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Articles 5021 through 5120 of 5238:
- War Against Terror: The Public Opinion Conundrum (Tribune, Sreeram Chaulia, Nov 25, 2001)
There is a fundamental contradiction in the renewed love fest that the present war against terrorism has contrived between the United States and its old Cold War ally, Pakistan.
- Ambedkar And Partition (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Nov 25, 2001)
According to Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu and an Indian, the greatest in many generations, and he was proud of being a Hindu and an Indian.
- Ambedkar And Partition (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Nov 24, 2001)
According to Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu and an Indian, the greatest in many generations, and he was proud of being a Hindu and an Indian.
- A Collective Failure (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 24, 2001)
Consecutive cotton crop failure for the third year in Punjab and Haryana because of the American Bollworm has not moved any government in either of the states or the one at the Centre to take any remedial action.
- Do Our Sacrifices Count, Ask Dogras (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Nov 23, 2001)
THEY acceded the single-largest composite state — having boundaries with China and Afghanistan — to India 55 years ago, but the Dogras have been fighting a battle for recognition of own language for 10 years.
- Oh Calcutta! (Tribune, Robin Gupta, Nov 23, 2001)
THERE was a practised knock on the door. We had just checked in at the Great Eastern Hotel, one time the Claridges of Calcutta.
- Maran’s ‘Marginal Loss’ At Doha May Prove Substantial (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Nov 22, 2001)
India agreeing to the inclusion of the environment clause in multilateral trading may water down the gains it achieved in trade in agriculture if effective steps are not taken in time.
- Pakistan's Debacle In Afghanistan (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Nov 22, 2001)
Speaking on Pakistan's independence day on August 14, General Pervez Musharraf proclaimed: "The Taliban are the dominant reality in Afghanistan and the international community should engage.
- Should Octroi Go? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 22, 2001)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a ruling on Monday, cleared the way for the Punjab Government to abolish octroi.
- Campaign Against Taliban, Al-Qaeda (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Nov 22, 2001)
Speaking on Pakistan’s independence day on August 14 less than a month before the horrendous terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, General Pervez Musharraf proclaimed:
- Temple Plots And Holy Men (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Nov 21, 2001)
Why are Punjab’s Sikhs trapped in this medieval morass?
- South Africa-India Bilateral Trade Picks Up Well Despite A Late Start (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Bilateral trade between India and South Africa started in 1993 since earlier there were trade restrictions on account of apartheid pursued by the then South African regime.
- Pm’s Sangat Darshan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2001)
Prime Minister Vajpayee turned the concluding function of the bicentenary celebration of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s coronation into a launching pad of the coming election campaign.
- National Games In Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 20, 2001)
The first National Games of the millennium opened in Ludhiana on Monday. For the next 10 days athletes from across the country will rekindle the spirit of competition and sportsmanship through healthy and fair competition.
- Made In Pakistan (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 20, 2001)
Atal Behari Vajpayee, 77, just couldn’t decide on the right kind of jacket for himself.
- Afghan Girl Weds Punjabi Boy (Tribune, Satinder Singh, Nov 19, 2001)
An Afghan woman who fled her homeland when the Taliban wrested control is making a new beginning in India just as the Islamic militia is being driven out of power.
- Doon’s Tailors And The National Fabric (Indian Express, Anil Nauriya , Nov 19, 2001)
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Hindu Jagran Manch tell women not to visit Kotdwar’s male (predominantly-Muslim) tailors to give measurements...(News item)
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Punjab’s Benevolent Ruler (Tribune, Mohinder Singh, Nov 18, 2001)
POPULARLY known as the Lion of Punjab, Ranjit Singh was not only the greatest man of his time in Punjab but was also among the few leading figures of the history of that period.
- Specious Arguments (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 17, 2001)
THE UNION CABINET'S proposal to replace the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA) with a more stringent law.
