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- Tongue-Twisted Long Ago (Indian Express, Guy Gugliotta, Nov 29, 2003)
Study of 87 languages find ancient Turkish farmers to be fathers of modern human speech
- This Bank Cmd’s Head Rolls After He’s Neck-Deep In Dirt (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Nov 29, 2003)
When N S Gujral, Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB), was called in and told to go on ‘‘medical leave’’ a fortnight ago—the buzz is those were his marching orders—his vigilance file was almost one foot high.
- In Fast-Track City, Old-World Khurana Runs A Solitary Race (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
If elections are won on favours and pavement-thumping activism, then the BJP’s candidate for chief minister of Delhi, Madan Lal Khurana, should be well ahead of his rival, Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
- Law Day: An Occasion For Some Soul-Searching (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 28, 2003)
NOVEMBER 26, the date on which "we, the people" adopted the Constitution in 1949, is observed as the Law Day in India. (Curiously, in the US, May 1, the Labour Day, is also the Law Day!)
- A Bitter Cup For Sugarcane Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 26, 2003)
The Centre has set up a committee to study the sugarcane pricing situation. While appointing the panel was a good idea, the committee itself seems to have a weak structure, with mills and farmers finding no representation. Nor does the panel have a watert
- A Bitter Cup For Sugarcane Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 26, 2003)
The Centre has set up a committee to study the sugarcane pricing situation. While appointing the panel was a good idea, the committee itself seems to have a weak structure, with mills and farmers finding no representation. Nor does the panel have a watert
- Haryana: Ias Official Took State Govt To Court (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 26, 2003)
When Sanjiv Kumar took charge as Director, Primary Education in Haryana, he saw a mini steel almirah wrapped like a gift in swathes of white bandage and sealed in at least 30 places. Little did he know that a list kept inside — of 3,206 primary teachers a
- A Bitter Cup For Sugarcane Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 26, 2003)
The Centre has set up a committee to study the sugarcane pricing situation. While appointing the panel was a good idea, the committee itself seems to have a weak structure, with mills and farmers finding no representation. Nor does the panel have a watert
- Our Punjab Vs Other Punjab: Cbm In Making (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
Fifty-six years after Partition, India and Pakistan finally seem ready to bury the hatchet. At least in the sports arena.
- Breakthrough In Paddy Cultivation (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
In his life as a progressive farmer it was the biggest surprise. As Harchand Singh explained the performance of growing paddy without the usual flooding of the fields, curious farmers from adjoining villages on the outskirts of Ludhiana watched him with r
- Breakthrough In Paddy Cultivation (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
In his life as a progressive farmer it was the biggest surprise. As Harchand Singh explained the performance of growing paddy without the usual flooding of the fields, curious farmers from adjoining villages on the outskirts of Ludhiana watched him with r
- Chargesheeted (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
‘Badals worth Rs 4,326 cr’
- Delay Is Double Whammy (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 22, 2003)
The law on delay as a defence in prosecution cases is hazy
- Delay Is Double Whammy (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 22, 2003)
The law on delay as a defence in prosecution cases is hazy, says T. C. A. Ramanujam
- Slow On E-Governance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2003)
INDIA, WHICH TAKES pride in being one of the leaders in the field of Information Technology, especially software, ranks very low when it comes to electronic governance — e-governance, as it is called. It actually ranks 77 in a list of 133 countries that h
- Daler Pops Up, Makes A Land Deal On The Run Sells A 9-Acre Plot For Rs 30 Lakh (Indian Express, Raghvendra Rao, Nov 21, 2003)
Singer Daler Mehndi may be on the run but that has not stopped him from striking property deals. While the Punjab police were initiating the process of declaring him a proclaimed offender (PO) on November 17, the pop star was selling a plot in Sohna, near
- Pvt Basic Operators Escape Village Phone Targets — Unified Licence Bypasses Obligations (Business Line, G. Rambabu, Nov 19, 2003)
RELIANCE Infocomm, Tata Teleservices and Shyam Telelink have managed to escape their rural telephony commitments by migrating to a unified access service licence, just weeks before their latest deadline of end-December which had been set by the Department
- Rabi Sowing Keeps Farm Output Impetus Going (Business Line, M.R. Subramani, Nov 19, 2003)
Oilseeds sowing, so far, is the highest in three years at 44 lakh hectares, a rise of 12 lakh hectares over last year.
