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Articles 4221 through 4320 of 5238:
- Simple Problem, Simple Solution (Tribune, Karan Singh Dalal, Aug 25, 2004)
CAPT Amarinder Singh has unwittingly provided an avoidable and contentious issue to the politicians of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan by enacting the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004.
- Ensuring Speedy Justice — Reducing The Backlog Of Cases (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 25, 2004)
Access to statistics on cases and their disposal can increase judicial efficiency and enhance the image of the judiciary in the public eye.
- Ladakh: Gateway To Central Asia (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 23, 2004)
A road to Central Asia through China? That might seem rather far-fetched, given the recent history of India-China relations.
- Pm To Chair Meet On Guru Granth Sahib Fete (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Aug 22, 2004)
A high-power meeting will be held here on Monday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to finalise the programme for the quadri-centennial celebrations of the holy Guru Granth Sahib.
- Heritage, Arts In Neglect (Tribune, Simranjit Singh Mann, Aug 21, 2004)
Apropos your expose, “Tapestries removed from the court of Chief Justice,” (August 3), I think we sub-continental people have no respect for our arts and our past.
- When Family Turns To Murder (Telegraph, FATIMA CHOWDHURY, Aug 21, 2004)
The term, “honour killing” denotes an age-old custom in which a woman, supposed to have brought shame and dishonour on her relatives, is killed by member(s) of her family.
- Refined Uncertainty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 21, 2004)
THE much-delayed refinery project at Bathinda faces uncertainty again. Hope had resurfaced last week when the Punjab Finance Minister made the startling claim that HPCL would complete it on Punjab's terms.
- Pakistan’S Search For Ideology (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Aug 20, 2004)
Pakistan celebrated its Independence Day on August 14 as usual. Mid-August is the period throughout South Asia to take stock of things, ponder over the nation's present situation and prospects.
- The Manipur Crisis (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 20, 2004)
Amidst all their trials and tribulations, the people of the North-East do not want military rule. That is enough justification to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
- After The Red Fort Speech (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 19, 2004)
IN the eyes of most people, barring incorrigible cynics, Dr Manmohan Singh’s maiden speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day was both worthy of the great national event and typical of the man delivering it.
- Monsoon Sensitivity In Kasauli (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Aug 19, 2004)
Dusk in Kasauli. A profusion of dahlias splashed on the hillside. Droplets of rain sparkling diamond-like in their corollas. A green canopy of fragrant pines giving Kasauli its unique sub-Himalayan vegetation. Old fashioned cottages, veiled by
- Portrayal Of Conviction (Tribune, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Aug 18, 2004)
THOSE who lived in Lahore during the pre-partition days felt nostalgic on witnessing the coverage which the media gave to the city at the time of the cricket matches.
- The Origins Of Terror (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 18, 2004)
The carnage billed as the war to end all wars, which began 90 years ago this month, bears a profound responsibility for the world as it is today.
- Punjab Arts Council Denied Funds (Tribune, Parbina Rashid, Aug 18, 2004)
NOTHING seems to be going right for the Punjab Arts Council. The bad spell that started seven years ago with the council losing its corpus funds in the Punwire disaster has been getting more pronounced with each passing year.
- Independent Interpretation (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 18, 2004)
DRY days are no longer dry, thanks to an "independent," though confusing, interpretation of the law. This Independence Day, those who needed to imbibe the spirits
- Revisiting The Edible Oil Policy (Business Line, Bipul Chatterjee, Aug 17, 2004)
India is the world's largest consumer of edible oils, importing approximately 50 per cent of its requirement. Until 2003, higher import duties on refined edible oils hiked the prices of imported products to a higher level than the domestic product.
- A Question Of Identity (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 17, 2004)
In Britain there is now a new "class" of Asians and blacks, almost as xenophobic and intolerant as the white racists who once intimidated their parents and grandparents.
- Do Nris Need A Minister? (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Aug 17, 2004)
THE Government of India has appointed a Minister for Overseas Indians who will hold an independent charge. Most observers of diaspora affairs have not welcomed either the creation of a separate ministry or the appointment of Mr Jagdish Tytler, as Minister
- Audit And Its Rights: A Question Of Propriety (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 16, 2004)
It is fitting that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has set the record straight in the recent controversy that arose when the State Auditor-General commented ...
