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Articles 221 through 280 of 280:
- The Message From Assembly Elections 2003 - Give The People What They Want (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 15, 2003)
THE din and dust of the State elections in the heartland of India has not yet settled down. Analysts and commentators are busy explaining the rout of the Congress in most of the States.
- Jogi Is Black And White, Judeo Case Is Fuzzy: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
PM Reply: Takes political swipe: says polls show people believe in Judeo
- Has Democracy Arrived? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 10, 2003)
ONE of the arguments the white colonial die-hards, notable or notorious among whom was Winston Churchill, used against quitting India was that the country steeped in feudalism and fragmented along ethnic, linguistic, sectarian, caste and religious lines..
- The Rainmaker Cometh (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 05, 2003)
Pramod Mahajan and Arun Jaitley have brought to the BJP campaign a new alchemy and have delivered.
- Voter Must Know Criminal Tendencies Of A Minister (Indian Express, T. R. Andhyarujina, Dec 01, 2003)
The video exposure of Judeo, Minister of State for Environment and Forests, accepting currency notes by way of bribe in a sting operation raises intriguing questions of the legitimacy of such an exposure. Certain facts require to be noticed. The exposure
- We’Re Not Trying To Fix Jogi: Cbi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
CBI Director P C Sharma today denied the Congress’s charge that it had fabricated evidence and tried to implicate Chattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi’s son in the Dilip Singh Judeo bribery case.
- A New Identikit (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 23, 2003)
Jogi peddles ‘Chhattisgarhia’ pride in language, dress and movies
- L'affaire Judev Puts Bjp In Dock (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 19, 2003)
EQUITY analysts have been at pains to point out that in the current stock market rally, liquidity has been provided mainly by retail investors. While the foreign institutional investors and institutions have been mopping up blue-chips as well as mid-cap s
- L'affaire Judev Puts Bjp In Dock (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 19, 2003)
EQUITY analysts have been at pains to point out that in the current stock market rally, liquidity has been provided mainly by retail investors. While the foreign institutional investors and institutions have been mopping up blue-chips as well as mid-cap s
- 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
- Bellwether For 2004? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2003)
THE elections scheduled to be held in November-December for the State assemblies of Chattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan are bound to be keenly watched by psephologists, media pundits and political players for any clues they may ...
- Differential Pricing (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2003)
THE REPORTED RELUCTANCE of the Petroleum Minister, Mr Ram Naik, to allow differential pricing of petroleum products in coastal and inland locations is not surprising in the least. It is only yet another manifestation of the Petroleum Ministry's obvious
- Politicians And Real Issues (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 22, 2003)
Politicians believe that they will prosper forever by targeting outdated issues such as reservation. What they have not realised is that election gimmicks yield fruit only once. However, they are not solely to blame. Those who parade as pro-poor intellect
- Poll Plot Fizzles (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 31, 2003)
Mayawati’s moves have put paid to L K Advani and Venkaiah Naidu’s plan to call an early General Election. The BJP think tank first calculated that the party would benefit from a General Election this year itself cashing in on the good monsoon and the ...
- Hunger, Cholera Hit A Dwindling Tribe (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Aug 25, 2003)
• Two years ago, hungry and starved, a group of Pahari Korbas — a hill tribe of just around 32,000 — dug up a dead buffalo, cooked it and ate. Twelve died.
- This Is India’s Moment But It’s Only A Moment, Can We Grasp It (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 17, 2003)
On the one hand, we have unbounded opportunities and incomparable advantages to seize them. On the other, there is the fate that will surely befall us if we falter. Unemployment will reach such proportions that social unrest will become unmanageable...
- Monsoon Session Of Parliament - Eschew Politics, Address People's Issues (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jul 21, 2003)
IT HAS become a tedious practice for newspapers to describe the start of any Parliament session as being stormy. The description of the monsoon session, beginning today (July 21), will be no different. The use of the phrase has become monotonously predict
- Looking Beyond The Bend (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Jul 17, 2003)
THE Prime Minister's National Highways Development Programme (NHDP) is clearly one of the best things that has happened in the country over the last few decades. All Indians are proud of the progress being made under this ambitious programme covering ...
- Close Your Eyes With Holy Dread (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jun 28, 2003)
In his Life of Pi, Yann Martel has a lot to say about how to survive when ship-wrecked on the open seas. He was transporting a part of his zoo at Pondicherry to Canada when their ship ran into inclement weather and sank. Just in time, the crew were able
- Bank On It (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2003)
Elections are due in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh and Central elections are also close. Consequently, efforts by the labour ministry and the labour minister to postpone unpopular decisions are understandable. The government has decided
- Naxalite Violence: Legacy Of Another Era (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Jul 10, 2002)
India, a nuclear power and satellite manufacturer, is grappling with an armed political campaign that best belongs to another era, and is admittedly an outcome of the unresolved contradictions of a backward agrarian society.
