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Articles 13821 through 13920 of 25647:
- Rerun In Temple Town (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 21, 2003)
Why all this activity in Ayodhya seems so familiar
- General Council Meeting Of Wto — Picking Up The Threads From Cancun (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 21, 2003)
It is time India took a pragmatic view of the emerging situation in the international trading arena, in general, and at the WTO, in particular. The two-day General Council meeting of the WTO beginning today in Geneva is thus crucial for India to watch the
- A Saint For The World To Cherish (Indian Express, Navin Chawla, Oct 21, 2003)
Mother Teresa stood out not merely for her compassion but for being just so non-judgmental
- Mulayam And Friends (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
It would take more than photo-ops with businessmen to turn Uttar Pradesh around
- Tempering Of The Temple Man (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Oct 21, 2003)
Is Swami Chinmayanand the VHP’s BJP man or the BJP’s VHP man
- Ltte And Muslims (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 21, 2003)
At the heart of the problem is the LTTE's view of itself as the absolute ruler of the north-east.
- Watering Down A Water Plan (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 21, 2003)
The watershed development movement in India gathered steam in the mid-eighties. In the beginning, the nation used canal-based irrigation as its major salvation.
- Poor ‘masters’, Rich ‘servants’ (Deccan Herald, Keshav Rao Jadhav, Oct 21, 2003)
In this democracy, the ‘servants’ of the people get everything free while the ‘masters’ cannot afford even the necessities
- Doing Business In Rich And Poor Countries (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 20, 2003)
Businessmen around the world face — and complain about — the different policy regimes, especially when it comes to questions of starting a business. But doing business in poor countries, which score poorly in regulation, credit delivery and infrastructure
- Mother A Step Away From St Teresa (Indian Express, Philip Pullella, Oct 20, 2003)
Huge turnout as Vatican bends rules on fast-track to sainthood
- National Judicial Commission (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Oct 20, 2003)
The bill to constitute a National Judicial Commission is a good beginning, but falls short of sensitive specifications, purposeful guidelines and popular expectations from such a Commission.
- New Phase Of Wto Consultations (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 20, 2003)
The new phase of consultations in Geneva with the objective of arriving at agreed modalities of negotiations in the different spheres will be markedly different from other negotiations in that "the process in Geneva will have to be supplemented by direct
- Growing Success In Remote Sensing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
REMOTE SENSING IS one of the success stories of the Indian space programme. From a situation in the 1970s when remote sensing was virtually unheard of in this country, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has engineered a remarkable ...
- Pura And The Government Input (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 20, 2003)
While the private sector must build on the PURA concept, the foundation itself needs to be laid by the government, especially by allocating resources. For this, it can re-look at various existing programmes and re-allocate resources for PURA. For this the
- Petrifying Prospect (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 20, 2003)
THE faint-hearted are advised to keep away from the just published Times Atlas of the World which grimly details the ravages being wrought by exploding population. The most conspicuous of them is the bursting of the cities at their seams.
- The Demographic Advantage (Hindu, N. Vittal, Oct 20, 2003)
We should think of a strategy to replicate success stories with the focus on productive employment opportunity for the youth.
- Mulayam Too Has A Vision, With A Little Help From Friends (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Oct 20, 2003)
Barely two months in power and fresh from calming Ayodhya, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday packaged a major corporate deal to chart a new roadmap for Uttar Pradesh.
- A Pawarpoint Presentation (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Oct 20, 2003)
Only the politically naive would believe that Sharad Pawar’s seemingly innocuous comment about the “imported leadership” of the Congress was made casually. The NCP had made sure the electronic media was there to cover it even though Pawar’s observation wa
- Ramming It All Down The Tube (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Oct 20, 2003)
Friday’s news. It’s like a film reel in delirium. It breaks free of the rotating spool and spins out of control onto the floor. Somewhere in the jumble, you’ll see kar sevaks rush forward in hundreds, policemen in hundreds run after them; a loudspeaker ho
- In Land Of Indian Stereotypes, Kalam Talks Change (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Oct 20, 2003)
Expats can’t help talk cutback in work visas as ethnic rightsizing begins
- Ic-814: Cbi Gets To Man Who Was The Go-Between (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Oct 20, 2003)
Team meets Muttawakil in Kandahar, back
- Business Corruption And Individual Values (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 20, 2003)
THE survey results on corruption released annually by Transparency International generate the usual comments on which countries have improved their ranking and which have not. The perception of corruption is now so widespread that the organisation's 2002
- Your Q His A (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
Now that the UN Security Council has unanimously approved another resolution on Iraq should we agree to send our troops to assist in stabilisation of Iraq
- Choosing Targets (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
THREE DAYS after the abortive attempt on the life of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, the People's War (PW) extremists carried out a successful attack on another target in Guntur district. This time, their victim was not a ...
