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Articles 26421 through 26520 of 27135:
- Hasten Cautiously In Oil Sector Divestment (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Oct 16, 2003)
THE proposed break-up of Indian Oil Corporation and privatisation of its retail-marketing with a vast network of retail sales points across the country defies logic and a rationale. More so when it is a star performer and commands a major share of the mar
- The Ltte And The `Kp Factor' (Hindu, Iqbal Athas, Oct 15, 2003)
The LTTE has made it unequivocally clear that the future of the ceasefire will depend on Colombo's response to its counter-proposals.
- Mixed Motives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2003)
THE PEOPLE OF the Philippines were apparently not surprised when their President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, reversed an earlier decision and declared her candidacy for the May 2004 election. The rest of the world might have lauded the motives, ...
- Ebcs? Quite Untenable (Indian Express, S. S. Gill, Oct 15, 2003)
When the Mandal Commission submitted its Report in 1980, B.P. Mandal told me, “Mr Gill, I know how much work you have put in as secretary of the Commission. But let me tell you that today we have performed the immersion ceremony of our Report
- Leopards Cross Over From Park To Urban Jungle (Indian Express, Vijay Singh, Oct 15, 2003)
After 10th death, kid in affluent suburb, Mumbai debates loss of forest cover
- Cancun Is Dead, Long Live Wto (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 15, 2003)
Those who are gloating over the failure of the Cancun Ministerial and hoping that the WTO is dead are as wrong as they can be. The trade body and negotiations will live on, but hopefully become more open and less complex
- Indo-Us Defence Ties Come Alive (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Oct 14, 2003)
Indo-US observers love to tell this story. Secretary of State John Forster Dulles once explained American interests in Pakistan. Pakistan, said Dulles, in an interview to Walter Lippmann given in the fifties, were the true fighters in South Asia. After al
- Smelling The Tokyo Rose (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 14, 2003)
Defence Minister George Fernandes makes no attempt at hiding his affection for Japan. Apart from a painting of Mahatma Gandhi — said to be painted by a Burmese refugee who lives in his house — the only other decoration on the walls of Fernandes’ South....
- Boost To India-Thailand Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
BUT FOR THE 1997 economic meltdown, Thailand might have emerged as the leading Asian Tiger among the Southeast Asian countries. Its economy was growing at a robust eight per cent of GDP. The country has now recovered from the problem, though the ...
- Disinvestment In Danger (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 14, 2003)
The imbroglio over the attempts to privatise HPCL/BPCL, and now bringing up the issue of splitting up IOC could actually jeopardise the entire divestment programme of the Union Government, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, who looks at the oil PSU s privatisat
- Oil Smoothens A Dynasty's Rule (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Oct 14, 2003)
The big game in the Caucasus is bound to gain momentum after the presidential elections in Azerbaijan where both Russia and the U.S. have decided dynastic succession is the best option.
- Patents For Peace And Happiness (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Oct 13, 2003)
Indian scientists should be encouraged to assign their patents to a bank to be used for the common good.
- Trains, Buses Diverted To Keep Out Kar Sevaks (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Oct 13, 2003)
As the Sabarmati Express pulled in at the Ayodhya railway station this evening, very few got off. And not a single one from S-6, the infamous Godhra coach. In the near empty coach, a passenger said police in Jhansi forced people off the train. He was not
- Intelligence At A Premium? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2003)
The controversies surrounding the Blair Government's Iraq policy have stripped the intelligence establishment of its mystique.
- Can Wesley Clark Take On George Bush? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
Liberals’ fascination with the general is rather mystifying
- Hayden's Grand Symphony (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL Test score is a cricket record that has been celebrated over the years by schoolboy and seasoned critic alike. It is hardly a surprise, then, that the latest champion to conquer that peak, the Australian opener Matthew ...
- Newsreel 05.10.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
Smooth sailing Indo-US relationship is getting on to a new ‘Gliding Path’. Secretary of State Colin Powell tells the US media that the agreement on cooperation in high-technology, space launch equipment, civilian nuclear energy and missile defence would..
