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Articles 10121 through 10220 of 12677:
- Absence Of Land Reform (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 20, 2005)
There is a hierarchical system of mutual favours between political leaders and local influentials in Pakistan
- Cet: What’S Common Every Year Is The Mess (Deccan Herald, Vijesh Kamath, Jun 20, 2005)
Over the last two years, the Common Entrance Test (CET) has become synonymous with confusion and controversy with the Karnataka government and private professional college managements locking horns over the sharing of seats and fee structure.
- The Mukhtaran Mai Fiasco (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Jun 20, 2005)
Whoever came up with the bright idea that stopping Mukhtaran Mai from proceeding to the US to attend a conference organized by an association of Pakistani-American professionals would help protect Pakistan’s international image should be taken to . . .
- Reinventing The Bjp (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jun 20, 2005)
Indian politics is in flux. The United Progressive Alliance is an alliance of unlikely bedmates, formed to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party out of government. It cannot last.
- Protecting The Tiger (Tribune, Usha Rai, Jun 20, 2005)
CAN the tiger be resurrected in Sariska? Theoretically, yes it can be! Sariska is an established tiger habitat.
- In The Prison Of Guantanamo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 19, 2005)
AT a session of the US Senate Judiciary Committee formed to look into the legal status of Guantanamo detainees, it was evident that there was concern among both Democrats and Republicans that the treatment of prisoners in the Cuba-based prison camp was su
- Elections For Bolivia (Washington Post, Editorial, The Washington Times, Jun 19, 2005)
FOR THE SECOND time in less than two years mobs have defeated democratic institutions in the poor South American nation of Bolivia. President Carlos Mesa, who tried to settle paralyzing political conflicts through a referendum and accords with Congress,
- The Royal Hunt (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 19, 2005)
There is an odd symbiosis between the hunter and the hunted. In early June, according to reports, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was hunting in a forest in Haryana.
- The High Cost Of Misgovernance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jun 19, 2005)
THE president of Pakistan is busy in conducting war on terror and in finding a solution to the 58-year old Kashmir dispute which he says he could resolve in two weeks only if India and Kashmiris were to go along.
- Some Scars Of The Emergency (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 18, 2005)
SOME scars do not go away. They remind a nation of the rough period it has gone through. One ugly mark on the face of India is the emergency.
- Judge This (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 18, 2005)
When the Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee was constituted in September last year to inquire into the fire in the Sabarmati Express, there was scepticism about its outcome already.
- Congress Awakens (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2005)
WHILE THE BUSH administration and the courts have tangled over the perplexing legal problems of the war on terrorism, Congress has remained on the sidelines
- Appointments, Or Disappointments? (Tribune, Fali S Nariman, Jun 18, 2005)
The method of selection of judges is woeful and must be remedied. The Supreme Court judges can be trusted to decide cases independently and correctly. They perform a good job,
- Money, Money And More Money (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jun 18, 2005)
Most people regard money as the yard-stick of success. The more one has in the bank in farmland, factories, real estate or commands as fees, the more successful he is regarded.
- A Parody Of Errors (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jun 18, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on a case where the Gujarat High Court quashed attempts by the department to garner revenue by taking advantage of taxpayer ignorance .
- Subserve The Constitutional Goal And Don't Subvert The Same (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 18, 2005)
ABOUT a month ago, the Supreme Court decided Ashok Lanka vs Rishi Dixit, a case that straddled both excise law and the Constitution.
- Disservice To Many A Service (Business Line, Joseph Prabakar, Jun 18, 2005)
Joseph Prabakar evaluates the recent changes made to the service tax regime .
- Both Circular And Artificial (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Jun 18, 2005)
DEEMING provisions are a part and parcel of any law framed in India. The intent appears to be to catch transactions that the law would not be able to lay down
- `Policy-Makers Not Addressing Poverty' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2005)
Leaders should combine privileges and responsibilities, says Council Chairman Sudarshan
- Spv Route For Infrastructure Projects — Enticing, But Flawed, Financial Engineering (Business Line, Amarendu Nandy , Jun 17, 2005)
A variant of the proposal to use forex reserves for infrastructure, the special purpose vehicle route, is expected to raise long-term funds for select projects
- Governors’ Dharma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 17, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have rightly advised Governors to rise above partisan politics while discharging their constitutional duties.
- Caste-Wise Survey Of Obcs To Begin This Week (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Jun 16, 2005)
Panel headed by Chief Secretary constituted to monitor exercise
- In Right Measure (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 16, 2005)
There are some changes that take place almost invisibly. The demands for justice for the unspeakable horrors that took place in Gujarat in early 2002 have been gathering direction,
- Encounter: Notice Issued To State Govt., Bangalore City Police (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday ordered issue of notices to the State Government, the Bangalore city police and other respondents on a petition by Dawood Suleman Khadri of Mumbai
- ``Governors Can Act As Watchdogs'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
Manmohan's four-point mantra
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Rise above partisan politics
Play role of elder statesmen in resolving disputes
Act as watchdogs
- Pia Concession To Judges (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2005)
Islamabad: The Defence Ministry has directed the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to exempt judges from the rules being applied at airports regarding issuance of boarding cards.
