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Articles 16421 through 16520 of 16899:
- In Mp, Bjp Can Bank On Digvijay (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Nov 12, 2003)
Last month, with time on his hands before ticket allotment, Digvijay Singh untied the blindfold he wrapped around the eyes of Sri Sri 108 Namdevji Das Tyagi five months ago to aid Sri Sri 108’s quest for a good monsoon in MP.
- Tale Of Two Anniversaries (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Nov 12, 2003)
Purely by coincidence the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a towering leader of the freedom movement and, as independent India's first Deputy Prime Minister, the only near-equal that Jawaharlal Nehru ever had, and the death anniversary of In
- Sri Lanka A Test Of Delhi's Resolve (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, Nov 12, 2003)
India's strategic community has seldom been so united. Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's attempted coup against the government of Ranil Wickremesinghe, technically her own government, has achieved this near miracle. Almost all of India's strate
- India's Confused Privatization (Asia Times, Arun Bhattacharjee, Nov 11, 2003)
The zigzag divestiture of India's government-held businesses is starting to endanger the program, with the breakneck speed of the sale of some operations starting to come under a cloud. And with that, so is the reputation of Arun Shourie, India's minister
- Screen Presence (Hindustan Times, Kalyani Shankar, Nov 10, 2003)
Rajya Sabha members may soon see another film star join their fold if UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has his way. With Hema Malini accompanying Dilip Kumar and Sharat Kumar to the House of Elders, there is now an impressive number of film personali
- 3-Day Summit To Focus On Women (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
The tense situation in her country has forced Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga to decline from delivering the key address at the International Summit on Gender and Poverty. But PM A.B. Vajpayee, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, former RBI chief Bima
- Personal Policies (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 09, 2003)
Minister of State for Finance A V Adsul wanted his loyal political worker Anwar Ibrahim Qasi to be appointed as his assistant personal secretary. But the Shiv Sena minister was thwarted by the Department of Personnel which turned down his candidate on the
- Rising Intolerance (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
Jaya doesn’t want you to read this. She wants to send its writers to jail.
- The Nephew Also Rises (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Nov 09, 2003)
The nephew also rises
- Cong Between Mulayam And A Hard Place (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Nov 09, 2003)
The season of hunting with the hound and running with the hare seems to be coming to an end for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. With an alliance with the ruling Samajwadi Party in UP and a ‘tacit understanding’ with the BSP in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress
- This Mrs G And That Mrs G (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 09, 2003)
Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary went by almost unnoticed. There was that little fracas over grandson, Feroze Varun, being denied entry (or so he said) to her samadhi and there were the usual pictures of Sonia, family and flunkeys seated in mournful reme
- Chorus: Amma, Lay Off (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
The Tamil Nadu Assembly’s decision ordering the arrest of editors and senior journalists of The Hindu and Murasoli for ‘‘breach of privilege of the House’’ evoked widespread protest in the state.
- New Delhi, New Voter (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 08, 2003)
In Raipur, they throw free schoolbags at you; in the capital, lower SPM levels
- Early Elections & Tdp Calculations (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Nov 08, 2003)
Chandrababu Naidu's main strength remains the lack of cohesion within the Congress, which is the main opposition in Andhra Pradesh.
- Amma Has Freedom To Press — Hard (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
The Hindu: Citing privilege, House orders arrest of 6 journalists, MLA
- Chandrababu Wants To Logout And Reboot (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 08, 2003)
Decision likely as early as today
- Plus And Minus (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
The conviction of the accused in the ‘’tandoor’’ murder case and the Safdar Hashmi murder case, both of which had received wide national attention when the crimes were committed, show both the strengths and the weaknesses of our judicial system.
- India To Host The World, Neighbour Seeks Entry (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 08, 2003)
Around 100 legislators from Pakistan are planning to attend the 4th World Parliamentary Forum (WPF) to be held on the sidelines of the World Social Forum Congress in Mumbai in January 2004 - provided the Indian government issues them visas.
- Outsource Or Perish! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 07, 2003)
OUTSOURCING is being viewed by politicians, legislators, media and the public in the US as an unmitigated evil. Even academics who ought to know better have been denouncing it as the cause of layoffs of American personnel by corporates and erosion of grow
- The Trinity Issues (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Nov 07, 2003)
Relations between India and the U.S. need to be based on a sympathetic understanding of each other's concerns and not against the backdrop of international rules of conduct which are breached whenever necessary.
