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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Cabinet Shuffle Eye On Calendar (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
The changes in the Congress organisation have set off speculation that a cabinet shuffle is in the offing.
- Home Is Here (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 25, 2007)
Hello, sir and madam. How are you?” I recognised the voice, even though 50 years ago the inquiry in regard to the sahib and memsahib’s health would have been worded in Hindustani.
- 'Sikh Organisation Might Be Behind Kanishka Blast' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Prime suspect in the 1985 Air India bombing Talwinder Singh Parmar had reportedly told Punjab police that leaders of a Sikh youth organisation might be behind the attack that claimed 329 lives, according to evidence presented to a public . . . .. .
- Digvijay For U.P., Arunkumar For Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
On the reconstituted All-India Congress Committee, Andhra Pradesh leader Arun Kumar has been appointed general secretary in charge of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Motilal Vora will remain treasurer with additional charge of Administration.
- How Is It Our Fault? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 25, 2007)
THE Supreme Court, seized with petition upon petition asking relief from the many abuses that the Constitution of our hapless country has suffered, is speaking, and speaking definitively.
- Gender Bias (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Sep 25, 2007)
Internationally sex ratio is defined as the number of men per 1000 women.
- Contours Of Water Crisis (Hindu, PARVATHI MENON, Sep 25, 2007)
Ramaswamy R. Iyer’s name is familiar to those who have followed the Cauvery river water dispute.
- Rahul Is Gen Secy In Major Congress Reshuffle (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Sep 25, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday inducted her son and Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi as a general secretary of the party.
- Woes Of Small Farmers (Tribune, G.S. Kalkat, Sep 24, 2007)
For a vast majority of farmers, the answer to the question whether the diversification of crops will improve their condition is ‘NO’ unless small-farmer-specific programmes are designed and implemented on a large scale.
- Kidnapped Shopkeeper Escapes (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
A shopkeeper, who was kidnapped by some militants today morning from Chachral village, near here, managed to give them a slip and surrendered before the Army at Tattapani, about 25 km from Chachral.
- Sharif’S First Shot Has Gone Awry (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 24, 2007)
That Nawaz Sharif may return to Pakistan before the general election in January does not surprise me.
- Fazlur Rehman, Party Politics And National Interest (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 24, 2007)
The combined opposition parties minus the PPP are threatened by another minus.
- The Myth Of Universal Primary Education (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2007)
All roads point to the need for quality education to save Pakistan from extremism and unsustainable growth. The paradox of high growth rates and low social sector indicators continues to plague the country.
- At 60, Free & All Over Ny (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 24, 2007)
Unmindful of the political schism in Delhi caused by the nuclear deal and an apparent lack of trust in the US as a friend or as an ally among sections of Indians, the Big Apple has embraced India.
- The Pak State Of General Panic (Asian Age, Vikram Sood, Sep 24, 2007)
All is not well in Musharraf’s realm as the General faces multiple crises — of legitimacy, credibility and authority.
- Weaving History Of Indian Textiles (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
It must be stated at the outset that the book under review is related to the enormously meaningful work that the noted organisation Dastkar has been doing in the Indian crafts world in general and in the arena of textiles in particular.
- On October 6 (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Sep 22, 2007)
A date at last,” began The News in its editorial (September 21) after Pakistan’s Election Commission announced that the presidential election would be conducted on October 6. It took stock of the calendar of events so far:
- Pakistanis Reject Bin Laden’S ‘Interference’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2007)
A call from Osama bin Laden for holy war against Pakistan's president and army found resonance on Friday among some in Pakistan’s conservative northwest but others rejected the cry for jihad as “interference”.
- An Organisation Shaped Hole (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 22, 2007)
Let us not be complacent. Our party organisation has to be infused with new energy and drive... There is now a momentum generated by our revival — let us not squander it.
- Unorganised Sector Evading Vat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2007)
Despite booming consumerism and good purchasing power of the people, poor VAT collection in the state is a worrying situation for the state Finance Minister.
- Print Pick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
Millions of people are born in this world.
- Migrants Have Enriched Punjab (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Sep 20, 2007)
The influx of migrant labourers to Punjab is a subject of intense interest and debate both within and without the state.
