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Articles 10921 through 11020 of 12677:
- Politics Of Families (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 29, 2005)
I have written in the past about 'dynastic' control within the political system, and since political and financial control are inextricably linked, the 'virus' has spread to all political parties regardless of their size and status.
- New Dimension (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 29, 2005)
The UPA government’s decision to set up a separate dedicated fund comprising proceeds from the sale of government equities in public sector undertakings (PSUs), whose earnings will finance social schemes and ailing
- Gandhi’S Approval For My Disapproval (Hindu, Khushwant Singh, Jan 29, 2005)
We celebrate Bapu Gandhi’s birthday (on October 2nd) and we pay homage to his memory on anniversaries of his martyrdom on January 30. Of the two, the one of greater significance is the latter, because it sums up our failures:
- `Open To All Interests, Subject To None' (Hindu, M.J. Akbar, Jan 29, 2005)
It might be of some comfort to contemporary newspaper owners to realise that the first newspaper, a weekly called Hickey's Bengal Gazette had a second name, the Calcutta General Advertiser. It was published on January 29, 1780
- Killing Of Mlas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The ruthless killing of Allahabad MLA Raju Pal of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh and of Anantapur MLA Paritala Ravindra of the Telugu Desam in Andhra Pradesh typify the rising cult of political and faction-ridden violence today.
- Lawlessness In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 28, 2005)
With the third student going missing in Patna in the last one week, and the police reaching no breakthrough in any of the three cases, the law and order situation in Bihar has only gone from bad to worse.
- Politics Of Murder (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 28, 2005)
Events this week reminded us that Indian politics has the potential of degenerating from noisy theatre into violent gang warfare. Two MLAs in states as diverse as Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh were brutally gunned down in broad daylight over the ...
- Myths About Spirituality (Indian Express, YOGI ASHWINIJI, Jan 27, 2005)
Spirituality, as the word suggests, is a dimension which dwells in the world of the spirit, the etheric world.
- War Preparations (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jan 27, 2005)
Bihar elections always stretch the Election Commission and this one is no different. Besides doubling the central paramilitary deployment compared to the Lok Sabha elections, the commission is also trying other mechanisms for coordinated and fair election
- Stained Padma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 27, 2005)
A large number of foreigners have made India their home, empathised with its people and worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Indians because they fell in love with this land.
- A Report Card That Doesn't Impress (Business Line, Dilip Kumar Sen, Jan 27, 2005)
In theory corporate governance came as a fashion to soon become a fad and now a passion. It however appears that in India the approach which the Government has taken to instil good governance practices is
- All That Fretting And Fuming (The Economic Times, T T RAM MOHAN, Jan 27, 2005)
Among the riveting scenes in Oliver Stone’s Alexander are the ones where the emperor's plans are questioned and opposed by his closest aides.
- Litigate For A Cause (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 27, 2005)
The Supreme Court has done well to set parameters for the use of public interest litigations (PILs). The parameters come in the wake of the growing misuse of PILs and in the context of a PIL challenging a licence issued to a builder for the construction
- Centrally Bungled Investigations: The Absurd Cbi (Indian Express, K N Bhat, Jan 27, 2005)
Not many believe that Veerappan was killed in an encounter as narrated by the police. Sensational crimes are handled by a few police officers handpicked by the bosses. Their major specialization is in fabricating fantastic stories and leaking them to the
- If You're At A Loss On Laws... (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 27, 2005)
It's always a pleasure to read publications from the Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society (www.bcasonline.org). Here's one such: Law & Business - a compendium, by Anup P. Shah.
- 'Corporate Governance Ups Co Value' (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Jan 27, 2005)
Prof Bernard S Black, University of Texas, School of Law, has been an adviser on company and securities law and corporate governance in several countries including Indonesia, Korea and Russia.
- Silence Please! (Telegraph, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 26, 2005)
It is commonplace for politicians to miss every golden opportunity of keeping silent. But those conducting official enquiries into sensitive issues are expected to be more circumspect.
- Perchance To Be Sacked (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 26, 2005)
The foundation of health, it is can be said, is sleep. The avid slumberer would second that, perhaps with a yawning nod.
- Sunset Reviews: Beyond Anti-Dumping (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, Jan 26, 2005)
In a Sunset Review the authorities are called upon to merely focus their inquiry on the "likelihood of continuation or recurrence" of dumping and injury in the event the measure were no longer imposed.
