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Articles 24721 through 24820 of 26693:
- House Privileges And The Courts (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Nov 27, 2003)
When life and liberty are put in jeopardy by the House on the ground of breach of privilege, the court's verdict about the privilege is final.
- It’S All In The Stars (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
Are film actors real crowd pullers or mere crutches for nervous candidates?
- Pay And Play (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Nov 26, 2003)
In the movie All The President’s Men, a source advises journalist Bob Woodward: Follow the money. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (that ‘control’ is a dead giveaway – this is what the officials think their job amounts to) is serious about cle
- Sc: Get Cbi To Probe Selection Of Teachers By Chautala Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Giving a fillip to the role of whistle-blowers, the Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into allegations that the Om Prakash Chautala government in Haryana subverted the selection of 4,000 primary school teachers three years ago. The inquiry is to be
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Indian Express, Anu R Aga, Nov 26, 2003)
In the past few years there has been much talk about ‘‘corporate social responsibility’’ (CSR). It has become a leading topic at World Economic Forum meetings. Economist Adam Smith, who wrote the bible of capitalism, Wealth of Nations, more importantly a
- Pay And Play (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Nov 26, 2003)
In the movie All The President’s Men, a source advises journalist Bob Woodward: Follow the money. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (that ‘control’ is a dead giveaway – this is what the officials think their job amounts to) is serious about cle
- Not Guilty. Guilty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Tansi verdict: we need to rescue the corruption issue from a narrowly legal framework
- Branding Our Iits (Indian Express, P V Indiresan, Nov 26, 2003)
The name and money are not enough to upgrade any engineering college
- The American Civility War (Indian Express, Paul Krugman, Nov 26, 2003)
Republicans rebuke critics for being ‘impolite’ but twist truth themselves
- Talking With Shah Rukh Khan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 25, 2003)
‘I am Islamic, I am a Muslim... but also a true blue Indian. And nobody can take that right away from me’
- New Germany In New Europe (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Nov 25, 2003)
Germans are alarmed at the cowboy politics of Bush’s America
- An Island Again At Sea (Indian Express, Shalini Chawla, Nov 25, 2003)
The LTTE’s proposals of November 1, 2003 and the president’s actions in dismissing three key ministers brought Sri Lanka to the edge of yet another precipice. Fears of war between the LTTE and the state were rampant in spite of the president’s assurance t
- Behind This Bleeding Crescent (Indian Express, Molly Moore, Nov 24, 2003)
Veysel Demirtas, his face inexpressibly sad, picked through the gaping yaw of splintered wood and glass shards that was once his small restaurant across the street from the British Consulate in the historic heart of Istanbul.
- Cat: Cancelled After Taint (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Nov 24, 2003)
Exam paper leaked: CBI busts nationwide racket, says gang leaked medical, bank exam papers too
- Freedom Of The Press And Beyond (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Nov 24, 2003)
The Hindu defeating the Tamil Nadu legislature in courts is merely one small battle in a perennial war between the people and their governments.
- How Can You Say There Was Progress In J&k In One Year Of Mufti Rule? (Indian Express, Hari Om, Nov 24, 2003)
I am in full accord when you say in your editorial, ‘Mufti’s long year’ (IE, November 7) that “there is no doubt that the violence directed from across the borders in still a major handicap in turning the situation around to sustainable peace and prosperi
- India: Why Life Is Elsewhere (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 23, 2003)
Jet-lagged and bleary eyed I landed at Mumbai airport in the early hours of a morning last week to be accosted, while waiting for my bags to arrive, by a young man who wanted to know my views on the airport. He was doing a survey for the Airports Authorit
- Firing Line: Ashok Gehlot, Cm, Rajasthan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
'Casteism? We suggested economic reservations'
- This Pace, Make It A Habit (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 23, 2003)
Gravitas, a gravelly voice and deliberate silence have worked well for my friend Jaswant Singh, the Finance Minister. But even Mr Singh must speak occasionally, and he has done so through his Ministry’s Mid-year Review (MYR) released a few days ago.
