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Articles 1421 through 1520 of 5238:
- Sui Plant Closed As Blast Hits Pipeline: Vast Region Affected (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Jun 07, 2006)
Gas supply to vast areas in the country was suspended late on Tuesday evening when the main compressor plant at Sui was closed after the main pipeline feeding the plant was blown up.
- Is All Well In India’S Agriculture? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
The just released figures on GDP growth gives the lie, as one might be incorrectly tempted to conclude, to the widely held view that all is unwell on the farm front.
- Illegal Turns Legal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 06, 2006)
Election time is the time for politicians to remember that they have some voters to take care of, whom they had neglected during the past four years or so.
- Make It Uniform (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 06, 2006)
The Prevention of Disqualification (Amendment) Bill, 2006, popularly known as the Office of Profit Bill, which President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has returned to Parliament for reconsideration has evoked mixed reaction.
- The Pds And Eroding Food Security (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Jun 06, 2006)
The proposal to further cut down on quotas and to hike the issue prices of foodgrains in the public distribution system will spell disaster.
- Anti-Badal Leaders Set For Second Cross-Border Procession (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Supporters and opponents of Shiromani Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal are set to take out separate processions through Punjab in an apparent show of religious strength ahead of state Assembly elections.
- West As Abettor Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jun 06, 2006)
Western powers provided Third World dissidents asylum and indirectly promoted terrorism
- Flight Of Imagination (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 06, 2006)
Government policies normally do not contain proposals about specific projects.
- Money Alone Can’T Build Great Institutions (Tribune, Chandra Mohan, Jun 05, 2006)
I was surprised to read the statement of our Oxbridge-educated Prime Minister that the medicos need not worry about reservations, as the government was setting aside Rs. 8,000 crores for creating additional capacity in professional institutions to . . .
- At Least, A Good Dinner (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jun 05, 2006)
Running a coalition government, which is a permanent headache, has taught the Prime Minister how to put together many things.
- Loan Spending Priorities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 05, 2006)
The $6.5 billion loan approved by the World Bank for Pakistan for spending on infrastructure building over the next four years has come with well-defined priorities laid down by the bank.
- Apply Mind Before Showing Employees The Door, Says Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court has held that the order of dismissal from service passed mechanically without proper application of mind cannot be sustained....
- Day Of The Big Bully (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 05, 2006)
Some things are so obvious that you feel almost embarrassed to repeat them — but if you don’t say them, the propagandists win.
- Iims Say Increasing Seats Unfeasible; Mute On Obc Quota (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Majority of the elite institutes of higher education across the country are 'mute' on complying with the Government's reservation policy for OBCs but raised doubts over increasing the seats with the IIM-Bangalore saying bigger classrooms may lead . . .
- Environment Day: Afforestation Is The Mantra (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
With "Deserts and Desertification" as the focus of the World Envrionment Day , State Governments and NGOs are undertaking massive tree plantation drives, all with an aim to restore the dwindling forest cover.
- Mayawati Tells Obcs To Beware Vote Politics (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Predicts fall of UPA Govt before Monsoon Session ---- Terming the move to provide reservation to OBCs in higher educational institutions as "vote politics", BSP supremo Mayawati appealed to the OBCs to beware the plans of Congress and BJP on the issue.
- Lndn Smaks Me (OutLook, Ruchir Joshi, Jun 05, 2006)
This 343-pg medium-fat-boy comes with plenty of surface sass and shiny digit-beads. Sure, it's kind of readable, (slong as u in't expectin a deep Joyce Ulysses type multi-level PDA)
- Disqualification Looms Large Over Amarinder, Others (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Jun 05, 2006)
With President A P J Abdul Kalam withholding his assent on the amendment to the Office of Profit Bill ,the fear of disqualification continues to haunt Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and 200 other MLAs across the country who have been accused . . .
- Bjp, Sad Hit A Rocky Patch (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Relations between the SAD and the BJP in Punjab have not exactly been cordial ever since Jathedars of the Akal Takht and three other Sikh high priests wrote a letter against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
- Quiet Moments At Dawn (Hindu, GUNVANTHI BALARAM, Jun 04, 2006)
Here's a monument that's an ode to indigenous craftsmanship.
