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Articles 24621 through 24720 of 25647:
- The right to know (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 08, 2001)
The campaign in Rajasthan has demonstrated that people need to understand how the system works, and is distorted, and they need be given the power to hold public officials accountable, writes KALPANA SHARMA.
- Will nuclear plant dislocate them again? (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Apr 08, 2001)
DARAULI (PATIALA), APRIL 7. The proposal of the Union as well as State Governments to set up a nuclear power plant in this village, located in the southern parts constituting the backwaters of Punjab, has created panic among the people. The people shudder
- Promises to keep (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2001)
The administration at hill stations and resorts face a common problem - that of satisfying the never ending stream of VIPs. MARI MARCEL THEKAEKARA uses the annual flower show at Ooty as a base from which to examine the issue.
- Earth spirituality: A new eco-social paradigm (Hindu, Siddhartha, Apr 08, 2001)
Misuse of the earth and its resources has led to the present civilisational crisis. Mankind now faces problems like poverty, pollution, drought, famine ... the list is endless. Reiterating our commitment to the earth and nurturing the bonds that connect m
- The Dog That Didn't Bark (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 08, 2001)
LIKE the dog that didn't bark, privatisation isn't happening.
- Tourism Blues (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 08, 2001)
I WANDERED lonely as a cloud/that floats on high over dales and hills/when all at once I came across/a host of golden daffodils/besides the lake.
- The gamble that didn't come off (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Apr 08, 2001)
A HUGE museum is reported to have come up at Kurukshetra; the site of the Mahabharat war. But, clinging as tightly as we do to our illusions, we are likely to find only stories there, not history. Stepping out from the museum into the blinding light of da
- Play Up, And Play The Game (The Economic Times, Bikram Vohra, Apr 08, 2001)
THE THREE-nation cricket tournament at Sharjah begins this morning without India.
- Counting women (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Apr 08, 2001)
THE women of India have been counted - but apparently, they still do not count enough. Even as declining population growth rates and increasing literacy rates are being lauded with the preliminary results of the 2001 Census being announced, the depressing
- Feel of the unexpected (Hindu, Anjali Sircar, Apr 08, 2001)
Reflections of her environment and the people around her typify Anupam Sud's work. ANJALI SIRCAR profiles the artist.
- Arty goddesses - II (Hindu, Vikram Chadha, Apr 08, 2001)
Art grows from desire and artists, both men and women, have eroticised their relationship with language in complicated ways. Such genderising need not always mean evil intent, says VIKRAMCHANDRA in this concluding part of his two-part rejoinder to Rajeswa
- Go-by to global warming (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 08, 2001)
The more the Bush team talks about sound environmental policies, the more exposed it is getting on the shallow grounds it is treading, finds Sridhar Krishnaswami.
- India, U.S. agree on defence cooperation (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 08, 2001)
WASHINGTON, APRIL 8. The visiting Minister for External Affairs and Defence, Mr. Jaswant Singh, and the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell, in addition to proliferation, trade and regional issues also discussed Indonesia, Sri Lanka and ``quite a l
- Bush to work closely with India (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 08, 2001)
WASHINGTON, APRIL 7. The Minister of External Affairs and Defence, Mr. Jaswant Singh, has said he is more than satisfied with the talks he has had in Washington and doubted if anything more could have been achieved given what took place during his interac
- Stock scam: Loopholes in trading mechanism (Hindu, K.T.Jagannathan, Apr 08, 2001)
CHENNAI, APRIL 7. The big bull is behind the bars. The huge bear is pushed into oblivion. And as always happens, the small investor is the unsuspecting victim of the crossfire. As history revisits Indian bourses, one is not sure if anyone has learnt the l
- Paper Tigers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 08, 2001)
THE ISSUE of the Reserve Bank of India appointing its nominees on the boards of public sector banks re-surfaced once again.
- Paper Tigers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 07, 2001)
THE ISSUE of the Reserve Bank of India appointing its nominees on the boards of public sector banks re-surfaced once again.
- Tehelka: Missing The Donkey (The Economic Times, N. Vittal, Apr 07, 2001)
THERE is a well-known story about Mullah Naseeruddin. The Mullah used to be a smuggler and the customs authorities also knew that he was smuggling but they could not identify what was being smuggled.
- `Have A Date With Nature And Herbs’ (The Economic Times, N. Chidambaram, Apr 07, 2001)
WE provide you everything swadeshi in God’s own country and you will see that, to your surprise, you return healthier and slimmer, says C K Chandrappan, the chairman of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation.
- Tourism Blues (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 07, 2001)
I WANDERED lonely as a cloud/that floats on high over dales and hills/when all at once I came across/a host of golden daffodils/besides the lake.
- Communal Virus (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 07, 2001)
WHEN WE gained our freedom from the British in August 1947, I hoped that the one thing that would never happen again was Hindu-Muslim riots.
