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Articles 13221 through 13320 of 25647:
- Truce Underway, Border Guns Begin To Fall Silent (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 26, 2003)
Indian and Pakistani guns along the International Border, Line of Control and Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir were to fall silent Tuesday midnight as the two nations set out to lower the chill in relations and create conditions good enoug
- Haryana: Ias Official Took State Govt To Court (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 26, 2003)
When Sanjiv Kumar took charge as Director, Primary Education in Haryana, he saw a mini steel almirah wrapped like a gift in swathes of white bandage and sealed in at least 30 places. Little did he know that a list kept inside — of 3,206 primary teachers a
- Pay And Play (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Nov 26, 2003)
In the movie All The President’s Men, a source advises journalist Bob Woodward: Follow the money. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (that ‘control’ is a dead giveaway – this is what the officials think their job amounts to) is serious about cle
- Sc: Get Cbi To Probe Selection Of Teachers By Chautala Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Giving a fillip to the role of whistle-blowers, the Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into allegations that the Om Prakash Chautala government in Haryana subverted the selection of 4,000 primary school teachers three years ago. The inquiry is to be
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Indian Express, Anu R Aga, Nov 26, 2003)
In the past few years there has been much talk about ‘‘corporate social responsibility’’ (CSR). It has become a leading topic at World Economic Forum meetings. Economist Adam Smith, who wrote the bible of capitalism, Wealth of Nations, more importantly a
- Pay And Play (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Nov 26, 2003)
In the movie All The President’s Men, a source advises journalist Bob Woodward: Follow the money. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (that ‘control’ is a dead giveaway – this is what the officials think their job amounts to) is serious about cle
- Curtains On A Legal Saga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
THE SUPREME COURT'S acquittal of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa, and four others on all the criminal charges in the two TANSI cases (in which judgment was reserved on September 26, 2002) brings the curtain down on a seven-year legal saga th
- Branding Our Iits (Indian Express, P V Indiresan, Nov 26, 2003)
The name and money are not enough to upgrade any engineering college
- The American Civility War (Indian Express, Paul Krugman, Nov 26, 2003)
Republicans rebuke critics for being ‘impolite’ but twist truth themselves
- Two Ministries And A Turf War (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 26, 2003)
The power principle has been in overdrive between the Ministries of External Affairs and Human Resource Development for some time now, including over the much-coveted Unesco job in Paris.
- Not All Over For Sharma: May Be Chargesheeted In Telgi Case (Indian Express, Prafulla Marpakwar, Nov 26, 2003)
The Maharashtra government is likely to chargesheet former Mumbai police commissioner R S Sharma on the basis of observations of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the multi-crore fake stamp paper scandal.
- Tansi Verdict: Sc Says She Violated Code Not Law (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 25, 2003)
It condemns her but does not convict her. This is because the Supreme Court, when it exonerated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today in the Tansi land scam cases, found her guilty of violating not the law but a purely voluntary code of conduct a
- Talking With Shah Rukh Khan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 25, 2003)
‘I am Islamic, I am a Muslim... but also a true blue Indian. And nobody can take that right away from me’
- New Germany In New Europe (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Nov 25, 2003)
Germans are alarmed at the cowboy politics of Bush’s America
- Our Punjab Vs Other Punjab: Cbm In Making (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
Fifty-six years after Partition, India and Pakistan finally seem ready to bury the hatchet. At least in the sports arena.
- Not Just Fire, Hold Men Too: India To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 25, 2003)
Weeks before Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee travels to Islamabad to participate in the SAARC summit, India today announced it would reciprocate Pakistan’s unilateral decision to cease fire along the Line of Control by also holding its fire from Id da
- Trading Futures (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
The CAT examination machinery must be put under the scanner to restore confidence
- Japan: Unique Form Of `Secular Stagnation'? (Business Line, S. Venu , Nov 25, 2003)
THE passion for fashion in Japan has helped keep Tokyo's shops bustling and prosperous. Indeed, Japanese consumers' more conventional fondness for ultra-pricey Western designer goods shows no signs of letting up at all despite a decade-long economic slump
- Steps Are Needed To Restore The Credibility Of The Iim Admission System (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
The prestige of the Indian Institutes of Management has been dealt a serious blow by the shocking leakage and sale of question papers for the Common Admission Test (CAT). This is the first time in the 42 years of the existence of the IIMs that CAT questio
- Breakthrough In Paddy Cultivation (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
In his life as a progressive farmer it was the biggest surprise. As Harchand Singh explained the performance of growing paddy without the usual flooding of the fields, curious farmers from adjoining villages on the outskirts of Ludhiana watched him with r
- The Diversion Of Panchayat Funds For National A Sports Event Is Inappropriate (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
The coercion of the local self-government institutions in Davangere district to divert their funds for the holding of the national level volleyball championship in Davangere is highly inappropriate and ill-advised.
