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Articles 3221 through 3320 of 5238:
- Indian Diplomats Meet Convicted Spy Today (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Aug 30, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday Indian diplomats would meet a convicted Indian spy on death row in a Lahore jail on Tuesday in the latest of efforts to save his life while the two rival nations are also discussing release of hundreds of each other’s nationals. .
- Freedom, Above All (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2005)
In a chilling operation on Sunday night, members of the Punjab Police spirited away this website’s newspaper’s reporter, Gautam Dheer.
- India, Pakistan Talks ``Candid, Constructive'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
Home Secretary level talks focus on terrorism, civilian prisoners, fugitives
We oppose terrorism in all forms, says Pakistan
India thanks Pakistan for allowing consular access to Sarabjit Singh
- The Burden Of Farmers' Debt (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 30, 2005)
A recent NSSO report on the indebtedness of farmer households provides important information on the extent and nature of cultivators' debt.
- The Fallen Angel-Ii (Statesman, SATRUGHNA KANTA ACHARYYA, Aug 30, 2005)
When elections were held under the Government of India Act of 1935, Jinnah was still thinking in terms of cooperation between the Congress and the Muslim League and with coalition governments in the provinces.
- Sc Panel Indicts Zahira As ‘Self-Condemned Liar’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
The committee gave a clean chit to Teesta Setalvad and also examined video footage of how a BJP politician got admitted to a hospital when summoned for questioning.
- India Seeks Deportation Of Dawood, (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2005)
India today handed over to Pakistan a list of nearly 30 wanted people, including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar and ULFA supremo Paresh Barua, seeking their deportation to face trial in this country.
- Bridge Over Troubled Lands (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 30, 2005)
Afghanistan could play a crucial role in improving India-Pakistan ties and breaking the stalemate over Kashmir, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Din And Siasat --- To (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 29, 2005)
"Juda ho din siasat se to reh jati hai Changaizi" (when a religious belief leaves politics, what takes over is tyranny).
- Drug Menace (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2005)
TO say that the drug menace in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh has reached alarming levels is to state the obvious.
- The Price Of Privileges (Tribune, Ruchi sharma, Aug 29, 2005)
I was travelling from Kathgodam to Delhi. I had barely seated myself when a battery of jawans entered the compartment. They were dressed in immaculate uniforms.
- Inequality In Equality (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Aug 29, 2005)
The author is former director general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Hazards Of Gas Pipe Line Through Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Aug 29, 2005)
In a recent meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh it was stated that India's requirement for natural gas within the next two and a half decades will soar from the current 21 million standard cubic meters per day(mmscmd)
- Dead Fish Move With The Flow (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 29, 2005)
Discarding old methods of farming and blindly adopting foreign ones has been extremely unprofitable
- Hang The Killers, Rapists Publicly (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 29, 2005)
Another ghastly crime of gang rape of a six-year-old girl in Sialkot has been reported in the Press on Sunday. The victim was allured, gang raped and murdered subsequently.
- Govt Under Pressure To Rein In Power Utilities (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
After the recent controversy over the hike in power tariff in Delhi and adverse remarks by the Standing Committee on Energy, the UPA Government is under pressure from its Left allies and the Opposition to take steps to check the rising tariff hike in. . .
- Manmohan Refuses To Officially Talk To Mush On Sarabjit Issue Because India And Pakistan Has Secretly Agreed To Diffuse The Issue Slowly (India Daily, Anil Rane, Aug 28, 2005)
Indian media went nuts over alleged Indian spy’s life in Pakistan who according to India is totally innocent
- Taj Nightviewing: Up Approaches Sc To Relax 300m Distance From Taj ...... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
The Uttar Pradesh Government will approach the Supreme Court seeking to reduce the 300 metres distance fixed for night viewers of the Taj Mahal in Agra on full moon days.
