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Articles 7321 through 7420 of 12677:
- Amar Singh Moves Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Honest probe possible only in judicial inquiry into phone tapping
Governments should adhere to court guidelines Congress among respondents
- When Power Subverts The Law (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 10, 2006)
Two seminal books question the possibility of international criminal justice in a unipolar world
- Keep It Private (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 09, 2006)
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh have a case when they complain about phone tapping.
- Stooping Low (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jan 09, 2006)
THE seedy CD of Sanjay Joshi has left a bad taste in the name of sting operations. How far can such sleazy operations go on?
- Phone Tapping: Amar Singh Knocks On Sc Doors (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking a judicial probe into the telephone tapping issue.
- The Alito Hearings (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Jan 09, 2006)
As Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito appears this morning for day one of his Senate confirmation hearings..
- 'Wilful Absence Can Invite Termination' (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
The Supreme Court has held that wilful absence of Government employee from work can invite termination from service and will have no right to receive monetary/retiral benefits during the period in question
- Central Institutions And Regional Disparity (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
There is a need for educational institutes of national repute in backward States such as Orissa to bridge regional disparity and trigger local development.
- Ashish Deora’S Fairy Tale With Reliance Infocomm (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jan 09, 2006)
A week ago, the Supreme Court issued notices to the government and its various investigation and vigilance agencies..
- Upa Plan For Minorities May Fragment Society, Warns Bjp; Not On, Agrees Left (Hindu, Varghese K George, Jan 09, 2006)
The UPA government’s controversial move to reserve a ‘‘certain percentage’’ of all development funds for minorities has been criticised by the BJP and the Left too has expressed concern.
- Religious Reservation And Amu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
It was a flawed move from the start. When Aligarh Muslim University announced that 50 per cent of its seats in some post-graduate courses would be reserved for Muslim students, there was doubt whether this could be legally sustained.
- Parliament Shows The Way Forward (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 09, 2006)
The determined way both Houses acted against the MPs involved in the cash-for-questions case has given rise to hope that something can be done to curb corruption in the country.
- Party Hangover (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2006)
The real test for Sonia and the PM will be cabinet changes, not CWC musical chairs
- Wasted Rules (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2006)
India’s general awareness levels are rather low, whether the subject be history or health.
- Speaker Rules Out Court Jurisdiction (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee is clear that the courts have no jurisdiction on expulsion of MPs from Parliament and will not respond to any judicial notices in the matter.
- Lives Of The Powerful (Greater Kashmir, Dr Syed Amir, Jan 08, 2006)
They record their events for us to read them, writes Dr Syed Amir
More than 150 years ago, the Scottish historian and essayist, Thomas Carlyle, in his book On Heroes and Hero Worship noted that “the history of the world is but the biography . . .
- ‘I’Ve No Ego In Meeting People. If I Can Meet Leaders Of Other Parties, Why Not My Own?’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
I’ve no ego in meeting people. If I can meet leaders of other parties, why not my own?’
- Hiding Ordinary Horrors (Telegraph, Salman Rushdie, Jan 08, 2006)
Beyond any shadow of a doubt, the ugliest phrase to enter the English language in 2005 was ‘extraordinary rendition’.
- Shotgun Weeding (The Week, R. Prasannan, Jan 08, 2006)
Television stings have caused a stir; the big battles will follow
- Grab The Judge (The Week, Tapash Ganguly, Jan 08, 2006)
Fundamentalists in Bangladesh are trying to take over the judicial system
- Treachery In The High Seas (The Week, K.P. Narayana Kumar, Jan 08, 2006)
Bereaved families worried about Indian sailors disappearing in foreign seas
- This Rumpus Over The Dam (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Jan 08, 2006)
I happen to be in the ranks of the ordinary citizenry that is baffled by the passionate rhetoric on the passions aroused by the current debate on new large water reservoirs. Needless to say, when tongues lash one another, the flickering candle of . . .
