|
|
|
|
|
|
Articles 2021 through 2120 of 25647:
- A Terrible Trade In Small Arms (Deccan Herald, Amartya Sen, Jun 27, 2006)
It's time that the UN pushed for global control of these weapons
- Of Tigers And Tribals (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 27, 2006)
The prime minister’s task force that was established to find innovative ways to protect the Bengal tiger in its natural habitat has failed miserably.
- Autonomy As Shield (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 27, 2006)
The standoff between the Union Health Ministry and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a symptom of the same administrative malaise that saw the country's premier medical institution shut up shop for several weeks in . . .
- Animals, Agriculture, And City Planning (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Jun 27, 2006)
Providing multipurpose farmland within urban areas could help alleviate poverty besides improving the aesthetics of our cities.
- Congress Weary Of Contesting Mcd By-Election (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Jun 27, 2006)
BJP upbeat, Third Front in active mode
BJP feels this could well lay the foundation for its return to power in the Capital
DPCC president wants the Chief Minister to decide on the candidate
- Kumaraswamy's Singapore Trip Inappropriate, Declares Kharge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Says Chief Minister should not miss legislature session
- Flight Or Fight (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 27, 2006)
If you are planning to fly out of the country any time soon from the national capital — or even taking a flight back to the Indira Gandhi International Airport — factor in at least one hour of waiting time either ways, apart from the delays while . . .
- Soft Underbelly Of Electoral System Exposed (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jun 27, 2006)
Errors in voter lists are more than just bureaucratic bungling.
- Universities: Renaissance Or Decay? (The Financial Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Jun 27, 2006)
European universities, as also those in developing countries like India, need to loosen rigid structures.
- Withering Centre, Flourishing Margins (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 27, 2006)
With Congress weakening by the day and BJP in no position to fill the vacuum, the prospect of the Third Front seems bright, says A Prabaharan.
- Steel Wheels (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 27, 2006)
Laxmi Niwas Mittal’s successful $ 32.5 billion bid for Arcelor has taken him to the top of the world steel production heap.
- Sri Lanka's Forgotten War Displaced Long To Start Over (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jun 27, 2006)
Odd-job man Krishnaswamy Rajah has spent most of his adult life in a decrepit camp for thousands of ethnic Tamils displaced by Sri Lanka's two-decade civil war, and can see no way out.
- Parched Pakistan Feuds Over $18 Bln Dam Projects (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Jun 27, 2006)
High above the Indus river, straight white lines painted on the chaparral-covered hillsides mark the site of an ambitious, $7 billion dam project.
- Cbi Seeks Tn Speaker's Sanction To Prosecute Jayalalithaa (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Capping its decade-old probe into alleged gifts worth over Rs two crores received by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, the CBI has sought sanction from the State Assembly Speaker to prosecute her in the case, official sources said.
- Driving In New Delhi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 26, 2006)
A new study of driver’s licence examinations in New Delhi, India, confirms what most international policy wonks have long said: The benefits of corruption are not worth the costs.
- Army’S New Front (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 26, 2006)
Asking it to protect forests is a indictment of civilian administration. Plus, a learning curve for soldiers
- Getting India Into Innovative Mode (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jun 26, 2006)
If India is to innovate, the only way is to create competition for the IITs. As IITs are tightly controlled government monopolies, such competition has to come from . . .
- Capital Gains Or Business Income? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 26, 2006)
The CBDT has proposed to issue supplementary instructions listing criteria to be considered by assessing officers (AOs) in determining whether an assessee is a ‘trader’ in stocks or an ‘investor’ therein.
- David Vs Goliath (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 26, 2006)
Elections to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) have been for two decades a rather quiet affair, but year 2006 promises to be different.
- Formidable Task Ahead For Mcc Administrator (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Council tenure ends, promises of corporators unfulfilled
Increase in number of people living in slums
Poor quality water supplied to consumers
Waste remains uncleared for days in many areas
- 700 Litres Of Arrack Seized, 10 Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
The Prohibition and Excise Department squad during special raids conducted at three places on Saturday seized three autosrickshaws along with 700 litres of arrack and arrested ten persons.
