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Articles 12821 through 12920 of 13380:
- 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.
- Vagaries Of Unilateralist Policies (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Nov 03, 2001)
PRESIDENT Bush declared war on the terrorists who were responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center, New York and the Pentagon on September 11 and swore that the war would not end till terrorism was completely eliminated from the world.
- Give Musharraf His 15 Minutes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Don't grudge him his red carpet, they'll keep pulling at it from under his feet.
- Religion And Civilisation - Ii (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, Nov 03, 2001)
INDEPENDENCE BROUGHT some relief, but the age-old issues have yet to be resolved in this era of globalisation.
- Abdullah’s Angst (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Beating one’s breast is no substitute for good governance.
- The Imperative Of Restraint (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2001)
THIS IS NO time for brinkmanship in the subcontinent.
- Finally, Some Kind Words For India (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Nov 03, 2001)
IT is reassuring to learn that the American media has finally begun to realise the basic blunder the Bush administration has been committing in its strategy to fight terror in Afghanistan.
- `Don't Think Kashmir Has Only Political Problems' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 02, 2001)
PROBLEMS ofmilitancy and violence aside, Kashmiris are facing many day-to-day problems such as shortage or rice and power, says the CPI-(M) MLA, Mr M. Y.
- Us' Afghan Ops: A Critical Analysis (Business Line, B. Raman , Nov 02, 2001)
THE US air strikes on Afghanistan, with low-flying C-130 aircraft and helicopters being increasingly used, indicates that, at least till now, the US has had total control of the skies and that likely threats from the Taliban's Stinger missiles.
- Religion And Civilisation - I (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, Nov 02, 2001)
THIS LAND of over a billion people has been the cradle of three religions - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
- `Don't Think Kashmir Has Only Political Problems' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 02, 2001)
PROBLEMS ofmilitancy and violence aside, Kashmiris are facing many day-to-day problems such as shortage or rice and power, says the CPI-(M) MLA, Mr M. Y. Tarigami.
- A Terrorism-Infested Paradise (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 02, 2001)
THE Afghan trauma continues to intensify. So does the agony in Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Nip Of Irritation In The Air (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2001)
My guess is that Jaswant Singh will meet Abdul Sattar and pave the way for a summit after some reasonable homework has been done.
- Losing Game (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 02, 2001)
As the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, embarks on his visits to Russia, the United States of America and the United Nations, nearly a month after the world’s most high profile terrorist action.
- Think Up Security Anew (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Nov 02, 2001)
INDIA is unfortunate in its neighbours. More because of encouragement from two sources: America and China.
- A Blanket Ban That Hasn’t Worked (Indian Express, Bhaskar Sinha, Nov 02, 2001)
Let people cut trees without destroying their forests.
- ‘Don’t Allow Terrorists To Live Another Day’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2001)
Tough words and tougher measures are the only ways to deal with terrorists, says Minister of State for Home I D Swami.
- `We Are Not Sold To India Or Pakistan' -- Mr Abdul Gani Lone, Former Chairman, All Party Hurriyat Conference (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 01, 2001)
For Mr Abdul Gani Lone, former chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Kashmiris have reached a point of no return.
- Americans Are Ruthless, Say Kashmiris (Tribune, Binoo Joshi, Nov 01, 2001)
AS images of Afghan children being extricated from the rubble of bombed buildings and of the injured lying in hospitals are stirring passions in Kashmir.
- Who Only Stand And Wait (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Nov 01, 2001)
Pakistan has again trounced India diplomatically and politically by joining the anti-terrorist campaign of the United States of America.
- `We Are Not Sold To India Or Pakistan' -- Mr Abdul Gani Lone, Former Chairman, All Party Hurriyat Conference (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 01, 2001)
For Mr Abdul Gani Lone, former chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Kashmiris have reached a point of no return.
- Off Season (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Nov 01, 2001)
IT WAS pouring cats and dogs as the train eased into the cute little railway station in Ooty.
- Afghan War’s South Asian Sideshow (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 01, 2001)
NEARLY a month after it began, the Afghan war isn’t progressing the way it was expected to do. No knowledgeable person had anticipated it to be a “short, swift affair”, of course.
- Boosting Indo-German Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
GERMANY'S READINESS TO assume a bigger global role was in full evidence during the Chancellor, Mr. Gerhard Schroeder's two-day visit to India when he proved an impeccable spokesman of the U.S.-led alliance against terror.
- Time For Good Riddance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
THE chief of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), Maj-Gen Hermann Loidolt, has said goodbye to international decorum and personal propriety by making uncivil comments in respect of Kashmir.
- Hatred Cannot Resolve Any Conflict (Indian Express, Parimal Y. Mehta, Nov 01, 2001)
To regard the church killings as the beginning of a crusade is to misread the event.
- Pointless Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2001)
The call of the Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, for the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue cannot be taken very seriously.
