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Articles 26021 through 26120 of 27135:
- Deeds Of Darkness (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Dec 24, 2003)
The campaigns conducted by different political parties in the recent elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi have brought to public notice the use of advanced electronic technology by politicians for various purposes. I am not refer
- General Need For A Reality Check (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Dec 24, 2003)
That Iran and Libya have opened their WMD programmes for US inspection should tell Musharraf a few things
- Dmk's Withdrawal Of Ministers — Start Of The Great Political Churn? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 24, 2003)
IT WAS like living for a long time in a rented house where neither the tenant is comfortable nor the landlord happy. So after occupying for over four years a slot in the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre, the DMK has at long last opted out.
- Containing The Fallout (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
CORNERED BY BHUTAN, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is threatening to hit back in the manner it knows best — vent its anger on ordinary, defenceless people. Its threat to issue "quit notices" to Bhutanese living in the Northeast ...
- Peace By Piece (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 24, 2003)
As India and Pakistan enter the final week in the run-up to the SAARC summit in Islamabad, little gestures that help to significantly improve at least the bilateral atmosphere if not the substance, seem to be the order of the day. Such as the courtesy ...
- Moment Of Triumph (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
THE FORMER PRIME Minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao, must feel that the legal clouds that hung gloomily over him have finally lifted. With his acquittal in the Lakhubhai Pathak case, Mr. Rao has been cleared in the third and last corruption case in ...
- Nuclear Neighbours (Hindu, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Dec 23, 2003)
One effective institutional arrangement is the creation of a nuclear risk reduction centre each in India and Pakistan.
- Gujarat’s Sc Defence: No One Told Us About The Acquittals (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 23, 2003)
In an affidavit filed last week before the Supreme Court to explain its failure to do justice to the post-Godhra riot victims, the Gujarat government came up with an array of excuses but one stood out: the state government claimed it learnt of acquittals
- Trials Of Saddam Hussein (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 23, 2003)
Colonel James Hickey, commander of the American forces that took the former Iraqi leader prisoner on December 14 , said “(Saddam Hussein) was wise not to wait too long. We were about to clear that (underground facility) in a military sort of way,” he ...
- Good Flagoff (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
VIGYAN Rail, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is a good initiative to showcase the nation’s achievements in science and technology. Both the President and the Prime Minister can take justifiable pride in the scientific and ...
- Sino-American Ties (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Dec 22, 2003)
The U.S. recognises that Taiwan will become part of China under the 'one-China' principle at some stage in future; that Taiwan is not at all a sovereign state but Taiwan today is also not an administrative part of China.
- Arjun Tank Nowhere In Sight (Tribune, Maj-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) , Dec 22, 2003)
MAIN Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun, slated to be added to India’s armoured might at the turn of the century, appears to be having serious birth-pangs. The 57th report of the Public Accounts Committee (2003-2004) on the design and development of MBT, presented
- Iraqis Must Judge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
THE UNITED STATES is set to aggravate the injustice inherent in its invasion of Iraq by taking control of the judicial processes to be instituted against deposed President Saddam Hussein and his officials even though they are not known to have ...
- Exit Options For An Aging Population (Business Line, Sudhanshu Ranade , Dec 22, 2003)
It is necessary, and extremely important, to allow employees to exit whenever they choose to do so from the pension plan, as also from the Employees Provident Fund and the Public Provident Fund, the rates of return on which have been unilaterally slashed
- Take It Or Fall Behind (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 22, 2003)
Does south Asia have genuinely independent alternatives for more self-respecting national futures
- Wrong Way To Peace (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 20, 2003)
If Jesus Christ was betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, it is no surprise that $25 million secured Saddam Hussein. The wonder is that it took impoverished and long-suffering Iraqis who are being killed like flies eight months to lead the Americans to the ..
- Let’s Own That Whistle (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 20, 2003)
The death of Satyendra Dubey, a young engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and working for the National Highway Authority of India who had complained of corruption on the Golden Quadrilateral project to the Prime Minister’s Office ...
- Loyal To The Corps (Telegraph, MADHUMITA BHATTACHARYYA , Dec 19, 2003)
The Clinton Wars: An Insider’s Account of the White House Years By Sidney Blumenthal, Penguin, £ 20
- On The Defensive (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
Perfect justice is never easy to achieve or implement in the confusing turmoil of life. And to determine whether violence has occurred in self-defence is extremely difficult once the moment of violence has passed. The Supreme Court’s judgment that self ..
- Scripting The Saddam Story (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 19, 2003)
The arrest of Iraq’s former president in some ways reinvents him
- Last Salute To The Lion Of 1965 (Indian Express, Patwant Singh, Dec 19, 2003)
The death of Lieutenant General Joginder (Jogi) Singh Dhillon on November 20 at the age of 89 received no coverage in the Indian papers, although it was his inspiring generalship that helped smash the superior Pakistani armour, poised to head for the ...
