|
Articles 3521 through 3620 of 5238:
- Winning Without A Fight (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jun 10, 2005)
More than the authenticity of Gohar Ayub Khan’s statement about the past transaction of an Indian army brigadier with Pakistan,
- Shocking Apathy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 10, 2005)
Reports in The Tribune on June 8 and 9 on the disastrous consequences of industrial effluents among the children of Chehlan village of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab are shocking.
- Danger Sign (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 10, 2005)
Phoenix-like, the demand for Khalistan seems to have arisen from the ashes of Operation Bluestar.
- Police Had No Clued Drededultra Was In Punjab (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Jun 09, 2005)
``They dug a 14 x 100 feet tunnel for over two months unnoticed to escape from jail''
- Reforms In Power Sector Paying Dividends: Sayeed (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, Jun 09, 2005)
11 States to start unbundling of electricity boards
- Pricey Wheat (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2005)
Eruption Of a bullish fervour in the domestic wheat market right at the end of the crop marketing and procurement period is a cause for concern for consumers and policymakers alike.
- Disturbing Kasauli’S Peace (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Jun 09, 2005)
A variegated flora ribbons the Kasauli ridge. A ribbon that protects the ecology, environment and peace of this charmed expanse of green acres.
- Blood Contamination (Telegraph, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2005)
THE Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment, which caught the headlines with its startling studies on contamination of soft drinks a few years ago,
- Plug The Leaks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2005)
This is one remedy which has proved to be as bad as the disease.
- Knowledge Based Farms (Tribune, Dr M.S. Bajwa , Jun 08, 2005)
AGRICULTURE in our country in general and in Punjab in particular is at a crossroads today economically, technologically and ecologically.
- The Energy Route To Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2005)
The establishment of a joint working group on energy cooperation marks a new high in the development of bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.
- Gohar’S Disclosures (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 06, 2005)
What would be the reaction of an average young Pakistani to the disclosures of Gohar Ayub Khan? In 1965,
- A Home For Women In Distress (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Jun 04, 2005)
The complexities of urban living are posing unexpected challenges, throwing more and more women in situations they are ill-equipped to handle.
- Crouching Penalty, Hidden Losses (Deccan Herald, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jun 04, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on divergent views on concealment penalty in the case of loss returns
- Fm Set To Clear Merger Of Rrbs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2005)
Action plan to reduce bad debts; Financing of SMEs will be next thrust area
- Advani In Pakistan On Goodwill Visit (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 31, 2005)
Hopes his visit will help keep on track the peace efforts started by the Vajpayee-led Government
- Haryana Govt’S Bill To Manage Sikh Gurdwaras (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2005)
The SGPC allege that the bill will dilute its authority and has accused the Congress of having a history of interference in Sikh religious affairs.
- Fresh Row Over Free Power To Ryots In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, K. Venkateshwarlu , May 30, 2005)
Chandrababu Naidu sees contradiction in Manmohan's stand
- Karat Favours Graded Policy Where Free Power Is Given (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, May 30, 2005)
``If Electricity Act is to be implemented, no State can give free power to farmers''
- No Move To Import Wheat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2005)
Production likely to marginally exceed last year's level
NEW DELHI: Despite attempts by traders and international players to affect the market sentiment,
- Absurd Tales (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , May 29, 2005)
The image of Saneeya Hussain constantly comes to mind when one reads about recent developments in Pakistan.
- Oil Retailers, Isma To Sign Pact On Ethanol Supply (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2005)
Technical, administrative and logistics issues sorted out
NEW DELHI: Oil retailing firms and Indian Sugar Mills Association will sign an agreement next month for supply of ethanol doped petrol in ten states and four Union Territories from July.
- Growing Intolerance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 24, 2005)
By condemning the violence, Sikh organisations have taken the right stand
- 12 States Heading For Power Crisis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2005)
Southern region fares better with shortage less than one p.c. `Lack of fresh investment and modernisation coupled with huge transmission losses are responsible for the grave power situation.'
- A Mask That Was Pierced? (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, May 24, 2005)
`... do you think there is any chance that he could have written it?'
- Blasts Of Intolerance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2005)
Terrorists target Delhi halls screening controversial film
- Scientists Proposed Nuclear Testing During My Tenure, Says V.P. Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2005)
Scientists proposed nuclear testing during my tenure, says V.P. Singh
Staff Reporter
"Any international treaty should come before Parliament"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Gujarat
- Scientists Proposed Nuclear Testing During My Tenure, Says V.P. Singh (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, May 23, 2005)
"Any international treaty should come before Parliament"
- History’S Rough Edges (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 20, 2005)
The visit of the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to Moscow, earlier this month, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the victory over fascism reminded me of an incident in Rangoon
- A Writer’S Solitude (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, May 20, 2005)
Going by the photographs I had seen of Ruskin Bond, I was sure the writer would be one of those ‘difficult-to-draw-into-a- conversation’ types. But then, as they say, looks can be deceptive.
