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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Let Truth Be The Touchstone (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Sep 28, 2007)
The four-month imprisonment given to four senior journalists of Mid Day by the Delhi High Court for committing contempt of court by publishing a series of articles and cartoons about former Chief Justice of India YK Sabharwal raises some serious . . . .
- Question Of Ethics (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Sep 27, 2007)
A landmark court judgment in Lucknow and a fake sting operation in Delhi highlight the importance of media ethics.
- Al-Qaeda Recruiting Europeans: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Al-Qaeda continues to recruit Europeans for explosives training in Pakistan because Europeans can more easily enter the United States without a visa, the top US intelligence officer said.
- Jaya Lashes Out At Karuna For Hurting Hindu Feelings (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Sep 27, 2007)
In a clear indication of the political positioning ahead of the likely mid-term polls, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for his sustained diatribes against Lord Ram and demanded . . . .
- Pakistanis Deserve Better Options (Dawn, Naeem Sadiq, Sep 27, 2007)
While Einstein may have thought of insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, that is not what we believe in this part of the world.
- Lawyers Vow Protest As Pervez Files Papers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Lawyers vowed to defy a ban on public gatherings and stage a “historic” protest when President Pervez Musharraf files nomination papers tomorrow to formalise his disputed bid for a new five-year term.
- Erosion Of Faith (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 26, 2007)
THE Supreme Court has rightly voiced concern about the indiscriminate judicial delays and held that the recent lynching of 10 thieves in Bihar is a manifestation of the people’s increasing erosion of faith in the judiciary.
- Special Article (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
After 60 years of independence Pakistan’s leaders apparently have yet to emerge from the dependent mentality they acquired during colonial rule and its wrenching aftermath.
- Sample Of Democracy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
After 60 years of independence Pakistan’s leaders apparently have yet to emerge from the dependent mentality they acquired during colonial rule and its wrenching aftermath.
- Bjp Not Opposed To Sethu Project (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
The BJP today said it was concerned at the planned "alignment" of the Sethusamudram project on the country's southern tip but not opposed to the project.
- “An Assault On Freedom Of Speech And Expression” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Social activists and educationists led by Arvind Kejriwal, Magsaysay award winner, issued a statement on Tuesday strongly criticising the Delhi High Court for sentencing four journalists of Mid-Day for contempt of court in a case involving the . . . .
- Publish And Be Damned (Indian Express, Rajeev Dhavan , Sep 25, 2007)
Mid Day’s journalists have been sentenced to four months imprisonment. The order is bad in law. It is also bad public policy.
- Test Of Wisdom, Not Legality (Indian Express, Harish Salve, Sep 25, 2007)
The decision of the Delhi High Court holding four journalists guilty of criminal contempt — whether or not correct in law — appears to be unwise.
- Doc Leaves Her Home For Madrasa; Intel, Ibm Engineers Held (Indian Express, Sobhana K., Sep 25, 2007)
Sixty-eight-year-old retired engineer Yusuf Kunju sat patiently outside a Tis Hazari courtroom from 9 am, waiting for a glimpse of his 31-year-old son, Shaji Yusuf, a software engineer with Intel in Bangalore.
- Law And Behold! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 25, 2007)
'It cannot be stated sufficiently strongly that the public life of persons in authority must never admit of such charges being even framed against them.
- Political Violence & Future (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Sep 25, 2007)
If history is a determinant of political violence then Pakistan has a great deal to worry about. It has never seen a change in administration without some kind of street agitation involving a large number of people.
- Operation Zero Tolerance Will Favour Opposition (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
The government decided on Sunday to round up leaders of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) in an operation that has been unhappily dubbed Zero Tolerance.
- Bad Pressure Tactics (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 25, 2007)
THE ‘face painting’ the president’s lawyer got yesterday from his irate colleague at the Supreme Court is the latest in the theatre of the absurd, now playing to packed houses in Islamabad.
- Setu Row: Police Register Case Against Vedanti (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
The city police have registered a case against former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti, who allegedly issued a 'fatwa' against DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
- Lawyers Field Retired Judge Against Musharraf (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Sep 25, 2007)
The lawyers’ fraternity today named retired Justice Wajeehuddin Ahmed as its candidate to challenge President Pervez Musharraf in the presidential election due on October 6.
