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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- What Happens When You ‘Talk’ To Terrorists? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 30, 2007)
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, finally committed on Sunday in Larkana that she “would not talk to extremists who had shed the blood of innocent Muslims”.
- The New Mughal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
A legacy of political brashness isn’t the only thing UP CM Mayawati wants to bequeath. The grandoise plans, it seems, extend to her architectural vision.
- Last Fort Of Democracy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 30, 2007)
In the history of Indian judiciary, October 24 will be remembered as the day when neo-Nazis were at receiving end.
- Smoke Sans Fire (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Indians are schizophrenic about celebrities. At one level, we worship them as demi-gods, we have an insatiable appetite for information about their private lives while products endorsed by them, be it high-end white goods or . . . . . .
- Betrayal At Home (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Oct 30, 2007)
Of all living faiths and traditions in the world, probably only Hindus keep the god of love in their divine pantheon. Kamdev and his wife, Rati, retain a powerful grip on the Hindu imagination on account of their painful association with . . . .
- Are We Married To The State? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 30, 2007)
This refers to the editorial, "Bonds of Marriage" (October 27), wherein the recent ruling of the Supreme Court to all States and Union Territories to enact suitable legislation to register all marriages of couples, irrespective of religion . . . .
- A Bridge To The Past (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 30, 2007)
There is more than that meets the eye with regard to the Dasara festivities held with traditional éclat in Mysore City.
- 'Sc Ruling Will Not Affect Musharraf' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
President Pervez Musharraf was qualified to seek re-election in uniform and any ruling by the Supreme Court on his candidature in the October six presidential poll would not have retrospective effect, a top government lawyer said on Monday.
- Sc For Mulayam's Response (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from Mulayam Singh and his family facing a disproportionate assets probe on an application filed by the CBI seeking permission to lodge a criminal case against them.
- The Flying Bullet (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The bullet alleged to have been aimed at Mamata Banerjee’s convoy is by any reckoning a major breach of the rule of law.
- Mulayam’S Reply Sought (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The Supreme Court today sought replies from former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members on a CBI plea that it needed to register a regular criminal case against them for corruption.
- Sc Refers Spirit Fee Dispute To Larger Bench (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
A Larger constitution bench will decide whether state governments had the authority to levy fee on sale of specially denatured spirit to licensees.
- Dirty Business (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 29, 2007)
There is déjà vu about the report that the government is preparing to remove the hurdles to the entry of Dow Chemical, which has bought Union Carbide into India in a big way.
- Ground To A Halt (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 29, 2007)
Five decades after Bimal Roy in Do Bigha Zamin portrayed the plight of a farmer, who was forced to sell his land, there hasn’t been much progress in identifying illegal land holdings and ensuring its distribution among the landless rural poor.
- Contempt Of Court And The Truth (Hindu, Anil Divan, Oct 29, 2007)
The contest is between truth and its suppression. The choice then is between the plea of truth to expose judicial misconduct and the attempt to stifle such publication by the use of the contempt power.
- Self-Regulation By The Press: The U.K. Experience (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Some recent events in the electronic media relating to two TV channels and an FM radio channel have turned the spotlight on a system of self-regulation.
- Signed Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
This is the third time in 20 months that the Supreme Court has found it necessary to insist that all marriages be registered. State governments had dillydallied over the instruction since February 2006, very few of them even bothering . . . . .
- Jd(s), Bjp To Present Mlas Before Governor (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Oct 29, 2007)
Leaders of political parties in Karnataka made a beeline for the Raj Bhavan here all through Sunday. In particular, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who is also in charge of the party’s affairs in the State, Yashwant Sinha, called on Governor . . . .
- A Portrait Of Honour For Dalip Singh Saund (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Oct 29, 2007)
The US Congress is to honour Dalip Singh Saund, the first Asian American to enter the Congress exactly 50 years ago, by unveiling an official portrait in the hallowed Capitol building on November 7.
- Delhi Police In The Dock Over Arrest Of ‘Militants’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The CBI investigation into the arrest of two persons last year as Al-Badr militants of Jammu and Kashmir has pointed out glaring loopholes in the theory of elite Special Cell of Delhi Police.