- Judicial Activism In America (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jan 08, 2006)
It is a well-established function of judges to say what the law is, or what it means. Many of them will follow precedents and give due attention to the original lawmaker’s intent in performing this function.
- Democracy On A Sticky Wicket? (Deccan Herald, P V Subraya, Jan 08, 2006)
The views aired in the book by persons connected with the judiciary have been debated many times before
- "Execute Warrant Against Mamata'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Takes umbrage at official's report expressing inability to execute warrant
- Anjali's Court Martial (Hindu, U.C. Jha, Jan 08, 2006)
The Indian military justice system in its current form is an anachronis
- Upa’S Plan For Minorities: We Will Fix Govt Spending As Per Their Population Share (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Jan 08, 2006)
In what could open the floodgates to political and legal controversy, the UPA Government is ready to announce a “15-point programme” for what it calls the “welfare” of minorities despite a categorical opinion from the Union Law Ministry that the . . .
- Proposal To Monitor Ias Officers (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
It is interesting. The suggestion has come from no less a person than the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is himself a former bureaucrat. Mr Singh is strongly in favour of introducing a monitoring system to assess the performance . . .
- And Quiet Flows The Narmada (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jan 08, 2006)
What does the future hold for the Narmada Bachao Andolan?
- Problem Will Be In India, Not In France, Says Technopure (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 07, 2006)
No response by Indian companies on how exactly the remaining waste will be removed
- Women Lead Fight Against ‘Honour Killings’ (Tribune, Paul Valley, Jan 07, 2006)
These are some of the things that can get a woman killed: wearing make-up; going to the cinema; chewing gum; drinking water in the street; chatting to a male neighbour; talking on the phone;
- French Ship Must Not Enter India (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 07, 2006)
Officials of French firm depose before committee
The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Wastes Management on Friday decided that the French warship, Clemenceau, should not enter India. This recommendation would be sent to the court . . .
- Inklings For India Inc (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jan 07, 2006)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on reforms required on the corporate tax front
- Afghan Talent Show A Hit Four Years After The Taliban (Daily Times, Emmanuel Duparcq, Jan 07, 2006)
The scene, unthinkable only four years ago under the ousted Taliban regime who banned music and television, plays out in Kabul’s Ariana cinema
- Elitist Orientation Of The Economy (Dawn, Ishrat Husain, Jan 07, 2006)
Several observers have asked me to update the latest assessment of my thesis propounded in the book Pakistan: the economy of an elitist state. They are interested in exploring the question whether or not the policies and programmes pursued during . . .
- Iisc. Attack: `All Links Will Be Unearthed' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Bangalore is safe : Ajai Kumar Singh
Commissioner of Police Ajai Kumar Singh on Friday said that the city police would unearth all links in the terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) here.
- Court Poser To Karnataka On Steps Against Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court on Friday took note of the terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and sought to know from the Government what steps it has taken to prevent such incidents.
- Tax On Parallel Education That Failed The Test Of Article 14 (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 07, 2006)
The decision of the Kerala High Court in the Malappuram District Parallel College Association case may not have many parallels. Because the verdict, delivered on August 31, 2005, by Justice C. N. Ramachandran Nair, quashed service tax levy . . .
- Media Attention On Clemenceau (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 07, 2006)
The Committee's decision generated huge media attention in France. For many ordinary French persons, the Clemenceau has come to symbolise the high handed manner in which developed nations tend to act towards countries of the south.
- Indian Supreme Court Panel Says Decommissioned French Warship Not Welcome (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
A decommissioned French warship heading to a shipbreaking yard in India is not welcome in the country's waters and France has violated international agreements in sending it to India, a monitoring panel of India's Supreme Court said Friday.
- Third Decree Treatment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2006)
As in real estate, so in minority politics. When in trouble, ordinance
- Row Over Ship (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 07, 2006)
Should the government permit hazardous ship-breaking?
There has been much discussion over the health hazards posed by the decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau.
