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Articles 11021 through 11120 of 12677:
- National Tax Tribunal (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 14, 2005)
With the establishment of the National Tax Tribunal, all matters pending in appeals under the direct and indirect tax laws before the High Courts will stand transferred to the Tribunal.
- Orderly Admissions (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2005)
FOR far too long, admissions to medical and other courses have been taking place in a haphazard manner with the education boards, state governments and college managements merrily bending rules.
- Went Up The Hill To Fetch A Bail (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 14, 2005)
Cases pile up not only in courts but also in news bulletins; and advocates file appeals for bail without fail. Courts hear arguments, and grant temporary respite and conditional freedom
- Be On Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 14, 2005)
It is only in India that as important an institution as the Supreme Court has to decide when results of school-leaving examinations should be announced.
- Cleansing Politics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 14, 2005)
Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling debarring convicted MPs and MLAs from contesting elections is very timely in the light of the ensuing Assembly elections in Haryana, Bihar and Jharkhand.
- Crossing Cultures Through Language (Deccan Herald, C J MOORE, Jan 14, 2005)
A Czech proverb that I cannot possibly pronounce declares something like: “To speak another language is to live another life.”
- `Vat Is Equitable With Least Distortion On Resources' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 14, 2005)
As the preparatory process for Union Budget 2005-06 has already begun with the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, holding the customary confabulations with various players of the economy
- Leave It To The Court (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2005)
The Supreme Court's order granting bail to the Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi - even as the Tamil Nadu Government moved ahead with the arrest of his junior
- Merit Vs Money (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 13, 2005)
A Central legislation to govern admissions and fee structures in private professional colleges across the country, as announced at the state education ministers’ meeting held in Bangalore this week, is a welcome decision.
- For Art’S Sake (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 13, 2005)
The Supreme Court must be the most overworked institution in the country. From emissions to examinations, it has to keep a stern eye on almost every aspect of Indian life.
- An Interim Relief For The Kanchi Acharya (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 13, 2005)
The undertaking given by the prosecution in the Sessions Court here today that the Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, would not be arrested till January 20 should provide a reprieve for the Acharya and his devotees.
- Plot Against Mutt (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 12, 2005)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has never been known for restraint. Even so, she had one redeeming feature: She normally ensured she could not be tripped for her draconian actions on technical
- More Than Just Relief (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 12, 2005)
The Supreme Court's order releasing the Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, on bail in the Sankararaman murder case follows well-established principles that govern judicial discretion on the grant of bail.
- Metallic Monsters Of The Highway (Indian Express, SHATRUJEET KAPUR, Jan 12, 2005)
There has been a spurt in traffic density on Indian roads in recent times. Vehicle population has grown up from 0.3 million in 1951 to over 60 million now, and so have the accidents.
- Selective Morality? (Pioneer, Neha Mehta, Jan 12, 2005)
The pronouncement of guilt against the rapists of a student of Maulana Azad Medical College by a Delhi court is welcome. However, it would serve a larger purpose only if it is seen as a reminder of numerous other rape cases pending with the judiciary.
- The Contrarian Strikes Back (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, Jan 12, 2005)
Following the riot on the global financial marketplace last week, it's worthwhile recalling what Canadian oilman, John Masters, had to say about the importance of staying ahead of the crowd:
- Vindictive? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2005)
When Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi was arrested two months ago, many were quick to spot political motives. In fact, the late night swoop in Andhra Pradesh by a planeload of armed commandos despatched from Tamil Nadu did seem excessive.
- Why Say No To Foreign Aid? (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 12, 2005)
Tsunami was the worst violation of human rights which nature committed in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and India.
- A Faint Glimmer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 12, 2005)
Given the tortuous, frustrating and frequently-interrupted course of peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, optimism about its future is something that does not come easily.
- Lok Pal Is Not For Judges (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 11, 2005)
A brazen-faced tactic to bury the Lok Pal Bill has been worked out by the UPA Government if the Press statement of the Law Minister represents its view. I am referring to the outrageous proposal (which has never been put forward since 1968 when this topic
- Poetry And Patriotism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 10, 2005)
Should the word Sindh be substituted with the name of some other Indian State, say, Kashmir, in the national anthem?