- A New Identikit (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 23, 2003)
Jogi peddles ‘Chhattisgarhia’ pride in language, dress and movies
- Mauritius, Singapore, Uae Ask Govt: Give Us An Iit For Our Country (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 23, 2003)
Campaign cliches and poll rhetoric may have drowned out the visit of Mauritius Prime Minister Paul Berenger but one thing he asked for has the potential to send arguably India’s biggest brand into the global education marketplace: Berenger asked the Gover
- Newsreel 16.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
The historic port city of Istanbul becomes ground zero as international terror chooses it as its next target. Over 50 are dead in two days of attacks, more than 500 wounded.
- Bjp Flags Self In, Steps On Gas (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Nov 23, 2003)
Internal study puts party on No 1 slot
- Press Freedom (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Nov 23, 2003)
Our Constitution does not recognise any hierarchy of fundamental rights. Freedom of the press does not occupy a preferred position. Yet there are dicta of the Supreme Court describing press freedom as ‘‘the Ark of the Covenant of Democracy’’, ‘‘the most p
- The Hurriyat Says Yes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2003)
Both the Centre and Hurriyat need statesmanship to respond to this historic opportunity
- Us And Them (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 22, 2003)
A look at the best and worst of foreign media
- One Region, Two Rules (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Nov 22, 2003)
The US allows China access to hi-tech but says ‘no’ to India
- Turkish Nightmares (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2003)
The Istanbul attacks are aimed at driving Turkey to choices it need not make
- Judeo Video, Govt Audio (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 22, 2003)
Why this spycamaraderie when none of the Govt’s Top Eleven will drink themselves silly, fondle cash in hotel rooms?
- Ajit Jogi And The Talking Mynah (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 21, 2003)
A soft, thin wire mesh has been thrown around an 80 feet tall wild tree in the compound of the forest department in Jagdalpur, headquarters for the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh. This unique caged tree is the habitat for four Bastar Hill mynahs, the wor
- Scary Scene (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2003)
NO ONE who reads the published reports of the Supreme Court's judgment transferring the disproportionate wealth cases against Ms Jayalalithaa to Karnataka and the unusually strong words used by it to condemn the roles of the State Government and Public Pr
- Scary Scene (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2003)
NO ONE who reads the published reports of the Supreme Court's judgment transferring the disproportionate wealth cases against Ms Jayalalithaa to Karnataka and the unusually strong words used by it to condemn the roles of the State Government and Public Pr
- Scary Scene (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 21, 2003)
NO ONE who reads the published reports of the Supreme Court's judgment transferring the disproportionate wealth cases against Ms Jayalalithaa to Karnataka and the unusually strong words used by it to condemn the roles of the State Government and Public Pr
- Bush Among The Non-Believers (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 21, 2003)
If even the UK is sceptical of his Iraq policy, George W. needs a new plan
- A Head For Competition Commission (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 20, 2003)
As the Competition Commission's chief task is to decide whether a particular trade practice is harmful for the market, the economy or consumers, the top slot would require the expertise of an economist. If the right persons are not appointed at its format
- A Sage Judgment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
THE SUPREME COURT'S order transferring to Karnataka the two disproportionate wealth cases in which J. Jayalalithaa and four others, including N. Sasikalaa and T.T.V. Dinakaran, figure as the accused is not merely a big setback to the Tamil Nadu Chief Mini
- The Bihari In Bangladesh (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 20, 2003)
After making waves in Pakistan during the SAFMA parliamentarians meet in August, Laloo Prasad Yadav is raring for a repeat performance in Bangladesh. Apparently, he’s received feelers from Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party, invitin
- That Slow Dance With The Jihadis (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 20, 2003)
Pakistan’s generals expend energy muzzling popular politicians, while pretending to fight Islamists. It’s bound to backfire
- End The Deadlock (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
Only a compromise between Lanka’s feuding politicians will save the peace process
- Assam, Centre Count Bodies And Excuses (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 20, 2003)
29 killed in attacks against biharis: ULFA rushes in where state Govt takes time to tread, Centre says polls so we can’t send ‘so many forces’
- All Their Worldly Goods (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
The affidavits of politicians make engrossing reading. But can we trust the stamp paper
- Iron Man Nationalism And Polls (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Nov 19, 2003)
Chief Ministers of Gujarat often pride themselves as Sardar Patel, the Iron Man, as he was fondly called. Perhaps Narendra Modi, too, thinks he’s another Sardar. As the BJP’s star campaigner in the coming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan an
- Political Courage Puts Personal Tie On Record (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 19, 2003)
Sethi & Bhandari: ‘Those with illicit ties attack pious relationship’
- Punishing Granny Slote (Indian Express, A. Balu, Nov 19, 2003)
It may sound fictional, but this is a true story narrated by US lawmaker Byron Dorgan in the Senate recently about Joan Slote, a 76-year-old grandmother and a champion cyclist, riding about hundred miles a week. She has pedalled through 21 countries. A fe
- Money For Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
The Judeo episode again highlights the pervasiveness of corruption in the system
- Minority Report, Parsee Way (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 19, 2003)
The community has a recipe for harmonious integration
- The Menace From Iraq (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Nov 18, 2003)
Instead of curbing terrorism, the military intervention in Iraq has caused, and will continue to cause, an increase in terrorist activities in different parts of the world.