- Reserved For Merit (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jan 07, 2006)
It is exactly a year since the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) council has been caught up in the wrangle over its status — minority or not. In striking down the AMU Amendment Act of 1981, that granted the university minority status, . . .
- French Ship Not Welcome Here: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Decommissioned French aircraft-carrier ‘Clemenceau’, on its way to Gujarat carrying hazardous wastes, is not welcome to enter Indian waters, the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on hazardous waste management said here on Friday.
- French Ship: Sc Panel Says You Can’T Dock Until You Come Clean (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Taking a tough stand on the decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau, the Supreme Court monitoring committee on hazardous waste management today said that the ship should not be allowed within 200 km of India’s exclusive economic zone . . .
- A Ship We Can Refuse (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2006)
It is heartening that the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee has responded firmly and with sensitivity to the despatch of the French Navy's decommissioned aircraft carrier, Georges Clemenceau, to India for dismantling.
- Query On Inquiry (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 07, 2006)
Some years ago Justice R.S. Sarkaria was approached for his reaction to the delay in the implementation of his voluminous report on the Centre-State relations.
- Decision On French Ship’S Entry After January 20 (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jan 07, 2006)
The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on Hazardous Waste, which met in Mumbai today, restrained the French warship Clemenceau from entering within the 200-km exclusive economic zone of India till January 20 after the company assigned . . .
- No Quota For Amu (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2006)
Thursday’s Allahabad High Court ruling upholding the judgement of its earlier single-Judge order which had termed the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University and 50 per cent reservation to Muslims in the institution as “unconstitutional” is a setback
- Alleged Tapping Of Telephone: Jayalalithaa Comes Out In Support Of Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Says "shocking act" infringes constitutional rights; wants UPA Government to take responsibility
Chief Minister says nation reminded of Watergate scandal
"Incident has shaken basic structure of our great democracy"
- The Dream Team: A Critique-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 06, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh has spoken of how pleasantly surprised he was to be made Finance Minister in July 1991 by P V Narasimha Rao.
- Phone Tapping Issues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
The controversy over the tapping of the telephone of the Samajwadi Party General Secretary, Amar Singh, is a disquieting reminder of the urgent need to review the safeguards of the surveillance system.
- Pak- Nepal Nexus (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jan 06, 2006)
It should have been expected that sooner or later both China and Pakistan would want to fish in the troubled waters in Nepal and, sure enough, Beijing has already delivered truckloads of weapons for the Royal Nepal Army and Pakistan is preparing . . .
- Amu Not A Minority Institution: Hc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Upholds striking down of 50 pc quota
The Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court today upheld with some modifications its last year’s single-judge Bench judgment terming as ‘unconstitutional the granting of minority status to the . . .
- Centre Tapping My Phone Calls, Alleges Jayalalithaa (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Jan 06, 2006)
Even while the Amar Singh phone tapping controversy continues to rock the Central Government, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today dropped a bombshell alleging that her telephones were also being tapped by the Centre.
- Us Lawyers Seek Faster Green Card Processing (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2006)
American lawyers are seeking faster processing of Green Cards by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for thousands of immigrants, including several Indian Americans who have been approved as legal permanent residents.
- Talaq: What? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2006)
A mob cannot take away the rights
The nebulous entity called “community” is supposed to be the conscience keeper of a collective of persons and ensure that they adhere to certain basic decencies.
- Tormenting The Tormented (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Jan 06, 2006)
If You jump off a building and die, your family faces police questioning. If you jump and survive, you face a one-year prison term. Suicide attempters in the west are given emergency medical treatment and escorted back to their families
- Rating The Boss (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 06, 2006)
IN every organisation, there is a regular procedure for the performance of each level of employees to be appraised by the next higher level with reference to a number of attributes required, enumerated in a standardised format.
- Chandigarh Needs Bulldozer Too (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, Jan 06, 2006)
Even as politicians cry hoarse over the demolition of illegal structures in New Delhi, the Punjab government has recently and quietly condoned irregular constructions in the periphery of Chandigarh.
