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Articles 3121 through 3220 of 5238:
- Setting A Good Example (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 25, 2005)
The restoration of Tollinton Market, a colonial-time landmark on The Mall in Lahore, comes as a welcome move.
- Free Power To Farmers At What Cost? (Tribune, Harpreet Singh, Sep 25, 2005)
The Prakash Singh Badal government in Punjab gave free power to farmers for 60 months, but lost power in the 2002 Assembly elections. What feat can the Amarinder Singh government achieve by giving free power for just 16 months?
- Female Foeticide Goes On Unchecked In Punjab (Tribune, Charu Singh, Sep 23, 2005)
The sorry saga of female foeticide always takes me back to the summer of 1996 when I encountered it in a big way while doing a study on the issue in Punjab.
- Gill's Review Plea Rejected (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
Convicted for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer in 1988
- Maharashtra Sugar Cane Farmers — Bitter Deal From Weather, Government (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 21, 2005)
Sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra's Golden Triangle have been dealt a double whammy — by the floods that destroyed much of their crop and by the Government's disregard for their plight.
- Sonia Case: Pervaiz Comes Into Action (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 21, 2005)
Punjab Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi has ordered suspension of Faisalabad SP Investigation Abdullah Khalid from service and registration of a case against him for involvement in Sonia Naz’s case.
- Politics And The Pm (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 21, 2005)
There is no doubt that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has earned universal respect for his economic and financial policies which he had initiated as finance minister long before being elected as chief executive of the country.
- 90 Per Cent Of Rain Fell In Three Weeks Of Monsoon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
This staid chart has more to it than just rainfall measurements of North-West India.
- Where India Stands Today (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Sep 20, 2005)
Today India is one of the fastest developing countries. Yet everything is not all right with us. There are many worrying aspects that need to be taken into account and solutions found expeditiously.
- Going Beyond Free Power (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Sep 20, 2005)
The decision of the Government of Punjab to give free electricity to all farmers in Punjab has vindicated the stand of the earlier Akali-BJP regime. However, there is an important difference between the recent and earlier decisions in the sense that the g
- World Bank Expert To Mediate Pak-India Dam Row (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
A World Bank-appointed expert will visit Pakistan and India next month to try to resolve a row between the nuclear-armed rivals over a dam New Delhi is building in the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistan said on Monday.
- Heavy Rains Lash Northern India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Normal life affected for the third consecutive day in most parts
- 61.6 Per Cent Of State's Farmer Households Are In Debt (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Sep 18, 2005)
Dependence on moneylenders has made farming unprofitable, says survey
- Uniquely Sobti (Hindu, Aditi De, Sep 18, 2005)
The Heart Has Its Reasons,(Dil-o-Danish), Krishna Sobti. Translated from Hindi by Reema Anand and Meenakshi Swami, Katha, Rs. 250
- Misery Unending For Sonia Naz (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 18, 2005)
The continuing misery of Sonia Naz should put to rest the views of those in this country who think that rape is used by some as a means to seek a better life in the West.
- Groupism Will Be Tackled With A Firm Hand: Dullo (Tribune, Varinder Singh, Sep 18, 2005)
Unlike most of his predecessors, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, the president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee,
- Building Bridges With Ulfa (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 18, 2005)
Destiny has taken many twists in popular Assamese writer Indira Goswami’s life.
- Are We A Nation Of Liars? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 17, 2005)
In a Lahore High Court judgement delivered in 1924 two English judges expressed the opinion that all Punjabis were liars.
- The Familiar Script (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 17, 2005)
There are many reasons why the joint statement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President General Pervez Musharraf is so insipid and so disappointing.
- Kharif Output This Year Expected To Be `Fairly Good' (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 17, 2005)
Shortfall likely in output of coarse cereals, cotton, jute and tur
- How About City Govts? (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Sep 17, 2005)
The only way to get cities some attention would be to get local governments, for which autonomy and representation are both important.
- Inducing Consolidation By Banks (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, Sep 17, 2005)
For Indian public sector banks, an alternative to induced consolidation would be to intensify efforts at sharing some expensive overheads, such as technology investments, and presenting a united front against foreign competition.
- Ppp Dented In Punjab (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 16, 2005)
An influential family of Sargodha — Pirachas have bade farewell to the Peoples Party and joined ruling Pakistan Muslim League.
- Murder Most Foul (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2005)
AS time passes and society progresses, one expects certain social evils to die a natural death.
- Splurge And Prosper (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 16, 2005)
Nobody's really surprised that Delhi is India's richest — as well as highest spending — city, ahead of Mumbai, Kolkata and thrifty Chennai.
- Supreme Court Summons Health Secretaries Of Five States (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 15, 2005)
To explain reasons for non-implementation of order relating to sterilisation
Hearing a PIL petition seeking framing of guidelines for performing sterilisation
Order said only doctors with five years of gynaecological experience could carry . . .
- Smuggler' Shot Dead On Wagah Border, Allege Pakistan Rangers (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 15, 2005)
Pakistan Rangers claimed to have killed an alleged Indian "smuggler" on Tuesday night when they opened fire to check him at a "picket" on the Wagah border while he was attempting to cross into Pakistan.
