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Articles 2621 through 2720 of 5238:
- Tough Stand Sought To Protect Agriculture (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Economist Prof Sucha Singh Gill said the government should take a tough stand for protecting Indian agriculture in the ongoing ministerial-level meeting of the World Trade Organisation at Hong Kong where agriculture had come out as an important agenda.
- Supreme Court To The Rescue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 18, 2005)
It is encouraging that the Supreme Court is taking an active interest in social issues including cruel customs like vani and swara, whereby women are given in marriage as a form of compensation,
- Sardars And The Nationalists (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 18, 2005)
The grievance of Sindh and Balochistan against Punjab and the army (both are viewed as one and the same) for their stranglehold on political power and natural resources is as old as Pakistan itself.
- Time To Clear Backlog Of Cases (Tribune, G. S. Grewal, Dec 18, 2005)
The judiciary is one of the three pillars of our democracy. It is the moral strength which has enabled it to sustain itself and the democracy. It has also successfully contained other mighty institutions from jumping out of their own spheres prescribed...
- Clamour To Deny Saraswati (Pioneer, Makkhan Lal, Dec 17, 2005)
Earthquakes and other natural phenomenon caused the 'Naditama', or River Saraswati, to dry up over two millennia ago. Now, says Makkhan Lal, it's a man-made disaster what with pseudo-secularists and Communists out to deny it ever existed
- The New Face Of Terror (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 17, 2005)
A string of intelligence-led police operations against the Lashkar-e-Taiba offer glimpses into the terror cells behind the series of high-profile strikes in Jammu and Kashmir and outside it since October.
- Conversions In Pakistan (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Dec 17, 2005)
It is a matter of shame for India and particularly for those Hindu elites who migrated from Sindh in West Pakistan and East Bengal in the then East Pakistan that they continue to maintain complete silence over the persecution of Hindus taking place . . .
- River Existed (Pioneer, Arabinda Ghose, Dec 17, 2005)
The Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, in its 91st report on the functioning of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), has described the Saraswati river as a "purely mythological one" and has . . .
- Urdu Literature’S Vagabond Genius (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 17, 2005)
A house full sign some days ago outside the main auditorium of New Delhi’s India International Centre was a surprise because it was an evening dedicated to an Urdu poet, Majaz. An Urdu poet drawing a full house at the IIC?
- Kalabagh Dam: Pakistan Or Punjabistan? (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
The building of the Kalabagh dam has kicked up dust. Three provinces are against it, while Punjab supports it.
- Mining Mafia Still Active (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Dec 17, 2005)
Arriving in the village of Mahugari in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh is akin to entering the portals of hell.
- Cabinet Green Signal For Bus To Lahore (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Union Cabinet has cleared the way for an agreement with Pakistan for starting a bus service between Amritsar and Nankana Sahib and a trial run for the Amritsar-Lahore bus sometime this month
- Sbi Caps Syndicates Biggest Port Loan (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Arranges Rs 1,170 crore for Gangavaram Port.
- Punjab Accepts Sindh’S Water Re-Routing Plan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
In a positive development, the Punjab has surrendered to the re-routing and diversion plan of water as per Sindh’s proposals during the repair period of Taunsa barrage that will start from January 1 and end on February 28.
- A Further Fillip To The Peace Process (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 16, 2005)
With the proposed re-opening of the Karachi Consulate and revival of the rail route linking Sindh with Rajasthan in the next three to four weeks, the India-Pakistan peace process is set for a qualitative leap.
- Punjab Govt Hopeful For Pak Visa Consulate At Amritsar: Bajwa (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Punjab PWD Minister Partap Singh Bajwa today said the State Government was hopeful for the opening of a Pakistan visa consulate in Amritsar soon, as Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had already approached the Centre in this regard.
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- Nothing Can Stop Balochistan Uplift, Says Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
President says major development projects will bring jobs to Baloch
* Announces projects worth Rs 1.5b for Kohlu district
- Rockets Fired As Musharraf Visits Pakistani Town (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Suspected separatist militants in Pakistan fired eight rockets at a paramilitary base in a troubled southwestern province on Wednesday as President Pervez Musharraf was visiting a nearby town, police said.
