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- Will Bjp’s Hype Turn Into Votes? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 29, 2003)
If hype is an indicator of victory, and the BJP has certainly managed to create it around its victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, then the party is on its way to notching up the 300 Lok Sabha seats that Venkaiah Naidu has been talking
- Politicians As Easy Targets (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 27, 2003)
A society that acquires habitual contempt for politics and politicians is not a society on the road to moral enlightenment; it is a society opening itself up to despotism.
- Rain And Shine (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
He is one Vedic god who refuses to oblige. But this has been the year when Lord Varuna has been more than kind to India. So much so, that the showers might result in early general elections
- Supreme Court Has Stood Up For The Meek (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Dec 26, 2003)
2003 will certainly go down in the histroy of Indian judiciary as an eventful and significant year with the Supreme Court writing some new chapters in the jurisprudence book by giving candid opinions on controversial issues like the common civil code ...
- First Step In Pds Reform (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
THE DECISION OF the Union Cabinet to maintain the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat produced in the rabi crop of 2003-04 at effectively the same level as last year is a welcome development. The Government had earlier this year pegged the MSP ...
- Now Potato Dumping (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
FOR the past six years potato prices have ruled low in Punjab due to excess production. Three years ago for the first time farmers came out on the roads in large numbers with their tractor-trailers and dumped potatoes in Jalandhar to protest against the
- Over 300 Ministers To Lose Their Jobs, Happy New Year (Indian Express, Aasha Khosa, Dec 19, 2003)
For once, stop blaming politicians. They all got together in Parliament to pass a landmark law that makes it next to impossible to switch camps for jobs. They also stand to lose: Cabinet size can’t be more than 15% of House strength. So they will bring...
- Post-Reform Anomaly — Parts Not Keeping `Full' Pace (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Dec 17, 2003)
THE overall growth rate of the country should not blur our vision to the growing disparities in the prosperity level, per capita income and job opportunities from State to State. The strategy for a higher growth in these sub-par States should be multi
- Breaking New Ground (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
DECEMBER 2003 COULD well go down as a watershed month in the country's agriculture history. It is no ordinary coincidence that two significant events are taking place this month. The launch of futures trading in wheat and rice earlier this week is ...
- Aiims: A Look Back (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2003)
AMONG the temples of modern India which Jawaharlal Nehru designed was a centre of excellence in the medical sciences. Nehru's dream was that such a centre would set the pace for medical education and research in South-East Asia , and in this he had the...
- Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 15, 2003)
The more things change, the more they are the same. It was in 1968 that the proposal to limit the size of the Cabinets, at the Centre and in the States, was first mooted by Y.B. Chavan, the Home Minister in the Indira Gandhi Government. The ceiling was
- Doomed In The Womb? (Hindu, Asha Krishnakumar , Dec 14, 2003)
Is the fall in the number of girl children closely linked to the declining sex ratio at birth resulting from female foeticide? On the situation in the four southern States.
- What The Law Says (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
Legislation is a necessary but not a sufficient condition to enhance sex ratios.
- Haryana-Born Contesting For Mayorship In Us (Tribune, Ela Dutt , Dec 13, 2003)
AN Indian American woman politician seeking to become the mayor of a California county wants buses there to ply on compressed natural gas (CNG) a la New Delhi.
- What To Do About Spurious Drugs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
THE MASHELKAR COMMITTEE'S recommendations to check the proliferation of counterfeit and substandard drugs dovetail with the Government's pharmaceutical policy that was unfurled in 2002. But implementing its proposals will require a real ...
- Preparing For Drought (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
Need to implement recommendations
- Creating Jobs In Haryana (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Dec 12, 2003)
‘Suraksha Sathi’ scheme is not the answer
- ‘muslims Don’t Provoke. They’re Scared. This Scared Indian Muslim Is A Big Threat To The Unity Of Our Country’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 10, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at his native village Saifi in Etawah.Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk:
- Eye On Ls Polls, Bjp To Cement Ties With Allies (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 07, 2003)
Having swept the Assembly elections in three states, the BJP is getting ready for the big fight — the Lok Sabha polls. And the party, not one to leave anything to chance, is all set to tone up the NDA and has even initiated a massive exercise to cement...
- Cancun To Geneva — Caution Should Be The Watchword (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 04, 2003)
LONG before the formation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), late President, Jules Nyrere of Tanzania, the committed socialist and visionary African leader, told the industrialised West "Do not give us `aid', instead, give our products (he meant ...
