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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Unease Over Environment Clearances (Hindu, Meena Menon, Nov 23, 2005)
The draft Environment Impact Assessment notification draws protests.
- Elected Representatives Of Northeast Sign Aids Declaration (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Nov 20, 2005)
Elected representatives of the Northeast on Saturday signed a "Guwahati declaration" resolving to draft legislation guaranteeing universal access to treatment of AIDS and ensure that people infected or affected by the epidemic are not subject to discrimin
- Too Little, Too Late-Darjeeling Cries Out For Assertive Action (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
It is Darjeeling’s misfortune that the authorities have woken up to the mess inexcusably late in the day and after incalculable damage has been caused to the hills by successive landslides and earthquakes.
- Alas, Poor Chamling (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 06, 2005)
Sikkim’s poor work culture a bane
- India Wary Of Kargil Repeat (Daily Times, Mukherjee, Nov 04, 2005)
Troop positions on the Siachen Glacier must be demarcated before demilitarising the world’s highest battlefield to avoid a repeat of the 1999 Kargil border conflict with Pakistan, said Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- Army Operations Against Ulfa To Continue’ (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Oct 28, 2005)
Prior to talks, ULFA, as a precondition, had demanded total ceasefire. But it has not taken place.
- Last Mile Problems With The Nagas (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 17, 2005)
After eight years of cease-fire, the Naga peace process has finally started making some progress.
- Future Of Relations With China (Dawn, Javid Husain, Oct 17, 2005)
'China-Pakistan relationship is coming to an end?’ was the provocative title of the paper presented by a Chinese scholar at a seminar on Pakistan-China relations, recently organized by the Area Study Centre, . . .
- Opening Of Nathula Pass (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Much anticipated deadline for the Himalayan bar-rier between India and China was to melt
- `Farmer Households Spend 55 Pc On Food' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
THE average Indian farmer household spends the highest share (Rs 101.27 or 20.14 per cent) of its monthly per capita expenditure of Rs 502.83 on cereals and cereal substitutes, followed by 9.68 per cent on milk and milk products.
- Sino-Indian Relations And Asia (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Oct 09, 2005)
As India and China try to bypass the 37-years-old distrust between the two countries following the 1962 war, there appears to be a new dawn of understanding that in all likelihood 21st century will be an Asian century.
- Childish Prattle (Deccan Herald, ELIZABETH CHERIAN, Oct 04, 2005)
Kids are fast learners and often pick up things that either embarrass or amuse those around
- Return Of The Native (Tribune, Minna Zutshi, Oct 03, 2005)
When I first met her (and sadly, that was for the last time), she talked about mountains and her love for sky-smooching peaks.
- Look Under The Persian Carpet (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 01, 2005)
Looking back on the week, you can’t help thinking the windmills are really in fashion this season.
- A Linked Future (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2005)
Alice Hardgrove’s scholarly work on Marwaris cites European Jews and the Chinese of Indonesia.
- Friends, Not Enemies: China (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 07, 2005)
If you talk too much of the past, it is out of fashion: Ambassador Sun Yuxi
- ‘China Attack Forced India To Pile Up Arms’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
After the 1962 Chinese invasion, the number of ordnance factories was increased which forced India to go for overseas purchases, Pranab Mukherjee said.
- Ode To Mercurial India (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Sep 04, 2005)
The versatile nature of this vast country is revealed through the pen as well as through some spectacular images in this book.
- With A Little Help From All (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 29, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India's status report on Disaster Management in India, published in August, 2004
- Following Fresh Leads (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Aug 27, 2005)
T. N. Pandey on the differing views regarding the power to search
- Economics Of Mini Hydro Power Projects In J&k (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 18, 2005)
Chief Minister has recently announced that Rs 1400 crores were being invested in power sector for construction of hydro power plants with an aggregate capacity of 90 MW (at places it was said to be only 80 MW).
- Indians Favour Conscription (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Jul 23, 2005)
It has long been believed in India and is practised all over the world. It is believed to bring about discipline in society and a feeling towards the homeland. Now a latest survey carried out here has confirmed that even the Indian want “Conscription” in
- Irresponsible Water Management (Deccan Herald, Aravind Sitaraman, Jul 21, 2005)
India should seek the support of South Asian countries to make China behave more responsibly
- Of Monks & Monasteries (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
Marianne de Nazareth falls under the sweet spell of peace and charm of the boy monks at the Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe.
- Wide Are The Board's Powers (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Jul 09, 2005)
The Department is precluded from challenging the correctness of CBDT orders, points out H. P. Ranina citing decided cases
- Gom To Study Changes In Immoral Traffic Act (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Jun 26, 2005)
A group of ministers (GoM) has been asked to study the proposed amendments to the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1986. The Tourism Ministry is said to have opposed the changes saying these would adversely affect tourism.
- Neighbourhood Ties (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 16, 2005)
India cannot afford to be complacent about its relations with Sri Lanka
- Fiscal Federalism: Making `Paul' States (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jun 10, 2005)
At the core of fiscal federalism is the rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul approach.