- A Tale Of Two Scandals (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Apr 07, 2001)
POLITICIANS OPERATE on the assumption that the public has a short memory.
- The Dog That Didn't Bark (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 07, 2001)
LIKE the dog that didn't bark, privatisation isn't happening.
- Norms flouted at King Institute: report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 6. An inspection report on the functioning of the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chennai, reveals shocking state of affairs at the premier institution where 200- odd horses died during 1999 and 2000.
- Whose morality? (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Apr 07, 2001)
IF THE Indian political scene could be visualised as a stage, then corruption scandals might be seen as successive plays enacted around a recurrent theme, with a different set of actors on each occasion. The boredom of repetitive themes and predictable ou
- Balco revisited (Hindu, Rahul P. Dave, Apr 07, 2001)
A PANELIST in a television programme recently expounded the view that the government of the day could, presumably by executive action, privatise any government company without taking any kind of approval or passing any legislation. Not only is this an err
- Jaswant Singh in U.S. for high-level talks (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 07, 2001)
WASHINGTON, APRIL 6. The Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Jaswant Singh, arrived here last evening for the start of the first high- level contacts between the United States and India under the new Republican administration.
- Fmcgs And Targeted Marketing On The Web (The Economic Times, Sidharth Rao, Apr 07, 2001)
UNTIL recently, FMCGs have been reluctant to embrace the web as a legitimate advertising and marketing vehicle and the majority of current online marketing spending has come from internet-only ventures.
- A new ``dialogue counter'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2001)
THE ONE POSITIVE aspect of the Government of India's open and broadspectrum `invitation' for talks to peace-desiring sections of Jammu and Kashmir is that it is the Atal Behari Vajpayee administration's first attempt to inject crucial political content in
- Friends Indeed (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 07, 2001)
IF THE BJP has called off its campaign on the Tehelka issue, it cannot be because the party feels that it has successfully made its point.
- BJP, Cong. welcome talks package (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 5. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress today welcomed the decision of the Centre to initiate talks in Jammu and Kashmir even as reports from Srinagar indicated that the Hurriyat had rejected the dialogue offer insisting on its old
- Documenting a forgotten legend (Hindu, Mahesh Vijapurkar, Apr 06, 2001)
MUMBAI, APRIL 5. This story about a legend had to be told. A man who mesmerised many in the audience with feminine roles is forgotten today. A whole generation of theatre buffs, caught up in a wide range of theatre productions in Marathi, do not remember
- Walk On The Wild Side (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 06, 2001)
IN INDIA, the last 200 years have been marked by social and economic watersheds that have not just changed but reconstituted human-land relationships.
- Yield Nothing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 06, 2001)
CHHATTISGARH chief minister Ajit Jogi has apparently indicated his willingness to discuss a solution to the Balco stand-off with the Union government.
- India rejects tripartite talks idea (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 5. As part of its initiative to revive the Kashmir peace process, the Government today noted the ``frequently repeated requests from Pakistan that they are eager for a dialogue with India on Jammu and Kashmir''. Reaffirming ``its faith in
- Indian offer holds no hope: Pak. (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 06, 2001)
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 5. Pakistan today called the latest policy statement made by New Delhi on Kashmir as an effort to separate the All- Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) from Pakistan and said it did not hold out a promise.
- Shell keen on acquiring Mumbai High oil field (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 5. After French oil group Totalfina, Royal Dutch Shell is keen on acquiring stake in Mumbai high oil field even as the Petroleum Ministry has shown disinclination for divesting in proven prime property.
- JPC - lifeline for a stalemated Lok Sabha? (Hindu, S. Swaminathan, Apr 06, 2001)
The Tehelka.com revelations, apart from causing grievous injury to the Vajpayee Government's moral credibility, have also brought the 13th Lok Sabha to a log-jam. However hard the Government tried to defuse the orchestrated demand of the Opposition for it
- One Loopy Logic (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Apr 06, 2001)
SINCE HE assumed office in 1998, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has strived hard to resolve critical issues concerning telecom.
