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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 25647:
- Directed Banking (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Finance Ministry and the RBI will continue to revel in their two-in-one role while reducing the public stakeholders to ball boys.
- Military Commanders In War (Daily Times, Shaukat Qadir, Aug 26, 2006)
Let us first take up the question of why peacetime leadership does not necessarily succeed in war.
- A Plea For Hassle-Free Tax Returns (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Aug 26, 2006)
It has been over a month now, well almost. But I still recall the day that I took off from work to file my tax return.
- The Game Of The Rules (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Aug 26, 2006)
The bizarre end to the Test match between England and Pakistan at the Oval has followed a pattern that is becoming painfully predictable in the sub-continent.
- The Differently-Abled And An Indifferent Taxman (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The case of Kirti M. Kothari that came up before the Bombay High Court recently was different. On one side was `a disabled person suffering from polio, whereby his left arm was affected,' and on the other was the taxman, humanism-challenged.
- No Solution In Sight (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Aug 26, 2006)
The Centre for Science and Environment, under the leadership and guidance of Sunita Narain, has moved the ‘controversy’ from the recommendations of the task force intended to create a blueprint to save the great Indian Tiger in the wild, to the fight agai
- Letters To The Editor (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Sir, ~ I had an opportunity to meet West Bengal’s health minister, Surya Kanta Mishra, when he was in Toronto from 12 to 19 August to attend the world AIDS conference.
- Social Security And The State (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The government had constituted a National Commission on Enterprises in the unorganised/informal sector.
- Push The Pace (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
That George Bush should use cuss words when he thinks the microphones are off is not really very surprising.
Has this man ever struck you as a guy with an overwhelmingly sophisticated command of the language?
You do remember that he was asked wheth
- Stars On The Political Sky (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Once they glittered on the big screen. Do our filmstar MPs shine in Parliament? A report on how they fared in the last session
- The Empire Strikes Back (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Aug 25, 2006)
Having failed to push through the amendment to the RTI Act, the Government is now attempting to bring it in through the backdoor.
- New Delhi A City Of Wealth And Woes - Report (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
New Delhi's economic growth in the past decade has pushed its per capita income to more than double the national average but India's capital has failed to provide basic services to millions, a report said on Thursday.
- How Much Do You Pay As Telecom Taxes? (The Financial Express, V SRIDHAR, Aug 25, 2006)
A telecom subscriber is burdened with 30-35% as taxes for every minute of call made
- Degeneration Of Modern Nations Into Tribalism (Hindu, Hywel Williams, Aug 25, 2006)
Colonial interference and Europe's failure to absorb minorities has led to a global decay of the state.
- Uti Employee, Died Of Injuries 11 Days After The Blasts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
He had recently installed an AC in his flat at Borivali and wanted his mother to come over. Over a month has passed since Sanjay died of injuries in the 7/11 blasts but Rajarshi still regrets that she couldn’t keep his last wish.
- Road To Telangana Hyderabad, Congress Politics Are In The Way (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Aug 25, 2006)
The indefinite fast undertaken by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao is oddly reminiscent of the one in the early 1950s that led to the creation of Andhra state, though no two persons can be as dissimilar as Potti Sriramulu . . .
- Distant Dream (Times of India, Kingshuk Nag, Aug 25, 2006)
A lot of water has passed through the Godavari since the late 1960s when a violent agitation for a separate Telangana state led to a loss of over 400 lives.
- Micro Finance In Disaster Control (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 25, 2006)
The problem that had erupted in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh between the district authorities and micro finance companies seems to have calmed down over the last few weeks.
- A Film Sparks An Internet Phenomenon (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 24, 2006)
Snakes on a Plane, shaped by bloggers, shows how movies may be made in future.
- Right To Information: First Principles & Sound Practice (Hindu, Arun Jaitley, Aug 24, 2006)
The constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression is the repository of the right to information — not the 2005 Act, which is an instrument laying down the statutory procedure in the exercise of this right.
- Bullet Of Destiny (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2006)
The bullet that accidentally injured drag-flicker Sandeep Singh has in a way wounded every Indian hockey lover.
