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- A Pathetic Lapse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 12, 2005)
The news that patients have no access to X-rays, ECGs and other labratory facilities after 2 pm at the Narowal district hospital is pathetic.
- More Teeth For Sex Determination Law (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2005)
Amended in 2002, the PNDT Act has made sex determination a crime with punishment of 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs one lakh.
- Madras High Court's Unenviable Record (Hindu, A. Subramani , Aug 11, 2005)
Just one judge has made it to the Supreme Court as Chief Justice
- Farmers’ Suicides Drive Kids To Elders’ Care (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Aug 11, 2005)
Dressed in a tehmat and kurta, Bade Ram looks older than his age. He has every reason to look worried.
- Punjab Cm In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2005)
Opposition in the Punjab Assembly has filed a reference against Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi,
- Ways Of Sarkar (Tribune, S.S. Dhanoa, Aug 11, 2005)
My late wife had willed a property in Mohali (Punjab) of which she was a joint holder to be transferred in the name of our younger son who is abroad. I had undertaken to get it done.
- Modi Or Tytler, Government Should Take Action: Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2005)
Government should probe deeper organisations mentioned in report
Amend ATR: Gurudas Dasgupta
Sikhs have never got justice: Dhindsa
Prime Minister's intervention more disappointing: BJP
- Exam System Stinks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2005)
Like a worn-out garden hose, the examination system leaks at a thousand places.
- The Next Big Risk May Hit From A Different Angle (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 11, 2005)
Antonio's first big mistake in The Merchant of Venice was to bet his whole fortune on a fleet of ships, and his second mistake was to borrow 3,000 ducats from a single source, states the intro of David Shirreff's Dealing with Financial Risk, from Viva
- Government Plans To Revive Ethanol-Blended Petrol (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
The Government has plans to revive the old but ambitious programme of running automobiles on petrol blended with ethanol from October.
- Nanavati Report: Sikh Rage Spills Over To Streets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2005)
Peeved at the Congress government’s stance on the report, angry Sikhs took to the streets and demanded removal of Union minister Jagdish Tytler.
- Unless Dharam Singh Is Given Full Scope To Run This Tough Govt, It’Ll Be Very Difficult. There Should Not Be Any Remote Control’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2005)
‘Unless Dharam Singh is given full scope to run this tough govt, it’ll be very difficult. There should not be any remote control’
- The Bigger Tragedy (Indian Express, Himmat Singh Gill, Aug 10, 2005)
The sham of the Nanavati Commission report and the bigger hoax of the Action Taken Report (ATR) must be condemned in the strongest of terms by all citizens.
- Shed Negative Approach To Growth, Chidambaram Tells Nda Members (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2005)
Lok Sabha passes demands for Rs. 14,661. 36-crore supplementary grants
All economic indicators positive
Inflation is the lowest in two years
- In Refugee Camps, Hunger And Inhuman Conditions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2005)
Over 50,000 Sikhs have been displaced since the communal riots broke out in Delhi on Wednesday (October 31).
- Politics Of Forgetting And Forgiving (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 09, 2005)
A society ought to move beyond the politics of memory. Justice Nanavati has given enough ammunition to those who want to keep the pot boiling.
- Partition’S Hinge (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Aug 07, 2005)
How separatist Muslim politics took root between 1937 and 1942
- A Congressman From India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
From a humble Punjab village, Dalip Singh Saund went on to become the first Asian to be elected to the US Congress. M.S.S. Murthy traces the extraordinary journey of a remarkable man.
- How Sikhs Became Seeks (Hindu, ANAND, Aug 07, 2005)
The verdict in the 1985 Air India bombing trial, in which both the accused were acquitted in February 2005, was covered extensively by the media in North America.
- Banks Advised To Restructure Debts Of Cotton Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
Centre providing financial, technological assistance: Minister
- Protecting National Heritage (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 07, 2005)
Much has been written in these columns about the government’s attempts at provincializing the national heritage.
- Waiting Five Decades To Make A Six-Hour Journey (Hindu, Luv Puri , Aug 07, 2005)
Opening a Kargil-Skardu road will reunite families
- Food Subsidy: How To Reduce The Bill (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 05, 2005)
The food subsidy bill, consisting largely of farmer and consumer subsidies and support to the Food Corporation of India, has spiralled in the last ten years. A combination of measures, including new marketing avenues through co-operatives, price . . .
- Powerless In Haryana (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2005)
IT is common to see normally patient citizens losing their cool when denied electricity in this hot and humid weather.
- Patka’ Unravelled (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Aug 05, 2005)
Pappa, I don’t want to go to school”, declared the son on his return from the school one day. Why?
- G-8’S Some Positive Initiatives (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2005)
The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has allowed import of sugar from India to stabilize the domestic prices.
- New Murree Project (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 03, 2005)
The Government of Punjab has decided to go ahead with construction of New Murree project, an international standard tourist resort at Patriata, about 24 kilometre south east of Murree.
