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Articles 26621 through 26720 of 27135:
- Want A Cow Bill? Go Tell It To This Child (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Aug 24, 2003)
Dalits were beaten, set ablaze on false charges of cow slaughter. All 32 accused are out on bail
- Divine Communication (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 24, 2003)
Considering that it is the wettest monsoon in Delhi in decades and it had been raining steadily till noon on August 15, Rashtrapati Bhavan officials were apprehensive about holding the President’s At Home on Independence Day in the gardens. But when it
- Cabinet Clears New Pension Scheme (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
Also approves setting up of interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
- Big Brother Hits Big Time (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Aug 23, 2003)
Now that the no-confidence motion has blown over with the NDA coalition sailing through, it is a moment of calculation for the smaller partners of the alliance. Many are torn by infighting and leadership tussles. The fact that all warring factions voted
- Motion’s Over, Now Move (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 23, 2003)
Everybody who participated in, or witnessed, this week’s debate on the no-confidence motion in Parliament obviously must have his or her own take on it.
- Waiting For Prem Nath (Indian Express, V. MOHINI GIRI, Aug 22, 2003)
Some 32 years ago, the newspaper had headlines screaming, ‘Plane Missing’. A young girl named Shammi Malhotra, beautiful and intelligent, holding two small children, came to see me at the office of the War Widows’ Association. An IAF plane, AN-12-BL-534,
- The Politics Of No-Confidence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2003)
WITH THE NUMBERS never stacking up, the no-confidence motion was doomed to failure even as it was moved. Given this, its success or failure must be measured not so much by the defeat of the motion (by a margin of 312 to 186) as by evaluating ...
- No-Confidence Motion - All Sound And Little Fury (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 21, 2003)
With the result of the no-confidence motion against the Vajpayee Government a foregone conclusion, the exercise does seem to have been an utter waste of public money and valuable Parliament time. But it served to prove that the Opposition is capable of...
- Laloo Show: Paswan Sore Loser (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 21, 2003)
Rivalries in Bihar are almost as intense as the clash of the Tamil titans. The Laloo Prasad Yadav-Ram Vilas Paswan tussle shadowed the recent visit of parliamentarians to Pakistan from the time they left Delhi.
- Terms Of Re-Engagement (Indian Express, JAGAT S. MEHTA, Aug 21, 2003)
The reach and responsibilities of professional diplomacy have expanded immeasurably and so have the pitfalls.
- Delhi Tightrope On Israel Red Carpet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 20, 2003)
Nervous about the possible reaction to a first-ever visit by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon from September 9-11, India has invited Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Sha’ath to New Delhi on August 29.
- Vajpayee Carries The Night, Sonia Too Has Her Day (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 20, 2003)
Playing the PM card, NDA breezes through; Sonia holds her own, draws the battlelines sharper
- Fiscal Consolidation, The Real Payoff (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 20, 2003)
The mere announcement of an avalanche of measures without ensuring how they will deliver is not good economics, though maybe savvy politics, particularly when elections are round the corner. Dividends will come only from correcting and shoring up the
- Defence Is Not Football (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2003)
National security issues should only be addressed in a non-partisan manner
- Late Showers Bring Mud In Monsoon Term (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
Day one of the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha was full of sound and fury and although in the beginning it seemed that it would signify little, by the end of the day, it sent three key signals.
- No One Has Been Born Who Can Buy George, Says George (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
Expending fire and self-righteousness in equal measure, Defence Minister George Fernandes told the Lok Sabha this evening that he was incorruptible and had fought against corruption all his life.
- J&k Now Gets Its Healing Touchtone (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 19, 2003)
They began lining up well before daybreak. By noon, people were spilling out of the narrow bylane off Maulana Azad Road. Eight years after cellphones came into the country touching off a virtual telecom revolution, Srinagar celebrated its arrival today.
- Engineering A Reverse Brain Drain (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Aug 19, 2003)
AMIDST the din and cackle of political debates on cow slaughter and reservation it is heartening to learn that the Communications Minister, Mr Arun Shourie, has endowed his entire entitlement under the MP Local Area Development scheme to set up a biotech
- Crimes Against Parliament (Hindu, Pran Chopra , Aug 19, 2003)
What seems likely at the moment is that proper parliamentary procedures, evolved over decades, will go the way many other institutions have.
- Will Sp, Ncp Come To Aid Of Congress? (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Aug 18, 2003)
With an eye on the live telecast of the debate on the no-confidence motion, the Congress today carefully chose issues it will seek to highlight: frequent train accidents, Gujarat’s Best Bakery case, atrocities against Dalits, financial crises and Defence-
- Blunting The Edge (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2003)
This no-confidence motion devalues Parliament’s most potent weapon
- Delhi Says ‘nothing Unusual’ In Kargil (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2003)
India today rejected reports of massive mobilisation by the Army near the Line of Control in the Kargil-Drass sector terming all troop movement as ‘‘normal.’’
