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Articles 25021 through 25120 of 26693:
- 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
- Poor ‘masters’, Rich ‘servants’ (Deccan Herald, Keshav Rao Jadhav, Oct 21, 2003)
In this democracy, the ‘servants’ of the people get everything free while the ‘masters’ cannot afford even the necessities
- Labour Reforms (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
ONE SUSPECTS THAT the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was only indulging in a bit of diplomatic double-speak when he spoke of the need to bring in changes to the labour laws so that they become instruments "for speedy employment generation in all
- National Judicial Commission (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Oct 20, 2003)
The bill to constitute a National Judicial Commission is a good beginning, but falls short of sensitive specifications, purposeful guidelines and popular expectations from such a Commission.
- 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 'Crisis' Deftly Defused (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
THE LATEST ROUND of Ayodhya-centred mobilisation spearheaded by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has made one thing clear to political India. It is that, in India's most populous State and also elsewhere, the Ramjanmabhoomi movement does not evoke ...
- Politics Of Common Civil Code (Deccan Herald, Vishal Arora, Oct 20, 2003)
It is possible that a common civil code could become a stick in the hands of communal organisations
- All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Rally (Indian Express, Anuradha C, Oct 20, 2003)
The recent order of the Kolkata high court seeking to exile rallies during busy weekday hours falls into a pattern of similar judgements since 1997, when the Kerala court banned bandhs in the state. Ironically, the ruling comes at a time when rallies are
- 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
- Business Corruption And Individual Values (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 20, 2003)
THE survey results on corruption released annually by Transparency International generate the usual comments on which countries have improved their ranking and which have not. The perception of corruption is now so widespread that the organisation's 2002
- Your Q His A (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
Now that the UN Security Council has unanimously approved another resolution on Iraq should we agree to send our troops to assist in stabilisation of Iraq
- Beg Or Borrow (Indian Express, Richard Simon, Oct 19, 2003)
Congress okays $87 bn for Iraq, Afghanistan, with conditions
- Practise What You Preach, Pm Tells Pak (Indian Express, Jaya Basu, Oct 19, 2003)
Further toughening India’s stand over Jammu and Kashmir by linking the issue of vacation of Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK) by Pakistan, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee said that ‘‘one third of J-K is occupied by Pakistan, but that land belongs to India. Whenever
- Neighbour Retaliates (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 19, 2003)
The Indian government has not taken kindly to the news that some Pakistanis have illegally occupied 63 Clifton in Karachi, the Indian consul general’s residence until it was closed down in 1992 after a Pakistani mob stormed the building in the wake of the
- News Reel 12.10.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
India's most-wanted becomes the world’s wanted as the United States blacklists fugitive Mumbai underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. In a huge embarrassment to Pakistan, the US Department of Treasury lists his location as Karachi and publicises his Pakistan Pass
- White Hand On Our Nuke Button? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 19, 2003)
As a steadfast member of the school of political thinking that totally opposes foreign prime ministers for India I never fail to take up the issue whenever it slips back into the news.
- Double-Speak: Antony Gives It Left, Right, Centre (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Oct 19, 2003)
Accusing the Marxists of double standards, Kerala Chief Minister A.K. Antony today said the activities of the Left parties, especially the CPI(M), in Kerala should serve as ‘‘an eye-opener’’
- Bjp Strikes Balance: Sp Can Stay, Let Vhp Play (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
With UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav having acquitted himself rather well over the VHP’s Sankalp Sabha programme, it was obviously time for the BJP to come to his defence today.
- Do Nothing, Risk Nothing, Hopefully (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 19, 2003)
With the crucial ‘‘semi-final’’ round of Assembly elections less than six weeks away, the Congress is trying hard to come out of the blue phase it is stuck in, but as of now the party leadership appears bereft of any action plan but one — keep things in l
- Come Clean, Ec Tells Food Processing Ministry (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Oct 19, 2003)
The otherwise low-profile Food Processing Ministry has caught the glare of the Election Commission. And all for ignoring its ban on advertisements announcing the Centre’s achievements, projects and programmes in the election-bound states.
