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Articles 7021 through 7120 of 12677:
- Will Hm Learn? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 24, 2006)
If we still feel for Hizbul Mujahideen it is because some of its visible faces are those of "boys" belonging to the State.
- A Racket Returns (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 24, 2006)
A month ago I got a phone-call from a stranger deep in Gujarat. He went on about the Yes Bank public issue, and about its manager, Karvy Consultants. Sensing a story, I passed on the telephone number to a junior colleague, who assigned it to his . . .
- Ohio Jury Recommends Life Without Parole For Indian (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
A jury in Ohio has recommended life in prison for a former Indian-American graduate, born in Kolkata,..
- Is History Repeating Itself In Nepal? (Indian Express, RHODERICK CHALMERS, Jan 23, 2006)
There is still space and time to accommodate the Maoists, political parties and monarchy in a workable solution,
- Compulsory Registration Of Marriages Under Consideration (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 23, 2006)
There is no dearth of well-meaning progressives who correctly diagnose India's social problems, but mistakenly come up with some piece of bureaucratic legislation as the answer.
- Avoiding A Constitutional Standoff (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 23, 2006)
In an era where courts are asserting their jurisdiction and powers as never before, the decision of the all-party conference that the Speaker of the Lok Sabha need not respond to the Supreme Court..
- Point Of Order (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 23, 2006)
Parliament needn’t assert its authority by giving up good form. Or a good chance
- Speaker Has No Other Choice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 23, 2006)
The overwhelming opinion at Friday’s all-party meeting that Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee should neither accept the Supreme Court’s notice nor appear before it on the issue of expulsion of tainted MPs was expected.
- Irrelevance Of The King (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 23, 2006)
The slogan, “Gyane Chor, Desh Chhod” (Gyanendra thief, leave the country), shows the distance the Nepalese people have travelled from venerating their monarch as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Never before have they stood up to monarchy like this.
- France Yet To Provide Full Inventory (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 22, 2006)
Supreme Court Monitoring Committee's queries also not adequately answered
- Vinda, A Scholar Par Excellence (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 22, 2006)
Vinda Karandikar, recipient of the prestigious Jnanpith Award, is an 87-year-old scholar of Marathi literature.
- Democracy At The Crossroads: Time For Introspection (Tribune, Prem Prakash, Jan 22, 2006)
We will celebrate Republic Day on January 26, the day on which we adopted our Constitution 56 years ago. The founding fathers drafted a document which established sound traditions and enabled the people to participate in the democratic process.
- Anjali's Court Martial (Hindu, U.C. Jha, Jan 22, 2006)
The Indian military justice system in its current form is an anachronism
FLYING OFFICER Anjali has now moved the Delhi High Court for relief (The Hindu, December 21) against the judgment of the general court martial, which awarded her the punishment ....
- An Unholy Mess (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Morality in politics cannot be instilled through legislation. Morality becomes part of the political system through years of practice out of which emerges an unwritten code of conduct.
- Declining Law Education (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 22, 2006)
Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan has called for steps to arrest the declining state of legal education in the country and raising the requirements for entry into legal profession. Speaking at a full court reference he lamented that we do not have a sing
- Raja Bhaiyya Back In U.P. Ministry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
``POTA case foisted for political reasons and I have spent 20 months in jail''
- Don't Accept Court Notice: All-Party Meet (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 21, 2006)
An all-party meeting here on Friday unanimously felt that Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee should neither accept the Supreme Court's notice nor appear before it on the issue of expulsion of MPs in the wake of the cash-for-questions scandal.
- High Court Stays Cbse Circular (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The circular is violative of Article 30
Entitled to Constitutional protection
Urges the court to quash the circular
- Mps Ready For Face-Off With Court (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The political class on Friday set itself up for a face-off with the judiciary, with an all-party meet unanimously backing Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s decision to "return" the Supreme Court notice issued to him over the expulsion of MPs . . .
- Energy-Efficient Vehicles "Will Reduce Pollution" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Students have to be hard working: Vice-Chancellor
Pollution does not recognise international boundaries, and the solution to reduce pollution and save the earth is through construction of energy-efficient buildings and vehicles and use of renewable ...
- Greenpeace Activists Meet French Officials (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 21, 2006)
Presidential advisers were "utterly amateurish, knew nothing"; Government "not interested"
- Decision On French Ship Eludes Sc Panel (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 21, 2006)
The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste (SCMC) met a second time to decide the fate of Clemenceau but could not arrive at any conclusion on the amount of asbestos on the ship even after day-long depositions.