- Reversal Times (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 09, 2003)
That Industrial Development Bank of India’s (IDBI) revival plan includes a possible reverse merger with IDBI Bank is old news. But IDBI under M. Damodaran’s leadership has planned a far more ambitious future for itself and has even finalised its revival s
- Don Your Monkey Cap And Chew This (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Nov 09, 2003)
"Monkey Menace in South Block reaches alarming proportions" - News item
- This Mrs G And That Mrs G (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 09, 2003)
Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary went by almost unnoticed. There was that little fracas over grandson, Feroze Varun, being denied entry (or so he said) to her samadhi and there were the usual pictures of Sonia, family and flunkeys seated in mournful reme
- New Delhi, New Voter (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 08, 2003)
In Raipur, they throw free schoolbags at you; in the capital, lower SPM levels
- Politics Is Not A Cantonment (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Nov 08, 2003)
The generals in Pakistan have usurped public space and silenced their rivals. This is just not tenable
- Global Beauty: Mix West And Sadda Punjab (Indian Express, Sujeet Rajan, Nov 07, 2003)
Saira Mohan has been on 50 magazine covers; Newsweek is the latest
- India's Bleeding Head Wound (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Nov 05, 2003)
A workable solution to the Kashmir dispute must begin with an ambience for peace and the two countries cutting down rhetoric, and increasing normal diplomatic and political relations.
- Captain Pulls Up Top Cop In Public (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
Punjab Transfers: CM says let him go, DGP says no defying CM
- Spoilers In The Peace Process (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 04, 2003)
Indians and Pakistanis have got caught between provocation and arrogance
- Karnataka Top Software Exporter: Esc (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2003)
KARNATAKA exported software worth Rs 14,100 crore ($2.91 billion) in 2002-03 to emerge as the leading software exporting State in the country, according to the Electronic and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC)
- How Cynical Is This? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
Pak response to Indian initiatives smacks of bad diplomacy. But India must not be deterred
- Geelani Marks Day 1 Of Freedom With Rage, Afshan With Tears (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Oct 31, 2003)
Delhi University lecturer S A R Geelani and Afshan Guru, both acquitted in the Parliament attack case, walked out of prison after two years today. For both, it was bitterness and tragedy that drowned the first flush of freedom.
- At Wagah, Indo-Pak Ties End In This Knot (Indian Express, Jatinder Kaur Tur, Oct 29, 2003)
When Tahira stepped off the Sada-e-Sarhad, the bus from Lahore, she walked into the waiting arms of Maqbool Ahmed. They hugged. They blushed. And then they garlanded each other as surprised onlookers broke into a cheer at Wagah this morning. It was quite
- Scary Report On Toxins In Food Buried For 10 Yrs (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 29, 2003)
If you thought pesticides in colas was cause for alarm, drink this: an unprecedented nationwide study of pesticide levels in our food conducted by top government agencies came up with figures so shocking that the report was withdrawn soon after it was rel
- Daler Gets List Of Troupe Members, Wants Fbi Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2003)
Yesterday he wanted a CBI probe, today popstar Daler Mehndi sought Interpol or FBI investigations into the case of alleged human trafficking even as police reiterated their dissatisfaction with his response after a fresh bout of interrogation.
- A Way Out Of Telecom Mess (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2003)
THE TELECOM REGULATORY Authority of India's proposals for sorting out the mess in mobile and wireless telephony have few surprises, but the recommendations for a movement to a unified licence regime have some rough edges that the Government needs ...
- Farm Power Tariffs — Ec Touched By Live Wire, Now (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 29, 2003)
From roads and committee rooms to Raj Bhavans, courts of law, Cabinets and, now, the Election Commission, the issue of farm power tariffs has moved via numerous points. Yet, there is little hope that the farmer, who gets irregular, low quality supply that
- Throw Pota Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2003)
THE SHORT AND benighted history of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (2001) and Act (2002) has made some things clear. Adopted under cover of re-empowering the state to combat terrorism post-September 11, this extraordinary law was bad in ...