- Congressmen Flout Sonia's Directive On Austerity (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Jun 26, 2006)
Beacon lights are back atop the vehicles of MLAs and party leaders
There has been little or no response to Ms. Gandhi's call for keeping private celebrations unostentatious
Not a single MLA or leader has submitted account about his property, . . .
- What The Rebels Think Today (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 26, 2006)
The Battle for Bastar Ramachandra Guha Part I: Revolutionaries This is the first part of a four-part article
- India Votes For Shashi Tharoor (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Jun 26, 2006)
If the election of the UN Secretary General were to be held in India today, Shashi Tharoor would win by acclamation.
- Ysr Makes Light Of Tdp Charge On Electoral Rolls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Telugu Desam Party accused of discrediting the ruling party
Chief Minister lists statistics to disprove TD claim
Only 2.60 per cent increase registered
People asked to bring irregularities to the notice of authorities
- Iraq’S Accord Plan May Not Douse Terror (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 26, 2006)
The 24-point reconciliation plan presented on Sunday to parliament by Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki is unlikely to extinguish the violence in Iraq.
- Policy On Panchayati Raj Governance Soon: Aiyar (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jun 26, 2006)
Observing gross misuse of the word 'Panchayat' in different parts of the country, Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar wants to reserve it only for local self-governance institutions.
- Nepal Rebels Assess Opinions (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Jun 26, 2006)
Maoist chief Prachanda and his number two, Baburam Bhattarai, arrived here late last night for t alks with politicians and prominent citizens ahead of the next summit with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
- Sex Scandal Haunts Tiwari Govt (Deccan Herald, Shishir Prashant , Jun 26, 2006)
After the unwed mother episode, yet another sex scandal has reared its ugly head in Uttaranchal much to the inconvenience of the Congress government.
- No One Cares! (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 26, 2006)
No one seems interested in helping Saiqa Ghulam Nabi, a resident of Kana Mohri tehsil, to expedite her father’s release from a jail in Saudi Arabia.
- Indo-Pak Move To ‘Save’ Dialogue (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Two top diplomats of India and Pakistan, Satinder K. Lambah and Tariq Aziz, are meeting back channel in Abu Dhabi to "save" the bilateral composite dialogue process, a prominent Pakistani newspaper said.
- Excess Land And Acquisition (Statesman, Gopal Bhargava, Jun 26, 2006)
Cumbersome Procedure Holds Up Development
Gopal Bhargava
The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, was enacted primarily to impose a ceiling on vacant land in urban areas, to acquire such land in excess of the ceiling and to regulate . . .
- Terms Of Engagement (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Jun 25, 2006)
The votaries of a larger role for government invented and expanded subsidies, refused to levy user charges that would recover the cost of public utilities, and embarked on state enterprises that bled white.
- Phase Out Mercury (The Financial Express, Ravi Agarwal, Jun 25, 2006)
Even as the world is moving towards eliminating one of the most toxic heavy metals in everyday use, mercury, India unashamedly continues to freely trade and use this potent poison.
- Food Indigo (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2006)
While the UPA Government's decision to allow increased import of wheat, pulses and sugar can be expected, over the coming days, to ease the current shortage and curb the galloping prices of essential commodities, the resort to such . . .
- Kumar Suresh Singh (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Jun 25, 2006)
Kumar Suresh Singh's stewardship of the People of India project yielded an excellent anthropological profile of the country.
- Attack On Mystic: Lashkar Man Identified (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 25, 2006)
Islamists here have long opposed the influence of Ahad Sa'ab Sopore, who quit his job and became a mystic
Nassar responsible for recent attacks in Sopore
Islamists oppose influence of Ahad Sa'ab Sopore
Sufi shrines targeted by terrorist groups
- Will Location Have Impact On Development? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2006)
'It is not the place or the emotions that solve problems, it is the administrative skills and the government’s priorities"
- Rare Bird Sighted After 75 Years In Asssam (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Jun 25, 2006)
In the late 1870s, Allan Octavian Hume – an officer of the Imperial Civil Service (ICS) – sighted a dark greyish bird, somewhere in the foothills of eastern Manipur.
