welcome.
- Return To Baikunth In August (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 18, 2004)
The last week of August when the monsoon should have well been beating the retreat, it seemed it had just been woken up after sleeping through June, July and most of August till alarm bells sounded warning of a drought.
- Universal Education The Key (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Sep 18, 2004)
Technology has become the key to sustainable development, social transformation and economic power
- Muslim Votes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 17, 2004)
When a state government starts unfolding plans and packages, it means two things. One, the term of the present Assembly is about to end.
- Child Marriages (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2004)
NO purpose would be served by expressing surprise or shock over reports of child marriages in free India. The questionable custom continues to enjoy social sanction in parts of Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and several other states. In ancient India,
- Pseb Losses Not Due To Thein Dam (Tribune, Harpal Singh, Sep 13, 2004)
This refers to the article “Why PSEB is in a financial mess” written by Harbans Singh (July 28). The present financial status of the Punjab State Electricity Board has been attributed by Harbans Singh, a former Chairman of the PSEB to two major factors...
- Powerless In The North (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2004)
IN this sultry weather nothing irritates more than frequent power disruptions, scheduled as well as unscheduled. Apart from the ordinary citizen getting inconvenienced, industrial and agricultural activity has been hit in Punjab and Haryana.
- Endangered Daughters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2004)
Punjab is arguably the most prosperous state of India and yet it continues to bear the cross of having the most skewed male-female sex ratio. The state has only 897 women for every 1000 men.
- With Love From A Pathan (Tribune, Shubhadeep Choudhury, Sep 10, 2004)
THOUGH I am Hindu by religion, ethnically I am a Pathan,” the gentleman told me with a touch of pride in his voice. He was tall but rather on the thinner side. We were both waiting for someone in an office room.
- An Inld Misadventure In Haryana (Tribune, Shyam Chand, Sep 08, 2004)
THE Haryana Government’s decision to amend the Punjab Agricultural Produce Marketing Act, 1961, to allow contractors to enter the market for the purchase of agricultural produce is a retrogressive step which will throw farmers again in the money-lender’s
- Glitzy Ghaggar (Tribune, Anurag, Sep 07, 2004)
The havoc wrought by the swollen waters of the Ghaggar river was disproportionate to its inconsequential size and shape most months of the year. Riding on the crest of torrential rains and relying on clogged troughs, any water body would run revengeful br
- River Link Needed Only In Haryana, Rajasthan And Tamil Nadu (Tribune, Ram Niwash Malik, Sep 05, 2004)
THE concept of interlinking of rivers is very old in India. Dr K.L. Rao, the celebrated engineer and former Union Minister, wrote about linking the Ganga with the Cauvery through a 2640-km-long canal in his famous book “India’s Water Wealth”.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Hindu, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- The Spirit Of Promissory Estoppel (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Sep 04, 2004)
Promissory estoppel is not limited only to cases where there is some contractual relationship or other pre-existing legal relationship between the parties.
- Action Needed Now (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 30, 2004)
If depletion of groundwater tables continues, water conflicts will worsen in coming years
- Stem The Rising Tide (Telegraph, Ashok Ganguly, Aug 30, 2004)
By a single act of passing a legislation in the state assembly to prevent the flow of water into Haryana and Rajasthan, the Punjab government has put in train events which will have long-term reverberations across India.
- “july Package” Of Wto (Tribune, J. George, Aug 28, 2004)
THE “July package” of WTO, hailed as the historic framework agreement to save the Doha mandate, has to be situated within the confines of the agriculture landscape of Haryana.
- The Hub And Spoke Of Vat (Business Line, Abhijeet Virmani, Aug 27, 2004)
Implementation of the Value Added Tax regime will, in no uncertain terms, change the logistics and supply chain management scene in the country.
- View And Review (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 26, 2004)
Quite expectedly, the Supreme Court has dismissed the review petition of Punjab seeking reconsideration of its order asking the Centre to construct the unfinished portion of the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.
- Simple Problem, Simple Solution (Tribune, Karan Singh Dalal, Aug 25, 2004)
CAPT Amarinder Singh has unwittingly provided an avoidable and contentious issue to the politicians of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan by enacting the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004.
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