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Articles 7121 through 7220 of 12677:
- Parliament And A Tale Of Two Scandals (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Jan 18, 2006)
There is a wrong impression that Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is heading for a confrontation with the judiciary over the expulsion of MPs. In such cases, Parliament is the sole authority under Article 105 of the Constitution and the Supreme Court . . .
- Courts Have No Jurisdiction On Mps' Expulsion: Somnath (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
In a development that has the potential to create confrontation between Legislature and Judiciary, the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is firm on his stand that the courts have no jurisdiction on expulsion of MPs from Parliament.
- U.K. Awaiting Fresh Request (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 18, 2006)
British authorities are awaiting a fresh request from the Government of India to "refreeze" the bank accounts of Ottavio Quattrocchi, Italian businessman accused of receiving kickbacks in the Bofors gun deal.
- Demolitions, Suspensions On Eve Of Hearing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
MCD acts against engineers for failure to check illegal constructions
A day before the crucial Delhi High Court hearing on illegal and unauthorised constructions in the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Tuesday suspended eight assistant ...
- Pmk Has No Locus Standi To Raise Cet Issue, Says Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
"If Dr. Anbumani amends MCI rules, there will not be a need for legislation"
- Bofors Investigation Fiasco (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jan 18, 2006)
Human memory is proverbially short. Does any one remember what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once said on the floor of the Upper House that Caesar's wife must be above suspicion. The utterance was befitting for a former academic who was universally ...
- Eighty Plus Club (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 18, 2006)
Some time back we had referred in these columns to quite a few veterans above the age of 80 years who are still active in public life and continue to enrich our environment especially in this region. Many younger people have telephoned us to convey their
- Gun Fires Again (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 18, 2006)
Old soldiers, lore has it, fade away. But the controversy over the Bofors gun refuses to do that.
- Coming To Terms With A Disturbing Past (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Jan 18, 2006)
Ordinary Cambodians as well as members of the international community have mixed feelings about the trial of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders beginning this year, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is visiting professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delh
- Two Let Men, 5 Others Convicted (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Two Pakistani Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were among seven men convicted by a Delhi Court today in connection with bomb blasts which rocked various north Indian cities in 1997 killing 17 persons and injuring nearly 300 others.
- 2 Pakistanis Convicted For ’97 Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
A Delhi court today convicted seven persons, including two Pakistanis, in connection with a string of blasts across north India in 1997 in which 17 persons were killed and nearly 300 injured.
- No Confrontation, Please! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 18, 2006)
Both Parliament and judiciary have to protect Constitution
The Supreme Court’s decision to refer the matter of expulsion of 11 MPs to a
Constitution Bench may trigger an avoidable confrontation between Parliament and the judiciary.
- Fair Victory (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 18, 2006)
Lowering the bar for women
If the spirit is willing the flesh can overcome any challenge. This is borne out by two
women graduates in hotel management, among others, successfully suing to win the right for the female of the species to work as bartender
- No One Has A Right To Obstruct Justice: Delhi Hc Document (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 18, 2006)
The Delhi High Court met on January 10 to consider the situation created by the striking lawyers of the Delhi Bar Association. The following are excerpts from a resolution passed by the full court:
- Bjp Stages Demonstration (Hindu, Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Jan 18, 2006)
Congress letting Ottavio Quattrocchi off the hook, says Arun Jaitley
- Cbi's Credibility A Casualty: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
"Find out where Quattrocchi funds are"
Rajnath expected to announce new office-bearers after January 20
Replacement for Sanjay Joshi not clear
- ``Caste An Imperfect Indicator For Quota'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Suggests merit scholarship system
Public sector educational institutions have failed to emerge as centres of excellence
Calls for a more "invasive and inquisitive" democratic culture
- 'Court Has No Say In Mps' Expulsion' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
In a development that has the potential to create confrontation between Legislature and Judiciary, the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is firm on his stand that the courts have no jurisdiction on expulsion of MPs from Parliament.
- Quattrocchi's Accounts Have Been Defrozen, Cps Tells Cbi (Press Trust of India, 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 210 million, have been defrozen.