- Hard Times (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jan 25, 2002)
With the Assembly elections to Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur nearing, political parties are once again looking for funds for their election campaigns.
- Uniform Governors (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2002)
At a time when the military and the police are not attracting the best of youthful talent, it may be a good idea to come up with a slogan like ‘‘Join the forces and become governors’’.
- Our Future Is In The Forests (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 09, 2002)
The finance minister has been well advised to concentrate strategic thinking in the budget on agriculture.
- Some Hope For Disinvestment (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 12, 2001)
THE FALTERING DIVESTMENT programme of the government may just have received a fresh lease of life from the form of the Supreme Court's judgment in the Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) case.
- ‘Our Thrust Is On Good Governance And Infrastructure’ (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Nov 12, 2001)
Chattisgarh, carved out of Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 2000, is one of the richest states in mineral and forest resources in the country.
- For Imd It’s Official Now, But ‘Normal Monsoon’ Eludes Rural India (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Oct 04, 2001)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has officially declared the current year’s monsoon as the 13th successive ‘normal’ monsoon. But, the country seems to have missed the ‘positive impact’ of IMD’s assessment.
- For Imd It’s Official Now, But ‘Normal Monsoon’ Eludes Rural India (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Oct 04, 2001)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has officially declared the current year’s monsoon as the 13th successive ‘normal’ monsoon. But, the country seems to have missed the ‘positive impact’ of IMD’s assessment.
- Our Future Is In Forests (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Oct 02, 2001)
SOME experts say that India is not changing and is stagnating. They say that the country was changing fast in the eighties and is not doing so now.
- The M.S.Swaminathan Report -- Food To Subsist First, Before Food For Work (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Sep 08, 2001)
THE compelling visuals on NDTV of the Orissa starvation deaths have impinged, in some small measure, on the sensitivity of the Central Government.
- Co-Operatives: First Clean The Mess, Help Can Follow (The Economic Times, Jayaprakash Narayan, Sep 01, 2001)
THE CALL of the prime minister to depoliticise, debureaucratise, democratise and professionalise cooperatives has not come a day too soon.
- Crime Of Food Surpluses (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2001)
IT HAS taken reports of starvation deaths for Parliament to wake up to the fact that there is a food crisis in the country.
- The Gods Are Happy (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Aug 15, 2001)
The numbers pitter patter to a lucky 13. For the rainman chasing a monsoon excess by five per cent over normal to date, there’s special reason to claim so far so good.
- Rivalries Take Their Toll On Party (Indian Express, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Aug 03, 2001)
LAST Sunday, when Madhya Pradesh Congress general secretary Inder Prajapat shot at his colleague Manak Agarwal in Bhopal, state Congress chief Radha Kishan Malaviya and Chief Minister Digvijay Singh were unanimous in their response.
- Worst-Ever Flood Wreaks Havoc, May Cost Orissa Rs 1,000 Crore (The Financial Express, Dilip Bisoi, Jul 30, 2001)
The four spells of floods that hit Orissa in July this year have left a trail of devastation, killing hundreds of people, thousands of cattle, and washing away entire villages.
- Buffalo Balco (Times of India, S. K. Mehta, Jun 29, 2001)
ONCE upon a time, two farmers named Arun and Ajit lived in a small farm in the state of Chattisgarh.
- Confusing Diplomatic Moves (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jun 24, 2001)
THE Congress is not in the habit of glossing over perceived indiscretions of the NDA government.
- India's Task In Nepal (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 19, 2001)
THE ASSASSINATION of the royal family in Nepal has brought to the fore a realignment of political forces which pose a serious challenge to India.
- A Career Sleuth With Long Experience (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 25, 2001)
The elevation of K.P. Singh as the next Intelligence Bureau chief in succession to Shyamal Ghosh brings to the fore a career sleuth with more than a quarter century in the IB.
- Correcting Impressions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 24, 2001)
The talk about the Vajpayee Government being dictated by US interests with regard to the dialogue with Pakistan did not last long as the Prime Minister himself dispelled the impression.
- The Balco Question (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 13, 2001)
The Balco case has taken a new twist, with the spotlight now on the issue of leasing of tribal land to industries.
- The Balco Question (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 12, 2001)
The Balco case has taken a new twist, with the spotlight now on the issue of leasing of tribal land to industries.
