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Articles 4321 through 4420 of 5238:
- Continue More Price Support To Wheat & Rice, Says Swaminathan (Tribune, Gaurav Choudhury, Jul 18, 2004)
Prof M.S. Swaminathan needs no introduction. He has been recognised as one of the 20 most influential Asians of the 20th century (by Time magazine), one of the only three from India (the other two being Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore).
- Amarinder Singh's Terminator Act (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 18, 2004)
Never before has any Chief Minister in this country acted so outrageously as has Amarinder Singh in Punjab by enacting — suddenly and somewhat surreptitiously
- Syl: Time To Rectify Past Mistakes (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Jul 17, 2004)
In view of the ongoing water war in which some of the northern states have been drawn into, consequent to Punjab passing the Bill terminating the water sharing accords, let’s all very honestly have another look at the merits and demerits of this issue.
- A Severe Indictment (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 17, 2004)
As the World Bank’s report has confirmed it, Punjab has been a victim of poor governance. Its decline started in the nineties and still continues.
- Right To Work For Aids Patients (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Jul 17, 2004)
There is positive news about HIV/AIDS. The National AIDS Control Organisation has recommended free medical treatment to persons living with HIV/AIDS in six states — Maharsahtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur.
- Kohli In Custody (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 17, 2004)
The nation is bound to heave a sigh of relief following Thursday’s arrest of Maninderpal Singh Kohli, accused of rape and murder of 17-year-old British schoolgirl, Hannah Foster, along the Indo-Nepal border in North Bengal.
- Punjab Slowdown Dismays World Bank (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Jul 16, 2004)
Hold your breath! Here is a warning: the World Bank has forecast a gloomy future for Punjab. And if its current growth slowdown persists for another decade, by the end of it Punjab would no longer be the most prosperous state in the country.
- Ptu’S Job Carnival (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 16, 2004)
THE three-day “career carnival” organised by Punjab Technical University in Jalandhar was revealing in more than one way. This was the first attempt by the university to arrange jobs for its students and it left many disappointed.
- Don’T Ignore Urban Development (Deccan Herald, A RAVINDRA, Jul 16, 2004)
There is a need to view urbanisation as an instrument of agricultural and rural development
- Towards A Single Market (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 26, 2004)
IN his first address to the nation on Thursday evening, Dr Manmohan Singh suggested the creation of a single market across the country for both manufactured goods and agricultural produce.
- Punjab Finances In Disarray (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Jun 25, 2004)
Punjab continues to be an enigma. It knows what is wrong with its body politic and economy and is aware of its stalled industrial and agricultural production and productivity.
- India's Refugee Law And Policy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jun 25, 2004)
South Asia requires India to take the lead to devise a policy consistent with the region's needs and the capacity to absorb refugees under conditions of global equity.
- Is Taxing E-Commerce Feasible? (Business Line, Kala Seetharam Sridhar, Jun 25, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme adopted by the United Progressive Alliance attempts to reconcile economic reform with the concerns of the Left.
- Shirkers As Members (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2004)
ON Wednesday, the day the Punjab Vidhan Sabha was to discuss the Budget for 2004-05, most of the ruling party members chose to stay away. Now a Budget is a very dry subject to talk about.
- The Cauvery Imbroglio (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2004)
THE rain God has come to the rescue of Tamil Nadu's hapless farmers in the Cauvery delta this time. Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh has ordered the release of the river water following a telephonic directive by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on ...
- When Farmers Die (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 22, 2004)
Almost every sector failed the Andhra Pradesh farmer — the Government, the political class, intellectuals, planners, human rights groups, a once-activist judiciary and the media.
- A Simple Lesson From The Kargil War (Tribune, Maj Gen Rajendra Nath (retd), Jun 21, 2004)
INDIA won the Kargil conflict in 1999, but it is in the news again. We have to be grateful to the media to have brought out the hidden aspects of this war. That there was intelligence failure is well known, but there seems to be a lack of proper ...
- Women And Environment Continue To Suffer (Tribune, Kiran Soni Gupta, Jun 20, 2004)
The welfare of human beings is final reference point in judging the impact of what we do or fail to do. Women have an essential role to play in the development of sustainable and ecologically sound system of natural resource management.
- Road Map For Kashmir (Tribune, K. Subramaniam, Jun 19, 2004)
The talks between the central leadership and various Kashmiri dissident groups are expected to begin shortly. There is an expectation on the part of Pakistanis of progress on the Kashmir issue in the forthcoming meeting among the foreign ministers ...
- Politics And Rajya Sabha Nominations (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jun 18, 2004)
What were the compulsions behind the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi's decision to nominate three senior leaders for the coming biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha even though they were rejected by the people in the recent Lok Sabha elections?
