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Articles 3921 through 4020 of 5238:
- Blasting Safety Norms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2005)
THREE persons were killed in a steel furnace blast in Ludhiana. At Mandi Gobindgarh, the number was the same, and again a furnace was to blame.
- A Happening Year (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 01, 2005)
I wish my readers Merry Xmas and a happy 2005 with many Xmasses and new years to come. In my little family, we need no excuses to celebrate.
- We The People (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 01, 2005)
A thousand fissiparous tendencies cannot defeat the national solidarity India is capable of in times of national crisis. 2004 ended on a lugubrious note, as sounds of collective lamentation rent the air:
- Tax Holiday (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2005)
WHEN agriculture production reached a plateau in Punjab, it was obvious that the only way out of the stagnation was rapid industrialisation of the agrarian state.
- Police Reform For The New Year? (Indian Express, RANJIT BHUSHAN, Jan 01, 2005)
Zaheera Sheikh does a volte face in the Best Bakery case. Pappu Yadav openly holds court in a Bihar jail. No one can say for certain what the outcome of the Ayodhya demolition case will be because of varying police accounts since December 1992.
- Help! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 31, 2004)
THE immediate response of Indian corporates towards the victims of the tsunami disaster has been positive, and prompt, with leaders among the blue-chip companies and banks offering help in cash and kind.
- In The Name Of Allah (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 31, 2004)
Sir, my secular answer to the honourable member is that where it is in the hands of Allah, we turn to Allah, where it is in the hands of man, we turn to man."
- The Killer Brew (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 30, 2004)
The 51 Mumbai slum-dwellers who died on Monday after consuming spurious liquor did not know that the “cheap kick” they were enjoying during extended Christmas celebrations would make them sleep forever.
- Tsunami Damage Put At Rs. 5,500 Cr. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2004)
Preliminary estimates made by industry have put the economic cost of the destruction caused by the tsunami in India at Rs. 5,500 crores.
- Banking Consolidation Must Be Synergy-Driven (Business Line, Manoranjan Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Consolidation emerged as a defining characteristic of the modern banking world, primarily to leverage the benefits of large size, expanding and diversifying bank loan portfolios to lessen the likelihood of failure and harnessing core competencies.
- The Carol Singers (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Dec 30, 2004)
The previous week I had, what was perhaps, the most beautiful experience of my life. I was watching “Robin Hood, the Prince of Thieves,” waiting for the Bryan Adams number to come on.
- It’S Not Laloo, Stupid (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 30, 2004)
The year 2004 has been a horrible year, hasn’t it? Twelve months ago the hottest topic in Delhi was the mandate to use set-top boxes if we wanted to watch India challenging Australia.
- Kashmir Conference In Kathmandu (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 30, 2004)
Sir, my secular answer to the honourable member is that where it is in the hands of Allah, we turn to Allah, where it is in the hands of man, we turn to man."
- Beyond Politics (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 29, 2004)
The very first words that were spoken by Manmohan Singh when he arrived at his South Block office
- Rail Priorities And Safety (Deccan Herald, J Rajagopalachari, Dec 27, 2004)
The recent head-on collision between two passenger-carrying trains in Punjab has received world-wide attention. The Western world’s view of India is still characterised by a degree of condescension and they consider the colon
- A Report Rehashed (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 27, 2004)
For a document that was supposed to furnish a "detailed road map" for targeting subsidies "sharply at the poor and the truly needy," the Finance Ministry's report on Central Government Subsidies in India fall short of expectations.
- Unlikely Helmsman (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 25, 2004)
"A small Indian village, like a thousand others; an obscure child, like a million others; a non-descript childhood, like any other's; climbed ladders and more ladders, feeling all the while
- South Korea, A Culture In Transition (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Dec 24, 2004)
South korea is a country in a hurry. Having mastered engineering, it is in a hurry to learn English. The new generation could not care less about the psychological scar left by the Japanese occupation that lasted 35 years.
- Nostrum For Parliament? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 24, 2004)
The winter session of parliament is duly over. It was not as full of near-mayhem as the previous sessions had been. That is not however saying much. Marginal issues continued to receive precedence over substantive ones, and verbal
- The Mind Of The Insider (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 24, 2004)
Narasimha Rao was not the most accessible or charismatic of PMs. But he was always on the job
- Second Green Revolution (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2004)
President Abdul Kalam, on a visit to Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, called for a second Green Revolution. This is bound to raise the question: was the first Green Revolution a success? The dominant view is: yes, it was.