- The Demand For Autonomy (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Nov 17, 2001)
THOUGH THE Indian state, even as it came into existence, became aware of the potential of pluralism and identities constituting society to articulate itself to demand a political system with an `adequate' power-sharing arrangement.
- Bangkok’s Rich Sardars (The Financial Express, Iqbal Sachdeva, Nov 17, 2001)
Much before the Second World War, it had taken almost four days for Desa Singh and his brother Banarsi Das to reach Calcutta by train, and yet another fortnight of the perilous sea journey to reach Bangkok.
- George And The Jawan (Indian Express, Gaurav C. Sawant, Nov 17, 2001)
WITH the jawans he is arguably one of the most popular defence ministers.
- Converting Dalit Politics, Udit Raj Style (Indian Express, Ajit Kumar Jha, Nov 17, 2001)
HE IS a civil servant who has not attended office for the past four years.
- Theft Of Viceroy's Cigarette Case (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 17, 2001)
It is learnt from Ludhiana that two accused who were sentenced here recently and were sent to the Ludhiana Jail for having stolen.
- Going After The Raiders Of The Dark (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Nov 16, 2001)
Osama bin Laden has now threatened to use nuclear and biochemical weapons.
- Rate Cut Alone Will Not Spur Growth (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Nov 16, 2001)
DESPITE the several constraints, the RBI Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, responded with alacrity, in the Monetary and Credit Policy to the expectations of the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha.
- Doha Resurrects Wto (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 16, 2001)
SEATTLE, the venue of last WTO ministerial conference, was a disaster. Doha, in Qatar and the host of this month’s meet, is a partial success.
- Scarring Of City Beautiful (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Nov 15, 2001)
IT’S a dream turned sour. But the Punjab government’s recent decision to regularise unauthorised constructions on the periphery of Chandigarh is not the first scar on the face of the City Beautiful.
- Poto Opportunity For The Police (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 14, 2001)
Weeks before POTO was promulgated, a senior IPS officer was arrested for his alleged complicity in the killing of Muslims during the Bombay riots of 1993.
- Politics Before Independence (Tribune, V. N. Datta, Nov 14, 2001)
IT was at the all-India Congress session held at Wardha on January 15, 1942, that Mahatma Gandhi designated Jawaharlal Nehru as his heir.
- Reject The Poto Cunning, Not The Law (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 14, 2001)
THESE DAYS Mr. Lal Kishen Advani has that satisfied grin of an alley cat that has just managed to get into a jar full of POTO- fied cream.
- Scarring Of City Beautiful (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Nov 14, 2001)
IT’S a dream turned sour. But the Punjab government’s recent decision to regularise unauthorised constructions on the periphery of Chandigarh is not the first scar on the face of the City Beautiful.
- Did I Pass Or Fail? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 14, 2001)
Edward said points out how, in the global panorama of cultures, not all peoples are endowed with the equal right to narration and representation.
- The Indian Muslims Trial By Fire (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 14, 2001)
SOON after the bombing of Afghanistan began, one of the favourite topics for the Indian media was splitting the Indian Muslim population into what hacks loved to call fundamentalists and moderates.
- Dying Unwept And Unsung (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Nov 14, 2001)
Some may consider it rather late in the day for me to write about B.K. Nehru, one of the most distinguished Indians of our times and a rare blend of a civil servant.
- Glow Worms To Diyas (Indian Express, K. K. Khullar, Nov 13, 2001)
The winged insect called ‘jugnu’ in India is the world’s first glow lamp. Thousands of years ago when man lived in caves the firefly, or the glow worm, provided him light at night.
- Turn The Spotlight On The East (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 13, 2001)
In the eighties, Indian agriculture was doing well, particularly in the eastern states.
- Killing Caste By Conversion (Hindu, DIPANKAR GUPTA, Nov 13, 2001)
There is no reason why a single Dalit should still remain a Hindu. What has Hinduism done for them except to cripple and handicap them in every conceivable way?