- It's Advantage Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 29, 2007)
Coalition governance has been around for 20 years and while the last two Governments have mastered the art of survival, the issue of effective governance has been a serious casualty.
- Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Oct 29, 2007)
On October 24, four different courts in the country awarded life sentences to 60 people, including politicians and police officials.
- Gujarat Has Outgrown Riot (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 29, 2007)
A decade ago, during President Clinton's embarrassment over his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, the White House spin doctors excelled themselves.
- Let Development Do The Job (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 29, 2007)
The Supreme Court’s criticism of the government decision to do away with the earlier two-child limit in extending maternity benefits to below poverty line (BPL) mothers is yet another display of the higher judiciary’s propensity to over-reach its . . . .
- Baseless And Prejudiced (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Oct 29, 2007)
To write critically about a religion and its community is one thing, but to denigrate them deliberately is quite another.
- ‘In The Tulsidas Ramayan, Sita Is Not Ram’S Wife But His Sister. Only In The Valmiki Ramayan Is She His Wife’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
Do you think that, over the last 10-15 years, coalition politics has been the antidote to the poison of separatism?
- Indian Sleuths Framed Two Muslims, Says Report (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 29, 2007)
India’s federal police are investigating elite sleuths for apparently faking the identities of two police informers as Kashmiri militants because the police were required to produce results in the aftermath of a major bombing spree in this city.
- Stunting The Sme (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Currently, we are in the throes of self-doubt concerning the booming stock exchange and the soaring rupee caused by a flood of foreign investors.
- Code Of Conduct For Polls (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 29, 2007)
ON Oct 24, the Election Commission circulated a document entitled ‘Draft Code of Conduct for Political Parties and Contesting Candidates for General Elections, 2007’ to all political parties for comments.
- Towards Light, Truly And Surely (The Economic Times, K VIJAYARAGHAVAN, Oct 29, 2007)
The prayer for being led from darkness to light (tamaso ma jyotir gamaya) involves first the fair admission of the fact that one is still groping and unsure of what is right or wrong and that the real truth could be far different.
- Argentina's First Lady Wins Presidency: Exit Polls (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Several major exit polls suggested that first lady Cristina Fernandez won her husband's job Sunday by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff.
- Portrait Of Dalip Singh Saund To Be Unveiled In Us Congress (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A portrait of Dalip Singh Saund, the first Indian American Congressman, will be unveiled in the US Congress at an official ceremony next month.
- Gowda's Letter Worries Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The BJP leaders are a worried lot. JD (S) national president H D Deve Gowda's letter to the President and Governor seeking dissolution of the Assembly has given them sleepless nights.
- Marriage Tie (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
This is the second time within a space of 20 months that the Supreme Court has directed states to ensure that all marriages in the country are registered. This is in conformity with international law.
- Found Guilty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 29, 2007)
Tehelka expose is a reminder that justice is still undone.
- Mirroring A Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- Is Khanduri Losing His Way On Roads? (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Oct 27, 2007)
When Maj Gen B.C. Khanduri (retd) took over the reins of the Uttarakhand government as chief minister this March, he jokingly said that he would be a ‘miser’ and aim to bring fiscal discipline into the state administration.
- Punish The Guilty On Tehelka Tapes: Nris (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Reacting to the Tehelka sting operation on the 2002 Gujarat riots, a coalition of Indian-American organisations, the Indian National Overseas Congress and the Indian Muslim Council-USA have demanded action against the people who admitted on tape to partic
- Cbi May Register Da Case Against Mulayam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The CBI has indicated to the Supreme Court that it may register a criminal case against former Uttar Pradesh CM Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members for possessing assets beyond their known sources of income.
- Cbi Set To File Fir Against Mulayam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
In a move likely to intensify the political cold war between Congress and Samajwadi Party, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday sought Supreme Court's permission to file an FIR against SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his kin in a . . . .
