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- Pakistan, India To Exchange Border Crossers In 36 Hours (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
Pakistan and India will return people who have crossed the border inadvertently from either side within 36 hours.
- Taking Cue From Chandigarh, Bahrain To Stub It In Public (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
Four tourists from Bhopal, stopping over in the city for the night before they head to Shimla, are directed towards a happening pub on the margins of Chandigarh's hip Sector 17.
- Pak On High Alert As Sharif Returns To Challenge Musharraf (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, returned home on Monday morning after seven years in exile to challenge military president Pervez Musharraf.
- Pakistan In A Flux (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2007)
It is ironical that Pakistan's President and Army chief, Gen Pervez Musharraf, should find himself fighting a rearguard battle for his political survival in the face of an unexpected assault by Mr Nawaz Sharif, the man whom he dethroned in . . . .
- Pak On Alert Ahead Of Nawaz Sharif's Return (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
Police arrested leading supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and blocked roads leading to Islamabad airport on Monday ahead of his return from exile to lead a campaign to topple Pakistan's US-allied military ruler.
- “Punjab, Haryana Entering Major Economic Boom” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
States can attract Rs.50,000 cr. additional investments: study
Paper projects job opportunities for 2.5 million skilled, unskilled people by 2012 in States
They make for vibrant economies because of dynamic, productive people: ASSOCHAM President
- Pakistan Braces For Sharif’S Return (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 10, 2007)
As Pakistan braces for the defiant return home of the former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, it is still not clear how the government proposes to deal with his arrival, but all airports in the country have been placed under high security and arrests . . . .
- From Lenin To Gucci (Asian Age, Suhel Seth, Sep 10, 2007)
There are obvious lessons to be learnt from Russia. That Lenin (without turning in his grave) can actually face up to Gucci without turning in his rather unfrequented grave.
- Nawaz Lands Today, Shahbaz Later (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif left for Islamabad late on Sunday on Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-786, AP reported.
- Pilgrims As Hooligans (Times of India, RAVINDER KAUR, Sep 10, 2007)
While Anjolie Ela Menon celebrated the kavadiyas in San Francisco through her painting appropriately titled Yatra, these very pilgrims held Indian cities to ransom.
- Dgp Virk Arrested (Tribune, Prabhjot Singh, Sep 10, 2007)
Sarabdeep Singh Virk is the first Punjab director-general of police to be arrested on charges of allegedly doing business while in service, misusing his official position, harbouring a person wanted by law and giving him a fake identity . . . . .
- Anti-Terror Hero's Fall From Grace (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
Residual effects of the illegal means used to fight terror in Punjab are haunting the state police force whose top guns like arrested former DGP S S Virk have enjoyed immunity against any scrutiny.
- Fiscal Prudence Key To Punjab’Seconomic Revival (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Sep 10, 2007)
It is well known that Punjab, which once occupied the top rung in economic status in the country, has gone down the ladder. Per capita income of states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, Goa, Pondicherry and Delhi is much higher than that of Punjab.
- Twists & Turns In Neighbourhood (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
As Nawaz Sharif lands in Islamabad tomorrow, the politics of the subcontinent will be determined by whether Pervez Musharraf will arrest him and throw him into jail or deport him.
- Sharif Graft Cases Reopened (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Sep 08, 2007)
The government has reopened corruption cases against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was toppled by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in a 1999 coup and then sent into exile in Saudi Arabia.
- Court Orders Arrest Of Shahbaz (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Sep 08, 2007)
An accountability court in Rawalpindi on Friday declined the request of the government to issue an arrest warrant against former Premier Nawaz Sharif and brother Shahbaz Sharif in corruption and bank fraud cases filled against them by the . . .
- Homeward-Bound (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Sep 08, 2007)
I am out of India to the US on a nine-week sojourn. The seventh week itch has just begun and I have started thinking of home. When my plane lands in Delhi, I will enter into an India that has the first ever Lady President and there would be a . . .
- Cases Against Sharif Reopened (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
The Government has reopened corruption cases against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and a court on Friday ordered the arrest of his brother, three days before their return to Pakistan to challenge its military leader, lawyers said.