- Challenge Ahead (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 16, 2004)
That Manmohan Singh would not waste an occasion as important as the Independence Day address to the nation on empty promises and perfunctory announcements was obvious
- Manmohan's Expansive Menu For Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 16, 2004)
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in his Independence Day address to the nation, reiterated his commitment to vigorously pursue the current peace process with Pakistan.
- Not Shining But Not In Darkness Either (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 15, 2004)
There have been occasions in the past when the country has had to celebrate Independence Day in a sombre mood.
- This Is A Mess (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 14, 2004)
The decision of Manipur's Congress-led Government to partially scrap the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is disturbing enough, in view of the need to effectively conduct the anti-terror combat.
- A Return To Past Practice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 14, 2004)
The Government has decided to raise the minimum support price for the common variety of paddy by a modest Rs.10 a quintal (an increase of less than 2 per cent), but what is
- Spare A Thought For Blue Bull (Tribune, Baljit Singh, Aug 13, 2004)
THE Blue Bull is endemic to India alone, that is, it is not found anywhere else in the world, which places it in the class of living world heritage that needs to be preserved to posterity.
- Price For Paddy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2004)
THE minimum support price (MSP) announced on Tuesday for paddy, oilseeds and pulses indicates that the government wants to encourage price-led crop diversification. Attempts to wean farmers from the wheat-paddy cycle to oilseeds and pulses have yet to ...
- The Threats Within Pakistan (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 12, 2004)
Subnationalism and Islamic nationalism have jointly surfaced in Pakistan, but these should not be mixed up
- Trade-Off On Transit (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 12, 2004)
A decision by India and Pakistan to offer each other transit facilities for energy and goods will in one stroke reorder the geopolitics of the region.
- Nothing Presidential (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Aug 11, 2004)
LAST time I visited Kerala, my niece Priya was at her garrulous best narrating her encounter with President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. She showed me the hotel in Kochi where she and some other selected children had a meeting with the first citizen of India.
- Water Dispute (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2004)
Consensus is the best way to solve a problem when people’s emotions are involved. Since the river water dispute between Punjab and Haryana falls in this category, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s idea of evolving a consensus to resolve the...
- Turmoil In Manipur (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 11, 2004)
I have seen it happening in Kashmir: men baring their chests and challenging the security forces to shoot them. What youthful Kashmir leader Yasin Malik was demanding when he went on fast unto death for the first time was that Amnesty International ...
- Concerted Action Needed (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 11, 2004)
Human rights violations are going on all over the country and the NHRC should initiate suo moto action against offenders
- Improving Monsoon Forecasting (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 11, 2004)
Converting data into accurate and reliable forecasts on the spatial and time scales is not easy and will take time.
- Critical But Stable (Tribune, D. K. Mukerjee, Aug 10, 2004)
AS the days succeed into tomorrows and I set on the journey towards ripeness, many bottled-up emotions are released when I come across the health bulletin mentioning the condition of an ailing VIP as critical but stable.
- Free Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 10, 2004)
AFTER Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra has become the third state to offer free electricity to its farmers. The chief ministers of these states have apparently learnt no lessons from Punjab where the state power board had sunk deeper in a ...
- Power Sector Reforms May Derail (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Aug 10, 2004)
With the State electricity boards incurring heavy losses, if the trend of the State governments offering free electricity to farmers arbitrarily by sidelining the Regulatory Commissions is not reversed soon ...
- Manipur Going The Kashmir Way (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 09, 2004)
The draconian AFSPA, which gives a jawan right to kill without any warning, should be scrapped
- Punjab Civil Servants In The Dock (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Aug 09, 2004)
The World Bank in its Punjab-specific Development Report has identified seven challenges which threaten the state’s prosperity. The civil service is among them. Punjab has an over-staffed and over-paid civil service with one of the lowest levels of produc
- Vale Of Tears Called Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 08, 2004)
Ever since we were reborn as an independent nation, Kashmir has been an unrelieved headache like migraine which never goes. We have tried all kinds of palliatives but to little effect. It abates for a while; then throbbing pain starts again.
- Eye Of The Century (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2004)
HIS images shaped our way of looking at the world. Henri Cartier-Bresson, born French, was a photographer of and for the world. It was on Monday that the "eye of the century" closed for the last time at the age of 95.