- Kashmir: Why Is Delhi Becoming Shrill? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2001)
OBVIOUSLY inspired by the Americans flexing their muscles in Afghanistan, both the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and surprisingly, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are speaking the language of war vis-a-vis Kashmir.
- Dialogue Helps, But... (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
SHOULD India and Pakistan hold talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session to begin soon in New York? The question is being discussed again after President Pervez Musharraf has expressed his desire “to pick up the threads left at Agra”.
- When Terror Takes The Hawala Route (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin & Sunil Jain, Oct 31, 2001)
Discovered by the US, rediscovered in India: after gangsters, exporters and expatriates, terrorists are lining up to raise funds through the “efficient, cost-effective and private” illegal parallel banking system.
- Terrorists Or Scriptwriters? (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Oct 31, 2001)
THIS may come as a surprise to Ariel Sharon but Indian air force base at Avantipora is used to hide Israeli planes in Srinagar.
- Who Only Stand And Wait (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Oct 31, 2001)
Pakistan has again trounced India diplomatically and politically by joining the anti-terrorist campaign of the United States of America.
- Shahi Imam, You’ve Got Mail (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2001)
The prayer call behoves you, not politics and jihad.
- Pointless Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2001)
The call of the Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, for the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue cannot be taken very seriously.
- Liberal, Secular (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
In my professional life as a journalist, I know of the esteem in which The Tribune is held.
- In Walled City, Open House On Hawala (Indian Express, Dalip Singh, Oct 31, 2001)
VERY, very long ago, it was the crucible for Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib’s imagination. Today, the bustling blind alley of Balliraman in old Delhi’s Walled City is a favoured hunting ground of hawaladars, as hawala operators are also known.
- Kashmir: Why Is Delhi Becoming Shrill? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2001)
OBVIOUSLY inspired by the Americans flexing their muscles in Afghanistan, both the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and surprisingly, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are speaking the language of war vis-a-vis Kashmir.
- `Independent Kashmir Not Feasible' -- Syed Ali Shah Geelani, President, Jamaat-E-Islami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 30, 2001)
DETERMINING their fate through a referendum is the only way to solve the Kashmir problem, says the President of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
- 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.
- The Failure Of Indian Diplomacy (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Oct 30, 2001)
Here we are. The whole world knows that Pakistan had nurtured the Taliban.
- `Independent Kashmir Not Feasible' -- Syed Ali Shah Geelani, President, Jamaat-E-Islami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 30, 2001)
DETERMINING their fate through a referendum is the only way to solve the Kashmir problem, says the President of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
- Beyond Clones Of Osama (Hindu, Pran Chopra , Oct 30, 2001)
IT IS an irony of our times that the greatest military alliance put together against the kind of terrorism that has swept across the world from Afghanistan has America at its head and Pakistan as its forward base.
- Abu Salem's Escape (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2001)
IT IS DISTRESSING that one of the most notorious figures of Mumbai's underworld has been permitted to escape after being detained, possibly as a result of official bungling.
- Christians’ Killings: The Lessons (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2001)
THE shocking massacre of 18 innocent Christians in Pakistan's Bahawalpur on Sunday provides yet another proof of dehumanisation of society in that country.
- Where It Now Stands (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 30, 2001)
The 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was a time to celebrate the ascendancy of the Hindutva movement in the polity.
- Unconverted (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2001)
Intimidation is no friend of logic. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were never known for logic, simply because intimidation is the only mode of communication they know.
- Globalisation Of Terrorism (Business Line, Sumantra Banerjee, Oct 29, 2001)
PAKISTAN just cannot believe its luck. If it isn't a multi-million dollar gift cheques, then it is the rescheduling of even larger amounts of debt.
- Protection From Poto (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2001)
It must not be allowed to curb the freedom of expression.
- The Mapping Of Muslims (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Oct 29, 2001)
Osama Bin Laden has been gently fading from the screen. He no longer dominates the headlines or iconography of this media war. Have you been alert to the apparent shift in focus?
- One Party, Two Paths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2001)
The problem of “communication gap” between the government and the BJP seems to have been sorted out and it now transpires that Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s aides did not tell him about the invitation to hoist the flag at the party’s golden jubilee celebrations.
- Disturbing Fallout (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 27, 2001)
WHILE American fighter jets are pounding military installations of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network in Operation Enduring Freedom, some bombs are also falling in civilian areas.
- All Isn’t Right About The Bombing: Us Experts (Indian Express, Robin Wright, Oct 27, 2001)
Less than three weeks after the onset of military operations, some prominent experts on Afghanistan are starting to question, even challenge, the deepening US intervention in Central Asia.
- Wef On Asia To Eye Stalled Growth (The Financial Express, Andrea Ricci, Oct 27, 2001)
HONG KONG: Less than two months ago, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released a preliminary programme for its East Asia summit that asked the question, “How deep is the economic downturn in Asia?”
