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Articles 14721 through 14820 of 16899:
- A New Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 29, 2005)
THE disinvestment policy the UPA government unfolded on Thursday is in sharp contrast to what the BJP-led NDA regime had followed.
- The Price Of Contempt (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Jan 29, 2005)
The murmurs in political circles about the need to downgrade the prime minister's office (PMO) are likely to die down with the appointment of Mr M K Narayanan as the national security adviser.
- Rallying Around (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Jan 29, 2005)
Spate of rallies and dharnas by almost all the opposition parties during the just concluded Assembly session indicated that state assembly elections are not far away. The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has got a shot in the
- Politics Of Families (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 29, 2005)
I have written in the past about 'dynastic' control within the political system, and since political and financial control are inextricably linked, the 'virus' has spread to all political parties regardless of their size and status.
- New Dimension (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 29, 2005)
The UPA government’s decision to set up a separate dedicated fund comprising proceeds from the sale of government equities in public sector undertakings (PSUs), whose earnings will finance social schemes and ailing
- India's Us-Pakistan Suspicions Deepen (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Jan 29, 2005)
Two facts emerged in the space of a few days last week that have made India deeply suspicious of Washington's intentions in the region. One, US secretary of state-designate Condoleezza Rice told senators that the administration of President George W Bush
- Killing Of Mlas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The ruthless killing of Allahabad MLA Raju Pal of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh and of Anantapur MLA Paritala Ravindra of the Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh typify the rising cult of political and faction-ridden violence today.
- Routine Pledge (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 28, 2005)
Election manifestos in India read like fairy tales. Since competitive populism is the name of the game, the parties try to outdo each other in promising the moon.
- Spare Us This Illiteracy, Please (Indian Express, RUKMINI PILLAI, Jan 28, 2005)
This is in response to ‘She battled inside her head and outside’ (Sunday Express, January 23). It was tragic to hear of the death of Parveen Babi who battled schizophrenia for years.
- Managing An Iim (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 28, 2005)
Assam and Meghalaya have locked horns over which state should get the country’s seventh Indian Institute of Management (IIM) that the Centre wants to establish in the Northeast.
- Divided By Diversity (Indian Express, Balraj Puri, Jan 28, 2005)
Among the internal causes that contributed to or accentuated the problems the state of Jammu and Kashmir is faced with, most were inherent in its over centralised unitary form of Constitution which has in-built provisions for tensions
- Social Justice Lost In Translation (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 27, 2005)
With barely a week left for the Bihar assembly elections, the carnival showcasing every political trick or treat is inching towards its denouement.
- War Preparations (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jan 27, 2005)
Bihar elections always stretch the Election Commission and this one is no different. Besides doubling the central paramilitary deployment compared to the Lok Sabha elections, the commission is also trying other mechanisms for coordinated and fair election
- Centrally Bungled Investigations: The Absurd Cbi (Indian Express, K N Bhat, Jan 27, 2005)
Not many believe that Veerappan was killed in an encounter as narrated by the police. Sensational crimes are handled by a few police officers handpicked by the bosses. Their major specialization is in fabricating fantastic stories and leaking them to the
- Here A Cm, There A Cm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 27, 2005)
It seems that way sometimes but this round of assembly elections is not all happening in Bihar. In Haryana, the BJP and the Congress have sought the deployment of additional paramilitary forces at sensitive polling booths.
- Social Security Reforms In The Us (Business Line, Alok Ray, Jan 26, 2005)
A debate is raging in the US over the implications of the social security reforms. Privatisation of the system would aggravate the fiscal crisis, unless taxes are raised and/or promised benefits are cut.
- Tsunami Rave (Indian Express, RAJU NAYAK, Jan 26, 2005)
It seems the exodus from Kerala post Tsunami has favoured Goa’s tourism. As usual it was all happening in Goa during the New Year amidst the government claiming credit for the spurt in tourism after the spectacular International Film Festival hosted by th
- Andhra Pradesh's Cult Of Violence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 26, 2005)
The Grisly killing, in broad daylight and in the party office, of the Telugu Desam Party MLA, Paritala Ravi, by a yet-to-be identified gang calls attention yet again to the cult of violence and faction-ridden politics in Andhra Pradesh.
- Dressing Up For Davos (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jan 26, 2005)
Davos is the cold snow-bound Swiss town where the annual World Economic Forum, which is "Committed to improving the state of the world," brings together everybody who is anybody in global politics, global business and global do-gooderism.
