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Articles 6021 through 6120 of 12677:
- Delhi Police Move High Court In Jessica Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
"Circumstantial evidence ignored by trial court in acquitting all nine accused... ."
- Saddam-Era Judge Admits Sentencing Shiites To Die (The Nation, Robert Fisk, Mar 14, 2006)
Baghdad A former judge in Saddam Hussein's Revolutionary Court acknowledged Monday that he had sentenced 148 Shiites to death in 1984, but he said they had received a proper trial and had confessed to trying to assassinate the former Iraqi . . .
- Police Files Appeal In Jessica Lal Case In Delhi Hc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2006)
A sessions court today detained Best Bakery prime witness Zaheera Shaikh in its custody till March 16 and sought clarification from the Supreme Court on the manner of execution of one-year jail term imposed on her for contempt of court.
- Slow But Sure Steps Of Justice (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Mar 14, 2006)
IF there is justice there will be peace. Nine men from Baroda were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Mumbai for a massacre of innocents (known as the Best Bakery case) during one of the most terrible communal riots in our . . .
- Unjustified Conflict (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 14, 2006)
Each society or system has its own revered myths.
- Set Up National Judicial Commission (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 14, 2006)
The prime minister has rightly underscored the perils of judicial activism. Institutional vacuum, often responsible for judicial activism, cannot be rectified through judicial intervention alone.
- Terrorist Thread (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 14, 2006)
Kite “fights” have ever generated tremendous thrill across the subcontinent with the reigning “ustad’’ truly standing tall in his “mohalla’’ for the ability to set the opposition adrift, literally.
- U.S. Ties With India, Pakistan On Divergent Paths (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent U.S. approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- New Rti Act Seeks To Cover Hr Violations, Corruption (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Mar 13, 2006)
A bill seeking to repeal Right To Information (RTI) Act, 2004 and enaction of a new comprehensive law in Jammu and Kashmir is scheduled for introduction in the Legislative Assembly on March 29.
- Cas Is Inevitable (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The Delhi High Court’s direction to the central government to implement the Conditional Access System (CAS) within four weeks should open the I&B ministry’s eyes to the inevitable. The government is free to appeal against this decision.
- Hang Guilty Promptly: Saddam’S Prosecutor (Deccan Herald, CORPORATE BUREAU, Mar 13, 2006)
The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants resumed on Sunday with the chief prosecutor calling for the prompt hanging of any found guilty.
- Service With Smiles (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Mar 13, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Law For Land (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 13, 2006)
It is easy to underestimate the significance of legislative victories.
- Budget: Changes In Mat (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam, Mar 13, 2006)
Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) has undergone some major changes. The rate of tax is enhanced from 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent.
- Cas Is Back (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 13, 2006)
The conditional access system is all about letting viewers choose the channels they want to pay for.
- Anil Ambani Recasts Telecom (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
ADAG stake to go up to 63 pc in RCoVL; merges Reliance Infocomm
The recast
Reorganisation to be achieved through a share swap, with no cash outgo and will come into effect from April 1.
Subject to shareholders' and regulatory . . .
- Search For Truth (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Mar 13, 2006)
Acquittal of all the accused in the sensational seven year old Jessica Lall murder case has rudely shocked the conscience of the nation and shattered its faith in the working of the criminal justice system.
- Bill Proposes To Enhance Powers Of Dam Safety Authority (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Mar 13, 2006)
Bill to be considered at special session of Assembly that begins tomorrow
- Blind Arrests Of Basant Violators (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 13, 2006)
Police registered 61 cases and arrested 82 people for violating the ban on kite-flying besides seizing 150 glass coated and iron coated string rolls on Saturay.
- No, Your Honour (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 13, 2006)
Why are we being forced, by order of a judge, to a system that 95 of every 100 people, when given a choice, have declined? For, that is exactly what the Delhi high court order to implement within four weeks in Delhi, Mumbai . . .
- The State Dept Report (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 13, 2006)
Governments that have been criticised in the US State Department’s report on human rights have rightly come out strong against it, considering its obvious prejudiced outlook.