- States Urged To Set Up Rights Panels (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2005)
While seeking his police custody, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the Rs 30,000 crore fake stamp paper scam fake stamp paper
- Set Up Rights Panels Immediately, Nhrc Tells States (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, May 20, 2005)
"The commissions should be structurally and financially independent"
- Nfl To Invest Rs 500 Cr In Panipat Plant (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2005)
NFL, the second largest urea producer in the country, plans to invest Rs 500 crore to shift its Panipat plant to the gas- based fuel feedstock.
- India, Pak Should Jointly Invest In Kashmir: Mufti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Thursday suggested that India and Pakistan jointly invest in the power sector of the state to harness its 20,000 megawatt power potential that would meet electricity requirements of both countries.
- Krbl To Expand Non-Basmati Exports (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2005)
KRBL Ltd, a leading exporter of basmati rice, plans to expand its non-basmati exports with a variety from the South and invest in information technology to enhance its interaction with farmers.
- Cartosat-1 Sends High Clarity Images (Hindu, T.S.Subramanian, May 19, 2005)
Some spectacular images of several countries have been beamed down by Cartosat-1 spacecraft of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and they include a riveting pilot's view of the Khed Brahma area bordering Gujarat and Rajasthan.
- Nhrc Notice To Punjab Police (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2005)
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Punjab police on the alleged death of a dalit man in police custody on April 21, 2005.
- Why Growth Does Not Lead To Jobs (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, May 18, 2005)
Unprecedented growth has taken place in the world economy after the Second World War. According to mainstream economic theory, unemployment should have disappeared spontaneously in the process.
- It’S No More Chinese! (Deccan Herald, SOWMYA ACHARYA, May 17, 2005)
Quick...! Which is the most spoken language of the world? It would probably not require you any time to say “Mandarin”.
- Khaki Raj (Tribune, M B NAQVI, May 14, 2005)
IN Pakistan’s 58 years, 31 were spent under open military dictatorship; even the current phase is basically a military regime, only slightly camouflaged by a civilian façade.
- Power Can’T Be Free (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2005)
Forced by the worsening power crisis and an unobliging Centre, the Maharashtra Government has decided to stop free power to the state’s 25 lakh farmers from June 1.
- Three Lakh Rural Households Sans Power In Punjab (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, May 13, 2005)
Electricity supply has failed to reach over three lakh households in rural Punjab, the richest state in the country. The state claimed to achieved 100 per cent rural electrification in early seventies.
- Pakistan's Afghan Problem (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 13, 2005)
The over three million Afghan refugees still in Pakistan pose a variety of challenges for the host nation.
- It’S Already A World Heritage (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , May 08, 2005)
THE Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar is already a world heritage and priceless treasure. It needs no certificate from any agency, much less the UNESCO.
- Nuggehalli To Lahore (Deccan Herald, Vidya Iyengar, May 07, 2005)
Listening to my aunt’s recollections of Lahore are refreshing, especially in the present context.
- Renal Patients Left To Suffer (Tribune, Ruchika M. Khanna, May 07, 2005)
IT is a strange scientific paradox. Great advancements have been made in the science of nephrology,
- Wait Until Light (Telegraph, Satrujit Banerjee, May 07, 2005)
Despite the encouraging statistics relating to its growth, West Bengal’s future continues to look bleak, writes Satrujit Banerjee . . .
- Mind Your Language, Sir (Tribune, Amar Chandel, May 07, 2005)
WHENEVER we say that such and such term is “unparliamentary”, the implication is that the particular set of words is unfit to be used in Parliament. In other words, whatever is said in a house of representatives is supposed to be a byword for grace . . .
- A Bad Show (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 06, 2005)
MR Justice S. N. Phukan is hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. He certainly comes down a notch or two in public esteem going by the statement made in the Rajya Sabha by the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee.
- How Punjab Act Favours Haryana (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, May 06, 2005)
When Punjab passed the Punab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004, it sent shock waves all over, forcing the Central Government to make a presidential reference to the apex court, which is yet to start proceedings on the reference.
- Muscle Power Dictates Politics (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, May 06, 2005)
Pakistan’s military appears to suffer from a congenital itch to remain the central force of power
- General J. S. Aurora (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2005)
In this time and era, we have very few real-life heroes. That is why when we lose one,
- Three Words Still Mean Divorce (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 05, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade. Here are details of a few of the instances, as compiled by the World Association of Newspapers to mark World Press Freedom Day, May 3:
- In Hot Waters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2005)
The hopes of finding an amicable solution to the vexed water dispute involving Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan have become more feeble with the Rajasthan High Court’s directive to Punjab on Monday to hand over control of the three headworks on the
- Fali Nariman’S Bill (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, May 04, 2005)
It is indeed surprising why the Manmohan Singh government has not yet adopted noted jurist and distinguished Rajya Sabha member Fali S. Nariman’s Bill on judicial statistics.
