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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 4481:
- Judicial Custody For 2 Ex-Ministers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The Chief Judicial Magistrate here today remanded two former Jammu and Kashmir ministers, allegedly involved in the sex racket, in 14 days' judicial custody. Two former ministers Raman Matto and Ghulam Ahmad Mir are in the custody of the CBI since . . .
- 14-Day Remand For J&k Ministers (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
Two former Jammu and Kashmir ministers, Ghulam Ahmed Mir and Raman Mattoo, arrested by the CBI for their alleged involvement in the sex abuse racket, have been sent to 14 days judicial remand by the chief judicial magistrate, Srinagar.
- India Must Help Contain Iran, Says Amended Us Bill (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 28, 2006)
The House International Relations Committee (HIRC) on Tuesday commenced a “markup” hearing on House Resolution (HR) 5682, a modified version of HR 4794 that seeks to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed . . .
- Prime Accused In Bank Scam Arrested (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The prime accused in the multi-crore bank scam, Kosaraju Venkateswara Rao, who was extradited from Bangkok, was arrested immediately on his arrival at the Begumpet airport here on Tuesday evening, the police said.
- Governor To Blame, Says Sc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The Supreme Court today admitted the Centre’s appeal against the Allahabad High Court order on the transfer of the legal adviser to Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeshwar, which has turned into a “confrontation” between him and the High Court . . .
- Form Without Substance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was stressing the obvious when he said that Pakistan had all the essential elements of democracy.
- ‘Eu Transferred Terror Suspects To Us Agents (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
The European Union’s top justice official on Tuesday acknowledged suspected terrorists had been transferred to US intelligence agents on European territory, and said governments had a duty to determine whether these actions were illegal.
- Uighur Terrorism In Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 27, 2006)
The Chinese embassy in Islamabad has reportedly complained that members of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) are planning to kidnap senior Chinese diplomats and consular officers in the country.
- Democracy’S Basic Elements Exist: Pm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan has all the essential elements of democracy.
- Cbi Submits Status Report In Sex Racket Probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation submitted on Monday a status report on its investigation of the sex racket in Jammu and Kashmir to the High Court, which is monitoring the probe.
- Autonomy As Shield (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 27, 2006)
The standoff between the Union Health Ministry and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a symptom of the same administrative malaise that saw the country's premier medical institution shut up shop for several weeks in . . .
- Cbi Submits Status Report In J&k Sex Racket Probe (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The CBI today submitted a status report on its investigation of the sex racket in Jammu and Kashmir to the state High Court, which is monitoring the probe.
- Shaukat For Realistic, Pragmatic Approach In Foreign Policy (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that foreign policy is the extension of domestic policies and our diplomats should make concerted and sustained efforts to leverage the successes of our economic, political and social policies achieved during . . .
- Economic Task (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 27, 2006)
Both the prime minister and the president, of late, have spoken on the need to attract foreign investment into the country to sustain the current rate of economic growth. Foreign direct investment is said to have significantly increased during . . .
- Bush May Backtrack On Right To Bugging (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
President George W Bush may be considering backtracking on his insistence that the US government can eavesdrop on telephone calls made by Americans without a special warrant from a counterintelligence court, a top Republican senator said.
- Salman Had No 'Licence' To Kill (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Poaching continues to stalk Bollywood actor Salman Khan. The superstar has run into fresh trouble with a Jodhpur court filing a case against him on Monday for lying in court about his gun license.
- Delhi Police Interrogate Rahul Mahajan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
Delhi Police on Sunday questioned Rahul Mahajan, son of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, and Sudhanshu Mittal - Pramod Mahajan's close associate - in connection with the drug abuse case.
- Qazi Hussain Ahmad Versus Mqm (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 26, 2006)
At an all-parties conference (APC) called by the Jamaat-e-Islami, a joint resolution has demanded that the government drag Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain back to the country . . .
- The Saga Of Salwa Judum In Chhattisgarh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 26, 2006)
The government's anti-Maoist strategy has pitted brother against brother and village against village. Civil strife is rife in Dantewada.
- Briefly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
A group of people from Nagaral village in Chikkodi taluk and from Chikkodi town allegedly killed two persons over a property dispute on Friday.
- Sc Verdict: It Should Not Be The End (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2006)
During the hearing of PSM’s privatization by the Supreme Court, many an inherent loophole, weakness and chance of irregularity, misuse of authority and corruption in the privatization process stood exposed.
- Sex Scandal Haunts Tiwari Govt (Deccan Herald, Shishir Prashant , Jun 26, 2006)
After the unwed mother episode, yet another sex scandal has reared its ugly head in Uttaranchal much to the inconvenience of the Congress government.
- Advani Links Scorpene To Navy War Room Leak (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
The Leader of the Opposition, Mr L.K. Advani, on Sunday claimed that the Navy war room leak case was linked to the Scorpene submarine deal.
- No One Cares! (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 26, 2006)
No one seems interested in helping Saiqa Ghulam Nabi, a resident of Kana Mohri tehsil, to expedite her father’s release from a jail in Saudi Arabia.
