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Articles 22221 through 22320 of 25647:
- Your Home May No More Be Your Castle (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 10, 2001)
FOUR WEEKS ago, the Union Home Ministry routinely breathed fresh life into an old circular, perhaps without bothering to apply its mind (to use a legal cliche).
- On The Backfoot (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jun 10, 2001)
THE FOREIGNERS (Report to Police) Order, 1971 - notified by the Centre on December 14 that year - was meant to be an emergency measure after the creation of Bangladesh to check the huge influx of refugees from there. The Union Government exercised its pow
- A Nation Held To Ransom (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jun 10, 2001)
IT IS like a repeat performance. As the Philippines grapples with the latest kidnapping by the Abu Sayyaf (bearer of the sword) group, the vision of a similar operation by the rebels last year, comes to mind.
- Thunder In The Mountains (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 10, 2001)
THE JUNE 1 killing of almost the entire royal family, which has triggered shock, anger, confusion and grief, has left Nepal at the crossroads.
- Indefensible Gag (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 10, 2001)
The massacre in Kathmandu on June 1 night, in which King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya, and several other members of the royal family perished, has doubtless thrown Nepal into a serious crisis.
- Musharraf's 'Western' Audience (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jun 10, 2001)
Pakistan Chief Executive Gen Pervez Musharraf's rather surprising message to a gathering of Islamic clerics in Islamabad, deviating from a prepared text on the occasion of Prophet Mohammed's birthday, was perhaps intended less for India's ears and more fo
- General Concern Critical For Peace (Pioneer, Dhananjay Kumar, Jun 10, 2001)
The forthcoming talks between India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan's Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf has evoked plenty of speculation.
- Turmoil In Pok's Balawaristan (Pioneer, Gurmeet Kanwal, Jun 10, 2001)
In launching its military misadventure across a well-defined Line of Control (LoC) through perennially snow-covered gaps in the summer of 1999, the Pakistan army led by General Pervez Musharraf had many dubious feats to its credit.
- Three Women (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 10, 2001)
The story of contemporary Indian politics can be written up as an account of the relationship of three powerful women: Ms Sonia Gandhi, Ms J. Jayalalitha and Ms Mamata Banerjee.
- Castes Of Mind (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 10, 2001)
Given our hypersensitivity to international opprobrium, it comes as no surprise that the Indian government is trying hard to scuttle any discussion on caste-based discrimination.
- Software Salvation (Times of India, Brooks Entwistle, Jun 10, 2001)
EARLY April was a brutal time for the India technology scene.
- Fear Not Death, It's Integral To Life (Times of India, PARMARTHI RAINA, Jun 10, 2001)
DEATH is a great equaliser. It reduces everyone - the powerful and the weak, the rich and the poor, the healthy and the sick, the young and the old - equally to a mere inert corpse, a mass of decaying, putrefying flesh and bones.
- Breaking The Curfew (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Jun 10, 2001)
THE curfews are still being imposed but with a lessening of the hours people have to stay housebound.
- The Self-Effacing Giani Kartar Singh (Tribune, Dharam Singh, Jun 10, 2001)
This brief write-up, based primarily on an account narrated in the yet-unpublished memoirs of Giani Kartar Singh and an article by Master Tara Singh, who was an eyewitness to the episode, is an attempt to bring out two prominent characteristics of the per
- Establish Saarc Parliament Like Eu (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Jun 10, 2001)
IT became amply clear at the last meeting of the SAARC heads of government in Colombo, in the summer of 1998, that discussion of subjects on the basis of political approach and attitude may not any more easily be kept out of debate.
- The Game Of Cricket That Bowls Over Taliban (Tribune, Nadeem Yaqub, Jun 10, 2001)
WHO had ever heard of a cricket tour that lasted less than a week?
- The Man Who Wears An Uneasy Crown (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jun 10, 2001)
FIFTYONE years back a chubby four-year-old-kid was crowned King of Nepal.
- What Me Weak? (Pioneer, Nityanand Shukla, Jun 10, 2001)
Ever since Babu Lal Marandi took over the reins of the new State of Jharkhand, he has been facing one problem after another.
