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Articles 16221 through 16320 of 25647:
- Afghanistan - A Cauldron (Hindu, J. Daulat Singh, Dec 11, 2001)
No Afghan regime has accepted the validity of the Durand Line... With what is being widely perceived by most Pashtuns now as Pakistan's perfidy, Pashtun irredentism could rear its head again.
- Loneliness Of Jaswant Singh (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 11, 2001)
SO why is External Affairs minister Jaswant Singh feeling so lonely and left out these days, just when a rare, Indian foreign policy initiative — this time on Afghanistan — seems to be at last going somewhere?
- Fort With A Chequered History (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 11, 2001)
BALA HISAR FORT (KABUL), DEC. 10. The Bala Hisar Fort overlooks the southern gates of Kabul. Perched on the edge of the Sher Darwaz mountain, the battle-scarred citadel has a chequered history.
- So Far So Good (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
THE Naga peace talks have entered a decisive stage with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee holding discussions with the leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland at Osaka in Japan.
- The Ashok Kumar I Knew (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
ASHOK KUMAR, better known as Dadamoni, died on Monday at 2:15 pm. He had his lunch and was lying in an easy chair.
- Indonesia’s Laloo Yadav (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2001)
The selective application of prison rules is not an issue only in India.
- Enron Collapse -- Banks, Fis Rendered Powerless (Business Line, S. Padmanabhan , Dec 11, 2001)
However, Corporate America will not shed a tear for Enrons demise. It is perhaps the most-hated company in Corporate America.
- Short-Term Ratings In India -- Case For A Downward Adjustment (Business Line, Anirban Sengupta, Dec 11, 2001)
CREDIT-RATING in India is relatively new, compared to the developed economies.
- A Steely Silence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 11, 2001)
IT IS HIGH time New Delhi broke its silence on The Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd, the ailing wholly-owned subsidiary of Steel Authority of India Ltd.
- Rourkela Steel Plant -- Passing The Loss Game (Business Line, George Thomas, Dec 11, 2001)
"I fear explanations, explanatory of things explained." -- Abraham Lincoln
- Vsnl Divestment, Ild Privatisation -- Cash Registers Not Really Ringing (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Dec 11, 2001)
THE Governments plan for the divestment of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd is that, of the 52.97 per cent equity it holds, it would offer 1.97 per cent to employees and 25 per cent, along with management control, to a strategic partner.
- The Enduring Uncertainties (Business Line, B. Raman , Dec 11, 2001)
IT IS already two months since the US-led war against terrorism was launched in Afghanistan and three since the horrendous terrorist strikes of September 11 in the US.
- Operator-Driven Bourses Won’t Carry Too Far (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Dec 11, 2001)
A little over two months ahead of Union Budget 2002-03, domestic bourses have once again turned vibrant.
- Declaring Draft Differences (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 11, 2001)
Mr Chairman, let me start by thanking you for coming out with the Draft Ministerial Declaration contained in job (01/140 dated 26 September 2001).
- Free The Farmer From The Sarkar (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 11, 2001)
NOW that we have negotiated a vantage position for ourselves — full credit for Murasoli Maran and his team for that — the important issue is to prepare for the negotiations in detail and for the actual trade that would follow.
- Crouching Tigers, Sleeping Dragon (Indian Express, T. N. Gopalan, Dec 11, 2001)
Now that Sri Lanka has got a new prime minister, will peace finally wash up ashore? The LTTE has already spoken its mind.
- Party Matters (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 11, 2001)
It does not matter that the need to free politics of religion is so earnestly discussed in political circles.
- Not Quite Friends (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 11, 2001)
Unstable coalitions have long been the bane of politics in some northeastern states.
- Russian Renascence (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Dec 11, 2001)
Most Indians see our close ties with Russia as a simple extension of our “traditional” relations with the former Soviet Union.
- Trade Facilitation: Time To Put Our House In Order? (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Dec 11, 2001)
Amidst claims by commerce minister, Murasoli Maran, that “the Singapore issues” are back at Singapore, experts have a feeling that India has only secured a “postponement” of negotiations while conceding the principle that negotiations will take place.