- Clarification Of Provisions Is The Prime Need (The Economic Times, K R PRADEEP, Jan 26, 2005)
Where all ingredients of the transaction are outside India, the question is whether such a transaction can be brought to taxation under the existing Income-Tax Act.
- Crucial Year For Political Union (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 26, 2005)
The European parliament has endorsed by an overwhelming majority the treaty of Rome (2004) that established a Constitution for the countries of the European Union (EU).
- Nay Fever (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2005)
The Supreme Court has put the focus on the debate over negative voting at a time when the nation celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Republic. The argument is that allowing for such voting will enable people to better express
- Exercises In Futility? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 26, 2005)
The Godhra tragedy and its aftermath have been caught in the cross-fire of contradictory versions from two retired Supreme Court Justices, Mr U. C. Banerji heading the Committee under the Railways Act
- Quacks’ World (Deccan Herald, U. S. Iyer, Jan 25, 2005)
The verdict of the apex court regarding the accountability of medicos did come handy for many quacks. When I was in Chennai I had felt an excruciating pain in my left hand.
- ‘I Have Freed State From Political Terror... (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 25, 2005)
Creation of Chhattisgarh as a separate state four years back was a dream come true for its population of 2.8 crore—predominantly tribals.
- Competition Commission (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 25, 2005)
THE Supreme Court has rightly given an opportunity to the Union Government to carry out amendments to the Competition Commission Act (CCA). Ever since some objections were raised on the constitutional validity of these amendments, the fate of...
- Facts And Fears (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 25, 2005)
Gathering data is an important part of some experiments. Hence, from the present look of things, the “Gujarat experiment” is still, in a sense, going on. Quietly and systematically, a new “survey” is being carried out in the village schools.
- Politics In Its Place (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
There is a growing tendency among all sections in public life to evade larger political issues. If it prevails, the casualty will be the idea of India.
- Not On Whims (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 24, 2005)
THE Supreme Court ruling against peremptory withdrawal of criminal cases against individuals is welcome as it is expected to remove arbitrariness in the actions of the government and uphold the rule of law.
- More Smoke (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 24, 2005)
It is a record of kinds, that the true cause of the burning of one coach in a train should persist in eluding investigators. With forensic tools, post-mortem findings and eyewitness accounts, a burnt coach should be the simplest mystery to penetrate.
- The Voice Of A Victim (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2005)
Girish Rawal, an 82-year-old man who lost his wife, Sudhabehn, in S-6, died before he could learn the truth about the train tragedy. But he knew even then that his family had been made "sacrificial goats by the VHP in its political game."
- Qualified Gains Against Terror (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 23, 2005)
Kathmandu is usually immersed in rumours. Last week these were mixed with damp, chill weather, bandhs over hike in petroleum prices, abduction of 14 Indian Army Gurkha soldiers on leave
- Anti-Laloo Sentiment Strong In Bihar, Says Arun Jaitley (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jan 23, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which got a severe drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections and in the recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra, is in a bind.
- Inevitable Triangle (Pioneer, MG Kapahy, Jan 23, 2005)
I agree with the editorial, "Sindh against" (January 5), that the petition in the Supreme Court for replacing the word Sind in our national anthem with Kashmir is both trivial and ludicrous.
- Glimpse Of Possibility (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jan 23, 2005)
Shama Futehally and I spoke of many things in the years we knew each other, but I don’t recall any conversation about E.M. Forster. Yet now, after her death, when I search for words
- No Smooth Sailing (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 22, 2005)
Most observers of the Pakistani scene are running scared today: many expect the military establishment to order a crackdown on the mainly Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan’s Sui area where ‘miscreants’ have succeeded in damaging the gas purification plant in
- Old Habits Die Hard (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 22, 2005)
One day in the nineteen seventies, Leonid Brezhnev was in a town on Lake Baikal, attending a Politburo meeting.
- Customs And Duties (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 22, 2005)
The second era of the great Indian economic reforms story began with Dr Manmohan Singh taking over reins as the Prime Minister and P Chidambaram as the Finance Minister.
- When Reopening Turns Revolting (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 22, 2005)
Every Finance Act brings in a spate of amendments to the law and some of these have retrospective effect. Completed cases are reopened on the basis of such retrospective legislation. Is this fair?
- Where The Assessee Won Because The Taxman Slept On (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 22, 2005)
This is not about Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, a TV sitcom, but about Sarabhai M. Chemicals vs Commissioner of Central Excise, Vadodara, a case that occupied the Supreme Court recently.