- 'I Am Not Trying To Make General Dyer A Hero' (Deccan Herald, Dipti Nair, Aug 28, 2005)
Nigel Collett, 52, is sort of an accidental tourist in India. Author of the much-talked about biography of General Dyer, The Butcher of Amritsar, Collett would have easily bypassed India had Dyer never committed the carnage at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919. .
- In Praise Of Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2005)
So what, if it is — and this includes its modern face — as the intelligentsia claim, a parvenu city?
- Could Partition Have Been Made Less Bloody? (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Aug 28, 2005)
It could be one of the most tantalising questions of modern Indian history.
- An Ecological Disaster (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
For all its pristine mountains and forests, Pakistan has one of the lowest ratios of forest cover to total land area.
- The Ken-Betwa Message (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
THE grand scheme of interlinking all the country’s rivers has hit a brick wall, not only technical and financial but also political. The current thinking is to take one small step at a time.
- Pakistan Grants Consular Access To Sarabjit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Pakistan on Friday granted consular access to Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Lahore.
- Exchange Of Prisoners No Option, Says India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
India on Thursday ruled out a proposal for exchange of prisoners for the release of Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death in Pakistan for his alleged involvement in the 1990 bomb blasts. “We have not talked about exchange of prisoners in Sarabjit Singh’s ...
- Genesis Of The Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 27, 2005)
Kashmir dispute has a history and the struggle is based on reason, Mian Manzoor Ahmad responds to the article by Paul Beerman
- For Children’S Sake (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
THE Punjab Government’s stand that it is unable to implement the mid-day meal scheme in the primary schools of the state because of paucity of funds cannot be accepted at its face value.
- Pakistan Grants Consular Access To Sarabjit (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2005)
Pakistan today granted consular access to Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Lahore.
- Sc Notice To Haryana For Not Declaring (Tribune, S. S. Negi, Aug 26, 2005)
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Haryana Government on a petition challenging the Hooda Ministry’s directive to the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC)
- Pakistan Grants Consular Access To Sarabjit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Pakistan on Friday granted consular access to Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Lahore.
- Pak Grants Sarabjit Consular Access (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Pakistan on Friday granted consular access to Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Lahore.
- Improving Ties With Afghanistan (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Aug 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Afghanistan can be a turning point for better Indo-Afghan relations. Afghanistan is not just another neighbour, but a buffer to an ever turbulent South Asia where terrorism, religious animosity and civilisational c
- Not Without Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 26, 2005)
Disappointment is in store for those who believe that the fate of the Kalabagh dam is to be announced in the next few days.
- Pak Grants Consular Access To Sarabjit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
Pakistan today granted consular access to Sarabjit Singh, sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in bomb blasts in Lahore.
- Enercon Financial Closure For Rs. 500 Crore Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
IL&FS Investment has raised Rs. 489 crore in rupee term loan with a short span of 45 days leading to the financial closure of the projects of Enercon Windfarms (Hindustan) Pvt. Ltd.
- A Black Spot (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 26, 2005)
How do you define crime situation in a state in which two out of every one lakh of the total registered crimes are rapes?
- Release Sarabjit: India To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2005)
India today asked Pakistan to consider the release of Sarabjit Singh, who has been sentenced to death by the Pakistan Supreme Court, on humanitarian grounds.
- Mutiny’S Bounty (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Aug 25, 2005)
Each time an Indian filmmaker attempts to recreate the past, the resident bore stands up and yelps, ‘‘But this is not history.’’
- Cruise Missiles In Neighbourhood (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 25, 2005)
On July 18 President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted that India and the United States would “work together to provide global leadership in areas of mutual concern and interest.”
- India And Iran: A Time For Reflection (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 25, 2005)
With vital energy, trade, manufacturing, and security interests involved, Iran and India have an overwhelming stake in resisting U.S. pressure that seeks to inhibit their relationship.
- India's Economic Opportunities And Perils (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Aug 24, 2005)
The prospects of traditional manufacturing sectors such as textiles have become bright.