- Literacy Programmes Run Out Of Steam (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 07, 2005)
THE FIRST meeting of the High Level Group of Northeast Chief Ministers and Education Ministers on May 29 in Guwahati was an eye-opener
- 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.
- Race With The Dragon (Hindu, PRASHANTH G.N., May 09, 2005)
Jairam Ramesh's book on China is an attempt to understand and not demonise China
- Small Hydro-Power Projects — The Spv Model Can Be Electrifying (Business Line, R. V. Panchapakesan , May 09, 2005)
A large number of hydro-power development projects with the potential to generate 25 MW each
- Elephant And Dragon: Competing To Co-Operate (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Apr 25, 2005)
THE recently concluded four-day visit of the Chinese Premier, Mr Wan Jiabao, to India has taken the bilateral relationship between the two countries to a new high as they have agreed to forge a new "strategic co-operative partnership."
- The Man Who Could Still Be King (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Apr 21, 2005)
Subash Ghisingh is certainly no longer the uncrowned king of the Darjeeling hills
- Shaking Hands With China (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Apr 21, 2005)
In July 1949 India’s Political Officer in Sikkim, Hugh Richardson, warned the then Secretary-General of the Ministry of External affairs,
- All That Is Not In Actual Control (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Apr 19, 2005)
Until there is a left government at the Centre, India’s relations with China will continue to be dictated by US interests in the region, writes Achin Vanaik
- The Dragon And The Tiger Bhai-Bhai? (Tribune, Maj Gen Pushpendra Singh, Apr 18, 2005)
THE Chinese Premier’s visit has been rich in symbolism and gestures, causing his hosts to gush effusively.
- India, Pakistan Can Copy China's `Salami' Play: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Editorial, Bloomberg, Apr 14, 2005)
When China's Premier Wen Jiabao went to India late last week, he carried with him a gift that was so well liked by his hosts they called a press briefing to flaunt it.
- Wen Sets Store By China, India, Russia Cooperation (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 13, 2005)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 12. Trilateral cooperation between India, China and Russia will help democratise international relations and safeguard world peace, security and stability, the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, told a group of senior journalists today.
- A New Phase (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 13, 2005)
As was expected Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit has opened a new and promising chapter in India-China relations
- Unsc: China Non-Committal On Backing India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2005)
The Chinese Premier, who came here after a visit to Islamabad, said cooperation with Pakistan in the nuclear field was only for peaceful purposes.
- China Backs India's Bid For U.N. Council Seat (Hindu, Amith Baruah, Apr 12, 2005)
China today came out in support of India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations' Security Council as the two countries upgraded their ties to the status of a "strategic and cooperative partnership."
- China Backs India's Bid For U.N. Council Seat (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 12, 2005)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 11. China today came out in support of India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations' Security Council . . .
- India, China To Bury Border Row (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2005)
The ambiguity over disputed areas in both nations was interred. Beijing accepted Sikkim as part of India and New Delhi said Tibet was a Chinese autonomous region.
- India, China Hoping To 'Reshape The World Order' Together (Washington Post, John Lancaster, Apr 11, 2005)
India and China announced a new "strategic partnership" Monday, pledging to resolve long-standing border disputes and boost trade and economic cooperation between two rising powers that together account for more than a third of the world's population.
- ``Guiding Principles" On Border Issue Finalised (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 11, 2005)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 10. India and China have clinched a set of "guiding principles" . . . .
- Promising Prospects (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 09, 2005)
During Premier Wen Jiabao's visit, India and China may take one more step in the direction of a boundary settlement by agreeing upon guiding principles.
- India-China Border Row (Deccan Herald, Srikanth Kondapalli , Apr 08, 2005)
Without resolving the border dispute between them, India and China cannot have fully normal relations
- Promising Prospects (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 08, 2005)
During Premier Wen Jiabao's visit, India and China may take one more step in the direction of a boundary settlement by agreeing upon guiding principles.. . .
- Promising Prospects (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 07, 2005)
During Premier Wen Jiabao's visit, India and China may take one more step in the direction of a boundary settlement by agreeing upon guiding principles.
- Two Contrasting Reports (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 09, 2005)
I have received two annual reports on the state of human rights. One is by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on India and the other by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
- Human Rights In India, Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 09, 2005)
I have received two annual reports on the state of human rights. One is by the National Human Rights Commission on India and the other by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on its own country.
- Make Room For Women (Indian Express, Rajindar Sachar , Mar 08, 2005)
Another Women’s Day is upon us and political parties continue to play games with the sentiments of women by promising to pass the Women Reservation Bill providing for 1/3rd of seats in Parliament and legislatures, but always failing to do so.
- Balle-Balle At Mohali (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 08, 2005)
While the Indian and Pakistani teams slug it out at Mohali, the Punjabis and their many brethren from across the border will have a ball inside and outside the cricket stadium.
- Case Of, And For, Private Universities (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Mar 08, 2005)
The Supreme Court declaring over a hundred `universities' in Chattisgarh null and void has brought into focus the mockery being made of the rules and guidelines of the University Grants Commission.