- ‘Natural Solutions’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2004)
Instead of politicising the Cauvery waters issue, efforts at resolving it should get support
- Punjab Claims On Syl Misleading (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Aug 07, 2004)
THE SYL canal issue is very easy to solve but has been complicated by politics. The issue can be entrusted to a body of renowned engineers for a solution. Since the issue involves engineering details, most people do not understand the game played by ...
- The Village Pond (Tribune, G. S. Aujla, Aug 07, 2004)
WE can never forgive ourselves for the apostasy we committed in the name of rural development. Taking the cue from the so-called progressive villages in the area the villages panchayat decided in all its wisdom to fill up the village pond which for ...
- Snowballing Protest (Business Line, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 06, 2004)
Widespread protests in Manipur over a draconian law
- Finality Eludes Forex Accounting (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Aug 05, 2004)
Accounting for fluctuations in the rate of foreign exchange has always been a tricky issue. This is proved by the fact that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has revised twice its Accounting Standard on Accounting for the effects ...
- Jihadis And Secularism (Pioneer, Sridhar Pant, Aug 05, 2004)
Balbir Punj's article, "Secular objectives sans objectivity" (Opinion, July 2), reveals the perversion in the self-claimed "secular" intelligentsia and media. However, he seems to be at a loss to assess the real objective of "distorted secularism".
- Policy On Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 05, 2004)
The levy of 2 per cent education cess on all taxes in Mr P. Chidambaram’s Union Budget and the revival of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) by Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh, after a gap of 10 years, are being seen ...
- Power Crisis Can Be Avoided (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Aug 03, 2004)
During the 2002-2003 kharif season, Punjab purchased electricity worth about Rs 1,200 crore from outside to save the rice crop from drought effects. If the opportunity cost of the electricity withdrawn from the industrial and domestic
- Rains Are Here, At Last! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2004)
THE news of widespread rain in the region may bring some cheer to the grim faces of farmers. The kharif crop cannot be fully redeemed.
- Problems Before The Pm (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 03, 2004)
Conventional wisdom has it that a new government is assessed on its performance after the first 100 days. Yet the coming to power of a Congress-led coalition relying on outside support is a circumstance unique enough to bend the rule.
- Cutting Our Noses… (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Aug 02, 2004)
THE early years of Indian Independence gave us the priceless gift of federalism, without which "India" might have remained a dream.
- `Our Challenge Is To Mechanise Small Farms' (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Aug 02, 2004)
At a time when tractor manufacturers should be celebrating, they are looking up to the skies. The handsome growth in sales in the first quarter of this year — nearly 48 per cent — was followed by a slump post-Budget.
- Lamba: Champion Of Solar Energy (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 01, 2004)
Comments of two farmers from Punjab best sum up the remarkable achievement of Hemant Lamba, a young Indian executive, who has won the prestigious Green Oscar Award.
- ‘Totally Drunk’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 31, 2004)
Kohli admits raping and killing Hannah
Finally, the accused in the sensational rape and murder case of 17-year-old British girl, Hannah Foster has confessed. Maninderpal Singh Kohli, who ran away from Southampton to Punjab and then Kalimpong to escape
- Mind Your K’S And Q’S (Tribune, Saroop Krishen, Jul 31, 2004)
THE British rulers never missed an opportunity to proclaim that Hindi is the language of the Hindus and Urdu of the Muslims. In fact that was a major plank in their policy of divide and rule and they liked to make the maximum use of it.
- Waiting For Rain (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 31, 2004)
The country is likely to face a monsoon deficiency leading to a host of problems
- The Collapse Of Green Revolution (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 31, 2004)
The harmful combination of chemical outputs with water-guzzling crops has played havoc with agriculture
- Lopsided Development Of Agriculture (Tribune, Gurbhagwant Singh Kahlon, Jul 30, 2004)
THE key to economic development in Punjab is agriculture. Crops and livestock cannot exist in isolation and, therefore, have to be developed side by side. In many developed countries, animal farming dominates the agricultural scenario as it
- Monsoon Anxieties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2004)
India has to brace itself to deal with the caprices of the 2004 monsoon. After an early onset and reasonably good rainfall in June, the monsoon's progress has been uneven during the agriculturally crucial month of July.
- Ministerial Misconduct (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 28, 2004)
HERE is a minister of near bankrupt Punjab, admitted to the PGI, Chandigarh, with a fractured arm, flying off to his village, Dhaliwal, near Jalandhar, in a helicopter to celebrate his 70th birthday.