- Ckp To Seek Action Against S M Krishna, Others (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The 16th Additional City Civil & Sessions Judge, Bangalore has struck down the election of the office-bearers of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (CKP) for the term 2004-06 as null and void.
- Doha Talks Failure — Giving The India-Asean Fta A New Thrust (Business Line, S. Majumder , Aug 24, 2006)
The deadlock in the Doha Round talks paves the way for the India-Asean Free Trade Agreement that was hobbled by the squabbling over the negative list.
- Nation & States: Iii (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
UP's economic resurgence cannot be brought about merely by bringing into the state a few industrialists or entrepreneurs.
- Singh, The Gladiator? (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Aug 24, 2006)
Dr Singh was clever enough to speak a lot, leaving the main contentious issue at bay.
- Reddy Bomb Turns A Dud (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Aug 24, 2006)
After producing “masked” evidence on Wednesday, which only brought jeers from the media, suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy unmasked himself later in the day.
- Why Grow Rice? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2006)
Crop diversification in Punjab is generally wrongly understood. Any programme of substituting a few lakh acres of rice-wheat in general and rice in particular to more paying alternatives, is construed as if it is going to place the food security of . . .
- Democracy Wrestles With Clerical Authority (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 23, 2006)
With a vibrant and often polarised political culture, Iran is arguably more tolerant of debate than many countries in the region. But there are also limits.
- This Round To The Rti (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2006)
In what constitutes a significant victory for the people of India, the Government has been forced to withdraw the illiberal amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 that it had decided to table in the current session of Parliament.
- Graft: There’S A Way Out (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
A TV channel recently held a debate on ‘How to prevent or stop corruption?’ Many distinguished speakers participated, including a minister. Many of the points that were made were purely academic in nature and nothing concrete emerged.
- Governance And Local Government (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 23, 2006)
August 13 was another rainy day in Karachi, another experience of submerged roads and streets. And yet more power outages forcing the people of Qayyumabad and several other areas near Defence out onto the streets in protest.
- Battling The Hiv Scourge (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 23, 2006)
A recent World Bank study estimates that about 60 per cent of the 5.5-6 million people in South Asia infected with HIV/AIDS live in India. With its concerns on the potential huge economic cost in terms of economic growth, the review provides a basis . . .
- Code Of Responsibility In Governance (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Aug 23, 2006)
Report rightly seeks to fix responsibility on both.
Politicians and civil servants are the two eyes of the government. Each complements the other and both are equally vital for an effective parliamentary democracy. The Administrative Reforms . . .
- More To Politics Than Office Of Profit (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 23, 2006)
With President A P J Abdul Kalam giving his assent to the amendments to the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, we are tempted to say that it’s good riddance to bad rubbish. Much of Parliament’s precious time and resources have . . .
- Public Service Law (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Aug 23, 2006)
The much berated civil services could do with greater support from the legislature and judiciary in order to be more effective
- Pak Man Shot Dead In Mumbai Encounter (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A suspected terrorist was arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra police at Wadala TT while his associate was killed in an exchange of fire at Antop Hill in Mumbai early on Tuesday morning.
- Caring For The Fields Of Gold (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2006)
The government’s zeal for industrialization must not be allowed to push agriculture and rural life into oblivion, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
Touch of indifference
No one who has known him for long would think of Sadhan Pande as the Communist . .
- Breakthrough In Waziristan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The government and militants in the restive North Waziristan agency are close to signing a peace agreement on Friday, according to credible sources. “August 25 will be like a red-letter day; both sides are keen to sign the peace agreement on . . .
- Institutional Sub-Literacy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan a colossal failure
- The Paradigm Of (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
The term geo-politics came into vogue with the consolidation of colonial empires and imperialist expansion in Europe. Conquests and wars in Eurasia and Latin America, indeed across the world in the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted in the use of . . .
- Do Not Bury Nehruvian Ideology (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 22, 2006)
I write this piece in anguish as the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, during his long speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, did not utter a single word about the contribution made by the first Prime Minister of India in building up a vibrant . . .