- Terms Of Engagement (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Jun 25, 2006)
The votaries of a larger role for government invented and expanded subsidies, refused to levy user charges that would recover the cost of public utilities, and embarked on state enterprises that bled white.
- A Standard For Interrogation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2006)
IN the days and weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, senior Bush administration officials decided that harsh interrogation methods were necessary to prevent devastating attacks on the country — and that such methods could be carefully administered and . . .
- How They Make A Mockery Of Democracy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2006)
There are specific provisions in the Pakistani Constitution militating against the professions to independence for Kashmiris contained in practically every official claim emanating from Islamabad
- Cbi Files Charge Sheet In Jammu And Kashmir Sex Scam (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jun 25, 2006)
First charge sheet filed against accused
Judicial custody for Sethi
Remand extended for former ministers
- Book Rack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The Blindness of Insight— Essays on caste in modern India; Dilip M Menon (Navayana Publishing, 2006, pp 168, Rs 200) Exploring the intimate relation between the discourses of caste, secularism and communalism.
- Criminal Delay (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 25, 2006)
The Indian State has long been guilty of ignoring a terrible violation of human rights. In a country where those facing trial are to be presumed innocent until proved guilty, thousands of undertrials in our prisons have faced a worse fate than . . .
- Freeing Up Free Will (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 25, 2006)
There are those rare cases in which the judiciary startles us with its lucidity and supremely level-headed judgment. One such pleasantly surprising moment came this week when the Andhra Pradesh High . . .
- Praful Bidwai: Bull-Headed About India (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Jun 25, 2006)
Current Western euphoria over India's growth betrays total ignorance of realities like the 100,000 farmers' suicides.
- Will Location Have Impact On Development? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 25, 2006)
'It is not the place or the emotions that solve problems, it is the administrative skills and the government’s priorities"
- Kanishka Victims: Memorial Coming Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
Foundation for a memorial was laid on Friday near the banks of Lake Ontario
- Adviser’S Transfer Can Blow Up (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Jun 25, 2006)
The matter of the transfer of a legal adviser to the Governor is threatening to snowball into a constitutional crisis.
- 9 Chargesheeted In Sex Scandal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The CBI today filed its first chargesheet in the high-profile sex racket charging nine persons, including Deputy Inspector General of BSF K.C Pandhi, with rape.
- Rajapakse Opts For War (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Jun 25, 2006)
In the prevailing circumstances, India has a special responsibility in preventing this mindless blood-letting in Sri Lanka
- Cbi Files Sleaze Charge-Sheets (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed charges against nine people in the Kashmir sex scandal. The charge-sheet was filed in the court of chief judicial magistrate, Srinagar against the accused, including Border Security Force DIG . . .
- Transparency And Accountability In Public Life (Daily Excelsior, M V Meenakshisundaram, Jun 25, 2006)
The report of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, coming close on the heels of the historic Right to Information Law, is likely to go a long way in promoting transparency and accountability in public life.
- How They Make A Mockery Of Democracy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 24, 2006)
There are specific provisions in the Pakistani Constitution militating against the professions to independence for Kashmiris contained in practically every official claim emanating from . . .
- Misuse Of Authority (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 24, 2006)
It is fine for government money to be given to those who have suffered human-rights abuses in Pakistan. But if 83 per cent of funds meant for victims of rape, kidnapping, illegal arrest and torture, and for the families of those who died in . . .
- Consensus On Seats To Be Surrendered (Hindu, A. Subramani , Jun 24, 2006)
No single window system and rule of reservation for management quota seats
Minority colleges to surrender 50 per cent of sanctioned seats
Non-minority colleges to hand over 65 per cent of total seats
- Criminal Delay (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 24, 2006)
The Indian State has long been guilty of ignoring a terrible violation of human rights. In a country where those facing trial are to be presumed innocent until proved . . .
- 'Brain' Behind War-Room Scam Yet To Be Held (Times of India, RAJAT PANDIT, Jun 24, 2006)
Businessman Abhishek Verma, whose residence was raided by CBI on Friday, does not figure among the nine accused in the original war-room leak FIR registered under the Official Secrets Act and criminal conspiracy of IPC by CBI on April 6.
- Freeing Up Free Will (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 24, 2006)
There are those rare cases in which the judiciary startles us with its lucidity and supremely level-headed judgment. One such pleasantly surprising moment came this week when the Andhra Pradesh High . . .
- High Court Bench Comes Down On Officials For Disobeying Its Order (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Over a writ petition filed by a part-time Government schoolteacher from Kanyakumari
- Probe Into J&k Case Being Hindered (Times of India, M Saleem Pandit, Jun 24, 2006)
CBI on Friday told a Division Bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court that its investigations into the sensational sex scandal were being hindered by politicians, bureaucrats and policemen trying to shield their colleagues accused in the case.
- War Room Leak: Cbi Raids In 4 Cities (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
The CBI today raided 19 locations across the country as part of its investigations into the navy war room leak case.