- Chaos in Delhi (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Apr 06, 2001)
WHO IS to blame for the chaos in Delhi? Is it the fault of the Supreme Court? Or the Government of Delhi? The facts might illumine the indictment. The Supreme Court is simply trying to enforce its order of July 28, 1998. The date is important. Almost thre
- India not under pressure on Kyoto Protocol: Jaswant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
STOCKHOLM, APRIL 5. The External Affairs Minister, Mr. Jaswant Singh, has said India is not under pressure from the United States to ``contribute'' to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol by cutting green house gas emissions that are believed to cause
- Shortsighted tactics? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
THE ALLIANCE WITH Ms. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in West Bengal evidently makes sense for the Congress(I) as a strategy to sharpen its relevance in the context of the coming elections to the State Assembly. After the exodus of its ranks, includi
- Lift sanctions, 47 Congressmen tell Bush (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Apr 06, 2001)
WASHINGTON, APRIL 5. Forty-seven U.S. law-makers, Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives, have written to the President, Mr. George Bush, saying that as the economic sanctions imposed on India three years ago have not served to advance
- Koujalgi sees BJP hand, not to quit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
BANGALORE, APRIL 5. Putting on a brave face, the KPCC President, Mr. V.S. Koujalgi, on Thursday refuted the allegation of bribe- taking against him, saw no reason for his resignation and added that he could not be compared with the former BJP President, M
- N.K. Singh To Be Eased Out? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 5. The Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, is reported to be getting ready to meet the criticism of extraordinary powers wielded by his aides in the PMO by sacrificing the Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Mr. N.K. Singh.
- Lecturing relic (Pioneer, Sudhansu Mohanty , Apr 05, 2001)
Professor Mencinger sported a beard, all grey, and a forehead furrowed with deep creases. The specs on his nose-bridge coupled with the grey beard gave his face a scholarly look. Handsome in a tired sort of a way, he began his lectures on Macroeconomics w
- Global competition: strategies for Indian businesses (Hindu, R. Parthasarathy , Apr 05, 2001)
In a complex and dynamic global competitive environment, adaptive capability is the key to survival and growth. Indian businesses will find themselves on the road to rapid growth when they have learned to think and act adaptively, say Raghavan Parthasarth
- Quest for Settlement on Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, B K Karkra, Apr 05, 2001)
Fires of insurgency are burning in many parts of the country, but our main area of worry at the moment is, of course, Kashmir. Here, Pakistan has been fighting a proxy war with us for over a decade at hardly any cost to itself. This roguishness has its ro
- Jammu Border (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 05, 2001)
At a time when the lull continues to prevail along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, war of attrition has begun between New Delhi and Islamabad. Clearly, Pakistan has supplied the ignition spark, making the International Border in Jammu sect
- Verma’s dirt: Both Sinha and Vittal have their reasons (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin & Sunil Jain, Apr 05, 2001)
New Delhi, April 4: Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha’s comment that there was ‘‘nothing on record’’ to prevent the appointment of B P Verma as the Customs chief is disputed by Central Vigilance Commissioner N Vittal. For, Vittal was the one who had warned
- Chief of Defence Staff (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Apr 05, 2001)
THERE ARE indications that a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) would be nominated by the Government. This would probably be the most dramatic outcome of the deliberations of the Group of Ministers who effectively form the National Security Council.
- Fencing row (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf's argument that India should not build defensive structures along its borders is premised on a shaky ground.
- Wages of Venality (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Apr 05, 2001)
India has risen a notch higher in the hierarchy of corrupt societies where it already occupied a top slot, according to a survey conducted by businessmen with worldwide experience of dealing with different countries. Such dubious distinction is not earned
- The tobacco epidemic (Daily Excelsior, Dr Roopa Vajpeyi, Apr 05, 2001)
The Tobacco Products Bill 2000 that has been introduced by the NDA government has brought back tobacco-related problems into sharp focus. India has for long been a soft target for tobacco companies who have been reaping rich rewards due to lax and ambival
- S.C. breather for Delhi Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 4. The Supreme Court today directed the Delhi Chief Secretary to file an affidavit on the reported statements of the Chief Minister and the Transport Minister on its order regarding the conversion of public transport vehicles in Delhi int
- Denmark backs India's J&K peace efforts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2001)
COPENHAGEN, APRIL 4. Denmark has given its ``categorical support'' to India's initiative in framing a new comprehensive global convention to fight international terrorism and lauded New Delhi's peace initiatives in Jammu and Kashmir.
- The two faces of public health (Hindu, Ritu Priya, Apr 05, 2001)
PUBLIC POLICY debates have voiced concern about the content of education and pedagogic methods, but little is being debated about the approach to public health problems and the content of public health interventions.
- Another Verma associate held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 4. Yet another arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today in the corruption and bribery case, involving the former Customs and Excise chief, Mr. B.P. Verma, took the total number of arrests so far to six.
- GSLV launch later this month (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2001)
CHENNAI, APRIL 4. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV D-1), will be launched later this month. Though the Indian Space Research Organisation officials remained tightlipped, sources said that a new date could be anytime between April 15 to 25
- Stink In The Tale (Hindustan Times, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 05, 2001)
THE PAST few weeks have really brought the maggots out in the open. First, it was the tehelka.com sting operation.
- No custom of duty (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 05, 2001)
It is a measure of the rottenness of the system that a man like BP Verma, against whom there is a long list of allegations of manipulation and corruption, could rise to the sensitive and, for the venal, extremely lucrative post of chairman of the Central
- A Little Exposé Of Their Own (Hindustan Times, Ajit Bhattacharjea , Apr 05, 2001)
ON THE surface, little distinguishes Beawar from other small towns in Rajasthan and the rest of the country.