- The Great Indian Toppling Game (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Dec 11, 2001)
Six chief ministers in three years. With over a year to go for the next elections to the Meghalaya assembly, the possibilities for a further round of musical chairs are endless.
- Belt Up (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 11, 2001)
ONGOING EFFORTS BY the Supreme Court aimed at tightening road safety measures across the country deserve unqualified public support considering what a nuisance driving has become these days.
- Afghan Shadow On Kashmir (Hindu, Salman Haidar , Dec 11, 2001)
The Kashmir issue has moved up on the international agenda... India is likely to face strengthened calls to engage in dialogue with Pakistan about the problem.
- Afghanistan - A Cauldron (Hindu, J. Daulat Singh, Dec 11, 2001)
No Afghan regime has accepted the validity of the Durand Line... With what is being widely perceived by most Pashtuns now as Pakistan's perfidy, Pashtun irredentism could rear its head again.
- What's Behind The Shuffling Game? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 11, 2001)
CHENNAI, DEC. 10 Another significant reshuffle of officers has taken place both on the administrative side and in the police.
- Will The Japanese Bite? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
THOUGH there is no meeting scheduled with Suzuki Motor Company chief Osamu Suzuki during Prime Minister Vajpayee’s Japan visit, the sad saga of the best-known Indo-Japanese joint venture.
- Fort With A Chequered History (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 11, 2001)
BALA HISAR FORT (KABUL), DEC. 10. The Bala Hisar Fort overlooks the southern gates of Kabul. Perched on the edge of the Sher Darwaz mountain, the battle-scarred citadel has a chequered history.
- Film On ‘american Born Confused Desi’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2001)
Indian American Krutin Patel’s award-winning film “ABCD” is all about the Indian diaspora’s experience while growing up in the USA pulled between two cultures.
- Past Imperfect (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Dec 10, 2001)
We’re taught to brush the nasties under our Nehruvian carpet and rightly so, since the gameplan is co-existence. But, once again, please may we look at ourselves with — what shall we call it — ‘respectful rationality’?
- Faction Feuds In Delhi Congress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2001)
THE NEW LOOK Cabinet, as the Congress managers sought to describe the induction of four new faces in the six-member-strong Cabinet headed by Ms. Sheila Dikshit in Delhi.
- What Is History? (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 10, 2001)
What the NCERT did was to replace one history with another. This goes far beyond changing `one-sided' history to one that is many sided.
- Geopolitics And Security Of Energy Routes (The Financial Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 10, 2001)
One of the most profound impacts of the tragic terrorist attacks on the United States on 11th September and the consequential war against terrorism has been to alter once again the geopolitics of energy and its supplies from Central Asia-Iran.
- Mines, Ruins Mark Afghan Scene (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 10, 2001)
KABUL, DEC. 9. The sprawling airbase of Bagram, surrounded by imposing mountains, is battle-scarred.
- Faction Feuds In Delhi Congress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2001)
THE NEW LOOK Cabinet, as the Congress managers sought to describe the induction of four new faces in the six-member-strong Cabinet headed by Ms. Sheila Dikshit in Delhi.
- Under A Cloud (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2001)
Ministries have been like the clouds that come and go in Meghalaya. The People’s Forum of Meghalaya (PFM) government, sworn in on Saturday, is the sixth since the 1998 elections.
- With Sky Marshals In El Al Flight (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Dec 10, 2001)
My ship arrived in the port of Tel Aviv to pick up a cargo of oranges for Nairobi. A six-day clear stay was scheduled.
- (Un)fair Game (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 10, 2001)
It is a truth, universally acknowledged that Indians are more colour conscious than a chameleon and certainly, the experience of television reinforces the view.
- Not To Be Banked Upon (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 10, 2001)
The Reserve Bank of India has come out with yet another report on the trend and progress of banking in India. The latest report keeps up the excellent tradition of its predecessors.