- Waiting For Change (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 25, 2007)
Most Pakistanis have been euphoric about the independence of the judiciary. A defiant judge is now the icon of resistance and Messrs Ali Ahmed Kurd and Muneer A. Malik have become household names.
- 'Hired Guns Went Astray' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in a shooting last week that left 11 people dead, a senior Iraqi official said on Saturday.
- Jail For Journalists (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 24, 2007)
The Delhi High Court verdict sentencing four senior journalists of Mid-Day to four months’ imprisonment for publishing reports against former Chief Justice of India Justice Y.K. Sabharwal brings to the fore questions about the usefulness . . . .
- 'Violence Against Girl Child Starts In The Womb' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
Despite laws to empower women and shield them against social injustices, women over decades have been fighting the same demons - domestic violence, trafficking, discrimination.
- Pakistan’S Constitutional Thriller (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 24, 2007)
All eyes are on the Pakistan Supreme Court as it hears a set of petitions seeking to prevent Pervez Musharraf from contesting the presidential election, which has been fixed for October 6.
- Shocking Abuse Of Judicial Power (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 24, 2007)
The Delhi High Court’s action in holding the editor, the publisher, the resident editor, and a cartoonist of Mid Day (published from Delhi) guilty of contempt of court for making allegations of gross judicial misconduct against the former . . . .
- Gagging The Media (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2007)
Independent judiciary is considered to be the ultimate guarantor of individual rights and freedom in a democratic polity that is built on the supremacy of the rule of law.
- Indian Judges Have A Record Of Being Touchy About Criticism (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
Does the media’s adverse reaction to the sentencing of some journalists for contempt mean they are seeking immunity from the contempt law?
- Sharif’S First Shot Has Gone Awry (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 24, 2007)
That Nawaz Sharif may return to Pakistan before the general election in January does not surprise me.
- Against Quackery-Ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 24, 2007)
Rajiv Gandhi had a sense of noblesse oblige out of remembrance of his father and maternal grandfather. After his assassination, the comprador business press credited Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh with having originated the 1991 economic reform.
- The Power Of Distraction (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
Gluttony glamour and extravagance! The pleasurable terrors a modern journalist must face! Walking off a bloated stomach after a banquet at the Grand Palace hotel I am wondering just what the hell that Indian Oil press conference was about.
- Farce Called Poll (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2007)
A FARCE is always a step away from degenerating into tragedy, and the next few weeks in Pakistan will be a severe test for the aspirants of democracy there.
- Ap Blasts: Police At Dead-End (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2007)
Though the alleged prime suspect in the twin blasts of August 25, a Bangladeshi citizen, Rizwan Ghazi, was arrested by the Hyderabad police after a long manhunt, they could not find any evidence linking him to the terror blasts that killed 43 persons.
- Judges And Citizens (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 22, 2007)
It is impossible to agree with the Delhi High Court’s decision that journalists who question some aspects of the career of a former judge are automatically guilty of contempt.
- Cops Fail To Link Ghazi With Hyderabad Blasts (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Sep 22, 2007)
The Hyderabad Police on Friday said Rizwan Ghazi, a 23-year-old Bangladeshi national, has been arrested on various charges including illegal stay, using fake documents to gain an Indian identity and waging war against the nation.
- Poll Panel’S Credibility Ruined (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Sep 22, 2007)
In his efforts to get re-elected as President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf has damaged considerably the reputation of at least one democratic institution of his country.
- Punitive Censorship (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 22, 2007)
THE one-month ban imposed on Live India, also known as Janmat, television channel by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for its alleged fake sting operation in New Delhi is unjustified and uncalled for.
- What’S Sovereignty? (Indian Express, DHIRAJ NAYYAR, Sep 22, 2007)
Sovereignty is a sensitive issue in India even sixty years after independence.
- Top Naxal Leader Held In Patna (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
The Bihar police on Wednesday arrested top Naxal leader Tushar Kant Bhattacharya from a rented house at Dujra locality in Patna.
- Always Sick (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 20, 2007)
It is perhaps too much to expect the director of a top national medical institute and a minister in charge of the nation’s health to act like responsible adults.
- Criminal Justice Delivery: Are We Losing Faith? (Deccan Herald, D V GURUPRASAD, Sep 20, 2007)
There exists a wide gap between the police and the people and it needs to be bridged.
- Mush To Slough Off Uniform (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Relenting to mounting pressure to give up the uniform, Pakistans embattled military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that he will quit the post of army chief after he is re-elected as President.
