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Articles 9521 through 9620 of 12677:
- Fenced In (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Aug 25, 2005)
Suddenly we have discovered to our dismay that the fence that we are setting up to keep the Bangladeshis out could very well keep them in.
- The Road After Gaza (Dawn, Robert Malley and Aaron D. Miller, Aug 25, 2005)
ISRAEL’S disengagement from Gaza is a historic event, but for Palestinians and Israelis it will soon be history.
- Vanishing Equity In Higher Education (Hindu, M. Anandakrishnan, Aug 24, 2005)
If the Supreme Court judgment on abolition of quota in private unaided colleges comes into force next year, many deserving socially backward students will be deprived of access to higher education.
- Law’S Reach (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2005)
THE opinion of the Central Vigilance Commissioner that there is evidence to prosecute Ms Mayawati and some others in the Taj Heritage Corridor Project case is a blow to the Bahujan Samaj Party leader.
- Does Economy Need The Bull Run? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Aug 24, 2005)
The current global perception seems to be that the sustained bull-run is not due to any "irrational exuberance" but a vote of confidence in a resurgent India.
- India Must Play Mediator Between The Muslims And The West’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
A member of the House of Lords, Bhikhu Parekh has been living in the UK for over four decades.
- Sense And Consensus (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 24, 2005)
Anyone looking at political debate on economic issues recently might be forgiven for thinking that politics in India is all sweetness and light.
- Un Resolutions Obsolete For Solving K-Issue (Daily Excelsior, L C Kaul, Aug 23, 2005)
Addressing a public meeting organised by Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, on the first anniversary of the party, at Hyderpura,
- Toothless Tiger (Statesman, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 23, 2005)
The state human rights commission, which was created in 1997 to hoodwink regional and international opinion about Kashmir,
- Minimum Wage Must Be Treated As Sacrosanct (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 23, 2005)
The guarantee of employment at a wage rate less than the statutory minimum — as the draft EGA stipulates — will undermine the broad purpose of the law and set a bad precedent.
- Dalits Need Quality Education: Nilotpal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Reiterating that the matter of admission policy and fee structure should not be left to private colleges, leaders from various political parties on Sunday demanded a new legislation for reversal of the recent Supreme Court verdict abolishing government...
- Buta Does A Lalu! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2005)
You scratch my back and I scratch yours. That is common practice in politics. But should even Governors be engaged in such a cosy relationship with a controversial politician? Bihar Governor Buta Singh has landed his high office in the firing line . . . .
- Worthy Of Unreserved Applause (Times of India, Bishwajit Bhattacharyya , Aug 22, 2005)
SC quota ruling upholds merit in private educational bodies
- 1984: Next, A Task Force (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2005)
Sensing the public mood, the UPA government had to relent after tabling a completely sterile Action Taken Report alongwith the Nanavati Commission Report in Parliament.
- Beyond Self-Denying Tolerance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 22, 2005)
In refusing consent for the privilege motion against The Pioneer in which columnist Swapan Dasgupta charged him with partisanship in conducting the proceedings of the House,
- Bad For The Soul (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Man’s ingenuity is matter for pure wonder. One of the most amazing petitions to the Supreme Court recently has suggested that newspapers be graded, that is, rated and labelled as films are, according to content
- Corruption Cancer In Judiciary (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 22, 2005)
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has expressed concern over corruption in the judiciary and said that a major surgery is needed to cleanse it from the vice.
- True Islam Or Islamic Formalism? (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Aug 22, 2005)
Bernard Lewis, a western scholar of Islam recently wrote a book with the title “What went wrong?”
- Orthodoxy Unveiled (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2005)
IT is unfortunate that immediately after the Supreme Court took cognizance of a petition against the practice of issuing “fatwa”, the authorities of Darul-Uloom, Deoband, have come out with one making wearing of veils mandatory for Muslim women entering p
- Poisoned Planet (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Aug 22, 2005)
It is seriously questioned these days whether petroleum, the harbinger of modern civilisation,
- Pm Exhorts Naxals To Join Mainstream (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today did some tough talking on Naxalite movement, even while asking the ultra Left organisations to prove their mettle in the battle of the ballot rather than pursuing a policy of bullets.