- Dalits And The Horizontal Ladder (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 07, 2003)
In the 1984 elections, Kanshi Ram played the game of defeating the otherwise winnable Congress candidates in UP. In the name of Bahujan rhetoric he organised Dalits into an electorally confident group. Slowly in many constituencies, apart from Dalits, he
- The Woman Who Defeated Vajpayee (Indian Express, Sagari Chhabra, Nov 07, 2003)
Subhadra Joshi fought for freedom, for religious peace, for a value system slipping by
- Dalits And The Horizontal Ladder (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 07, 2003)
In the 1984 elections, Kanshi Ram played the game of defeating the otherwise winnable Congress candidates in UP. In the name of Bahujan rhetoric he organised Dalits into an electorally confident group. Slowly in many constituencies, apart from Dalits, he
- All In The Family (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
Check the list of candidates: succession continues to knock out competition
- Andhra Pradesh In Election Mode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
ALL SIGNALS FROM Andhra Pradesh say early Assembly polls. It is clear now that no sooner had Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu got over the shock of the claymore mine attack on him at Tirupati than he began to think elections. The leading factor ...
- Lotteries: Regressive Taxation? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 07, 2003)
Do lotteries constitute a regressive form of taxation that ruins the poor? Those who play them are generating funds for projects that benefit the public, without tax rates having to be hiked. But, as most lotteries are played by people who can least affor
- A Paradigm Shift Called Kanshi Ram (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 06, 2003)
Kanshi Ram suffered a brain stroke on September 15 when he was travelling from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. Since then he has remained immobile. For a few days he lost his speech but gradually regained his speech. Now both for the reasons of stroke and also
- Sri Lanka: Uncertainty Over Issues Of Governance (Hindu, V. S. Sambandan, Nov 06, 2003)
By asserting her constitutional powers, the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, has jolted the ruling United National Front (UNF) into reviewing the status of the island's first real cohabitation government. Tuesday's rapid developments are lik
- Fission And Fusion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2003)
THE LEADERS WHO were part of the Janata Party experiment in the post-Emergency period have been part of an endless cycle of squabbling among themselves and coming together to form new political formations. The merger of the Samata Party and the ...
- A Paradigm Shift Called Kanshi Ram (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Nov 06, 2003)
Kanshi Ram suffered a brain stroke on September 15 when he was travelling from Rajahmundry to Hyderabad. Since then he has remained immobile. For a few days he lost his speech but gradually regained his speech. Now both for the reasons of stroke and also
- Sonia’S Worrying ‘ak’ Factor (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Nov 06, 2003)
It’s not just the coming polls that the Congress leader has to bother about
- Jogi State Worse Than Gujarat: Cec (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Nov 05, 2003)
Says officials are more partisan; and he’s less confident
- After 16 Months In Prison, Vaiko Rues The Day He Supported Pota (Indian Express, Jayaraj Sivan, Nov 05, 2003)
Sixteen months is a long time, longer if it is in the loneliness of a prison cell. ‘‘It has given me enough time for introspection. Two major mistakes I committed in my political career were supporting POTA in Parliament and aligning with the AIADMK in th
- The Horror Still Haunts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
Naina Sahni’s murder marked the beginning of India’s disenchantment with its ruling class
- Magic Unrealism In Washington (Indian Express, Paul Krugman, Nov 05, 2003)
Academic economists often cite Stein’s Law, a principle enunciated by the late Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Nixon administration. The law comes with various wordings; my favorite is: ‘‘Things that can’t go on fore
- Pakistan Is Jihad Inc’S Global Hq (Indian Express, B. Raman , Nov 05, 2003)
Terror groups Islamabad claims to have banned continue to collect money, help anti-American militias in Iraq
- George Fails To Move Dmk On Pota (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
The Centre’s efforts to mollify the DMK on the issue of POTA fell flat tonight after the party president, M. Karunanidhi, stuck to his ground that nothing short of a repeal of the act was acceptable.
- Training Politicians (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 03, 2003)
AMONG all political parties that I have known and observed, the Paattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) of Tamil Nadu under the leadership of Dr Ramadoss has begun to appeal to me more and more. This is because it is a party which has shown itself capable of introsp
- Implications Of The Ltte Proposals (Hindu, Iqbal Athas, Nov 03, 2003)
The demands for an Interim Self-Governing Authority made by the eight-page document are clearly outside Sri Lanka's Constitution and laws.