- Pure Power For The Pure State (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Jun 10, 2001)
Since 1995, Afghanistan has seemingly been caught in a time warp, at the hands of the taliban that stands for a new brand of political-fanatical leadership which periodically grabs the world’s attention by its medieval puritanical decrees.
- The Labour Gains (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2001)
NEWSPAPERS predicted a Labour Party landslide and amen intoned opinion polls.
- In The Midst Of Life (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jun 09, 2001)
A little over a week ago, one sat in the quiet of Hathiban, a spot in the hills above Kathmandu from where one could get a spectacular view of the valley and the city.
- Pure Power For The Pure State (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Jun 09, 2001)
Since 1995, Afghanistan has seemingly been caught in a time warp, at the hands of the taliban that stands for a new brand of political-fanatical leadership which periodically grabs the world’s attention by its medieval puritanical decrees.
- Three Women (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 09, 2001)
The story of contemporary Indian politics can be written up as an account of the relationship of three powerful women: Ms Sonia Gandhi, Ms J. Jayalalitha and Ms Mamata Banerjee.
- Play It Again, Tony (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 09, 2001)
TONY BLAIR — referred to by satirical magazine Private Eye for the last four years as the ‘Vicar of St Albion’ for his cloying and sanctimonious air — has cruised home again.
- Lured By Weakness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 09, 2001)
Politics is a game where the winner takes all.
- Diabetes Shortens Lifespan: Study (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2001)
DIABETICS die younger than those without the disease regardless of age, sex or how affluent they are, scientists said on Friday.
- Crude Confusion (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2001)
THE CENTRE is drawing up a new roadmap for dismantling the administered pricing mechanism in the oil sector.
- U.K. Election Result: Comfort In New Delhi (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jun 09, 2001)
There is no particular suspense about the direction of the Indo-U.K. relations - as Mr. Tony Blair begins his second term as the Prime Minister - contrary to the case four years ago when the Labour was first swept to power.
- Hopes And Fears On Kashmir (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jun 09, 2001)
THE INVITATION to General Pervez Musharraf by the Government of India has naturally raised intense speculation as to the motivation and the results that might follow.
- Preparing For Doha (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jun 09, 2001)
THE FOURTH ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation - the first since the Seattle conference of 1999 - will take place in Doha, Qatar, in November.
- Labour Pains (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 09, 2001)
The paradox of the apathetic landslide has emerged as the big story of Britain's first millennial general election, offering a startling mismatch between public expectation and political delivery in the mother of democracies.
- The Greatest Of The Greats (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jun 09, 2001)
In our history books a few rulers were given the suffix, “Great”: Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya, Akbar, Ranjit Singh. Besides their conquests and ruling over vast regions, it was their humane qualities that endeared them to their subjects.
- Can We Not Trust Our Own? (The Financial Express, Jagadish Shettigar, Jun 09, 2001)
Before jumping into a debate over the pros and cons of privatisation of defence production one should keep in mind two basic facts.
- Losing Its Aroma? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2001)
The Tea Board’s Rs 2,305 crore outlay for the tenth plan for development of tea comes at a time when the traditional Indian brew is losing its flavour in the world market.
- Institutional Activism (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2001)
The country’s major public financial institutions have together taken the unprecedented step of demanding better corporate governance on the part of Modi Rubber Limited (MRL).
- Delineate Clearly The Role And Functions Of Governors (The Economic Times, Anees Ahmed, Jun 09, 2001)
THE CONTROVERSIAL decision of the Tamil Nadu governor of inviting AIADMK leader J Jayalalitha to form the government despite the latter being disqualified to be a member of the Legislative Assembly has once again focussed attention on the role and functio
- Breaking The Curfew (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Jun 09, 2001)
THE curfews are still being imposed but with a lessening of the hours people have to stay housebound. The first days saw angry mobs, shaven-headed out of grief, breaking the curfew and burning tyres they dubbed `Prince Paras'.
- Castes Of Mind (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 09, 2001)
Given our hypersensitivity to international opprobrium, it comes as no surprise that the Indian government is trying hard to scuttle any discussion on caste-based discrimination.