- Rbi Approves Cbop's Rs 135 Cr Pref Issue (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today approved Centurion Bank of Punjab's (CBoP) preferential issue of seven crore shares at a price of Rs 19.25 per share totalling Rs 134.75 crore.
- President’S Re-Election: Legal Aspects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
It may be recalled that the last general elections in Pakistan were held during the fourth quarter of the year 2002.
- Da Political Code (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Who’s secular? Those banning ‘The Da Vinci Code’ in India while it plays in a theatre near the Vatican?
- Jousting Is No More Only Physical Here (Pioneer, Harjeet Ahluwalia, Jun 04, 2006)
Cry war, and a Punjabi will step forth. Now he's ready to do the same online, as increased broadband penetration brings the state into the interactive gaming arena.
- When Language Becomes Informal (Hindu, ANAND BODH, Jun 04, 2006)
The vast number of emails in response to May's Wordspeak ("Echoes in Language") took me by surprise.
- Memories Of Tarn Taran (Tribune, Manohar Singh Gill, Jun 04, 2006)
June 1, 2006 is a happy day for me and all who have some connection with Tarn Taran. In the last 20 years, six new districts have been created by different governments, almost all south of the Satluj.
- Farmers Are Saviours, Not Beneficiaries (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 04, 2006)
“Everybody, including the PM, says that if agriculture goes wrong, nothing will go right. But that is yet to get translated into political action.” Agro scientist M S Swaminathan
- March Of Balle-Balle (Times of India, ARVIND KALA, Jun 03, 2006)
Punjabis number less than 3 per cent of India's population. They are outnumbered three to one by Bengalis and two to one by people who speak Telugu, Marathi or Tamil. In terms of population, Punjabis are also fewer than Gujaratis, Keralites or Oriyas.
- Da Political Code (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 03, 2006)
Who’s secular? Those banning ‘The Da Vinci Code’ in India while it plays in a theatre near the Vatican?
- Picturing Pakistan (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 03, 2006)
A book explains why Pakistan goes back and forth between democracy and military dictatorship.
- Bonded Labour’S Tragic Plight (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 03, 2006)
The photograph in Friday’s Dawn of brick kiln workers protesting against the brutal treatment being meted out to them by their employers was heart-wrenching.
- Bhatt Masala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 03, 2006)
For someone who first tasted success directing two future MPs - Vinod Khanna to the right and Shabana Azmi to the left - in Lahu ke Do Rang, Mahesh Bhatt has, appropriately, established himself as a deft exponent of the "rent a cause" game.
- Delhi Metro Runs On Best Quality Rails (Hindu, Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Jun 02, 2006)
"Only the top quality rails used for the Rajdhanis and Shatabdis are used in the Delhi Metro depots" DMRC trusts only the imported Harden Rails of Austrian and French make
- `The Da Vinci Code' Banned In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
High-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister takes the decision
- Rbi Imposes Penalty On Centurion Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday imposed a monetary penalty of Rs.15 lakh on Centurion Bank of Punjab Ltd. for violation of RBI guidelines on Know Your Customer norms.
- Joining The Wrong Side (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 02, 2006)
Meek capitulation before a small section demanding a ban? Or an overzealous attempt to pander to religious sentiment? Either way, the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to suspend the screening of The Da Vinci Code bodes ill for freedom of expression.
- National Assembly, Senate Begin Stormy Budget Sessions Today (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 02, 2006)
Both houses of parliament will meet on Friday to begin what are likely to be tense budget sessions that will be keenly watched for government-promised relief in the face of one of the severest price hikes prevailing in the country.
- Contract Farming Is Not The Panacea (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jun 02, 2006)
Unless there is a policy shift in favour of cooperative farming, our impoverished farmers will continue to commit suicide, says Sudhirendar Sharma
- Waving, Not Drowning (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 02, 2006)
If the BJP wants to stage a comeback, it must regain the Opposition space that it has lost to the Left -
- Ways To Defeat Ourselves (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
On the face of it the two have no correlation. Fourth Generation Warfare (4GW), which has kept strategic thinkers engrossed for the last decade and a half, is about the what, why, where and how of future conflicts and possible responses.