- Coping With Aids (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
IT is scary. At least 40 million people are reportedly infected with the HIV virus today —most of them in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Some 4.5 million AIDS patients live in India alone; China’s figures are equally disturbing. Anti-AIDS programmes have
- The Status Of Children In India (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- ‘honour’ Killings Continue Unabated (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, Dec 03, 2003)
THE recent incident of a youth being hacked to death by his wife’s relations in Jahan Khelan village in Hoshiarpur district has once again brought to light the growing intolerance to women exercising their right to choice of a life partner, and the sharp
- Himachal Politics Has Its Cricketers Clean Bowled (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Dec 01, 2003)
If the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) was to conduct a coaching camp today for its players, the venue would probably be either Patiala in Punjab or Panchkula in Haryana. Not Una, Bilaspur or Mandi, all Himachal towns possessing cricket ground
- Yes, Mr President (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2003)
Last week, in our mailbox came a very special letter. From one of our very special readers, President A P J Abdul Kalam. Responding to our announcement that we were building a memorial in Chandigarh for over 6000 soldiers who sacrificed their lives for...
- Govt As Your Delivery Boy (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 30, 2003)
When this piece is published, the dust and din of the election campaign would have settled in the States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and in the Union of Territory of Delhi. Tomorrow (December 1) is the day of the poll. Mizoram went to...
- A Bitter Cup For Sugarcane Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 26, 2003)
The Centre has set up a committee to study the sugarcane pricing situation. While appointing the panel was a good idea, the committee itself seems to have a weak structure, with mills and farmers finding no representation. Nor does the panel have a watert
- A Bitter Cup For Sugarcane Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 26, 2003)
The Centre has set up a committee to study the sugarcane pricing situation. While appointing the panel was a good idea, the committee itself seems to have a weak structure, with mills and farmers finding no representation. Nor does the panel have a watert
- Haryana: Ias Official Took State Govt To Court (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 26, 2003)
When Sanjiv Kumar took charge as Director, Primary Education in Haryana, he saw a mini steel almirah wrapped like a gift in swathes of white bandage and sealed in at least 30 places. Little did he know that a list kept inside — of 3,206 primary teachers a
- Sc: Get Cbi To Probe Selection Of Teachers By Chautala Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Giving a fillip to the role of whistle-blowers, the Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into allegations that the Om Prakash Chautala government in Haryana subverted the selection of 4,000 primary school teachers three years ago. The inquiry is to be
- A Bitter Cup For Sugarcane Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 26, 2003)
The Centre has set up a committee to study the sugarcane pricing situation. While appointing the panel was a good idea, the committee itself seems to have a weak structure, with mills and farmers finding no representation. Nor does the panel have a watert
- Delay Is Double Whammy (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 22, 2003)
The law on delay as a defence in prosecution cases is hazy
- Delay Is Double Whammy (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 22, 2003)
The law on delay as a defence in prosecution cases is hazy, says T. C. A. Ramanujam
- Daler Pops Up, Makes A Land Deal On The Run Sells A 9-Acre Plot For Rs 30 Lakh (Indian Express, Raghvendra Rao, Nov 21, 2003)
Singer Daler Mehndi may be on the run but that has not stopped him from striking property deals. While the Punjab police were initiating the process of declaring him a proclaimed offender (PO) on November 17, the pop star was selling a plot in Sohna, near
- Rabi Sowing Keeps Farm Output Impetus Going (Business Line, M.R. Subramani, Nov 19, 2003)
Oilseeds sowing, so far, is the highest in three years at 44 lakh hectares, a rise of 12 lakh hectares over last year.
- Before He Became Mos, Judeo Asked In House: Can Foreign Firms Get Mining Leases In India (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 17, 2003)
IF it’s a coincidence, it’s a very very telling one.
Guess one of the questions Union Minister of State for Environment Dilip Singh Judeo asked in the Rajya Sabha on December 18, 2002, a month before he became Minister: He requested information on ‘‘c
- New Delhi, New Voter (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 08, 2003)
In Raipur, they throw free schoolbags at you; in the capital, lower SPM levels
- Girls Missing Again, This Time In Schools (Indian Express, Amba Batra, Nov 07, 2003)
Drive 30 minutes from Delhi to learn why India’s at bottom of UNESCO report
- Karnataka Top Software Exporter: Esc (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2003)
KARNATAKA exported software worth Rs 14,100 crore ($2.91 billion) in 2002-03 to emerge as the leading software exporting State in the country, according to the Electronic and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC)
- Dcm Group To Revamp, Sell-Off Engg Business (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
To turn around the loss making company and repay its Rs 415 crore debt, DCM Ltd on Saturday announced a major restructuring plan involving the sale of DCM engineering products business to financial institutions (FIs) and new investors for Rs 100.6 crore a
- In Nahan, Army Gets Its Cutting Edge (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Oct 28, 2003)
A few weeks after Gen N C Vij took over as the army chief, he sent out a letter asking for a comprehensive review of the special forces, their training and the on-hold modernisation. The immediate beneficiary of the initiative was the Special Forces Train
- Throw Pota Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2003)
THE SHORT AND benighted history of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (2001) and Act (2002) has made some things clear. Adopted under cover of re-empowering the state to combat terrorism post-September 11, this extraordinary law was bad in ...
