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The Fighter Fights Back
Sunday, 05 February 2012
CHANDIGARH: A few days ago a Delhi University professor lost all her photo IDs. She went to police station to register a report in this case.
Mahasweta Devi slams cancellation of Taslima's book launch
IANS
Saturday, 04 February 2012
KOLKATA: Magsaysay Award winning author Mahasweta Devi Friday strongly criticised the cancellation of the release of controversial writer Taslima Nasreen's book following objections from fundamentalists.
Steve Jobs' bio bestseller again
IANS
Saturday, 04 February 2012
NEW DELHI: Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' biography continues to lead the non-fiction section of the bestseller list while Chetan Bhagat's "Revolution 2020" is back on top of the fiction charts.
Undocumented Punjabi migrants languish in stringent German health care system
Punjab Newsline Network
Wednesday, 29 December 2010
By Rajiv Kunwar
Although officially not allowed to work, undocumented migrants living in Germany provide a cheap labour force to the Government, thereby contributing to the economy of the country. However, what is shocking is that the state has a very lackadaisical approach towards the health status of this population.
Although officially not allowed to work, undocumented migrants living in Germany provide a cheap labour force to the Government, thereby contributing to the economy of the country. However, what is shocking is that the state has a very lackadaisical approach towards the health status of this population.
Time Management is key to success
Punjab Newsline Network
Friday, 03 December 2010
By Steffy Gratia Fernandes
Nothing can stand in for time. Time in the organization is permanent and unvarying. Once time is lost, it can not be gained back. Every minute in the organization is imperative and very precious. Managers have plentiful demands on the narrow time they have.
Nothing can stand in for time. Time in the organization is permanent and unvarying. Once time is lost, it can not be gained back. Every minute in the organization is imperative and very precious. Managers have plentiful demands on the narrow time they have.
Why Sikhs want Obama to visit Sikh Shrine
Punjab Newsline Network
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
By Ravinder Singh Robin
AMRITSAR: The 9/11 terror attack seem to have done a lot more damage to the World than widely narrated by the intelligentsia all around. Not many may have noticed but one of the biggest affected things has been the natural trust factor, which previously existed among people around the world.
AMRITSAR: The 9/11 terror attack seem to have done a lot more damage to the World than widely narrated by the intelligentsia all around. Not many may have noticed but one of the biggest affected things has been the natural trust factor, which previously existed among people around the world.
Bhakra reservoir is being operated in casual, adhoc manner?
Punjab Newsline Network
Sunday, 19 September 2010
By Umendra Dutt
CHANDIGARH: India’s most celebrated dam, the Bhakra (also known as Gobind Sagar), seems to be operated in an ad hoc, casual manner, bringing to risk large number of people, their livelihood and also the water availability in the areas served by the dam.
CHANDIGARH: India’s most celebrated dam, the Bhakra (also known as Gobind Sagar), seems to be operated in an ad hoc, casual manner, bringing to risk large number of people, their livelihood and also the water availability in the areas served by the dam.
Why always women play second fiddle?
Punjab Newsline Network
Thursday, 09 September 2010
Why always women play second fiddle? Why even in this 21st century women are regarded as inferior race? The answer to this question can be answered in many ways but the only fact is-yes women are still regarded as inferior to men.
Indian Dimmed Icons: People! Do you still accept them as icons of India?
Punjab Newsline Network
Thursday, 09 September 2010
We are talking about Indian cricketers who are so much iconize in our advertising world as we know, but do they really deserved it or is that responsible for their bad performances nowadays. Cricketers now become some commodities to lure people to buy products.
Punjab ready for the next reform movement-Naxals are welcome
Punjab Newsline Network
Monday, 06 September 2010
BY SATINDER BAINS
CHANDIGARH: Time is now ripe for another 'reform' movement in Punjab. Now it may be the turn of Naxals to take the command. The indications are that the influence of Naxals in the border state is gaining ground.
CHANDIGARH: Time is now ripe for another 'reform' movement in Punjab. Now it may be the turn of Naxals to take the command. The indications are that the influence of Naxals in the border state is gaining ground.