- Nature Of Us Relations With India And Pakistan Different (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
President George W Bush’s visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent US approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
- Badal Writes To Pm On Riot Victims' Plight (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2006)
The Shiromani Akali Dal president, Parkash Singh Badal has urged Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh to intervene and put an end to the humiliation and harassment of the November 1984 anti-Sikh riots' victims at the hands of the Punjab Government.
- Power-Ing Ahead? (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Mar 13, 2006)
Mumbai may well be the symbolic power equivalent of the country's gold reserves being shipped to London in 1991.
- Revamp Criminal Justice System (Times of India, Asif Jalal, Mar 13, 2006)
Acquittal of the accused in the Jessica Lal case again underscores what is wrong with our criminal justice system. During the trial, all key witnesses produced by the prosecution turned hostile.
- Personal Rivalry At Work? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 13, 2006)
It is a pity that a commendable exercise the Ministry of Commerce wanted to conduct for the benefit of consumers has been shot down by the Ministry of Finance as well as the Planning and Establishment Divisions on the basis of . . .
- Pak Minister Says Musharraf Has No Power To Pardon Sarabjit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Pakistan Law Minister Wasi Zafar today said President Pervez Musharraf has no power to pardon alleged Indian spy Sarabjit Singh, whose review petition against the death sentence has been rejected by the Supreme Court.
- When The Judiciary Exceeds Its Realm (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Mar 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court has become the chief executive of India, the operating officer, forcing policy in the realm of social activity.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 11, 2006)
We (Pakistan and India) are into a bilateral dialogue. We don’t want to make it trilateral or multilateral. — General Pervez Musharraf.
- Murder Of Justice (The Week, Suman K. Jha, Mar 11, 2006)
Everything has been said already, but as no one listens, we must always begin again." Justice V.S. Malimath began with this Andre Gide quote while outlining the roadmap for reforming the criminal justice system in . . .
- Get Cracking (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 11, 2006)
The belated introduction of the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2006, in the Lok Sabha should set the ball rolling on operationalising the Competition Commission of India.
- Carry Cas In 4 Weeks: Hc (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Centre to implement the conditional access system (CAS) in four weeks in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. It is already up and running in Chennai.
- Court Moved For Safety Of Temples In Varanasi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh Government to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of all religious places in Varanasi following the bomb blasts at the Sankat Motchan temple
- 'Everything In Life Is Somewhere Else... ' (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 11, 2006)
Suffering diminishes, they say, when one sees a greater suffering. Ditto with the tax-troubled too, because you'd start adoring your taxman when you see the plight of assessees in a different country!
- Less Than Fair Towards Stalin (Statesman, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
Sir, — I can’t quite agree with the views expressed by Arvin Ghosh in his article “Speech that lifted the lid” (Perspective, 26 February). He has recalled Nikita Khrushchev’s speech to the 20th congress of the CPSU.
- Caring And Sharing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 11, 2006)
This year’s Oscars were the Caring & Sharing awards. Caring, because the nominees were unusually politically concerned, and sharing, because the actual winners were carefully divided so almost every film got something.
- Sprightly Leader (The Week, Kavitha Muralidharan, Mar 11, 2006)
Over 50 years in public life and yet another election would have left most leaders feeling tired. Not DMK chief M. Karunanidhi. Even at 80, he starts his day at 4 a.m. with yoga and a walk, and reads many newspapers.
- Rights Of Victims (Tribune, A.S. Anand , Mar 11, 2006)
Time to reform criminal justice system
- Jaya Moves Sc Seeking Clarification Of Term "Office Of Profit" (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
In the continuing battle of nerves over disqualification, Jaya Bachchan today moved the Supreme Court as her Samajwadi Party colleague Amar Singh got a notice from the election Commission, which strongly rejected the charge of bias on the issue.
- Unholy War On Holy City (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Mar 11, 2006)
In an outrageous serial terrorist strike on the holy city of Varanasi, the ancient Sankat Mochan temple packed with Tuesday worshippers of Lord Hanuman was rocked by a huge blast and two bombs exploded soon after at Cantonment railway . . .
- Telugu Desam Mla's Election Set Aside (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Congress candidate Rajanna Dora declared new legislator by HC
- Amar Gets Ec Notice, Jaya Moves Sc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Jaya Bachchan, whose membership of the Rajya Sabha has been recommended for disqualification by the Election Commission, on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking clarification of the term "office of profit".