- Breakthrough In Paddy Cultivation (Deccan Herald, Sudhirendar Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
In his life as a progressive farmer it was the biggest surprise. As Harchand Singh explained the performance of growing paddy without the usual flooding of the fields, curious farmers from adjoining villages on the outskirts of Ludhiana watched him with r
- Security Software Market To Touch $43 M By 2007 (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
A number of multinational companies such as Symantec, Trend Micro, Checkpoint and Computer Associates are already operating in India. Customers who are adopting these technologies are large enterprises with massive IT infrastructure investments, which are
- The Us-China Trade Spat (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 24, 2003)
Whether the differences between the world's biggest and fifth biggest trading nation will affect the thawing Sino-American trade ties in the immediate future is still uncertain, but the fact remains that it could lead to hiccups on the international trade
- Behind This Bleeding Crescent (Indian Express, Molly Moore, Nov 24, 2003)
Veysel Demirtas, his face inexpressibly sad, picked through the gaping yaw of splintered wood and glass shards that was once his small restaurant across the street from the British Consulate in the historic heart of Istanbul.
- Cat: Cancelled After Taint (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Nov 24, 2003)
Exam paper leaked: CBI busts nationwide racket, says gang leaked medical, bank exam papers too
- On The Sidelines, A Turf War Rages (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 24, 2003)
As word got out that the CAT paper had been leaked, officials of the Ministry of Human Resource Development made a beeline to Union Minister Murli Manohar Joshi’s residence this morning.
- The Us-China Trade Spat (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 24, 2003)
Whether the differences between the world's biggest and fifth biggest trading nation will affect the thawing Sino-American trade ties in the immediate future is still uncertain, but the fact remains that it could lead to hiccups on the international trade
- A Just Case For Transfer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
Since Gujarat cannot guarantee justice, there is no other way. For the moment
- Freedom Of The Press And Beyond (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 24, 2003)
The Hindu defeating the Tamil Nadu legislature in courts is merely one small battle in a perennial war between the people and their governments.
- The New Great Game (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Nov 24, 2003)
APEC, ASEAN+3 and now JACIK, an alphabet soup in a changing Asia
- When Silence Breeds A Crime (Indian Express, Anita Anand, Nov 24, 2003)
In October, news of the rape of a Swiss diplomat in Delhi took over the front pages of national dailies and was all over the TV networks. Reports, features and editorials pointed out how unsafe Delhi is for women, why rapes happen, and what could be done
- Destination Nowhere (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 24, 2003)
Terrorists are in the fear business, every time we visibly imprison ourselves, we let them win
- India: Why Life Is Elsewhere (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 23, 2003)
Jet-lagged and bleary eyed I landed at Mumbai airport in the early hours of a morning last week to be accosted, while waiting for my bags to arrive, by a young man who wanted to know my views on the airport. He was doing a survey for the Airports Authorit
- Firing Line: Ashok Gehlot, Cm, Rajasthan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
'Casteism? We suggested economic reservations'
- Billed To Last (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 23, 2003)
Andhra Pradesh Congress chief D Srinivas who stayed at Andhra Bhavan in Delhi earlier this month was infuriated when he was presented with a bill of Rs 2,500. As an MLA, Srinivas is accustomed to being charged at the nominal rate of Rs 2 per day as room r
- This Pace, Make It A Habit (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 23, 2003)
Gravitas, a gravelly voice and deliberate silence have worked well for my friend Jaswant Singh, the Finance Minister. But even Mr Singh must speak occasionally, and he has done so through his Ministry’s Mid-year Review (MYR) released a few days ago.
- A New Identikit (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 23, 2003)
Jogi peddles ‘Chhattisgarhia’ pride in language, dress and movies
- Newsreel 16.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
The historic port city of Istanbul becomes ground zero as international terror chooses it as its next target. Over 50 are dead in two days of attacks, more than 500 wounded.