- Waiting For A Sports Complex (Tribune, Chitleen K. Sethi, Jun 18, 2004)
A glaring example of the Punjab Government's apathy is the sports complex that was to come up opposite the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali the land for which was allotted as early as 1991.
- The Politics Of Language In Pakistan (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Jun 14, 2004)
A recent literary column in The Dawn, the leading paper of Pakistan, by Mushir Anwar has caused ripples in the Punjabi literary and intellectual circles in Punjab for it once again defends the imposition of Urdu as the official language of Punjab.
- Jailbirds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 14, 2004)
If you have nowhere to go, just break the law to ensure a free meal and shelter for some time as a state guest. If you are enterprising, like the Amritsar undertrials, you can even create a life of five-star splendour for yourself, your fellow inmates ...
- Manmohan Became Pm On Merit And Due To Compulsions: Atwal (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jun 13, 2004)
THE first MP of the Shiromani Akali Dal to be elected to the post of the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker, Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, seems comfortable about his new role.
- Not Garlands All The Way (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jun 13, 2004)
Forty years after the death of Nehru, there is still an irrepressible wish to play the game of, “What might have been” if circumstances had panned out differently. Would independence have come earlier? Would there not have been that terrible bloodshed...
- Vip Burden (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 12, 2004)
The "friendly neighbourhood cops" you see everywhere are rarely there for your benefit - unless you happen to be a VIP. Most of their ilk are engaged in the service of the netas or their own superiors.
- Tardy Flows The Money Back (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jun 12, 2004)
Even after decades, the Income-Tax Department has hardly made any changes to the mechanism of refund claim. The promises on settling refund claims expeditiously have remained unfulfilled.
- Farm Sector Is Crucial (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jun 11, 2004)
LAL Bahadur Shastri, who succeeded India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964, had coined a famous slogan: “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan”.
- Murder In Custody (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2004)
DEATH in police custody is no longer news for most people in Punjab. Even before Balachaur in Nawanshahr could return to normalcy, report of a custodial death has come from Khalra in Amritsar.
- Pakistan’S All-Powerful Army (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 10, 2004)
IN keeping with the subcontinent’s long tradition, India and Pakistan have spent too much time and energy on rhetorical exchanges between the Foreign Minister in the new Congress-led government, Mr K. Natwar Singh, and various Pakistani dignitaries,
- Muddied Waters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 10, 2004)
PUNJAB Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has received a rap over the knuckles for his inaction on the Supreme Court's order to complete the Sutlaj-Yamuna Link canal in time.
- Punjab, Andhra Farmers In Trouble (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 10, 2004)
The National Human Rights Commission is not a government department which should be busy pushing files or doing paper work.
- Cmp: What Face The Reforms? (Hindu, Sharad Joshi , Jun 09, 2004)
The new Government's Common Minimum Programme promises reforms with a human face. But this is easier said than done, as implementation would encounter problems political and fiscal. Sharad Joshi examines the CMP, putting it in historical perspective.
- The Essential Areas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- Primary Education: Low Coverage, Poor Quality (Business Line, Sangeeta Goyal, Jun 09, 2004)
The really critical aspect of the Indian public education system is its low quality. Even in educationally advanced States, an unacceptably low proportion of children who complete all grades of primary school have functional literacy. Moreover, the ...
- Primary Education: Low Coverage, Poor Quality (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 09, 2004)
The really critical aspect of the Indian public education system is its low quality. Even in educationally advanced States, an unacceptably low proportion of children who complete all grades of primary school have functional literacy.
- The Essential Areas: Money Needed For Education And Health (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- Cmp: What Face The Reforms? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 09, 2004)
The new Government's Common Minimum Programme promises reforms with a human face. But this is easier said than done, as implementation would encounter problems political and fiscal. Sharad Joshi examines the CMP, putting it in historical persp ective.
- The Essential Areas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- Money Needed For Education And Health (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
In his address to Parliament on Monday, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has said that Dr Manmohan Singh’s government will spend 6 per cent and 2-3 per cent of the GDP on education and health respectively.
- Gross Indifference (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2004)
The alarming rise in the cases of gastroenteritis was avoidable if more alertness had been shown by the authorities. Gastroenteritis is the irritation and inflammation of the digestive tract, which can lead to nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal ...
- Fighting The Enemy Against Odds (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Jun 01, 2004)
For troops guarding the forward posts of the country, nature sometimes proves to be a more formidable challenger than the enemy force. Unsympathetic and unpredictable to the hilt, it often uses deadly weapons like avalanches, snow blizzards, frost and ...