- Unaccommodated (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 11, 2006)
It is a question of what the eye has got used to. Every day, millions of more-or-less-comfortably-off Indians encounter thousands of homeless, abandoned human beings, many of them old and sick, in every kind of public space.
- Define Office Of Profit: Jaya (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Election Commission (EC) on Friday initiated proceedings on a petition seeking Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh’s disqualification from the Rajya Sabha. Meanwhile, his beleaguered party colleague, Jaya Bachchan, . . .
- After Varanasi: The New Alignments In Uttar Pradesh (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Mar 11, 2006)
The Congress and the Samajwadi party may just be withdrawing from their extended confrontation.
- Ec’S 2nd Blow To Sp, Now Amar Singh Faces Axe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
In an action that is set to escalate its war of words with the Samajwadi Party, the Election Commission today served notice on Amar Singh for disqualification as a Rajya Sabha member on the grounds of holding an office of profit.
- Your Honour, How Does This Sound? (Indian Express, Rajindar Sachar , Mar 11, 2006)
The Bar Council of India has decided to invite opinion from the state bar councils about how advocates need to address judges of the high courts and the Supreme Court — that is, whether they should now be addressed as . . .
- Fear Of The Foreign (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 11, 2006)
Us liberals think India can be irresponsible; Dubai, dangerous.
- Zaheera Sheikh Turns Herself In, Says Don’T Send Me To Gujarat (Indian Express, Stavan Desai, Mar 11, 2006)
In the end, it was the “estranged cousin” who had claimed she had severed all ties with him and denied any knowledge of her whereabouts, who escorted Zaheera Sheikh to the Mazgaon sessions court this evening.
- George Bush As Dr Strangedeal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 11, 2006)
Ten years from now, will George Bush’s determination to rewrite nuclear rules for preventing the bomb’s spread be judged to have been courageously right or dangerously wrong? In striking his deal with India, allowing it to import nuclear . . .
- "Even Musharraf Has No Power To Pardon Sarabjit" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 11, 2006)
Puzzle over Minister's contention
Article 45 of Pakistan's Constitution vests President with power to grant pardon in such cases
Gen. Musharraf had invoked this clause to pardon Nawaz Sharif
- Ltte Promulgates "Lands Act" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Mar 11, 2006)
It contains provisions for distributing agricultural land
- Election Commission Issues Notice To Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Jaya Bachchan moves Supreme Court for clarification on "office of profit"
SP leader to reply by March 31
I accepted post sans salary, honorarium, says Jaya Bachchan
- Hamas Presents Coalition Proposals To Fateh (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Islamic group Hamas presented Fateh Thursday with proposals for forming a Palestinian coalition government, in the search for an elusive deal on sharing power, an official said.
- Pak Taliban To Open Office In Wana To Settle Disputes (News International, Sailab Mahsud, Mar 11, 2006)
A meeting of tribal elders and clerics held in Wana on Friday authorised the local Taliban to open an office to settle disputes between the people on the basis of the Sharia and local customs and traditions.
- Adverse Verdict (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 11, 2006)
Hopes of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer from Punjab languishing in a Pakistani jail, escaping the gallows have been dashed with the Pakistan Supreme Court upholding the death sentence on him.
- New Life (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court's verdict allowing development of commercial properties on the land of closed textile mills in Mumbai will have a far reaching positive impact on the city's economy.
- Let Us Celebrate Ban On Kite-Flying (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 11, 2006)
Ultimately sanity has prevailed and the Punjab Government has taken the right step of banning kite-flying throughout the province. This followed a number of killings and injuries caused by coated string and metal wire during the . . .
- Caring And Sharing (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 10, 2006)
This year’s Oscars were the Caring & Sharing awards. Caring, because the nominees were unusually politically concerned, and sharing, because the actual winners were carefully divided so almost every film got something.
- Is The System On Trial? (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Mar 10, 2006)
Seven years ago, Jessica Lal, an upcoming model-turned-bartender was shot dead in full view of a well-heeled crowd in an eatery in South Delhi. The eatery — which was run by Bina Ramani, a Page-3 socialite — was serving liquor without a license....