- Why Pseb Is In A Financial Mess (Tribune, Harbhajan Singh, Jul 28, 2004)
The present financial woes of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) are caused primarily by two major factors: (i) free supply to the agricultural sector and (ii) the Thein Dam project: The responsibility for the financial mess rests entirely on the
- Budget: `Core' Weaknesses Not Addressed (Business Line, Geethanjali Nataraj, Jul 27, 2004)
The Budget was expected to give a major boost to infrastructure in the country. However, the measures announced may not quite be enough for the scale and speed of development needed.
- To Save Polity, Pm Must Assert His Authority (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 27, 2004)
In the few weeks Dr Manmohan Singh has been Prime Minister, he has given the impression of being a self-effacing bystander helplessly watching the happenings around him, rather than one at the helm of affairs enjoying
- How To Solve Syl Dispute (Tribune, Gurcharan Singh, Jul 27, 2004)
The competing demands of Punjab and Haryana over the waters of the Beas and the Ravi have escalated into tension after the Punjab Vidhan Sabha passed the Bill terminating the water accords with the neighbouring states.
- Punjab Without Power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 26, 2004)
THE immediate sufferers of Punjab's save-power drive are the owners of shops and commercial establishments, which have to be closed by 6 pm.
- Punjab Water Imbroglio (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jul 26, 2004)
With better management, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan can meet their needs with much less water than they seek
- Re-Assess Water Needs (Pioneer, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jul 26, 2004)
THERE are three different but inter-connected ways of looking at the recent water-related developments in Punjab: as political developments, as legal questions, and as issues of water management.
- Left Provides Life Support To Manmohan (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jul 25, 2004)
D. Raja, National Secretary of the Communist Party of India perhaps knew that he was a cut above the rest in his student days when he earned the distinction of being the first graduate in his village, Chiththoor in Tamil Nadu.
- Punjab’S Decision On Syl Sticks In Centre’S Throat (Tribune, Rajinder Puri, Jul 25, 2004)
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh protected his political interests by rushing through the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act (2004), abrogating water-sharing agreements with neighbouring states.
- In Search Of Safer Pastures (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2004)
The Government has decided to raise the minimum support price for the common variety of paddy by a modest Rs.10 a quintal (an increase of less than 2 per cent), but what is
- Does Haryana Need More Water? (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Jul 24, 2004)
AN impression given most often is that due to the non-completion of the SYL canal, Haryana is being “starved” of water, which is instead allowed to flow to Pakistan.
- Passing The Buck (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2004)
It has been clear from the start that what we are witnessing in Punjab is as much a political game as a water dispute. Early indications of this came from the promptness with
- To All Those Missing Daughters (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 24, 2004)
On that fateful Friday last week, the Kumbakonam calamity was already top on international news feeds, reporting of the blaze in an ill-fated girls school.
- Troubled Waters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2004)
THE Central Government had no other option but to seek a Presidential reference on the controversial Punjab Act. The Supreme Court will in due course give its verdict on the
- Ex Gratia Justice (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jul 23, 2004)
Our legal system individuates claims. Mass disasters become a collection of individual cases. India needs a `mass tort' law.
- Logic And Law Of Water-Sharing (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jul 23, 2004)
Haryana was Punjab and so were some parts of present-day Himachal Pradesh. These areas had the riparian rights in waters of the erstwhile Punjab state. Rajasthan had no riparian right.
- Time To Renew The Congress (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 22, 2004)
The Congress, as the oldest political outfit in the country and still the only all-India party, has to take the lead in reviving itself as a political organisation.
- Resignations A Charade (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2004)
Political leaders in Haryana seem to be playing oneupmanship on the sensitive waters issue. The BJP called a Haryana bandh on Monday, which evoked a limited
- A Number Cruncher Looking For Value Reporting (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 20, 2004)
Vipin Malik is a chartered accountant whom banks may be afraid of, especially after his latest work, Value Reporting and Global Comparative Advantage published in two volumes by VMA Infomerics P Ltd (vmalik@spectranet.com).
- Aicc Revamp: Reward And Punishment (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jul 19, 2004)
Nearly two months after the Congress came to power at the Centre via the coalition route, the party president, Sonia Gandhi, set herself to the task of re-building a team to run the affairs of the All-India Congress Committee.
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