- And The Nominees For Best Use Of The Internet Are... (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 19, 2003)
India’s e-industry takes another step forward when, over the next few days, the work of eight of the best networks, services and applications come up for scrutiny before a grand jury sitting in Dubai that will decide on nominations to the UN World Summit
- Sterilisation Gets A Good Name, That Too In Haryana (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Oct 19, 2003)
Chautala’s unique scheme: get sterilised, we pay Rs 500 per month until your daughter turns 20, Rs 200 if it’s a son
- Dealing With The Danger (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 19, 2003)
New Delhi's role is considerably less interventionist than in other violence-scarred regions
- Neighbour Retaliates (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 19, 2003)
The Indian government has not taken kindly to the news that some Pakistanis have illegally occupied 63 Clifton in Karachi, the Indian consul general’s residence until it was closed down in 1992 after a Pakistani mob stormed the building in the wake of the
- News Reel 12.10.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
India's most-wanted becomes the world’s wanted as the United States blacklists fugitive Mumbai underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. In a huge embarrassment to Pakistan, the US Department of Treasury lists his location as Karachi and publicises his Pakistan Pass
- White Hand On Our Nuke Button? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 19, 2003)
As a steadfast member of the school of political thinking that totally opposes foreign prime ministers for India I never fail to take up the issue whenever it slips back into the news.
- Rbi Cuts Rate Ceiling On Expat Deposits (Indian Express, Reuters, Oct 19, 2003)
The Reserve Bank of India cut on Saturday the ceiling on interest on bank deposits offered to expatriates, which analysts said was to curb debt creating inflows and slow the rise in the foreign exchange reserves.
- Indusind To Open Office In Dubai (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
Indusind Bank, a technology-driven Indian private-sector bank is opening its first ever overseas office in Dubai this month to strengthen NRI and international trade services. IndusInd MD Bhaskar Ghose said here that the move will also strengthen its Gulf
- An Insidious Campaign (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Oct 19, 2003)
From being confined to isolated backward pockets of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, the naxalites have spread their network across several States
- Welcome, And Come Via Mauritius (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 18, 2003)
The message is loud and clear. India has come of age as a destination for international investments and it will not be squeamish any longer about a sharp practice called treaty shopping. In a judgment delivered last week, the Supreme Court blew away the c
- Who'll Take The Call? (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 18, 2003)
It is no job of the state to shield entrepreneurs against tech change, against gusts of competition
- Fighting To Keep What Is Theirs (Hindu, Larry Rohter, Oct 18, 2003)
The Bolivian Government's plans to export natural gas have run up against widespread anti-globalisation protests.
- Trouble In Temple Territory (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 18, 2003)
Much as the VHP may try, its Ayodhya mobilisation will not gather momentum this time. It is trying to bring workers from different states and the biggest contingents of kar sevaks are coming from Gujarat.
- Beyond Best Bakery: Sc Turns Light On 12 Riot Cases (Indian Express, Prabhakar Voruganti, Oct 18, 2003)
Shifting the spotlight to investigations into 12 riot cases, tagged with the Best Bakery case in the NHRC petition, the Supreme Court today directed Gujarat to file status reports of the cases and posted the matter for further hearing on November 7.
