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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Family Against Woman (Indian Express, Indira Jaising, Oct 26, 2007)
October 26 marks the first anniversary of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. The law was conceived as a civil law as distinct from the existing criminal law: Section 498A IPC. It was often said that criminal law had no space for . . . .
- Us Senator For Probe On Blackwater (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
US Senator John Kerry vowed on Thursday to press for further investigation of the tax practices of Blackwater USA, the private security firm already under scrutiny over killings of Iraqi civilians.
- Left Parties, Unpa Iron Out New Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The contours of the new political realignment with the Left moving closer to the UNPA camp became clear on Thursday as the crucial outside supporters of the UPA government announced that they hold the same platform with the “Third Front. . .
- Plan To Push Computer Use (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The U.S. public and private sectors have joined to promote the use of computer technology in development around the world, especially in economic growth, governance, education and youth employment.
- Tehelka Blames It On Sangh Parivar, Modi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Tehelka on Thursday claimed that it had “irrefutable” evidence that the killings of Muslims post-Godhra train carnage in Gujarat was “not a spontaneous swell of anger but a genocide” planned and executed by top functionaries of the. . .
- Every Us Govt Since ’70s Secretly Helped Pak Become Nuke Power (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Every successive American government, from President Jimmy Carter to incumbent President George W. Bush, has turned a blind eye to Pakistan’s nuclear programme and allowed Islamabad to build nuclear facilities at . . .
- N-Deal Cements New Third Front (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 26, 2007)
The glimmerings of a new alternative could be seen on Wednesday when Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav met Left leaders Prakash Karat and A.B. Bardhan and agreed to cooperate in Parliament on the Indo-US nuclear deal issue.
- Pm To Discuss Upa's Flagship Schemes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
With the political crisis paralysing the functioning of the Government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will preside over a high level meeting of the officials to finalise a strategy for expediting implementation of the UPA's flagship schemes within. . .
- Indexing Inhumanity, Indian Style (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 26, 2007)
It took minutes for the top guns to swing into action when the Sensex fell by several hundred points. But no Minister came forward to calm the nation when India hit the 94th rank in the Global Hunger Index.
- Right To Information Is The Foundation Of Civil Liberties, Says Barnala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Accountability and transparency are two pillars of a democracy
- Bjp To Upa: Stop Chinese Incursions (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The BJP on Thursday mounted a blistering attack against the Congress-led UPA government for the 140 Chinese incursions into India in the recent past.
- A Distraught Group (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Oct 26, 2007)
Not only is history against any kind of Third Front, but its future also is bleak.
- Pak Sends 4,000 Troops To Nwfp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Pakistan government has deployed 4,000 troops in the Swat valley of NWFP province to counter the activities of a pro-Taliban cleric whose men have challenged the writ of the local administration.
- Discontent Despite The Rebound (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2007)
Despite buoyant growth rates in all the major European Union countries, popular suspicion seems to be persisting over the plans to reform the entrenched European welfare model which contrasts with the market-oriented Anglo-American model.
- Back To The Old Style Of Governance? Statecraft (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 25, 2007)
More than the future of the India-U.S. nuclear deal or the survival of the Manmohan Singh government, the issue is whether our polity will be able to produce a ruling arrangement for purposeful governance.
- Manmohan Ignored Farmers’ Team From A.P., Says Naidu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for ignoring a delegation of Members of Parliament from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) which has been seeking an appointment . . .
- Pay Panel May Consider 5-Fold Hike For Military (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Sixth Pay Commission, expected to submit its report in April next year, is seriously considering a forceful representation made by the three defence services earlier for a five-fold increase in salaries to attract young persons . . . .
- Unpa Not To Insist On Vote (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
While pressing for a discussion in Parliament on the nuclear deal with the United States, the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) on Wednesday made it clear that it would not insist on the issue being put to vote.
- Cong Plays Dalit Card In Kundal’S Elevation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Chief Secretary designate B.R. Kundal may never have realised in his over three-decade service career that he is a Dalit. It is an irony that with his elevation to the highest bureaucratic position in the state, he is being made to realise that . . . .
- Govt Attempting To Control Iims (Tribune, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Oct 25, 2007)
Recent reports in some sections of the media have mentioned that the government is planning to set up a committee to review the functioning of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and that the real intention behind this is to . . . .