- Beyond Sensationalism (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Jan 21, 2006)
Feminism is not content with women serving liquor in hotels. It strives for realisation of their full potential
- Phone-Tapping: Hc Says Up Cops Can’T Interfere In Delhi Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today restrained the Uttar Pradesh Police till January 25 from interfering in any manner in the ongoing probe by Delhi Police into the tapping of Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh’s phone.
- Week Means Weak? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2006)
With the BJP questioning the number of days Karnataka’s Governor T.N. Chaturvedi has given to Dharam Singh’s government to prove its strength in the House, the state’s political storm has knocked at the doors of its Raj Bhavan.
- Clemenceau Stirs The Environment (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The workers at Gujarat's Alang ship-breaking yard are waiting with bated breath for the Supreme Court verdict on whether the decommissioned French warship Clemenceau would be allowed into Indian waters.
- Old Enemy, Older Friend (Daily Excelsior, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 21, 2006)
In a lifetime as a cricket fan, my most depressing experience was watching the World Cup quarter-final played between India and Pakistan in Bangalore in March 1996.
- Del Hc Restrains Up Police From Parallel Probe Into Tapping Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today restrained till January 25 the Uttar Pradesh Police from interfering in any manner in the ongoing investigations launched by the Delhi police in the sensational tapping of phones of Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh.
- Speaker To Return Notice (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
The legislature and the judiciary is heading on a collision course with the all-party meeting convened by the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee decided to “return” the notice issued by the courts in cash-for-query scam.
- Rein In The Khaps (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 21, 2006)
They cannot lay down the law
The decision of self-styled khap panchayatis of Bhiwani to expel two families from their respective villages for daring to marry their children despite the panchayat’s objections is shocking.
- Court & Parliament At Loggerheads (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 21, 2006)
It is ironical that the biggest challenge to the Indian constitution has come in January, the month in which the country introduced it, as far back as 1950, to become a republic. Unfortunately, the challenge is developing into some sort of a . . .
- Defreezing Accounts (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 21, 2006)
First it was the Law Minister Hansraj Bhardwaj, not strictly a man of law given his past track record in other capacities. A lawyer he may have been but he has always been a loyal servant of the Gandhi parivar.
- India Wishes Democracy In Nepal (Daily Excelsior, Krishna Pradhan, Jan 21, 2006)
The Indian ambassador to Nepal, Mr. Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, is in Delhi for consultations as the situation in the Himalayan Kingdom deteriorates day by day, and the Maoist violence against the government has increased and rallies . . .
- Freedom To Be Safe (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 21, 2006)
Despite the change of regime, Bihar’s law and order situation continues to be grim, with no decrease in the number of routine kidnappings, murders and dacoity.
- Bofors Ghost Returns (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
The question everyone is asking in Delhi is why Law Minister H R Bharadwaj resurrected Bofors just when everyone had forgotten that Santa Sonia of sacrifice, political Mother Teresa of the unemployed, was once linked to this squalid scandal.
- Floor Test By January 27 (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jan 20, 2006)
Dharam Singh confident; Deve Gowda swears by coalition; BJP questions time-frame
- Palar Issue: Government To Move Supreme Court After Ascertaining Facts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Five Opposition parties express dissatisfaction over State stand, stage walkout
Reports of Andhra officials conducting a survey
Letter to neighbouring State written on January 5
- Clemenceau: Media Interest In France (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 20, 2006)
Egypt is determining whether the ship is in violation of the Basel Convention
- Karnataka: Breather For The Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
BJP fears that Kumaraswamy may change his mind
The Congress' core group went into a huddle at the Prime Minister's residence to take stock of the situation
- Bjp Irked That ‘Its Man’ Gives Dharam 8 Days (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 20, 2006)
Et tu Brutus! was the BJP’s cry today, with party leaders not quite getting over the fact that their ‘‘own man’’ — Karnataka governor T.N. Chaturvedi — had let the side down and given the beleaguered Dharam Singh government as many as eight days . . .