- Ulfa Strikes Again, Guns Down 11 Bihar Labourers Toll 42; C P Thakur Says Pak, Bangladesh Are Playing A Game (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 23, 2003)
With almost the entire political establishment busy asking for votes in four states and the Assam government clicking its tongue, the ULFA struck again in broad daylight killing 11 workers from Bihar in two brick kilns separated by just 5 km and one hour.
- Chargesheeted (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
‘Badals worth Rs 4,326 cr’
- Spam Rage Lands Man In Us Jail (Indian Express, Adam Tanner, Nov 23, 2003)
Call it spam rage: A Silicon Valley computer programmer has been arrested for threatening to torture and kill employees of the company he blames for bombarding his computer with web ads promising to enlarge his penis.
- The Hurriyat Says Yes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2003)
Both the Centre and Hurriyat need statesmanship to respond to this historic opportunity
- Us And Them (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- One Region, Two Rules (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Nov 22, 2003)
The US allows China access to hi-tech but says ‘no’ to India
- An Education For The Future (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
When we speak of the “quality of education”, it becomes imperative to address the important issue of “what kind of education”? Education, to my mind, is an organised system that facilitates learning so that each individual imbibes the process of understan
- Judeo Video, Govt Audio (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 22, 2003)
Why this spycamaraderie when none of the Govt’s Top Eleven will drink themselves silly, fondle cash in hotel rooms?
- Double Helix Of Education (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
The full text of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture delivered by Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, this week.
- National Hockey To Get A League Of Its Own (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Nov 22, 2003)
Cashing in on buzz, IHF plans nationwide league featuring the top stars
- Press Note 18 Must Be Scrapped (Business Line, Sharif D Rangnekar, Nov 22, 2003)
The Government needs to recognise the strength of domestic industry and stop playing to a limited audience of protection-seekers.
- Irrigate The Euphoria (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 22, 2003)
After four years of fluctuating output and depressed prices, growers of commercial crops -- oilseeds and cotton -- are a happy lot.
- A Campaign Gone Awry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2003)
THE DEVASTATING ATTACK in Istanbul, in which 27 people were killed and over 400 injured, has underscored the extent to which the United States and its allies have mismanaged the campaign against global terror.
- Portuguese Sonnets (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 22, 2003)
There was a time when besides our own regional languages, many Indians spoke three European languages fluently: English, French and Portuguese. We threw out the English but sensibly made their language one of our own.
- Ajit Jogi And The Talking Mynah (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 21, 2003)
A soft, thin wire mesh has been thrown around an 80 feet tall wild tree in the compound of the forest department in Jagdalpur, headquarters for the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh. This unique caged tree is the habitat for four Bastar Hill mynahs, the wor
- Scary Scene (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2003)
NO ONE who reads the published reports of the Supreme Court's judgment transferring the disproportionate wealth cases against Ms Jayalalithaa to Karnataka and the unusually strong words used by it to condemn the roles of the State Government and Public Pr
- Scary Scene (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2003)
NO ONE who reads the published reports of the Supreme Court's judgment transferring the disproportionate wealth cases against Ms Jayalalithaa to Karnataka and the unusually strong words used by it to condemn the roles of the State Government and Public Pr
- Scary Scene (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2003)
NO ONE who reads the published reports of the Supreme Court's judgment transferring the disproportionate wealth cases against Ms Jayalalithaa to Karnataka and the unusually strong words used by it to condemn the roles of the State Government and Public Pr
- Slow On E-Governance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2003)
INDIA, WHICH TAKES pride in being one of the leaders in the field of Information Technology, especially software, ranks very low when it comes to electronic governance — e-governance, as it is called. It actually ranks 77 in a list of 133 countries that h
- Sound Of Music Heiress Does An Encore (Indian Express, Sara Neufeld, Nov 21, 2003)
She was 16, going on 17. Now, at 90, Agathe von Trapp writes her autobiography
- Steel War Across The Atlantic (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 21, 2003)
A trade war between the EU, ready with its $2.2-billion sanctions through tariffs on select American goods, and the US is looming large and is likely to engulf other nations aggrieved over Washington's protectionism.