- A Licence To Kill (Indian Express, Sudhir Vohra, Nov 13, 2001)
If hills have been denuded, you can plant trees. But how do you save a city scarred forever.
- No, Mr Rushdie, It Is Not About Islam (Tribune, Davinder P. S. Sandhu, Nov 12, 2001)
SALMAN Rushdie has written that the terror trauma the world is facing is about Islam.
- Why Are Bjp’s Allies Like Lambs? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 12, 2001)
The BJP is behaving as if it is running a one-party government.
- Simple George's High Ideals (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Nov 12, 2001)
The return of George Fernandes to the Cabinet is being frowned at, not only by the opposition parties, but also by the self-proclaimed defenders of the morality of the Nation.
- ‘Our Thrust Is On Good Governance And Infrastructure’ (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Nov 12, 2001)
Chattisgarh, carved out of Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 2000, is one of the richest states in mineral and forest resources in the country.
- Agriculture Needs A Fair Deal (Hindu, Bhanu Pratap Singh , Nov 12, 2001)
IT IS very unfortunate that most intellectuals and mediapersons live in cities, cut off from the realities of rural India.
- Myth And Reality Of The `Powerful' Farmer (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Nov 12, 2001)
The farming community is often pilloried for being the main stumbling block behind power sector reforms.
- No Need For Draconian Laws (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Nov 10, 2001)
IT is puzzling that in the debate that POTO (Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance) has generated there has been no mention of the Nadeem case.
- The River Never Waited (Indian Express, Cookie Maini, Nov 10, 2001)
TIME nor tide wait for man, goes the old adage, or rather, the cliche.
- Severe Blow To Farmers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 10, 2001)
ANOTHER hare-brained proposal is being floated to tackle the mounting stocks of wheat and rice.
- Dna Fingerprinting: Two Sets Of Standards? (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Nov 10, 2001)
THE lack of awareness among Government departments of each other's work is fairly common. Despite the wide use of computers, launch of websites and inter-departmental committees, this `ignorance' persists.
- Maneka’s Salvo At Sonia, Congress! (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 10, 2001)
Maneka wins a libel case and fires a salvo at Sonia and a captive Congress party reacts.
- Resolving The Food Riddle (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2001)
FOODGRAINS MANAGEMENT, BY the Centre, has unquestionably led to monstrous absurdities in recent years.
- Keeping The Cultural Contacts Alive (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 09, 2001)
For a country that is essentially Euro- centric, Hungary's efforts to maintain contacts with India are noteworthy, particularly in the cultural field.
- Reject Poto In Toto (The Kashmir Times, Praful Bidwai, Nov 09, 2001)
Nothing has recently caused as much disquiet in India’s political and journalistic communities as the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance. At stake is the citizen’s freedom and the fairness of the judicial system.
- Anandgarh & Sainik Farms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 09, 2001)
THERE is nothing common between Anandgarh in Punjab and the Sainik Farms township in Delhi.
- Haryana’s Alarming Crime Graph (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Nov 07, 2001)
CRIME scene in Haryana is assuming frightening proportions. This is breeding a deep sense of insecurity among its citizens.
- Punjab, Pm’s Newest Headache (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 07, 2001)
IT’S not only Uttar Pradesh that’s on Vajpayee’s mind these days. The upcoming assembly polls in Punjab are worrying him as much.
- Jhootistan Strikes Against Cotton Farmers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 07, 2001)
DURING the 1965 war with Pakistan, the official radio companies of the two adversary countries carried on their own propaganda war.
- Strategic Depth In Afghanistan (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Nov 07, 2001)
THE GAINING of strategic depth in Afghanistan has been a major objective of Pakistan's policy.
- States Not Playing The Desired Role In Furthering Reforms (The Financial Express, P. Raghavan, Nov 07, 2001)
The economic crisis experienced by the Indian government at the close of the financial year 1990-91 was the outcome of a combination of factors like weak balance of payments position.