- The Wonder Drug (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Jan 21, 2005)
It was 1976. We were taking part in a high-level Army exercise in Punjab. Some staff officer with a spiteful sense of humour had codenamed the exercise ‘Summer Holiday’. While there was plenty of summer, but holiday?
- Root Cause (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 21, 2005)
The smart machinery has moved into place, but is looking rather tatty. With its renowned precision, the Bharatiya Janata Party has allotted days, places, jobs and the people to go with each in the campaign for the forthcoming assembly elections in three s
- Selection Of World Bank's Chief — Time To End Western `Carve-Up' (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 21, 2005)
Wheels (within wheels) have begun moving in the industrial countries, especially the US, by way of setting the machinery in motion to install a person of their choice in the place of the current World Bank President
- The Task Facing Mahmoud Abbas (Hindu, Peter Beaumont, Jan 21, 2005)
The attack by Palestinian gunmen on Gaza's Karni crossing last Thursday, in which six Israelis died, and Israel's response seem wearingly familiar.
- Unnatural Sexuality Versus Natural Justice (Indian Express, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 21, 2005)
Is it natural to be normal? This is the fearsome question that lies unrecognised at the heart of the furore around the issue of Section 377 of the IPC.
- The Case For Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 21, 2005)
If the schemes are illusory, the National Employment Guarantee will end up being neither national, nor providing sufficient employment, nor being a guarantee.
- Jails In A Mess (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 21, 2005)
It is full one year since the Beant Singh murder accused wormed their way out of the Burail jail in one of the most sensational incidents of its kind in the country. Despite a massive manhunt reportedly launched for the terrorists, there is no trace of th
- Nris Caught In Legal Tangles (Tribune, Shubha Singh, Jan 21, 2005)
As the overseas Indian community grows larger and maintains close links with the homeland, an increasing number of Indians in India and abroad have begun facing legal complications with regard to family matters.
- `Wherever Sorrow Is, Relief Would Be' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 21, 2005)
THE tsunami toll has crossed two lakh. Almost in every nook of the world, there are efforts to mobilise resources for the relief of the affected people, reminding one of a line in the New Testament: "Every man according to his ability, determined to send
- Minor Spark (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 21, 2005)
The India-Pakistan ceasefire along the Line of Control and international border, in force since November 2003, was violated with Pakistani mortar fire on Tuesday. The issue remains shrouded in mystery, as Islamabad has stated that the
- Living With The Chandras (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 21, 2005)
It's happened yet again. A window suddenly opens to a seemingly normal household and what we witness causes us to shudder in horror. So immured have we become to the routine attacks on daughters-in-law/wives
- Just Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 20, 2005)
It is rare, but it happens. When everything in a much-worn process is done just right, the result becomes a model of how the process should be conducted all the time.
- Life Term For Cops (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2005)
The strict instructions issued by the Supreme Court last year that lawlessness and custodial violence will be dealt with severely seem to be having a salutary effect.
- Mercantile Accounting Is No Mathematical Model (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 20, 2005)
Facts of the TCI Finance case make interesting reading. The company incurred expenditure for conducting legal proceedings against defaulting debtors and claimed the outlay as business expenditure.
- Powell On Tsunami Aid (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Mr Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in stricken Banda Aceh where the tsunami killed over 100,000 Indonesians.
- Stop This Overkill (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 20, 2005)
Ever since the arrest of Shri Jayendra Saraswati, the senior pontiff of the Kanchi Mutt, on a murder charge, the entire Sangh Parivar, and other Hindu religious groups in India and abroad have kept up an unrelenting
- Watching The East Wind (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jan 20, 2005)
On April 8, 1976, another Chinese leader, Zhou Enlai, passed away. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution had just ended. Modern China had gone through its 10 most tormented years.
- Protector Of The Democratic Citizen (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Jan 20, 2005)
At the height of Emergency, when the Opposition was in jail, the Government pushed through the notorious 42nd amendment, sought to widen the ambit of Article 31(C) and to substantially curb individual freedom.
- Another Setback For Jaya (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2005)
Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling rejecting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s petition against the transfer of her two wealth cases to Karnataka is yet another setback to her
- Cynical On Godhra (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 20, 2005)
The Justice U C Banerjee Committee’s interim report may have attributed the Sabarmati Express fire at Godhra, to “accident”, but there’s more to it than meets the eye.