- New Comrades In Arms (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Dec 10, 2001)
The roots of the change go back to Jaswant Singh-Strobe Talbott talks of 1998-1999 and their importance in that the US for the first time was discussing strategic-security issues with a country which was neither an ally nor an enemy;
- Keep Going On The Road To Peace (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Dec 10, 2001)
It has been a long season of sorrow — and fear — in Kathmandu.
- Thoughts On The Least Developed Nations (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 10, 2001)
We underscore the urgent necessity for the effective coordinated delivery of technical assistance with bilateral donors.
- Healing Touch For Both Sides (Telegraph, Kunal Saha, Dec 10, 2001)
Lately there has been much talk of medical “malpractice” in India.
- Opportunity In Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2001)
DEVELOPMENTS during the past few days provide proof that the new government in Afghanistan, slated to take over on December 22, has great expectations from India for the reconstruction of that war-torn country.
- What Is History? (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 10, 2001)
What the NCERT did was to replace one history with another. This goes far beyond changing `one-sided' history to one that is many sided.
- After Afghanistan, Kashmir (Tribune, A.N. Dar, Dec 10, 2001)
It is good that Afghanistan has gone along the lines which should satisfy India.
- Challenge Of Cracking Underground Banking Networks (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Dec 10, 2001)
MUSLIM communities in various parts of the world are feeling quite put upon because of what they perceive as an attempt by some to Islamise terrorism.
- High Court On The Verge Of Losing National Character (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Dec 10, 2001)
Seven years after the Punjab and Haryana High Court was fortified by an infusion of Judges from other states, it is on the verge of losing its all-India identity once again.
- Thinking Really Long Term (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 10, 2001)
FOUNDED in 1379, the New College in Oxford, United Kingdom, was due for some repairs in the 19th century.
- How (Not) To Deliver Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 10, 2001)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, has said that Indias growth in the current fiscal will not be up to the mark and that the economy can at best aim (at) a 5 per cent growth (rate).
- Shift Focus On Trouble Brewing In Neighbouring Countries (The Financial Express, Inder Malhotra, Dec 10, 2001)
In Afghanistan, things seem to be falling into place sooner than even the most optimistic leaders of the war on Al-Qaida and the Taliban had envisaged. Strategists and pundits who had talked of the war lasting years have fallen silent.
- Pm’s Economic Diplomacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2001)
ECONOMIC diplomacy is a tricky business. It requires a keen appreciation of mutual needs and capabilities and forging a system that benefits both countries.
- Managing Uncertainty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 10, 2001)
The time has come for Sri Lanka's divided ruling elite for sober reflection and careful action.
- Krueger Initiative On Sovereign Debt (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 10, 2001)
THE NEWS that the US energy trader, Enron, had filed for protection under US bankruptcy laws hit stock markets with unprecedented force.
- Kashmiriyat Is Not Dead (Indian Express, Amitabh Mattoo, Dec 10, 2001)
Ever since Lashkar-i-Jabbar, a little known militant outfit, attempted to enforce a dress code on Kashmiri women, a few months ago, deeply disturbing images, flickering out of the Valley.
- Law Against Nature (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 10, 2001)
It is sad when the idea of personal liberty in a modern democracy brutally excludes a man’s right to have sex with another man, or a woman’s with another woman.
- Emperor's Clothes (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 10, 2001)
ALL OF us know Hans Christian Anderson's famous story of an emperor, stark naked, coming out in a procession, with multitudes milling on both sides of the road.
- Ancient Monuments (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2001)
Delhi: The report of the working of the Archaeological Department in the Delhi Province during 1925-1926 shows that out of a sum of Rs 89,233 spent on the conservation and maintenance of Mohammedan and British Monuments in the Delhi Province.
- A Question Of Rights (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 09, 2001)
The U.S. and Britain stand accused of trying to sweep under the carpet the Mazar-e-Sharif massacre.
- Will The Afghans Agree To Agree This Time? (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Dec 09, 2001)
THE United Nations-sponsored agreement worked out by diplomats from various Afghan factions in Bonn has yet to face the test of implementation.