- Shahbaz’S Arrest Ordered (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 08, 2007)
An anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Friday ordered the arrest of Shahbaz Sharif, brother of Pakistan Muslim League leader Nawaz Sharif, for his alleged role in the killings of five persons while he was Chief Minister of Punjab.
- ‘Yatra’ To Honour Rezangla Heroes (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Sep 08, 2007)
A journey to honour 114 soldiers of a battalion, who laid down their lives in the 1962 war against China, was flagged off here on Friday.
- ‘India Will Celebrate Waris Shah’S 300th Birthday’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
World Punjabi Congress (WPC) chairman Fakhar Zaman said on Friday that he had convinced the Institute of Culture and Art, Delhi, to celebrate Waris Shah’s 300th birthday, according to a press release.
- Avoidable Burden (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2007)
The imports are an avoidable drain on foreign exchange and an added burden on an already bloated food subsidy.
- Non-Communication Vitiates An Order (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 08, 2007)
The basic principle is that an order passed by an adjudicating body does not become effective until it is communicated to the person affected thereby.
- Bor Promoters To Sell Up To 10% Every Quarter (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
Under pressure from the Reserve Bank of India, promoters of private banks are bringing down their shareholdings. Promoters of Bank of Rajasthan (BoR), the Tayals, who have held on to their stake for years, are finally giving in and will bring . . . .
- 3 Days Before His Return, Pak Govt Re-Opens Corruption Cases Against Sharif (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
The government has re-opened corruption cases against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and a court on Friday ordered the arrest of his brother, three days before their scheduled return to Pakistan to challenge President Pervez Musharraf.
- Condoning The Plagiarists (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 08, 2007)
NOTHING seems to have convinced the Punjab University that it needs to take strict action against its teachers found guilty of plagiarism, not even the prospect of losing a stable source of funding.
- Sabzazar Shootout Case: Anti-Terror Court Issues Warrants For Shahbaz (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday issued arrest warrants for former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif when he returns to Pakistan as he had been declared a court absconder in the Sabzazar shootout case.
- Rich Or Poor, Indians In Bad Shape (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 08, 2007)
On the matter of weight, there are two schools of thought in developed countries among those exercised about the issue. One believes that outside every thin person there is a fat one closing in.
- Arrest Shahbaz Sharif: Court (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
A Pakistan court on Friday issued an arrest warrant against the brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in connection with a murder case.
- Sharif Ponders Right Flight (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, determined to return to Pakistan on Monday despite warnings that he will be immediately jailed, faces a rather curious dilemma: which airline should he take home?
- Last Ride Together (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2007)
Images of my first ever bus ride remain deeply etched in my memory. Like a pampered three-year-old, who moans on the slightest discomfiture, I lay in my mother’s lap — pockets full of lollipops, face red with anger and eyes full of tears.
- India’S Growing Insensitivity (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 07, 2007)
A FOUR-and-a-half-year-old child dies in Simla on the Mall because the ambulance carrying him does not reach the hospital in time.
- Time To Save Punjab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
The 2007 state-of-environment report prepared by the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology presents an alarming picture of the environmental damage caused over the years by wrong agricultural practices and government policies.
- The Front Door To The Uk Is Open,the Backdoor Is Closed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Migration is a global phenomenon and, for most, a life enhancing experience. This is how it should be.
- Govt Should Intervene To Stop Turban Frisking (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Sep 06, 2007)
A very peculiar situation has arisen the world over for Sikhs with the recent enforcement of US Homeland Security Department rules giving full powers to screening officers at their airports in ordering a deliberate security check of turbaned Sikh . . . .
- Sher Shah Maya’S Grand Ganga Road (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Mayavati today announced a plan to build the modern-day version of the Grand Trunk Road along the Ganga, triggering protests from environment groups and political rivals.
- Inquiry Ordered Into 'Illegal' Arms Sales (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Reacting to an investigation by the Hindustan Times, the army on Wednesday has ordered an inquiry into the alleged sale of non-service pattern (NSP) weapons by some officers in the border districts of Rajasthan.
- Waiting For The Farce (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 05, 2007)
When the politically pestilential Indo-US nuclear deal is not invading his thoughts, the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, must be reflecting on a foreign-policy hara-kiri he very narrowly avoided.
- Hundreds Of Sharif Party Activists Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
In a crackdown on the exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s political party, the police have arrested hundreds of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) activists in Lahore and Rawalpindi near here.