- No Home To Call One’S Own (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Jan 25, 2005)
Over a thousand people in Orissa have been asked to “quit India”, but the decision smells of double standards
- Wisdom Of The Weak Dollar (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jan 25, 2005)
For the US, the best possible way to knock down internal wages is to embrace a weak dollar. Also, it heals the American economy and vitalises the developing economies
- Inner-Party Democracy (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jan 25, 2005)
The recent happenings in the State unit of the Janata Dal (Secular) may prompt one to wonder whether there are re-invigorated efforts by some members in that political entity to prove that the malapropism, Jagada Dal, coined against their party, was not t
- ‘I Have Freed State From Political Terror... (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 25, 2005)
Creation of Chhattisgarh as a separate state four years back was a dream come true for its population of 2.8 crore—predominantly tribals.
- Gas From Myanmar (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 25, 2005)
THE most important of many reasons for welcoming the Myanmar-Bangladesh-India agreement is the impact on relations between two distant neighbours. India and Bangladesh will survive without Myanmar gas but they will not survive comfortably if, in the absen
- Politics In Its Place (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
There is a growing tendency among all sections in public life to evade larger political issues. If it prevails, the casualty will be the idea of India.
- The Man Who Oils India's Wheels (Asia Times, Ramtanu Maitra, Jan 24, 2005)
No US ambassador since John Kenneth Galbraith massaged the Indian ego more efficiently than Robert D Blackwill. The former envoy to India (2001-2003) is now reportedly
- The Not-So General Elections (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 24, 2005)
Let me stick my neck out and predict three new trends in the 2004 campaign. One, that this election, more than any in our memory, will be fought on issues of economy and governance.
- An Absorbing Frolic (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 24, 2005)
Old notions die hard; but they still deserve to die. The revolution, the adage says, devours its children. It should be the other way round: it is the children who devour the revolution.
- Lal Bahadur Shastri: A Unique Story Not Yet Fully Told (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jan 23, 2005)
Without any loss of time — and also without fanfare — the committee appointed to oversee the celebrations of Lal Bahadur Shastri's centenary, headed by the Prime Minister
- Anti-Laloo Sentiment Strong In Bihar, Says Arun Jaitley (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jan 23, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which got a severe drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections and in the recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra, is in a bind.
- Democracy A Bad Word In Bihar (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Jan 23, 2005)
Who will, in Bhagalpur, save the dolphins, those wonderfully intelligent water-animals of the Ganga? And save the polluted Ganga as well? Reports say that people are catching the dolphins and eating them up.
- Aids: Facing The Second Wave (OutLook, PRAMIT MITRA, Jan 23, 2005)
Eighteen years after the first AIDS diagnosis in the country, India has entered a critical period in its fight against the disease. And the country's strategy in combating the pandemic in the coming years will hold lessons not only for other
- Disasters, Tsunami And George Bush (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Jan 23, 2005)
Was Tsunami, the giant killer wave, actually an act of God? But even if some disasters cannot be predicted it is important to categorise disasters so that disaster management can be more effective.
- India's Forgotten Army (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jan 23, 2005)
I had planned to go to Orissa last winter but things didn't quite work out.
- Congress Does A Shuffle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 23, 2005)
Many have sworn there’s a new Sonia Gandhi of late. The lady of 10 Janpath has stepped out of the fortress more than once, in full media glare, to meet with potential allies.
- The Value Of Restraint (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Jan 22, 2005)
Often there are surprises in India-Pakistan relations. Until a couple of years ago absence of firing along the Line of Control (LoC) made news. Last week, India, however, was taken by surprise when the news flashed that mortar shelling had taken place fro
- Mumbai's Demolition Marathon (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 22, 2005)
While the Government can have a tough policy on structures built illegally on public lands, it cannot have the same attitude towards the people living in those structures
- Old Habits Die Hard (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 22, 2005)
One day in the nineteen seventies, Leonid Brezhnev was in a town on Lake Baikal, attending a Politburo meeting.
- Liberating The Prisoners (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 22, 2005)
A mother of three, with another in her womb, is convicted for being an accomplice with her paramour in the murder of her husband.
- Customs And Duties (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 22, 2005)
The second era of the great Indian economic reforms story began with Dr Manmohan Singh taking over reins as the Prime Minister and P Chidambaram as the Finance Minister.