- Housekeeping Tips (Indian Express, Sudhir Vohra, Jan 20, 2006)
The Delhi High Court’s observations on the issues confronting the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) — especially the latest Wednesday’s order to go after the “big fish” violating building bylaws
- Behind Every Memsahib Is A Bai (Indian Express, FARAH WARIA, Jan 20, 2006)
When it comes to the rights of domestic help, it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. Unless, of course, we prefer to serve it ourselves
- Mps Expulsion: All-Party Meet Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
To discuss court notice to Speaker on MPs' expulsion
The all-party meeting of leaders called by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee here on Friday has on its agenda a major constitutional question — the power of the legislature versus the judiciary.
- India Whining: Dirt In Parliament (Hindustan Times, Aloke Tikku, Jan 20, 2006)
After assessing governance and development in India, an independent group reports that there is hardly any good news. It says, India is whining and not shining.
- Weak Leaders, Strong Supporters (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Jan 20, 2006)
Governance is never easy and as I have written on several occasions in the past, the system cannot be run by 'dual power' centers and in the current form the situation is further compounded by the fact that both the power centers are 'weak' and . . .
- Karnataka: Cong To Wait & Watch, Bjp Impatient (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
In the midst of a big question mark over the survival of the Congress-led coalition government in Karnataka, the Congress top brass here went into a huddle to deliberate on the strategies to defuse the crisis.
- A Dismal Rights Record (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
No country has been spared by the New York-based Human Rights Watch in its annual report for 2005 on human rights abuses across the globe. South Asia finds notable mention in the report, with Pakistan’s dismal record also coming under scrutiny.
- Towards Peace In West Asia (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2006)
Sharon’s incapacitation gives India and other countries an opportunity to work for peace through the UN
- Centre To Wait And Watch (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Refraining from taking any drastic action in Karnataka, the Centre is understood to have decided to adopt a ‘wait and watch’ policy with regard to the political developments in the state even as Congress president Sonia Gandhi held no meeting . . .
- `Q' Saga: Some Questions Remain (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 19, 2006)
Central Vigilance Commission asks CBI to give full facts of the case
Decision came after contradictory media reports and as CBI's stand remained unclear for some days, says CVC
A directive to the CBI has no effect on a U.K. court: Rondell
- `Ship Will Be Denied Entry If Found Carrying Hazardous Waste' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
CPCB to conduct survey of ship
To be allowed to Alang if it carries permissible levels of asbestos
Final decision to be taken after next Court hearing
Brinda Karat meets Manmohan, presents memorandum
- Bjp: No Honest Effort To Implement Court Order (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 19, 2006)
Government's strategy is to secure Quattrocchi's acquittal without trial: Jaitley
Within hours of court order CBI said it had no evidence to link money in bank accounts to Bofors payoffs
Additional Solicitor-General's opinion is fictional
- Judge Trying Case Against Jayalalithaa Transferred (Hindu, B.S. Ramesh , Jan 19, 2006)
A.T. Munnoli has been posted in place of A.S. Pachhapure
Special Judge A.S. Pachhapure, who is trying the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and four others, has been transferred. A.T. Munnoli has been posted ....
- Take Serious Note Of Sexual Harassment, Sc Tell States (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The case which came up for hearing was about five years old when several women organisations wrote letters to the apex court about the non-formation of such committees by the government and non-governmental organisations.
- Bofors Redux (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 19, 2006)
The most disturbing element of recent developments in the Bofors case is the lack of accountability in India's judicial machinery and political system that they reveal.
- Mining Mania In Haryana (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 19, 2006)
If illegal mining continues in Haryana despite a change in the government, the frequent interventions by the Supreme Court and a relentless campaign by the media and eminent personalities like Swami Agnivesh, it only shows how influential the mafia . . .
- Lawyers Are In The Wrong (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 19, 2006)
They can’t hold courts to ransom
THE manner in which some lawyers at Delhi’s Tis Hazari Courts have been on strike since January 2 in protest against the creation of a court in Rohini, a Delhi suburb, cannot be justified.
- Two Pak Militants Get 10-Yr Ri (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Two Pakistani militants, belonging to the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit, were today sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment by a city court along with their three Indian accomplices for masterminding the 1997 serial blasts in Punjab, Delhi, ...
- End "Jungle Raj" In Delhi: High Court (Hindu, Nirnimesh Kumar , Jan 19, 2006)
MCD told to "go after illegal constructions by people who are in power and authority... ."
