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Articles 15221 through 15320 of 16899:
- Push For Bush (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2004)
Luck continues to favour US President George W. Bush, who had a fluke victory four years ago. With the war in Iraq far from over, a majority of the voters decided to retain him at the helm to stew in his own juice.
- Outrageous Behaviour (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2004)
Tuesday’s disturbances in the Orissa Assembly, in which Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was injured, are a matter of shame.
- Is It A Clash Of Civilisations? (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Nov 04, 2004)
Just after the Cold War ended following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Harvard Professor and former National Security Council member Samuel Huntington alluded to new “fault-lines” in the global order in his writings and in his book “The Clash of ...
- Enhance Productivity (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Nov 04, 2004)
Good economics in the country is all about balancing various national efforts in different sectors
- For An Autonomous Cbi (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 04, 2004)
It's shameful that the government has denied CBI permission to proceed against former petroleum minister and Congress leader Satish Sharma and others for their alleged role in a petrol pump scam.
- Islam And International Politics — A Clash Of Civilisations? (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 03, 2004)
The dilemma that Islam faces today is seen to be in no small measure due to illiberal and intolerant attitude that some of its constituents and those who lead them exhibit through word and action.
- Prejudiced And Politically Suspect (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2004)
"Satish sharma's actions were wholly arbitrary, mala fide and unconstitutional." So said a Division Bench of the Supreme Court in November 1996 in the so-called petrol pumps cases
- Satish Sharma Again! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2004)
THE UPA Government appears to have come up with a clever solution for dealing with tainted politicians, particularly if they are Congressmen: remove the taint and accommodate the tainted.
- The Politics Of Governor's Office (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 03, 2004)
In the interest of smooth Centre-State relations and in a truly federal structure it is desirable that a chief minister be consulted on the appointment of a Governor.
- Debate On Censorship (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Nov 03, 2004)
There is need to encourage people to acquire an aesthetic sense that makes censorship irrelevant
- Cbms Not Enough (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Nov 03, 2004)
President Pervez Musharraf is pressing ahead with his campaign to create and demonstrate flexibility in Pakistan’s traditional Kashmir stance, the perceived core of all problems with India.
- Belligerent Posturing (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2004)
The freshly developed cracks in the alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and its principal ally, the Janata Dal (United), have more to do with the Assembly elections due in
- A Tightrope Walk (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2004)
Nothing quite rouses the Bharatiya Janata Party's rank and file as a mention of that elusive party goal — a "magnificent Ram temple" in Ayodhya.
- Age Of Wisdom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 02, 2004)
The will to retire is not very strong among most Indians. The resistance is rooted in reasons both economic and psychological — in that order.
- Blame Game In Srinagar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 02, 2004)
THE finding of a high-level Central security team that there were lapses in the security cover provided to National Conference president Omar Abdullah and his father and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah should be taken in the right spirit.
- Does Your Vote Really Count? (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANIAM VINCENT, Nov 02, 2004)
The responses of India and the US to their electoral problems have been very different
- Will The War Lovers Win? (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 01, 2004)
The US presidential election will decide how the world will react to terrorism in the future
- Remembering Indira Gandhi (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Nov 01, 2004)
Any talk of politics and its practitioners invariably turns to Indira Gandhi. You could like her or hate her but surely not ignore her. Such was her personality.
- Questionable Priorities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2004)
A government that lives on borrowings and is almost bankrupt should be making efforts to mop up revenue from wherever possible. Here is the Punjab Government, with a
- Award Or Reward? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Nov 01, 2004)
The Rajyotsava awardees’ list kept growing and obviously many don’t deserve them
- Messing Up All Round (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2004)
The breach of propriety indisputably involved in Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's making public, through an extraordinary application in the Supreme Court, the transcript of a
- The Crucial Amendment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2004)
If neither George W. Bush nor John Kerry comes through convincingly, November 2004 could make November 2000 look like a high school picnic.
- Jamnalal Bajaj Awards For Two Gandhians (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 31, 2004)
Come November and the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation picks up outstanding personalities for conferring its prestigious awards. The Foundation chose this year an hitherto little known but a veteran Gandhian
- Bye Bye Boycott (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2004)
THE Bharatiya Janata Party’s decision not to adopt tactics of disruption in Parliament is welcome. The defeat it suffered in the recent elections has opened the party’s
- From Blunder To Blunder (Deccan Herald, B SOMASHEKHAR, Oct 30, 2004)
The state government went wrong in delaying the decision-making at every stage, which left students in a quandary
- The Big Picture (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , Oct 29, 2004)
Congress emerged from the elections with a larger image and BJP with a smaller image than warranted by facts
- The Road Ahead For Bjp (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 29, 2004)
It is back to basics for the BJP. If losing the Lok Sabha elections was the first major shock, its inability to oust the Congress-NCP regime in Maharashtra has been the last straw on the camel's back for the party ...
- The Transfer Of Judges (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 29, 2004)
Transfer of High Court judges without their consent undermines judicial independence. Errant judges must be dealt with by a judicial commission with due process.