- The High Court Acts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2005)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court’s decision to suspend the Jhajjar Chief Judicial Magistrate for his questionable role during his earlier stint at Sonepat and withdraw all judicial work from Ludhiana’s Additional District and Sessions Judge till his ....
- Scrap Sale (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 22, 2005)
Are strategic sales always non-transparent? There have been disputes about asset valuation, bidding processes, reserve prices and post-closure adjustment claims.
- South Africa — Empowering Enterprise On Merit, Not Numbers (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Aug 22, 2005)
Diagonal Street in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, houses several Indian-owned retail stores
- Give Up Arms And Fight Elections, Manmohan Tells Naxalites (Hindu, K. Venkateshwarlu , Aug 22, 2005)
There is no grievance that cannot be redressed through democratic means
Says ideology of hatred cannot be tolerated.
Lauds contribution of Left parties in strengthening the nation's secular fabric
- ‘promote Excellence, Cater To Weaker Sections’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
In the much awaited judgement of the seven member constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice R C Lahoti,
- Bjp Suspends Khurana (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 21, 2005)
Action taken for `sack Modi' demand The action came within hours of Mr. Khurana writing to Mr. Advani, demanding that Narendra Modi be sacked.
- Partisan Governors Won’T Preserve Dharma (Tribune, A.N. Barowalia, Aug 21, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s observations at the All-India Governors’ Conference on the Governors’ role assume significance in the wake of the controversial role of the Governors of Goa,
- Pollution Control Panel Orders Coke To Stop Production (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Presence of cadmium was 400 to 600 times above the permissible limit'
- High Court For New Building For Circuit Bench In Dharwad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Rs. 66-crore plan prepared for a new complex on WALMI premises
- Illegality And Irregularity — The Quintessential Difference (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Aug 20, 2005)
The two expressions are to be distinguished on the touchstone of curability.
- Kerala Cap On Coke Fizz (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 20, 2005)
The Kerala state pollution control board today directed Coca-Cola India to “stop production” at its Plachimada plant in Palakkad district with immediate effect.
- Iran-The Next Entry-I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 20, 2005)
Considering the wishes of its people, we have to understand the complex Iranian political system. Iran’s political system combines elements of a modern Islamic theocracy with democracy.
- Govt Cold Towardsenvironment Education (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Masroor has completed his Ph.D in Environmental Sciences (ES) and is one of the few who have qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) some years ago. Along with 250 Post- graduates in ES, he is unemployed. He curses the day he opted for the subject.
- State Plans Law To Retain Quotas In Private Colleges (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The State government feels that it has every right under Article 31 (c) and Article 39 (b) (c) of the Constitution to introduce such legislation.
- Not Forgetting The Gujarat Carnage (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 20, 2005)
A pakistan television network based in Dubai asked me whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would tender his apology to Indian Muslims as he had done in the case of Sikhs for the Delhi riots 21 years after the violence
- Ban On Cigarette Ads In Media Challenged (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The Madras High Court has admitted a writ petition challenging the Centre’s ban on cigarette advertisements in the media.
- State To Press For Law On Admissions To Protect Quota (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Constitution amendment sought; No interference in fee structure
Other decisions
All cases relating to violence after the killing of the former Minister H. Nagappa to be dropped
Rs. 572-crore loan sought for health project
Administrative clearan
- All-Party Meet On Tuesday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Court ruling on reservation
- Arrest Shahabuddin Anywhere In India: Dgp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Under fire from political parties for allegedly delaying execution of non-bailable warrants against controversial RJD MP M D Shahabuddin, Bihar police Chief Ashish Ranjan Sinha on Friday said he has ordered immediate arrest of the MP “anywhere in the. . .