- Apocalypse Tomorrow? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 24, 2004)
The last week of every year is conventionally a time for merriment which peaks on New Year's eve when the rich splurge in five star hotels, a thousand parties explode and tipsy revellers sway in lit-up downtowns where multitudes gather to ring in the new.
- Can Over-Confidence Trip Lalu Prasad? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 23, 2004)
It is early days yet but the irrepressible chief of the Rashtriya Janata Party and Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, has given the nation a taste of the fireworks it can expect from the Bihar Assembly elections, to be held in three phases early next year.
- Laughter In The House (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 23, 2004)
"It is nice to have laughter in the House," gushed the Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee, the veteran Parliamentarian who had threatened to resign only last week when the Opposition parties derailed
- The Meaning Of Life (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 23, 2004)
K. Venkatesh passed away on December 17. His poignant efforts to serve others even in death raise profound moral questions that no society will find easy to answer.
- A Bill Of Her Own? (Indian Express, BINA AGARWAL, Dec 23, 2004)
The government’s intent of amending the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) towards gender equality is heartening. But the proposed amendments are inadequate.
- Sale Of Girls (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2004)
THE issue of the reported sale of girls in the Transgiri area of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh figured in the Assembly on Monday.
- The Poison In Food (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Dec 22, 2004)
I was shocked the other day when I saw a notice board at a water body reading “water is harmful for cattle drinking because of pesticide contamination” in the Terai area of Kashipur district.
- A New Low Of Public Morality (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 21, 2004)
The question is moral, not legal,’’ said Mahatma Gandhi when a Punjab Congress leader, Sardul Singh Kaeshwar, argued that he was not legally bound to return a sum of Rs 500 since the loan was time-barred.
- Complete The Reform Mission, Mr Speaker (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 21, 2004)
It was an ominous return to the not-so-good old days in Parliament last week — walkouts, anger over the absence of Cabinet ministers, members trooping into the well of the House, all climaxing in the Speaker's threat to resign.
- Speaker’S Anguish (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2004)
THE Speaker of the Lok Sabha enjoys a unique position in the country. He is the custodian of the House and has the onerous responsibility of ensuring that its work is carried on smoothly.
- The Young In Pakistan Want Peace (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Dec 18, 2004)
BY the time our plane took off, two hours late, for the 50-minute flight to Lahore we were handrags. For weeks Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, Home Ministry, High Commission, Intelligence and all manner of agencies had kept us on tenterhooks with pinpricks a
- Fatal Error (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 17, 2004)
The train accident at Mukerian in Punjab, which has resulted in the death of around 40 people, draws attention to the continuing neglect of safety measures by the Indian Railways.
- Satyameva Jayate (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandran, Dec 17, 2004)
THE law may be an ass and justice blindfolded, but truth may well tilt the scales in contempt proceedings if the Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 1 gets passed. The Contempt of Court (Amendment) Bill, 2004, provides for making truth a valid de
- Girls For Sale In Himachal (Tribune, Ambika Sharma, Dec 16, 2004)
Driven by extreme poverty and social backwardness, villagers across the Transgiri area of Sirmaur district in Himachal are forced to sell girls, often to physically challenged and aged men from Punjab and Haryana.
- No Compromise On Safety (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 16, 2004)
The head-on collision of the Jammu Tawi Express and the Jalandhar-Pathankot diesel multiple unit passenger train in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab will rank among the more avoidable human-made railway tragedies of recent years.
- Lessons To Learn (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 16, 2004)
BY all accounts, Tuesday’s train accident in Punjab’s Mukerian was one of the worst in recent times. As accidents have become frequent, there is need for
- Train Of Accidents (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2004)
Tuesday's collision between two passenger trains near Mansar village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district on the Jalandhar-Pathankot section that claimed dozens of lives and caused injuries to many others once again brings to the fore the issue of railway safe
- Singer Of The Ages (Indian Express, R. VENKATARAMAN, Dec 15, 2004)
Mamurai Shanmuka Vadivu Subbulakshmi was no ordinary person; she was a phenomenon of the 20th century. Her voice thrilled the greater of this globe, regardless of the language in which she sang.