- Air Pirates And Pakistan (Indian Express, Amir Mir, Nov 21, 2003)
The war-torn, impoverished landscape of Afghanistan is fast proving to be a new point-scoring arena for India and Pakistan. After expanding its presence and influence in post-Taliban Kabul, India has made considerable progress in convincing the internatio
- Objection, Your Lordship, Govt Tells Apex Court (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 21, 2003)
Undaunted by the Supreme Court’s stinging criticism that it was encroaching into its domain, the Government today said that Commerce Secretary Dipak Chatterjee was ‘‘the most appropriate person’’ to be appointed as chairman of the newly constituted Compet
- Ugc And The Road Not Taken (Deccan Herald, Amrik Singh , Nov 21, 2003)
UGC has been rendered so toothless that Chhattisgarh could notify more then 50 new varsities in just one year
It has taken approximately half a century for the country to discover that the powers given to the UGC, when it was set up in 1953, were far
- Steel War Across The Atlantic (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Nov 21, 2003)
A trade war between the EU, ready with its $2.2-billion sanctions through tariffs on select American goods, and the US is looming large and is likely to engulf other nations aggrieved over Washington's protectionism.
- A Head For Competition Commission (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 20, 2003)
As the Competition Commission's chief task is to decide whether a particular trade practice is harmful for the market, the economy or consumers, the top slot would require the expertise of an economist. If the right persons are not appointed at its format
- Lowering The Barriers? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 20, 2003)
The Sibal-Juster talks are part of a determined political effort in the last two years to deal head on with the Indo-U.S. divergence over non-proliferation and advanced technology transfers.
- Operation `Blood Money' (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 20, 2003)
ACCOUNTANTS are usually busy with books and records, tax referencers and law tomes. Fiction has little place in bean-counters' shelves, yet a book that they may find interesting is The Devil's Banker by Christopher Reich, from Delacorte Press
- The Bihari In Bangladesh (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 20, 2003)
After making waves in Pakistan during the SAFMA parliamentarians meet in August, Laloo Prasad Yadav is raring for a repeat performance in Bangladesh. Apparently, he’s received feelers from Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party, invitin
- That Slow Dance With The Jihadis (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 20, 2003)
Pakistan’s generals expend energy muzzling popular politicians, while pretending to fight Islamists. It’s bound to backfire
- A Village Called Telgi (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Nov 20, 2003)
Karim Lala has drawn up a complex map of subterfuge and collusion
- Operation `Blood Money' (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 20, 2003)
ACCOUNTANTS are usually busy with books and records, tax referencers and law tomes. Fiction has little place in bean-counters' shelves, yet a book that they may find interesting is The Devil's Banker by Christopher Reich, from Delacorte Press
- A Real Craftsman (Indian Express, Mukul Dube, Nov 20, 2003)
You don’t see the likes of this man in today’s cynical times
- Assam, Centre Count Bodies And Excuses (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 20, 2003)
29 killed in attacks against biharis: ULFA rushes in where state Govt takes time to tread, Centre says polls so we can’t send ‘so many forces’
- Do As The Us Says, Not As It Does (Deccan Herald, Joseph Stiglitz, Nov 20, 2003)
America preaches free markets to the world, but at home they rely on the government to advance their aims
- Douse This Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
Quick. If Bihar and Assam cannot control this violence, the Centre must step in
- Judeo Legacy: Lonely Nameplate, Locked Room, Sheepish Staff (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 20, 2003)
Dilip Singh Judeo will surely thank the Prime Minister, his deputy and all in the BJP for rallying to his defence. But wonder what he will say to his former boss and staff when he meets them next. Because a day after the Judeo video unspooled on The Sunda
- Bush And A War Zone Called Ozone (Indian Express, Ajey Lele, Nov 20, 2003)
American unilateralism on environmental issues will not make it popular with the world
- Govt Sets Up Body To Handle Corporate Governance Issues (Business Line, Richa Mishra, Nov 20, 2003)
TO provide a platform to deliberate on issues relating to good corporate governance as key to sustainable wealth creation, the Government has taken a step forward in setting-up National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG).
- Fragments In The Dark (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 20, 2003)
One is often told that we live in an increasingly fragmented world. The truth of it comes to you quite vividly when you are watching a play these days. It is not uncommon even at special shows sponsored by upmarket brands for their users to see people in
- Pvt Basic Operators Escape Village Phone Targets — Unified Licence Bypasses Obligations (Business Line, G. Rambabu, Nov 19, 2003)
RELIANCE Infocomm, Tata Teleservices and Shyam Telelink have managed to escape their rural telephony commitments by migrating to a unified access service licence, just weeks before their latest deadline of end-December which had been set by the Department
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