- Route To Nathu La (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2005)
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has identified China as a potential market for goods produced in the Northeast. The basis of his reasoning is the re-opening of the Nathu La Pass — the ancient Silk Route
- Military Doctrine: No Radical Change (Tribune, Simranjit Singh Mann, Feb 24, 2005)
I have read with great interest “Needed a cohesive military doctrine” (January 8) written by Vice Admiral K.K. Nayyar (retd) and Vice Admiral R.B. Suri (retd) and some more on this doctrine by Col. P.K. Vasudeva (retd) on 18.1.2005.
- After The Sock In The Eye (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 18, 2005)
India’s garrulous foreign minister has received a sock in the eye. This gentleman, on induction in office last May, had chosen Kathmandu as his first official port of call.
- Larger Than All The Rest (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Feb 12, 2005)
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation often seems to have no more to offer than poverty and politics. But the abrupt cancellation of last weekend’s summit — not directly India’s doing, but the inevitable outcome of Manmohan Singh’s refusal
- Tourists At Kangla (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 11, 2005)
More than a month after the the historic Kangla Fort in the heart of Imphal was vacated of the Assam Rifles and the keys handed over to the state government, the seat of governance of the erstwhile independent kingdom of Manipur has become a major attract
- Another Dream Budget? (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Feb 09, 2005)
WHEN Finance Minister P Chidambaram gets up to present the Union Budget for 2005-06 in the Lok Sabha on the last day of February, his fourth budget in the last nine years, he will have to confront certain classic dilemmas faced by all Finance Ministers.
- The State Of Popular Aspiration (Indian Express, Ajay Gudavarthy, Feb 05, 2005)
The demand for Telengana is paradoxical: it is being made in the name of the deprived but could end up serving only a small privileged group
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 28, 2005)
If the extremist violence continues in Nepal and economic development remains on the back-seat, India may be faced with a situation of growing Maoist violence in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, coupled with a large influx of Nepalese nationals.
- Good Start (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 28, 2005)
The first round of the India-China strategic dialogue provides cause for optimism. The convergence of views on key global and regional issues at the dialogue indicates that the future of the bilateral interaction is based on a sound foundation.
- Spreading Maoist Menace (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jan 27, 2005)
Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady.
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Telegraph, G Parthasarathy, Jan 26, 2005)
Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady. In early December 2004 Mr Deuba announced at the World Buddhist Summit at Lord Buddha’s birthplace
- Poetry And Patriotism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2005)
Should the word Sindh be substituted with the name of some other Indian State, say, Kashmir, in the national anthem?
- Thaw In Relations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 31, 2004)
Army Chief General N C Vij’s week-long visit to China has been described as a historic one. It is for the first time in over a decade that an Indian Chief of Army Staff has visited China. But more importantly the visit is a milestone as it signals...
- 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 Fever Of Militancy (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 23, 2004)
One question that everybody in Assam is asking since last week is: Is ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua really ill? People have started doubting this after different local newspapers published different stories while trying to analyse
- Well On Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 02, 2004)
The talks between the new Prime Ministers of India and China on the sidelines of the Asian Summit in Laos on Tuesday are significant and bound to bring the two countries closer.
- Asean Accepts India As A Power (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Dec 02, 2004)
Contacts established with Chinese, Japanese PMs The multi-layered exposition by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the third India-Asean summit in Vientiane in land-locked Laos fired the imagination of the 10-member grouping as well as China...
- What Is Disputed And What Is Not (Deccan Herald, SREEDHAR, Oct 22, 2004)
India’s preoccupation with Pakistan and China’s engagement with Taiwan have facilitated current peace
- Transforming Lives Of Rural Women (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Oct 15, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) lays emphasis on empowerment of women as an important socio-economic goal.
- China Trade Beckons Ladakh (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 21, 2004)
As the economic juggernaut in China reaches the nation's far western corners in Tibet and Xinjiang and the relations between New Delhi and Beijing improve, the long frozen Sino-Indian frontier here is coming alive.
- A Reality Check On Tibet (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 21, 2004)
India should have little hesitation in accommodating Chinese sensitivities on Tibet.
- India And China: A Shifting Paradigm (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 29, 2004)
Until recently politics had been in command of Sino-Indian ties. Now economics has begun to drive the relationship.
- 91st Constitutional Amendment: Not Quite Adequate (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jul 20, 2004)
ON July 7, the 91st Amendment to the Constitution, limiting the size of the Council of Ministers at the Centre and the States to no more than 15 per cent of the numbers in the Lok Sabha or the State Legislature, came into effect.
- Small Ministries Are Better (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jul 17, 2004)
On July 7, the 91st Amendment to the Constitution came into effect. From this day on, the size of the Councils of Ministers at the Centre and in the states must not exceed 15 per cent of the members in the Lok Sabha or state legislatures.
- Keeping Off The Gm Bandwagon (Hindu, Suman Sahai , Jun 15, 2004)
It is embarrassing that India, with such agricultural strengths and dependencies, is lurching from biotech product to product with no defined policy to guide it.
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