- Message For Bush (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 09, 2001)
Allies, US president George W Bush might sigh, loyally wagged their tails in the good old Cold War days. The situation, however, is radically different now.
- New Cover For An Old Dogma (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 09, 2001)
It seems like a chapter from a book long forgotten and read no more.
- What Trouble In Nepal Means For India (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Jun 09, 2001)
ON the face of it the extraordinary story of the massacre of Nepal’s royal family, allegedly by the Crown Prince, is now over.
- Looking Alright (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 09, 2001)
Mr Tony Blair thinks his landslide victory is remarkable and historic.
- What Ails The Rural Economy? (Business Line, Bhanu Pratap Singh , Jun 09, 2001)
THE NATIONAL Sample Survey Organisation had some time back reported that the incidence of rural poverty had increased to 42.58 per cent in 1998, against 37.27 per cent in 1993-94.
- Fear Not Death, It's Integral To Life (Times of India, PARMARTHI RAINA, Jun 09, 2001)
DEATH is a great equaliser. It reduces everyone - the powerful and the weak, the rich and the poor, the healthy and the sick, the young and the old - equally to a mere inert corpse, a mass of decaying, putrefying flesh and bones.
- Software Salvation (Times of India, Brooks Entwistle, Jun 09, 2001)
EARLY April was a brutal time for the India technology scene. After several years of stratospheric growth rates in the software and services space, and a crazed Internet boom, the world finally caught up with India.
- Three Women (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 09, 2001)
The story of contemporary Indian politics can be written up as an account of the relationship of three powerful women.
- Worsening Internal Security Situation (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jun 09, 2001)
NEW DELHI is preparing to roll out the red carpet for Gen Pervez Musharraf. The havelis of Daryaganj are being spruced up.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 08, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- Miles To Go, Promises To Keep (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2001)
Mr. Khatami and his supporters know that the patience of their people is running thin, writes KESAVA MENON.
- Bracing A Brigand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2001)
After accusing the DMK regime of colluding with Veerappan, Ms. Jayalalithaa knows it is important to not only be different but to appear to be so, says SURESH NAMBATH.
- Softening Rate Regime Spells Trouble For Banks (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Jun 08, 2001)
CORPORATES, some of them at any rate, are tapping funds from the market at interest rates of just under 10 per cent, way below those charged by commercial banks.
- Prime Cut (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 08, 2001)
Good sense and international pressure seem to be finally prevailing in Pakistan.
- Elections In Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2001)
YESTERDAY the process of electing a new government was completed in Britain.
- Decline And Fall Of The Bjp (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 08, 2001)
WHEN LAST month’s Assembly polls brought little cheer to the BJP, it sought to deflect political embarrassment by challenging all and sundry to show their mettle in Uttar Pradesh where assembly election is due in a few months.
- Living Within (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 08, 2001)
DETACHMENT means that one stands back from the imperfections and weaknesses of one’s nature, does not identify oneself with them or get upset or troubled because they are there.
- Andhra R&d Firms Taking To Bio-Informatics In A Big Way (The Financial Express, K. V. V. V. Charya, Jun 08, 2001)
BIO-INFORMATICS, a new key for attracting fresh investments, has been fuelled with research organisations showing keenness in using the technology in the advancement of their research.
- The Hitchhikers Guide To Cyber Space (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Jun 08, 2001)
THE DOTCOM boom did not prompt me to join a dotcom, nor did it prompt me to go forth and start a dotcom business of my own, which most of my adventurous friends did.
- Looking Alright (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 08, 2001)
Mr Tony Blair thinks his landslide victory is remarkable and historic.
- Gee, Mantriji (Times of India, Anvar Ali Khan, Jun 08, 2001)
AN interesting guessing game is to try and figure out who exactly the mantri in Ji Mantriji is.
- The Mahabharata: Epic For All Time (Times of India, P. Venkatraman, Jun 08, 2001)
THE realities of life are idealised by genius and given the form that makes drama, poetry or prose.
- Birendra's Finest Moment (Times of India, Sanjoy Hazarika, Jun 08, 2001)
IN April 1990, a small demonstration in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of democracy in Nepal was fired upon by security forces.
