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Articles 9221 through 9320 of 12677:
- Measurement Of Corruption (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Sep 13, 2005)
The J&K State is ranked as No. 2 in corruption amongst all the states of the country by a NGO.
- Memories Of A Scientist (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
His honesty and love for work is legendary and he lives on in the numerous engineering marvels he created. L Subramani pays tribute to M Visvesvaraya.
- Anthology Spanning Six Decades In Story Writing (Hindu, S. Viswanathan, Sep 13, 2005)
Collection of 70 short stories portraying human emotions, hopes and fears, convictions and compromises
- Israel Lowers Flag In Gaza (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
The pullout marks a historic milestone in the Palestinian quest for statehood. Palestinians will now be able run their own affairs in at least part of the land they seek for a future state.
- Grant Of Pension To `Freedom Fighter' Stayed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
He was eight during the Independence struggle
- Sankararaman Case Posted To October 7 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
Defence submits apex court directions
- Challenge For The Muslim World (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 13, 2005)
It is a known fact of history that the Muslim Ummah has remained a champion of justice and fair play and a symbol of balance and tolerance and has never been an instrument of terrorism, extremism and anarchy.
- No Swap For Sarabjit: Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 13, 2005)
"We do not have spies in India; those released were civilians"
- Stop Discrimination (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2005)
The Karnataka Administrative Tribunal's judgment that a person who tests HIV positive is eligible for government jobs will go a long way in removing the stigma attached to the ailment.
- America Bids Farewell To The Rule Of Law (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 12, 2005)
A Federal Appeal Court's ruling in the Padilla case means President Bush now has the right to lock up anyone, forever, without charge.
- Arms At The Cost Of Development (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Sep 12, 2005)
India went on an arms buying spree last year neglecting public health and other human development goals
- The Sebi Versus Sat Saga (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 12, 2005)
For the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), it is one step forward and another back.
- Pm Tells Pak To End Infiltration (Deccan Herald, PTI, Sep 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gen Musharraf will, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York, review the Indo-Pak peace process.
- Hands Off (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 11, 2005)
A woman gets assaulted every half an hour. But why are women silent about this issue?
- Hands Off (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 11, 2005)
SELDOM do people hold those robbed responsible for getting robbed, or those murdered responsible for getting murdered.
- Trivialising The Aggressor (Hindu, MITA KAPUR, Sep 11, 2005)
It is a mystery, but society has to wake up to the gross inaccuracy of the term "eve teasing".
- Medical Malpractice (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 11, 2005)
THE RECENT Supreme Court ruling that doctors cannot be prosecuted as criminal offenders unless there is compelling evidence strips the common man of a fundamental human right offered by our Constitution while providing insulation to the medical profession
- Verdicts On Pakistan (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 11, 2005)
... offered 40 years apart, in the same American magazine
We have never defined ourselves in our own right — only in relation to India. That is our tragedy
- Verdicts On Pakistan (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Sep 11, 2005)
We have never defined ourselves in our own right — only in relation to India. That is our tragedy.'
- Floating An Idea (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Sep 11, 2005)
During the arguments on the plea of the Shankacharya of Kanchi before the Supreme Court last week that the criminal cases against him should be transferred out of Tamil Nadu, his counsel Fali Nariman pointed out that there was a curious ambivalence in the
- Starvation Deaths And Sonia’S Antics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2005)
A chief minister in whose state children die of hunger should not just be forced to resign but should be tried for criminal negligence
- Free The Sugar Sector (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2005)
THE SUGAR SECTOR is always in the news, more often for wrong reasons.
- Communists And Corruption (Business Standard, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
Once or twice a year, I find it profitable to accept invitations to speak to college students. The boys are eager to impress the girls, and ask some very good questions.
- Going Into Relationships (Business Line, R. Anand, Sep 10, 2005)
R. Anand discusses the issue of employer-employee links in the fringe benefit tax regime
- Mumbai After The Rain: Piecemeal Policies (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 09, 2005)
Mumbai might have survived the floods but the challenge that people in the city now face is the deluge of piecemeal policymaking.
- Plight Of The Under-Trials (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2005)
A picture in this newspaper’s metropolitan section shows dozens of under-trial prisoners waiting in the compound of the district courts premises in Karachi, waiting for the hearing of their cases.
- Heroes And Charlatans (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 09, 2005)
Over the past few weeks, I have busied myself trying to understand the dynamics of an encounter that agitated corporate India of the Twenties and Thirties — the conflict between the fledgling Scindia Steam Navigation Company and the well-entrenched Britis
- Beware! Don’T Be Your Own Doctor -I (Greater Kashmir, NAQSHAB AFRA, Sep 09, 2005)
Self medication and drug abuse is also one of the mental health related problems and all sections of every society is prone to it.
- Hurricane Katrina's Political Fallout (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 09, 2005)
The neocons may have been damaged by Katrina, but progressives will have to fight for a new political settlement.