- Cancun & Doha Round Prospects (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Aug 18, 2003)
The main negotiating challenge will be defensive — to prevent further loss of policy options in several areas.
- Confidence Motion: Numbers Not An Issue, Support Is (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 18, 2003)
On the eve of the Congress-sponsored no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, NDA partner DMK, ending the suspense over its role, declared its support to the Vajpayee government. The AIADMK — the DMK was miffed over NDA overtures to Jayalalithaa — did not
- Transparency Best Cvc Defence For Fernandes (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Aug 17, 2003)
Faced with a no-confidence motion in Parliament this week, Defence Minister George Fernandes said today that he has ‘‘no objections’’ in tabling the CVC report as long as rules permitted.
- Vote: Dmk’s Trust Test (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 17, 2003)
As NDA leaders got together today to give final touches to their strategy to turn the tables on the Congress during the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha, the DMK squirmed over reports of the BJP’s efforts to enlist the support of its arch-rival ...
- Congress Still Fights George Dragon (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Aug 17, 2003)
Senior Congress leaders are deep in thought over the strategy to adopt vis-a-vis Defence Minister George Fernandes when he rises to speak on the no-confidence motion moved by party president Sonia Gandhi.
- A Bonanza For Big Oil (Hindu, V. Sridhar, Aug 17, 2003)
George W. Bush has passed an Executive Order that effectively provides legal immunity to the oil majors for their actions in Iraq.
- Here Is Iaf’s Most Wanted Aircraft (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Aug 17, 2003)
Pakistan also wants these Mirage-2000-5s, Delhi team back from recce in Qatar
- Nda Guns For Buta Making Sonia Fire A No-Trust Notice (Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Aug 15, 2003)
The Opposition sprang a surprise in Parliament today when it tabled a no-confidence motion against the NDA government after a week-long impasse over the Government’s refusal to part with a Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report to the Public Accounts
- Freedom Is A Kite (Indian Express, C. Uday Bhaskar, Aug 15, 2003)
I always found the little urchin at the Khan Market-Lodi Road intersection and he had a chirpy presence that was compelling. Weaving through the line of cars with considerable dexterity, he was nimble despite the crutches and had an endearing smile as he
- Bullock-Cart Diplomacy (Indian Express, M D NALAPAT, Aug 15, 2003)
If the attitude of immigration authorities worldwide to an Indian passport has changed during the past five years, the reason has nothing to do with the Vajpayee government, but is the result of the software boom. Suddenly, Indians have become chic, no
- A Visitor With A Past (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 15, 2003)
Some in India may discover affinities with Ariel Sharon's type of politics. They would do well to examine his track record.
- Strong Rules, Weakly Enforced (Business Line, A. V. Ram Mohan, Aug 15, 2003)
A. J. P. TAYLOR, the famous and popular historian applied for a fellowship in one of the premier Oxford colleges, while starting out on his student career. A committee of history professors interviewed him. Upon studying a sample of Taylor's student essay
- Parliament And Military Secrecy (Hindu, V.R. RAGHAVAN, Aug 15, 2003)
On the PAC issue, it is difficult to avoid the impression that the Opposition and the Government are engaged in seeking and denying political advantage
- Sting Operation Nets Uk-Indian Missile Dealer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2003)
An Indian arms dealer, Mumbai underworld, a Russian connection and a sting operation — it is not crime fiction. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a British national of Indian origin, Hemant Lakhani, for smuggling sophisticated surface
- A Session Washed Away (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2003)
To force adjournments in Parliament cannot be an inalienable right of legislators
- Pakistan's Privileged Army - Quest For Hegemony At Home, Abroad (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 14, 2003)
As it moves ahead with its "peace process", New Delhi cannot afford to ignore the pernicious role of the Pakistan army. Compulsive hostility with India is a necessary pre-requisite for the Pakistan army to retain its perks and privileges, and it is not
- Shares With The `Enemy' (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Aug 14, 2003)
Investor protection measures must embrace `enemy property'
- Pump Dealer Selection Ban Lifted, But Riders For Psus (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Aug 13, 2003)
Petroleum Minister Ram Naik today lifted the ban on PSUs appointing dealers for petrol pumps and gas agencies but instituted a set of rules that favours private firms in appointing such vendors.