- Railways Challenge Godhra Order (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Thursday reserved its order for next week on a petition challenging the single judge order on the U. G. Bannerjee Commission report relating to the Sabarmati Express train carnage probe.
- Pak Sc Upholds Death Sentence To Sarbjit (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Mar 10, 2006)
Even as the Double Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has upheld the death sentence of Sarbjit Singh, alias Manjit Singh, his wife Sukhpreet Kaur
and sister Dalbir Kaur today sought immediate intervention of . . .
- Best Bakery: Now Zaheera’S Sister Served Notice (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
City Police Thursday said a notice has been served to Saheera Kalimuddin in Mumbai, sister of prime witness in the Best Bakery case Zaheera Sheikh, who was sentenced to one year simple imprisonment by the Supreme Court.
- Dampened Curiosity (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 10, 2006)
The ‘sting’ operation which unearthed the can of worms on MPs actually taking money to raise questions in the House has brought some relief to the bureaucracy, says a senior government official.
- State And The Nation (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Mar 10, 2006)
Don't read this if you are a spiritual tourist.
- Chariots Of Ire? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 10, 2006)
To the BJP, it must appear as if circumstances have fuelled its rath. While its leaders were concentrated on the shake-out in the party organisation, issues close to the party’s agitational heart were piling up.
- Punish Puppeteers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 10, 2006)
Those who pushed Zaheera to turn hostile should also be punished
- Attitude, The Real Culprit (Deccan Herald, Aditya Sondhi, Mar 10, 2006)
There has been a general outcry to the acquittal of the accused in the high-profile Jessica Lal murder case by the Sessions Court in New Delhi, as the prolonged and much publicised litigation ended in a sense of denial of justice . . .
- There’S A Better Way To Check Stray Animals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Why can’t the money be used to tackle the problem before precious lives are lost, I can’t understand. Only death and calamity stirs the authorities into action
- Pak Apex Court Rejects Sarabjit's Plea (Times of India, Yudhvir Rana, Mar 10, 2006)
Sarabjit Singh's fate now lies in the hands of Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf. In what has come as shocking news to Singh's family in Amritsar, the Pakistan supreme court on Thursday rejected his review petition.
- Pakistan Apex Court Rejects Sarabjit's Review Plea (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 10, 2006)
Mercy petition to Musharraf is the only way out: counsel
Fate of other petitions may be known in a week We have no hope: lawyer
- To Court Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 10, 2006)
History is made in unexpected ways.
- Godhra: Order Reserved On Railways' Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
A Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court on Thursday reserved its order on a petition by the Railways seeking lifting of the stay on the Union Government from taking any action on the final report of the U.C. Banerjee Commission on the . . .
- Pak Sc Rejects Sarabjit Plea (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
In a major blow to Sarabjit Singh, condemned to death for allegedly spying and carrying out four bomb blasts in Pakistan, the Supreme Court here today rejected his review petition. Singh’s lawyer Rana Abdul Hameed said the review petition . . .
- Telling Lies (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 10, 2006)
The one-year jail term handed down to Zahira Sheikh, the prime witness in the Best Bakery case, who decided to go with the accused instead, is the kind of exemplary punishment that all right-thinking people had been seeking for the witnesses . . .
- Mumbai On A Realty High (The Financial Express, VIJAY VANCHESWAR, Mar 09, 2006)
The Indian real estate sector is witnessing an interesting phase of evolution and transition.
- Mumbai Breathes Again (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Mar 09, 2006)
SC judgment on mill land is a blessing
- Killer Curves (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 09, 2006)
Curves captivate, as manifest by the likes of Marilyn Monroe. They also have a “killer” quality, and this has nothing to do with buxom beauties but pertains to the wonderful world of sport.
- Smouldering Yet (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 09, 2006)
Four years, two inquiry commissions and reams of literature later, no one is ready to say what caused the fire on the Sabarmati Express as it pulled out of Godhra station.
- Un: Women Denied Representation (Tribune, Maxine Frith, Mar 09, 2006)
Millions of women around the world, are being denied effective representation because of the low numbers of female politicians, judges and employers, the United Nations has warned.
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