- You're Not Special (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 27, 2007)
Three cheers to the Delhi high court. By observing that our politicians are not "national assets" and cause great inconvenience to the public every time they step out of their houses — led by pilot cars and tagged by a bunch of gun-toting. . .
- Despair And Despondence (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 27, 2007)
The Prime Minister is sad, and competitive politics and fractured mandate have been formally identified as the culprits.
- Ghosts Don’T Lie (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2007)
What a sting operation in 2007 says has been in the public sphere since 2002. We have always known that the state in Gujarat allowed the gruesome violence to play out, when it didn’t actively collude in the killings.
- Saudis Ok Sharif's Pakistan Return (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Saudi Arabian government has given its approval to former PM Nawaz Sharif to go back to Pakistan and modalities are being worked out for his return in November, a senior leader of his PML-N party said on Friday.
- 1984: The Dow Story (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2007)
The Union Carbide Bhopal gas leak of December 3, 1984, was the largest industrial disaster in terms of its human costs. Between 40,000 and 50,000 people died due to the tragedy, and another 40,000 to 600,000 reportedly suffered adverse health . . . .
- Saudi Approves Sharif’S Return To Pak (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Saudi Arabian government has given its approval to former premier Nawaz Sharif to go back to Pakistan and modalities are being worked out for his return in November, a senior leader of his PML-N party said on Friday.
- Sharif Free To Go Home: Saudi Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Saudi Arabian government has given its approval to former premier Nawaz Sharif to go back to Pakistan and modalities are being worked out for his return in November, a senior leader of his PML-N party said ...
- Law And Fiction- A Potent Combination (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
She says she wants to give a profound answer to the question, ‘Why this book?’ “I thought I’d say something philosophical and expected like ‘I was inspired by Leo Tolstoy,’” she says cheekily, a mood that fea tures predominantly throughout . . . .
- Preferring Life Over Death (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2007)
In cases of terror attacks that claim scores of innocent civilian lives, trial courts often hand out the maximum punishment — the death sentence — to the main accused. Yet, despite finding most of the 166 accused in the. . .
- Modi Must Quit, Says Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A day after the Tehelka expose linked Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to the post-Godhra carnage, the Congress demanded that he step down from office.
- What Yechury Said On Reservation For Muslims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Sitaram Yechury, Member of the Polit Bureau of the CPI(M), has issued the following clarification concerning the CPI(M)’s position on reservation for Muslims attributed to the speech made by him at Kozhikode on October 25, 2007.
- Indian Politicians Slammed For Gun-Toting Entourages (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
An Indian court has criticised politicians who surround themselves with scores of gun-toting bodyguards, advising them to stay home if they fear frequenting public places, a report said Friday.
- Judicial Probe Withdrawn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The West Bengal government announced on Friday withdrawal of the judicial inquiry that it had ordered into the death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman.
- Action Sought Against Guilty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A day after the telecast of the Tehelka sting operation on the post-Godhra riots that exposed Gujarat government’s alleged role and complacency in the killings, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India and the . . . .
- Hundreds Flee As ‘Operation’ Launched In Swat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Security forces battled with armed supporters of rebel cleric Maulana Fazlullah here on Friday, killing one militant and injuring three others, while bodies of four abducted security personnel were found on a roadside, witnesses and officials said.
- Cda’S Failure To Manage Its Sewers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 27, 2007)
NOT much functions in Pakistan’s capital, not even its sewers. Years of neglected maintenance and upgrading means that human excreta fails to reach the treatment plant.
- Sting Op's Moral Call (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 27, 2007)
The Tehelka-Aaj Tak sting operation adds nothing new to the shameful truth about how the state machinery enabled the ruling BJP and its sister-organisations to carry out the 2002 pogrom in Gujarat. And yet it shocks by capturing the complete. . .
- India Wedding Registration Ruling (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's Supreme Court has again insisted that registration of all marriages in the country is compulsory and applies to everyone.
- Bjp Dismisses Gujarat Riot Claims (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's main opposition party has dismissed claims that its government in the state of Gujarat supported violence against Muslims in 2002.