- Festival Of India (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Oct 27, 2003)
So many reasons for Diwali
- Personality Politics (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Oct 27, 2003)
Both the BJP and the Congress plan to focus on their prime ministerial candidates, and the exchanges between them could get nastier in the days to come.
- The U.P. Burden (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
Nearly 60 per cent of the complaints of human rights violation are from Uttar Pradesh.
- This Diwali, Heart Of Darkness Is Bright & Shining (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 25, 2003)
Ex-Leftist, builder-turned-activist, revived water system have brought revolution
- Where Has The Girl Child Gone? Latest Data Tells Grim Story (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 21, 2003)
Punjab, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat are worst offenders
- Tourism Hubs To Pop Up Along 800-Km Long ‘riverbed’ (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Oct 21, 2003)
The mythical Saraswati is yet to be traced but Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Jagmohan has already announced an ambitious Rs 5-crore Saraswati Heritage Project, which aims to develop the ‘‘Saraswati river belt’’ as a ‘‘cultural-tourist’’ hub with
- Sterilisation Gets A Good Name, That Too In Haryana (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 19, 2003)
Chautala’s unique scheme: get sterilised, we pay Rs 500 per month until your daughter turns 20, Rs 200 if it’s a son
- An Insidious Campaign (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Oct 19, 2003)
From being confined to isolated backward pockets of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, the naxalites have spread their network across several States
- Prosecution For Cheque Bouncing — Where Does The Nominee Director Stand? (Business Line, T. S. Asokraj , Oct 17, 2003)
There is a debate over whether a nominee director enjoys full immunity under the newly enacted provisions of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act.
- Farm Sector Woes (Hindu, Bhanu Pratap Singh , Oct 17, 2003)
The decline in agricultural growth and increase in rural poverty have been due to the long persisting government indifference towards the farm sector.
- Messy Grain Management (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
THE MESS THAT foodgrains management has become needs to be sorted out quickly. In just about one year, the grain inventory is down by exactly half — from 55.4 million tonnes in September 2002 to 27.8 million tonnes last month.
- Breaking Free From Industrial Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 15, 2003)
WHAT are the real costs of food? When we buy a kg of rice or wheat, have we at any time wondered what its real cost could be against what we pay in the shop? We only are concerned about the `market' price of food, and not what it costs to produce.
- Dial Reform (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 15, 2003)
First in a four-part series on the bureaucratic, legal mess that’s crippling the future of Indian telecom
- Enlightenment, Buddha Style (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 11, 2003)
If India’s east is to emerge at all, Kolkata and West Bengal must be the engine
- Making Nfl Privatisation Work (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Oct 08, 2003)
FOLLOWING the lukewarm response to the Government offer for divestment of 51 per cent of its equity holding in the National Fertilisers Limited (NFL) the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Mr S. S. Dhindsa, has reportedly renewed his demand for
- Green Fuels Sooner Rather Than Later (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 08, 2003)
Govt says its plan on ethanol and biodiesel well on track
- Don’t Give Terrorists Easy Targets (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 04, 2003)
The ghastly attack on N. Chandrababu Naidu by PWG is an eye-opener. What compounded intelligence failure was that even routine procedures — like installing jammers that block remote control devices — were not followed. This made Naidu’s cavalcade a soft t
- Let's Start From The Scratch (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 02, 2003)
Cheap credit, SMP/SAP, crop insurance, free power... Agriculture policy-making has been reduced to tinkering with an eye on votes. It is time the slate of farm policies was wiped clean for a new draft with a new architecture and a new ambition
- What The Cobra Didn’t Tell Mr Paswan (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Sep 25, 2003)
Maybe it’s because his boss Murli Manohar Joshi is sulking at home. For, his deputy Sanjay Paswan, who is going gaga over the virtues of tantra and exorcism, is perhaps not aware that the HRD Ministry annually allocates funds to propagate ‘‘reason and
- Sahib Singh Wanted To Visit Serbia To Meet Fellow Jats (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Sep 21, 2003)
If you thought Haryana would be the right place to hold a world Jat conference, you were far off the mark. Union Labour Minister Sahib Singh Verma thinks Belgrade is the suitable venue. The reason: ‘Most inhabitants of the Serbian capital are Jats.’