- The Government Has Acted With Commendable Swiftness On The Judeo Expose (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
Dilip Singh Judeo is not likely to substitute his volleys of recrimination with expressions of remorse in a hurry. But Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has acted with admirable swiftness in banishing his tainted minister from his council and promising
- A Desire As Big As A Subcontinent (Indian Express, Anil Bhat, Nov 18, 2003)
When it comes to Indo-Pak peace, it’s people versus the establishment
- Jayalalithaa Underlines The Urgent Need To Codify Privileges (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 18, 2003)
It would be a pity if after the unanimous demand by the press to codify privileges of legislatures, the Central government failed to act. The matter has been hanging fire since the introduction of the Constitution in January 1950.
- Talking With E. Sreedharan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 18, 2003)
‘I don’t budge just to please somebody else. When politicians find they can’t interfere, they respect’
- Gujarat Bjp Exports Zaheera Nightmare For Dream Chance In Mp (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Nov 18, 2003)
RSS takes over campaign in Bhojshala, Gujarat’s Madhu Srivastava will run it; local BJP says it’s not fair
- Damage Control Day: Mulayam Fires Lawyer, Does A Babri Rewrite (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
His allies and Muslims quick to notice the sudden softening of his attitude towards the Vajpayee government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today launched an exercise in damage control: he fired his government’s counsel in the Supreme Co
- Before He Became Mos, Judeo Asked In House: Can Foreign Firms Get Mining Leases In India (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 17, 2003)
IF it’s a coincidence, it’s a very very telling one.
Guess one of the questions Union Minister of State for Environment Dilip Singh Judeo asked in the Rajya Sabha on December 18, 2002, a month before he became Minister: He requested information on ‘‘c
- Frames Of Shame (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
The NDA govt has many achievements to its credit, it should quickly clean this ugly blot
- Party Hits Delete, Pm Pause (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Nov 17, 2003)
If he is guilty, he will have to go: PM
- Tolerance Paves The Way, Jaya (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 17, 2003)
It is incomprehensible why Jayalalithaa, who is known to have national ambitions, chose to blot her copybook by attacking a national media institution like the Hindu. By that one act, she ended up uniting the media behind that organisation, as seldom befo
- Mute Spectators In The Bull Ring (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Nov 17, 2003)
In these times, it’s better to hear no evil
- New American Slogan (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Nov 17, 2003)
Bush has called for a democratic revolution in the Mid-East and elsewhere. Is it mere rhetoric or is he really sincere about it?