- Don’t Shoot Down Iaf Over The Mig Myths (Indian Express, A. K. GOEL, Aug 13, 2003)
If there is anything more important for the Indian Air Force than defending the country, it is to ensure cost of such defence is minimum. Thus, while we must train and prepare for perhaps the most demanding profession on Earth, we aim to ensure accidents
- The Shimla Consensus (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Aug 13, 2003)
Issues related to national security were given prominence at the brainstorming session of the Congress Party in Shimla last month. Party President Sonia Gandhi emphasised many points in her inaugural address.
- Football Of Partisan Politics (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 13, 2003)
Even if the country were not in the election mode, the defence deals during the Kargil War would almost certainly have led to the kind of acrimonious controversy that rages inside and outside Parliament. For, over the years, almost everything in this
- Spectrum Management: The Telecom Lifeline (Business Line, Asha Ram Sihag, Aug 13, 2003)
SPECTRUM is the fundamental resource in wireless communication. It is scarce and is allotted by the government to various users. The increase in number and the popularity of wireless communications have led to a situation of demand pressure on the limited
- Test Pepsi, Get Back To Us In Three Weeks: Hc Tells Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2003)
The Delhi High Court today directed the Government to conduct laboratory tests on the soft drinks of PepsiCo and submit its report within three weeks.
- Crossing The Bhacchi Bridge (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 12, 2003)
The real tragedy in Kishtwar is the failure of the political establishment to affirm that the carnage there distinguishes little between Hindu and Muslim.
- China And India - Is Democracy The Defining Difference? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Aug 12, 2003)
The democratic system in India makes for slow and sometimes tortuous progress as it has to rely on consensus building. But this may turn out to be more stable and irreversible than what has happened in China
- A Vasco Da Gama, In Reverse (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 12, 2003)
There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip, but Shashank, the seniormost secretary in the MEA, is clearly hoping that his African journeys over the last few months will give him enough ballast to turn around the flag-embellished corner of South Block
- Governmental Audit System - A Prisoner Of Procedures? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 11, 2003)
The Prime Minister's recent criticism of the government's audit system for making the executive a prisoner of procedure should provoke introspection by the CAG's auditors.
- Force Multipliers (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Aug 11, 2003)
Continuing acts of terrorism over the past two decades, first in Punjab and since 1988 in Jammu and Kashmir, require some reflections on how we are dealing with this menace. It would appear that we have dealt with the phenomenon in terms of short-term ...
- A System On Trial (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2003)
The Best Bakery case highlights the need for new changes and use of old provisions
- Red Fort: Babus Go Marching In (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Aug 10, 2003)
Keen to have a full house when Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee makes his sixth Independence Day speech, Cabinet Secretary Kamal Pande has warned senior government officials that ‘‘a serious view’’ will be taken if they skip the ceremony at Red Fort.
- Can’t Release Cvc Report On Defence Deals: George (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
An embattled Defence Minister George Fernandes today ruled out giving the Central Vigilance Commission’s report on defence deals. ‘‘The report has been labelled as top secret by the CVC and we cannot part with it,’’ he told a press conference on Saturday
- Sonia Rams Into Nda’s Records (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Aug 10, 2003)
In a curtain-raiser of sorts for the big fight ahead, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the party’s election campaign at a modest rally in East Delhi this evening, a day ahead of L.K. Advani’s Parivartan Rally.
- Generation Next Meets (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 10, 2003)
The younger generation of two important political families met for the first time at a special film showing of the movie Chalte Chalte in Delhi last week. There was an instant rapport between Misa, the eldest daughter of Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi,
- Plan To Beat All Masters (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Aug 10, 2003)
My friend in Delhi has a new Masterplan for the National Capital. It has details not only of where one should stay, the projects that are coming up but also what one should eat, drink and see. ‘‘It is by far the most comprehensive Delhi Masterplan,’’
- Newsreel: 10.08.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
A day after Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani moots the idea of holding synchronised elections to Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy says they have not received any proposal from the Government yet. He also asserts
- A Badla On Lashkar-E-Toiba (Indian Express, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Aug 09, 2003)
The political furore that led to the resignation of Admiral John M. Poindexter and forced Pentagon to abandon launching an online futures trading market in which anonymous speculators would bet on possible terrorist events should not eclipse what was an
- Boycott Lunch And Dinner (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 09, 2003)
You may raise some questions about our politicians’ intellect or integrity but there is no faulting their instincts. So how does the Parliament of India assert its sovereign authority the moment the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which is now
- Peacekeeping Or Policing: A Dilemma (Hindu, R. Kannan, Aug 09, 2003)
Punitive action, however desirable, does not fall strictly as yet within the realm of peacekeeping.