- Monkey Menace (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 25, 2007)
Unlike other cities in India, or, for that matter, national capitals around the world, Delhi has a unique problem: A simian population that continues to grow in size despite the fast shrinking open and green spaces.
- Antony Calls For Change In Army’S Mind-Set (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The defence minister, Mr AK Antony, today urged the Army top brass to change their mind-set and called for transparent and simplified defence procurement procedures.
- Cong-Ruled States To Have Upa Manifesto (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Congress central leadership today announced it would integrate the UPA’s election manifesto with those in Congress-ruled states and review it every three months to prepare for the 2009 election.
- Policing Issues (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Oct 25, 2007)
The need to protect law-abiding people, especially senior citizens, women and children, from street bullies is as important as the fight against terrorism.
- Is Left-Unpa Pair Feasible? (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Left may have agreed to tango with the UNPA on the Indo-US nuclear deal in Parliament, but for any larger coordination outside the House the comrades want the non-BJP, non-Congress parties to bring their economic policies in sync with theirs.
- Pm Has No Time, Naidu Says It's Insult To Telugu Pride (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu has accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of hurting the "Telgu pride" by not granting him an appointment to discuss the problems of the State farmers.
- General (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
GENERAL (retd.) S.F. Rodrigues took over as Administrator for the Union Territory of Chandigarh and Governor of Punjab in November 2004. In this interview, he speaks of his vision for the development of the city. Excerpts:
- Other Voices Pushto Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
ISLAMABAD has finally announced a sub-jirga tasked with implementing decisions of a Pakistan-Afghanistan peace forum, pinning down the causes of militant attacks in the region and suggesting ways of tackling extremism.
- A Fair Investigation? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
AS the debris and smoke of the bomb attack on Benazir Bhutto settled, one thing was clear: the battle with militancy in Pakistan has been raised to a new level.
- Rs. 50-Crore Vintage Car Museum To Come Up In Bangalore (Hindu, Shankar Bennur, Oct 24, 2007)
A museum of vintage and classic cars has been planned in Bangalore. Karnataka Vintage and Classic Car Club has acquired a four-acre plot at Rajarajeshwari Nagar for the museum with a floor space of two lakh square feet accommodate over 300 cars.
- Cpm Seeking Nuclear Family? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The widening of rift on the nuclear controversy after a brief thaw is attributed to the stand of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Mondays meeting where he maintained that deal was still on and the Congress had not given up...
- Nasa Air Safety Survey Throws Up Disturbing Results (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Anxious to avoid upsetting air travellers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems like near-collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than the US Government . . . .
- To Fracture Further, Left Works On Another Deal-With Unpa (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 24, 2007)
The fate of the Indo-US nuclear deal may be “open-ended” as it is and no one will admit, in public, that early elections is an option but political parties are stepping up their gears for a final showdown.
- Musharraf Package For Northern Areas (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 24, 2007)
President Pervez Musharraf announced a package of financial and administrative powers to the Northern Areas on Tuesday.
- Ppp-Musharraf Talks Put On Hold (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 24, 2007)
Talks between the Pakistan People’s Party and President Pervez Musharraf on formation of a caretaker government to hold general elections are reported to have been put on hold until the Supreme Court gives its verdict on the presidential election.
- Join Third Front, Unpa Asks Anti-Cong Parties (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Oct 24, 2007)
The four-month-old United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) today invited anti-BJP and anti-Congress parties to join it by holding the promise that the third front has a bright future.
- Parliament Approval Must, Says Unpa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) on Tuesday said the government should not operationalise the nuclear deal with the United States without Parliament’s approval.
- Unpa-Left For Common Approach To Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Understanding reached at meeting on stance to be taken in Parliament
- New Chief Secretary For Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 24, 2007)
Senior Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer B.R. Kundal was appointed on Tuesday the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir. He succeeds C. Phonsog, who retires on October 31.
- Q&a: 'Cabinet Secretariat Has To Act As A Facilitator' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 24, 2007)
In a first of its kind in federal governance, Union cabinet secretary K M Chandrashekhar travelled with 18 officials — most of them secretary-level officers in Union ministries — to Ranchi for a day in September, checked into Raj Bhavan and . . . .