- Looming Water Woes (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Sep 20, 2007)
The remedy sometimes is worse than the problem. The Centre's reported proposal that companies be made to pay for the groundwater they use exposes its colossal ignorance of the intricacies of the issue of water conservation.
- Woman, Son Jailed For “Honour Killing” (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 20, 2007)
Nearly nine years after a young Sikh woman mysteriously disappeared while on a visit to India, her husband and mother-in-law were on Wednesday jailed for life for arranging her murder after it emerged that she was having an affair and wanted a divorce.
- Gang Smuggling Indians Busted In Belgium (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 20, 2007)
A large ring smuggling Indians and operating mainly in the Punjab has been smashed in Brussels by the Belgian police with the arrest of several Indians and their Iraqi Kurd associates.
- Jail Till 90 For Granny (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Sep 20, 2007)
A Sikh grandmother was today effectively warned she must die in jail when an Old Bailey judge told Bachan Athwal, 70, that for organising the brutal murder of her daughter-in-law, Surjit Athwal, in India, she will not only receive a life sentence . . . .
- 'Honour Killing' By Uk Sikh Family (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
A 70-year-old British Sikh woman has been jailed for life for the so-called "honour" killing of her daughter-in-law while holidaying in India nine years ago.
- About Musharraf’S Uniform (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 20, 2007)
President General Pervez Musharraf has told the Supreme Court Tuesday that he would give up his dual office and leave the post of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) after being re-elected as president of Pakistan.
- Beginning Of The End Of Musharraf? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2007)
On March 9,2007, Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf was enjoying absolute power.
- Sonia Jet In Air-Miss (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
A special air force jet carrying Sonia Gandhi came within 1,000ft of a Virgin Atlantic flight last week but civil aviation officials said the “air-miss” posed no danger.
- The Pashtuni Rage (OutLook, B. Raman , Sep 19, 2007)
Suicide terrorism is nothing new in South Asia. The Sri Lankan Tamils belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Punjabi Muslims belonging to the anti-Shia extremist organisations of Pakistan such as the Sipah-e-Sahaba . . .
- Nepal Polls No Sure Thing (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
All things being equal, as many as 17.6 million Nepali voters could conceivably to go the polls on November 22 to elect a Constituent Assembly to draw up a new constitution.
- Haryana Hurricane (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 19, 2007)
The regional distribution of investment in states offers some surprises and reinforces some stereotypes. Haryana and Orissa are witnessing big gains in investment, while Rajasthan, UP and Bihar remain BIMARU.
- For The Joy Of Doing Nothing! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
It is around noon at Kalka railway station, not too far from Shimla. As I step towards the exit gate, a handful of taxi drivers offer their services. “Solan, Sir”, one of them enquires.
- Recycling Hospital Waste (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 18, 2007)
AS the number of healthcare facilities increases in the country, so does the waste they produce.
- Crowd Politics In Pakistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 18, 2007)
IN THE Kafkaesque world of Pakistan’s politics we may also measure crowd-power not by the crowds that turn out but by the measures taken to pre-empt their formation.
- Struggle Over A Boom (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 18, 2007)
Pakistans Government led by President Pervez Musharraf likes to describe itself as being on the frontline of the war on terror.
- Mid-Air Scare For Sonia Plane (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 18, 2007)
The Plane flying Sonia Gandhi to Srinagar on September 10 came uncomfortably close to a commercial airliner soon after takeoff from Delhi.
- Accused Army Officer Names Civilian (Tribune, Shariq Majeed, Sep 18, 2007)
After an Army officer was arrested for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, further interrogations from him have reportedly pointed towards the involvement of a civilian in this case.
- Deceptive Statistics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 18, 2007)
BOTH Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his immediate predecessor Captain Amarinder Singh have claimed credit for Punjab having been adjudged the number one state at the fifth India Today conclave in New Delhi last Friday.
- Indian Overseas Congress Honours Nris In Uk (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
Five persons of Indian-origin have been honoured by Indian Overseas Congress (IOC), UK, for outstanding work in their respective fields, in a ceremony organised to mark 60 years of Indian Independence in London.