- Times Ahead (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 15, 2005)
Scenes of jubilation witnessed at the Wagah border in Punjab following the biggest ever exchange of prisoners between India and Pakistan represent the current mood prevailing in the sub-continent.
- Freed Indian Says 56 More Still In Lahore Jail (Hindu, Luv Puri , Sep 14, 2005)
70-year-old Kashmir Singh has been behind bars for 32 years
- Half-Baked Anti-Hijacks Steps (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Sep 14, 2005)
The Government of India has done well to enunciate, unequivocally, the basic tenet of its anti-hijack policy-shoot first.
- Now And Again: Three Hours Of Freedom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 14, 2005)
He was proud to be principal of the institution that was chosen as a model school in the district.
- Govt. Won't Ban Onion Export; Imports If Necessary (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The Government will not ban export of onions despite a shortfall of 20 to 25 per cent in production this season but would import the commodity if necessary, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said at a press conference here on Tuesday.
- It Is Time For Pakistan To Release Sarabjit And Stop Capturing Innocent Indians In The Name Of Faked Terrorism (India Daily, Sonia Joshi, Sep 13, 2005)
What Pakistan has done to Sarabjit and other Indian nationals must come to an end.
- India, Pak To Swap 500 Prisoners At Wagah Today (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 12, 2005)
The stage was set today for another high in the bilateral peace process when India and Pakistan exchange nearly 500 civilian prisoners at the Wagah Border near here
- Chidambaram Favours 4-5 Giant Psbs To Finance Big Projects (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Sep 11, 2005)
The Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, said that oil price increase might have an adverse impact on inflation. However, he said, it would not affect country's economic growth.
- Big Is Beautiful, Fm Tells Banks (Indian Express, ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU, Sep 11, 2005)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has identified seven public sector banks having assets of over Rs 50,000 crore, as the ones to take the lead in the consolidation process in the banking industry while addressing banking and media personnel at Bank of India
- Verdicts On Pakistan (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 11, 2005)
... offered 40 years apart, in the same American magazine
We have never defined ourselves in our own right — only in relation to India. That is our tragedy
- Verdicts On Pakistan (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 11, 2005)
We have never defined ourselves in our own right — only in relation to India. That is our tragedy.'
- A Linked Future (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2005)
Alice Hardgrove’s scholarly work on Marwaris cites European Jews and the Chinese of Indonesia.
- Uti Mf To Launch Gold Etf (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
UTI Mutual Fund is all set to launch a new fund plan Gold ETF (exchange traded fund).
- Is Justice Possible Without Looking For The Truth? (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Sep 09, 2005)
There is a demand that the NHRC take a more proactive role in the Punjab illegal cremations case.
- Dead As Dodo? (Tribune, Shailaja Chandra, Sep 09, 2005)
Almost every night I walked my daschund Dodo down Copernicus Marg, past the Kamani auditorium, Punjab and Haryana Bhavans and the Princes’ Park, all well known landmarks in the heart of Delhi.
- Scotland Eyes Investment From Punjab, Haryana (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Sep 08, 2005)
Scotland (UK) is looking at independent relationship with India, particularly Punjab and Haryana keeping in mind their growth rate, per capita income and literacy.
- Power Play, Again (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2005)
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is feeding a “free power” frenzy. After announcing an ‘energy bonus’ scheme two weeks ago
- Free For All! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2005)
THE temptation to woo voters at state expense is irresistible, all the more so in a state like Punjab where the free power route has been traversed earlier also, although not with the desired results.
- Zakat Distribution Flaws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 07, 2005)
The Sindh government has denied that it has failed to distribute two billion rupees in the Zakat fund to the poor.
- First-Ever Livestock Export To Pak (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Sep 07, 2005)
After having been stranded for several hours at this joint check-post, the first-ever livestock cargo (162 goats and 172 sheep) was exported to Pakistan through the land route here today. A large number of Pakistani mediapersons were awaiting across the b
- India Conveys Sarabjit's Identity (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 06, 2005)
India has conveyed to Pakistan that the man condemned to gallows by the country’s Supreme Court is indeed Sarabjit Singh who is an Indian national.
- Pakistan Polls Manipulated (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 06, 2005)
It might be possible to predict the broad results of the 2007 general election in Pakistan: many friends of Gen Musharraf will win
- Mirwaiz Faction Does Not Represent Kashmiris" (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 06, 2005)
It is holding talks in contravention of APHC constitution: Geelani
Majority is with us
Pakistan changing stand
Yasin Malik, Shabir Shah absent
Release Afzal Guru
- Sarabjit Will Not Be Hanged (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 06, 2005)
Pakistan's assurance to India
- Indigenous Products For Indian Missiles (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Sep 06, 2005)
Some years ago, when three young scientist-engineers left their jobs to strike out on their own, they had little idea that theirs would be a spectacular trajectory.
- Sarabjit Is Indian, Pakistan Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
India has conveyed to Islamabad that Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death in Pakistan for his alleged involvement in Lahore blasts in 1990, is an Indian national.
