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- Bureaucratic Attitudes (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 29, 2005)
IF I were asked to name one quality that governments and their administrators in Pakistan lack, and have always lacked, I would say humanity. The word does not cover just one attitude of mind.
- Sufi Of Lahore: Beyond Hindu And Muslim (The Economic Times, YOGINDER SIKAND, Jun 29, 2005)
The sixteenth century Shah Hussain of Lahore was one of the most accomplished Sufi saints of Punjab. Hussain’s mystical inclinations were apparent early in his life.
- Tackling Child Labour (Tribune, Kamaljit Singh, Jun 28, 2005)
INDIA tops the world in child labour. According to the 2001 census, the number of working children in the age group of 5-14 years was 12.5 million out of the total child population of 252 million.
- Mayhem On Highways (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 28, 2005)
The death on Sunday of at least 14 people in a road accident near Layyah in Punjab comes as a stark reminder of the mayhem prevailing on our highways.
- The Effect Of Credit Growth On Npas (Business Line, A. S. Ramasastri, Jun 28, 2005)
Financial year 2004-05 has seen substantial growth in bank credit. As on March 18, 2005,
- Protecting Farmers From World Markets (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 28, 2005)
A SPATE of suicides by the pepper farmers of Kerala's Waynad district has been reported. The price of black pepper had scaled to Rs 270 a kg a few years ago.
- Water Level In Tibet Reservoir Recedes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
The worst in Himachal Pradesh is over with the water level in the Parechu reservoir in Tibet receding considerably.
- Is Gujarat Up There In Governance? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jun 27, 2005)
The Gujarat Government has been going to town claiming to be the "best governed State" on the basis of a supposed accolade by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF),
- Powerless In Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 27, 2005)
This summer the people in Punjab go without power for as long as 16 hours a day. And the Chief Minister, in his characteristic manner, comes out with the warning: expect more power cuts if the monsoon is delayed.
- What Hinders Punjab’S Growth (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jun 27, 2005)
Stagnating agriculture or even a slow-growth agriculture is not the answer to the income problems of the agricultural/ rural population of the state.
- The Poet (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Jun 27, 2005)
In addition to being a teacher of English I am also something of a writer. I have moderate ability and have achieved moderate success.
- Flood Warning (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2005)
Flood situation in Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda districts is deteriorating with rising water level in Kabul and Swat Rivers.
- Kashmir: A New Perspective (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jun 27, 2005)
Despite the unfortunate controversy between New Delhi and Islamabad regarding the travel of Hurriyat leaders beyond Azad Kashmir, the two-week visit of the nine-member Hurriyat delegation has been a positive development for the resolution of the Kashmir..
- Justice For The Poor (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jun 27, 2005)
The worst thing about the current state of affairs in this country is not that things are really bad, which of course they are, but that there doesn’t appear to be any possibility of improvement.
- Issues Of Identity (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jun 26, 2005)
I have been reading a volume, entitled, “The Final Settlement,” prepared by a think-tank in Mumbai, called “Strategic Insight Group.”
- Ministry Launches Action Plan On Rural Business Hubs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Panchayat participation will be ensured for development of local resources by industrial houses
- Gom To Study Changes In Immoral Traffic Act (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 26, 2005)
A group of ministers (GoM) has been asked to study the proposed amendments to the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1986. The Tourism Ministry is said to have opposed the changes saying these would adversely affect tourism.
- How Best To Tackle The Problem Of Suicide (Tribune, Shalini Marwaha , Jun 26, 2005)
OF late, there has been an increasing number of suicides. The reasons are many — marital discord, dejection in love, failure in the examination, unemployment and non-repayment of loans.
- Funds Infusion For Ailing Psb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Turnaround in three years, says Chidambaram
- Whither Children’S Television? (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Jun 26, 2005)
More than half the television viewers in India today are children below 15 years. Yet, there is hardly any sensitivity about the relevance and impact of television channels which operate in a competitive mode for one-upmanship in the race for viewership.
- Timesdiary: Is Lalu Turning Red? (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 25, 2005)
It is no secret that RJD boss Lalu Prasad is a big admirer of the Left Front government in neighbouring Bengal, which has administered the state continuously since 1977.
- Where Hurriyat Tripped Up (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 25, 2005)
There must have been a communication gap between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his minister of state Prithvi Raj Chouhan.
- Complying With Tax Notification Conditions Isn't An Empty Formality (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 25, 2005)
Flex Industries supplied structures, reservoir tanks and so forth on behalf of Triveny Engineering to Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) for use in a mini hydel project on a canal in the State.
- Loan, Cash Credit: No Source, Will Tax (Business Line, H R RANINA, Jun 25, 2005)
Where adequate explanation is not provided for loans, cash credits and unsubstantiated investments, they are taxable and the court would also uphold such an assessment. This provision in the Income-Tax Act is an excellent tool against evasion, ....
- Captain’S Faux Pas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 24, 2005)
The Congress knew it would be impossible to defend what Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had done and has quickly accepted that his presence in a Canadian gurdwara known to be the hub of separatists was a “genuine mistake”.