- Meanwhile, Farmers Can Wait (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, Dec 14, 2005)
Backdoor entry of the corporate sector is being promoted to achieve the desired growth rate in agriculture, says Sudhirendar Sharma
- Scourge Of Bonded Labour (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 14, 2005)
MOST of us erroneously believe that slavery has never existed in Pakistan and bonded labour ended 13 years ago when the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992 was adopted by the National Assembly. But the fact is that this law abolished bonded labour
- "Fight Terrorism, But Be Mindful Of Human Rights" (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Dec 14, 2005)
A.S. Anand, Chief Justice of India between October 1998 and November 2001, became Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission in February 2003. In an interview, Mr. Anand spoke on a range of subjects including terrorism and the death penalty.
- Pak Bus Completes Dry Run (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
A Pakistani bus, which arrived here Tuesday, completed the second and final phase of the trial run of the Amritsar-Lahore bus service which is expected to be operational by the end of this month.
- Sheer Rip-Off (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2005)
That Punjab excels in agriculture is a fact well known all over the country. What is less commonly known is that it also excels in corrupt practices related to the distribution of foodgrains.
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 14, 2005)
PTDC MD suggests daily service, easier visas
- Pak Conducts Dry Run Of Lahore To Amritsar Bus (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Pakistan on Tuesday conducted the dry run of Lahore to Amritsar service as a bus carrying eight officials crossed into India through the Attari-Wagah joint check post.
- Pak Bus Conducts Dry Run (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The dry run from Lahore to Amritsar was conducted by Pakistan today with a bus carrying eight officials crossing into India through the Atari-Wagah Joint Check Post.
- Dancers, Flowers Greet Pakistani Bus In India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Drummers and dancers greeted a Pakistani bus as it crossed into India on Tuesday in the latest step in a slow-moving peace process to establish stronger transport links between the nuclear rivals.
- Pakistan Conducts Dry Run Of Bus Service (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
An eight-member Pakistani delegation crosses over into India
- Spread Literacy (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
It can only be a matter of regret that Jammu and Kashmir continues to be in the company of States with poor literacy rates. With only 54.46 per cent of its total population described as literate (65.75 per cent men and 41.82 per cent women) the State . .
- A Defence University (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2005)
INDU will promote strategic thinking
THE Centre needs to move quickly towards setting up an Indian National Defence University (INDU).
- Sudarshan’S Phobia (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 13, 2005)
Speaking at the release of “Religious Demography of India” brought out by the Centre for Policy Studies, an RSS-affiliated think-tank based in Chennai, RSS Sarsanghchalak K.S. Sudarshan exhorted Hindus to have larger families . . .
- Natwar Singh Guest Of In-Law Patiala? (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Smarting under Volcker controversy which culminated in his exit from the Union Cabinet, veteran Congress leader K Natwar Singh is understood to be resting at the new Motibagh residence here of his brother-in-law and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
- Pm Vows To Remove Trade Barriers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Admitting that India’s infrastructure was not “top class”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday promised to “dismantle unwanted barriers” and expand global capital flows to attract US$150 billion in the sector, particularly in the modernisation . . .
- Children Of A Lesser God (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 13, 2005)
Soviet Union may have had a special relationship with India, but the feelings of new Russia are entirely different, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Punjab Bus Service Sans Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 13, 2005)
The Lahore-Amritsar trial bus carrying nine officials and technical experts of the relevant departments of Indian Punjab arrived in Lahore on Sunday.
- Quake: Thinking Long-Term (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 13, 2005)
I have written before on the subject of the earthquake and its economic impact. But the subject covered in some of the earlier articles dealt with the effect of the disaster over the short term. In today’s article and the one next week . . .
- Farm Credit Package In The Offing? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 13, 2005)
Mr. Sukhjit Singh, who retired as Director, Agriculture, of the Punjab Government, is a leading agriculturist in the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur belt and is representative of a small but growing community of farmers who believe that the agricultural sector . . .
- Rbi's Report On Currency And Finance 2004-05 — Banks Must Compete, Consolidate And Converge (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Dec 13, 2005)
The RBI Report on Currency and Finance 2004-05 highlights the challenges facing the banking sector, which requires infusion of new technologies, better processes of credit and risk appraisal, product diversification, robust internal controls and . . .
- Earthquake Felt In Upper Pakistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Earthquake with 6.7 magnitude was felt in wide area of upper Pakistan including entire Punjab, Islamabad, Ralwalpindi, Peshawar, Muzaffarabad, Mansehra, Balakot and Gilgit early Tuesday at 2.51 am.
- Kalabagh Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
There are two aspects of the Kalabagh dam issue — the technical and the political. The technical issues have been discussed, and continue to be discussed in the press and in other forums, by experts.