- Buffalo Balco (Times of India, S. K. Mehta, May 02, 2001)
ONCE upon a time, two farmers named Arun and Ajit lived in a small farm in the state of Chattisgarh. They owned a couple of buffaloes for their sustenance. A time came when the elder brother's daughter was to get married and he needed money.
- A Career Sleuth With Long Experience (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 18, 2001)
The elevation of K.P. Singh as the next Intelligence Bureau chief in succession to Shyamal Ghosh brings to the fore a career sleuth with more than a quarter century in the IB.
- Chattisgarh ready to pay Rs. 552 cr. for BALCO shares (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2001)
NEW DELHI, APRIL 5. The Chattisgarh Government has told the Supreme Court that the Centre had grossly undervalued the assets of the Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) while disinvesting 51 per cent of the shares in favour of Sterlite Industries Ltd. for Rs.
- Balco Privatisation And Political Tantrums (The Economic Times, N Narasimhan, Mar 31, 2001)
THE privatisation of the Bharat Aluminum, a central PSU, is the most transparent effort thus far in privatising a PSU.
- Puzzling Patterns In Census 2001 (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Mar 28, 2001)
CHENNAI, MARCH 27. The larger picture presented by the 2001 Census is a very positive one: literacy rates have increased hugely in the past decade, the sex ratio (the number of women for every 1,000 men) has improved and the population growth rate has slo
- A bankrupt bid (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 14, 2001)
Mr Ajit Jogi, you were mistaken. The Rs 100 crore you thought was paid for the Balco deal was actually tehelka’s attempt to bribe defence officials.
- Question of food security-II The need for a viable alternative (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Feb 14, 2001)
IN the last over five decades, India’s PDS has emerged as the largest food security network in the world, covering 177.8 million households, 981.3 million people, 195.9 million ration cards and 0.46 million fair price shops. With the growing size of the P
- What if the parts added up (Daily Excelsior, M.J. Akbar, Jan 27, 2001)
What is happening to India as a whole ?'' asked the elderly doctor; a stranger who was making friendly conversation in the slightly mistaken belief that journalists would be better informed on the subject than he was. Perhaps, I offered in response, the q
- Chinks in the armour (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Jan 10, 2001)
ISSUES OF internal security have emerged at three interlinked levels in the country in recent months - at the organisational level, at the level of ground realities and at the attitudinal level. At each of these levels, both nationally and in the States,
- Confronting reality in Kalahandi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 09, 2001)
KALAHANDI district in western Orissa has repeatedly been in the news during the last two or three decades as extreme forms of poverty and deprivation have been reported from here, including starvation deaths and sale of children. This led to a lot of admi
- Congress democracy? (Pioneer, C P Bhambhri, Jan 05, 2001)
The old death wish of the Congress party has come back in the form of the nomination of 24 CWC members by the so-called elected president. Does it mean that the drama of election of the president of the party was in a sense enacted in an absent-minded man
- States stretching their wings (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 31, 2000)
Why should State Governments get involved in airports development when they have more pressing problems? V. JAYANTH on the new- found clamour.
- When small is not beautiful (The Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, Dec 18, 2000)
The debate appearing in the columns of this newspaper on trifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into three separate states provides some deep insights into demand with its argument of small being beautiful and better than big. The demand also gets inspiration
- Hawk Vajpayee creates flutter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2000)
The Sangh Parivar never had it so good. The family's most liberal face is playing to the gallery. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee by making those controversial statements on the disputed site at Ayodhya has endeared himself to the hawks in the parivar
- Birth of Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal -- The dearth of common-sense (Business Line, Harihar Swarup , Nov 21, 2000)
With the creation of the three new States -- Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal -- neither the BJP nor the Congress(I) has notched any points. On the contrary, the new units portend political instability and financial anarchy. It may take a few years
- More loyal than the Queen (Daily Excelsior, M.J. Akbar, Nov 17, 2000)
The travel agents of India, it seems, are planning to institute a Special Achievements Award in the name of Jitendra Prasada. No Congress leader, apparently, has ever induced as much travel as Jitendra Prasada has encouraged ever since he announced that h
- New States (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 17, 2000)
THREE new States -- Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal -- carved out of the existing States of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh respectively have now been added to the Indian Union. There are many in the country -- chiefly among the urban elite
- Chief Ministers imposed by high commands (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 12, 2000)
There is a common pattern in choosing the Chief Ministers of three newly created states — Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand. Guess what it is? The Chief Ministers have been “imposed” by the respective high commands of the Congress and the BJP and, sh
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