- Siren Call From Amritsar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 06, 2001)
The BJP should not trivialise the issue of terrorism.
- Threat To Periphery (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 06, 2001)
THE Punjab Government’s decision to regularise illegal constructions which had come up in Chandigarh’s periphery till November 3, 2001.
- Food Exports And Right To Food (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 06, 2001)
IT APPEARS that New Delhi is bent on pursuing a food `export' policy, throwing to the winds any semblance of economic rationality or financial prudence.
- Badal Over Punjab (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 05, 2001)
Bring development issues into the election campaign.
- A Poto Start (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 05, 2001)
INDIA has been forced to sit on the bench (where non-players sit in a football match) in the ongoing global battle against terrorism, and the BJP does not like it at all.
- Poto, What It Does Not Say And What It Says (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Nov 05, 2001)
PROMULGATED late evening on October 24, the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, 2001 — known popularly by its highly pronounceable acronym, POTO — is already bristling with controversy.
- Bridge Promise (Tribune, D. R. Sharma, Nov 05, 2001)
AT a recent sangat darshan the Punjab Chief Minister promised to get a bridge built between Gharota and Mirthal spanning the unruly Chakki that I crossed every time with a sense of trepidation.
- Waiting For A Wave (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Nov 04, 2001)
WHAT A difference a year makes in Indian politics.
- Legislating A Police State (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 04, 2001)
IT IS not the best kept secret of the Government that the police is thoroughly criminalised and corrupt and the judicial system is teetering on the brink of collapse.
- Waiting For A Wave (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Nov 04, 2001)
WHAT A difference a year makes in Indian politics. Almost to the month, last year, the Congress was a house divided.
- Political Solution Remains Elusive (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Nov 04, 2001)
THIRTY-five years ago, Haryana was born on November 1 with the congenital problem of acute thirst.
- Punjab And Haryana River Waters Dispute, Not A Drop Of Water To Spare (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Nov 04, 2001)
THE current water dispute between Punjab and Haryana have views wide apart. Whereas Haryana lays claim to some 3.5 MAF of water, Punjab says that there is ‘not a drop of spare water’ and so nothing can be given to Haryana.
- Sweet Conspiracy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2001)
Justice A.S.Anand could not have got a better birthday gift from his daughter on his 65th birthday and last day as the Chief Justice of India.
- Legislating A Police State (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 04, 2001)
IT IS not the best kept secret of the Government that the police is thoroughly criminalised and corrupt and the judicial system is teetering on the brink of collapse.
- The Killer Amidst Us (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2001)
THE US attack on Afghanistan has yielded a blessing in disguise for Punjab: the smuggling of brown sugar, opium and other drugs through the border state has almost stopped.
- Living With Her Memory (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Nov 03, 2001)
She died in the early hour of Friday, October 19. She was in the intensive care unit of the Apollo Hospital, for over a month; so her end did not come as a surprise.
- Challenges Ahead (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
PUNJAB and Haryana happily celebrate the anniversaries of their statehood today. It is a historic occasion for the two states which have had the distinction of several firsts — some laudatory and some not so flattering.
- Power Shock In Himachal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
THE 15 per cent power tariff hike in Himachal Pradesh announced by the state electricity regulatory commission on Monday against the 30 per cent increase sought by the HPSEB will hurt the domestic consumer more than the corporate user.
- In The Shadow Of A Heinous Crime (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2001)
PAKISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY faces a qualitatively new challenge in the aftermath of the gruesome murder of 16 worshippers and a security guard at a church at Bahawalpur in the country's premier province of Punjab on Sunday.
- A Blow To Human Rights (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Oct 30, 2001)
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance 2001 (POTO) has notified all the militant organisations we have been hearing about all these years operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Cotton Is Not For Burning (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2001)
COTTON growers in Punjab and Haryana are protesting against the loss of their crop to the American bollworm and demand Rs 10,000 an acre as compensation from the Centre.
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