Tuberculosis And Poverty: Partners By Default
Punjab Newsline Network
Saturday, 21 August 2010
By Shobha Shukla
There is a direct link between TB and poverty. It is indeed a vicious cycle, as one begets the other. The stark reality is that tuberculosis saps the economy of the community, which in turn increases the likelihood of contracting TB.
New Delhi Superbug : ‘Famed’ to save dying UK Health protection agency?
Punjab Newsline Network
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
By Dr.M.K.Kapoor
CHANDIGARH: NHS’ decision to scrap UK health protection agency (HPA) could be the possible trigger behind the sudden and strong media blitz against ‘New Delhi Superbug’ NDM-1. The attempt by UK research team, led by Dr David Livermore of HPA to create a ‘Fresh’ worldwide scare , about an ‘Old’ and oft repeated issue of Carbapenems resistant bacteria, could be the last ditch effort to actually save HPA from certain death in latest NHS shakedown.
Public Service Guarantee Act 2010, a Historic Step for Clean Governance
Punjab Newsline Network
Sunday, 15 August 2010
By Fr. Anand Muttungal
Public Service Guarantee Act 2010 is the first-of-its-kind in the country. I think that it is the historic victory of the people in Madhya Pradesh. It has thrown a challenge to the State Governments and Central Government which finds it difficult to amend the constitutional safeguards provided to the high ranking public servants in India.
'New Delhi Superbug’ - ‘Named’ to kill Indian Medical Tourism
Punjab Newsline Network
Saturday, 14 August 2010
By Dr K M Kapoor
Naming of a new superbug after the name of Indian capital by a UK based research team, is seen as a move to scare the UK patients from India while hospital acquire infection rates in UK itself , especially MRSA, continue to be alarming.
YOUTH….give us a chance!
Punjab Newsline Network
Thursday, 12 August 2010
The pride of nation is our youth….. does that ring a bell? Does this sound familiar? Yes, this is one common line we all hear on all the Republic, Independence day speeches. It is meant to be spoken out.
Biz Management students need to develop an attitude for successful career: IAME faculty
Punjab Newsline Network
Wednesday, 04 August 2010

Steffy Fernandes
BANGALORE: As B-school nowadays are striving hard enough to give the best education to wannabe youth, who want to achieve something in their life, to fulfill their dreams. These institutions act as steeping stone for them. There are a lot of establishments in the country which offer different courses to its students depending on the requirements of its students.
Chimney Failures: A setback to Indian Power Sector
Punjab Newsline Network
Saturday, 31 July 2010
By Jagvir Goyal
Recent failure of tall RCC Chimneys, one after another, in India has caused a severe setback to ambitious capacity addition plans of the country!
World Hepatitis Day 28 July: Hepatitis C Cure and control
Punjab Newsline Network
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
By Bobby Ramakant
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection occurs in an estimated one quarter of HIV-infected persons in Europe, Australia, and the United States. “As use of highly active antiretroviral drugs has markedly reduced opportunistic infections, HCV-related liver disease has emerged as a leading cause of death. HIV infection adversely affects both the natural history and the treatment of hepatitis C” said Dr David L Thomas, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA.
Honour killings: Need for a stop to this barbaric practice
IANS
Friday, 02 July 2010
By Babu Joseph
The media has rightly exposed the heinous crime of killing people under the guise of protecting the 'honour' of the caste or community. This monstrous practice reported from some states of India goes to show that there is something seriously amiss in our socio-cultural ethos.
Bhopal gas tragedy vedict a legal disaster, new law need of the hour
Wednesday, 09 June 2010
By Fr. Anand Muttungal
The first verdict of the Bhopal gas tragedy after 25-years of wait on June 7 came as a rude shock to its victims and all other law abiding citizens across the glob. It is a wake up call to people across the glob to build safeguards against the industrial disaster in the corporate world. The Bhopal trial court, obviously, handed down two years imprisonment to the accused, the maximum the charge of “causing death by negligence” prescribed in the law book.
The first verdict of the Bhopal gas tragedy after 25-years of wait on June 7 came as a rude shock to its victims and all other law abiding citizens across the glob. It is a wake up call to people across the glob to build safeguards against the industrial disaster in the corporate world. The Bhopal trial court, obviously, handed down two years imprisonment to the accused, the maximum the charge of “causing death by negligence” prescribed in the law book.