- Back To The Temple (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Sep 20, 2003)
It's amazing how elections bring all Sangh outfits together on the Ayodhya issue. First the RSS and then the BJP promptly endorsed the VHP move to mobilise crowds for the temple. The BJP has steered clear of the issue in its five years in power. A senior
- In India’s North-East, A Murky Meat Mart (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Sep 19, 2003)
Hundreds of women have simply vanished, exported by the human trafficking industry
- Jobs For The Boys (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Sep 18, 2003)
All the celebrities on the Mulayam Singh bandwagon will soon have a finger in the Uttar Pradesh pie. The new chief minister is believed to have cleared the formation of an Uttar Pradesh Industrial Development Council to which he plans to appoint his ...
- Supportfolio (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Sep 14, 2003)
Mamata Banerjee, the Union Cabinet Minister without portfolio, can take heart from this. The UP government has six ministers — including Kusum Rai and Anuradha Chaudhary who made it to the Cabinet allegedly because of their proximity to Kalyan Singh and
- Sangh Kept At Bay (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Sep 13, 2003)
With the Government wanting to move cautiously on Israeli PM Ariel Sharon’s first visit to India, the Sangh Parivar was forced to keep a low profile while he was here. Apparently, RSS leaders, long-time admirers of Israel, were keen to meet Sharon. They
- Civil Society And Child Marriage (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Sep 09, 2003)
Girls should be taught to think beyond marriage and motherhood. Society should instill in them a sense of self-esteem
- ‘show Change On The Ground, People Will Join You’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 08, 2003)
Close on the heels of the Taj Heritage Corridor controversy, Union Minister for Tourism and Culture J Jagmohan spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-chief, The Indian Express, in front of the Taj Mahal. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk
- Discriminatory Strategies (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 07, 2003)
Retail investors were recently shocked to learn from the capital market regulator that many so-called mutual funds schemes had just one or two investors. A close look at the fine print reveals that the Mutual Fund (MF) industry is in fact gradually ...
- Driven Out By Jats, Harsola Dalits Too Scared To Return (Indian Express, RAJENDRA KHATRY, Sep 07, 2003)
Chased away from their homes by Jats seven months ago, the Dalits of Harsola village are too scared to return, preferring to live on alms within the Guru Ravidas Mandir here.
- Fraudulent Bank (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 31, 2003)
On August 25, the Haryana police finally arrested one Manik Lal Maitra, a non-resident Indian (NRI) operating from Germany who was brazenly running a ‘fraudulent bank’ at Copola Towers, Rajendra Place in New Delhi without Reserve Bank permission.
- Feats Unlimited: Woman Sarpanchs On Feet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
She is in her mid-’30s, a mother of four and a Dalit woman sarpanch who has studied till Std V. Urmila Dhonde is proud of her background, proud of the administrative experience and insight she has gained as sarpanch over the last three years. And now she
- In Name Of The Cow, 150 Carcasses Rot (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Aug 30, 2003)
On the face of it, this shouldn’t be a story: massive flooding leads to death of 150 cows. Carcass-disposal contractor is called in, goes about his work.
- The Man Both Maya And Mulayam Love (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Aug 29, 2003)
In the thick of the Taj Corridor controversy, Punia is considered Uttar Pradesh’s shrewdest, best-networked bureaucrat
- The Marriage Ratio (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Aug 25, 2003)
Can two such negative social trends as dowry and the poor sex ratio ever yield anything positive? While the large print (national media) dwells on divisive issues like caste and religion, the small print (regional media) is documenting events that may ...
- Want A Cow Bill? Go Tell It To This Child (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Aug 24, 2003)
Dalits were beaten, set ablaze on false charges of cow slaughter. All 32 accused are out on bail
- How Safe Is Our Water? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 24, 2003)
Groundwater is easily polluted and restoring its quality is impossibly expensive
- Rs 678 Cr Sugarcane Package (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
Government on Saturday approved a Rs 678-crore relief package for sugarcane farmers of five states. According to spokesperson Sushma Swaraj, the Centre will bring a new package for sugarcane growers of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the next Cab
- Voice Of Hindustan (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 23, 2003)
There was a time when most people of northern India extending from Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Peshawar to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Calcutta down to Bapu Gandhi’s Sabaramati spoke a language all Indians down to Andhra Pradesh could understand and speak
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