- Training Politicians (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 03, 2003)
AMONG all political parties that I have known and observed, the Paattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) of Tamil Nadu under the leadership of Dr Ramadoss has begun to appeal to me more and more. This is because it is a party which has shown itself capable of introsp
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
n I am in total agreement with Tavleen Singh’s opinion that Atal Behari Vajpayee should have been elected as Prime Minister 25 to 30 years back (From midnight alley to dawn’s highway, The Sunday Express, Oct 26). It is our misfortune that a statesman like
- Fashioning A Comeback (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 02, 2003)
Shahnawaz Hussain went into deep depression when he was first transferred from the high profile Civil Aviation Ministry to the less visible Ministry of Textiles. The general consensus in the media was that he had been demoted. Officials in his new ministr
- Cong Gives Room, Bsp Opens Door (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Nov 02, 2003)
Sonia declares Madhya Pradesh list, doesn’t name candidates for 10 seats
- ‘uma Bharti’S Portfolios Were Changed Every Six Months. Why? Only The Pm Can Answer’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
Congress speaks a lot about upliftment of weaker sections. Now, will you make the way for a OBC/SC/ST candidate to become the chief minister of MP, in case your party wins the December polls
- Roti, Kapada, Makaan, Bijli, Road...Did Someone Say Ram Mandir? (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 02, 2003)
When was the last time you heard politicians wooing voters with something as mundane as a schoolbag? And children are not even voters! The most publicised symbol of ‘‘electoral malpractice’’ in the run-up to the polls in four key north Indian states—the J
- Pulled Up By Ec, Jogi & His Men Loudly Knock (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Nov 01, 2003)
If you happened to be outside the Election Commission today, you would have got to see a part of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. Because Chief Minister Ajit Jogi showed up at the EC door in full force to present his case and counter the ‘‘trumped-up
- Farewell To The Carnatic Maestro (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Nov 01, 2003)
Semmangudi was living history, linking Thyagaraja to M.S. Subbulakshmi.
- Sugarcoating Pota (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 31, 2003)
What has been proposed is an embarrassing gimmick to counter the mounting criticism of gross abuse of POTA by empowering powerless committees to prescribe ineffective remedies.
- To Bargain With Bjp, Stall Cong, Regional Players Come Closer (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Oct 30, 2003)
Pushed against the wall and wary of the upcoming polls, regional parties within the NDA have begun the process of getting together to increase their collective clout vis a vis the BJP.
- Shinde Okays Cotton Bailout (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2003)
Nine months after he took over as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde today publicly confessed that he was unable to control the state’s growing subsidy bill because of the pressures of running a coalition government.
- Bsp Splits, Letting In A Ray Of Hope For Wary Digvijay (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 29, 2003)
BSP vote share in Vindhya, Chambal explains why Cong could do with help from Maya
- Farm Power Tariffs — Ec Touched By Live Wire, Now (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 29, 2003)
From roads and committee rooms to Raj Bhavans, courts of law, Cabinets and, now, the Election Commission, the issue of farm power tariffs has moved via numerous points. Yet, there is little hope that the farmer, who gets irregular, low quality supply that
- Autumnal Tryst With Elections (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2003)
When Kashmir got a new government and four states readied for a confused campaign
- Throw Pota Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2003)
THE SHORT AND benighted history of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (2001) and Act (2002) has made some things clear. Adopted under cover of re-empowering the state to combat terrorism post-September 11, this extraordinary law was bad in ...
- Dawood, A Trial Run (Indian Express, R. P. Subramanian, Oct 27, 2003)
One day he walks into a police station and surrenders, the rest is a farce
- Digvijay To Encash Maya Fury, Signals Poll Pact With Bsp (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Oct 27, 2003)
But it has BSP divided
- Personality Politics (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Oct 27, 2003)
Both the BJP and the Congress plan to focus on their prime ministerial candidates, and the exchanges between them could get nastier in the days to come.
- A Good Start (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2003)
A JOB WELL begun is nearly half done. The talks on the vexed boundary dispute with China, in a new format, seem to have got a reasonable start last week.
- ‘bjp Doesn’T Have Double Standards, They Say Whatever’S In Their Mind’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 27, 2003)
You are very proud of your humble origins, and the fact that you still live life more or less in the same style...