- Treaties With Foreign Countries — Executive Vs Legislative Powers (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Sep 19, 2007)
There is a raging debate over the powers of the Union Government to enter into treaties with foreign powers without the approval of Parliament.
- To Curb Errors In Reporting (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
In order to avoid any error in the reporting of court proceedings, particularly relating to legal intricacies, the Chief Justice of India today proposed to start a special training programme for journalists at the National Judicial Academy (NJA) . . . .
- Mass Discontent In Pakistan May Lead To Radical Changes (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Sep 19, 2007)
Clearly, the prospect of Nawaz Sharif’s return terrified General Pervez Musharraf so much that he preferred to defy the Supreme Court of Pakistan and create a grave constitutional crisis in the country rather than face the political challenge . . . .
- Civil Liberty Can Wait (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 19, 2007)
The top US intelligence official is citing spying by China and Russia as he tries to persuade Congress not to roll back a new law that enhances Government's ability to intercept foreign calls and e-mail.
- Yielding To Democracy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Clearly, Pakistan is at a turning point after nearly eight years of Army rule. Changes appear to be in the offing that may be momentous even as the country finds itself politically on the boil and President Pervez Musharraf his hold on power tenuous.
- Beginning Of The End Of Musharraf? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2007)
On March 9,2007, Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf was enjoying absolute power.
- The Ramar Sethu Controversy (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Sep 19, 2007)
If Rama was a king like many other kings building temples in his name is a blasphemous act in itself.
- Karnataka Says No To Change In Access Plan For Airport (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Sep 19, 2007)
Technical experts for Bangalore International Airport Ltd, the National Highways Authority of India and the Karnataka Government have rejected a private company’s proposal to alter the plan for a major highway interchange, meant to provide key . . . .
- Upside Of A Constitution (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Sep 19, 2007)
Pakistan is going through many convulsions to ensure that General Pervez Musharraf remains in office.
- The Mccann Couple And A Media Storm (Hindu, Giles Tremlett, Sep 18, 2007)
The story has provided the British media an intense test of modern, 24-hour, seven-day web-driven journalism.
- A Joke Too Far (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Sep 18, 2007)
WHICH of the two is funnier? Take your time, there is no hurry, for the competition is keen. If one of the gems is priceless, then the second can only be called invaluable.
- Crunch Time For Brawling Politicians (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 18, 2007)
As the Election Commission (EC) gets ready to accept the nomination papers of General Pervez Musharraf for his re-election to the post of the President of Pakistan, the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) has announced that all its legislators . . . .
- Muslims Taken For A Ride (Pioneer, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 18, 2007)
The Allahabad High Court's ruling that declared the appointment of Urdu teachers (BTC) by the previous Samajwadi Party Government in Uttar Pradesh "illegal" shows the kind of governance provided by the previous regime in the State.
- Immigration Controls (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 18, 2007)
AT the same time that the European Justice Minister Franco Frattini is saying that the EU will need some 20 million immigrants over the next two decades, the governments of the United Kingdom and France want to — or are — introducing restrictions on . . .
- Lessons From Sept 10 (Dawn, Masud Mufti, Sep 18, 2007)
SOME political and media wizards are visibly dismayed by the public default in preventing the second exile of Mian Nawaz Sharif on Sept 10.
- Iraq Bans Us Firm After Deaths (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
The Iraqi government said today that it was revoking the license of an American security firm accused of involvement in the deaths of eight civilians in a firefight that followed a car bomb explosion near a state department motorcade.
- Contempt For The Pen (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 18, 2007)
Recently, an individual invoked the Right to Information Act to demand from the Supreme Court a list of all the complaints received against various high court judges in the last two years.
- Defeat Is Musharraf’S… (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 17, 2007)
THE commando-turned-president has for the moment silenced his major challenger. And yet palpable was the panic of the establishment on Monday afternoon, the defeat near-total and irreversible.
- No Room For Populism In New Govt: Adviser (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Sep 17, 2007)
Any new government in Pakistan following fresh elections must continue the current economic policies if the 7 per cent plus growth is to be maintained or even overhauled, according to Salman Shah, economic adviser to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
- Apdm Mps To Resign If Ec Accepts Musharraf Papers (Daily Times, Zulfiqar Ghuman, Sep 17, 2007)
Legislators of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) will resign from the National Assembly and provincial assemblies on the day General Pervez Musharraf’s nomination papers for the presidential election are accepted, opposition leaders . . . .