- Reining In The Madressahs (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Aug 24, 2005)
Last week the government issued an ordinance requiring all the madressahs in the country to get themselves registered with the authorities.
- India : Democracy Eroded (Daily Excelsior, Rakesh Bahl, Aug 24, 2005)
The constitution of In-dia is known to be the best document written and enacted in the world of democracy, but practically the facts on ground seem to be diametrically opposite to the principals of government formation and governance.
- Shiv Sena Hold Weakens (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Aug 23, 2005)
Long before the McDonalds and Pizza Huts touched base in India, the Shiv Sena in Mumbai came up with the idea of franchising its brand of terror and instant justice.
- A Freebie For Farmers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2005)
The “energy bonus” announced by Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday has not been greeted with the kind of enthusiasm the Punjab Chief Minister might have hoped for. Declared on Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary with fanfare, it will help only select farmers.
- Cruise Missiles In Sub-Continent — The Sino-Pakistani Nexus (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 23, 2005)
India cannot be too careful about the manner in which China is supplying Pakistan with missiles to give latter the capability to strike at cities all across India.
- Missing The Wood (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Aug 23, 2005)
Till well into the 1960s, Indian railways used steam engines.
- Buta Does A Lalu! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2005)
You scratch my back and I scratch yours. That is common practice in politics. But should even Governors be engaged in such a cosy relationship with a controversial politician? Bihar Governor Buta Singh has landed his high office in the firing line . . . .
- Longowal Got Best Deal For Punjab (Tribune, S. S. Dhanoa, Aug 22, 2005)
One lasting contribution to the public life in Punjab that Sant Harchand Singh Longowal has made is that with his death he closed the communal divide that had bedevilled the peace in the state.
- 1984: Next, A Task Force (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2005)
Sensing the public mood, the UPA government had to relent after tabling a completely sterile Action Taken Report alongwith the Nanavati Commission Report in Parliament.
- Poor Education Standards (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2005)
Had the NWFP government not been so preoccupied with its efforts to upgrade moral values in the Frontier,
- The High Court Acts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2005)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court’s decision to suspend the Jhajjar Chief Judicial Magistrate for his questionable role during his earlier stint at Sonepat and withdraw all judicial work from Ludhiana’s Additional District and Sessions Judge till his ....
- Powering The Nation For A Bright Future (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
The State-owned energy producer, National Thermal Power Corporation, is embarking on an ambitious plan to take the total installed capacity to 66,000 MW by 2017 through green field projects, expansion of existing stations and foray into nuclear and hydel
- Bjp Suspends Khurana (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 21, 2005)
Action taken for `sack Modi' demand The action came within hours of Mr. Khurana writing to Mr. Advani, demanding that Narendra Modi be sacked.
- Lifestyle Cause For Rising Heart Cases, Says Dr Lal (Tribune, Parmindar Singh, Aug 21, 2005)
DR Purshottam Lal, Chairman of Metro Group of Hospitals in Noida, is a renowned cardiologist.
- Norms For Distribution Of Rice, Wheat Revised (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Aug 21, 2005)
No change in quota of foodgrains
Kharif rice cultivation declines by 1.8 per cent this year
Pawar wants States to ensure sale of coarse grains through the TDPS
Concern over deficiency of rainfall in U.P.
- Relief Panel For Sikhs Meets (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The first meeting of the committee on rehabilitation of the families of the victims of the November 1984 anti-Sikh riots was held on Friday.
- Local Poll Pointers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 20, 2005)
The first phase of local body elections has been successfully completed, and there are lessons to be learnt for the second and last phase in a week’s time and for the future.
- '84 Riots: Panel Wants Rs 5-Lakh Relief For Each Victim (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The committee constituted by the Union Home Minister to examine compensation awarded in the 1984 riots has recommended that each of the victims be given Rs 5 lakh each.
- Closing Of The Backdoor (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2005)
It does not behove a government to find ways and means to defy the spirit of various rules and regulations, while pretending to stick to its letter.
