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- 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’
- 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
- Secy Gone, Now Deputy, Baalu Says: ‘i Don’T Know How Things Go Out Of Hand’ (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 18, 2003)
Call it the corruption curse. Within a span of three months, the high-profile Ministry of Environment and Forests has lost two of its top three people. And the Boss isn’t pleased.
- Towards The Near West (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Nov 17, 2003)
Central Asia is once again on India’s diplomatic map
- Tax Benefits: It's Win-Win For Gujarat, Reliance (Business Line, Balaji C. Mouli, Nov 17, 2003)
The prescription involved a three-way split of the CST. One-third of CST was to be absorbed by Reliance, another third as `surcharge' levied on petro-products sold in Gujarat, and another through a hike in retail prices in the rest of the country.
- Questionable Practices In Us Mutual Funds (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 17, 2003)
IN THE last wave of scandals to hit Corporate America, we saw the top management of companies such as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom exposed on account of their financial irregularities. New legislation was introduced to oversee the public accounting companies
- Engineers’ Union Cries Foul Over Varshney Arrest (Indian Express, Siraj Qureshi, Nov 17, 2003)
The Agra Court sent arrested UP Power Corporation Ltd sub divisional engineer Amit Varshney to police remand for the murder of his wife Kavita, but the Electrical Engineers Union claims that
police brutality forced an innocent Amit to admit to the cri
- Don’T Do A Bangaru On Him: Bangaru To Bjp (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Nov 17, 2003)
Banished to solitude, a former BJP president is recalling his nightmare now. Three years after a similar tape pushed him to the margins of politics, Bangaru Laxman is still bitter.
- Dara Gets Ready To Take Hanuman’S Name, Enter His New Akhara (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Nov 17, 2003)
Long before Arnold Schwarznegger, there was Dara Singh. And the pehelwan from Amritsar was not a mere governor of a province, instead he was Bajrangbali. He was both Samson and Hanuman. He was ‘Rustom-i-Hind’, a national cult figure whose name became a ge
- It’S A Bubble In The Sea, Says Judeo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
As Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Dilip Singh Judeo walked into his party office in Raipur this evening, waiting partymen shouted ‘Jai Judeo’ and ‘Jai Shri Ram.’ After the press conference in which he said the VCD which shows him acce
- After Cancun, Wto Gets New Momentum (Deccan Herald, SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI, Nov 17, 2003)
Cancun was not really a setback to WTO. Countries overwhelmingly want to get the negotiations back on the road
- New Delhi’S New Game (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
It’s a chance to play for national pride and huge economic dividends
- Poet Murder (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2003)
CBI closes in, cop held
- 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
- Even Turkey (Indian Express, Ayla Jean Yackley, Nov 16, 2003)
Blasts rock synagogues in Istanbul, kill at least 20
- 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.
- City Crooner Right On Top Down Under (Indian Express, Sumana Mukherjee, Nov 16, 2003)
Australian producer hears Bobby Cash, gets him a gig at the Sydney Test and more
- 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
- What Us Steel Tells Indian State (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 16, 2003)
This week I write from New York where one of the most interesting stories when seen through my Indian eyes was the WTO decision, last week, to uphold an earlier ruling that censured the Bush administration for raising tariffs on imported steel.
- Dhaka Warmth On Ulfa Leads To Chill With New Delhi (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 16, 2003)
Bangla minister called ULFA leader a freedom fighter, Indian envoy objected
- Tell The World (Indian Express, Shefali Anand, Nov 16, 2003)
Have something to say? A-I building at Nariman Point is one of four sites worldwide that will beam your message
- Bush Agrees On Free Iraq By June (Indian Express, Susan Sachs, Nov 16, 2003)
Council to unveil power transfer plan
- Express Impact (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 16, 2003)
Companies are notorious for ignoring investor grievances. And although it is impossible to help all investors who have sunk their money into companies that vanish with amazing regularity, the issues that we highlight have helped some of our readers to get
- 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’’.
- Fans Line Up For Sumner’S Tale (Indian Express, Lola Ogunnaike, Nov 16, 2003)
Kim Herzig, one of several hundred fans who descended on the Barnes & Noble bookstore on 66th Street and Broadway on Wednesday, hugged Sting’s new memoir, Sting: Broken Music, and did her best to catch her breath.