- The Badshah Smiles (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Jun 25, 2006)
There was something heart-wrenching about it. Maybe it was his sad verses written in calligraphy on the wall, or his brooding picture that seemed to chide me ever so gently.
- Of Tharoor & Collateral Damage (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 25, 2006)
For a civilisation that is yet to fully overcome the disabilities of prolonged servitude, the importance attached to international recognition can hardly be overstated. Rabindranath Tagore was widely regarded as an . . .
- Prisoners Of State Apathy (Indian Express, Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, Jun 25, 2006)
It is not for nothing that prisons are sometimes known as oubliettes: French meaning a place for the forgotten.
- The ‘N’ In Ngo (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 25, 2006)
Aruna Roy’s letter resigning from the National Advisory Council is more revealing than she perhaps intended it to be.
- Adviser’S Transfer Can Blow Up (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Jun 25, 2006)
The matter of the transfer of a legal adviser to the Governor is threatening to snowball into a constitutional crisis.
- Darkness Recalled (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 25, 2006)
Three decades ago to the day an anniversary was being observed, not celebrated, by the nation at large.
- Myth Blasted (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 25, 2006)
Perhaps being something of an outsider facilitated Ghulam Nabi Azad’s exposing as myth the theory that militancy thwarts development activity in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Transparency And Accountability In Public Life (Daily Excelsior, M V Meenakshisundaram, Jun 25, 2006)
The report of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, coming close on the heels of the historic Right to Information Law, is likely to go a long way in promoting transparency and accountability in public life.
- Food Indigo (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 24, 2006)
While the UPA Government's decision to allow increased import of wheat, pulses and sugar can be expected, over the coming days, to ease the current shortage and curb the galloping prices of essential commodities, the resort to such . . .
- Pm Sings Paeans To Basavanna (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The Centre might institute a national award for communal harmony in the name of 12th Century social reformer Basavanna and set up an international study centre on his principles.
- Misuse Of Authority (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 24, 2006)
It is fine for government money to be given to those who have suffered human-rights abuses in Pakistan. But if 83 per cent of funds meant for victims of rape, kidnapping, illegal arrest and torture, and for the families of those who died in . . .
- Rains Hit Ongc Inaugural, Pm Deora Take Cover (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The Rs 4,900-crore petro-chemical project of the ONGC turned out to be a damp squib following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s inability to land in Mangalore on Friday due to inclement weather.
- Peace Process At Critical Stage (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Jun 24, 2006)
JUST when India and Pakistan are most in need of a leadership that can find a way out of the cul-de-sac in which the peace process appears to have entered, the heads of government in both countries seem to have been greatly weakened . . .
- Bosnia Power Transfer By Month-End (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Bosnia’s international administrator said today he will close his office and hand over control of the country’s affairs to local authorities on 30 June, 2007.
- Policy Adrift (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The PM must sack his Foreign Minister
Mr Shashi Tharoor is not an Indian diplomat and has never represented India’s foreign policy interests. He is a New York-based NRI academic who did a doctoral degree at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Diplomac
- The Badshah Smiles (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Jun 24, 2006)
There was something heart-wrenching about it. Maybe it was his sad verses written in calligraphy on the wall, or his brooding picture that seemed to chide me ever so gently.
- We Are A Rude People (Times of India, ANAND SOONDAS, Jun 24, 2006)
So Reader's Digest thinks Mumbai is the rudest city in the world. The magazine need not have gone through such a tiresome process of surveys and interviews to reach that conclusion. Indians are rude, uncivil and thoughtless.
- Probe Into J&k Case Being Hindered (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Jun 24, 2006)
CBI on Friday told a Division Bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court that its investigations into the sensational sex scandal were being hindered by politicians, bureaucrats and policemen trying to shield their colleagues accused in the case.
- War Room Leak: Cbi Raids In 4 Cities (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The CBI today raided 19 locations across the country as part of its investigations into the navy war room leak case.
- Fkcci To Present Awards To Exporters, Organisations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
M.V. Rajasekharan to attend function
An award will be presented to an exporter from a backward district from next year
EXIM Club, a cell for the promotion of international trade, has been formed
- Manmohan Deplores Fall In Values In Public Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday deplored the decline of values in public life and remarked that the standard of behaviour of people in public life could be better and improved.