- Streamline State’S Admission Process (Deccan Herald, M. R. Narayana, Jan 10, 2005)
The year 2004-05 witnessed total chaos in admission and fee fixation in the State in the professional courses of higher education like engineering, medical, dental and the Indian system of medicine, homoeopathy, where the private sector’s (both aided and
- Access To Power Provides Influence (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jan 10, 2005)
Mr. George Bush will be sworn in on January 20 for his second term of office as President of the US. The inaugural festivities will include several lunches and dinners in the days preceding the inauguration, the actual swearing-in function, and a parade.
- Doing Justice To A Great Moment (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Jan 10, 2005)
Dowry is regarded as an evil and its practice today is penalised. It was not so in the past. In 1665, the island of Bombay, then a little fishing village, changed hands as a dowry from the King of Portugal to Charles II
- Judicial Independence In The Us (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 10, 2005)
Judicial independence at risk in the US, of all places on earth! Can it at all be within the realms of possibility?
- Courage And The Courts (Indian Express, ANIL B. DIVAN, Jan 09, 2005)
The Bar and Bench at Bombay are celebrating this week the 125th year of the completion of the magnificent building housing the high court. It is with a sense of pride that every child of the Bombay Bar must recall some
- Swift Justice For Rape (Indian Express, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 08, 2005)
The public response to the rape of a Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) student in late 2002 was unprecedented. The fact that it took place in the heart of the Capital in daylight seemed to have touched a raw nerve and the spirited
- No Closed Doors (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 08, 2005)
The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department’s (RDPD) recommendation that dalits be appointed as priests in temples is a welcome move and needs to be implemented with earnestness.
- Tax Implications Of Software Sale (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Jan 08, 2005)
Are pieces of software `goods' that can attract sales and other taxes? The Supreme Court held that software may be intellectual property but as the property contained in a medium is bought and sold, it is an article of value.
- Justice Served (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 08, 2005)
The time: 2.30 in the afternoon on November 15, 2002. The venue: An old monument almost rubbing shoulders with Delhi Police Headquarters, in a neighbourhood housing several media establishments
- Admin Needs More Than Minimum Attention (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 08, 2005)
Tax payers have long been yearning for a helpful tax administration.. The character of Indian taxpayers is not very different from that of their counterparts abroad.
- Let The Anthem Be (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 07, 2005)
‘Jana Gana Mana’ has survived many controversies. The latest has arisen from a PIL filed in the Supreme Court for removal of the word ‘Sindh’ from the anthem.
- The Legacy Of Narasimha Rao (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 07, 2005)
When P V Narasimha Rao, the former Prime Minister of India, died I was in the US working on my post-doctoral fellowship project.
- The President's New Year Speech (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 07, 2005)
The President's New Year speech to Parliament is the Government's manifesto for the incoming year — by which it must be judged.
- Media: Disturbing Shifts (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Jan 07, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Justice A.S. Anand made very pertinent observations recently at the IPI-India Award function for Excellence in Journalism.
- Jammu Police In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2005)
Now that the Forensic Science Laboratory in Hyderabad has confirmed that the CD sent by the Jammu and Kashmir Police did not contain the pictures of the former Miss Jammu, the police establishment is in the dock.
- Framing Of Anara G. (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 07, 2005)
The Jammu and Kashmir police certainly has much to account for. With forensic experts in Hyderabad declaring that the woman in the pornographic CD is not Anara Gupta, the ‘‘ex Miss Jammu’’ the J&K police have flamboyantly flaunted
- The Magic Formula For 2005 (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Jan 06, 2005)
If only the last week of 2004 was a dream, a nightmare that one would wake up from to find a comfortable, unchanged normalcy.
- When Public Servants Are Corrupt (Tribune, P. P. Rao, Jan 06, 2005)
CORRUPTION has assumed alarming proportions. The epidemic has spread to the judiciary to some extent. The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, miserably failed to prevent or check corruption.
- Jamming Jails (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2005)
THE concern of the Supreme Court over the use of mobile phones by the inmates in various jails is understandable. But it is difficult to concur with the solution the court has thought of.