- Still A Gamble On The Rains (Indian Express, K.P.Prabhakaran Nair , Jun 23, 2005)
The erratic pattern of the present monsoon indicates that India’s agriculture continues to be a gamble on the monsoon, since more than 50 per cent of farmers are dependent on the rains and any adverse effect on this vital sector reflects on the country’s
- Two Major Initiatives Of Pervaiz (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 23, 2005)
JUNE 21, 2005 would go into annals of the Punjab history as golden day. Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi took two major initiatives on the day with far-reaching impact on the overall socio-economic conditions of the people of the province.
- Food Worries (Business Line, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 23, 2005)
THAT the Prime Minister and his agriculture and finance ministers should review the food stocks situation indicates a sense of unease pervading the government.
- It’S Dangerous To Transfer Control Of Headworks (Business Line, G.S. Dhillon, Jun 23, 2005)
THE Rajasthan High Court’s May 2 order, later stayed by the apex court, directed the Central Government to help the BBMB take control of the headworks at Ropar, Harike and Ferozepur from the Punjab Irrigation Department. This was to ensure that the right
- Who’S Who? (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Jun 22, 2005)
March 23, Pakistan Day, came three months ago, and August 14, Independence Day, is nearer — two months away.
- Smash Terrorism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2005)
THE Hawara affair is getting murkier and murkier. The more the police digs, the more roots of this terrorist network emerge.
- Image And Reality (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 22, 2005)
No one would disagree with President Musharraf’s desire to improve Pakistan’s image,
- Middle: Pakistan A British Creation (Times of India, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 22, 2005)
According to popular folklore both in India and Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah created Pakistan after he went back on acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and when Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel,
- This History Can Be Tricky (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 22, 2005)
Advani can claim some credit for his courage in pointing out to Pakistanis what Jinnah really stood for
- The View From Pakistan (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 21, 2005)
The controversy over opposition leader L.K. Advani’s praise of Mohammed Ali Jinnah has had an adverse fallout in Pakistan.
- An Expansionary Budget (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Jun 21, 2005)
OMAR Ayub Khan, minister of state of finance, presented an expansionary budget to the National Assembly on June 6.
- Can Doctors Do Business? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 21, 2005)
AS American medicine becomes more “managed” and doctors complain they can hardly make ends meet, young Indian physicians in the US are choosing entrepreneurship that gives them more freedom and could if successful, bring in greater profits.
- Is India Inching Towards A Hunger Trap? (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jun 21, 2005)
In the dust kicked up by the resignation of Mr Advani, two things of grave concern escaped attention.
- Bail For Pataudi In Blackbuck Poaching Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2005)
Magistrate says he was threatened, told not to grant plea Animal welfare organisations, Bishnois allege that police are "going slow" in the case
- System’S Transparency (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2005)
The effectiveness of parliament and the provincial assemblies remains stymied because of the federal and provincial governments’ authoritarian attitude towards the opposition and their stubborn refusal to respect dissent.
- Middle: Musharraf's Real Face (Times of India, ALI DAYAN HASAN, Jun 20, 2005)
Teach the bitch a lesson. Strip her in public". As one of the police officers told me, these were the orders issued by their bosses.
- Politics Of Partition (Tribune, K. Subramanyam, Jun 20, 2005)
There is a belated debate on the responsibility for the partition of India and the role played by Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
- Decline In Quality Of Life (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jun 20, 2005)
There are five national themes that are mauled in the national press on a regular basis — human rights, intolerance, education, corruption and the increasing militarization of civil society.
- Bjp Turns To Vastu Shastra (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jun 20, 2005)
THE crisis within the BJP was resolved, not by the modified draft or the forceful intervention of Vajpayee, but by Vastu Shastra.
- Hooda’S Blunder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2005)
Only recently Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had spoken against giving free power to farmers.
- Strategic Importance Of Kargil-Skardu Road For India (Tribune, David Devadas, Jun 19, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s proposal to open a road between Kargil and Skardu has immense strategic significance.
- Normal Monsoon, Says Weatherman (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jun 19, 2005)
With the country so very dependent on monsoon rains, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) attains an all-important status in the beginning of summer every year with its forecast of the monsoon hitting the headlines in newspapers.
- The Royal Hunt (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 19, 2005)
There is an odd symbiosis between the hunter and the hunted. In early June, according to reports, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was hunting in a forest in Haryana.
- The Situation Must Be Met (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 19, 2005)
We returned to Calcutta on Direct Action Day, August 16, 1946.
- The High Cost Of Misgovernance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jun 19, 2005)
THE president of Pakistan is busy in conducting war on terror and in finding a solution to the 58-year old Kashmir dispute which he says he could resolve in two weeks only if India and Kashmiris were to go along.
- From The Visitors’ Book (Tribune, G.S. Aujla, Jun 18, 2005)
It has always been a worthwhile experience for me to go through the old visitors’ books at the historic officers’ mess at Phillaur.