- Disinvestment: Will New Approach Pay Off? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 29, 2004)
The Government's new approach that gradual dilution of government ownership through public offer is preferable to large-scale privatisation means that it will gradually shed small portions
- Chief Concern (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 29, 2004)
Running in the same place seems to be a very satisfying activity. Or so the smiling faces of Congress and Nationalist Congress Party leaders in Maharashtra would suggest.
- An Act Of Faith (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 29, 2004)
The decision of the Union cabinet to continue with the Illegal Migrants (Detection by Tribunals) Act, 1983, in Assam, is a half step in the right direction.
- Government At Last (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2004)
It must please the Congress that it fought for and retained the Chief Ministership of Maharashtra in the face of mounting pressure to yield the post to its partner, the Nationalist Congress Party.
- Maha Negotiations (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 29, 2004)
AT last, nearly a fortnight after the assembly election results, the coalition ministry for Maharashtra is in sight. The protracted ministry-making negotiation between the
- Quandary Of Cane, Cotton And Onion (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 28, 2004)
Farmers were promised policies that eliminate price-depressing moves and lighten the burden of loans and interest. But the Maharashtra Government is trying to revive the Cotton Monopoly
- Tussle Over Cm’S Chair (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 28, 2004)
AT the time of writing on Wednesday evening, the squalid and painfully
prolonged standoff between the Congress and its coalition partner in Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), over power sharing was continuing.
- I Don’T Think I Said That (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Oct 28, 2004)
They call it “misstatement”. The president of the United States does not lie when he says, as he did during his last debate with his challenger, “I just don’t think I ever said I’m not worried about Osama bin Laden.
- Difficult Choices For Pawar (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 27, 2004)
Even after 10 days the Maharashtra electorate chose the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance over the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine in the
- Kerry's Not Scary (Hindu, Andrew M. Dailey, Oct 27, 2004)
Why Indian BPO partisans should stop dreading a Kerry win and worry instead about their marketing.
- Trek To Nagpur (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 26, 2004)
If the Congress ran to the Nehru-Gandhi family in its hour of crisis to seek Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party has opted for the tried and tested leadership of Mr L.K. Advani as it seeks a way out of its acute difficulties after the double wham
- China's Transition: From Marx To Deng (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 26, 2004)
October marked the 55th Anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. It coincided with birth centenary of Deng Xiaoping, the architect of China's integration with the global economy.
- Get The Party Going (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 26, 2004)
L.K. Advani has taken over the BJP and is threatening to revive its dwindling fortunes. The beaming faces of the leadership — Naidu, Advani and Vajpayee — have been removed from the billboards outside the party headquarters.
- Paradox Of India's Fiscal Sickness (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 25, 2004)
A recent Working Paper by Prof Ricardo Hausmann of Harvard and Ms Catriona Purfield of the IMF discusses the paradox of India's fiscal
- Indian Outsourcing Boom Needs U.S. Front Office: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Oct 24, 2004)
Corporate America's big vote of confidence in India's services prowess came in April, when International Business Machines Corp. snapped up a company near New Delhi, which handles e-mail queries for Amazon.com Inc.
- Who Wants A Vidarbha State? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2004)
The demand for a separate State of Telangana became a major issue in Andhra Pradesh during the recent Lok Sabha and Assembly elections there.
- Long-Term Loyalties, Anyone? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2004)
It has been found again and again most people decide on their vote just before the elections. Almost one-third of the voters are undecided till the day of voting itself.
- Social Chemistry And Gender Did The Trick (Hindu, Rajeshwari Deshpande, Oct 24, 2004)
If the victory of the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party is somewhat surprising, more surprising is the social chemistry of that victory.
- The Ncp Emerges In Its Own Right (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2004)
How did the Congress-NCP alliance survive anti-incumbency and such things as the BSP and rebel factors? Suhas Palshikar and Yogendra Yadav with Abhay Datar explore the ...
- Of Regional Variations And Shifting Strongholds (Hindu, Abhay Datar, Oct 24, 2004)
As political competition in the State becomes more and more intense, the regional support base of the parties becomes more and more volatile.
- The Bipartisan Predicament (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Oct 24, 2004)
Few proponents of reforms had thought that in a controversy between the Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia who symbolises ...
- `Mild Approval' Wins The Day (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2004)
Voters were almost equally divided on whether the economic condition of the State under the Sushilkumar Shinde Government had improved or deteriorated
- Another Most-Disturbing Setback (The Economic Times, R PRATAP RUDY, Oct 24, 2004)
The Maharashtra election is the second-most disturbing setback for the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls.
- Ashwani Has Many Firsts To His Credit (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 24, 2004)
Aswani kumar is a young and budding leader from Punjab. He has many firsts to his credit. He is the first Congressman from Punjab who has been elected unopposed twice consecutively to the Rajya Sabha from the state.