- A Touch Of Uncertainty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 22, 2005)
Which way will the verdict swing in the elections to the State Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Haryana? Up until a fortnight ago, the answer seemed self-evident:
- Laloo, Uninterrupted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 22, 2005)
As a ploy, it is as disingenuous as it is tested. In Bihar, came a rare confession from Laloo Prasad Yadav, the Rashtriya Janata Dal has failed to deliver on promises of development.
- Hegemony, Uninterrupted (Indian Express, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 21, 2005)
As India heads for another parliamentary election it may be useful to look at the politics of caste. The last six years of the BJP’s rule have seen the forces of Hindutva consolidating their control over institutions of Hindu spiritualism, business and ed
- Congress Does A Shuffle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2005)
Many have sworn there’s a new Sonia Gandhi of late. The lady of 10 Janpath has stepped out of the fortress more than once, in full media glare, to meet with potential allies.
- A Reassessment Of Netaji Bose (Deccan Herald, ANIRUDHA DASGUPTA, Jan 21, 2005)
A big change has come about in the attitude of political parties towards Netaji Subhas Bose and the role he played in the nationalist movement. It was not many years ago that the Congress as the ruling party at the Centre fought shy in giving
- Left Turns Pragmatic (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 21, 2005)
Some two months ago when Finance Minister P. Chidambaram suggested private banks should be allowed to secure foreign direct investment (FDI),
- No Escape From Party Poopers (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 20, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s toughest task lies in convincing middle-level CPI(M) leaders about the importance of capital
- Indo-Pakistan Peace Process (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Jan 20, 2005)
According to Ayesha Siddiqua, a defence analyst at the Department of International Relations of Quaid-e- Azam University, “Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan’s security perception remains India-centric, dominated by an extreme sense of threat perceived
- Interim Report On Godhra Incident (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 20, 2005)
One can find fault with the timing of the release of the interim report of the Justice U. C. Banerjee Committee and the BJP can heap all the accusations it wishes on the Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal
- An Ocean Of Ignorance (Indian Express, S.Z. QASIM, Jan 20, 2005)
Few people living away from the sea would realise the crucial role it plays in our weather system. For instance, the monsoon — on which the livelihood of millions depends — is based on the energy released by the sea
- Centre's Challenge On Vat (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 20, 2005)
The stage would finally seem to be set for a modest but realistic beginning to the integrated value-added tax on goods and services that India needs.
- A Perspective On The Partition (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Jan 20, 2005)
Forty years ago, in 1966 to be precise, I had close acquaintanceship with Peter Stursberg. He was in India as a visiting correspondent of the British Labour Party daily, Daily Herald
- Zhao's Death Puts Hu In A Quandary (Asia Times, Tian Jing, Jan 20, 2005)
For Chinese communist leaders, a paper political epitaph is historically more durable than a gravestone - and more powerful: it has the ideological strength to make or break reputations and those of entire innocent families.
- Caution On Oilseed Imports (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 20, 2005)
The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mr Sharad Pawar's explosive statement in Mumbai at the World Congress of International Association of Seed Crushers that there
- Gujarat’S High (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Jan 20, 2005)
Uttarayan, Gujarat’s annual kite festival, has started attracting crowds from even abroad. Earlier, only NRIs and specifically NRGs (Non-Resident Gujaratis), used to be seen flying kites amid a gaggle of revellers. They would time their homecoming around
- Failure Of Talks (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2005)
The unprecedented peace in Andhra Pradesh, of the last eight months, is in danger of being shattered, if not already shattered with the police killing 11 Naxalites in a series of encounters since January 6 and Naxalites killing three persons in retaliatio
- Case And Closure (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 20, 2005)
What began with a judicial bang has ended with an administrative whimper. The shocking decision of the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a closure report in the Taj Corridor case
- Price Of Naivete (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2005)
Naxalites of Andhra Pradesh have done what those familiar with their ways and not vulnerable to illusions, always knew they would: Walk out of the peace talks with the State Government at a moment of their choosing.
- Injustice Banerjee (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2005)
What is Justice UC Banerjee trying to suggest? Does he want us to believe that on February 27, 2002, kar sevaks inside Coaches S-6 and S-7 of Sabarmati Express developed a collective suicidal urge and immolated themselves?
- The Magic Moment Of Accountability (Deccan Herald, Paul Krugman, Jan 19, 2005)
A charming man courts a woman, telling her that he’s a wealthy independent businessman. Just after the wedding, however, she learns that he has been cooking the books, several employees have accused him of sexual harassment and his company is about to ...