- Scope Has A ‘Third Option’, But Will It Lead Anywhere? (The Financial Express, Chandra Shekar, Jun 08, 2001)
PRIVATISATION without privatisation” is an anti-concept which the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (Scope) is currently trying to hard-sell as a “third option” to preserve the moth eaten public sector undertakings (PSUs).
- The General In His Labyrinth (The Financial Express, Sanjaya Baru, Jun 08, 2001)
It is not often that one faces the prospect of being stranded on a Pacific island with a woman - that too a Pakistani woman! But then, giving me company through the hassle of dealing with a grounded aircraft and a day spent in changing flights.
- Good Sense On Doha (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 08, 2001)
No “down payment” for rights already earned.
- Cii Spreads Its Wings (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 08, 2001)
IN today’s post-Cold War world, economic networking is increasingly more vital than the moth eaten trappings of traditional diplomacy.
- Lic's First Mover Advantage (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 08, 2001)
THE LIFE Insurance Corporation of India’s decision to hike its stake in the Mangalore-based Corporation Bank is a sign of the changing times.
- Agriculture And The Wto: Getting The Facts Right (The Economic Times, Manoj Pant, Jun 08, 2001)
IN November the next ministerial round of discussions under the aegis of WTO are scheduled to be held in Doha. Going by the political noise being made here, an issue of crucial concern seems to be the impact of the WTO on agriculture.
- Babu Dance (Business Line, Timeri Murari, Jun 08, 2001)
I HAVE always been uncertain whether India works or not. I do not believe I am alone in this state of wonder. Most people believe India working is an illusion.
- Us Slowdown: Challenge Or Opportunity? (Business Line, K. Jacob Samuel, Jun 08, 2001)
A SURVEY by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) reveals the US economic slowdown will not have any serious impact on the Indian information technology industry.
- Capital Account Convertibility -- The Need To Go Slow (Business Line, R.G.Bhatnagar, Jun 08, 2001)
THE recent turbulence in the global economic scene, the volatility in the domestic market and the continuous slide in the dollar-rupee parity necessitate some rethinking on macro-management of domestic currency vis-a-vis capital account convertibility.
- Bracing A Brigand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2001)
After accusing the DMK regime of colluding with Veerappan, Ms. Jayalalithaa knows it is important to not only be different but to appear to be so, says SURESH NAMBATH.
- More Labour In Britain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2001)
For Labour, the most daunting task is to deliver on its promises... As for the Tories, they need to get a new wardrobe. HASAN SUROOR on the post-poll scene in Britain.
- Liberation To Hindutva (Pioneer, Suman K. Jha, Jun 08, 2001)
BJP president Jana Krishnamurty has made some significant changes in his team while assigning specific tasks to central office-bearers.
- Hurriyat: Confused Or Out Of Steam? (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Jun 08, 2001)
Was one surprised when the Valley-based All-parties Hurriyat Conference endorsed Gen Musharraf's well-reasoned rebuff to the jihadi fringe in Pakistan?
- A Washington Itinerary (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 08, 2001)
When Brajesh Mishra, national security adviser and principal secretary to the prime minister, walked into the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters near Washington a few days ago for his scheduled.
- Gulls And Frauds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 08, 2001)
Something must be terribly wrong with a society in which the passion for learning produces herds of gulls and frauds.
- India Must Reassess Us Missile Defence (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Jun 08, 2001)
Having made its initial response welcoming the US decision to implement its National Missile Defence (NMD) policy, the Government of India must take steps to understand its implications.
- Spice Of Life (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Jun 08, 2001)
Biodiversity is not just about patents; it is about the livelihoods of poor tribals and villagers in India. And yet, we have little understanding of India's rich biological diversity.
- Myanmar's Custodian Of The Buddhist Way (Times of India, Thelma Menezes, Jun 08, 2001)
SOME years ago, I made a trip to Yangon to visit members of my family
- Heroine No. 1 (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 08, 2001)
MS JAYALALITHA seems bent on scoring a first almost on a daily basis. Having become the first person who had been convicted in a corruption case to become chief minister, she has now spelt out a new theory of political alliances.
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