- Interlinking Of Rivers - Buffetted By International Politics (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Jun 01, 2004)
Inter-linking of rivers has been much in the news. That the new Government at the Centre is also looking at the idea is clear from the Union Water Resources Minister, Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi's recent statement that he would study the report of the ...
- ‘I Want To Build A Great Airport In Delhi’ (Tribune, Gaurav Chaudhury, May 31, 2004)
Telecom conglomerate Bharti Enterprises recently joined the elite club of billion dollar companies. Its founder, Chairman and group Managing Director, Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, has often been credited by many as being one of the principal personalities ...
- Ploughing A Tough Field (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 31, 2004)
THE focus on agriculture by the new government at the Centre is welcome, but it should go beyond ministerial promises. There is a talk of doubling rural credit in three years. Not a difficult goal to achieve, but the interest burden on farmers also ...
- India's First Non-Hindu Leader (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, May 21, 2004)
The founders of modern India knew that the only way to hold together such a diverse country was through secular government. In recent elections, voters decided to return to that basic necessity.
- Man Behind India's Economic Boom Named Prime Minister (San Francisco Chronicle, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2004)
Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic boom, was named prime minister of the world's largest democracy on Wednesday -- a magnanimous act of patriotism and just plain street smarts by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born leader of his party.
- Truce At Last (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
STRICTLY speaking, the recent fracas in the Punjab Congress is the internal matter of the party. But in reality, the whole State will breathe easy now that the warring factions have ostensibly buried the hatchet. The State was suffering more than the
- Trauma Of Punjab’s Jobless (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Jan 07, 2004)
Punjab is faced with a gigantic challenge: how to give employment to 30 lakh jobless youth? Successive governments have never cared to know why the youth went berserk during the days of militancy. There is no policy worth the name to make them employable.
- India’s Grand Obsession (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jan 07, 2004)
Why has Pakistan become so central to all our thinking and discussions? Open a newspaper and something about that country or its leaders or what they say is bound to be somewhere in it — usually on the front page, and on the few occasions it isn’t, it’s
- Ravi Sidhu Likely To Get Bail (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Jan 07, 2004)
Former Punjab Public Service Commission Chairman Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu, who has been lodged in judicial custody since March 2002 in the “money-for-job” scam, which had rocked the state two years ago, can hope for his release on bail in the new year as
- Congress In Catch-22 Situation (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 06, 2004)
NEVER before in its long history has the once venerable Congress party faced the crisis it is undergoing today. Because it is, in national terms, in danger of becoming the perennial second party. There are many reasons for the Congress predicament, but
- Sc Notices To Govt, States And Cbi (Indian Express, Prabhakar Rao Voruganti, Jan 06, 2004)
The Supreme Court today issued notices to all the states, National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Union Territories, the CBI and the Centre on five public interest litigation (PIL) petitions, three of them seeking a unified probe by the CBI into the
- Captain, Bhattal Patch Up, Say Cheese Together (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Jan 06, 2004)
The over-a-month-long drama involving the Punjab Congress had a happy ending today at 10, Janpath, after party chief Sonia Gandhi gave a pep-talk to both camps on unity and the importance of winning LS polls. At the back of this peace breakthrough is
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- Spreading Guru’s Message Of Compassion (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jan 05, 2004)
IT’S nice to watch this mother-daughter duo — writer Ajeet Caur and artist Arpana Caur — for they seem so very alike (except that both spell “Kaur” so very differently) even now when Ajeet is in her late sixties and Arpana in her late forties. They seem
- It’s Time To Make New Friends (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Jan 05, 2004)
The BJP’s refusal to rein in Jayalalithaa as also contradictions inherent in their coalition drove the DMK and MDMK out of the NDA
- Lal Badshah (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 04, 2004)
IN the telegrammatic world of newspaper headline writers, a chestnut that resurfaces periodically, especially in the murky, confusing seasons before and after an election, when coalitions are simultaneously evaporating and solidifying is ‘‘Surjeet active
- Fog Over The Capital (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jan 04, 2004)
Stuck at the airport? Be prepared for a long wait. And thank the greening of Delhi for your woes.
- Anti-Incumbency Will Help Cong In (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 04, 2004)
Whether it was the National Front, the Janata Dal, the United Front and now the Congress, every political party or formation that Lok Sabha MP S. Jaipal Reddy has been associated with, he has always been its most visible face. He is also known for his ...