- The Quality Of Justice (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Sep 05, 2007)
The judiciary has done the country proud despite failures and aberrations, mostly in its lower rungs.
- Headway In Talks With Benazir (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Sep 05, 2007)
President Musharraf’s emissaries on Tuesday held another round of talks with PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto with both sides reporting progress to break the impasse that had stalled the dialogue in London.
- Money In The Barn (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 05, 2007)
The contagion of bankruptcy appears to be spreading. Debt-ridden farmers in Maharashtra, who received cheques from the government as succour, got a rude jolt two weeks ago.
- Not The Right Choice (Pioneer, B Raman, Sep 05, 2007)
The US's attempt to paradrop Benazir Bhutto into Pakistan in the hope of saving that country from Islamist organisations is myopic
- Divide Up For Development (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 05, 2007)
The demand for a sub-division of Uttar Pradesh into Purvanchal by Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav deserves to be reflected upon. One member of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in 1955 had considered Uttar Pradesh to be unwieldy and had . . . . .
- Indian Security Moot Moved Up For Fears Of Rising Militancy (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Sep 04, 2007)
Indian intelligence agencies fear that militancy is rearing its head again in the Punjab. They have prepared a note to be discussed at the three-day conference of police chiefs of states which has been moved up to October 3 in the backdrop of the . . . .
- Tame The Khaps (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
THE caste panchayats have done so much of the unthinkable that every time they punish someone without any jurisdiction, it seems they cannot plunge any deeper.
- Punjab Saves Its Teachers From Starvation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 04, 2007)
The Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, has finally come to the rescue of a system that was drawing its last breath.
- Sharif Most Popular Leader In Pak: Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
Exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has become the most popular leader in Pakistan in the wake of Bhutto-Musharraf rendezvous, according to the country’s intelligence agencies.
- Travelogue, Ode, Lament (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Sep 04, 2007)
A journey down the Ganga portraying life along its banks and the issues the river faces today
- Agriculture: Where India And China Stand (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 03, 2007)
How did China manage to outstrip India in agriculture when the two countries ere more or less on a par on most parameters 25 years ago?
- Mayawati Wants One More House (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Sep 03, 2007)
One had thought that after becoming Uttar Pradesh chief minister on her own steam, Mayawati would become more mature.
- Admission Controversies (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 03, 2007)
ENTRY tests for admission to Punjab’s public sector colleges and universities are an annual topic of discussion around this time of the year. And almost every season of debate, since the introduction of these tests in 1997-1999, has involved the courts.
- Indian Judiciary: The Quality Of Justice (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Sep 03, 2007)
The allegations levelled against former CJI Y K Sabharwal have caused considerable dismay.
- Economic Growth Is Changing Caste-Based Deprivation Logic (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
Economic growth is changing conventional logic of caste-based deprivation in several states.
- Dumping And Disposal Of Waste (Tribune, Janak Raj Gupta, Sep 01, 2007)
As the elections in four Municipal Corporations are over, it is now time to concentrate on the plight of urban dwellers whose number is swelling day by day and is expected to reach 50 per cent by 2030.
- Arrest This Trend (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 01, 2007)
THE Punjab State Human Rights Commission’s order against policemen exhibiting arrested . . . .
- Rise In India’S Female Foeticide May Spark Crisis (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
Increasing female foeticide in India could spark a demographic crisis where fewer women in society will result in a rise in sexual violence and child abuse as well as wife-sharing, the United Nations warned.
- War On Terror And Pakistan (Tribune, Firdous Syed, Sep 01, 2007)
Historically, in the Pakhtoon tradition, Jirga, the gathering of notables, is a conflict resolution exercise. In this regard, the conduct of four-day Pak-Afghan Peace Jirga, of tribal leaders from Pakistan and Afghanistan in Kabul was . . . . .
- Deal Hits Roadblocks (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Sep 01, 2007)
Both President Gen Pervez Musharraf and PPP leader Benazir Bhutto have their own compulsions to enter into a deal before the coming elections.
- Scs, Sts Come Close To Obcs In Per Capita Monthly Expenditure (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 01, 2007)
It would be an eye-opener for the policy makers who project Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) economically weaker than other backward classes (OBCs).