- World Bank Calls For Consensus On Social Development Programmes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Report analyses 31 `success stories'
- Prisoners Of State Apathy (Indian Express, Maja Daruwala & Navaz Kotwal, Jun 24, 2006)
It is not for nothing that prisons are sometimes known as oubliettes: French meaning a place for the forgotten.
- The ‘N’ In Ngo (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 24, 2006)
NAC loses a member, the government, hopefully, gets a lesson: activism and governance don’t mix
- Can The Govt Object To A Nice Windfall Now? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 24, 2006)
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has given vent to a range of emotions in dealing with a nettlesome project like the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) in the four months that he has been in office.
- India Confident Of N-Deal's S Passage In Us Cong (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
India today expressed confidence that its nuclear deal with the United States would win US Congress approval following the Bush administration's pledge to support a bi-partisan legislation on the pact.
- Phase Out Mercury (The Financial Express, Ravi Agarwal, Jun 24, 2006)
Even as the world is moving towards eliminating one of the most toxic heavy metals in everyday use, mercury, India unashamedly continues to freely trade and use this potent poison.
- Manmohan Deplores Fall In Values (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Prime Minister releases coins in commemoration of social reformer Basaveshwara
- Terms Of Engagement (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Jun 24, 2006)
The votaries of a larger role for government invented and expanded subsidies, refused to levy user charges that would recover the cost of public utilities, and embarked on state enterprises that bled white.
- Silly Point (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 23, 2006)
The debate on whether politicians should control sports bodies is stuff of school essays.
- Efforts To Vacate Stay On Land Acquisition For Mysore Airport (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
High courtround-up KIADB plans to take over a layout of 16.5 acres
Hearing adjourned till Monday
Owner of layout challenges acquisition
Layout classified as agricultural land
- Palestine: Threat Of Civil War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Jun 23, 2006)
The referendum called by President Mahmoud Abbas is a recipe for civil war given that Hamas and the Fatah are on either side of the debate.
- A Flawed Flight Plan (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 23, 2006)
Does growth by acquisitions make sense in an industry where intangible resources command a premium due to temporary shortages?
- Extinct’ Quail Sighted After A Century (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 23, 2006)
Listed as a globally threatened bird, the “Manipur Bush-quail” has been sighted after 100 years in Assam at the Manas National Park.
- Walk To Freedom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 23, 2006)
June 23, 2006, will be a red-letter day for many undertrials as they are expected to walk to freedom following the enforcement of the much-awaited Criminal Procedure Code Amendment Act 2005 from that day.
- Catch The Real Thieves (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 23, 2006)
While this government, despite having the great reformer of the Indian economy at its helm, continues to make life more difficult by making saral income tax forms kathin, and discouraging people from using their . . .
- New Route (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
Each time the barrier lifts, next door seems to move even closer. This sense of nearness surged up afresh when the Poonch-Rawalkot bus rolled across the line of control to carry people over the border, bringing Kashmiris in Pakistan and India one . . .
- The Indian Decade (Tribune, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 23, 2006)
Last year had been one of ferment on the understanding of Indian growth. That India has been growing from the eighties is now accepted.
- For India, Wrong Move, Wrong Time, Wrong Man (Indian Express, Ranjan Gupta, Jun 23, 2006)
The worst thing India could have done was propose a light weight for the job of Secretary General at a time when the United Nations is facing its most serious crisis.
- No Room For Mistakes In A Nuclear Navy (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jun 23, 2006)
With only two years to go before the Indian Navy is to transform itself to a blue water Navy—an elite club comprising mostly of the P5 countries—a string of incidents give clue to how unprepared the force is for it.Consider the following:
- Pursuing The ‘Most Impossible Job’ (Indian Express, SHASHI THAROOR, Jun 23, 2006)
“The most impossible job on earth” was how the first United Nations secretary general, Trygve Lie, described the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations to his . . .
Previous 100 Bureaucracy Articles | Next 100 Bureaucracy Articles
Home
Page
|
|