- The Human Touch (Deccan Herald, ELIZABETH CHERIAN, Jan 06, 2005)
Two incidents that took place some time ago show that most people have innate goodness in them and that it is the politics of the nations and the feelings of ill will built up over a period of time that cause human beings to act in the ways they sometimes
- Taxing Justice? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 06, 2005)
It is just as well that the National Tax Tribunal Bill 2004, introduced in the Lok Sabha the last session, has now been referred to the Standing Committee on Personnel
- 100 Days That Will Change India (Indian Express, BUNKER ROY, Jan 06, 2005)
The father of modern Punjab, Pratap Singh Kairon, was driving to Chandigarh. A dog tried to cross the road, changed its mind, tried to scramble back and got run over. Kairon observed,”
- National Time Pass (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 05, 2005)
The ways of the Supreme Court, like that of God, are inscrutable. Instead of dismissing a petition — seeking the deletion of ‘‘Sindh’’ from the national anthem and substituting it with a word like ‘‘Kashmir’’
- Office And The Man (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 05, 2005)
The position of the national security advisor (NSA), now vacant after the passing away of J.N. Dixit, cannot be treated as another routine government appointment. Arguably, no other office has such a vital role in ensuring that India’s security imperative
- Textile Quota Is Now History (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 05, 2005)
A couple of days before Christmas, there was a communiqué from the Central Board of Excise and Customs advising Customs field formations about the end of "the textile quota regime" on January 1
- This Waiting Can Be Long (Indian Express, Harmala Gupta, Jan 05, 2005)
The advances made by medical science have not only increased life spans, it is now possible to ensure good symptom relief right till the end. Why then are we debating the right to end our lives prematurely?
- When Truth Is No Defence (Tribune, P. P. Rao, Jan 05, 2005)
CORRUPTION has assumed alarming proportions. The epidemic has spread to the judiciary to some extent. The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, miserably failed to prevent or check corruption.
- A Wave To Drown The Tsunami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 05, 2005)
Amid the deep gloom of tsunami devastation, as one watched the almost surreal scenes of thousands of dead and lakhs rendered homeless or reduced to penury, there were a few silver linings too.
- Agent Of Change (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 05, 2005)
P.V. Narasimha Rao’s manner of leaving had all the hallmarks of his long, tempestuous political life. He left on the eve of the 80th birthday of the man he called his life-long friend and adversary
- Does The Deccan Need More Water? (Deccan Herald, SUBRATA SINHA, Jan 05, 2005)
The river-linking project would lead to degradation of land and adversely affect the rural majority
- Deluded Into Crime Piyal Sen (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 05, 2005)
One of the cardinal legal principles applicable to every law court in India is called “mens rea” which, in Latin, means the capacity to form the intent to carry out an action.
- Nature Retaliates (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jan 04, 2005)
A heightened vigil is needed in the State, especially in the coastal regions, in the wake of the tsunami tragedy
- An Exercise In Make-Believe (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 03, 2005)
The Independent South Asia Commission on Poverty Alleviation has done it again. In its second report, the body — set up under the auspices of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- India’S Policy Failure In Nepal (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jan 03, 2005)
King Gyanendra subverted multi-party democracy within months of becoming the king and appears to be in pursuit of an executive monarchy.
- Blunkett's Exit (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2005)
The closing months of 2004 saw the British Home Secretary (same as Home Minister), Mr David Blunkett, and his private office, embroiled in a heated and unsavoury controversy in Parliament and the media over the
- Beyond This Place (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 03, 2005)
Visiting Karachi, Islamabad or Muree, my preconceptions about the role of fundamentalism in Pakistan, of only burqa-clad women, hostility to India and Indians
- Open Defiance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 03, 2005)
THE Chautala government is adopting a strange and unacceptable attitude towards the Election Commission of India, a constitutional body.
- Of Commissions And Inquiries (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jan 03, 2005)
There are certain holy cows in the country. If you take action against them or even say anything about them, it would be considered blasphemy or contempt of their institution.
- Relief Funds: Safeguards Must Against Misuse (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2005)
In the wake of calamities, any number of public-spirited institutions, voluntary organisations and citizens' groups spring into action to collect money and relief items.