- Case And Closure (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 20, 2005)
What began with a judicial bang has ended with an administrative whimper. The shocking decision of the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a closure report in the Taj Corridor case
- Not A Conspiracy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 19, 2005)
The interim findings of the Justice Banerjee Committee investigating the circumstances that resulted in the fire in the Sabarmati Express at Godhra in February 2002 confirm what many suspected all along
- Injustice Banerjee (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2005)
What is Justice UC Banerjee trying to suggest? Does he want us to believe that on February 27, 2002, kar sevaks inside Coaches S-6 and S-7 of Sabarmati Express developed a collective suicidal urge and immolated themselves?
- Elected But Not Legitimate (Indian Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Jan 19, 2005)
So Ukraine now has a legitimate government. Or does it? Viktor Yushchenko has been elected with 52 per cent of the popular vote. His opponent received 44 per cent. Observers confirm that infringements of the electoral rules were but minor. Yet questions r
- Faith Healing? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 19, 2005)
The miracle healer from God channel, Benny Hinn, is not going to have an easy ‘crusade’ in Bangalore when he arrives on a three-day trip on January 21. His “Prayer for India” has already attracted widespread protests across the board, from fundamentalists
- Gandhi And Godse (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Jan 19, 2005)
In Indian history, two Hindu leaders had changed the course of Hindu destiny for the worst. One was Raja Jaichand of Kannauj, whose treachery led to the establishment of Muslim rule in India.
- Elections In Iraq (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jan 18, 2005)
The strategy of the 16-party United Iraqi Alliance is to institutionalise Shia majority and defer confrontation with the U.S. to a later stage.
- Regulatory Authorities — Role In A Deregulated Economy (Business Line, P. K. Doraiswamy, Jan 18, 2005)
The transition of the economy from being a regulated one to a deregulated one is a momentous step. But if a deregulated economy is not to lead to cut-throat competition or predatory exploitation of the consumer, it does need some transparent, normative re
- Right To Information (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 18, 2005)
The Freedom of Information Act has not yet been enacted. Our Supreme Court, in its celebrated judgement delivered in 1980, spelled out this right from the fundamental right of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
- Judge Thyself (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 17, 2005)
THE Union Government’s proposal to bring the judiciary under the Lok Pal’s purview should be seen in the context of the increasing incidence of corruption among the judges. It has referred the proposal to a group of ministers.
- Criminals In Bihar Elections (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Jan 17, 2005)
EVEN as elections to the Bihar Assembly are fast approaching, the Patna High Court’s attempt to check the criminals’ menace in the elections is commendable. Criminalisation of politics has assumed alarming proportions.
- Convictions And Election Law (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 17, 2005)
Convicted legislators will now stand on the same footing as all other convicted persons when it comes to contesting elections. Thanks to the Supreme Court
- Blasted Greens (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 17, 2005)
Apart from the courts and a lone petitioner, nobody really seems to care about what happens to the Maidan in Calcutta. When it comes to their environment, Calcuttans have been managing without health for decades
- Cbi’S Flip-Flap (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 17, 2005)
THE decision of the Central Bureau of Investigation to drop the case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the Rs 175-crore Taj Heritage Corridor scam is as scandalous as it is disturbing.
- Bori Shame: Intolerance Tolerated (Indian Express, DILIP CHITRE, Jan 16, 2005)
This is the first time in my life that I am sitting down to write an article while an commando sits in my living room to protect me from possible assailants. This provision has been made by the home minister of my state
- Politic Saviours (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 15, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in the stricken capital of the Indonesian province
- The Law In A Self-Serving System (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Jan 15, 2005)
The arrest of the Kanchi Shankaracharya, Jayendra Saraswati, has shocked India. Clearly, the Supreme Court’s observations on the bail plea of the Kanchi Peetham, indicate that there is not even an iota of evidence to connect the Kanchi Shankaracharya to a
- A Monumental Hole (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 15, 2005)
With the CBI all set to file a closure report in the Taj Corridor case, citizens are left baffled. At a basic level, we are not any closer to clarifying what was actually going on in the Taj Corridor case.
- Larger Than Us (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Jan 15, 2005)
Every day when I go to work, I sit in Jinnah’s chair. It’s made of solid brown leather. Solid, much used, very comfortable. The leather is a bit worn out and cracked but you could never guess its age.
- Enforcing Norms (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 15, 2005)
Two Supreme Court decisions earlier this week in cases relating to the eligibility of sitting MLAs or MPs, convicted by courts for criminal offences, to contest elections have cleared some ambiguities in the provisions of the Representation of the People
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