- Bofors Is Dead (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 18, 2006)
Bofors, the prosecution, is stone dead. But Bofors, as symbol of political corruption, lives on. And well it should. It’s time we made a clear distinction between the two. In India, we have grown accustomed to court cases dragging on endlessly and ...
- Decongesting Mumbai (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Jan 18, 2006)
Subash Saha looks barely 18 though he claims to be 24 years old. He has been driving an autorickshaw in Mumbai during night hours for the past six years. Which means he could have started driving either at 12 or 18. In all probability, . . .
- Quattrocchi Willing To Be Questioned By Cbi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi today maintained that there was no no proof linking him to the Bofors gun deal payoffs but expressed his willingness to be questioned by the CBI in Italy.
- Greens Lock Up Pollution Control Board Office (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Protest against delay in implementing SCMC directives
Four activists of Periyar Malineekarana Virudha Samiti bound themselves to the gates of the office of State Pollution Control Board (PCB), in protest against delay in implementing . . .
- "U.K. Banks Not Bound By Indian Court Direction" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Monday that banks in the country were not bound by the Indian Supreme Court's direction to the Indian Government and the CBI to ensure that Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in . . .
- A National Aptitude Test Is The Answer (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 17, 2006)
The Centre must fulfil its obligation of bringing in a law on professional courses.
- Parliament Within Its Rights (Deccan Herald, P P Rao, Jan 17, 2006)
When it’s a question of betrayal of trust of the people, expulsion from Parliament is considered appropriate
- Asbestos, A Demon Of The Past (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Jan 17, 2006)
With the Supreme Court laying down that the ship cannot enter Indian waters until the court considers a report by a team of environment experts, it’s time to consider just what is at stake in the Clemenceau controversy.
- Sc Refers Expulsion Of Mps Controversy To Constitution Bench (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
In a significant development, the Supreme Court today decided to examine the powers of Lok Sabha to expel its members from the House and referred the issue to the Constitution Bench.
- Given Our Resources, We’Ve To Adopt A Lifestyle That Leaves A Smaller Footprint On Nature Than West’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 17, 2006)
The greatest threat to our and future generations is not terrorism—it’s climate change. Dr R K Pachauri runs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, yes, he’s a fellow Indian.
- Action On Quattrocchi Taken By Cbi, Says Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Under attack by the Opposition over defreezing of the bank accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in London, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said action in this regard was taken by the CBI, which also asserted that the . . .
- Sc: Maintain Status Quo On Quattrocchi Accounts (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Supreme Court today directed the Government and CBI to take necessary steps to maintain status quo vis-a-vis bank accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattarocchi in London.
- Re-Freeze Accounts: Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jan 17, 2006)
Did Centre and CBI ask that accounts be de-freezed, asks Bench
- Law Officer Sent To London To Explain Legal Position, Says Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Crown Prosecution requested clarifications on High Court judgments
CPS also wanted to know why Malaysian courts refused to extradite Quattrocchi
No question of Law Ministry, DoPT interfering with CBI jurisdiction
- I’M A Victim: Quattrocchi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Breaking his silence, Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi on Monday said that it would be in India’s interest to bring the case against him over Bofors payoffs to an end since the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found no proof to link . . .
- Clemenceau Will Not Enter India Till Court Makes Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
"We will ask the ship to stay outside Indian territorial waters till the matter is heard"
French Government sticks to its guns, says ship contains no asbestos
When the French Government had not permitted the ship to be broken there, . . .
- Sc Bars Clemenceau From Indian Waters (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday barred the entry of controversial decommissioned French warship Le Clemenceau carrying toxic wastes into India and said it would not allow the vessel to be scrapped on the Gujarat coast till the Customs department clarifies its
- Pakistan Foreign Secretary In Delhi For Next Round Of Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Will discuss key issues of peace and security, including CBMs, and Jammu and Kashmir
- Sdic Says Clemenceau Will Not Enter India Till Court Makes Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
"We will ask the ship to stay outside Indian territorial waters till the matter is heard"
French Government sticks to its guns, says ship contains no asbestos
When the French Government had not permitted the ship to be broken there, . . .