- Ayodhya Gates Shut, Sena Men Held (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
Over 1,500 Shiv Sena activists were arrested on Saturday while trying to proceed towards the venue of their proposed Ram Bhakt Sammelan here banned by the Uttar Pradesh government.
- Multi-National Force To Move To Interior Afghanistan (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Oct 12, 2003)
NATO, which has the responsibility for the International Security Force in Kabul, will soon move to main provincial centres and other areas in the interior according to information received here. With that, the external security presence in A
- Presidential Shuttle (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 12, 2003)
It's not just the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister who are bitten by the travel bug. President Abdul J. Kalam is also constantly on the move, shuttling between Delhi and other parts of the country
- A Land Under Siege (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 12, 2003)
Signs of anger at the American occupation are visible all over Baghdad.
- Suspicious Times (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
CBI would do well to remember that it, finally, is accountable only to the public
- How To Deal With The Gang In New York (Indian Express, Shubh Saumya, Oct 11, 2003)
Treat the UN-centred order as a crime cartel. As the new toughie in town, India has to hustle its way in
- The Elephant & Panicking Flamingos (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Oct 11, 2003)
Bowling to a teenager who was then just plain Gary Sobers and barely an emerging force in the West Indies side in the mid-1950s was a frightening experience for this writer, a leg-spinner who had his own dreams of glory.
- Groping For Answers (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Oct 11, 2003)
Why did they do it, the Californians? It’s not just the Indian media that is asking questions. The American media is asking them too.
- Click! Now You Can Shoot At The Airport (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Oct 11, 2003)
Photos in-flight or of planes landing, taking off? For that you have to wait
- Myanmar's Easy Ride (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
THE MILITARY RULERS of Myanmar have snatched a diplomatic victory at the just concluded Bali summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). When the junta rearrested Aung San Suu Kyi last May, the 10-nation grouping made a ...
- A Bother For Bush (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Oct 11, 2003)
The row over the leak of an undercover CIA operative's name to the media refuses to die down, much to the Bush administration's discomfort.
- An Nri Family Gets Faith Amid Its Grief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
Death Row for man who killed Sikh in post-9/11 hate crime
- Pressure On Asian Currencies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2003)
GOVERNMENTS OFTEN BEND economic theory to justify policy decisions that they feel will advance their economic interests. A good example is the argument the United States has been advancing in its attempts to pressure China to make its renminbi ...
- Appointments & Disappointments (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Oct 10, 2003)
Every judge must be an activist who shares the vision, the mission and the passion of the Constitution.
- Return Of The Hawala Calculations? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 10, 2003)
Suddenly, the BJP's political rivals find themselves having to answer to the investigative agencies.
- The Use And Misuse Of Pota (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 10, 2003)
The curious case of the Union Minister of State for Non-conventional Energy Sources, M. Kannappan, should have woken the country to the problems being created by the use and misuse of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) but it evidently has
- Disinvestment Over A Barrel (Business Line, S. Arvind, Oct 10, 2003)
The idea of breaking up the Fortune 500 Indian Oil Corporation, just because two other oil PSUs could not be divested, does not make good business sense especially when world over oil companies are merging for size. To really succeed, the disinvestment pr
- Trans Asia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2003)
For India, a decade’s efforts to look east are beginning to bear fruit
- Elite, Or Bestial? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2003)
When four members of an elite army unit commit rape it shows how deep is the rot
- Army Scraps 87,000 Swadeshi Shells Meant For T-72 Tanks (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Oct 10, 2003)
The Indian Army’s main strike formations are staring down an empty barrel. It is understood that the Army has rejected as defective a massive consignment of 87,000 shells for its mainstay T-72 Main Battle Tank.
- A Neighbour’S Paranoia (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Oct 10, 2003)
Pakistan’s search for parity with India is leading it up a blind alley
- Here Comes The New Prime Minister (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 09, 2003)
A swadeshi Don Quixote is on the loose with his magic lathi, promising to make a Bihar out of everything he touches
- Look East Policy: Phase Two (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 09, 2003)
Phase two of the Look East policy will help break out of the political confines of the subcontinent that have severely limited India's strategic options.