- ‘it’S A First: A Cm’S Letter To Pm Is Basis For An Alleged Crime’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
You are a Christian by birth. Then how do you still claim to be a tribal since Christianity has always claimed to be a religion of equality
- Who'll Take The Call? (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Oct 18, 2003)
It is no job of the state to shield entrepreneurs against tech change, against gusts of competition
- Fighting To Keep What Is Theirs (Hindu, Larry Rohter, Oct 18, 2003)
The Bolivian Government's plans to export natural gas have run up against widespread anti-globalisation protests.
- Trouble In Temple Territory (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 18, 2003)
Much as the VHP may try, its Ayodhya mobilisation will not gather momentum this time. It is trying to bring workers from different states and the biggest contingents of kar sevaks are coming from Gujarat.
- Ram Versus Rajya (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 18, 2003)
It’s poll time in two weeks, will the BJP trust its wisdom or succumb to instinct
- A Noble Iranian (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2003)
THE NORWEGIAN NOBEL Committee surprised many people, and disappointed a few, when it decided to award this year's Peace Prize to the Iranian human rights activist, Shirin Ebadi. That Ms. Ebadi is not as well known internationally as some of the ...
- Tying Down The Cbi (Hindu, R.K. Raghavan, Oct 18, 2003)
The most objectionable feature of the CVC Act is that it revives the infamous Single Directive, which cuts at the root of the CBI's autonomy and freedom of action.
- Bullets With A Message (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2003)
BULLETS, EVERYONE KNOWS, bear death. What is less widely understood is they also carry political messages. In November 2002, even as Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took office, two grenades went off outside his home on the outskirts of ...
- Now Smart-Card-Carrying Cong Worker (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Oct 18, 2003)
Workers to get smart-cards to log on, talk directly to Sonia and brass
- The Irony That’S Oic (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2003)
It is doubtful if the heads of 57 countries that constitute the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Malaysia recognise the contradictions that mark its very role and functions.
- Treaties And Cancun (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 17, 2003)
In India, a treaty should be circulated before it is signed with information being made available to the people who, along with the States, should be widely consulted.
- Big Brother & His Holding Company (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Oct 17, 2003)
There was a headline that grabbed me in The New York Times the other day. It said, ‘‘Cheney lashes out at critics of policy on Iraq’’.
- Vajpayee On Vacation (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Oct 16, 2003)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee gave himself a day out in Indonesia last week, wrapping up an afternoon of bilateral meetings before the ASEAN summit with a shopping expedition at an upmarket department store in the resort city of Nusaduwa. It was his
- From Compliment To A Supplement: Modi Makes News (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Oct 16, 2003)
Slips in Gujarat Satya Samachar in his ex-ally Gujarat Samachar
- Want To Be An Ia Airhostess? Rudy Says Your Face First, Then Iq (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Oct 16, 2003)
Tells IA and Air India: focus less on tests, first look at looks; his reason: I am answerable to Parliament
- Of A Takeover In Islamabad (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
Four years ago Musharraf deposed Nawaz Sharif. Why was Benazir so happy?
- Put Development On Top Of The Agenda (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 16, 2003)
In this crucial second half of the fiscal, with Assembly elections round the corner and a comfortable enough macro-economic situation, the Government should shed its obsessive concern with disinvestment and the 8 per cent economic growth target and turn,
- States And Fiscal Reforms (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Oct 16, 2003)
The complaint of the more developed States is that they are being punished for performance.
- Making Trouble But Going Nowhere (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
THE SHOCK FORCES OF THE Sangh Parivar, spearheaded by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, have nowhere to go in Ayodhya — having demolished the Babri Masjid more than a decade ago but unable to take forward the project of building a Ram temple on ...
- Sonia's Friends And Foes (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 16, 2003)
Her friends and foes alike refuse to let Sonia Gandhi's natural handicaps define the limits of her leadership
- Uncertainty After Cancun Collapse (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 16, 2003)
The collapse of the ministerial signals the beginning of a tension-ridden holiday for the WTO in the immediate future
- 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, ...
- Senseless Dispute Over Ayodhya (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 15, 2003)
Neither a temple nor a mosque should be built at the disputed site. A university of religions should come up there
- Ec Tells Jogi To Stop Giving Out Schoolbags Carrying His Pictures (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Oct 15, 2003)
The Election Commission has cracked the whip on Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and has asked him to stop distributing schoolbags with his photograph on them.
- Political Earthquake (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2003)
FROM body building to body politic? Well, that is the nature of the dramatic transition the former fitness buff and the current hero of action-cum-adventure packed movies, Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger has made in California by replacing the State's Governor .