- "Original Swiss Papers Absent" (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 17, 2006)
Bofors and `Q' saga get curiouser
was not a fit case for filing an SLP
Prosecution failed to get Quattrocchi extradited
- No Bar To Women (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 17, 2006)
Working with men does not ensure equality for women
In a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for women's rights, the Delhi High Court has ruled that no restriction could be imposed on women working in bars, banquets and restaurants . . .
- Ouster Of Mps: Sc Notice To Speaker (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Despite Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s assertion that the courts cannot intervene in the matter of expulsion of MPs, both the apex court and Delhi High Court have issued notice to him.
- Cbi Carries Bofors Can (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Agency owns up step leading to unfreezing of Q’s accounts
The Bofors scandal is living up to its history of mystery with the CBI today disclosing that the process which led to lifting the freeze on Ottavio Quattrocchi’s London accounts was started by it.
- Mini-Vietnam Syndrome (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 17, 2006)
Iran to gain as US plans Iraqi withdrawal
AS if by instinct, events are moving towards an era of inevitability in Iraq, the Bush administration having dramatically scaled down its bar for a “victory”.
- A Voice Called Arundhati Roy (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 17, 2006)
Arundhati Roy’s turning down of Sahitya Akademi award should not surprise many. She has already denied to be a doll in the hands of those who reward their pets, reject their rivals.
- Door-To-Door Survey Of Tamil Manuscripts From February 1 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Union Ministry of Culture had granted Rs.20 lakh for tracing them: Bharathidasan University Vice-Chancellor
- Caste Cocktail (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 17, 2006)
The Centre's proposal to allow state governments to divide Dalits into sub-categories, depending on how much they have gained from reservations, stems from the widespread sentiment that some groups have cornered a disproportionate amount of benefits.
- Freeze Quattrocchi’S Accounts In London: Sc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Taking cognizance of a petition highlighting government’s communication to the Crown Prosecution Service in London that it had no objection to the “defreezing” two bank accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi,
- Sc Notice To Speaker (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Jan 17, 2006)
Ahead of the all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee to discuss the issue of court’s “intervention” in the expulsion of MPs “involved” in the cash-for-query scam in the wake of the notice issued to him by the Delhi High Court, ...
- Police Brutality In Orissa (Times of India, Suhas Chakma, Jan 17, 2006)
The paddy fields and homestead lands of Kalinganagar of Orissa, where Tatas earmarked land for their steel plant, have become political playfields following the killing of 11 Adivasis on January 6. The state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party . . .
- Making Education More Important Than A Meal (Deccan Herald, D Rajasekhar, Jan 17, 2006)
Primary education and dropouts in Karnataka: distance, infrastructure, poverty, migration and subject matter need to be addressed urgently.
- El-Baradei Says Iran Only Months Away From N-Bomb (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The United States and its European allies pressed Russia and China on Monday to support bringing Iran before the UN Security Council, which has the power to impose sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
- Quattrocchi Ready For Questioning By Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi on Monday maintained that there was no proof linking him to the Bofors gun deal payoffs, but expressed his willingness to be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Italy.
- Court: Maintain Status Quo On Quattrocchi Accounts (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jan 17, 2006)
Did Government and CBI demand that accounts be de-freezed, asks Bench
Government, CBI to file affidavit
Follow proper procedure
Don't play to the gallery, petitioner told
- Mps Expulsion: Court Issues Notice To Lok Sabha Speaker (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jan 17, 2006)
Matter should be placed before a five-judge Constitution Bench, it says
Notice issued to Election Commission, Centre, Attorney-General
Petitioner's plea to restrain EC from holding election to vacant seat declined
- Pakistan-India Accord On N-Alert Likely (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 17, 2006)
India and Pakistan will start a fresh round of their composite dialogue on Tuesday with a breakthrough expected on a mechanism to reduce their nuclear alert followed by an exchange of new ideas on ways to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
- Needed Expansion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 16, 2006)
But why the parliamentary secretaries?
WITH the induction of four new members, the strength of the 10-month-old Haryana Council of Ministers has gone up to 13.
- Cbi To Reopen Cases Against Sajjan Kumar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the trial court here to reopen the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases against Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, seeking original documents of the cases, which were closed without even . . .
- Dubious Defreeze (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 16, 2006)
The Bofors scandal grows murkier and murkier as the CBI probe is undermined.