- Bus From Amritsar Reaches Lahore (Dawn, Amjad Mahmood, Dec 12, 2005)
A bus from the Indian city of Amritsar crossed Wagah on Sunday on a trial run between Amritsar and Lahore. It is the third such service launched between the two South Asian neighbours as part of their peace process. The earlier two are Lahore-Delhi and...
- Trial Run Of Amritsar-Lahore Bus Launched (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Dec 12, 2005)
Bhangra and Pakistani band greeted the golden Amritsar-Lahore bus, “Punj-Ab” (meaning five rivers), with flags of both nations painted on it at the zero line during its trial run here today. Both countries have launched the trial run of the bus . . .
- Speedy And Cheap Justice A Must (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has rightly stressed the need to ensure speedy justice to the people. Addressing a function held to mark the golden jubilee celebrations of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh on Saturday, . . .
- First Amritsar-Lahore Bus Rolls, Crosses Via Wagah Border (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The first Amritsar-Lahore bus crossed over to Pakistan on a trial run through the land route at the Indo-Pak Wagah border here today.
- New Indo-Pak Bus On Trial (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A 45-seater luxury Volvo coach with four officials and five crew members Sunday commenced its 30-km trial run from Amritsar city to Lahore in Pakistan.
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Trial Successful (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
An Indian bus from Amritsar arrived in Lahore on Sunday in a successful trial run of the second bus link between Pakistan and India.
- First Amritsar-Lahore Bus Named As 'Punj-Aab' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The first Amritsar-Lahore bus, which crossed over to Pakistan through the land route of Indo-Pak Wagah Border for a trial run today has been named 'Punj-Aab', an official release said here today.
- Possible Options On Kashmir: Pakistan More Flexible Than India (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 12, 2005)
Kuldeep Nayar; a leading journalist, peace activist and former member of the Rajya Sabha proposed maximum autonomy for the Indian and Pakistani sides of Kashmir except for foreign, defence and communication affairs.
- An Instrument Of Oppression (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 12, 2005)
Last Tuesday all progressive and enlightened elements in this country, even those who preach enlightened moderation, should have flown their flags at half mast, after the National Assembly demonstrated once again that when it comes to repression and . . .
- Amritsar-Lahore Trial Bus Arrives (News International, Ghulam Haider, Dec 12, 2005)
The Amritsar-Lahore trial bus carrying nine officials and technical experts of the relevant departments of India’s Punjab arrived here on Sunday.
- Now Bus To Lahore From Amritsar (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Dec 12, 2005)
Trial run begins; the first bus from Lahore will arrive on December 23
- Some Glaring Contrasts (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2005)
The Pakistan High Commission is out to dampen the spirit of people-to-people ties by denying visas
- Kalam Asks Punjab Farmers To Usher In Second Green Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Go in for extensive farming of Jatropha, says the President
Cotton growers achieve world record
Rs. one crore announced for Bhatinda village
`Village adoption programmed successful'
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus Crosses Over To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
The first Amritsar-Lahore bus, on a trial run, crossed over to Pakistan through the land route at the Indo-Pak Wagah border here today.
- One Too Many Power Centre (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 12, 2005)
Former Minister for External Affairs Natwar Singh has finally resigned from the Union Cabinet. Despite his exit, chaos prevails within the Congress because of the existence of dual power centres. With Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi...
- End Of Regional Parties ? (Daily Excelsior, T. Sreedhar, Dec 12, 2005)
The verdict of recent Bihar elections and the infighting in Shiva Sena made many to sit up and note the steady diminishing trend by the regional parties. In 2004, when the regional parties like Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh and Akali Dal in Punjab . . .
- India And Pakistan Test New Bus Link (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Sunday conducted a successful trial run of a bus service linking Amritsar to Lahore as part of their cautious peace process.
- Next Green Revolution Should Cover Food Processing: Kalam (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked farmers for their cooperation in making possible, a second green revolution that is not only about growing wheat and paddy, but one that covers aspects like food processing and marketing.
- Sufi Saints Of India (Daily Excelsior, K K Khullar, Dec 11, 2005)
Asked what was his view of the highest form of devotion of God, Shaikh Moinuddin Chisthti, popularly known as 'Garib Nawaz' replied: "Redressing the misery of the miserable, fulfilling the needs of the needy, feeding the hungry, . . .