- Ideological Roadblocks On The Road (Tribune, Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Jan 04, 2004)
THE Hot Peace among different communities of the world, in the beginning of the 21st century, marked by its advent by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre towers in New York, is, in a sense, more explosive than the earlier Cold War between nation
- Sultans Of Swing (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 04, 2004)
Until the 1980s, who knew peanuts about Sufi music? Except in Kashmir and Punjab, or in the inner world of baateen (esoteric) Islam, in Delhi, in Nagaur, in Lucknow, Hyderabad and Bhopal, in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, at secret samas (Sufi musical
- Against The Grain (Indian Express, I. P. SINGH, Jan 04, 2004)
IT had been Punjab’s last unchallenged male preserve. It was a profession controlled and run by men. The profession of Arhat or commission agent is now seeing some new faces. In Banga two young sisters of neighbouring village Mahil Gaila—Manita and ...
- Cong Focus On Punjab, Mlas Called To Delhi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The Punjab Congress imbroglio seems headed for a solution with clear indications that Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will not be shifted out at least till the general elections. At the same time, the rebels will have the satisfaction of a concession-rich
- Sikhs In France Seek Help On Turbans (Indian Express, TOM HENEGHAN, Jan 03, 2004)
France's tiny Sikh community is seeking help from India’s Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee to have their traditional turbans exempted from a planned French law to ban Muslim headscarves and other religious symbols from schools. Chain Singh, spokesman for
- Nephew Jagat Given Capt’s Security Cover (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
Constable Gurjit Singh of the Punjab Police’s 4th Commando battalion, who has been booked for attempt to murder, had been deputed to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s security from where he was further allocated to the CM’s nephew and Rajasthan MLA
- Engines Of Growth (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
THE Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are regarded as the modern engines of growth. Their alumni are well placed both within the country and abroad. However, the movement to enlist their cooperation for raising funds to serve their alma mater better
- Mutiny In Punjab Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
SOLDIERS UNDER ENEMY fire know how to survive: they bunker down and conserve their ammunition until an opportunity to hit back presents itself. For reasons known only to the Congress rebels in Punjab, they have chosen to charge out of the ...
- Jaish Dy Chief Missing After Attack On Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Some activists of the banned militant outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad have been arrested in connection with the December 25 attack on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and police were looking for its deputy chief who has been missing. Jaish deputy chief
- Punjab The Victim (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
THE crisis in the Punjab Congress that has brought administration in the state to a virtual standstill is far from over. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's placatory measures to win the dissidents over to his side are yet to yield the desired results...
- Congress Badly Bruised By Poll Defeat (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 01, 2004)
POLITICS is like a game of cricket. A team could be cruising along comfortably but one fine bowling spell can prove devastating, converting a certain victory into defeat. Something similar appears to have happened to the Congress this year. It was riding
- Two-Child Norm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
THE Population Foundation of India’s concern in its annual report over spurt in female foeticide in 11 states including Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh is timely. Figures speak for themselves on the magnitude of the problem. From 945 per 1000 in 1991
- Catching Seshanitis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
IT IS HARDLY a secret that the Chief Election Commissioner, J.M. Lyngdoh, is no admirer of the country's political class. His blunt manner and his plain-speaking ways have raised the hackles of politicians across the ideological divide. But Mr. ...
- Bcci’s Pads, Gloves Can’t Keep Out Patiala Chill (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Dec 31, 2003)
When the BCCI decided to stage its tournament to select probables for next year’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup, they picked on Patiala. Nothing wrong there — except the freezing weather, and the effect it had on the cricket.
- The Bittersweet Saga Of Sugar (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 30, 2003)
Though the cycle of shortage and surplus in the sugar industry has been overcome in the last six years with the emergence of efficient and modern mills, the carryover stock of sugar in the last four years has resulted in hefty carry-over costs, insurance
- The Influx Of Migrants (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
WHEN people leave their native places for sheer survival or in search of better avenues, they are led by “push” and “pull” factors. Their traditional place of inhabitation either pushes them out since no more work or employment is available or they move
- Coming: A Happy New Year (Telegraph, Shankar Aiyar, Dec 30, 2003)
“Writing,” wrote Hazlitt, “concentrates the mind wonderfully.” Defeat does so even more wonderfully. Even while those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad, so as the Bharatiya Janata Party reels drunken with triumphalism over its upset ...
- A Spokesman Of The Rural Downtrodden (Tribune, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 29, 2003)
A sincere human being, a true intellectual and a great playwright having written 33 plays in Punjabi with an abundant use of the Doabi dialect of the Hoshiarpur region, Charan Dass Sidhu, who has been given the Sahitya Akademi Award, symbolises a saga of
- Will Bjp’s Hype Turn Into Votes? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 29, 2003)
If hype is an indicator of victory, and the BJP has certainly managed to create it around its victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, then the party is on its way to notching up the 300 Lok Sabha seats that Venkaiah Naidu has been talking
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