- Iraq’s Post-Saddam Era Can Now Begin (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Dec 19, 2003)
Saddam’s capture is a turning point. Suddenly even France wants to do business with the new Iraq
- If China Can, Why Can't India? (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 19, 2003)
CHINA's economic success is stunning the world as it understands how to move with the times. It is the world's most competitive nation anddesires to modernise rapidly by attracting more foreign investment.
- Jet Set (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
The Naresh Chandra committee was to draw up a road map for reforming civil aviation. Drawing on global experiences, it makes a host of recommendations and if the entire package is implemented, much more than Indian Airlines and Air India will be ...
- Toying With Saddam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2003)
With the former Iraqi dictator now a doll, the war in Iraq appears even more like a movie
- Asian Balance And The Subcontinent (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 18, 2003)
A creative Indian policy must aim at leveraging the rise of China and Japan and the Sino-U.S. entente to transform its own security condition in the subcontinent.
- Out Of Pokharan Shadow, India, Us To Sign Hi-Tech Deal (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 18, 2003)
Agreement on Friday likely on space, civilian nuclear cooperation
- End Of Story (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 17, 2003)
Francis Fukuyama was supposed to have at least set the Yamuna on fire during his reincarnated sessions in the capital these past few days. Instead, the author of the End of History was as cold as a deflated souffle, pedantically explaining notions of ...
- Unschooled Sensitivity (Tribune, Gitanjali Sharma , Dec 17, 2003)
IT is admission time again. It spells tension for parents as well as their young wards. Three years ago my four-year-old son and I were going through a similar grind. As if the pressure of coaching him as per the syllabus provided wasn't enough, my friend
- Cds Is Welcome But Doubts Remain (Tribune, Brig Kiran Krishan , Dec 17, 2003)
THE recent indication by Defence Minister George Fernandes that the government might soon appoint a Chief of Defence Staff has been received with a mixture of incredulity, apprehension and scepticism — incredulity that it should be happening at all after
- Arrests In Hal Over ‘recruitment Racket’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2003)
An alleged recruitment racket also involving ‘‘stealing blueprints and spares of the Light Combat Aircraft’’ at the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) was busted today following the arrest of a senior official.
- The Mahatma And The Bjp (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 16, 2003)
Now that the frenzied investigation into the causes of the state assembly elections outcome has run its course, we must turn our attention to the consequences. In a belt across the waist of Mother India are to be seen three of the most communal faces of
- 2004 Will Be Fought On 3 Issues: Vajpayee Vs Sonia, Nda Vs Disunited Opposition & Five Years Vs Fifty (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 16, 2003)
Fresh from overseeing his party’s successful state election campaign, Pramod Mahajan, BJP general secretary and former Union minister, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk
- Netaji Desires (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2003)
THE release of the Katwal audio tapes, in which Mr Virbhadra Singh and two of his colleagues, Mr Singhi Ram and Mr Kuldeep Kumar, had allegedly sought from Mr S.M Katwal, the then Chairman of the HPSSB, the favour of appointment of some candidates when...
- The Naval Gaze Is Hazy (Indian Express, S.C. N. JATAR , Dec 16, 2003)
None in his right senses will contest the need for an aircraft carrier for India. Regrettably, however, the question “Why Gorshkov?” remains unanswered in ‘Naval gazing into the future’ by Kailash Kohli (IE, December 13). He has not even discussed the ...
- When Yuan Plays Mischief... Switch To The Basket Peg (Business Line, D. Sambandhan, Dec 16, 2003)
While the free float of the yuan can wait, China should consider the option of switching over to a `basket peg' of key currencies of major trading partners. This is the second best solution to the one-dose medicine of revaluation. It is time China got out
- No Defence For Delays (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2003)
A defence modernisation fund will streamline expenditure and planning
- Powered By Science, Special Train Today (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Dec 15, 2003)
The Army’s main battle tank, Arjun, will roll out of the Capital tomorrow to set out on a cross-country ride. So will its various missiles—Agni, Prithvi, Nag and Brahmos—and the multi-role Light Combat Aircraft Tejas and pilotless Nishant. Close behind
- As Day Breaks, Bush Exults: What An Enchanting Day (Indian Express, Adam Entous, Dec 15, 2003)
President George W Bush on Sunday revelled in the capture of Saddam Hussein as an ‘‘enchanting day’’ for the Iraqi people and final proof their long-time leader was gone.
- The Mandate And Its Pieces (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 15, 2003)
The Judeo-Jogi affair has not ended with the Chhattisgarh election. In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls next year, the Congress and the BJP are both using it to score points against each other. The Congress has demanded that the probe against Dilip Singh
- Govt: Pak Protest Over Loc Fencing Meaningless (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Dec 15, 2003)
India has dismissed Pakistan’s charge that the fencing along the Line of Control (LoC) was ‘‘violative of UN resolutions’’.