- Dissent In Dadar Has Just Gone Global (Indian Express, Sonu Chhina, Oct 27, 2003)
Packaged as counter to WEF in Davos, stage being set for WSF in Mumbai
- Festival Of India (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Oct 27, 2003)
So many reasons for Diwali
- Personality Politics (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Oct 27, 2003)
Both the BJP and the Congress plan to focus on their prime ministerial candidates, and the exchanges between them could get nastier in the days to come.
- Track Is Being Laid For Train To Pakistan (Indian Express, Bhavana Vij, Oct 26, 2003)
Gauge conversion on, 2,500 km to Sindh will be just 100 km from Barmer
- Dissent In Dadar Just Went Global (Indian Express, Sonu Chhina, Oct 26, 2003)
Packaged as a counter to the World Economic Forum in Davos, stage being set for World Social Forum in Mumbai
- A Watchdog Weighed Down (Hindu, Anjali Modi, Oct 26, 2003)
The National Human Rights Commission is caught in a dysfunctional relationship with government and state.
- The U.P. Burden (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
Nearly 60 per cent of the complaints of human rights violation are from Uttar Pradesh.
- Amarinder Says Centre Is Playing Games (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
The Centre’s last minute decision to pull back a Punjab delegation from visiting China has given Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh another case to cite ‘‘step-motherly treatment’’ against his state.
- Sindhis As An Indo-Pak Bridge (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 24, 2003)
A few hundred Sindhis, all Hindus, who had gathered in Jodhpur for an extraordinary meeting earlier this week must be rubbing their eyes with disbelief at the announcements made by External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha to clear the Indo-Pak air. They h
- Rape: National And International (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Oct 23, 2003)
The rape of a Swiss embassy staffer must be condemned. At the same time, we cannot gloss over other rapes in the country
- Rape: National And International (Deccan Herald, Valson Thampu , Oct 23, 2003)
The rape of a Swiss embassy staffer must be condemned. At the same time, we cannot gloss over other rapes in the country
- Possessed By None (Indian Express, K K Khullar, Oct 23, 2003)
Baba Farid, the first poet of Punjabi
- Where Has The Girl Child Gone? Latest Data Tells Grim Story (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 21, 2003)
Punjab, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat are worst offenders
- Neighbour Retaliates (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 19, 2003)
The Indian government has not taken kindly to the news that some Pakistanis have illegally occupied 63 Clifton in Karachi, the Indian consul general’s residence until it was closed down in 1992 after a Pakistani mob stormed the building in the wake of the
- An Insidious Campaign (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Oct 19, 2003)
From being confined to isolated backward pockets of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, the naxalites have spread their network across several States
- Prosecution For Cheque Bouncing — Where Does The Nominee Director Stand? (Business Line, T. S. Asokraj , Oct 17, 2003)
There is a debate over whether a nominee director enjoys full immunity under the newly enacted provisions of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act.
- India Inc, Getting Lean And Nimble (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 17, 2003)
No longer is VRS a bad word. As much as it has made corporates, banks and PSUs leaner and nimbler, it has also enriched the retirees. And, contrary to the perception that VRS means job erosion, it has made for continuous job enrichment. A Business. . .
- Eyes Wired Shut (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 17, 2003)
Decades ago, Arthur Clarke formulated two axioms about the advance of technology.
- Farm Sector Woes (Hindu, Bhanu Pratap Singh , Oct 17, 2003)
The decline in agricultural growth and increase in rural poverty have been due to the long persisting government indifference towards the farm sector.
- Hawala May Link Daler To Abu Salem (Indian Express, J. Dey, Oct 16, 2003)
Mumbai: Cops raid flat of singer’s associate who flies away hours earlier
- Licensed To Crawl (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 16, 2003)
Telecom sector — where tech change is the fastest— remains the last bastion of the licensing regime
- Messy Grain Management (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
THE MESS THAT foodgrains management has become needs to be sorted out quickly. In just about one year, the grain inventory is down by exactly half — from 55.4 million tonnes in September 2002 to 27.8 million tonnes last month.
- Pied Pipers Inc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2003)
Desperation feeds a shadowy migration industry - so does inequitable globalisation
- Breaking Free From Industrial Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 15, 2003)
WHAT are the real costs of food? When we buy a kg of rice or wheat, have we at any time wondered what its real cost could be against what we pay in the shop? We only are concerned about the `market' price of food, and not what it costs to produce.