- Party Time For The Family (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Aug 20, 2005)
The first and last time I was in the same room as any member of the Nehru-Gandhi family was back in the year 1971.
- Riot Relief (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Families of those killed during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots will get a relief of about Rs 5 lakh, reports our special correspondent.
- '84 Riots: Panel Wants Rs 5-Lakh Relief For Each Victim (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The committee constituted by the Union Home Minister to examine compensation awarded in the 1984 riots has recommended that each of the victims be given Rs 5 lakh each.
- Charges To Be Framed In Sankararaman Murder Case On September 5 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Charges will be framed in the Sankararaman murder case on September 5 in the Chengalpattu Sessions Court here.
- Pcb Issues Closure Notice To Coca-Cola Plant (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
In a major setback to soft drinks giant Coca-cola, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board on Friday directed the company to close down its bottling plant at Plachimada in Palakkad district for not complying with pollution control norms.
- Save The Students (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 20, 2005)
It is a well settled principle and reiterated often by courts that norms laid down by statutory apex bodies regulating higher education override all other rules or state enactments in the event of a conflict.
- Protection Of Iprs — No Guarantee For Sustainable Development (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 20, 2005)
Quoting instances from Philippe Cullet's Intellectual Property Protection and Sustainable Development, D. Murali explains why it is essential for developing countries to protect traditional knowledge through legal means "in a world wher e everything ....
- When Tissue Was The Issue (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 20, 2005)
The issue before the apex court in a recently decided excise case was tissue, and the company in focus was S. R. Tissues P Ltd.
- Iniquitous Shopping (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
S. K. Jha on tax treaty misuse cited in a CAG report
- Grave Threat (Asia Times, Editorial, Asian Times, Aug 20, 2005)
When the judiciary and law-enforcing agencies speak with same concern about a malady afflicting society there can only be one conclusion that the matter must be very serious.
- Closing Of The Backdoor (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2005)
It does not behove a government to find ways and means to defy the spirit of various rules and regulations, while pretending to stick to its letter.
- Board Tells Coke’S Kerala Plant To Stop Production (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
In a setback to multinational soft drinks major Coca-Cola, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board today directed the company to “stop production” at its Plachimada plant in Palakkad district with immediate effect.
- Amnesty Seeks Speedy Justice For ’84 Riot Victims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged the Indian Government to punish any individual, including police or government officials, found responsible for human rights violations during the violence against Sikhs in Delhi in 1984.
- Lack Of Political Communication (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Aug 20, 2005)
The Nanavati Commision report and the predictable after math results in the resignation of Jagdish Tytler from the Cabinet and Sajjan Kumar from his Cabinet status assignment
- India Bypasses The Wires To Bring Wi-Fi To Its Remote Residents (Christian Science Monitor, Jacob Leibenluft, Aug 19, 2005)
Three years ago, paying the electric bill in the south Indian village of Palakkode was a day-long task.
- Question Of Equity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2005)
The recent Supreme Court judgment on private unaided institutions is threatening to become a major controversy.
- Sc Issues Notice To Newspapers On Obscene Content (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to the Centre, Press Council of India, The Times of India,
- Sc Notice On Obscene Material In Newspapers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2005)
The Supreme Court today took cognizance of a petition expressing concern over the publication of “obscene” pictures and “pornographic” material in serious newspapers having the potential of corrupting minds of children,
- The Rising (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 19, 2005)
Has the Shaheed Mangal Pandey Smarak Samiti, that has suddenly piped up from Nagwa village in the Uttar Pradesh backwaters,
- Think This Through (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
No debate inspires as much confused emotion as the debate over reservations. The Supreme Court’s remarks in its recent judgment only add to the confusion.
- Sensible Screening (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2005)
Common sense seems to be creeping back into procedures for screening airline passengers, and it’s most welcome.