- The Bipartisan Predicament (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Oct 23, 2004)
Few proponents of reforms had thought that in a controversy between the Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia who symbolises pro-market reforms and the Left that abhors them, they could side with the latter.
- Another Most-Disturbing Setback (The Economic Times, R PRATAP RUDY, Oct 23, 2004)
The Maharashtra election is the second-most disturbing setback for the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls.
- Ambitious On Fdi (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 22, 2004)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, is confident that India can attract as much $150 billion, over a ten-year period, in Foreign Direct Investments in the infrastructure sector if a transparent and independent regulatory structure is put in place.
- Another Most-Disturbing Setback (The Economic Times, R PRATAP RUDY, Oct 22, 2004)
The Maharashtra election is the second-most disturbing setback for the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls.
- A Poll Tear-Jerker? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 22, 2004)
That onion is an election issue in some States is well known, the latest case in point being the Maharasthra Assembly elections. In the run-up to the Assembly elections, the National Congress Party (NCP) leader and
- What Happened In Vidarbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 22, 2004)
In the Lok Sabha polls, the BSP devastated the Congress-NCP alliance. In the Maharashtra elections, it also wrecked the BJP-Shiv Sena combine in many places.
- Tracing Development Of India’S Nuclear Energy Programme (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 22, 2004)
MR O.P. Sabharwal’s book “India’s Tryst with Atom” is a very valuable contribution to understanding the country’s nuclear development policy.
- The Bipartisan Predicament (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Oct 22, 2004)
Few proponents of reforms had thought that in a controversy between the Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia who symbolises
- Learning From History (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 22, 2004)
In 1979, against a backdrop of unceasing strikes, soaring inflation, a million people out of work and economic decline, the British electorate voted out the Labour government of James Callaghan and installed Margaret Thatcher as prime minister.
- The Iron Man Cometh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 21, 2004)
It speaks for the panic in the Bharatiya Janata Party that it has turned for help to Lal Krishna Advani — the man who, 14 years ago, set the BJP on the belligerent path of Hindutva, thereby rewriting the course both of his party and the country.
- An Opportunity For Sonia Gandhi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 21, 2004)
The ostentatious deadlock over the question of chief ministership in Maharashtra constitutes another opportunity for the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, to redefine the quality of her leadership:
- Damage Control (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 20, 2004)
Whether Mr Advani can work his old magic again remains to be seen
- Nobel For Wangari (Tribune, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 20, 2004)
Once again and for the second successive year this time the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has gone beyond the criteria laid down by the founder of the award. Alfred Nobel’s testament has directions for the awards instituted by him.
- Maharashtra Elections — War Is Over, Skirmishes Are On (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 20, 2004)
That Indian voters will never cease to spring surprises has been proved yet again, in Maharashtra. In fact, they have shown their ability to spring double surprises.
- Victory And After (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 20, 2004)
The camaraderie that won them a brilliant victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election might have never been there, judging by the public battle between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party over the post of Chief Minister.
- Peccadillo Polls (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 20, 2004)
With precisely a fortnight to go before the presidential poll in the United States of America, you might imagine that Americans — at least the
- Top Three States - A Socio-Economic Comparison (Business Line, Jeevan Prakash Mohanty, Oct 20, 2004)
The Assembly election in Maharashtra is crucial for its possible ramifications on national politics. The election is being fought on several issues.
- Shot In The Arm (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2004)
Cong wrests Bidar from a BJP weakened after the death of its popular candidate
- Bidar By-Election Pointer (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Oct 19, 2004)
The fact that the Congress and the JD(S) did not unite against the BJP is not necessarily a bad thing
- Mulayam’S March (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2004)
THE electoral verdict in Uttar Pradesh has sent out a clear message to the Congress. It must learn to play the role of a responsible ally of the Samajwadi Party.
- Not Tuned To Change (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 19, 2004)
This election in Maharashtra has once again seen the BJP/Sena leadership spouting abusive comments about the politicos they were opposing.
- Reliving Old Enmities (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 19, 2004)
Mani Shankar Aiyar found a poem of Savarkar on the walls of the cellular jail in Port Blair. He had it removed.
- Back In The Saddle (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2004)
The Cong-NCP combine won despite a dismal record of governance in Maharashtra
- No Alternative To Reforms (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 18, 2004)
The Left has always been a marginal force in India. Given the belief that its ideology has a special appeal for the poor, it can seem odd that the Left has never made much headway in this country, except at a regional level such as other non-Left
- Poll Wonders (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2004)
If the Lok Sabha elections had proved the poll pundits wrong, the Assembly results have further discredited them. The voters have pooh-poohed their calculations
- Remarkable Triumph (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
The congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance has pulled off a superlative victory in the Maharashtra Assembly election, overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds — medium-scale rebellion ...
- John Kerry For President (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
This is The New York Times' editorial endorsement of the Democratic challenger, John Kerry, for the American presidency.
- Winning Trend (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2004)
The trend that was prominent in the general elections earlier in the year has been confirmed by the assembly elections in Maharashtra
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