- Guarding The Chicken From A Hungry Taxman (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 01, 2007)
In King Henry VI, York speaks of ‘an empty eagle set to guard the chicken from a hungry kite’, and Queen Margaret laments, in response, “So the poor chicken should be sure of death.”
- Waiting For Nawaz Sharif? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 01, 2007)
Nawaz Sharif says he will be back in Pakistan on September 10 after a seven-year exile.
- Road Rage (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2007)
By any yardstick, the reaction in Agra to the road accident will appear severe. It may even seem overwhelming to residents of cities that are learning to get used to the frequent spilling of blood on the streets.
- Sharif Advised To Stay In Exile: Musharraf (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has urged Nawaz Sharif not to return home and said that an "eminent personality" asked the former prime minister to honour his agreement with the government to complete 10 years in exile.
- Arson In Agra (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2007)
WHAT was most disconcerting about the widespread violence in Agra was its predictability.
- No Will To Fight Terror (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 31, 2007)
The Hyderabad bombings have brought to the fore the seriousness of the terrorist threat the country faces. With such incidents happening again and again, and the Government following an ostrich-like approach, people have been left to their fate
- To Be A Hard State (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Aug 31, 2007)
Mumbai 1993, Coimbatore 1998, Jammu & Kashmir Assembly complex 2001, Parliament 2001, Akshardham 2002, Jammu army camp 2003, Mumbai car bombs 2003, Assam bomb 2004, Ram Janmabhoomi 2005, Delhi blasts 2005, Varanasi 2006, Mumbai train bombs . . . .
- Attackers Use Bren Gun And Set Booby Trap (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2007)
An Indian Major of the Indian army is reported killed and two Indian Other Ranks seriously wounded when a non-Muslim Convoy from Tandlianwala (West Punjab), which was being escorted by Indian army troops, came under heavy fire from an ambush on . . . . .
- Haryana Violence Spreads (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Dalits protesting the murder of a Balmiki youth in Gohana battled the police in several Haryana towns on Wednesday.
- Was There Discrimination In Education? (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 30, 2007)
India’s success in knowledge-related sectors in the last few years vis-À-vis traditional manufacturing industries highlights the need for more institutions of higher learning that are not governed by perceptions regarding the past. The answer. . .
- Bank Consolidation Not Inevitable — Multi-Tiered Model Still Relevant (Business Line, T. B. Kapali , Aug 30, 2007)
Bank consolidation is again in the news. The boards of State Bank of India (SBI) and State Bank of Saurashtra (SBS) are reported to have approved the merger of the latter with the former.
- Drug Pricing At Will (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2007)
IT was not just a minister’s son caught in a sting operation by a television channel boasting that his factory could print any MRP on medicines, the practice seems to be fairly common.
- Pakistan Tomorrow (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Aug 30, 2007)
Sixty years is a long enough time in a country’s history from where one can try and do some crystal-ball gazing to see what the future holds for that country.
- Strange Friends (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 30, 2007)
The identification with the crowd could not have been more complete. Of course the policemen in Bhagalpur, who recently participated in the violent public assault of an alleged thief, had their distinguishing uniform and motorbike.
- Indian Boy In Uk Goes Missing (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 30, 2007)
News of missing children always sends a shiver down the spine in Britain because there have been so many horrific crimes before — and it happened again today.
- Cm Blames Centre For Economic Divide (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
A master plan for this historic city would be prepared soon by a world-renowned architect to turn it into a global destination for religious tourism.
- Punjab’S ‘Empty Coffers’ (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Aug 29, 2007)
IT has become a compulsive reactive norm for all political parties in India that while in opposition they would oppose every good or bad action of the government and when in power, would shift the blame of their non-performance on the previous government.
- If Sharif Comes Back (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 29, 2007)
For Musharraf, the Supreme Court decision allowing the return of the exiled Nawaz Sharif could mean a disaster. It turns upside down the delicately nuanced American-backed rescue plan to bail out Musharraf in the face of nationwide protests for end . . .
- Human Bombs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2007)
WHOEVER is responsible for identifying and publicising the pictures of five women as potential “human bombs” deserves exemplary punishment.
- Everyone Loves A Hero (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 28, 2007)
There’s a very sound reason why television news should not make heroes out of villains who are heroes in their projected screen lives. It makes the wrong look right.
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