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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 3437:
- Militants Melt Away Despite Heat Being On (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Sep 09, 2003)
Seven days after intensive operations in this densely forested ravine in the Ghati area, security forces today called off their search saying the holed-up militants—estimated to be seven Lashkar members—have escaped.
- Kathua Search Goes On, One Abducted (Indian Express, ZAFRAN DUTT, Sep 08, 2003)
Even as the troops continued searches for the holed up ultras in Ghati forests for the sixth day today, militants reportedly abducted a villager from nearby Lohai Malhar last evening.
- Wto Gridlock Likely To Remain (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 08, 2003)
The Cancun ministerial is unlikely to produce major agreements on significant new liberalisation
- Forest Dept To Sue Kseb For Elephant Deaths (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2003)
The Forest Department will initiate legal action against the Kerala State Electricity Board for its alleged laxity which caused the electrocution of four wild elephants in Thannithode forest station limits under Ranni forest division on Wednesday.
- Babus Named In Mp Sleaze Story (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Sep 06, 2003)
Even as the Madhumita case is bringing the rot to light in UP politics, a sordid tale of sexual exploitation is threatening to throw up enough pre-poll dirt to stir up the Madhya Pradesh establishment.
- A Ravine, A River, Hills And Forests: Terrain Helps Terror (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Sep 06, 2003)
Encounter still on, forces hope militants will run out of supplies and turn themselves in
- Cancun: Keep The Wheels Moving (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 03, 2003)
With Cancun just days off, various groups of nations are sitting in conclaves to work out ways and means to ensure that the bicycle of trade negotiations does not fall, and the WTO ministerial does not end in abject failure. This would be a serious ...
- The Art Of `Green' Governance (Business Line, K. P. S. Chauhan, Sep 03, 2003)
THE Government of India recently set up a National Environment Authority (NEA) and six regional authorities which are expected to start functioning within three months. The NEA will have the appellate jurisdiction to hear appeals against decisions made by
- Won An Award? So What? (Indian Express, Pradip Biswas, Sep 02, 2003)
For Bengali film directors, winning national awards does not necessarily ensure a long run for their films in theatres, even in Bengal. Take Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Mando Meyer Upakhyan (Tale of a Naughty Girl), the winner of the Golden Lotus this year...
- Fta Success Lies In Partner Choice (Business Line, S. Majumder , Sep 02, 2003)
India should not expect any big FDI flows from the proposed FTAs, as most of the countries concerned, barring Singapore and South Africa, receive FDIs rather than invest abroad.
- Taj: Cbi Points Finger At Central Secy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2003)
The CBI has accused Union Enviornment and Forest Ministry Secretary K.C. Mishra of tampering with files pertaining to start of work at the controversial Taj Heritage Corridor project at Agra.
- Jumbos In The Garden (Indian Express, George N Netto, Aug 30, 2003)
On July 30 this year, a wild elephant attacked two tea estate workers near Munnar, killing one and grievously injuring the other in the worsening human-elephant conflict in these hills. Last year the human toll due to elephant attacks in Munnar was as ...
- Waking Up To Wto (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 24, 2003)
One of the persistent myths in developing countries is that developing countries do not need the World Trade Organisation (WTO). And that the WTO is more pain than gain. On the eve of every Ministerial meeting convened by the WTO, there is a bout of WTO
- How Safe Is Our Water? (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Aug 24, 2003)
Groundwater is easily polluted and restoring its quality is impossibly expensive
- Power Cuts And Hot Spells (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2003)
THE DEVELOPING WORLD will react with understanding and even sympathy to the type of problems some rich nations are facing just now — and apparently not coping with remarkably well. Unannounced power outages, sweltering heat, medical ...
- ‘bring Law To Curb Pesticide Use’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 16, 2003)
The alarming presence of hazardous pesticides in our environment poses a problem no different from such ills as fake medicines and food products. As you have said in your article, the real shock of this cola episode is the fact that now we have an ...
- An Incomplete Economic Recovery (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Aug 16, 2003)
While the economic recovery this year is encouraging, it may turn out to be a one-off event unless the Government is able to catalyse a quantum increase in investment.
- The First Harvest On Their Own Turf (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Aug 15, 2003)
When Hari Singh’s tractor rammed the khakri (stone wall) which runs around Kaimuriya, he simply ignored the claims of its tribal inhabitants. After all, only a part of the wall had come down. But Hari Singh was to soon realise that this remote, little
- On Bathrooms And Balance Sheets (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 14, 2003)
A HI-TECH toilet that is so artfully camouflaged by a forest-green kiosk that people often mistake it for a subway entrance or a phone booth, writes The New York Times, about a coin-operated `convenience' in Manhattan. Something that cost $587,000 to ...