- Rape Victim Refused Trip To Us (Tribune, Jan McGirk , Jun 16, 2005)
When Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped on the orders of village elders to settle a tribal score, she shocked Pakistan by taking her case to the courts. But now she has found herself persecuted once again.
- Butchering Livelihoods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
A 130-year old slaughter house, the source of livelihood for hundreds living nearby, will be shifted 40 kms away from the original spot. Shaafat Ahmed explores the repercussions of the decision.
- Adverse Remarks On Judiciary Dangerous’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
Taking strong exception to the adverse remarks made by some senior lawyers on the quality of apex court judges, Justice N Santosh Hegde of the Supreme Court on Monday described such comments as “dangerous to the foundation of the judiciary”.
- Power Equations In The Parivar (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 15, 2005)
The BJP-RSS arrangement ignores a basic democratic principle: a political party draws its strength from the people it represents.
- Advani’S Blunder (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jun 14, 2005)
IF L.K. Advani’s efforts to reinvent himself have misfired in view of his party’s refusal, presumably under pressure from the RSS,
- Nhrc Notice To Assam On 5 Undertrial Prisoners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
In psychiatric hospital for 30 to 54 years
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Report sought in two weeks
Machang Lalung has been in the hospital for 35 years
- Revisiting Emergency (Tribune, Jagmohan , Jun 14, 2005)
The Emergency was a tragedy! Its imposition led to a large number of unjustified arrests and caused many other aberrations.
- Pota Review Is Final Word (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 14, 2005)
The Gujarat Government's decision not to move for withdrawal of terrorism charges against the accused in the Godhra train attack case. . .
- Pataudi Files Anticipatory Bail Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court will hear on Tuesday the applications for anticipatory bail filed by the former Indian cricket captain,
- Never Properly Checked (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 14, 2005)
With the mercury soaring, tempers too are rising and there is much anger about the manner in which wrongdoings are condoned and how illegitimate actions are seen to be legitimate because the mighty are never brought to book.
- Tn Students Move Court (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
The cancellation of CET caught students on the wrong foot who had already sought admissions on the basis of marks obtained in the entrance exam.
- Pataudi Moves Court For Advance Bail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
In his application, Mr Pataudi said he was framed in the case, but promised to cooperate in the investigation.
- Video Shows Saddam's Interrogation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi Special Tribunal [IST] that will put Saddam Hussein on trial released a new video on Monday of the former President and four of his officials being questioned by investigating magistrates.
- What's Judicial Accountability?' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
Santosh Hegde says the only flaw is delay in disposal of cases
- Will Scrapping Of Cet Stand The Judicial Test? (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Jun 14, 2005)
In scrapping the common entrance test (CET) for admission to professional courses, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha may have won over vast sections of students and academics,
- At Long Last (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 13, 2005)
Welcome news from Shimla! The Conference of State Law Ministers has set the ball rolling for establishing a National Judicial Council. On all accounts, this is a landmark event in the country's history which may be a trend-setter even for other polities..
- Sanyas Over Jinnah? No Way (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jun 13, 2005)
L.K. Advani unfortunately is no Jassi when it comes to makeovers.
- In Conversation With A Wildlife Filmmaker (Deccan Herald, BITTU SAHGAL, Jun 12, 2005)
Born in Chennai, to a supportive middle-class family, Shekar Dattatri’s first tryst with nature began in his backyard.
- 8 Accused In Ghatkopar Blast Acquitted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2005)
The VHP has made out a case for a retrial in Gujarat by transferring it outside Maharashtra
- Pataudi, Others Likely To Seek Anticipatory Bail (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2005)
Raids continue, families seek time till June 15
- Police As Agent Of Social Change (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Jun 12, 2005)
Police in India is almost as old as our civilisation. It has been said, “In Mahabharata and Ramayana there are specific references to the existence of police administration”.
- Sins Of The Past (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jun 11, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on a disciplinary proceeding that found a CA guilty of backdating an audit report
- Roadmap, Not Roadblock (Deccan Herald, K C Sivaramakrishnan , Jun 11, 2005)
If the State Govt brings the Metropolitan Planning Committee into existence, it could help Bangalore’s upliftment
- Hc Breather For Salman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2005)
Salman’s lawyer pleaded for exemption from appearance as the actor was occupied with professional assignments.
- Miles To Go (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 11, 2005)
The G-4’s climbdown shows a realistic approach to the veto issue
- No Joy In Simply Transferring Assets (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Jun 11, 2005)
Income transferred to any entity without transferring the underlying asset remains the income of the transferor and must be assessed in his hands, as rightly provided by Section 60 of the Income-Tax Act, says H. P. Ranina.
- Some Reservations At Aligarh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 11, 2005)
The world will judge India’s secularism by the treatment she metes out to Aligarh.”