- Stars & Stripes Go Down The Hill (Indian Express, Paul Krugman, Oct 18, 2003)
The future that stares at America: Budget deficits equal to a quarter of govt spending for next decade
- Don Under The Scanner (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2003)
Now surely there is enough evidence for Pervez Musharraf to honour his pledges
- Raw Life, Raw Films (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2003)
The festival reminds us cinema is still the best medium to capture a world in ferment
- Ram Versus Rajya (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 18, 2003)
It’s poll time in two weeks, will the BJP trust its wisdom or succumb to instinct
- A Noble Iranian (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2003)
THE NORWEGIAN NOBEL Committee surprised many people, and disappointed a few, when it decided to award this year's Peace Prize to the Iranian human rights activist, Shirin Ebadi. That Ms. Ebadi is not as well known internationally as some of the ...
- Dawood Blacklist Moves To Un, Pak Gets Reminder (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2003)
US decision vindicates our stand: Advani
- Why A Canadian Town Is In Love With This Nri (Indian Express, Clifford Krauss, Oct 18, 2003)
Doctor wants to go to US, his city offers free food, hair cuts to make him stay
- Tying Down The Cbi (Hindu, R.K. Raghavan, Oct 18, 2003)
The most objectionable feature of the CVC Act is that it revives the infamous Single Directive, which cuts at the root of the CBI's autonomy and freedom of action.
- Now Smart-Card-Carrying Cong Worker (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Oct 18, 2003)
Workers to get smart-cards to log on, talk directly to Sonia and brass
- Why The Terror Tag Is Bad News For The D-Company (Indian Express, J. Dey, Oct 18, 2003)
In the city where he went from a petty neighbourhood thief to the godfather of the underworld, there is quiet celebration in the police. Officials are hopeful that Dawood Ibrahim’s branding as a terrorist will be a blow to the Rs 5,000-crore D-Company emp
- Rights And Duties (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 18, 2003)
In the name of freedom and Fundamental Rights we have got away with the habit of depriving others of the rights we claim for ourselves. Two glaring examples of these which came to the attention of the Calcutta High Court were the misuse of loudspeakers at
- ‘no Talks With Pwg’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2003)
Entering the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat for the first time after the assassination attempt on him on October 1, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu talked tough about Naxalites of the outlawed People’s War Group rejecting suggestions from certain quarters
- Eyes Wired Shut (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 17, 2003)
Decades ago, Arthur Clarke formulated two axioms about the advance of technology.
- Vajpayee On Vacation (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Oct 16, 2003)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee gave himself a day out in Indonesia last week, wrapping up an afternoon of bilateral meetings before the ASEAN summit with a shopping expedition at an upmarket department store in the resort city of Nusaduwa. It was his
- Best Supporting Actor To Play The Lead (Indian Express, Sandeep Dwivedi, Oct 16, 2003)
The man who’s made his reputation as cricket’s eternal runner-up takes top billing tomorrow on the biggest stage of all. Rahul Dravid will captain India for the first time in Tests when he leads the team out against New Zealand at Mohali.
- From Compliment To A Supplement: Modi Makes News (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Oct 16, 2003)
Slips in Gujarat Satya Samachar in his ex-ally Gujarat Samachar
- Keep Counting (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
Swiss diplomat decides to leave India after being raped at IFFI; Delegate attacked too; police, I&B don’t know where to hide
- Hawala May Link Daler To Abu Salem (Indian Express, J. Dey, Oct 16, 2003)
Mumbai: Cops raid flat of singer’s associate who flies away hours earlier
- Want To Be An Ia Airhostess? Rudy Says Your Face First, Then Iq (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Oct 16, 2003)
Tells IA and Air India: focus less on tests, first look at looks; his reason: I am answerable to Parliament
- Of A Takeover In Islamabad (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
Four years ago Musharraf deposed Nawaz Sharif. Why was Benazir so happy?