- Nri Funds Chair In California University (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
On September 10, Hardit Singh Aurora, an NRI, gifted $367,000 through the Sikh Foundation, to fund an endowed chair in Sikh and Punjabi studies in the history department of the University of California, Santa Cruz, in the memory of his son . . . .
- This ‘Free Market’ Free-For-All (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 17, 2007)
UNTIL Saturday the government seemed to be much too preoccupied with political gamesmanship to pay heed to issues that concern the public the most.
- Whose Money Is It, Sir? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 17, 2007)
IT may sound like an oxymoron but cheap publicity often comes at a great cost. Take, for instance, the millions being spent from the public exchequer by the Punjab chief minister on what is pure self-aggrandisement in the form of advertisements . . . . .
- More Representation For Smaller Provinces Sought (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
Civil society activists have reiterated that the federation would be strengthened if all the federating units are given equal rights and equal seats in parliament.
- Gender Bender (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Sep 17, 2007)
Some days ago, the Bombay High Court spoke up for the right to life of the female foetus. “Sex selection is not only against the spirit of the Indian Constitution, it also insults and humiliates womanhood.”
- Congress Eyeing Tie-Up With Arch-Rivals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
Amidst speculation about mid-term polls, the Congress appears to take even arch-rivals Samajwadi Party and BSP on board.
- Bsp Is Best Placed Of All (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Sep 17, 2007)
The Mayawati factor is going to dominate the political landscape over the next year.
- Ordeal Of Separation (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Sep 17, 2007)
Muslim leaders and intellectuals have squarely blamed Gandhi and Nehru for the emergence of Pakistan; this book is no different, write Prafull Goradia and KR Phanda
- No Cause For Pot-Belly (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 17, 2007)
Since time immemorial, potato has been considered a 'vegetable' whose excess consumption could lead to obesity. The myth has finaly been exploded. A new study by Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, clears the air over the popular . . . .
- Hc Stay On Withdrawal Of Cases Against Sad-Bjp Men (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the decision of the SAD-BJP ruling alliance to withdraw criminal cases against its leaders and supporters registered during the five-year Congress rule till further orders.
- Allow Fdi In Indian Banks (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 14, 2007)
Regardless of whether or not Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, joins the race for IFCI, what is undeniable is that there is no dearth of suitors for the once beleaguered term-lending institution.
- Dalit Rally (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 14, 2007)
ON the night of August 27, Rakesh Lara, a popular local leader of Valmikis, the community considered to be the lowest in the Dalit hierarchy, was shot dead by three motorcycle-borne assailants in Gohana town of Sonepat district in Haryana.
- Access To Farming Knowledge (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Sep 14, 2007)
IT is increasingly recognised that one factor in the persistent agrarian crisis is the proliferation of cultivation techniques that are based on inadequate and faulty knowledge being provided to farmers.
- Pakistan At The Crossroads (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, Sep 14, 2007)
Give a free hand to the Jihadis so that they can free Kashmir…all foreign policy should be according to Quran and Sunnah…we should openly support the Taliban…be it the mountains of Waziristan, Kashmir or the land of Punjab, there should . . . .
- Indians Are Baffled By The Paranoia And Prejudice Of European Liberals (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
'I am quite satisfied with my views on India," Winston Churchill declared in 1930, "and I don't want them disturbed by any bloody Indians."
- Musharraf’S Re-Election: Lawyers To Go On Strike (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Lawyers to organisations in Pakistan have threatened to go on strike if President Pervez Musharraf went ahead with his plans to seek re-election.
- The Language Of Loneliness (Deccan Herald, Sarfraz Manzoor, Sep 14, 2007)
Those who say the plan to make migrants learn English is illiberal are wrong - ask my mother.
- From Russia, With Love (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 14, 2007)
Revolutions, as they say, never cease. Ninety years after the last one, which came unstuck some 20 years ago, the Russians are in the throes of a new one.
- Nawaz Sharif’S Deportation And After (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 13, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf may have got rid of one challenge by forcibly re-exiling the former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to Saudi Arabia but he cannot similarly deport the other legal and political challenges he faces in the coming . . . .