- Colour Me Red (Indian Express, Shyamola Khanna, Aug 12, 2003)
In the month of May, when the entire subcontinent reels under the scorching sun, the gulmohar brings forth its flowers — lovely, bold, bright red, with spikes of yellow! The flowers reach out to the sky with a daredevilry that challenges the sun itself: “
- Putin's Peace Plan In Peril (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Aug 08, 2003)
A few more suicide bomb attacks can undermine the credibility of Mr. Putin's peace efforts in Chechnya.
- Sc Directs Tn To Reinstate Staff, Process To Start Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
Though the Supreme Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to reinstate 8,063 government employees and teachers who had merely participated in the strike, the process of reinstatement is likely to begin only tomorrow.
- Resurgent Tribalism In Fiji (Hindu, Sam Rajappa, Aug 04, 2003)
Over decades, the gulf between the indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians has widened.
- Strike: Tn Builds Case, Gets Report From Dists (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
With the Supreme Court directing the Tamil Nadu government to ‘dispassionately’ consider reinstating dismissed employees, the government is planning to reinstate those who had FIRs against them under Section 4 of ESMA.
- The View From Hill Kaka (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 01, 2003)
It would be a poignant, powerful Bollywood blockbuster were an imaginative producer to set his theme between the gorgeous Pir Panjal range and the LoC, with its crisscrossing ridges in between, leaning over that bowl of Hill Kaka made famous by a success
- The Bane Of Bureaucracy (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Jul 31, 2003)
THE ratio of modal incomes in the government and the public sector to modal incomes in the private sector is 5.08 in India (Business Line, July 10). This data only confirms the popular perception that bureaucrats and public sector employees look after the
- Cartagena Protocol - A Wake-Up Call For Biosafety (Business Line, Ashesh Tayal, Jul 29, 2003)
NOW that 50 countries have ratified the first international treaty on biosafety, Cartagena Protocol is all set to come into force on September 11. The protocol, once implemented sincerely, will not only save and maintain our mega biodiversities, Indians
- A Strategy For Cancun (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jul 29, 2003)
As we go into the ministerial meeting in Montreal and the Cancun negotiations, the strategy India must follow becomes an urgent concern. Every major actor at the WTO has well-defined strategies based on work and discussion. If there is one in India, it is
- Maya Wants Jagmohan Demolished (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
‘Blaming us is a conspiracy, why was ASI sleeping?’ Jagmohan replies: wait for CBI
- Guwahati On Edge (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
The death of eight Adivasis in police firing in Assam’s Darrang district yesterday may trigger ethnic tension in the state with the All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (AASAA) threatening to launch an agitation to press for its demands.
- Forest Out Of Bound For Vvips, Tourists In Veerappan Season (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
The Karnataka government has banned foreign tourists, VVIPs and VIPs from visiting jungle lodges and guest houses in forests around HD Kote taluk for a month, in the wake of information that forest brigand Veerappan was planning to abduct some eminent ...
- River Sutra Woes (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jul 26, 2003)
INDIA’S giant river linking project is still on the drawing board but criticism may already be rising to the high water mark. We heard the critics at home. This week in the GUARDIAN, a report filed from Dhaka spoke of the concerns these ambitious plans
- Equator Principles - Why Indian Banks Too Should Be Guided By Them (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jul 25, 2003)
The Equator Principles — a voluntary set of guidelines developed for managing social and environmental issues related to the financing development projects — apply only to projects which cost $50 million or more, as those costing less represent only 3 ...
- Rebels Make A Comeback (Hindu, Juan Forero, Jul 24, 2003)
Shining Path is reappearing in new graffiti, campaigning in Peru's outback and launching attacks that have shaken the country and created fresh problems for the President, Alejandro Toledo, whose Government is increasingly unpopular.
- Wasted Vitriolic In The White Paper (Business Line, Roopen Roy , Jul 24, 2003)
Why raise the bogey of banning multinational accounting firms in India
- Is Taj Damaged? Reply In November (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 24, 2003)
While the controversy over the Taj Heritage Corridor is far from over, the Centre has decided to ‘‘wait and watch’’ on what damage the semi-constructed corridor will have on the monument. The reason: the Central Water and Power Research Station that
- Teacher, Preacher And Geneticist (Business Line, Vanitha Srinivasan, Jul 22, 2003)
HEREDITY matters. If it were not so, there would be no arranged marriages, no patricians and plebeians, no apartheid and no ethnic cleansing. While others were debating how traits were inherited, some arguing that the father was the sole donor and the ...