- Another Scandal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 17, 2003)
New revelations about pressure on PSUs only confirm old truths
- Backburner Bench (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 16, 2003)
Many fear that the Supreme Court intervention in the arrest of five journalists for breaching the Tamil Nadu Assembly’s privilege will lead to a judiciary versus legislature confrontation. But indications are that the highest court in the land will avoid
- Newsreel 09.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2003)
IN WHAT was seen as a tussle between the legislature and the fourth estate, the judiciary toes a cautious line. Acting on a petition by The Hindu, the Supreme Court stays the arrest order issued by the Tamil Nadu Assembly against five of the daily’s senio
- Cong Parties, Hopes For Bigger Do On Dec 4 (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Nov 16, 2003)
At Iftar, Sonia stokes ‘complete hope of success’
- Dry Run (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Nov 16, 2003)
Gehlot hopes to ride drought wave to power
- Bahu Adopts Parivar (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Nov 16, 2003)
They seem to be made for each other. Both stand for trademark tradition and the values of the Parivar. Meet the ideal Hindu naari of soap world, Tulsi of Kyonki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi fame, the BJP’s latest tinsel mascot.
- Govt Sees Future Consensus Over Reform Process (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2003)
Government now sees a consensus over the reform process in future. While addressing the annual session of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), commerce minister Arun Jaitley said, ‘‘Over the years pro-reformists have won the battle and brought e
- Caught On Tape: Union Minister Taking Cash, Saying Money Is No Less Than God (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 16, 2003)
As the polls draw near, the dirt has begun to fly faster and thicker.Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Dilip Singh Judeo, considered a strong BJP chief ministerial candidate for Chhattisgarh, has been caught on camera accepting cash in a
- Sai Hitch In Ncp-Bjp Pre-Poll Alliance (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Nov 16, 2003)
Anxious to avoid a split of the anti-Jogi vote in Chhattisgarh, the BJP is exploring the possibility of a tie-up with the Nationalist Congress Party. One issue, however, stands in the way - the NCP which has fielded Hemwant Porte against Chief Minister Aj
- Bush Agrees On Free Iraq By June (Indian Express, Susan Sachs, Nov 16, 2003)
Council to unveil power transfer plan
- Jindal A Step Away From History (Indian Express, Sujeet Rajan, Nov 16, 2003)
It is dusk as the 10-seater Cessna comes to a halt at a small airport here on Friday, and waiting supporters chant ‘‘Bobby, Bobby’’. TV cameras push forward, flashlights pop, as Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal emerges with wife Supriya from the plane.
- Vilasrao In The Dock On Telgi ‘link’ (Indian Express, Haima Deshpande, Nov 16, 2003)
Within days of former Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s name surfacing in the stamp paper scam, partymen want him out of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to ‘‘save the party from getting a bad name’’.
- Blackwill Successor Brings Economics To The High Table (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 15, 2003)
Resume: CSFB, Latin American reforms
- Survivor, Andhra Style (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
The success of Chandrababu Naidu’s gamble hinges crucially on rural Andhra’s response
- The Indo-Pak Impasse (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
When two parties to a dispute are determined not to see the adversary’s point of view, the chances of their resolving it are bleak. The recent overtures made by India and the response to them by Pakistan are ample proof that neither party is serious in se
- Konark & Fibre-Glass Ducks (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 15, 2003)
My Orissa diary: why the state needs to get out of the margins and come on to the national page
- On To The Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
Chandrababu Naidu wants to strike before the sentiment in his favour goes cold
- The Indo-Pak Impasse (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
When two parties to a dispute are determined not to see the adversary’s point of view, the chances of their resolving it are bleak. The recent overtures made by India and the response to them by Pakistan are ample proof that neither party is serious in se
- Does Bush Have Options In Iraq? (Indian Express, K. P. Fabian, Nov 15, 2003)
There are some signals that America is looking for an exit strategy in Iraq to be implemented as the presidential election in November 2004 approaches. Ambassador Robert Blackwell, currently working as the deputy national security advisor to the president
- Pressures On Psus (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
ARE PUBLIC SECTOR enterprises subject to the pulls and pressures of ministers? It would appear to be so going by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's clarification that the Central Vigilance Commissioner had, at his meeting with him, not named an
- Pressures On Psus (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
ARE PUBLIC SECTOR enterprises subject to the pulls and pressures of ministers? It would appear to be so going by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's clarification that the Central Vigilance Commissioner had, at his meeting with him, not named an
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