- Pursuing Dangerous Fantasies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2003)
TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT CHEN Shui-bian has embarked on a dangerous course by trying to harm the prospects of a political unification of the island with the People's Republic of China. In persisting with a plan for a referendum on proposals that will ...
- News Reel 07.12.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
Peace seems to have a bright future. In Islamabad, PM Mir Zafarullah Jamali dials the number to Prime Minister A B Vajpayee. In the seven-minute call, Jamali conveys his appreciation for the Prime Minister’s December 4 letter confirming his attendance at
- Your Q, His A (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
The Chief of Naval Staff recently stated that the deal for the purchase of the Russian old aircraft carrier Gorshkov is almost finalised. But many experts say that this would be a wasteful expenditure. Do we really need an aircraft carrier? By all ...
- This Cross-Loc Intruder No One Has The Heart To Stop (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Dec 14, 2003)
Two rival armies let 85-yr-old mother walk across, meet son
- Sukhoi Checks Defective So India Orders Stop Payment I Fault Checks (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Dec 14, 2003)
Air Force decides not to accept new batches of fighter planes, Russia rushes its crisis team
- Ancient Village Dholavira Gets Mr Fix-It Mahajan (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 13, 2003)
The village of Dholavira, near the legendary Indus Valley site, has been a makeshift home to archaeologists. It was further pushed off the map by the killer quake three years ago. Now, it’s emerging from the ruins: telephones, drinking water, electricity,
- A Question Of Honour (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 13, 2003)
Since its birth, the Indian nation-state has been challenged by rebellion and insurgency. In the late Forties, it was the Communist Party of India, who launched a countrywide insurrection claiming that the freedom we got from the British was false (in the
- Naval Gazing Into The Future (Indian Express, KAILASH KOHLI , Dec 13, 2003)
Why Gorshkov? Is our navy not strong enough to thrash Pakistan’s? Why do we now need to spend $650 million to acquire this Russian aircraft carrier? The answers lie in the strategic vision enunciated by Prime Minister Vajpayee when be addressed the ...
- Japan All Set To Woo India (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 12, 2003)
After years of ignoring India, Japan is now all set to woo it. Surprised by New Delhi's big power diplomacy, its growing engagement with East Asia, and the resilience of the Indian economy, Japan is now determined to make up for the lost decade in ...
- Navy Legend To Live: Centre Will Chip In To Keep (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Dec 12, 2003)
Providing the first categorical assurance that the INS Vikrant, once the pride of the Indian Navy, would be saved for posterity, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) today decided to shell out funds for the decommissioned aircraft carrier.
- Mamata Hoping For Coal And More (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
TRINAMOOL Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, who is a minister without portfolio in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, is on pins for a portfolio. She has been assured by the Prime Minister over the telephone that the needful will be done earlier that ...
- Pm: No Remote Control In Judeo Video Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
ls: Vajpayee says he sent Express story to CBI; Oppn slams Govt, CBI
- Cloud Lining (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
The economy of the United States of America shows signs of revival, although questions have been raised about gross domestic product deflators used in the US to convert nominal growth into real growth. It is therefore possible that real growth in the US
- Sting In The Tail (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
Real magnanimity does not trample even upon a worm. The Bharatiya Janata Party, if it does not change its ways, may fail this test. It has not stopped gloating over its sting operation on Mr Ajit Jogi, the outgoing chief minister of Chhattisgarh. The ...
- ‘muslims Don’t Provoke. They’re Scared. This Scared Indian Muslim Is A Big Threat To The Unity Of Our Country’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 10, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at his native village Saifi in Etawah.Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk:
- Indo-Pak Ties: ‘stove, Several Frontburners, Many Meals Cooking, Including Kashmir’ (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 10, 2003)
As the stage is set for another meeting of the leaderships of India and Pakistan, three high-profile former US diplomats with inside access into the Bush administration are offering new solutions to regional tensions, especially on Kashmir.
- Bush’s Sinking Ship (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 10, 2003)
Coming back to Washington after a month abroad is like returning to a land which has changed beyond comprehension in so short a time. It is okay once again to poke fun at POTUS, the president of the United States. Talk show hosts like Bill Maher are no...
- Defeat And Its Consequences (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 09, 2003)
Kudos to the BJP for overturning what most agreed was a certain Congress victory in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and a possible retention by the Congress of Madhya Pradesh. The Congress is, of course, beaten — and the pollsters more so.
- Saving Saarc (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 09, 2003)
There is no ambiguity about the steps India and Pakistan need to take to save SAARC. Will they muster the required political will?
- The Equations In Europe (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 09, 2003)
Intensification of Franco-German cooperation might now hold back European integration.