- Hindus Detail Indian Riots From 2002 (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Five years after one of India's worst episodes of Hindu-Muslim violence, a series of videotaped confessions released Thursday showed Hindu activists acknowledging their roles in the killings and detailing blatant state collusion.
- Buddha Scraps Judicial Probe (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Wilting under the tremendous pressure of public opinion, the state government today decided to put a stop to the judicial inquiry it had instituted to ferret out the truth behind the mysterious death of young computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 27, 2007)
It often happens that the enormity of a tragedy shows up the national character, and the great divide in the US of A stands exposed again. Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the relatively poor and predominantly black . . . . .
- Saudi Arabia Approves Sharif Return To Pakistan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Saudi Arabian government has given its approval to former premier Nawaz Sharif to go back to Pakistan and modalities are being worked out for his return in November, a senior leader of his PML(N) party said on Friday.
- Sting Data Is Proof To Indict Modi: Cpm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The CPI(M) has said that the Tehelka tapes should be taken as prime facie evidence and the Supreme Court and Centre should move expeditiously to see that all those guilty are brought to justice
- Govt Trying To Convince Sc On Obc Quota Merits (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Reiterating the need for OBC reservations in higher education, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh on Friday said that the government would make dedicated efforts to convince the Supreme Court.
- 'Sethu Project May Take Longer' (New Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Union Minister of Shipping, T R Baalu soft-pedalled the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project (SSCP) going back on several of his previous assertions regarding the project.
- Lal Masjid And Fazlullah (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 27, 2007)
The naib-imam of Islamabad’s controversial Lal Masjid, Amir Siddiqi, appointed to his job by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, held a press conference at the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club on Thursday and said the 30 troops killed by . . . .
- Bonds Of Marriage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 27, 2007)
The Supreme Court's directive to all States and Union Territories to enact suitable legislation that will make the registration of all marriages, irrespective of the religion of the couples, compulsory, is a welcome move in the right direction.
- Saarc Members Vow To Combat Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The SAARC members on Thursday decided to strengthen cooperation in combating terror and crime, with a meeting of home ministers, chaired by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, agreeing to a bi-annual meeting of police chiefs.
- Family Against Woman (Indian Express, Indira Jaising, Oct 26, 2007)
October 26 marks the first anniversary of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. The law was conceived as a civil law as distinct from the existing criminal law: Section 498A IPC. It was often said that criminal law had no space for . . . .
- Comed-K May Go By Last Year’S Formula (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Without a Government in place to negotiate, the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K) is likely to go by last year’s consensus formula for fee structure and sharing of the postgraduate medical and . . . .
- Register All Marriages: Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 26, 2007)
Order covers all religions across the length and breadth of the country
- Registration Of Marriages A Must In 3 Months: Sc (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday reminded states that they had to comply with its directions for compulsory registration of all marriages, and that it would apply to all religious communities.
- On Obc Quota, It's Cart Before The Horse (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The OBC education puzzle just got curiouser.
- Register All Marriages: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the states and union territories to make provisions in three months for compulsory registration of marriages, irrespective of his or her religious affiliations.
- Politicians Are No 'National Asset': Hc (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Observing they were not a "national asset", the Delhi High Court on Friday took the politicians head on over having their security guards on tow when they step out and wryly told them to remain in the confines of their homes and offices if they. . .
- Sc Rejects Central Rule In Belgaum (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Refusing to intervene, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it was not possible to direct the Centre to impose Central rule in the Belgaum district of Karnataka as prayed by the neighbouring Maharashtra which claims it to be inhabited by a. . .
- Nine More Sentenced To Life In Coimbatore Serial Blasts Cases (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Sentences for five remaining accused to be pronounced today
- Court Rejects Maharashtra Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Maharashtra’s application for a direction that Marathi-speaking areas of Belgaum in Karnataka be centrally administered or be placed under Central rule.
- Bihar Not Competent To Appeal Against Acquittal: Lalu Prasad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi have moved the Supreme Court challenging a Patna High Court order, which permitted the Bihar government to appeal against a trial court verdict acquitting them in a disproportionate assets case.
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