- Why Milk Adulteration? (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Sep 06, 2005)
The adulteration of milk in India has been going on for years, presumably in connivance with officials and politicians.
- Sarabjeet An Indian: New Delhi (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 06, 2005)
India today said it conveyed to Pakistan that Sarabjeet Singh, sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in the Lahore bomb blasts in 1990,
- Story Of Blunders By Delhi And Islamabad In Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 05, 2005)
It’s been a real tragedy of errors which has made Kashmir suffer.
- Teachers’ Day In Our Times (Tribune, R. Vatsyayan, Sep 05, 2005)
For most of the people of my fifty-plus generation Teachers’ Day brings nostalgic memories of our school days.
- Badal Stresses For Early Solution To Dalits Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Phagwara, Sept 4 (PTI) Former Punjab Chief Minister and Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal today flayed the "inhuman act" of torching the dalits' houses in Gohana recently saying it had exposed the so-called secular face of the Congress government in ...
- Universities Under Siege (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Sep 05, 2005)
Having reasonably played a good and successful role the Indian university system as a whole is under siege.
- Hard Road To Justice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 05, 2005)
A police inquiry constituted by the IG of Punjab is currently underway into the allegations that Sonia Naz of Faisalabad has made against two police officers.
- Arms Control In South Asia (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Sep 05, 2005)
In the first half of September, foreign secretaries and foreign ministers of India and Pakistan would have set the stage for a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf on September 14
- Breaking Barriers In Panchayats (Tribune, Dharam Pal More, Sep 04, 2005)
Ever since Parliament passed the Constitution 73rd (Amendment) Act and empowered over a million women,
- A Myth Demystified (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 04, 2005)
A four-year study of the Bhakra Nangal project dared to examine the most sacred `temple' of India's development.
- Demystifying General Dyer (Hindu, Aditi De, Sep 04, 2005)
He does not think he would have enjoyed Dyer's company if he had met him in the officer's mess. Nigel Collett talks about the controversial General and his recently-published book.
- Politicians And The Police (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Sep 04, 2005)
If any politicians were ever to ask me how he should practise his craft (which none has done to date), I would say: “be good, but if you cannot be good, be careful.”
- Chc Site Vacated, Auction Of Old Structure On Anvil (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 03, 2005)
Site meant for the 150-bed Children Hospital Complex (CHC) has been totally vacated and auction and demolition of the old residential quarters is on the anvil these days.
- Politicians’ Writ Or Police Raj (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 03, 2005)
THAT police are meant to maintain law and order still holds good in the West, although the 9/11 attacks have drastically changed its meaning.
- Dalits In Haryana Protest Against Gohana Incident (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
The Haryana chief minister said the damage was being assessed and full compensation would be paid to the affected families.
- India, Pak Agree To Release All Prisoners By Sept 12 (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
India and Pakistan announced on Tuesday the release of all fishermen and civilian prisoners by September 12
- Wake Up, Before It’S Too Late (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 02, 2005)
Are we standing on the brink of a precipice where we need a nudge and we are gone.
- Tn Politics Hotting Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 02, 2005)
Although Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu are still eight months away, the opposition DMK party is ramping up its preparations and competitive politics as was seen at its recent Vellore zonal conference.
- India, Pakistan To Continue Dialogue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 02, 2005)
Joint Commission headed by Foreign Ministers to be revived to give a new impetus to bilateral ties
The third round of the composite dialogue to commence in December
Possibility of two additional bus routes discussed
- Pak Devolution Of Power (Tribune, Ash Narain Roy, Sep 02, 2005)
Democracy has been anathema to Pakistani rulers during a large part of the country’s existence.
- Cause And Effect Of Inequality Syndrome (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Sep 01, 2005)
India is on the path to sustained growth. But India’s poor are many and their incomes and consumption are not rising as fast as those of the rich. Our administrative apparatus and procedures have failed in delivering opportunities to them.
- Contradictions In The Devolution Plan (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Sep 01, 2005)
Elections in transitional democracies are typically marred by systematic irregularities and fraud.
- Who Created Pakistan? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Aug 31, 2005)
On August 11 last, Pakistan test fired its first crude missile named Babur (Haft 7). Though Pakistan has downplayed its Islamic connotations (as much as its Chinese connection) the choices of names for its ballistic missiles like Abdali (Haft 2),
- Rule Of Law Violated (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2005)
Public pressure forced the Punjab Police to release Indian Express reporter Gautam Dheer within a day of his arrest. It is for the courts concerned to decide whether the police have any case at all against him or not.
- Gains Of Cooperation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
The Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana shared a common platform after jointly inaugurating the new Bhakra-Beas Management Board building in Chandigarh on Monday and,
- Indian Diplomats Meet Sarabjit, Say He Is In Good Health (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
Sarabjit Singh, facing death in Pakistan, today gave his personal details, circumstances under which he was arrested, tried and convicted, to two Indian High Commission officials who met him at the high-security Kot Lakhpath jail near Lahore.
- Helpless Villagers (Dawn, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 31, 2005)
There are sound reasons for reformers who have the good of the country at heart to say that Pakistan can never change for the better unless feudalism in its various forms in completely eliminated.
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