- 2005 For Delhi-Ites (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jan 19, 2005)
I have been gazing intently into my crystal ball in a bid to ensnare the ethereal psychic waves and find out just what 2005 has in store for the Delhi-ites. My findings.
- Assembly Poll Shadow Over New Delhi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 19, 2005)
Irrespective of who wins or loses the coming Assembly elections, there will be no change to the numbers in the Lok Sabha. But the chemistry of dependency at the Centre could change.
- Economic Reforms At The Crossroads (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 19, 2005)
What will happen by end of February 2005 is difficult to say. But it looks more or less certain that the advance of economic reforms will slow down if not halted and reversed.
- How To Rebuild Better (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
On the tsunami front, the real and strenuous work on relief and other structural changes will have to be addressed. How do you rebuild? Do you leave the conceptualizing and planning of the reconstruction to the PWD and government
- A Smaller Slice Of The Cake (Telegraph, Sanjay Kumar, Jan 18, 2005)
There can be no doubt that Ram Vilas Paswan’s exit from the 2004 electoral alliance will affect the RJD’s vote share
- Synergy In Energy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 18, 2005)
FOR the past few months the UPA government has been toying with the idea of merging all public sector oil companies to create one or two behemoths.
- Sonia And Her Cow Dust Hour (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 18, 2005)
Last week Sonia Gandhi set off on a kisan yatra. Rural India is so distant from our genteel, middle-class lives that Sonia appears to have felt the need to dress the part. Perfect grooming and elegant silk saris were
- Revolt In Jd(s) (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2005)
The revolt in Karnataka by four second-rung leaders of the Janata Dal(Secular) against the party president, H.D. Deve Gowda, might have been prompted by their sense of alienation within the organisation.
- India Struggles To Carve Out New U.N. Role (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2005)
India's self-reliance in the tsunami disaster has shown the new face of an emerging regional power that wants to punch its weight in the United Nations — with help from Canada — says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Don’T Send The Nagas Away Empty-Handed (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jan 17, 2005)
On February 2, we are likely to witness the beginning of a substantive and sustained dialogue for peace with the Nagas.
- Criminals In Bihar Elections (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Jan 17, 2005)
EVEN as elections to the Bihar Assembly are fast approaching, the Patna High Court’s attempt to check the criminals’ menace in the elections is commendable. Criminalisation of politics has assumed alarming proportions.
- Convictions And Election Law (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
Convicted legislators will now stand on the same footing as all other convicted persons when it comes to contesting elections. Thanks to the Supreme Court
- Indian Corporate Finance Deals (Business Line, Kai Taraporevala, Jan 17, 2005)
The Year 2004 belonged to the private equity investor. Even as valuations soared and the Indian stock market reached record highs, private equity investors recovered from the shock of seeing the Left wing
- Cbi’S Flip-Flap (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 17, 2005)
THE decision of the Central Bureau of Investigation to drop the case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the Rs 175-crore Taj Heritage Corridor scam is as scandalous as it is disturbing.
- Vajpayee Clears The Way (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 16, 2005)
The entire non-BJP political segment faces an unprecedented dilemma. In fact, it is not even a dilemma. A dilemma presupposes a choice.
- Upa Govt Can’T Take Left For Granted, Says Abani Roy (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Jan 16, 2005)
The economic decisions of the UPA government have evoked much criticism from the Left parties, who have been crying foul. Statements by the government indicate that it would go ahead with the reform process and the concerns of the Left are being ignored.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Telegraph, Avijit Ghosh, Jan 16, 2005)
Congress plus or minus Laloo. Paswan alone. BJP plus JD(U). Or whatever else works. It’s the season of shifting electoral alignments in Bihar.
- Show Them The Money (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 15, 2005)
India is among a handful of democracies that believe in total consensus and continuity in foreign policy which rarely dominates our electoral rhetoric.
- Courting Trouble (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 15, 2005)
If a man has no trouble, it is in his nature to go asking for it. The good doctor, Man(mohan Singh), as he is known in trendier circles, is no exception. Except that he has enough trouble, and troublesome characters, in the disparate United People's Allia
- Open Invitation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 14, 2005)
Despite politicians’ penchant for doublespeak, it actually helps to be candid in politics. The prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, is known to value transparency in both public policy and politics.
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