- Blackwill Successor Brings Economics To The High Table (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 15, 2003)
Resume: CSFB, Latin American reforms
- Reviving Cricket Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
IT WAS FOURTEEN years ago that Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar received a fiery baptism as a Test cricketer at Karachi at the hands of Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. When he packs his kitbag for Pakistan next February to play a full complement of Test
- The Men In White (Indian Express, Manju Mehta, Nov 15, 2003)
It’s not just Prince Charles who’s amazed
- 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
- Energising Ties (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
Indo-Russian cooperation on nuclear energy is a step toward the future
- 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
- What Dhaka Does Yesterday, Kolkata Does Today: Bans Taslima (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay, Nov 15, 2003)
Latest book anti-Islam, say cops; it has details of liasions, writer Sunil Gangopadhyay says: I didn’t have sex with her
- New Birds In The Sky (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Nov 15, 2003)
After a long delay, Indian Airlines and Air India have decided to bolster their fleet. Five A-320 aircraft are being inducted into IA on dry lease. This was long overdue. The airline is facing tough competition in the domestic sector.
- Reforming India Into A Powerhouse (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
Economic reforms and growth feed on each other. Concluding a two-part series
- 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
- Feel-Very-Good Factor: 7 Plus Is Growth Estimate (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Nov 15, 2003)
Alarm bells:Mid-year review concerns: huge pension, subsidy bill and fiscal deficit
- World Kayoes American Sports Myth (Indian Express, Mike Penner, Nov 15, 2003)
The US baseball team fails to qualify for the Olympics. Its athletes win medals, lose dope tests. Is Uncle Sam a has-been?
- Commonwealth 2010 In Delhi: The Uncommon Dividends (Indian Express, R. Ramachandran, Nov 15, 2003)
The sporting merits may still be up for debate, but there are few doubts that the Commonwealth Games 2010, to be held in Delhi, could mean a radical makeover for the national capital. And anyone who has seen Delhi before the 1982 Asiad will say amen to th
- A Search For Stability (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Nov 15, 2003)
On the confusion that prevails in the computation of undisclosed income
- A Search For Stability (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Nov 15, 2003)
On the confusion that prevails in the computation of undisclosed income
- Supreme Court Ruling - Easier To Make Epf A Pension Scheme (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Nov 14, 2003)
The Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the validity of the government pension scheme started in 1996 will pave the way for the smoother conversion of the Government's provident fund scheme into a pension scheme.
- Four-Fold Path To Nirvana (Indian Express, N K Singh, Nov 14, 2003)
A happy mix of economic and demographic factors means India is in the fast lane. First in a two-part series
- Supreme Court Ruling - Easier To Make Epf A Pension Scheme (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Nov 14, 2003)
The Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the validity of the government pension scheme started in 1996 will pave the way for the smoother conversion of the Government's provident fund scheme into a pension scheme.
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder. According to an official report of the Andhra Pradesh Government on
- Charity In The Name Of Science (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
Development of S&T in the Third World is not linked to charity efforts which actually strengthen the IPRs of MNCs
- Dare We Hope Once Again? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 14, 2003)
If Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee does actually attend the SAARC Summit in Islamabad in early January, it will have been nine months since he launched the latest peace initiative in Srinagar on April 18.
- Central Asia Is Central (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
India’s renewed focus on this region makes strategic sense in terms of the future
- Bt Cotton Fiasco - Pushing Farmers Into A `Booby' Trap (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
THE failure of Bt cotton, and that too in its very first year of planting is well-documented. So much so that even a Parliamentary Committee has put its stamp over the scientific blunder.
- Charity In The Name Of Science (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Nov 14, 2003)
Development of S&T in the Third World is not linked to charity efforts which actually strengthen the IPRs of MNCs
- Sharon And The House Of Saud (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Nov 14, 2003)
Israel and Saudi Arabia have to do a deal to neutralise in-house conflict mongers
- Axis Of Evidence (Indian Express, G Parthasarathy, Nov 14, 2003)
The Beijing-Islamabad-Riyadh nuclear nexus poses new challenges
- Go Learn The Art Of Living, We Will Pay, Govt To Bureaucrats (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Nov 14, 2003)
Several Central ministries have issued circulars to officers and staff to instantly enrol for Sri Sri Ravishankar’s week-long ‘Art of Living’ course, with the tab of Rs 1,500 being picked up by the Government of India.
- As Screws Tighten, Police Chief Tells Cm: Let Me Go (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
Amidst a swirl of rumours that he proceeded on leave after being blamed for ‘‘acts of commission and ommission’’ in the Telgi scam, beleaguered Mumbai Police Commissioner R S Sharma today asked the chief minister to relieve him of his charge.