- Exile And The ‘Kingdom’ (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Sep 17, 2007)
“One cannot be happy in exile or in oblivion. One cannot always be a stranger. I want to return to my homeland, make all my loved ones happy. I see no further than this.”
- Concerns And Complaints Beyond The Routine (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 17, 2007)
The last two columns in “Online and Off line” set out what key journalist staff of The Hindu felt about the functioning of the Readers’ Editor for the last 18 months and its impact. In general, there was welcome for my endeavours and there were . . . .
- Kiss Of Death (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 17, 2007)
Pakistan has been overtaken by home driven terrorism. It is being turned into another Iraq, with the United States being perceived as an occupying force, and the Army now becoming the target of suicide bombers (like the Iraq police and security forces).
- A Joke Too Far (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Sep 17, 2007)
Which of the two is funnier? Take your time, there is no hurry, for the competition is keen. If one of the gems is priceless, then the second can only be called invaluable.
- Mobbed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 17, 2007)
The images out of Bihar of late are not pretty, and the tale they tell, even less so. Nitish Kumar’s Bihar seems to be the grip of a surge of barbarism, with mobs dispensing rough justice at will to petty thieves and offenders.
- Free And Fair Elections Are Generally Foul (Asian Age, Ardeshir Cowasjee, Sep 17, 2007)
"Free and fair elections" - it's the phrase of the day. Repeated by President General Pervez Musharraf each time he speaks, by Benazir Bhutto and her arrogant acolytes on the frequent occasions they bombard us with their demands, ultimatums . . . .
- Who Gave Vaish ‘Political’ Nod? (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Sep 17, 2007)
Ms Anshu Vaish, director general of the Archaeological Survey of India, is believed to have told the cabinet secretariat that she got "political instruction" saying that there was no need to remove the controversial statements from the . . . . .
- Military Inc: An Economy Within An Economy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2007)
Ayesha Siddiqa was a civil servant in Pakistan from 1988-2001. She then turned to academia and became a military analyst. She has a PhD in war studies from King's College, London and is recognised as an international authority on Pakistan's military.
- Cj Quits Bench On Mush Pleas (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Sep 14, 2007)
Apparently responding to concerted assault by the ruling coalition on the judiciary, Chief Justice Mohammad Chaudhry today made a dramatic move to withdraw from the Bench hearing the petitions challenging President Gen Pervez Musharraf's . . . .
- Quattrocchi Has To Worry Where He Travels, Says Interpol Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Only India’s evidentiary package judged, not Interpol notice: Noble
Our database on suspected terrorists has increased, he says
- Street Justice (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2007)
There have been several instances of mobs taking the law into their hands in recent months, signalling a worrying decline in public confidence in the country’s justice system.
- The State Of The Nation (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Sep 14, 2007)
Half a century ago, a wry joke used to make the rounds in Washington DC. It went roughly as follows:
- English Language: A Communication Tool (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 13, 2007)
In the globalising world, it is important for educational institutions to introduce more foreign languages, writes Ambrose Pinto S J
- Nawaz Sharif’S Deportation And After (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 13, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf may have got rid of one challenge by forcibly re-exiling the former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, to Saudi Arabia but he cannot similarly deport the other legal and political challenges he faces in the coming . . . .
- Questions Over Judicial Council (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Sep 13, 2007)
A Parliamentary Standing Committee seeks to remove the pro-Judiciary bias in the Judges (Inquiry) Bill, 2006.
- Protest Rallies Against Death Of Ulfa Cadre’S Mother (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Sep 13, 2007)
Thousands of people took out rallies in lower Assam’s Nalbari town and a ‘Black Day’ was observed in the State on Wednesday protesting the death of Sabitiri Rajbongshi, mother of ULFA militant Bhaskar, during a raid by the Assam police and the. . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 13, 2007)
The island of Nayachar has thrown up an issue that is critically academic, and for once economic development is beyond the purview of political discourse.
- Deported, Not Gone... (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Sep 13, 2007)
NAWAZ Sharif’s deceitful “deportation” in open defiance of the Supreme Court order allowing him the right to return, and the repression unleashed on his party workers by the Musharraf regime was a reprehensibly audacious display of authoritarian . . . .
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