- Weeds In The Ability Zone (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jun 11, 2005)
Tax economists have laid down valuable guidelines for tax legislation, one of these is that in framing tax laws, ability/capacity to pay by the persons subjected to tax should be considered.
- Ca's Certificate Is Not A Gospel Truth To Be Accepted Uncritically (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 11, 2005)
WRITING is manual labour of the mind, said John Gregory Dunne, comparing it to any other job, "like laying pipe".
- Voting On Europe (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 11, 2005)
In the last week of May, as the French were preparing to vote on the new European constitution, I was travelling through two countries connected most intimately with France.
- Losses When Profits Are Seen As Capital Gains (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jun 11, 2005)
. Murlidharan on how the movers and shakers of the stock market have been let off the tax hook
- Forging Of Indian Passports Rampant In The Gulf (Hindu, G. Anand , Jun 10, 2005)
Forging of Indian passports, mainly by substituting the digitally imposed photographs, is becoming rampant in the Gulf, according to the State police.
- Coke Rejects Conditional Licence, Files Another Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2005)
Says panchayat move a rejection of court order
- Judge Reserves Orders On Clubbing Cases (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2005)
The Special Court on Thursday posted to June 22 for orders the applications by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, and the other accused for clubbing the two cases against them — the Rs. 66.65-crore disproportionate wealth case and the London hot
- A Conciliatory Approach To Ending Disputes (Hindu, Sriram Panchu , Jun 10, 2005)
With overburdened courts and escalating levels of conflict, mediation is an idea whose time has surely come
- Legislation Should Redefine `Industry' (Hindu, R. Gopalakrishnan, Jun 10, 2005)
Major policy issues are best decided by the legislative and not the judicial process.
- Amnesty’S Amnesia (Tribune, Anne Applebaum, Jun 10, 2005)
A few years ago I spent several days sitting in the back of a library in London, reading through newsletters, pamphlets and other accounts of Soviet prison conditions published in the 1970s and ‘80s by Amnesty International.
- One Exam Fits All (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 09, 2005)
The Tamil Nadu government’s decision to abolish entrance exams for admission to professional colleges in the state raises some serious questions.
- Long Wait For Justice (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jun 09, 2005)
In August 2004, 22 years after Yashwant Dongarwar and a group of about 200 workers were denied work in 1982 in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra,
- It Is A Very Mixed Blessing To Be Brought Back From The Dead (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 09, 2005)
Don't go to the grave with life unused, advises Bobby Bowden, and professional firms normally don't end their life unsued, which is what happened in the case of Arthur Andersen.
- Kanchi Seers Return To Mutt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2005)
The Shankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam were given a traditional welcome.
- Trade Crosses Every Border And Touches Every Wallet In Every Nation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2005)
ART is like a border of flowers along the course of civilisation, said Lincoln Steffens, the author of The Shame of the Cities. Artful traders crossed borders long ago, and business now is anything but local.
- The Challenge Of Turning A Concept Into Reality (Business Line, Kausik Datta, Jun 09, 2005)
Kaushik Dutta and Kshama V. Kaushik analyse the Irani Committee Report
- Funds For Clean Drinking Water (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2005)
ISLAMABAD: The government has earmarked an amount of Rs 2 billion under the Public Sector Development Programme 2005-06 for clean drinking water project.
- Entrance Tests — Boon Or Bane? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jun 08, 2005)
Students were fed up with a spate of entrance tests. But is doing away with all entrance tests the solution?
- Temple Land Scandal: Andhra Minister Quits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2005)
Hyderabad : In a day of swift developments, the Endowments Minister, M. Satyanarayana Rao, submitted his resignation from the Cabinet owning `moral' responsibility for the temple land scandal,
- Triumph In Goa (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2005)
THE Congress is bound to feel happy about Sunday’s by-election results. After a three-month gap,
- Never Properly Checked (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 07, 2005)
With the mercury soaring, tempers too are rising and there is much anger about the manner in which wrongdoings are condoned and how illegitimate actions are seen to be legitimate because the mighty are never brought to book.
- Environment Clearance Watch Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2005)
MUMBAI: Over 45 public interest groups have launched an "Environment Clearance Watch (EC Watch)" to monitor clearances granted to projects by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
- Fast Track Justice (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 06, 2005)
The FTC’s speedy disposal of a rape case is a record of sorts
- Industrial Growth In China And India — The Real Story Behind The Numbers (Deccan Herald, S. Venkitaramanan , Jun 06, 2005)
It is easy to go overboard in our admiration of the Chinese experience.
- A Handicapped Prime Minister (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Jun 06, 2005)
Lenin dubbed George Bernard Shaw “a good man fallen among Fabians.
- Promotion Blues (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 06, 2005)
Far too many promotions in the defence forces are being challenged in civilian courts these days.
- The Sculptor And Her Magic Beads (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2005)
Thirty five impoverished girls and boys aged between nine and twelve, were asked to read a book of their choice, and then paint the name of the book and memorable characters from that it onto terracotta beads.
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