- Trust Us, Trust Yourself, Americans Telling India (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 27, 2001)
Is this a ‘global’ war against terrorism going on in Afghanistan?
- India, Pak And Two Americas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2001)
We both viw the US very differently, this could hold the key to our future.
- A Post-Taliban World Order (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 27, 2001)
A WORLD free from the politics of terrorism is said to be the creative objective of a long international `campaign' that ostensibly began with America's ongoing military offensive against Afghanistan.
- We Would Need Other Laws Before This Law (Indian Express, Gaurav Gaba, Oct 27, 2001)
Ensure that informers are protected before enacting prevention of terrorism laws
- India’s Stakes In Afghan War (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Oct 27, 2001)
IT is unnecessary and shortsighted for India to be peevish about what Pakistan is getting out of the war in Afghanistan. What it is getting is not much, and some of it is what India is better off without.
- Forsaking Paradise:stories From Ladakh (Telegraph, Abdul Ghani Lone, Oct 27, 2001)
Forsaking paradise: Stories from ladakh by Abdul Ghani Sheikh is an absorbing collection of tales, translated and introduced by Ravina Aggarwal.
- Poto Is Very Much Here (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 27, 2001)
THERE are some simple truths about terrorist outfits. And everybody knows them and the exception is the government.
- Terror Has Triumphed In The Usa (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Oct 26, 2001)
LET there be no mistake about it (to echo President George Bush), terror has triumphed in the USA. It has so frightened the country, for long a safe fortress, that there is no gumption left in it to fight terror.
- Fallout Of Afghan Confrontation (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 26, 2001)
THE USA's battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan has reached a critical stage.
- Whose Tune Are You Playing? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2001)
Why are Muslims ambivalent on Afghanistan” my friend, an editor asked me.
- Pak Terrorist Face (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2001)
THE more Pakistan tries to hide its terrorist past and the present, the more it exposes the reality.
- Forsaking Paradise:stories From Ladakh (Telegraph, Abdul Ghani Lone, Oct 26, 2001)
Forsaking paradise: Stories from ladakh by Abdul Ghani Sheikh is an absorbing collection of tales, translated and introduced by Ravina Aggarwal.
- Neither Here, Nor There (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 26, 2001)
The conduct of India’s foreign policy over the last six weeks is a tempting target of criticism. But it is also not difficult to sympathise with the predicament of our policy makers.
- Shacks For All (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
IN the nineties, the UN set the year 2000 as homes for all. India enthusiastically joined the chorus and, as usual except for pious proclamations, nothing really happened.
- Between Reality And Rhetoric (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf has been under tremendous pressure since he extended his cooperation for the US-led coalition's military campaign against Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden.
- From India First To Pakistan First (Business Line, B. Raman , Oct 25, 2001)
THE administration of the US President, Mr George Bush Jr, has a large number of ex-Pentagon/CIA/DIA hands, who had in the past closely interacted with the military-intelligence establishment of Pakistan and, hence, think well of it.
- Terror Tactics (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2001)
There can be no doubt in anyone’s mind that what bin Laden has done, is doing and has promised to do in the future are against the interests of the US as well as against those of India.
- The Elusive Spirit Of Restraint (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2001)
THE SPIRALLING RHETORIC on the India-Pakistan front shows how intense are the hard feelings that the Governments on both sides seem inclined to let fly at each other like some uncontrollable sparks.
- Think Positive, Mr. Vajpayee! (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 25, 2001)
AS THE Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, prepares to travel to Russia and the United States, he needs to get the country out of the crabby mood it has slipped into so soon after September 11.
- Afghan War: Indian Perspective (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Oct 25, 2001)
ON SEPTEMBER 28, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 1373.
- Will The Cci Deliver? (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 25, 2001)
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (the MRTP Act) was amended in 1984 to equip the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (the MRTPC) with powers to combat unfair trade practices as well.
- Afghan Operations: A Marshall Plan? (Business Line, S. Gopikrishna Warrier, Oct 25, 2001)
"We are also looking forward to strengthening our cooperation on a full range of bilateral and regional issues.
- Trends In Us War Against Terrorism (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 24, 2001)
ON September 28, 2001, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved of Resolution 1373.
- Freedom Of Media -- All's Not Fair In This War? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 24, 2001)
AN INTERESTING fallout of what the US and its media call ``war against terror'' is the dilemma of a country that is stifling, though through veiled suggestions, the voice of independent media.
- Telling It Like It Isn't (Hindu, Ameena A. Saeed, Oct 24, 2001)
IN A country where time is of the essence, the American people get their information from the electronic media. Television has taken on the role of covert instrument of indoctrination, American style.
- The Sheriff And His Posse (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Oct 24, 2001)
Playing the role of the global sheriff, Washington has rounded up a vast international posse for its “war against terrorism”.
- Has India Been Sidelined? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 24, 2001)
Has India been sidelined in the new global situation after September 11? Yes, if one were to go by circumstantial factors.
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