- Is Justice Possible Without Looking For The Truth? (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Sep 09, 2005)
There is a demand that the NHRC take a more proactive role in the Punjab illegal cremations case.
- Can We Improve Public Service Delivery? (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Sep 09, 2005)
India has a functioning democracy and several institutions and practices ensure checks and balances and a modicum of governance. Yet, every government feels handicapped in delivering on its promises.
- Landmark Judgment: Makes Begum Zia Nervous (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 09, 2005)
The fact that Begum Khaleda Zia had the judge of the appellate division of the Dhaka High Court woken up from his sleep for a temporary stay on the path-breaking judgment of Judges Khairul Haque and Fazle Kabir declaring the fifth amendment to Bangladesh’
- Tough Act (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 08, 2005)
Social justice requires the state to give special privileges to some people. But democracy works on the principle that all are equal before the law.
- Leader Article: The Path To Good Governance (Times of India, VIJAY JINDAL, Sep 08, 2005)
The controversy over the recent Supreme Court ruling on reservations in private educational institutions is symptomatic of the lack of harmony between different organs of government.
- Govt Starts Prosecution Against Vanishing Companies (The Economic Times, PTI, Sep 08, 2005)
Clamping down on vanishing companies, the government today said it had initiated prosecutions against 107 fraudulent companies and their promoters and directors under the Companies Act, 1956.
- The Civil Service (Statesman, Ashok Kapur, Sep 08, 2005)
It has been argued that the Indian bureaucracy is drifting towards “negativism and mediocrity”.
- Delimitation Can Wait (Statesman, News Service, Sep 08, 2005)
Considering the way illegal migrants have ‘advanced’ Bangladesh’s borders 10 to 15 kilometres inside India,
- Interfering Government (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 07, 2005)
The govt’s proposed legislation to control every bit of help the NGOs get from outside is an unkind cut.
- Bias In Education (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Sep 07, 2005)
THE verdict by the Supreme Court granting absolute control to managements of engineering and medical colleges in the private sector on admissions has raised a lot of debate.
- America's Shame: The Aftermath Of Katrina (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Sep 07, 2005)
A tale of systematic neglect, administrative incompetence, market-driven environmental destruction, and desperate poverty is unfolding in Louisiana.
- A First For Phalke (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 07, 2005)
AS times change, those chosen to be honoured also change. On the world stage, this was signalled with the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to, not a politician or statesman for their role in a conventional conflict, but to a woman who led the campaign to c
- Ec Justifies Bihar Poll Schedule (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 06, 2005)
The Election Commission on Monday justified the four-phase schedule announced for the Bihar Assembly elections and said it would not be possible to compress it as demanded by various political parties.
- India Conveys Sarabjit's Identity (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 06, 2005)
India has conveyed to Pakistan that the man condemned to gallows by the country’s Supreme Court is indeed Sarabjit Singh who is an Indian national.
- Acquittal Of Geelani, Afsan Challenged (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Delhi Police seek review of judgment
- Winds Of Change (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 06, 2005)
Winds of change are blowing for the better across the world. Only those who take notice of them will be able to keep pace with the times.
- Mirwaiz Faction Does Not Represent Kashmiris" (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 06, 2005)
It is holding talks in contravention of APHC constitution: Geelani
Majority is with us
Pakistan changing stand
Yasin Malik, Shabir Shah absent
Release Afzal Guru
- Court's Remarks Against Geelani Unfair, Say Teachers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
"The comments amount to passing a civil death sentence and must be expunged"
- Oppn Calls For Strike To Oust Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
Pakistan’s beleaguered opposition parties have announced a nation-wide strike on September 9 demanding the resignation of Pervez Musharraf as President and Chief of Army and to hold free and fair elections.
- India Confirms Sarabjit’S Identity To Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
India today confirmed Sarabjit Singh's identity to Pakistan, paving the way for the Indian condemned prisoner in Lahore to file a review petition in the Pakistani Supreme Court for securing his release.
- New Water Connections In Tirupur From Saturday (Hindu, M. Gunasekaran, Sep 06, 2005)
Agonising wait comes to an end; process to prepare estimates for 10,000-odd applicants will commence Agonising wait comes to an end; process to prepare estimates for 10,000-odd applicants will commence
- There's A Much Larger House On Fire (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 06, 2005)
About the time 50 Dalit houses were set ablaze in Gohana, the country marked 50 years of a law giving effect to the Constitution's abolition of untouchability. As if to rub it in, 25 more Dalit homes were torched the same week in Akola, Maharashtra.
- India: A Super Power Or A Failing State? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Sep 06, 2005)
The term “failed state” entered our lexicon, initially, in the context of Somalia, Afghanistan, and now, increasingly, for Iraq.
- Our Character Reflected In Our Pets (Hindu, Justine Hankins , Sep 06, 2005)
Our love of our furry companions is often cited as evidence of depth of character.