- Punjab’S Killer Roads (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 18, 2005)
Road accidents claim 2,500 lives every year in Punjab. In 1990, when militancy was at its peak, 2,467 persons fell to terrorist bullets
- Wheat Stocks Set To Fall (Tribune, Geetanjali Gayatri, Jun 18, 2005)
It’s a bad wheat season this year. Falling procurement of foodgrains coupled with the Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs,
- Water Loss By Grain Exports (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jun 18, 2005)
Other costs apart, it takes about 1,326 litres of water on the evapo-transipration basis,
- Money, Money And More Money (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jun 18, 2005)
Most people regard money as the yard-stick of success. The more one has in the bank in farmland, factories, real estate or commands as fees, the more successful he is regarded.
- Mr Gauhar Ayub, Let’S Rewind To 1965 (Indian Express, Anil Bhat, Jun 18, 2005)
Thank you Gauhar Ayub Khan, son of Pakistan’s first dictator president, self-promoted Field Marshal Ayub Khan,
- The River Is Free (Indian Express, J L AZAD, Jun 18, 2005)
In the stillness of evening/ Ravi is humming a melodious tune/ Don’t ask me what is the state of my mind/ I am standing on the bank of the gurgling waters/ I am not aware of where I am standing’.
- Sad Day For Democracy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 18, 2005)
FRIDAY indeed was a sad day for democracy in the Punjab Assembly. Continuing with his previous day’s suspension spree,
- Kool Kakajis From Hot Malwa (Tribune, Punam Khaira Sidhu, Jun 17, 2005)
LIKE the “Yuppies” and the “Puppies” the “Kakajis” are a very typical genre of the Malwa region of Punjab.
- Pay More For Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2005)
Tuesday’s Punjab power tariff hike of 10.27 per cent, unavoidable as it was, spares farmers,
- In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2005)
After several days of dilly-dallying, the Punjab Government has made it bold to arrest Mr Simranjit Singh Mann for making inflammatory speeches and raising pro-“Khalistan” slogans.
- Victims Of Planning (Tribune, G.S. Grewal , Jun 16, 2005)
India became independent at the midnight of August 15, 1947 and a Democratic Republic on November 26, 1949, when, the people of India gave to themselves the Constitution.
- “adverse” Information Technology (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Jun 16, 2005)
I was still in primary school, yet innocent about the outside world and the impact of mass media on our day-to-day lives.
- Spellbound And Speechless! (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jun 16, 2005)
MOST will agree that the greatest gift India got from the British Raj is the English language.
- Neighbourhood Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2005)
India cannot afford to be complacent about its relations with Sri Lanka
- Eat’N Sleep (Tribune, Rajnish Wattas, Jun 15, 2005)
Recently on a weekend trip to Kasauli, I noticed quite a few wayside dhabas with signboards such as “Eat’n Sleep — Punjab Hotel” or “Eat’n Sleep — Shere Punjab Hotel” and such other typical names.
- Memorial To Bluestar (Tribune, S. S. Dhanoa, Jun 15, 2005)
The Shiromani Akali Dal Badal, it seems, has made it into an art to go for a tight rope walking in public affairs in Punjab. SAD threw open its doors to Hindus only recently. Perhaps the move upset some Sikh hardliners.
- Play Positive Role In Dealing With "A Siege Within," Kalam Tells Governors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
"Long-term remedy rests on our ability to usher in good governance while respecting local sentiments"
- Pota Review Is Final Word (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 14, 2005)
The Gujarat Government's decision not to move for withdrawal of terrorism charges against the accused in the Godhra train attack case. . .
- Pataudi Files Anticipatory Bail Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court will hear on Tuesday the applications for anticipatory bail filed by the former Indian cricket captain,
- Pataudi Moves Court For Advance Bail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
In his application, Mr Pataudi said he was framed in the case, but promised to cooperate in the investigation.
- Back On The Ram Rath (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jun 13, 2005)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles Over Nature
- Schools Of Neglect (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 13, 2005)
School education overhaul is on the agenda of a Punjab committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.
- Sidbi To Float Rating Agency For Smes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2005)
Dun &Bradstreet and CIBIL to be partners
- Pataudi, Others Likely To Seek Anticipatory Bail (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2005)
Raids continue, families seek time till June 15
- In Tiger's Territory (Hindu, H.S. MANJUNATH, Jun 11, 2005)
Check out the birthplace of Hyder Ali, a feared warrior and the father of Tipu Sultan
- Indian Fighters For France (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Jun 11, 2005)
As part of Indo-French defence cooperation, six Indian fighter aircraft and a mid-air refueller have left for the Istres Air Base in France for the ‘Garuda II’ air exercise, which be held from June 15 to June 30.
- Jinnah Secular? Hardly (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jun 11, 2005)
Mohammed Ali Jinnah is one of the greatest contradictions in history.
- Prize Catch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 10, 2005)
A Full-Blown controversy has arisen over whether Jagtar Singh Hawara and his accomplices were arrested from Patiala or Narela in Delhi. But that is just not central to the issue.
- Fiscal Federalism: Making `Paul' States (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jun 10, 2005)
At the core of fiscal federalism is the rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul approach.
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