- Isi Lying Low As Militants Fidget, Waiting For Signal (Indian Express, M ILYAS KHAN, Jul 21, 2003)
Once thought by local people to be the abode of a fairy named Shamsa, the 12,000-foot high Shamsbari mountain towers calmly over the often restive Lipa valley. There are no border incursions by militants and no retaliatory Indian fire to drive residents
- `India Is One Of Three Growth Markets For Gm' - Mr Aditya Vij, President And Managing Director, General Motors India (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Jul 18, 2003)
General Motors India, which till recently had products in the C segment, has, in the last few months, introduced a luxury car, a hatchback, a utility vehicle and a mid-size sedan. The company says it is working on two other programmes even as it has made
- Tiger Surfaces In Habitat After 20 Yrs To Be Killed By A Train (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Jul 16, 2003)
Rajdhani Express runs over sole tiger in Kota’s ‘excellent habitat’, crushes region’s park plans
- The Post-War Afghan Economy (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jul 15, 2003)
Over the last year, a strategy to reconstruct and revive the war-ravaged economy of Afghanistan has been put in place with the support and under the influence of international donors. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar a nd Jayati Ghosh ...
- No The Truth About Elitism (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 14, 2003)
IT IS quite incorrect to hold the view that the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and other services that enable administration and tax-collection constitute the Indian bureaucracy in its entirety. The bureaucracy and the public sector together ...
- Is A Storm Brewing In The Valley? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 13, 2003)
The 'Healing Touch' policy of the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Government in Jammu and Kashmir could soon be tested by sterner challenges than it has had to face so far, writes PRAVEEN SWAMI.
- In The Lands Of The Gods (Telegraph, Sayomdeb Mukherjee, Jul 07, 2003)
We started from Calcutta on May 6 on a really hot and humid noon. Whenever we plan a family outing, my father has problems getting leave. So when the train finally started rolling, we all sighed in relief. The next morning we arrived at Lucknow. This is
- Dead Wood (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2003)
It is impossible to make a bench without cutting a tree. This truism could make sad sense to the green bench of the Calcutta high court. The West Bengal Trees (Protection and Conservation in Non-Forest Areas) Act, 2003, has been drafted, and is likely to
- Free To Operate (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2003)
Unity is now part of the vocabulary of terror in the Northeast. It was always difficult to map the insurgency there according to state boundaries. But three infamous insurgent outfits in Tripura, Manipur and Assam have now got together to launch a united
- Caught In A Vicious Trap (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Jun 19, 2003)
Not much is being done about women and children being brought into the flesh trade in India from Nepal and Bangladesh
- Time To Take On The Enemy Within (Telegraph, Anand Kumar, Jun 18, 2003)
When Bhutan decided to set up a counter-insurgency force, this signified a change in its strategy to deal with Indian militants present in its territory. This new strategy could have important implications for the internal security of Bhutan as well as
- The President Comes Calling (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 09, 2003)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has tried to ignite the Bihar debate again during his visit to the state. But are the state’s leaders interested
- First Rumblings (Telegraph, Dayita Datta, Jun 06, 2003)
Since the advent of cable television, National Geographic and Discovery Channel have brought home to millions of viewers the destructive power of our restless planet with their coverage of the eruptions of Mount St Helens, Mount Pinatubo or the almost ...
- Study Srisi Drinking Water Project Required(balakrishna Hegde) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2003)
Not all development projects are steps to progress. It is important to study a project before it is implemented. The project that proposes to bring drinking water to Sirsi town from the holy Aghanashini river in the Western ghats region of Uttara Kannada
- An Indian In Pakistan (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jun 04, 2003)
Back in Pakistan last week after a gap of two years, I found myself back again on the familiar terrain of everyone wanting to know whether this time it is for real — or whether we are once again chasing chimeras. To demonstrate national solidarity, I
- Mamata Misfires (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Ms Mamata Banerjee’s roadshow is getting to be boring and tiresome indeed.
- Ivanov’s Cold War Comfort For India (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Feb 05, 2002)
As the stakes rise in the subcontinent, the Washington Wizards are scoring over Moscow. New Delhi, for now, is cheering on the winning side.
- The Law And The Circulars (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Feb 05, 2002)
FISCAL laws depend on a proper administration for their success. The bare Act and the rules merely lay down the policy structure. Rigorous implementation will throw up conundrums and questions of interpretation will arise.
- Gm Revolution Vs Languid Government Policies (Business Line, Gurumurti Natarajan, Feb 05, 2002)
GENETIC modifications and the selection of favourable traits have been the fountainhead of agricultural advancement over thousands of years.
- In It Together (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 04, 2002)
New challenges call for a rethink of old approaches. West Bengal’s chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, has done well to realize the importance of close cooperation with Assam in dealing with terrorist and other subversive elements.