- Amnesty Seeks Speedy Justice For ’84 Riot Victims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged the Indian Government to punish any individual, including police or government officials, found responsible for human rights violations during the violence against Sikhs in Delhi in 1984.
- Free Power For Farmers With 5 Acres (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
After getting the vital “green signal” from the World Bank on providing free power to small farmers, the Punjab Government tonight finally resolved to give this facility to farmers having landholdings up to five acres.
- The Moral Code Of Indian Democracy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2005)
THE BJP and the NDA will have every right to taunt the fulsome apology by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for 1984 once they have familiarized themselves with the letter “A”.
- Naxalite Issue Gets Out Of Hand In Andhra Pradesh (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Aug 19, 2005)
The ‘ban’ on the underground CPI(Maoist) and its fraternal organisations will only give unfettered powers to the police
- Pusa Rohini, Tomato Variety Shows Promise (Hindu, M.J. PRABU , Aug 18, 2005)
About 40 tonnes of fruits can be harvested from one hectare
The ideal TIME for sowing the seeds in the nursery is during October
- The Promise Of Reason (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 18, 2005)
Speech serves to indicate not only what is useful and what is harmful, but also what is just and what is unjust.
- Justice Delayed And Denied (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Aug 16, 2005)
It seems that the Indian state/government has acquired a high degree of specialisation in procrastination. It is often said that justice delayed is justice denied, but here are both!
- Interest Rates Should Remain Stable: Cmie (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Depsite a buoyant capital market corporates are taking the loan route to fund their expansion plans, finds the review.
- Every I-Day, I Cry With Pain’ (Deccan Herald, BALA CHAUHAN, Aug 16, 2005)
Her voice is choked and her eyes are streaming with tears that just wouldn’t stop. A pause, a silence, pregnant with the memories that today completed 58 years, along with the one of Independence.
- 72 Hours, 21 Years (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 15, 2005)
suspect each one of us who covered the anti-Sikh riots as reporters in November 1984 has a persistent nightmare. Some still wake up in cold sweat as images of half-burnt bodies in Trilokpuri appear again and again.
- 72 Hours, 21 Years (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 13, 2005)
I suspect each one of us who covered the anti-Sikh riots as reporters in November 1984 has a persistent nightmare.
- The Unbearable Burden Of Memory (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Aug 13, 2005)
The Nanavati Commission report and the government’s ATR have raised a sufficient amount of dust and debate over the lack of justice to the victims of the pogrom against the Sikhs in 1984.
- ‘A Great National Shame, A Great National Tragedy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 13, 2005)
The Prime Minister in the Rajya Sabha on August 11, about the Nanavati Commission Report on the 1984 Sikh massacres
- Refinery Revival (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 13, 2005)
After never-ending uncertainty, the Guru Gobind Singh refinery of Bathinda is at last back on the rails.
- Smoke It Or Chew It (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 13, 2005)
Most people know that aviation mantri Praful Patel is also a beedi baron. His family runs the Number 27 beedi business, one of the largest in India.
- When Will Things Change? (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Aug 13, 2005)
This week’s column comes to you from Chiva Som in Thailand where your weary columnist has come to take a break.
- Who Were Behind The Riots? (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 13, 2005)
The THE eighties were the worst of times in India’s Punjab. The Bhindrawale cult of violence,
- Pm Apologises To Sikhs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2005)
Home Minister Shivraj Patil announced two committees to pay compensation to the relatives of the 1984 riot victims within two months.
- ‘i Bow My Head In Shame Over 1984...We Can’T Rewrite Past...We (Can) Write A Better Future ’ (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Aug 12, 2005)
In a powerfully emotional speech, very unlike his characteristic measured approach,
- Do Stock Markets Love Bad News? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Aug 12, 2005)
The breast-beating over the senselessness of a stock market that soars in the wake of bad news does not take into account the converse question: why do markets go down when there is a flood of good news?
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