- Circular Trains For Cities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 01, 2006)
It is hard not to view with some misgivings federal railway minister Shaikh Rashid’s statement that circular train services will soon be started in eight major cities.
- Reversing The Drop-Out Trend (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 01, 2006)
Just how elusive the goal of achieving universal primary education by 2015 proved to be for Pakistan was underscored by Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi the other day when he admitted that 45 per cent of students drop out of school at some stage.
- Poll In Mind, Punjab Announces Sops (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The Punjab Council of Ministers today gave approval to refer cases of 9,000 terrorism-affected persons in the state to the Union Government so as to seek ex-gratia and rehabilitation grant for them on a par with 1984-riot victims.
- The Task Of Keeping Count (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 01, 2006)
The importance of gathering population data in terms of accretions and erosions in real time cannot be overstated.
- Congress Vs Congress (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 31, 2006)
Rajiv asked the right quota questions; crudely brushing them aside is sabotage from within
- Final Four-Lane Stretch To Chandigarh Faces Land Hurdle (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, May 31, 2006)
The National Highway between Ambala and Chandigarh, notorious as the killer stretch, is at last taking baby steps towards safety and decongestion.
- Selection Woes (OutLook, G. Rajaraman , May 31, 2006)
Punjab's 21-year-old paceman Vikram Raj Vir (VRV) Singh's selection ahead of the seasoned Ajit Agarkar and Rudra Pratap Singh in the quartet of pace bowlers for Team India's four Test series has been the talking point since the time chairman of selectors
- Stop Caste-Based Divide And Rule (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, May 31, 2006)
Reservations are being used today as an instrument to capture power and divide and rule.
- Fighting India's Low Intensity Civil War (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 31, 2006)
India has been involved, for sometime now, in what may appropriately be termed as a low intensity civil war. When we survey the scene from eastern India to north western India,
- Graft Charges: Punjab Cm In The Dock (Deccan Herald, Satinder Bains, May 31, 2006)
The Congress MLA favoured retaining the Union Territory status of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.
- Wincing Over Da Vinci Code (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, May 30, 2006)
Three Vatican-affiliated satra-pies have unilaterally banned the Hollywood blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code, thereby affirming paramount loyalty to Il Papa as opposed to the Indian nation.
- Family Health Survey Puts Figure At 32 Per Cent (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, May 30, 2006)
Even as the Supreme Court takes a look at the basis of Government's quota contention, a Health Ministry household survey belies the Mandal Commission's claims that OBCs constitute over half of the total population.
- Futile Search (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 30, 2006)
The education system is producing students who do not know their subjects. This unfortunate fact is brought out starkly when we look at the HCS (Judicial) examination, conducted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- Keep Creamy Layer Out Of Quota, Says Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Forced to tread a middle path on the controversial OBC reservation issue, the BJP today said it favoured quota for OBCs in higher educational institutions and wanted that the ‘creamy layer’ be kept out and economically weaker sections of upper . . .
- India’S Insecurity~i (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, May 29, 2006)
External defence being the classic concern of international law, the traditional notion of national security has been wholly militaristic.
- Lessons In Politeness (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 29, 2006)
In the democratic scheme of things, public representatives figure higher than public servants.
- Wrong Code (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 29, 2006)
It does not take much to grab attention. By banning the film, The Da Vinci Code, Goa, Punjab, and Nagaland have managed to inject the flagging debate on fiction versus religious sentiment with some more life for some more time. Punjab’s decision . . .
- Manmohan's Failure (Business Standard, T N Ninan, May 28, 2006)
The most important strategic issue facing India is not a nuisance called Pakistan; it is not nuclear elbow-room via a deal with the United States; and it is not getting a permanent seat in the Security Council. Instead, it is the rise of China.
- Amarinder Da Code (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2006)
It is the Punjab CM’s job to protect basic freedoms. It is not his job to ban films
- Ascendant Left (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, May 28, 2006)
The May 2006 Assembly elections place the Left in its strongest ever position in India's parliamentary and legislative history.