- Dial Reform (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 15, 2003)
First in a four-part series on the bureaucratic, legal mess that’s crippling the future of Indian telecom
- Govt Turns New Reforms Leaf (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 12, 2003)
Radical Act is ready to let farmers sell directly to the buyer
- The Curdled Controversy (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Oct 10, 2003)
IT IS now almost a year since the simmering tensions between Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF or Amul) Chairman, Dr Verghese Kurien, and his counterpart at the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Dr Amrita Patel, came out in the..
- Return Of The Hawala Calculations? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 10, 2003)
Suddenly, the BJP's political rivals find themselves having to answer to the investigative agencies.
- The Message From Manuke (Indian Express, Sadhna Mohan, Oct 10, 2003)
A village in Punjab shows how the spread of AIDS can be contained
- Making Nfl Privatisation Work (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Oct 08, 2003)
FOLLOWING the lukewarm response to the Government offer for divestment of 51 per cent of its equity holding in the National Fertilisers Limited (NFL) the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Mr S. S. Dhindsa, has reportedly renewed his demand for
- Green Fuels Sooner Rather Than Later (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 08, 2003)
Govt says its plan on ethanol and biodiesel well on track
- Rib Redemption — Mere Blip On Rupee Radar (Business Line, A. Seshan, Oct 07, 2003)
THE redemption process for the Resurgent India Bond is underway. A sum of $5.5 billion will be available for banks to mobilise as deposits. In this connection, the State Bank of India, Union Bank and Punjab National Bank and ICICI Bank have already ...
- Uma Bharti Thinks She Is Already The Cm (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Oct 07, 2003)
If she had somehow managed to put behind the controversy over her cake offering to Hanuman, BJP’s chief minister hopeful Uma Bharti has walked into a new one in the final run-up to the Assembly polls: she had to cancel a Dussehra dinner for the who’s who
- 'The Captain Should Be Appointed For A Year, And Allowed To Settle Down' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 06, 2003)
Saurav Ganguly, the Indian captain, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk
- Bobby Jindal One Step Away From Us Poll History (Indian Express, Scott Gold, Oct 06, 2003)
Touting Republican values, he defies Indian label and is favourite in the race
- An Attack Seeks Answers (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Oct 05, 2003)
Terrorism nearly claimed the life of my good friend, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Mr Chandrababu Naidu. The attempt on his life deserves to be condemned, and has been rightly condemned, by everyone.
- Talking To Pakistan (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 04, 2003)
Raised expectations and abject failures are not prescriptions for long-term, meaningful engagement between India and Pakistan.
- Just Deserts (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Oct 04, 2003)
It's just as well, now they tell us, that India and Pakistan did not send troops to Iraq. A report in the NEW YORK TIMES this week suggested it isn’t just Islamabad and New Delhi that are relieved — Baghdad is relieved as well. Because Indian and Pakistan
- Dogma Becomes Dated, True Feeling Liberates You! (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Oct 04, 2003)
Satish Gujral, as they say, has been there, done that: at 77, he can look back on a life of constant artistic evolution since his first show in Delhi in 1952, which legendary critic Charles Fabri hailed as the work of a genius. His enthusiasm is a lesson
- Let's Start From The Scratch (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 02, 2003)
Cheap credit, SMP/SAP, crop insurance, free power... Agriculture policy-making has been reduced to tinkering with an eye on votes. It is time the slate of farm policies was wiped clean for a new draft with a new architecture and a new ambition
- Indian Urban Wars As Us Classrooms (Indian Express, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Oct 02, 2003)
The US Special Forces doctrine of ‘three block war’ clones Indian experience in insurgency-hit regions
- Comfort Food, Discomforting Theory (Indian Express, Rob Stein, Oct 01, 2003)
A new study establishes stress increases appetite. Sounds fun? What happens later doesn’t
- Crowded Out Of The House (Indian Express, K S DUGGAL, Sep 29, 2003)
Are we making any use of their expertise and experience in running the Indian democracy?
- Disquiet On The Northern Front (Indian Express, Ajai Shukla, Sep 25, 2003)
The Northern Areas, the forgotten corner of Jammu and Kashmir, is set to become Pakistan’s new mess
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