- Women Behind Bars! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 16, 2006)
The Delhi High Court has struck one blow for equality, and one for tradition, in permitting women to serve liquor in bars.
- Uk Court Orders Defreezing Of Quattrocchi's Accounts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
The high court in London has ordered the defreezing of the two British bank accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in the Bofors pay-off case.
- Uk Court Orders Defreezing Of Quattrocchi’S Accounts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
The High Court in London has ordered the defreezing of the two British bank accounts of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, an accused in the Bofors case.....
- Egypt Approves Transit For French Warship Through Suez Canal (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 16, 2006)
It is unclear if India's agreement for dismantling is still valid
Egypt appears to have accepted the French claim that the Clemenceau was a warship
French Defence Ministry confirms the deadlock had been broken
- Heritage Conservation Goes The Outsourcing Way (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Jan 16, 2006)
ASI, Wakf Board rope in outside experts for upkeep of Capital's monuments
- If Jinnah Were To Return (Daily Times, Ahmad Faruqui, Jan 15, 2006)
Jinnah might conclude that Pakistan had failed not because the leaders who followed him were weak, but because there were weaknesses in the original design.
- Failed To Benefit Tax? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Apart from tackling the legal challenge, FBT is now due for some simplification in Budget 2006. Dev Chatterjee explores the options
- Of Legal Tools And Illegal Means (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jan 15, 2006)
The government’s authority to order wiretapping is derived from the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. The relevant Section 5(2), as amended in 1972, states thus:
- The Quattrocchi Coup (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 15, 2006)
Ottavio Quattrocchi is a genius for evading the law. In a case regarding his prosecution for non-appearance before a magistrate the Delhi High Court decided against him.
- River Linking Risks (Statesman, SUSHIL KUMAR MUKHERJEE, Jan 15, 2006)
Planners who try to redistribute surplus water into deficit areas by river linking forget that in the dictionary of Nature, there is no word like ‘deficit’ or ‘surplus’
- Bofors Returns (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
And exposes all our politicians
The return of the Bofors deal to the front page must force the Indian political establishment, not just the ruling Congress party, to turn the spotlight on itself.
- Reservations Must In Private Sector (Tribune, Karam Singh, Jan 15, 2006)
It is said that only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. Extreme hope always takes birth from extreme miseries and back-breaking difficulties. Dr B.R. Ambedkar, one of the architects of the Constitution of India, belonged to a very poor section . . .
- `Adhere To Quota Norms For Disabled Persons' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Commissioner reviews progress in implementation of Disabilities Act
- Iran, Indo-Us Nuke Deal To Be Discussed During Burns' Visit (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 14, 2006)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation agreement and Iranian nuclear issue will dominate the agenda of talks Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Nicholas Burns, will have with the Indian leadership during his visit to the country next week.
- Big Brother Is Listening (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
It may be some consolation to Amar Singh to know that, as Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad explains, phone tapping is hard to prevent in India even if you have the right technology.
- "Enough Is Enough!", High Court Tells Mcd (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Civic body asked to comply with Court's orders on farmhouses or face dissolution
- Raising The Bar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
Laws are meant for the welfare of society, not the other way around. In a country which has, according to one estimate, over 30,000 pieces of legislation at the Central and state level, the Delhi High Court has just made a powerful argument...
- A Helping Hand For `Q' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2006)
Even the fig leaf has been discarded. The Central Government's unwillingness to see that justice was done in the Rs.64 crore Bofors payoff case
- Iran Threatens To End N-Cooperation (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Iran threatened on Friday to end surprise inspections and other cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog if it was referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, and the president vowed his country wouldn’t be intimidated by sanctions.
- The Blood Of Innocents (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 14, 2006)
Piggeries occupied the part of Singapore where we used to live until a stroke of the executive pen banished pigs and pig farmers to another island to make way for a blissful estate of neat bungalows in their own gardens.
- Al-Qaeda Claims To Have Killed 10 Us Soldiers In Iraq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Gates Of Amu (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Aligarh Muslim University may be going through a transitional phase. Both the academic circuit in Aligarh and the ruling class in Delhi are upset with the Allahabad High Court order..
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