- Purging The Police (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2007)
By sacking 6,500 policemen recruited in UP between 2004 and 2006 with the help of “forged” documents and recommending the suspension of 12 senior police officers involved in this major job scam, Chief Minister Mayawati has once again brought into. . .
- Water Woes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the government cannot subsidise the commercial use of water and suggested incentives and penalties for water conservation.
- Sharif Party Turns To Sc (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Sep 12, 2007)
The PML-N moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday for contempt proceedings against top government figures for deporting former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in violation of Supreme Court ruling, amid media blitz by the government that Sharif opted . . ..
- Punjab All Set To Move Sc (Tribune, S. S. Negi, Sep 12, 2007)
In a no-holds-barred legal battle in the Ludhiana City Centre scam case, the Punjab government has made every preparation to move the Supreme Court for cancelling the bail of former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh even as his son and a . . . . .
- Funds, But No Jobs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 12, 2007)
Although the Punjab government plans to set up a separate department for the unemployed, how serious it is on the issue can be gauged from the fact that it has failed to use funds made available by the Centre under the National Rural Employment . . . .
- Nawaz Deportation Challenged (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s deportation to Saudi Arabia has been challenged in the Supreme Court under Article 204 of Pakistan’s Constitution, his party said on Tuesday.
- Wheat Import, At Whose Cost? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Sep 12, 2007)
In February, the Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, made a categorical statement that “if the current weather persists and wheat output exceeds 72.5 million tonnes, I will allow exports”.
- Indian Farmers Oppose Giant Buddha Statue (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
Kushinagar has yet to see violence related to the Maitreya Project, but anxiety over the plans remains
- Balm For Old Wounds (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 12, 2007)
SOME time ago I sent a small book to a Sikh friend in Chandigarh, Gurdial Singh.
- Indias Fuel Crisis: Up A Gum Tree (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Sep 12, 2007)
An alternative way to replace oil-based fuel with renewable transport fuel is to opt for methanol instead of gasoline says Prem Shankar Jha
- The First With The Rumour (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Sep 11, 2007)
Call it the seven-year itch. Like all itches, it was brief, but so long as it lasted, Mian Nawaz Sharif’s latest fling with Pakistan was dramatic, passionate.
- Nervous Gen Can Take Only Few Hrs Of Sharif (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested here today and flown to Saudi Arabia after he arrived here intent on leading an effort to oust current president, General Pervez Musharraf.
- Sharif Packed Off To Jeddah (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
A defiant and emotional Nawaz Sharif returned home on Monday after a seven-year exile but his stay on the Pakistani soil lasted no more than four hours during which he was arrested and bundled into a special plane that took him to . . . . . . .
- Sharif Returns, Deported To Jeddah (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Sep 11, 2007)
The government today deported former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif back to Jeddah, thwarting his bid to end a seven-year exile after spending four tense hours at the Islamabad airport.
- Now It’S Virk’S Turn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 11, 2007)
THE arrest of S.S. Virk, a serving IPS officer and former Director-General of Police, who headed the Punjab Police when the Congress was in power, is a blot on the Indian police force.
- Using ‘Cats’ To Fight Terror Not Unusual: Amarinder (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Sep 11, 2007)
The issue of keeping “cats”- militants-turned police informers, today snowballed into a political controversy with former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh saying the police used “cats” to tackle terrorism all over the world and Punjab was no exception.
- Taxiing Jet Scrapes Aerobridge (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
A Turkmenistan Airways jet with 160 passengers and six crew members had a close shave today when its right wing grazed an aerobridge at Amritsar airport.
- Sharif Deportation Reignites Feud With Musharraf (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
Nawaz Sharif's brief return to Pakistan on Monday re-ignited a bitter feud with its Army ruler, spoiling the former Prime Minister's plans for a spectacular political comeback, but polishing his credentials as a champion of democracy.
- Shahbaz: It’S A Slap On Face Of Judiciary (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
Shahbaz Sharif, the younger brother of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday said the deportation of Mr Sharif is a slap on the face of the judiciary by the military-led government.
- Fallout Of Nawaz Sharif’S Second Exile (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 11, 2007)
Mr Nawaz Sharif was sent into his second exile after he landed in Islamabad yesterday.
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