- What An Ashram! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2002)
WHEN Chandra Shekhar undertook the Kanyakumari-New Delhi padayatra in the early eighties, it suddenly metamorphosed his image as a political leader.
- Mine Of Problems (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 04, 2002)
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN mining has been disappointingly slow to happen.
- Aids To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 31, 2002)
The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh seems to have hit upon a unique method of measuring development in his state. Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu thinks that the rise in the incidence of AIDS in Andhra Pradesh is the result of its high development profile.
- Balancing Act (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 31, 2002)
The planning commission has been at the receiving end of much abuse and criticism.
- Cracking The Gene Connection (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 30, 2002)
IN THE last couple of weeks, the gene has made its ubiquitous presence in the minds of men and media.
- Welcome Move On Coal Mining (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 25, 2002)
NEW DELHI'S LATEST decision to permit coal and lignite mining by State government companies or their subsidiaries appears to be intended to facilitate a new tier for the development of the sector.
- Labour Market Reforms -- Need For Credible Safety Nets (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 24, 2002)
AFTER dithering for years, the Government appears to have finally made up its mind to push through much-needed labour market reforms.
- Opportunities, Not Threats (Indian Express, Gita Bajaj, Jan 22, 2002)
The Government of India is planning to commit the higher education sector for globalisation.
- Readying For The World (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jan 22, 2002)
With all the discussion on Doha, agreement on agriculture, Rio after 10 years, the budget for agriculture, you must be a bit jaded like me. So I decided to get back to the field.
- The Threat Of An Industrial Recession (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jan 22, 2002)
Recent announcements regarding trends in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) from the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) point to a significant slowing of growth in the registered industrial sector in India.
- El Nino Staging Comeback? (Business Line, M. R. Subramani, Jan 22, 2002)
EL Nino, the unusual weather pattern that delayed monsoon in 1997-98 in India and caused severe floods in Bangladesh, is threatening to stage a comeback.
- First Among Unequals (Pioneer, Digvijay Singh, Jan 21, 2002)
Dalits do not have a recorded history. A mass of 250 million outcasts comprising the untouchables and tribals are grappling with history and survival at the turn of the millennium.
- Net Worth (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 21, 2002)
The virtual space of the internet seems to be getting more interesting by the day.
- Those Inbetween Lines (Pioneer, Ramesh C Shukla, Jan 20, 2002)
What is a secret? It is a fact which is communicated to a person, at a time, with the injunction (generally disregarded both by the giver and the taker) that it be not conveyed further.
- Those Inbetween Lines (Pioneer, Ramesh C Shukla, Jan 19, 2002)
What is a secret? It is a fact which is communicated to a person, at a time, with the injunction (generally disregarded both by the giver and the taker) that it be not conveyed further.
- Hc Asks Vellore Tanneries To Pay Up Compensation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 19, 2002)
THE skin and hide tanners in Vellore district now have to pay a compensation of Rs 26.82 crore due to the environmental pollution caused by the tanneries.
- Budget Musings 2002 — Ii: Bringing Prosperity Within Reach (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 18, 2002)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, will be the first to admit that by effecting savings within the Government itself, he will be able to lessen the pressure on resources to a great extent. There are many avenues that immediately suggest themselves.
- Tenth Plan To Focus More On Horticulture: Nhb Chief (Business Line, Ambar Singh Roy, Jan 16, 2002)
THE Tenth Plan, beginning April 1, will focus on horticulture in a big way, according to Mr J.P. Negi, Managing Director of National Horticulture Board (NHB).
- After Bt Cotton, It's Gm Mustard -- Proagro Begins Large-Scale Trials Of Hybrid Variety (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Jan 12, 2002)
AFTER the Monsanto-Mahyco combine's Bt cotton, which is slated for planting in farmers' fields from the ensuing kharif season, the country is set to witness the commercialisation of another transgenic _this time in hybrid mustard.
- Revolution Resurgent (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Jan 12, 2002)
Without economic development, strong-arm tactics will not succeed against the naxalites even with the strongest possible anti-terror law.
- Revolution Resurgent (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Jan 12, 2002)
Without economic development, strong-arm tactics will not succeed against the naxalites even with the strongest possible anti-terror law.
- Enemies Of Panchayati Raj (Hindu, George Mathew, Jan 11, 2002)
When in the Opposition our political leaders are very vocal about giving powers to local bodies. The moment they grab power, they change colour.
- Enemies Of Panchayati Raj (Hindu, George Mathew, Jan 11, 2002)
When in the Opposition our political leaders are very vocal about giving powers to local bodies. The moment they grab power, they change colour.
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