- No Takers For National Hockey Championship Due To Ihf Politics (Tribune, M.S. Unnikrishnan, Dec 15, 2004)
The National Hockey Championship for the Rangaswamy Cup was once the most prestigious event in the hockey calendar of the country. Many careers were made and many decimated at the altar of the National Championship.
- Why `She' Still Remains Unwanted (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 15, 2004)
A conference on sex selection diagnosis and female foeticide in Goa last week brought to light the disturbing proof of India holding one half of its population
- Raw Incompetence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 14, 2004)
The quiescence of the intelligence agency on the Rabinder Singh issue shows its fear of exposure
- Punjab On The Mat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2004)
THE Punjab Government's decision to remove all the Punjab Police Service (PPS) officers from the posts meant for the Indian Police Service (IPS) officers should be seen in the context of the latter's long fight for justice.
- Head-On Train Crash In India Called 'Brutal Murder' (CBC News, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2004)
India's Railways Minister Lalu Prasad says the collision of two passenger trains in the northern Punjab state was "nothing less than a brutal murder" rather than an accident.
- Schools Without Teachers (Tribune, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2004)
There has been a huge shortage of teachers in primary schools in rural Punjab. The shortage is estimated at 12,000 teachers and 5,000 principals.
- Giving Terror A Chance (Pioneer, M. C. Joshi, Dec 13, 2004)
On December 9, Parliament repealed the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) 2002 and passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill with Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil declaring that "those involved in terrorist activities are also our ...
- Needed, Politics Of Moderation (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2004)
There are few holidays in coalition governments and as the United Progressive Alliance completes six months in office, we would do well to look at the formations both within the ruling coalition and the Opposition.
- Money Is Not A Problem (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 11, 2004)
ON November 17 in Srinagar the Prime Minister announced an “economic revival plan” of Rs 24,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir. By unwrapping the package as a bold new one, the Prime Minister is guilty of some terminological inexactitude. What is new is just
- More Custodial Deaths (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2004)
THE disclosure of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission that custodial deaths are on the rise and as many as 87 such deaths have taken place in the state this year till November comes as a rude shock.
- Out In The Cold (Business Line, Joseph Prabakar, Dec 11, 2004)
Excise valuation based on `normal wholesale price' was in vogue till June 2000. The Government thought it fit to replace the wholesale price concept with transaction value, which is a WTO-approved method for Customs valuation.
- Ministers By Proxy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2004)
Wednesday's observation by the Himachal Pradesh High Court that Chief Parliamentary Secretaries and Parliamentary Secretaries are not ministers under Article
- The Man Behind The Bomb (Tribune, K. S. Parthasarathy, Dec 09, 2004)
During May 1990, I attended the College on Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics at the erstwhile International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, Italy. There I met Professor Abdus Salam, the Nobel Laureate and the then Director of the Centre.
- In Election Mode (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2004)
THE three Haryana Bills facilitating municipal and panchayat elections 120 days before the end of a local body’s term have got the Governor’s assent after an avoidable standoff.
- What Price The Largesse For Kashmir? (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 08, 2004)
The only effective antidote to insurgency is the restoration of good government and order. With the latter largely absent in Kashmir, any new package might end up putting more good money into the hands of those who cannot deliver the goods.
- Democracy On Decline (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 08, 2004)
The Punjab Assembly holds fewer sessions and spends much less time on debating matters of public interest than before. These are the findings of its own secretariat.
- Making Food Processing Viable (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 08, 2004)
In Rural India those trying food-processing with help of plant and machinery quickly realise that the `value-added' is less than the `cost-added' as all the advantage is creamed off by the equipment manufacturer.
- The Patiala Spirit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2004)
THE ongoing Indo-Pak Punjab Games and the World Punjabi Conference that concluded at Patiala last week cannot be treated as ordinary events.
- Mission Horticulture (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2004)
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who was in Chandigarh on Friday to open the CII’s Agro Tech fair, made two significant statements. One, a National
- Uk Most Conducive For Indian Companies, Says Swaraj Paul (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Dec 05, 2004)
Lord Swaraj Paul, one of the most successful Indians in the UK, is the third Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
- Punjab Under Fiscal Stress (Tribune, Upinder Sawhney, Dec 04, 2004)
Punjab was among the first few states to enact a fiscal responsibility Act. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, attests to the commitment of the Government of Punjab towards the problems of revenue and fiscal deficits and
- Ever Changing Situation (Deccan Herald, T SREEDHAR RAO, Dec 04, 2004)
The J&K problems have to be dealt with at two levels, by separating out Pakistan from the Hurriyat and the jehadis
- Birth Of A Science City (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Dec 03, 2004)
For a follow-up of Pushpa Gujral Science City, a trip to Kapurthala left this columnist in awe. The very first phase of the science city project is mind-boggling.