- Pepsi Maange A Lot: Wants Court To Gag Cse And Tell Govt Not To Act On Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2003)
Pepsico has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain the Centre for Science and Environment and its director Sunita Narain from publishing ‘‘any unsubstantiated statements or materials against Pepsico and to forthwith withdraw all such
- House Stalled, George Says Can I Speak? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
An angry Opposition today stalled Lok Sabha, mounting a scathing attack on the Government and demanding privilege action against Defence Minister George Fernandes for denying the Public Acounts Committee (PAC) access to the Central Vigilance Commission...
- That Kargil Ghost (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
The unprecedented step by the Public Accounts Committee in expressing its inability to furnish its findings on defence procurement has raised the Kargil ghost again. It is possible to argue that the Defence Ministry is right in refusing to part with the
- Corporate Irresponsibility (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES HAVE been put in the dock once again by the Centre for Science and Environment: its laboratory tests have revealed that the soft drinks marketed by these firms contain pesticide residues well in excess of European Union ...
- Kargil: Pac Stalls House Over Report That Isn’t So Hot (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2003)
The Opposition today sharpened its knives after the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament refused to probe the Kargil arms purchases, saying the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had not given it access to a Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report on
- Earnest And Young Enough To Read Harry Potter (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 07, 2003)
A BRANDED apparel advertises: "When you're sure, it shows." That could make you a bit unsure if something shows, but as a corollary, you cannot be sure of what doesn't show. This is the rule that is getting increasingly applied to accountants. As with ...
- A Constitution For Europe (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Aug 07, 2003)
The fundamental issue is not as much about technocratic management of the E.U.'s institutions as it is about its very identity. It involves deciding what Europe is, what it aspires to be.
- No Mere Dispute, It’s Aggression (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Aug 06, 2003)
When China invaded Tibet in 1950, the world wanted Nehru to rush to the defence of the monks. But he did not
- The Pentagon Alternative (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 05, 2003)
The man who, on behalf of the US, invited India to send combat troops to Iraq, will get together with Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad this week for the annual Defence Policy Group dialogue in Washington.
- Pm Takes Emotional High Ground (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2003)
Mixing the personal with the political and injecting a strong dose of emotion, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today took on the Opposition, rejecting the charge of vacillating over Ayodhya. He said he would ‘‘quit’’ office but would not put up with
- Pak Has A Farewell Gift For Blackwill: He’s Biased (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2003)
Pakistan today launched a blistering attack on former US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill for his comment that terrorist incursions into Jammu and Kashmir were still continuing, saying he seemed to be ‘‘ill-informed’’ and ‘‘prejudiced.’’
- Flying Coffins? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2003)
Aircraft accidents in India, by their very nature, put everyone who knows something on the defensive since people who may not know anything about aeroplanes become instant — and aggressive — experts. The issue of MiG-21 falls squarely in that category.
- Docs Count His Last Days, He Battles Polygon (Indian Express, PETER LANDERS, Aug 04, 2003)
Cancer-stricken mathematician has a crack at riddle no one took seriously
- Growth Bulls On Rampage... But Wait For Exhaustion To Set In (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Aug 04, 2003)
The unjustified euphoria and desperation in financial markets will sort themselves out eventually. Needed now is patience underpinned by a sound understanding of the underlying economic fundamentals
- Wolf Shopping For Sheep's Clothing (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Aug 04, 2003)
SUCCESSIVE governments at the Centre have made a complete mess of India's foreign policy, subsidised with growing reluctance by the tax payer. Thus, in a manner of speaking, the BJP-led National Front Government was only perpetuating an established
- Iaf And Flight Safety (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2003)
LAST FRIDAY, THE Defence Minister, George Fernandes, flew in a MiG-21 for under half an hour and landed safely. So what, one might ask. By posing for television cameras and news photographers following his "successful flight," Mr. Fernandes was ...
- Resurgent Tribalism In Fiji (Hindu, Sam Rajappa, Aug 04, 2003)
Over decades, the gulf between the indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians has widened.
- India And The Korean Crisis (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 04, 2003)
Half a century ago, India played an active role in the Korean peninsula during the terrible war there that left nearly five million people dead, injured or missing.
- Pm May Wish He Never Promised ‘last Wish’ (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 03, 2003)
The BJP leadership, which was left isolated in face of concerted Opposition attack over the CBI chargesheet against Advani, Joshi, et al., in the first two weeks of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, is set to experience more of the same treatment, come
- Officer In Cbi Net Ropes Big Fish For Prime Mumbai Plot (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Aug 03, 2003)
What might the chief of naval staff, a Shiv Sena MLC, a promoter under CBI investigation, IAS officers, a local army commander and ‘Kargil Heroes’ have in common?
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