- No Missing Saffron In Uma Red Carpet (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 09, 2003)
The elections may have been all about development but today when Uma Bharti took the oath of office at a public function in Bhopal, she raised many eyebrows: with her on the dais were some of the leading lights of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and one of..
- Nuclearisation A Dangerous Policy (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Dec 08, 2003)
DEFENCE Minister George Fernandes had recently disclosed that a nuclear command chain, including alternative “nerve centres”, had been established, giving India an effective retaliatory capability. “We have established more than one (nuclear control) ...
- The Great Indian Vote Trick (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 07, 2003)
My most interesting day was the day after the counting — more than the day of the voting or the day of the counting. I have read the tortuous explanations offered by analysts and columnists on the results of the elections in three States and in the Union
- N Korea Comes To Ask For Missile Parts, India Says Pay For Ship, Forget Arms (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 07, 2003)
New Delhi has asked Pyongyang to cough up Rs 8 crore sovereign guarantee for North Korean ship Ku Wol San, that was ‘‘arrested’’ carrying missile parts and production manuals by the Indian Custom authorities off the Kandla Coast at the height of Kargil...
- Centre’s Samjhauta Brief: Be Pleasant, Talk Positive (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Dec 07, 2003)
The Government has finalised the delegation which would hold talks with Pakistan on resumption of the Samjhauta Express between the two countries. Headed by an Additional Secretary-level officer, Additional Member (Traffic) S.B. Ghosh Dastidar, the member
- Daring Bihar Dgp Gets Sack Orders, Public Sympathy (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 07, 2003)
Bihar Director General of Police D.P. Ojha, who had locked horns with the state government by repeatedly talking about the criminal-politician nexus in recent weeks, was today removed from his post.
- Another Mig Crash (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2003)
IT is due to the pilot’s skill plus sheer providence that the MiG-29 which crashed near Hoshiarpur on Thursday did not hit any populated area. Otherwise, the consequences would have been disastrous. Several thickly populated villages are situated close to
- Cattle Unity Zindabad! (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Dec 06, 2003)
A massive rally of stray cows, bulls and buffaloes of Chandigarh was held last night on one of the busy roads of the city to discuss the situation arising out of the increasingly militant postures adopted by human beings and brazen encroachment on cattle
- In Ceasefire Season, India & Pak Promptly Settle A Little Cross-Fire (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 06, 2003)
In a signal that both India and Pakistan are committed to the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of Military Operations on both sides got working to defuse a tense standoff in the Tangdhar sector after troops ...
- Divisions Over Emissions (Hindu, Andrew C. Revkin, Dec 05, 2003)
The Kyoto Protocol has been dealt a blow by Russia's threat not to ratify it.
- Cong Stars Revolve Around Their Own Sons (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 05, 2003)
Dynastic politics is not new to the Congress. But once more, the party may have been eclipsed on many seats because its stars revolved around own sons.
- Hurriyat Doves Fly In To Bounce Roadmap Off Top Us Experts (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Dec 04, 2003)
As the Hurriyat doves led by Maulvi Abbas Ansari wait for the start of the dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, they are also preparing to bounce off their ‘‘roadmap’’with influential US foreign policy thinktanks.
- Look, The Elephant Gallops (Indian Express, Tarun Das, Dec 03, 2003)
This has been an incredible year for India and the pace of change has been so rapid that the world is yet to catch up with it. Most people, even supposedly well-informed public opinion builders outside India, still perceive India in the traditional way.
- Do Guns Speak A New Language? (Indian Express, Anil Bhat, Dec 03, 2003)
The earlier distinction made between militant groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir and those active in the Northeast, the former being termed as terrorists and the latter as insurgents, does not hold any longer. While the “tanzeems” in Jammu and Kashmir
- Wanted, A New Safma Patron (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 03, 2003)
BJP ideologue K.R. Malkani, who died recently, will surely be missed by many but none more so than the Pakistan-headquartered South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA), which recently organised the successful visit of Indian MPs (self-led by Laloo Prasad
- The Philosophy Of Privatisation In China (Business Line, S. Majumder , Dec 03, 2003)
While China's privatisation exercise met with quick success despite Communist rule, India's is wobbling, hamstrung by parliamentary democracy.
- Evolving Bipartisan Approach (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2003)
THE SRI LANKAN President, Chandrika Kumaratunga's offer of a Joint Peace Council (JPC) and the creation of the post of "Minister assisting Defence" mark yet another step in the evolving consensual approach to the peace process in the island. Ms. ...
- No Defence, Mr Chairman (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2003)
We need to reject any extraneous influence in the administration of our defence forces
- Tempestuous Winter Session Ahead (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 02, 2003)
With election results coming in and such issues as the Judev tape episode and the stamp-paper scam on hand, the winter session of Parliament may see much polemics and politicking rather than democratic discussion and deliberations. The fate over 50 Bills,
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