- A First-Time Stain On A Fair Name (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
If it outraged Delhi that four from the President’s Body Guards (PBG) had been held for the rape of a college student, officers and ranks, retired and serving, were stunned as word spread
- Pakistan: The Siege Within And Without (Indian Express, Shireen M Mazari, Oct 09, 2003)
Pakistan is caught between an India waiting to cash in on the doctrine of premption and a society fast imploding
- Uncertain Times In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 09, 2003)
Afghanistan continues to fragment politically. The blame is being put on the warlords but the malaise runs deeper.
- Amethi Nama (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
Mulayam Singh Yadav is quite right on this one
- Judicial Responsiveness (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Oct 08, 2003)
Overall the Judiciary seems to be on the right track but the journey is still long and hazardous.
- `Strength Of Indo-British Ties Lies In People-To-People Link' (Business Line, Vinay Kamath, Oct 08, 2003)
SIR ROB YOUNG, British High Commissioner to India since January 1999, returns to the UK after four tumultuous years when powerful events gripped the world stage. As he says, the last few months of his assignment have been spent in defending his government
- Shutting Out The House (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 07, 2003)
Privatisation by executive order is undemocratic
- Secularism Is In Luck Now (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Oct 07, 2003)
If Mulayam succeeds in Uttar Pradesh, he could trigger a national alliance
- Intelligence Fraud (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 06, 2003)
BOTH THE US President, Mr George W. Bush, and the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, are in serious trouble for their suspected manipulation of intelligence in order to justify their attack on Iraq.
- 'The Captain Should Be Appointed For A Year, And Allowed To Settle Down' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 06, 2003)
Saurav Ganguly, the Indian captain, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk the Talk
- Govt For Brake On Iaf Promotions (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Oct 06, 2003)
IAF asked to curb its discretionary powers in top-level rises
- Key Indo-Us Deal Is Gliding Ahead: Powell (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 06, 2003)
Defence, N-tech and space are covered in agreements
- Instant Walk-Out (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 05, 2003)
The Congress party General Secretary Ambika Soni came to participate in the BBC talk show, Question Time, India, and discovered to her annoyance that Sonia Gandhi’s bete noire Subramaniam Swamy was to be a fellow panelist. Soni did not waste any time ...
- Wll Operators Violating Norms, Doing It At Their Own Risk: Gom (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2003)
Empowered group of ministers (GoM) on telecom on Saturday said pending final decision on enforcement of WLL services within local call area, the basic operators violating the license terms and subscribers availing themselves of such facilities would be do
- Just Deserts (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Oct 04, 2003)
It's just as well, now they tell us, that India and Pakistan did not send troops to Iraq. A report in the NEW YORK TIMES this week suggested it isn’t just Islamabad and New Delhi that are relieved — Baghdad is relieved as well. Because Indian and Pakistan
- Three Parts To A Whole (Indian Express, Vinod Patney, Oct 03, 2003)
A good way to assess the required level and nature of defence expenditure is to estimate the superiority ratio against the adversary. One set of estimates, purportedly calculated by our army on a single service basis, suggests that since 1971, our ...
- Naidu Seeks Israeli Firm’s Help For Tackling Terror (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 03, 2003)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been aware of the chinks in the armour around him and the pressing need to fix them. Just two weeks before the assassination attempt, he had a meeting with Nirtal, a top Israeli company, about sprucing
- Superpower Embedded In Trouble (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 03, 2003)
Among the reasons for US failure in Iraq and, to some extent, in Afghanistan, is widely believed to be absence of good intelligence. How distant April 9, 2003 appears today. Remember, Saddam Hussain’s statue being pulled down in Baghdad’s Firdaus Square?
- Leaders In Focus (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 03, 2003)
The importance of political leadership remains undiminished in the emerging era of e-governance in East Asia.
- Perverse Logic (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 03, 2003)
IT WAS really a treat to watch the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, deliver his keynote address at the annual Labour Conference held at Bournemouth. Treat, because it packed a lot of punch and took his critics head on with impressive eloquence and..
- Controversy Unlimited (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 02, 2003)
THE DEPARTMENT OF Telecommunications is in a spot over its permissive handling of the case of fixed service operators providing subscribers the freedom to use their phones beyond the local area, usurping a mandate available to cellular phone ...