- Punjab Set For Orange Revolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2005)
A proactive citrus programme should create a new pattern of profit and sustainability
- Networking For Early Cancer Detection Is Important’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2005)
A proactive citrus programme should create a new pattern of profit and sustainability
- Elixir Of Death (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2005)
Since time immemorial, milk has been considered the elixir of life. It is the perfect food which suits everyone from a child to an aged person.
- New `Knowledge' And The Farming Community (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 02, 2005)
How farmers get access to knowledge and information about new and existing technologies can be critical in determining the viability of cultivation.
- Bumps On The Road (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 02, 2005)
A road is believed to speak a lot about the condition of a country or a state. Judging from the potholes and worse on Punjab roads, nobody can give the state a certificate that it is in the pink of health.
- Watchdog Can’T Sleep (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 01, 2005)
In blessed Punjab, things have to degenerate completely before someone wakes up to the hopeless reality.
- Local Bodies: Whose Fiefdom? (Dawn, I. A. Rehman, Aug 01, 2005)
This year's local government elections have generated unprecedented interest among all those who seek power by capturing elective offices.
- Spin On Education (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2005)
The scathing indictment of erstwhile district nazims by the Punjab education minister,
- Pyrrhic Victory (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 30, 2005)
KPS Gill's sentence: Too little, too late
- Thank You, President (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 30, 2005)
The President has withheld assent to the Haryana Casino Bill. This was quite expected for two reasons.
- Will Karnataka Be The Next Gujarat? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jul 29, 2005)
Regardless of whether the strife within the Janata Dal (Secular) reaches its threatened climax this weekend or not, the moot point is whether the simple caste arithmetic that seems to be guiding the Congress’ strategy at the moment has the potential to yi
- Restore With Hammer And Tongues (Telegraph, Barun De, Jul 28, 2005)
Laldighi, and not Dalhousie Square, should be the motif for the new restoration work being planned by the state government, writes Barun De
- Service And Sacrifice Is The True Religion (Tribune, S. S. Dhanoa, Jul 28, 2005)
It is amusing to see how the faux pas of Capt Amarinder Singh in addressing the Sikh congregation in Dixie Gurdwara Toronto, Canada,
- Malls Of The Few, Chawls Of The Many (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jul 28, 2005)
The scenes from Gurgaon gave us more than just a picture of one labour protest, police brutality or corporate tyranny. It presented us a microcosm of the new and old Indias. Different rules and realities for different classes of society.
- Crime In D.G. Khan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 28, 2005)
The news that 220 cases of kidnapping for ransom have been reported in the last six months from the four districts of the Dera Ghazi Khan police range highlights the deteriorating law and order situation in the province.
- Secure Punjab Now (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2005)
Securing peace in Punjab is one of the country’s most important political gains.
- Sc Upholds Gill Conviction (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2005)
While the verdict was a setback to former Punjab police chief K P S Gill, the IPS officer will not be jailed for his lewd behaviour in the 1988 incident.
- One Product, One Village (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Jul 27, 2005)
Nowadays every country of the world strives to find an international market for its produce, whether the produce is industrial or agricultural or mineral.
- Where Are Pakistan's Commodities Headed? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 27, 2005)
When Pakistani forces occupied certain points in Kargil, India's military intelligence system failed to detect and warn the army of the manoeuvres until the Pakistani forces were long entrenched into strategically important positions.
- Punjab At No 5 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 27, 2005)
That Punjab, once on the top in the country in per capita income, has slipped to the fifth place should not come as a surprise.
- Much Needed Reminder (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 25, 2005)
AT a meeting with the Lahore General Hospital’s board of management on Thursday, Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said medical superintendents of government hospitals should inspect their institutes on a daily basis
- Nda Plans Censure Motion Against Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
The NDA will force a discussion in Parliament on Manmohan Singh’s speech in Oxford.
- Women Talk Of Rights (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jul 25, 2005)
Shobha De ko gussa kyon atta hai? A recent event organised to discuss women’s issues by FICCI ladies went completely astray as the moderator Shivani Wazir introduced panelist Shobha and asked the author to please tell them how she stayed so fit.
- Captain Vs Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 25, 2005)
The Amarinder Singh government’s decision to phase out the 95 per cent aid given to the recognised private schools in the state’s urban areas is bound to cripple their functioning and push up the cost of education for students.
- Documentary Evokes Debate On Partition (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 24, 2005)
ARE we going backwards? No, not just by way of bleak power and water output, but seeing the Jinnah mania that’s gripped us. Maybe, the Partition chaos had been simmering in our psyche for too long and just about needed the go ahead by that one utterance.
- South Punjab Oppression (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2005)
A REPORT released by the Multan task force of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan makes for depressing reading.
- 165 More Held In Pakistan Clampdown (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
Pakistani authorities said arrested members of banned outfits and religious groups will be tried in anti-terrorism courts.
- Village Growth Hit By Lack Of Road (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 23, 2005)
Jungi, a village of some 200 souls, is not an odd name. Ask anywhere, in Tatapani on the banks of the swirling Satluj, and people can direct you to this village that falls in Mandi district.