- Safe Investment (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 22, 2006)
The plan to enact a new law to empower government to restrict foreign direct investment (FDI) on grounds of national security comes at a time when the debate on the country’s safety is revolving increasingly around little-known extremist, disaffected . ..
- The Best Always Retire (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 22, 2006)
One of my long-time colleagues never watches business channels, is unconcerned about which companies create wealth, is least interested in business personalities — they’re so boring, he says.
- Memories Of A Professor (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Aug 22, 2006)
Last month I had gone to Calcutta for the Panchanan Chakraborty centenary seminar. For me it was basically sentimental time-travel, back to the MA economics (group A) class of 1948-49.
- Acting Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 22, 2006)
It does not bode well for a modern democracy when its leaders feel edgy about the citizen’s right to information.
- Loud And Clear (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 22, 2006)
Finally, Manmohan Singh has asserted himself and his position on the nuclear deal with America.
- Plight Of Punjab’S Farmers (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Aug 22, 2006)
Punjab is one of the most deserving states for a package to distressed farmers. It has been brought out by the 55th round of the NSS that Punjab farmers are third at the all-India level in terms of percentage of farmers under debt.
- Quota Issue: Divisive Responses In North & South India (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 22, 2006)
Sometimes, divisive issues invite divided responses. At other times, responses like strikes and protests tend to make issues seem divisive, even when they are not.
- Memoirs Of A Diplomat (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Aug 22, 2006)
A British ambassador's candid and controversial account laying bare the underside of the `war on terror'
- Rationale Of Management (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Aug 22, 2006)
The 20th century triggered some of the most significant innovations, the kind of which the world had not seen before. Antibiotics and vaccines have more than doubled the human life span.
- Reminiscences (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
As a rule, memories of civil servants do not enthuse the general reader, unless they promise sensational disclosures. Punctuated with statistical data, classified information in tables, resumes of studies by national institutes, excerpts from . . .
- 'Notings Are The Soul Of A File' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
'Notings are an integral part of a file, and access to them is crucial ... Why are you rewarding cowardice? ... You are cloaking partiality, irresponsibility and dishonesty'
- Yes Minister (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 22, 2006)
He has proven to be a true bureaucrat, adept at making himself indispensable to the minister. Brought to the ministry of tourism during the BJP-led NDA rule as joint secretary, he was considered a favourite of the then minister Jagmohan.
- Attacks On The Info Law Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2006)
Though the government has dropped the move to introduce amendments to RTI Act in the current session of Parliament, perhaps it has not yet abandoned its resolve to ruin this perfectly good law and, in the process, lose much of the goodwill it had . . .
- Very Political Science (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2006)
Nuclear scientists must be firmly told: this isn’t Pakistan, there is a strict lab-govt separation plan
- Jd(u)leader Held In Another J&k Sex Racket (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Aug 21, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir, which is waiting for the dust to settle down on the high-profile sex scandal involving politicians and bureaucrats, now finds itself in the middle of another sleaze racket.
- Company Towns (Times of India, Sauvik Chakraverti, Aug 21, 2006)
The UPA government's clearance to private firms for the setting up of over 100 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has raised loud objections from those who are otherwise defenders of free markets.
- A Conventional Approach Still (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 21, 2006)
The Eleventh Plan Approach Paper has been accused of departing from conventional wisdom. But it has not departed enough. The critical issues it lists are all chronic sores that innovation, not conventional wisdom, can solve. But the Approach has no . . .
- Into Their Second Innings (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Aug 21, 2006)
Facing Opposition attacks as well as barbs from their allies both Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi realise that if they do not swim together, they will sink together
- Feeble Voice To Fight (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 21, 2006)
Residents of Premdasa Nagar, in absence of state support, have rented their premises and taken to drinking in distress, says Rahul Ramagundam.
- Information (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 21, 2006)
There is of course a flip side to the noting sections. It is quite possible that an official might have expressed a negative opinion on a certain matter and he might have been overruled by his superiors.
- Mp Pay Packets (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 21, 2006)
It was possibly inevitable that the salaries and allowances of members of parliament were upwardly revised, that exercise takes place every five years.