- Power Relief In Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2004)
The Punjab State Electricity Board, which is known to give frequent shocks to consumers, has been forced to provide relief, for a change.
- The Balle-Balle Bridge (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2004)
Punjab, Punjabi and Punjabiyat may achieve what the foreign offices in India and Pakistan cannot
- A Still Potent Idea (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Dec 02, 2004)
As an author of the revised ‘Naya Kashmir’, I was pleasantly surprised over the reference to it by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a public meeting in Srinagar last month.
- Mines Claim More Lives Than Firing (Tribune, Ramesh Ramachandran, Dec 01, 2004)
Wheelchair-bound Raj Kaur (50) rues the day she was reduced to a mere statistic. In April, 2002, she stepped on a mine while crossing a field in her village in Ferozepur district.
- Working A Democracy (Business Line, Harish Khare , Nov 29, 2004)
We owe it to ourselves to see to it that religion ceases to be the basis of inclusion or exclusion, discrimination or favoured treatment.
- Scourge Of Litigation (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Nov 27, 2004)
Paradoxically, the government has emerged as the biggest litigant in the administration of justice. Judges and lawyers are generally blamed for clogged up courts
- Why Indian Milk Yield Is So Low (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Nov 27, 2004)
INDIA ranks first in the buffalo and cattle population, second in goats and third in the sheep population in the world. This huge livestock population is, however, unable to yield 250 gms milk per person per day.
- The Unnecessary Writs (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Nov 27, 2004)
TAX laws are often challenged through writ petitions. This often happens when a new provision is introduced. The contention usually is that they violate the Constitutional provisions, especially with regard to fundamental rights.
- New Kashmir Idea (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Nov 26, 2004)
As an author of the revised Naya Kashmir document, I was pleasantly surprised over the reference to it by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a public meeting in Srinagar on his maiden visit to the state on November 17.
- Rework Refinery Terms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 25, 2004)
Capt Amarinder Singh’s offer to renegotiate the Bathinda refinery terms is a welcome departure that provides an opening to break the stand-off between the Centre and the state government.
- Myths, Old And New, Of Indian Banking (Business Line, Asuri Vasudevan, Nov 25, 2004)
A number of propositions about the banking sector have failed the empirical test. Myths abound about the sector, and Asuri Vasudevan examines a few of them, both in the pre- and post-nationalisation eras.
- Man With The Magic Wand (Telegraph, Sushil Khanna, Nov 24, 2004)
Shaukat Aziz has been able to resurrect the Pakistan economy. But will Shining Pakistan be as good a mirage as India Shining
- Food For Thought (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 24, 2004)
THE proverbial route to a child's heart is through his stomach, but this is obviously a lesson lost on those entrusted with the education of children.
- New Roads, New Taxes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 23, 2004)
The Punjab Government has imposed hefty levies on vehicles plying on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana and Chandigarh-Amritsar highways. More are in the pipeline as it plans to build several bypasses, bridges, overbridges and roads, charging a toll for each.
- The Continuing Possibilities Of Land Reform (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Nov 23, 2004)
Land reforms are typically thought of only in terms of land redistribution, which is seen as politically too difficult to attempt. But there are a range of other measures which are very important in ensuring not only better equity in agriculture but also
- Clubbable Cops (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Nov 23, 2004)
BELIEVE it or not, there are, or were, such people. Behind that khaki uniform, more so when it is exchanged for ‘civvies’, lie many a heart in tune with your own. Someone who lets his hair down and joins you in a convivial evening.
- Electric Truths (Telegraph, L. Rao, Nov 22, 2004)
Support and incentives to farmers are not unique to India. In the United States of America and the European Union, there are even incentives to farmers not to produce and to keep land fallow.
- The Road To Mumbai (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 22, 2004)
Thirty years ago when I shifted from Bombay — it had not yet been re-christened Mumbai — to Delhi I drew much sympathy for moving from India’s urbs prima to a backwater.
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