- Ambika Aiming At Punjab Cm’s Gaddi? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2001)
Call it political humility or expediency, Congress general secretary Ambika Soni has chosen to be a member of the state election committee of Punjab which is headed by state PCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh.
- Bringing Unity Among Afghans, Karzai’s Goal (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 09, 2001)
Mysterious are the ways of destiny. Fortysix-year-old, Hamid Karzai, who was falsely reported killed by Taliban only two months back will head the six-month interim government in Afghanistan.
- Indo-Pak Wars & The Kashmir Tragedy (Tribune, K. F. Rustamji , Dec 09, 2001)
Many military writers have written about our conflicts with Pakistan. The 1965 infiltration was an important halt in my police journey as I was appointed DG, BSF — a month before the infiltration and the war, and had to go there almost on joining.
- Terrorism Dividing World Community On Communal Lines (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Dec 09, 2001)
After the Black Tuesday holocaust in New York and Washington, terrorism has come in sharp focus and is threatening to divide the world community on the communal lines.
- How To Keep The Dynasty Going (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 09, 2001)
Land of the rising sons. Which means Jyotiraditya Scindia is not the only one on the horizon.
- Not A Crusade (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 09, 2001)
It is all over bar the shouting. Yet, can the United States of America claim anything more than a Pyrrhic victory in Afghanistan?
- Rivals Thrown Together (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 09, 2001)
For Sri Lanka, much will depend on how the mandate in the just-concluded polls is interpreted by Chandrika Kumaratunga and Ranil Wickremesinghe.
- A Minefield Ahead (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2001)
Hamid Karzai will need all the luck in the world to balance the contradictions and bring a semblance of governance to Afghanistan.
- Coup For Peace (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 09, 2001)
Observers in Koenigswinter were unanimous. What Lakhdar Brahimi had helped achieve was like pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
- Riding To Hounds (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Dec 09, 2001)
It’s the hunting season again. Ganguly’s the fox and the hacks who follow the touring cricketers about are riding to hounds.
- ‘Would You Talk Restraint If You’d Seen Jerusalem?’ (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Dec 09, 2001)
David Aphek, Israel’s ambassador to India is a scholar of Middle East affairs.
- People At War (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Dec 09, 2001)
The formation of the People's Guerilla Army has led to a regrouping of the naxalites.
- Politicians Of All Hues Keep Busy With Iftaar Parties (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2001)
Two Iftaars, hosted on Dec 5 — one by Samajwadi duo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh and the other by Dr Farooq Abdullah — apparently affected the turn out at the ICCR programme on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people.
- A Question Of Rights (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 09, 2001)
The U.S. and Britain stand accused of trying to sweep under the carpet the Mazar-e-Sharif massacre.
- Coup For Peace (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 09, 2001)
Observers in Koenigswinter were unanimous. What Lakhdar Brahimi had helped achieve was like pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
- Rivals Thrown Together (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Dec 09, 2001)
For Sri Lanka, much will depend on how the mandate in the just-concluded polls is interpreted by Chandrika Kumaratunga and Ranil Wickremesinghe.
- Emerging Trends In University Administration (Tribune, Prithipal Singh Kapur, Dec 09, 2001)
University education before the advent of independence was the privilege of the elite or the children of such employees of the government who happened to occupy a few high places that were being progressively offered to Indians.
- People At War (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Dec 09, 2001)
The formation of the People's Guerilla Army has led to a regrouping of the naxalites.
- A Minefield Ahead (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2001)
Hamid Karzai will need all the luck in the world to balance the contradictions and bring a semblance of governance to Afghanistan.
- Criminal Neglect Of Primary Schools (Tribune, T. R. Sharma, Dec 08, 2001)
Article 45 (Directive Principles of State Policy) lays down that within a period of 10 years commencing from the date of promulgation of the Constitution of India (January 26, 1950) the State shall endeavour to provide free.
- Onus Of The Law (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 08, 2001)
AFTER FEROCIOUSLY RESISTING genuine demands to cede political space to women and eventually scuttling the Bill aiming to reserve for them 33 per cent of the seats in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies last December.
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