- Pm Trips Up Kalam (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 26, 2003)
President Abdul Kalam had to be content touring Bulgaria, Sudan and the UAE on his first state visit abroad. Many of the exciting destinations he would have liked to have traveled to had already been visited by Vajpayee, or else are on the PM’s itinerary
- ‘vhp Should Cooperate With Bjp And Support Pm’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
VHP is an independent organisation and the BJP does not get defensive about their activities. BJP is also concerned about certain issues such as Ram temple in Ayodhya, Gorakhsa etc. But BJP has its own clear cut views on such issues. When issues are commo
- Rise And Rise Of Hegemonism (Deccan Herald, Max Boot, Oct 25, 2003)
The National Security Strategy released last month by the Government of the United States may be the most significant US foreign-policy statement since NSC-68, the 1950 paper that codified the containment doctrine. Yet oddly most of the debate has focused
- The World Through New Eyes (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Oct 25, 2003)
Trade and terrorism shape our international relationships now
- Amarinder Says Centre Is Playing Games (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
The Centre’s last minute decision to pull back a Punjab delegation from visiting China has given Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh another case to cite ‘‘step-motherly treatment’’ against his state.
- Rise And Rise Of Hegemonism (Deccan Herald, Max Boot, Oct 25, 2003)
The National Security Strategy released last month by the Government of the United States may be the most significant US foreign-policy statement since NSC-68, the 1950 paper that codified the containment doctrine. Yet oddly most of the debate has focused
- Sindhis As An Indo-Pak Bridge (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 24, 2003)
A few hundred Sindhis, all Hindus, who had gathered in Jodhpur for an extraordinary meeting earlier this week must be rubbing their eyes with disbelief at the announcements made by External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha to clear the Indo-Pak air. They h
- Mp Sex Scandal: Ncw Demands Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2003)
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has recommended a CBI inquiry into the allegations that a local journalist sexually exploited a school teacher and forced her to have sexual relations with some serving and retired IAS and IFS officers.
- Uneasy Peace In Baghdad (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 24, 2003)
THOSE who might have been delighted with the UN Security Council's unanimous resolution last Thursday authorising a multinational military force in Iraq under the single command led by the United States need to think again. The resolution, which calls for
- The Old Man And The Trap (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Oct 23, 2003)
What will prevent the Left from ditching Karunakaran as it sees fit?
- Sino-Indian Boundary Talks (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 23, 2003)
Conditions seem more propitious today than ever before for rapid progress in the border talks between the two Asian giants.
- Georgian Mystery (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Oct 23, 2003)
Something’s cooking in defence minister and NDA convenor George Fernandes’ pot. But apart from dropping hints calculated to whet appetites, he’s not letting anyone in on his secret.
- Gandhi On Secular Law And State (Hindu, Anil Nauriya , Oct 22, 2003)
Gandhi and Nehru had differences. But they had strong mutual synergies on vital issues.
- Assam Bjp Gets New Chief, To Whip Up Anti-Influx Stir (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Oct 21, 2003)
The newly-elected president of BJP’s Assam unit, Indramani Bora, who took over on Monday said the party would renew its pledge to get the controversial Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, saying infiltration of Bangladeshis was the most imp
- Iraq: No Material Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
THE UNITED STATES has agreed to alter the profile of its unjust occupation of Iraq under the pressure of overall circumstances. A new resolution, 1511 (2003), `unanimously' adopted by the United Nations Security Council on October 16, emphasises ...
- Rerun In Temple Town (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 21, 2003)
Why all this activity in Ayodhya seems so familiar
- Tempering Of The Temple Man (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Oct 21, 2003)
Is Swami Chinmayanand the VHP’s BJP man or the BJP’s VHP man
- Ltte And Muslims (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 21, 2003)
At the heart of the problem is the LTTE's view of itself as the absolute ruler of the north-east.
- Development Key, All Others Can Wait: Pm (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Oct 20, 2003)
Skips Ayodhya at Uma rally, tells voters to look around, judge; attacks Cong for slowing growth
- A Pawarpoint Presentation (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Oct 20, 2003)
Only the politically naive would believe that Sharad Pawar’s seemingly innocuous comment about the “imported leadership” of the Congress was made casually. The NCP had made sure the electronic media was there to cover it even though Pawar’s observation wa
- No Screen Savers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
Before formulating responses to party workers’ e-mails, Congress must strive for coherence
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