- Earful Of Trouble (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 06, 2006)
The telephone tapping issue has snowballed into a political controversy, with allegations and counter-allegations swirling around, and the real matter relegated to the backburner.
- No Minority Tag For Amu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday termed as incorrect the provision granting minority institution status to the Aligarh Muslim University. The court also maintained that AMU was not a minority institution.
- Phone Tapping: Amar Singh To Move Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Alleging that a doctored version of a taped conversation, involving him, was in circulation, Mr Singh said he would take action, including raising privilege issue, if anyone used it against him.
- Watergate Of India: Jaya (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK General Secretary J Jayalalitha on Thursday likened the tapping of Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh’s telephone to the Watergate scandal in the United States which led to the resignation . . .
- Environmentalists To Demand Options For Kiocl Workers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
`Government should strictly follow Supreme Court order on mining'
Committee to monitor rehabilitation sought
Plea to drop proposals that threaten river systems
- Militancy Adds To Political Uncertainty (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Jan 06, 2006)
The upsurge in Islamic militancy in Bangladesh is set to cast a shadow over the next general election, expected in a year.
- President Moots E-Judiciary System For Courts In Country (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Entire judicial process must be done electronically, says Kalam
- Bjp Meet To Ratify Rajnath's Appointment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Rajnath Singh to spell out his strategy
Strategy to expand the BJP's base
Leaders contacted at various levels
- Bjp Backs Yoga Guru (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party says it is fully with yoga guru Swami Ram Dev, who has come under attack from CPI (M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat
- Wooing Gilgit (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 05, 2006)
What is the pre-requisite to peace and stability in the part of Jammu and Kashmir which Pakistan directly administers in the name of the Northern Areas?
- Quota For Muslims Case For Constitution Bench (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Apex court won't stay High Court ruling but says admissions, appointments already made not to be disturbed
Reservation for a class of people not adequately represented was permissible: Fali Nariman
- A Monumental Mockery Of Heritage And History (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, Jan 05, 2006)
The High Court may have issued orders for demolishing illegal structures across the Capital, but the newly expanded Village Bistro at Hauz Khas Village,
- Representing The People (Tribune, P.P. Rao, Jan 05, 2006)
The quality of democracy gets reflected in the character and calibre of the elected representatives of the people. Parliament has recently expelled 11 of its members belonging to different political parties for accepting bribes in the cash-for-query scam.
- Sc Refuses To Stay Quota Fiat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgement quashing an ordnance providing for five per cent reservation for the Muslims in government jobs and educational institutions.
- Tainted Mps Reply To Probe Panel (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 05, 2006)
The Lok Sabha MPs named in last month’s television expose on corruption in the MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) have filed their replies to the inquiry committee set up by the Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee.
- Sc Refuses To Stay Hc Ruling (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court today referred to a Constitution Bench the controversial Andhra Pradesh law providing five per cent reservation to the Muslims, but declined to grant interim stay on the state high court order striking it down as “unconstitutional”.
- French Firm Chief Ready To Testify Before Panel (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 05, 2006)
Jean-Claude Giannino, president of Technopure that carried out the first phase of asbestos removal from the French aircraft carrier, George Clemenceau, says he is willing to testify before the Indian Supreme Court's Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste
- Economic Prospects In 2006 (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 05, 2006)
The government in Pakistan faces the new year with a plate full of problems and overflowing. A few of the problems are of its own making or mismanaged by it, and some being the result of external developments like the domestic impact of high world . . .
- Next Three Years Matter (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
From 9/11 until the start of 2005, President George Bush succeeded in setting the political agenda for America and the world almost without effective challenge. At home and abroad he defined himself, and was widely seen, as the war president.
- Anna University To Undertake 3d Radar Terrain Mapping Of Coastline (Indian Express, V AYYAPPAN, Jan 05, 2006)
Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) of Anna University will carry out Airbourne Radar Terrain Mapping along the coastline stretching from Nagapattinam to Nellore to facilitate disaster mitigation.
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