- Don’T Ignore Farmers (Tribune, S.K. Mann , May 04, 2005)
Farming is a sum total of harsh realities coupled with weather uncertainties. In addition,
- Relations With Neighbours — Dialogue With Discretion (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, May 04, 2005)
India has realised it should develop a coherent policy of regional and global economic integration if its voice is to be heard in the councils of the world. But its flip-flops on Nepal and failure to join issue with Bangladesh on crucial matters have
- Why Unbundle Pseb? (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, May 03, 2005)
Privatising or unbundling public sector enterprises/ boards in India/Punjab should be seen as a part of the policy shift made in July, 1991.
- Remembering Them On Press Freedom Day (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 03, 2005)
There have been hundreds of unresolved murders of journalists in their line of duty around the world in the last decade.
- Right To Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 02, 2005)
The presentation of the birth certificate at the time of seeking admission for a child in a government school was made compulsory to inculcate the habit of registering the birth of a child among the parents.
- Through The Viewfinder (Hindu, r kRITHIKA, May 01, 2005)
Wildlife, feature films, current affairs, Alphonse Roy's camera has panned them all. A freewheeling chat with the ace cinematographer
- Towards Speedy Justice (Tribune, Santokh Singh Sahi, May 01, 2005)
It is a pity that India has failed in its constitutional guarantee of ensuring speedy, accessible and accountable justice to its citizens.
- Sad Move A Big Step Forward (Tribune, S. S. Dhanoa, May 01, 2005)
The Shiromani Akal Dal (Badal) has opened its doors to Hindus. One is not aware if the decision was ad hoc, dictated by electoral expediency by the demography of Punjab or there has been a genuine shift in the Akali thinking.
- Set Up Rights Panels Immediately, Nhrc Tells States (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2005)
"The commissions should be structurally and financially independent"
- Where Left Meets Right (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 30, 2005)
Earlier this year, I was at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, where I had been asked to give an after-dinner talk to the students.
- Principle Of Strict Construction (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Apr 30, 2005)
The way the Income-Tax Act is drafted leaves great scope for litigation, and requires the application of the principles of interpretation.
- Sadly, Economics Is Typically Explained So Badly (Business Line, Joseph Prabakar, Apr 30, 2005)
Should consumer durables be brought under the regime of MRP-based valuation, asks Joseph Prabakar
- The Maharaja Grows (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Apr 29, 2005)
Ironically, economic prosperity and higher literacy levels seem to lead to mass slaughter of the girl child in India
- A Slick Balancing Act (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Thursday urged bank employees to shun their fears over mergers and said consolidation among banks would create more jobs.
- Save Our Sanctuaries (Tribune, Anurag, Apr 28, 2005)
Sir, That is an open-bill stork, pointed out our rickshaw puller-cum-guide pulling up the rickshaw aside the road. It is so called because it has an open gap in the bill believed to be handy while relishing its favourite food, snails, he surmised.
- Cinema Shows And Professional Occupation Cannot Be Treated Alike (Business Line, D. Murali , Apr 28, 2005)
THE recent judgment of the Madras High Court in the Bhagvatheeswaran case is a must read for all professionals. It discusses what can be reasonable restrictions that a professional body such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) can im
- Vat On The Move (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 28, 2005)
By exempting petrol and diesel from value added tax (VAT), the empowered committee of state finance ministers,
- Forced Consolidation Is Not The Way (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 27, 2005)
The idea of having fewer, well-capitalised commercial banks in the place of the 27 government-owned banks to take . . .
- Politics Needs Young Blood (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Apr 26, 2005)
While I do not subscribe to the ideology of the RSS chief, Mr K.S. Sudarshan, I agree with his advice to Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Mr L. K. Advani to make way for a younger leadership in the party.
- Of Divided Families (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Apr 25, 2005)
Commenting on the peace process between India and Pakistan, which started a year ago, this writer had warned against euphoria lest it should turn into hysteria.
- A Mask That Was Pierced? (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Apr 24, 2005)
do you think there is any chance that he could have written it?'
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Politics Of The Bus (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Apr 23, 2005)
FOR a variety of reasons, most of which have to do with security concerns of the two states, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service is still very restricted and closely monitored.
- Slowdown In Haryana (Tribune, N.K. Bishnoi, Apr 23, 2005)
Haryana, an old success story of the Green Revolution, continues to be a relatively high per capita income state.
- Aids Spreads In Himachal (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Apr 23, 2005)
Industrialisation of Himachal Pradesh has brought in a large population of truckers and migrants, who are among the highest transmitters of the deadly HIV virus in the state
- Rickety Service (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 23, 2005)
In a state where the Finance Minister himself admits the government’s inability to deliver in many areas, one should not expect much from, or complain about, government institutions, specially those in the service sector.
Previous 100 Punjab Articles | Next 100 Punjab Articles
Home
Page
|