- Singh In His True Colours (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 23, 2005)
INDIAN Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has made a scathing attack on Pakistan that smacks of traditional venomous attitude of New Delhi towards Islamabad. At a time when Pakistan was under renewed pressure in connection with unfortunate incidents in Lond
- Pakistan Cracks Down On Madrasas (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 22, 2005)
There is still no official confirmation that Pakistan has arrested Haroon Rashid Aswad, a British Muslim sought by London.
- Issues Of Industrial Expansion (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jul 21, 2005)
INDUSTRY in Pakistan needs to be greatly diversified to accelerate its growth. That is all the more so in Sindh which has not seen the emergence of a major industrial estate for the last 20 years. That has happened despite the steady inflow of persons fro
- Momentous Visit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the United States was, by all means, a momentous one.
- American Idol (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 21, 2005)
In the 1950s, the British people did not know that there was a new country called Pakistan. They were shocked into its existence after Fazal Mahmood, the great bowler, almost single-handedly defeated England at the Oval with his unplayable leg cutters.
- Kerala's Imported Labourers (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jul 19, 2005)
Hitherto known as the land of few job opportunities, with nearly all of its literate hoards migrating to other parts of India and West Asia in search of greener pastures, Kerala is now offering jobs to people from Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal.
- Stark Contrast (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Jul 19, 2005)
RK Kashik’s “Mother India” in real life’ (July 2) brought back to me memories of my earlier years of service.
- Nursing Dreams (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 19, 2005)
Medical caregivers to get US green card within one year
- No Compromise On Democracy (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Jul 19, 2005)
Elite pacts or deals are an accepted feature of transitional politics. The most widely used definition is an explicit though not public agreement between authoritarian elites and the democratic opposition that determines the basic rules of a transition to
- Chandigarh Is It (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 18, 2005)
City attracts industry, needs better infrastructure
- Three Suicide Bombers Recently Visited Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 18, 2005)
As investigations into last week's London attacks progress, it has emerged that three of the suspected suicide bombers recently visited Pakistan.
- Babbar Khalsa `Human Bombs' Held In Chandigarh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2005)
RDX seized; the outfit used various modules, say police
- Investment In Sindh (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
GOVERNOR Dr Ishratul Ebad has pointed out that vast opportunities exist in Sindh for investment. Talking to a three member delegation of Hotel Sheraton, he said investment friendly policies of the present Government and its efforts for bringing improvemen
- Octroi For Town And Village Development (Tribune, G.S. Grewal , Jul 12, 2005)
PUNJAB Finance minister Surinder Singla recently declared that octroi would be abolished soon in Punjab.
- Politics Of Appeasement (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2005)
Captain Amarinder Singh’s government seems determined to provide free electricity supply to the farm sector disregarding objections of the Prime Minister and the Planning Commission.
- Wheat Trade With Pakistan (Tribune, Davinder Kumar Madaan, Jul 05, 2005)
WHEAT emerged as the fourth largest in the agricultural exports of India, after marine products, rice and oil meals during 2004-05. India’s export of wheat jumped from 6.3 million quintals in 1995-96 to 30.9 million quintals in 2003-04.
- Pervaiz’S Ambitious Agenda (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 05, 2005)
PUNJAB Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi has said that he visualizes attainment of full employment, full literacy, educated and skilled labour force,
- Power Has Limits (Tribune, Justice S.S. Sodhi, Jul 04, 2005)
Punjab human rights body has jumped the fault-line
- In Bihar’S Image (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 04, 2005)
It would not require very much more than common sense to work out that “law and order” is an important criterion for measuring development. But the World Bank has recently reminded India of this fairly obvious fact. Together with economic and tax reforms,
- How To Tackle Joblessness In Punjab (Tribune, K.C. Singhal, Jul 03, 2005)
NO macro policy based on market-led growth will be successful in dealing with either poverty or employment. The market-led growth benefits that are well placed in society would take advantage of the opportunities of capital-intensive and labour displacing
- Secretariat Expands (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 30, 2005)
LAHORE: The Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Punjab, once confined only to the Punjab Civil Secretariat, has now spread over four spacious buildings, while the fifth one, the CM Complex, is under construction at the GoR-I.
- Consumer Courts For Punjab (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 30, 2005)
THE Punjab government’s decision to establish 11 consumer courts in various cities of the province during the next fiscal year is a long-awaited welcome step.
- Warning Signals (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 29, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh, who cannot be faulted for his economics, was only being a little more realistic when he scaled down the growth target for the Tenth Plan from 8.1 per cent to 7-8 per cent,
- Ensuring Quality Of Seed (Tribune, J. George, Jun 29, 2005)
Institutional mechanism to ensure quality seed is lacking in states. Spurious seed vendors go scot-free, while a high-powered committee has recommended the death sentence for spurious drug peddlers.
- Human Bomb’ Arrested In Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
In a major catch, Delhi police arrested a Babbar Khalsa International militant trained as a human bomb who had planned to attack former Haryana Chief Minister Bhajan Lal and two prominent religious leaders of Punjab.
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