- My Seat, Mai Baap (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 28, 2006)
Most people of my generation got their first exposure to the complexities of national politics through the dark phase of the Emergency.
- Grow Up, Aamir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 28, 2006)
It's quite astonishing what a deliberately obfuscatory media and liberal doses of Left propaganda can do to confuse an issue and spread disinformation.
- No More Temples Of Learning (Tribune, Vikram Chadha, May 28, 2006)
Sagacious leaders of free India reposed an unflinching faith in the educationists and teachers for shaping the destiny of the country, and thus used such metaphors as 'temples of learning and knowledge' for universities and other academic establishments,
- God Fails The Laboratory Test (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, May 27, 2006)
Daniel Dennett is Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University (US). He looks every inch a philosopher:
- Sonia’S Wake-Up Call To Her Ministers: Help Build The Party (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 27, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Congress ministers to play an active role in organisation building and devote time for ordinary workers. Regretting that many ministers were not doing this at present, she said ministers on tour must visit the ‘‘l
- India, Pak May Permit Driving Through Wagah (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 27, 2006)
Building on the peace process, India and Pakistan may allow valid visa holders from both sides to drive through the Wagah border route, according to the chairman of the World Punjabi Congress (WPC).
- Code For Misconduct (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 27, 2006)
The ban on the screening of The Da Vinci Code in Punjab is totally uncalled for and no circumstances exist to warrant the extreme action of the state government.
- Drive Against Fake Drugs (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 27, 2006)
A three-month campaign against counterfeit and substandard medicines, launched by the Punjab government in April, is beginning to yield results.
- Hitch In Sending Back Pakistani Fishermen By Rail (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, May 27, 2006)
They will be sent by road from Jodhpur to Attari border for deportation.
Infrastructure on Pakistan side not ready yet
Fishermen lodged overnight in Jodhpur
- Gill Crafts Ultimate Battle Plan In Chhattisgarh: Hit Maoists Hard, Hit Them Sure (Pioneer, Pramod K Singh, May 27, 2006)
Supercop KPS Gill, now the security adviser to Chhattisgarh Government, has outlined his plan of action to stamp out Maoists from the State. Gill, credited with winning the war on terrorism in Punjab, has already submitted his blueprint to the . . .
- A Heroic Soldier (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, May 27, 2006)
A book on one of the ablest and most popular Army Chiefs of the country, and another on 12 distinguished soldiers.
- A Democrat Of Democrats (Daily Excelsior, R K Bhatnagar, May 27, 2006)
41 years ago, independent India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru breathed his last, this day on May 27, 1964.
- Manmohan's Failure (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 27, 2006)
The most important strategic issue facing India is not a nuisance called Pakistan; it is not nuclear elbow-room via a deal with the United States; and it is not getting a permanent seat in the Security Council. Instead, it is the rise of China.
- Grow Up, Aamir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 27, 2006)
It's quite astonishing what a deliberately obfuscatory media and liberal doses of Left propaganda can do to confuse an issue and spread disinformation.
- Reliance May Not Get Govt. Land In Mohali (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, May 26, 2006)
Project will "definitely'' come up in Punjab: Amarinder
- Health Services Paralysed Across The Nation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
The anti-reservation protests reached a crescendo on Thursday as striking doctors in private and public hospitals across the country paralysed health services.
- Plan To Set Up Agro, Food Parks In Punjab, Haryana (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
Research institute, technology incubation centre planned
- Kalam, Pm Urge Students To Stop Stir (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today again urged the students protesting the additional quotas in education institutions to call off their strike.
- Its Team In Tatters, Cong Scores Own Goals In Punjab To Give Akalis The Lead (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, May 26, 2006)
Its team in tatters, Cong scores own goals in Punjab to give Akalis the lead
- The Decline Of The Civil Service (Dawn, Zafar Iqbal, May 26, 2006)
Ms Anjum Niaz’s column in Sunday’s Dawn Magazine of April 9, 2006, seems to have incensed Mr Rashid Akhtar of Lahore.
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