- Navy defends Barak deal (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 05, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 4. The Navy today defended the Barak missile deal with Israel, citing the unavailability of the indigenous Trishul system and acquisition of state-of-the-art weaponry by Pakistan, as reasons.
- City student to be honoured (Hindu, Harichandan A.A, Apr 05, 2001)
BANGALORE, APRIL 4. Last September, ten-year-old Vikas Sarangadhara wanted to take uni- cellular algae in a test tube to Mars. The idea was to see if elementary living organisms would survive on the Martian surface. He was the youngest student scientist s
- Policy Lessons From The Recent Stock Market Crisis (The Economic Times, L C Gupta, Apr 05, 2001)
IT IS now clear that not implementing the rolling settlement system, nor enforcing a uniform settlement cycle across all stock exchanges, was a great folly on the Sebi’s part.
- There Is No Escaping The Truth (The Economic Times, Soumya Kanti Mitra, Apr 05, 2001)
STIFFLY regulated India may be slow, but that does not apply to its babu-lala-neta combine.
- They Shall Not Pass Through (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 05, 2001)
HOWEVER much the establishment may publicly dismiss the Tehelka tapes as a political conspiracy, it has clearly been shaken up. Sample this:
- Defence deals revelations expose India's poor governance (Daily Excelsior, Maj Gen (Retd) V K Madhok, Apr 05, 2001)
Tehelka.com revelations on discreditable defence deals have shaken the NDA Government. Besides exposing the reputation of armed forces to public censure, these have uncovered the rotten and disgusting system of governance from which India is suffering. Fu
- SC directive on ragging (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 3. Concerned over the prevalence of ragging, the Supreme Court today directed the universities and educational institutions to give their responses on how to put an end to this menace.
- The rot in the core (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2001)
THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION of pervasive corruption in the system of tax administration has now only been reinforced. The sensational allegations made against the former Chairman of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Mr. B.P. Verma, on Monday at th
- India: Waking up to mother's rights (Daily Excelsior, J Niti, Apr 04, 2001)
A Canadian woman who attended the special United Nations Assembly on Women in New York last year was shocked when the world body refused to allow her to breast-feed her five-month-old-baby while attending meetings.
- Now for some action (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 04, 2001)
FINANCE minister Yashwant Sinha has made no bones about his commitment to the reform process. As also of his determination to cleanse stock markets. Markets can take heart from this.
- Kashmiri leaders discuss steps to resolve crisis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2001)
GENEVA, APRIL 3. Representatives of various political outfits in Jammu and Kashmir, including the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) met here informally, for the first time, to discuss the scenario in the State.
- Weaknesses in the BJP and NDA (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Apr 04, 2001)
AS the two main political formations digest the consequences of the tehelka.com tapes, the Bharatiya Janata Party has finally got the message while the Congress is still unsure of its next move. The BJP has begun its Herculean task of repairing its compro
- Messages from the census (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 04, 2001)
THERE are both comforting and depressing messages from the census figures. The cheerful development is that the annual population growth rate has come down to 1.93 per cent from 2.14 per cent in 1991, when last census operations were conducted, though the
- Lessons learnt from Mumbai (Hindu, Jyoti Punwani, Apr 04, 2001)
NASHIK, PANDHARPUR, Aurangabad, Pune, Kanpur, Srinagar. The spark lit by the burning of the Koran in Delhi has spread steadily despite the media's attempt to suppress the news initially. Mumbai too was scorched by the news, but a combination of factors pr
- The post-Tehelka scenario (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Apr 04, 2001)
THE POLITICAL turmoil, caused by the Tehelka expose, threw up many a question but only a few answers are available as of now, after a gap of three weeks. The Government and the National Democratic Alliance were badly shaken in the immediate aftermath of t
- Omissions and emissions (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 04, 2001)
The chaos witnessed in the Capital's public transport that has thrown the entire city out of gear is, indeed, shocking. What is worse, the chaos is the product of a conspiracy by the unholy politician-mafia nexus. It is the result of a systematic sabotage
- Only 446 fast track courts start work (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 3. Though the Union Government had sanctioned Rs. 502 crores to set up 1,734 fast track courts from April 1, the response from various States indicate that only 446 such courts could commence functioning from Monday, the Union Law Ministe
- Govt may grant more powers to Sebi (The Economic Times, Jayanthi Iyengar, Apr 04, 2001)
THE STOCK market crisis is forcing the finance ministry to proceed post-haste with arming the regulator with additional powers. Finance secretary Ajit Kumar has convened a meeting with the regulator on April 11 to discuss changes to the Sebi Act, includin
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