- India Backs Un Restructuring (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Oct 02, 2003)
THE 2003 UN General Assembly began its 58th session with an agonising introspection of failings of the world body in the face of ever-growing threats to peace and security, and the "fundamental challenge" posed by unilateralism to the founding principle..
- A Tale Of Two Ministries (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Oct 02, 2003)
Advani and Joshi fiddle their way through their tenures
- Meaning_of_asia_cup_triumph (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2003)
THE FIRST WIN in six Asia Cup hockey championships since their inception in 1982 is significant in two aspects. First, it ensured India a place in the 2006 World Cup. India has been regularly competing in the qualifiers from 1989. Secondly, the ...
- Where_core_competence_soars (Business Line, Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Oct 01, 2003)
With its ability to understand user needs in a niche market, quick absorption of technological capabilities, and focus on cost competitiveness, the Brazilian aircraft maker, Embraer, has become a model for success of emerging market companies in high ...
- To Islamabad Via Washington (Indian Express, V A Pai Panandiker, Sep 29, 2003)
Like it or not, march to peace with Pak will require US ‘vehicle’
- Pakistan: Taking The Longer View (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 29, 2003)
The Government has come to attach far too much political importance to bilateral meetings with Pakistan by refusing to have them on the margins of international gatherings.
- For Liberty's Sake, Pota Must Go (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2003)
Political India must wake up to the truth that the only use of POTA can be its misuse.
- Mute Witness To Injustice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Sep 27, 2003)
The threatening of witnesses in the Gujarat riot cases came to light recently when Zaheera Sheikh pleaded that the high profile Best Bakery matter be tried outside the state for justice to prevail.
- Europe Versus America? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 26, 2003)
Although the crisis over America's war on Iraq has unquestionably weakened European unity for now, it may well have the opposite long-term effect.
- Pm, Bush Lunch, Gen Serves Old Whine (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 25, 2003)
‘Kashmir most dangerous dispute, end brutal suppression, stop weapons sale’
- London To Gwalior, Defence To History (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Sep 25, 2003)
By the time you read this, British Chief of Defence Staff General Michael Walker and wife Lady Victoria will already be on the old Agra road, headed for Gwalior to keep a lunch appointment with Sikander Saab’s regiment.
- International Terrorrism — The Saudi-Pakistani Nexus (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Sep 25, 2003)
Even as evidence is emerging about how Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have worked hand in hand to support international terrorism by the Al Qaeda, the Bush Administration continues to chase shadows and blame Iran for allegedly supporting terrorism, as it did
- India, U.S. And Non-Proliferation (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 25, 2003)
The Indo-U.S. negotiations reflect a political commitment to deal with a problem that has long hobbled bilateral relations.
- Army Takes Its Agni And The Nuclear Edge (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2003)
Lending more meat to its second-strike capability, the Government has cleared the raising of two nuclear-capable strategic Agni missile units and the immediate deployment of the short and long-range versions.
- The Law Has Taken Its Course (Indian Express, Vishal Arora, Sep 23, 2003)
The conviction of Dara Singh and 12 others for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Stewart Staines and his two sons, has evoked a sense of triumph as well as defeat.
- Charged And Discharged (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 23, 2003)
Though no doubt the discharge of Mr L. K. Advani must have come as a relief, the Special CBI court's decision not to let off the other prominent leaders of the Sangh Parivar must be nothing short of embarrassing for the party especially with elections ...
- Pm Lunch With Bush Has Joint Statement And Iraq On The Menu (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 23, 2003)
A reinvented relationship between India and the US is on the anvil as both sides seek to sidestep their recent differences over Iraq and Pakistan, and move into fresh gear with the signature of a joint statement between Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and ...
- Dara On Death Row, 12 Others Get Life (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2003)
Dara Singh, convicted for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons more than four years ago, was today sentenced to death by the trial court in Bhubaneswar.
- Look Who The Cm Defends (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2003)
First it was Mayawati, now it’s Mulayam rushing to Amarmani’s defence. Welcome to UP
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