- Poll Iron Hot, So Naidu Strikes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2003)
Ending weeks of speculation, the general body meeting of the ruling Telugu Desam Party today unanimously favoured early polls, setting the stage for dissolution of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
- Effecting Change Sans Hype & Hoopla (Deccan Herald, Binu S Thomas, Nov 13, 2003)
Civil society groups, which demand transparency in governance, need to be transparent in their own functioning
- Debits Of Disintegration (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 13, 2003)
ACCOUNTING is a post-mortem exercise, many say, because you record what has happened. Auditing happens normally after accounting, and that is, therefore, a post-post exercise. And when there is a collapse of auditing — as happens on the surfacing of a cor
- Foothold In Central Asia: India Gets Own Military Base (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Nov 13, 2003)
Tajikistan:10 km from Tajik capital, Indian troops, air platforms to be stationed in Ayni; MoD staff work on runway, Rs 50-cr upgrade
- Why Miracles (Indian Express, O. P. Sharma, Nov 13, 2003)
Ramakrishna Paramahansa said no
- Effecting Change Sans Hype & Hoopla (Deccan Herald, Binu S Thomas, Nov 13, 2003)
Civil society groups, which demand transparency in governance, need to be transparent in their own functioning
- Bring Them To Book (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
Those responsible for poor quality of the collapsed building in Bangalore must be punished
- Making A Bow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
At the end of an illustrious cricketing career, Srinath remains a source of inspiration
- Police Chief Buck Stops At Cm Desk (Indian Express, Rosy Sequeira, Nov 13, 2003)
TELGI SCAM: Nine acts of ‘commission and omission’ by Sharma
- Bihar Needs A Bihari Pill (Indian Express, Manoje Nath, Nov 13, 2003)
Look at points of light in heart of darkness
- Wake Up, South Asia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
Saarc ministers must think out of the box if the region is to keep up with the world
- When Babus Decide Cases (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 13, 2003)
While the government is forging ahead with its October 31 decision to introduce a unified licence in the telecom sector, the Supreme Court has admitted a petition that indirectly seeks to roll back the whole initiative. For all their reservations about it
- Maya’S Cold Winter: Cbi Freezes Rs 11 Cr In 84 Accounts (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Nov 13, 2003)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has frozen bank deposits to the tune of Rs 11 crore traced to accounts operated by former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, her immediate relatives as well as accounts into which their money was being routed.
- Jiri Menzel’S Magic Laughter (Indian Express, Pradip Biswas, Nov 13, 2003)
The noted Czech filmmaker’s work is being showcased at the Kolkata film fiesta
- Jaswant’S Tough Call (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 13, 2003)
Will Finance Minister Jaswant Singh break new ground and appoint the first woman finance secretary? Bureaucratic circles are waiting for the outcome of the tussle that’s on in the ministry as Singh endeavours to get himself a new team on the eve of the bu
- Taking Reforms To The Grassroots (The Financial Express, S. S. Tarapore, Nov 12, 2003)
Committees, working groups need to adopt a collaborative rather than a confrontationist approach
- Need For Economic Vigilante Groups (Deccan Herald, J Rajagopalachari, Nov 12, 2003)
We suffer from absence of vigilante groups to serve as a bulwark against exploitation and manipulation
- Mixed Signals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2003)
Japan’s long-ruling LDP is back in power, but with a warning
- Unified Licence: Contradictions Unlimited (Business Line, Krishnan Thiagarajan, Nov 12, 2003)
FOR THE second time in less than three years, the government machinery acted with decisive swiftness while formalising the unified licence between basic and cellular services in five days flat. It passed through three layers of decision-making authority b
- Unconscionable Delay (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 12, 2003)
THE aftermath of the Tamil Nadu Speaker's order sentencing prominent journalists to 15 days' imprisonment for contempt of the House, and issuing of warrants of arrest against them has reopened the whole question of the failure of the legislative bodies in
- Indians Got The Highest Pay Hike In Asia-Pacific (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2003)
At a time when employers in Asia-Pacific region are strictly controlling their pockets, Indians on an average have received the highest pay hike in 2003.
- Three Is Company (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 12, 2003)
The India, Brazil and South Africa Dialogue Forum will have greater relevance for the three countries, and others in the developing category, than some of the older organisations like the Commonwealth or the G-15.
- Terror In Osama Land (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2003)
When violence strikes Riyadh, it affects us deeply right here
- Urea: Rps And Nps -- Six Of One, Half-A-Dozen Of The Other (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Nov 12, 2003)
The New Pricing Scheme for urea manufacturers is hardly an improvement over the Retention Pricing Scheme, whose anomalies it purports to correct. It neither provides an incentive to reduce cost and improve efficiency nor does it help all plants uniformly
- Terror’S Export Processing Zone (Indian Express, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Nov 12, 2003)
Saudi Arabia’s royals have to clarify links with the Al Qaeda brand of extremism
- Global It Bounces Back (Asia Times, Indrajit Basu, Nov 12, 2003)
While a long, rough two-year ride for the global information technology industry appears to be just about over, the implications for the United States are ominous. Commercial activity is picking up strongly in the US, and job data is starting to come arou
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