- Kundal Is New Chief Secy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Senior IAS officer B.R. Kundal will replace chief secretary C. Phunsung, who retires on October 31 next.
- Lacking Spark (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Oct 24, 2007)
In the years that I have been actively engaged with energy, more particularly electricity, I have been surprised by the inability — even of experienced journalists, let alone the ordinary public — to understand the simple facts that lead to the . . . . .
- Left Parties Begin Talks With Third Front On N-Deal Strategy (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
With the government toying with the idea of a brief winter session of Parliament soon after Diwali, Left parties have initiated talks with the Third Front on a possible floor strategy against the controversial Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Jharkhand Naxals Make Rs 320 Cr A Year (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Naxalites in Jharkhand earn Rs 320 crore levy annually, almost 10 per cent of the state's total revenue in a year. The latest edition of the Indian Defence Yearbook, quoting Union Home Ministry sources, provides a detailed account of the movement . . . .
- Unpa: Go By What Ls Decides On Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA), a group of eight regional political parties, on Tuesday finalised its governing committee office-bearers selecting Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav as its chairman and Telugu Desam. . .
- The Bb-Musharraf Equation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 24, 2007)
Ms Benazir Bhutto has expressed dissatisfaction with the first official report submitted to President Pervez Musharraf on the October 18 suicide-bombing on her rally, and has disclosed some more information to a foreign TV network about who she. . .
- N-Deal To Come Up Again In House In November (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 24, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh government, which is under tremendous pressure from the United States not to back off from the civil nuclear energy agreement, will have to face Parliament again as the immediate next step after November . . . .
- Pervez Is In Search Of Caretaker Pm For Polls (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf is in search of a non-political caretaker Prime Minister to hold office during January’s general election, official sources suggest.
- Special Article (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Oct 24, 2007)
It has been reported in the press that two policemen, responsible for brutally thrashing a petty criminal in Bhagalpur and then tying his leg to a motorcycle and dragging him down the road have been departmentally punished.
- Karat Meets Unpa Leaders (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA), the Third Front grouping, has demanded that the Indo-US nuclear deal should not be operationalised unless it gets Parliament’s nod.
- Upa Is In Functional Chaos: Amar Singh (The Economic Times, AMAR SINGH, Oct 24, 2007)
UPA is suffering from a “functional chaos” in the wake of the continuing stalemate with the Left on the issue of Indo-US nuclear deal, Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh on Tuesday said.
- Beyond The Explosive Homecoming (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 24, 2007)
ONE can hardly disagree with Benazir Bhutto when she argues that militant Islamists must not be allowed to determine the political agenda in Pakistan.
- Why Participatory Notes Are Dangerous (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Oct 24, 2007)
Participatory Notes (PN) — a general name used for the investment by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) through Offshore Derivative Instruments (ODIs) such as Participatory Notes, Equity-Linked Notes, Capped Return Notes and Participating. . .
- Janata Dal(s) President H.D. Deve Gowda On The Karnataka Crisis (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Oct 24, 2007)
A CENTRAL figure in the ongoing political change in Karnataka is former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) H.D. Deve Gowda, the hardy perennial of regional politics in India.
- Wb Bids Emotional Farewell To Durga (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The five-day Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal finally ended as the state bid a tearful adieu to the goddess and her children on Sunday.
- Grassroots Governance (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Oct 23, 2007)
These papers, originally presented at a UNDP and UN-Habitat conference in New Delhi in 2002, dispel many myths about Indian democracy.
- Opposition Fears About The Coming Elections (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 23, 2007)
The entire opposition has rejected the idea floated by the PMLQ quarters that rallies be banned and public meetings be allowed only under a strict protocol minimising chances of terrorist attacks in Pakistan in the run-up to the general elections . . . .
- Grandeur Marks Jamboo Savari (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Tradition, pageantry and pomp marked the grand finale of the nadahabba, the Jamboo Savari, in the city on Sunday. The procession began after the governor, his wife, Narmada Thakur, scion of the Mysore royal family, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar...
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 23, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has crossed the limits of civilised discourse. No one denies that Dr Manmohan Singh’s position as a titular Prime Minister has now declined to that of a weakling in the wake of a virtual capitulation to the Left on the . . . .