- Bali Raises Visions Of Asian Century (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Oct 16, 2003)
Since the "Look-East" policy was enunciated in 1993, India has made good headway in promoting greater co-operation with South-East Asia. Those gains were consolidated further at the Asean Summit, where member-nations committed themselves to creating a con
- Licensed To Crawl (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 16, 2003)
Telecom sector — where tech change is the fastest— remains the last bastion of the licensing regime
- A Diwali Lamp (Indian Express, Debashis Chatterjee, Oct 16, 2003)
Reflections for Mahalakshmi’s festival
- Uncertainty After Cancun Collapse (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 16, 2003)
The collapse of the ministerial signals the beginning of a tension-ridden holiday for the WTO in the immediate future
- Put Development On Top Of The Agenda (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 16, 2003)
In this crucial second half of the fiscal, with Assembly elections round the corner and a comfortable enough macro-economic situation, the Government should shed its obsessive concern with disinvestment and the 8 per cent economic growth target and turn,
- Sonia's Friends And Foes (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 16, 2003)
Her friends and foes alike refuse to let Sonia Gandhi's natural handicaps define the limits of her leadership
- Messy Grain Management (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
THE MESS THAT foodgrains management has become needs to be sorted out quickly. In just about one year, the grain inventory is down by exactly half — from 55.4 million tonnes in September 2002 to 27.8 million tonnes last month.
- Engineering A Makeover For Gujarat (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Oct 16, 2003)
FOR the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, the last couple of months have been all about re-engineering, restructuring and reinventing the business outlook of his State.
- Let's Be Guided To Be Independent (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Oct 16, 2003)
On how the Indian accounting body can borrow a leaf from its British counterpart
- Get All Those Asis Asap (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 16, 2003)
THE Archaeological Survey of India is ASI, so is American Sightseeing International, Actuarial Society of India and so forth. As a new jargon in the world of Indian accounting, ASI is Accounting Standards Interpretation, the work of a committee, naturally
- Jarring Notes In Accounts (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 16, 2003)
The proposed company law amendments to ensure greater transparency, while welcome, need to be fine-tuned
- The Ltte And The `Kp Factor' (Hindu, Iqbal Athas, Oct 15, 2003)
The LTTE has made it unequivocally clear that the future of the ceasefire will depend on Colombo's response to its counter-proposals.
- Time For A Final Solution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2003)
WITH THE TELECOM controversy becoming messier by the day, it is time the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and the Government moved with some urgency to resolve the issue once and for all. The first salvo in a fresh round of legal battles has ...
- Affordability Is The Key (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Oct 15, 2003)
FROM JANUARY next year, India will begin importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to quench its growing thirst for energy. The first consignment will arrive at Dahej on the western coast where a terminal is being built to handle 5 million tonnes a year.
- In This Vrs, Your Take-Home Deal Means Take Your Home (Indian Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 15, 2003)
In the midst of the disinvestment brouhaha, two fertiliser PSUs have been carrying out perhaps the quietest closure of a sick state-owned unit.
- Political Earthquake (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2003)
FROM body building to body politic? Well, that is the nature of the dramatic transition the former fitness buff and the current hero of action-cum-adventure packed movies, Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger has made in California by replacing the State's Governor .
- Cancun: A Mere Show Of Strength (Business Line, Alok Ray, Oct 15, 2003)
NOT totally unexpectedly, the Cancun Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation meeting has concluded without yielding any agreement. The major stumbling blocks were the massive agricultural subsidies (estimated at be around $300 billion annually by the
- Ebcs? Quite Untenable (Indian Express, S. S. Gill, Oct 15, 2003)
When the Mandal Commission submitted its Report in 1980, B.P. Mandal told me, “Mr Gill, I know how much work you have put in as secretary of the Commission. But let me tell you that today we have performed the immersion ceremony of our Report
- Temple Versus Terror (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Oct 15, 2003)
October 17 is not a climactic point. VHP is in it for the long haul
- Message From The East (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2003)
The India-Thailand free trade agreement is part of a wider good neighbour policy
- That Sinking Feeling (Indian Express, Paul Krugman, Oct 15, 2003)
During the 1990s I spent much of my time focusing on economic crises around the world — in particular, on currency crises like those that struck south-east Asia in 1997 and Argentina in 2001. The timing of such crises is hard to predict. But there are war
- Leopards Cross Over From Park To Urban Jungle (Indian Express, Vijay Singh, Oct 15, 2003)
After 10th death, kid in affluent suburb, Mumbai debates loss of forest cover
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