- Judiciary A Partner In National Development, Says Kalam (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Dec 11, 2005)
Golden Jubilee celebrations of Punjab and Haryana High Court inaugurated
Emphasis on delivering speedy justice
"Disputes should be resolved through human touch at grassroots level"
Creation of `Judiciary Programme Management Group' suggested
- Courts Should Ensure Speedy Justice: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Holding that the “dynamism and innovativeness” of the judicial system is vital for the country’s development, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday asked the courts to ensure speedy delivery of justice.
- Farmers Deserve A Better Deal: Dr Swaminathan (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Dec 11, 2005)
Among the world’s leading agricultural scientists, Dr M.S. Swaminathan has played a catalytic role in India’s green revolution.
- Forward Bloc Politics (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 11, 2005)
Dissidence within political parties is not a phenomenon peculiar to Pakistan. It is more common here and based more on personal grievances than principles because of the unrepresentative and undemocratic way in which the country has been governed . . .
- Kalam For Speedy Justice (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Dec 11, 2005)
The dream of the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru that common Indians must get “cheap and speedy justice” found an echo at the function organised today to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- Kalam-Farmer Interaction “Stage Managed” (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Though the farmers were eager to pour their hearts out to the President during their much-awaited interaction, it turned out to be a “stage-managed show” where only a couple of them spoke about the success of the village cluster adoption project.
- India's Highway Modernization (New York Times, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 11, 2005)
Amy Waldman answers questions from readers about her series of four articles on India's highway modernization.
- What's Cooking On J&k? (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Dec 11, 2005)
APPARENTLY, A US TRANSLATION OF AZAADI------ Is something cooking on Jammu & Kashmir of which little is known in India right now? It would seem so from reports emanating from Pakistan and Mecca where the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) . . .
- Dual Power Centres (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Dec 10, 2005)
Natwar Singh has resigned but look at all the pain and suffering over the last forty days as confusion and chaos prevails between the dual power center's = PM who has no power to 'act' and another power center [Sonia Gandhi] who runs away from
- Falling In Love With Bapu (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
The more I ponder over the lives of great men in world’s history, the more I feel compelled to conclude that Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi was perhaps the greatest of them all.
- Natwar Visits Amarinder In Patiala (Indian Express, MANISH SIRHINDI, Dec 10, 2005)
Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh is at the new Moti Bagh residence of his brother-in-law and Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh. Natwar, whose visit is under wraps, arrived in a personal vehicle here yesterday evening.
- The Year That Was... (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
It was the coldest winter I can recall: late winter monsoon added dampness to the chill to usher in morning mists.
- Gujar Khan People Rally Against Ajk Cops (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
A demonstration was staged by college girls, their mothers and dozens of other residents of Gujar Khan in front of the Parliament House here on Friday against AJK police for detaining a family of their city for 26 days in Mirpur police station.
- Whose Development? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2005)
US hip-hop group Flipsyde's single Someday is a runaway hit and has been chosen as the anthem for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. In India as part of the VH1 Hip-Hop Hustle tour, the band's singer and guitarist Steve Knight speaks to Manoj Nair:
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- Neglect Of Forests (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2005)
A front-page report in The Tribune on Friday revealed that Punjab forest officials had carried out fake plantations in Dhar subdivision of Gurdaspur district under a Japan bank-aided scheme and the accompanying photograph showed dumped saplings, . . .
- Protecting Human Rights (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
December 10 is the Human Rights Day. Human Rights are those rights which are inherent in every human being by virtue of being a member of the human family. These are nothing but what had been traditionally known as natural rights.
- The Other Face Of The Evil That Is Lashkar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 09, 2005)
Ejaz Butt's extraordinary story illuminates the lives of the foot soldiers of the organisation'sjihadin Jammu and Kashmir.
- Educational Malaise (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 09, 2005)
The inter-provincial conference of education ministers held in Karachi this week took what may seem major decisions. From 2006, the academic year for schools will begin in September and end the following May.
- 9-Member Lhc Team Leaves For India Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
A delegation of nine Lahore High Court (LHC) judges led by Justice Khawaja Mohammad Sharif will leave for India today (Friday) to attend golden jubilee celebrations of Punjab and Haryana high courts from December 10.
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus Trials On 11th And 13th (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 09, 2005)
India and Pakistan will conduct trial runs of the Amritsar-Lahore bus service on December 11 and December 13 respectively, said Navtej Sarna, the External Affairs Ministry spokesman on Thursday.
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