- Another Court (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 19, 2005)
How reasonable is “reasonable”? Left parties have turned to the prime minister with an appeal for social justice, which appears to politicians to be threatened now by the Supreme Court’s ruling that private unaided colleges need not reserve seats . . .
- Bonding' With Black Money (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Aug 19, 2005)
With the Left and its allies reluctant to allow divestment in BHEL and other public sector undertakings, hopes of realising about Rs 10,000 crore have been shattered,
- Row Over Fatwa On Women Fighting Elections (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
A fatwa issued by three clerics of the Darul Uloom at Deoband barring women from contesting the ongoing panchayati raj polls,
- Mp’S Mid-Day Meals: Ngo To Move Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2005)
Alleging that apathy at the top and corruption at the lower levels of the government claimed the lives of at least one hundred children due to malnourishment all over Madhya Pradesh in the last three months,
- The Moral Code Of Indian Democracy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 19, 2005)
THE BJP and the NDA will have every right to taunt the fulsome apology by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for 1984 once they have familiarized themselves with the letter “A”.
- Gross Breach Of Privilege But Beneath Contempt (Hindu, Somnath Chatterjee, Aug 19, 2005)
"Freedom of the press, a cherished fundamental right in our country, cannot comprise deliberately tendentious and motivated attacks on the great institutions of this Republic. Gross breach of privilege has been committed. However, since it will be . . .
- Ball In Musharraf's Court (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Aug 19, 2005)
Musharaff cannot afford to let the Hasba Bill become law. But if he stymies it, he will lose the MMA support.
- Amendments To Jobs Bill Criticised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
This does not guarantee statutory minimum wages to workers
Drop time-bound extension to whole of rural India'
'There is a new clause enabling Government to order stoppage of funds
Discontinuing founds will result in labourers becoming victims . . .
- Rash Of Blasts In Bangladesh (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Aug 18, 2005)
Two killed; 150 injured, nationwide alert
- Fundamentally Flawed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 18, 2005)
The Supreme Court’s notices to the Centre, a number of states and Muslim bodies on the issue of fatwas raise the fundamental question of whether such diktats can claim the force of law when they go against the grain of the Constitution.
- Govt To Bring New Law On College Admission Quota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
The government will bring a legislation in the Winter session of Parliament to overturn Supreme Court judgement abolishing government quotas for the members of depressed sections of the society in private unaided colleges and a regulatory mechanism to exe
- Divided Over Dividends (Telegraph, D. Murali , Aug 18, 2005)
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. That's a quote that's `mostly' attributed to Ambrose Bierce, though I'm sure historians may like to retort
- Case For Classification Of Dailies Based On Content (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre, Press Council of India, the news agencies and major dailies on a PIL seeking classification of newspapers on the basis of their content to denote whether these were fit to be read universally or by . . .
- Out Of Court (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
It may be somewhat reassuring when the stone dropped into a pond has ripples spreading wider than before. At most, that is what can be said of the public interest litigation filed in the Supreme Court against the presence, in a democratic country,
- Scotland Yard's 'Catastrophic Errors' Behind Innocent Brazilian's Killing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Secret documents from the investigation, into the shooting down of an innocent Brazilian man by British police in the wake of the 21/7 bombings,
- Series Of Blasts In Bangla, India Sounds Red Alert Along Border (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
A series of blasts, targetting government installations, ripped through bangladesh on Wednesday killing one person and leaving more than 200 injured.
- Chidambaram Points To Defects In Sinha Approach (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2005)
Disinvestment not being put on the backburner
Yet to take final decision on BHEL disinvestments
Holding discussions with Left parties
PSU banks to remain PSUs
Clause providing dilution of Government stake deleted
- Court Administers Wrong Medicine (Indian Express, Rakesh Shukla, Aug 18, 2005)
The recent judgement in the Dr Jacob Mathew case with regard to criminal liability for negligence of medical professionals has far-reaching implications.
- Admissions Muddle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 18, 2005)
Pressure from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and other political parties in and outside Parliament forced Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh ....
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