- Sarabjit Will Not Be Hanged (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 06, 2005)
Pakistan's assurance to India
- Ragging Still (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 06, 2005)
Government must find foolproof remedies
- Kanchi Case Hearing Posted To September 12 (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Sep 06, 2005)
The District Sessions Court has posted the Sankararaman murder case to September 12 to decide on further proceedings in view of the directions issued by the Supreme Court on Monday on a transfer petition filed by the Kanchi Sankaracharya.
- A Move To Defeat Secret Agenda Of The Separatists, Says Jvp (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Sep 06, 2005)
Party spells out 12 conditions for support to Rajapakse
- Chhattisgarh Decides To Ban Maoists (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2005)
The state government has also sought more forces and weapons from the Centre to check Naxal activities.
- Centre's Move To Make `Truth' As Defence Accepted (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Sep 05, 2005)
With this, Contempt of Court law will meet requirements of Article 21 (right to life and liberty)
Law panel submitted report in Lok Sabha last week
Recommends deletion of words "in public interest" in clause 2
- Rank Anomalies (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Sep 05, 2005)
The author is director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi
- Rais Call Truce In Family Feud (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Family feud in the Rai household — one of Delhi’s oldest industrial houses that controls nearly Rs 1,000 crore assets of the Usha Group — over the partition of their Rs 100 crore patriarchal residence, seems headed for an out-of-court settlement.
- National Curriculum Framework & The Social Sciences (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Sep 05, 2005)
Textbooks should certainly be child-friendly but it is equally necessary that the schoolteacher should be made child-friendly. Teachers need a more intensive exposure to social science concepts, changes in data and methods in history, and critical enquiry
- Chidambaram Must Quit (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 05, 2005)
It is a matter of grave impropriety
- An Unjust Stranglehold (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
When the Chief Justice of India, R.C. Lahoti, rem-onstrated with Parliament last month for its ‘‘unwarranted criticism’’ of the recent Supreme Court order ending caste-based quotas in privately run professional institutes,
- On The Fast Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2005)
The Supreme Court has rightly directed the High Courts to take prompt measures to speed up all cases,
- Reservation In Colleges (Tribune, K.N. Bhat, Sep 05, 2005)
The late Dr T.M.A. Pai would not have anticipated his name filling the pages of law reports for no fault of his. He was a visionary who freed technical education from the clutches of governments in the mid-1950s and turned Manipal, once a desolate village
- Badal Stresses For Early Solution To Dalits Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Phagwara, Sept 4 (PTI) Former Punjab Chief Minister and Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal today flayed the "inhuman act" of torching the dalits' houses in Gohana recently saying it had exposed the so-called secular face of the Congress government in ...
- I Was Forced To Implicate Sarabjit: Witness (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
A Lahore serial blast case has admitted that he was forced to implicate Sarabjit Singh who has been sentenced to death by the Supreme Court in Pakistan.
- India’S Mini-Multinationals Make Waves In Western Markets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2005)
Large Indian business houses which are small compared to their international peers, are buying up businesses in developed economies.
- Spinning To The Future (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 05, 2005)
It was a smart bit of spin by Jalal Talabani, Iraq’s president, to say that apart from the holy Quran, there was no book that could not be amended.
- Politicians And The Police (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Sep 04, 2005)
If any politicians were ever to ask me how he should practise his craft (which none has done to date), I would say: “be good, but if you cannot be good, be careful.”
- Our Mohan Joshis (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 04, 2005)
Saeed Mirza's Hindi film "Mohan Joshi hazir ho" comes to mind this Sunday. Joshi represents an ordinary but tenacious person living in a chawl. He pleads with the landlord to repair the building which is crumbling.
- When Army Rules The Political Roost (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Sep 04, 2005)
The elections recently held may put the district governments on a footing more viable than in their first term but the polling, assuredly, marks the beginning of the end of the country’s precarious parliamentary system, even in its present hybrid form.
- Whither Justice? (Hindu, Shelley Walia, Sep 04, 2005)
A silence at the savagery that was witnessed by many around the country in 1984 "needs to be reprimanded and disciplined right away".
- Unwanted Sound (Greater Kashmir, SHAKEEL-UR-RAHMAN, Sep 04, 2005)
At long last there is some good news for all those who are concerned about the annoying levels of noise in the city.
- The Majesty Of Chinar (Greater Kashmir, BASHEER SHAH, Sep 04, 2005)
The other day, quite in contemplation and thinking of this column , a friend Who has more to do with agriculture and less with culture, suddenly dropped in.
- A Home In Sight (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
For the caged animals at Kharial village in Dankuni, West Bengal, relief from pain has finally come, but not without a price. As Prasanta Paul explains, the death of one of the lions has brought freedom to its fellow circus animals
- Scientific Research: Making Universities Accountable (Tribune, Rupamanjari Ghosh, Sep 04, 2005)
Infrastructure plays a vital important role in raising the quality of teaching and research in the universities.
- Bihar Flood Scene Not Alarming: Buta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
The Bihar governor denied the BJP’s accusations against him and said his reports were based on facts.
- Judiciary Can Clip Wings: Cji (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2005)
The CJI said conducting court hearings through video conferencing would save time and money.
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