- Rti Bill Antithesis Of Central Act (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
If the idea behind the Central Right to Information Act, 2005, is to let the public have access to every possible information, then intention behind the J&K’s version of the Act, Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2007 . . . . . .
- Modi Ends Tv Interview Abruptly (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi cut short a television interview in a huff after he was asked questions repeatedly on the 2002 post- Godhra riots, for which he has often been blamed by his critics.
- Belated Action (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 22, 2007)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s decision to transfer Kolkata Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee, three other IPS officers and a sub-inspector of police linked to the Rizwanur Rahman case is welcome, but belated.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 22, 2007)
It might be another case of too little too late, yet the Iraqi government’s move to bring the “contractors” ~ private mini-armies engaged by the Americans to provide security to their personnel ~ within the purview of its legal system will have . . . .
- Judges In Unchartered Territory (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Oct 22, 2007)
Judicial activism has suddenly emerged as a major theme ever since the recent observations of a Supreme Court judge earlier this month that the DMK government could invite dismissal for not conforming to the court’s stance on the bandh . . . .
- Ticket To Hell (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The evidence was unassailable: 227 sanitary workers employed by the Pune Municipal Corporation have died in the last 30 months.
- No Change, Just Teasing (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
There are times when a story says everything you need to say, where comment or analysis add nothing, and this is one of them.
- Asked To Bend, They Crawl (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Oct 22, 2007)
Everybody wants a Government job in our country so that he or she could become a part of governance. For governance, departments are required so that specific Government functions can be performed.
- Contemporary Overtones (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Allordyce Nicoll in his work “World Drama: From Aeschyles to Anouish” devotes 23 pages to Henrik Ibsen. Assured theatrical strength, penetrating vision and determined purpose, these attributes in combination made Ibsen plays important.
- Transport Strike Brings France To A Halt (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 19, 2007)
Nicolas Sarkozy’s fledgling presidency faced its first major challenge on Thursday as thousands of French transport workers brought the country to a standstill in response to his plans to extend the retirement age and cut down on . . . .
- Stop The Mischief (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2007)
The peace and tranquility at Bababudangiri – the abode of a Sufi saint, revered by both the Hindus and Muslims for centuries – is once again sought to be disturbed by the Sangh parivar with the so-called Datta mala abhiyan some time next week.
- State Of Complicity (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2007)
Why is it that, for a country which is experiencing record-breaking economic growth with nascent super power aspirations, we have been so unsuccessful in tackling corruption?
- Professor Pm (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 19, 2007)
It’s usually retired politicians who hit the lecture circuit. But Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been giving - on request from his Nigerian hosts when he went visiting - lessons on how to manage an economy to top Nigerian officials.
- Captives Of Consumerism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2007)
With the wave of affluence sweeping Indian cityscapes, consumer indulgence has been spiraling on an unbelievable scale.
- Verification A Sham: Here's A Sim In Home Secy's Name (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Two terror attacks, one at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad and the other at Dargah Sharif in Ajmer, were triggered by mobile phones. Investigations revealed that in both the cases, the SIM cards were taken in the same fictitious name — Babulal Yadav . . . .
- Don't Chain The Net (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Software is a sunshine sector of the Indian economy and perhaps the most potent symbol of the emergent new India.
- The Boot, At Last (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today announced the transfer of police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee and four others linked to the Rizwanur Rahman case, enforcing the sweeping shake-up at least 10 days after the chief minister made up his mind to take action.
- Ragging In Elite Institutions (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Oct 18, 2007)
One would expect a college with a 200-year-old reputation to lead the way in these matters.
- Praful Patel Achieves The Impossible In Face Of Odds (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Taking economic reforms forward is not easy in a coalition government; so, experience in negotiating with trade unions definitely helps. As does prudence gained by running a Rs 1,000-crore business.
- Purge Of Police In India's Uttar Pradesh Is Criticized (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The new government of the most populous Indian state, Uttar Pradesh, has fired 18,000 police officers in recent weeks, charging widespread corruption in the recruitment process. But what has been billed as a bold crackdown on graft . . . . .
- Ailing Higher Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2007)
SO Mr Arjun Singh, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, finds higher education a ‘sick child’.
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