- Don't Vote Against Iran Again (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 19, 2006)
When the International Atomic Energy Agency convenes an emergency meeting of its Board of Governors in the next few weeks, India must not allow itself to be dragooned into joining the Washington-led nuclear lynch mob against Iran.
- Us Court Upholds Assisted Suicide Law (Tribune, Charles Lane, Jan 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s law on physician-assisted suicide on Tuesday, ruling that the Justice Department may not punish doctors who help terminally ill patients end their lives.
- Politics Of Slums (Tribune, Jagmohan , Jan 19, 2006)
If one wants to know how deeply India is poisoned at heart and contaminated at soul, one should study the phenomenon of slums, induced squatting and illegal constructions in its cities. In essence, the cities are the spiritual workshops of the nation . .
- Polavaram Irrigation Project Proposal For Wildlife Board (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Environment and Forests Ministry sends proposal for clearance
- Bofors Is History Toda (The Economic Times, T K ARUN, Jan 19, 2006)
Bofors is not part of the living present. Its relevance for the present is not directly operational, but as a symbol of political corruption that has to be avoided and fought. To continue to wrestle with Bofors, treating it as some villain still . . .
- Indian Idle (Tribune, Chetna Keer Banerjee, Jan 19, 2006)
Gone are the days when the common man had to wait for five years to cast that one vote. The man in the street now has a chance to vote almost five days a week.
- Preventing Power Losses (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 19, 2006)
Talk to a Japanese official and he invariably comes up with a reply that Pakistan is potentially a very rich country with large natural resources, unlike Japan with its narrow strip of hilly land. All we have to do, he says, is to develop those . . .
- Welcome Visitors (Statesman, SUNANDA SANYAL, Jan 19, 2006)
The Election Commission of India’s team of 19 observers, including the indomitable Mr KJ Rao, have fanned out to as many districts with the express aim of “flushing out all bogus voters from the electoral rolls”.
- The Illusive Us Arms Bazaar (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jan 19, 2006)
Two roadblocks await the forward move in the Indo-US bilateral relations early in 2006.
- Pm For Pro-Active Approach To Tackle Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today suggested a pro-active approach to tackle terrorism in view of the various tactics adopted by terrorists often with assistance of State-sponsors, an apparent reference to Pakistan.
- Grey Area Busted (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 19, 2006)
Fixed wireless phone is limited mobile: TDSAT
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) judgement declaring Reliance Infocomm’s fixed wireless terminals (FWTs) as a “limited mobile” service has resolved one of the biggest . . .
- Iccw's Efforts Bring Down Female Infanticide (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Children rescued from match industries Council working in 370 villages for past 15 years
- Decoding Q's Bank Accounts, Legally (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Britain can re-freeze Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi's controversial accounts at the east London private bank, Banca della Svizzera Italiana (BSI AG) were the Indian authorities to request this, The Times of India has learnt.
- Clemenceau: Egypt Didn't Consult India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 18, 2006)
No effort made to get fresh certificates that would have highlighted the present situation
Old certificates issued by the Indian authorities and sent by a tugboat company relied upon
- Get Started On Fixing City Roads, Says Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Review meeting on infrastructure held
BMP asked to complete tender and other processes by March 31
Contractors reluctant to participate in tender process
BMP proposes reintroduction of octroi to shore up revenue
- Gang Wars (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jan 18, 2006)
Is history repeating itself as farce? In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency.
- ‘Quattrocchi Accounts Defrozen’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) of Britain has informed the CBI that the accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, having nearly Rs 21 crore, have been defrozen...
- Ril Price Discovery Session Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Reliance scrip carries the second highest weight in Sensex after Infosys
Reliance Industries' name will go down in the history of Indian stock markets on Wednesday as the only company for which a special trading session will be held to discover . . .
- 100 Days After The Quake (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
One hopes that after visiting the quake-hit areas and seeing firsthand the extensive damage and human misery prevalent there, former US president and UN Special Envoy for Pakistan Earthquake Relief, Mr George Bush, will press the international . . .
- Accounts Of Quattrocchi Defreezed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
We can only make a request to the British authorities: Pranab
Two London bank accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, a key accused in the Rs. 64-crore Bofors payoffs case, have been defreezed.
- Bhardwaj Must Go (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 18, 2006)
A good scapegoat, the cynical saying goes, is almost as good as the solution to the problem. Exposed for the brazen conspiracy to facilitate the defreezing of the bank accounts of Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi, the Central Government has laid . . .
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