- Rao’S Moment In Indian Politics (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 03, 2005)
The death of P.V. Narasimha Rao is an occasion to evaluate the dichotomous relationship that exists between politics and governance in India.
- Reversing Swings (Plain Dealer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 02, 2005)
What will be one of the most enduring images of Indian cricket in the year gone by? Perhaps of captain Sourav Ganguly biting his jersey, his limbs hanging loose
- Education For All Not On The Right Track (Tribune, Seema Sengupta, Jan 02, 2005)
A recently released UNESCO report on “Education For All” has highlighted India’s dismal performance in achieving the stated objective by 2015 AD.
- The Spin That Helped Bush Into A Doosra Term (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 01, 2005)
The film Fahrenheit 9/11 depicts the US President, Mr George Bush, as doing nothing but watching kindergarten children several minutes after he was informed of the WTC attacks.
- It’S About Aid And An Image (Deccan Herald, DAVID E SANGER, Jan 01, 2005)
As Asia suffers through a 9/11 of its own — a natural calamity instead of a man-made one, but at least 25 times more deadly — President Bush’s response in the coming weeks may well determine his success in repairing relations strained by three years of th
- Reversing Swings (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 01, 2005)
What will be one of the most enduring images of Indian cricket in the year gone by? Perhaps of captain Sourav Ganguly biting his jersey, his limbs hanging loose, with eyes woebegone like a labrador's
- Bias Against The Self-Employed (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Dec 30, 2004)
The policies the Government is pursuing could well render unemployable all those who are self-employed now. There appears to be an inherent bias against the self-employed
- It’S Not Laloo, Stupid (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 30, 2004)
The year 2004 has been a horrible year, hasn’t it? Twelve months ago the hottest topic in Delhi was the mandate to use set-top boxes if we wanted to watch India challenging Australia.
- Corporate Governance Is Essentially A State Of Mind (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 30, 2004)
Business ethics, value creation, transparency, credibility, integrity, trust, honesty, responsibility, accountability, and `all good thoughts' are part of what Sanjiv Agarwal is passionate about in Corporate Governance:
- More Staying Power (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Dec 29, 2004)
Bikram Keshari Deo is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha member from Kalahandi, where this member of the royalty has a sprawling house. When he was a member of the Orissa legislative assembly six years ago
- Patently Unfair (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 29, 2004)
On paper, the UPA seems to have had a few good reasons for taking the ordinance route to a new patents regime. One, India-a WTO member and signatory to the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement-could not renege on compliance by Janu
- Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 29, 2004)
Joining the international tsunami warning system will help, but even so there will be much that has to be done within the country.
- Business Vs Pricing Strategy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 29, 2004)
The best business strategies face a legal blow on occasion. The most recent instance is that of Microsoft.
- 'Is Baazee.Com Culpable?' (The Economic Times, SAURAV SEN, Dec 29, 2004)
An act of adolescence has boiled down to a nationwide debate on ecommerce. The arrest and release on bail of Baazee.com’s CEO Avnish Bajaj has raised some critical questions, the answers to which will determine the route ecommerce will take in India.
- A Deft Stratagem? (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 28, 2004)
The filling up of the long-pending vacancy in the post of the Karnataka Upalokayukta has again shifted the focus of public attention on the issue of corruption in public administration and public life.
- Politics Of Defacement (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 28, 2004)
Politicians not only pollute politics, but come elections they also indulge in the defacement of private and public property with impunity.
- Seers And Scoundrels (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 27, 2004)
Why cavil at the phenomenon of their existence — godmen and godwomen are an integral part of the landscape. They are our heritage; they define the current milieu too.
- The Global Local Way To Go (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 27, 2004)
The prime minister has reportedly asked for a gender-equitable legislative regime and an exercise is underway to put all existing laws under the gender scanner.
- But What Is Not (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 27, 2004)
Ms Zahira Sheikh has come to represent almost everything that is wrong with India’s polity. The courtroom drama manifests barely a fraction of the conflicting and destructive forces
- The Reformer In Rao (Tribune, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 27, 2004)
History will judge Narasimha Rao’s premiership more positively than his own party which had isolated him. When one looks back to examine the moment when liberalisation became a fact rather than a catchword, it was 1991 when Rao took over the reins.
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