- Cancun: A Mere Show Of Strength (Business Line, Alok Ray, Oct 15, 2003)
NOT totally unexpectedly, the Cancun Ministerial of the World Trade Organisation meeting has concluded without yielding any agreement. The major stumbling blocks were the massive agricultural subsidies (estimated at be around $300 billion annually by the
- 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
- Now, Governor Angelina Jolie? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2003)
Voters are increasingly picking the cacophony of fame over political certitude
- Temple Versus Terror (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Oct 15, 2003)
October 17 is not a climactic point. VHP is in it for the long haul
- Breaking Free From Industrial Agriculture (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 15, 2003)
WHAT are the real costs of food? When we buy a kg of rice or wheat, have we at any time wondered what its real cost could be against what we pay in the shop? We only are concerned about the `market' price of food, and not what it costs to produce.
- Iraq... Where There Are More Questions Than Answers (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 15, 2003)
ONE of the saddest and, perhaps in the long term, the most horrific, aspects of the ouster of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq is the push the country seems to be getting in the direction of religious fundamentalism. About 60 per cent of the country's po
- 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
- All Pawared Up (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
Unfulfilled ambition makes shining nationalists of us all
- Party Pooper Vhp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
If BJP’s anniversary do is overshadowed by Ayodhya, it has only itself to blame
- Speeding Up Justice (Indian Express, Arun Firordia, Oct 14, 2003)
Reform, reform, reform: that’s the need of the hour if justice is to be done
- Cong Lowers Pawar Heat As It Rushes To Douse More Fires (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
Drops NCP ultimatum, works on Jogi back-up
- 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.
- Bellwether For 2004? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2003)
THE elections scheduled to be held in November-December for the State assemblies of Chattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan are bound to be keenly watched by psephologists, media pundits and political players for any clues they may ...
- Mulayam Sends Ayodhya Sos, Pm Says Trust Vhp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
VHP MEET: MoS Chinmayanand’s role shameful, says angry CM
- Govt Gets First Chance To Make Sc Think Again (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 13, 2003)
HPCL-BPCL: Jessop hearing today may end Centre’s dilemma on disinvestment verdict
- New World Disorder (Deccan Herald, LARRY ELLIOT, Oct 13, 2003)
It’s 30 years since oil prices soared and monetarism triumphed - and there could be more upheaval to come
- ‘we Made Mistakes Like Discouraging Private Sector, We Are Changing Now’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 13, 2003)
You are the only Marxist ruler, if I could call you so, in the whole world. Isn’t it so, and an elected one at that, barring the small government in Tripura
- After The Battle In Iraq .... Is The War On Asian Currencies Right? (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 13, 2003)
Given the US focus on Asian currencies, if the yen strength persists, the risk of a currency war rises, with pressure on China to do something. The Bank of Japan would be forced into aggressive intervention. Central banks would race to destroy the value o
- Ebadi Selection Political: Radicals (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
While reformers have hailed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to an Iranian human rights lawyer as a boost for democratic reforms, powerful hard-liners denounced it as an act of interference in Iran’s internal affairs that supports secularism over the
- 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..
- Map Blues For Cong In Amethi (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Oct 12, 2003)
Chhatrapati Shahuji dist is history, more work for party
- 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
- The Maya Behind The Raids (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 12, 2003)
What I like about Mayawati is her honesty. That may sound like a funny thing to say but I am being completely serious. I like her for never having made any attempt to hide her millions.
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
P. Chidambaram, commenting on the attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, advocates a separate Telengana state as a solution to the endemic Naxalite violence that is plaguing the state for the past two decades (An attack seeks answers,
- ‘delay In Taking Decisions Can’T Be Dubbed A Failure’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
Do you think it would be appropriate not to take any action against K Muraleedharan and K Karunakaran in Kerala, both considered by majority Malayalees as obstacles worse than CPM to the current Antony administration
- 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
- 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.
- Which Way Will Political India Go? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
THE IMPORTANCE OF the Assembly elections in five States — Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chhattisgarh — scheduled for November-December 2003 stretches beyond the immediate. This is the final round of Assembly polls ...
- 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 ...
- Can Mumbai Become Shanghai? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 11, 2003)
Cities are increasingly a joint enterprise of the rich and the poor. A vision for their future must integrate the needs of both.
- 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.
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