- The Speech That Was Not Allowed (Hindu, K. Natwar Singh, Aug 21, 2006)
The nuclear deal is aboutenergy, not non-proliferation. It is about reciprocity, not about unilateral steps taken by the USA. Talk about India having a congruent foreign policy with the U.S. is unacceptable to all patriotic Indians.
- Purchasing Power Or Bubble Economy? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 21, 2006)
President Musharraf said on July 26 that people have enough money in their hands, and that has led to a rise in the price level.
- ‘We Must Scale Up Iits, Iims, Take Strong Affirmative Action Or . . . (Indian Express, S. Ramadorai, Aug 21, 2006)
His usual reticence reflects his company’s traditional understated style but S Ramadorai, MD & CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, talks tech, quotas and cricket with Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk . . .
- Namira’S Space Venture (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 21, 2006)
Paf will provide all assistance to the first would-be Muslim astronaut Ms Namira Salim in the pursuit of her space adventure. This was stated by PAF Chief Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed, when Ms Namira called on him in Islamabad on Saturday.
- Spread The Patriotic Tone (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 21, 2006)
What is it about the use of historic recordings as mobile ringtones that has petrified the Government of India?
- Government In A Bind Over Rti Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
President, Service chiefs, UPSC against sharing "file notings"
"Disclosure of notings may keep officials from rendering frank, written advice on file"
The Government has faced opposition from various official wings.
- President To Dedicate Upper Krishna Project To The Nation Today (Hindu, Suresh Bhat , Aug 21, 2006)
Lal Bahadur Shastri laid the foundation stone for the project on May 22, 1964
- Govt Puts Rti Changes On Hold Under Pressure (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
In the wake of massive public outrage and sustained agitation in different parts of the country in protest against the Congress-led UPA government’s controversial proposal to amend the right to information (RTI) Act, the government has . . .
- President’S Support (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 20, 2006)
All those who maintain that the fallen soldier merits more than lip-sympathy will be heartened by the President, the Supreme Commander of the armed forces, assuring his support to the raising of a National War Memorial in the Capital.
- Information Freeway~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 20, 2006)
This right cannot be questioned on the ground that the applicant has no reason to want the information he is asking for
- Bureaucrats In Politics (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Aug 20, 2006)
Justice R S Pathak in his report on oil-for-food programme has clearly pointed out that Natwar Singh, a very important leader of the Congress party, had tried to ‘influence’ the Iraqi government on giving concessions to his kith and kin on the . . .
- Govt Puts Rti Amendment On Hold (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The Right to Information (RTI) Act is not going to be amended, for now.
- Parts Of Jammu, Kashmir Discriminated: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Manhotra, Aug 20, 2006)
Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Deputy Chief Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Baig today highlighted the issue of discrimination with some areas of the State but assured the people that policies and programmes of the coalition regime will be guided . . .
- Yesterday's Rising Scams (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 20, 2006)
While Telgi languishes in jail, politicians suspected to have patronised him are roaming free. Various cases registered in the matter are likely to take time. Whether the HIV-infected Telgi will live to face trial is another story.
- How We Built The Bomb (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 20, 2006)
If India ever decided to single out a date for marking some sort of an anniversary of its nuclear weaponisation, March 18, 1989 will be a pretty good choice, probably even more fitting than the two dates of May 1974 and 1998, Pokharan I . . .
- Govt Drops Rti Amendments (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Aug 20, 2006)
The public outcry and dissension within and outside the ruling coalition against proposed amendments to the Right to Information Act has compelled the UPA government to indicate its willingness to consult all stakeholders for any changes in the Act.
- File Notings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2006)
The Right to Information (RTI) Act, passed by Parliament last year, is new and finding its ground. Both educated and unlettered people around the country are struggling to make it a reality.
- Rti: Sonia Stays Move To Erase Notings (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Aug 20, 2006)
The invisible hand that pulls the levers of government has moved once again, preventing a proposed amendment to the Right to Information Act to keep file notings out of public domain and emasculating the core transparency that was intended.
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