- People's Trust In Lawyers, Courts Fast Eroding, Laments Supreme . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Says they are taking the help of musclemen to resolve issues
- Nepal Royalists Under Close Watch, Can’T Flee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
A judicial Commission investigating alleged rights violations during anti-king protests in Nepal said today it has ordered the government to keep a close watch on several former ministers and aides to the monarch to prevent them from fleeing the country.
- Tax On Luxury Items To Mobilise More Revenue In Kerala Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
LDF Government's Budget gives emphasis to farmers' issues
- Alleged Sex Racket Busted In Uttaranchal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Police claim to have busted an inter-State sex racket with the arrest of nine persons.
- Terms Of Engagement (Business Standard, T N Ninan, Jun 24, 2006)
The votaries of a larger role for government invented and expanded subsidies, refused to levy user charges that would recover the cost of public utilities, and embarked on state enterprises that bled white.
- Crises Of Democratic Estates (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 23, 2006)
Madabhushi Sridhar on the sagging image of the judiciary and the increasingly proactive role of the media
- Bangaladesh In Crisis (Frontline, HAROON HABIB, Jun 23, 2006)
General elections in Bangladesh are just round the corner, but how fair and free they will be remains to be seen.
- Sri Lanka: Truce In Danger (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 23, 2006)
With a communiqué on June 9, the LTTE puts an end to the latest phase of negotiations with the Sri Lankan government.
- Walk To Freedom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 23, 2006)
June 23, 2006, will be a red-letter day for many undertrials as they are expected to walk to freedom following the enforcement of the much-awaited Criminal Procedure Code Amendment Act 2005 from that day.
- Criminal Delay (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 23, 2006)
The Indian State has long been guilty of ignoring a terrible violation of human rights. In a country where those facing trial are to be presumed innocent until . . .
- Retrial In Kanishka Bombing Case Begins (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Affirming that a tragedy such as the Kanishka bombing that killed 324 persons must never be allowed to repeat, Justice John Major, former Canadian Supreme Court Judge, has launched a judicial inquiry into the 1985 disaster in Ottawa.
- A Deeply Flawed Trial (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 23, 2006)
The Ba'ath party is known to have brutalised the people of Iraq during its years in power.
- System Under Trial (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 23, 2006)
Pleas for judicial reform are replete with stories of men and women overstaying in prison the tenure written into the provisions of law they are charged to be violating.
- France And L'affaire Dreyfus Revisited (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 23, 2006)
The 100th anniversary of the rehabilitation of Captain Alfred Dreyfus is an occasion for an analysis of past wrongs. This can be salutary at a time when France is in the process of re-examining its criminal justice system.
- J&k Ex-Advocate-Gen Surrenders (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
After dodging the CBI for about two weeks in connection with the Srinagar sex scandal, Anil Sethi, a former Advocate-General of Jammu and Kashmir, surrendered in a court here today.
- Air India's Kanishka Bombing: Hearing Begins (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Nearly 21 years since 331 people lost their lives in Air India's Kanishka bombing, Canada today launched a judicial inquiry into the worst terror attack ever mounted from its soil, nearly two years after a court acquitted two Sikh separatists of . . .
- Pay Homage To Catalonia (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Jun 22, 2006)
The vote for devolution in Spain reveals a mature attitude to democracy.
- Relevance Of Mahabharata (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jun 22, 2006)
A time of transition for a nation is a time of normlessness, which the French social philosopher Emile Durkheim called a time of anomie.
- Retired Judge To Probe Kanishka Bombing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
He has no power to retry last year's verdict
- Canada Opens Public Inquiry Into Air India Bombing Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Affirming that a tragedy such as the Kanishka bombing that killed 324 must never be allowed to repeat, Justice John Major, former Canadian Supreme Court judge, has launched a judicial inquiry into the 1985 disaster in Ottawa.
- Society Gets More Brutalised (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 22, 2006)
A factory worker on Tuesday killed his three minor daughters in cold blood that prompted a policeman to shoot him dead in the lock-up in Lahore on Tuesday. Tension caused by poverty, according to the worker, forced him to take the extreme step.
- Terrorism And Civil Liberties (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
The recent arrest of 17 people accused of planning terrorist attacks on Canadian soil has had profound effects on human rights and civil liberties in that country.
- Us Seeks Early Iran Response: Reply To N-Offer By Aug 22: Tehran (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday Iran was taking too long to respond to an offer of incentives to halt nuclear work, and urged it to reply within weeks.
- Half Realisation (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 21, 2006)
There appears to be dispassionate rethinking in Pakistan on many fronts. Not very long ago some of the neighbouring country's retired army and air force officers had made bold disclosures about myopic vision of their rulers.
- Sahil Being Taken To Mumbai (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
A court in Delhi today granted the Mumbai police two day’s transit remand for taking Sahil Zaroo, co-accused in the Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case, to the metropolis in connection with a theft and criminal assault case there.
- Sri Lanka's Tamils Turn To Smugglers To Flee Conflict (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Maduraweeran Kantharajah was so desperate to flee conflict between Sri Lanka's Government and Tamil Tiger rebels that he sold his furniture and wife's jewellery to pay smugglers to sail his family to India.
- Ag Questions Court Remit: Psm Privatisation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The government on Tuesday requested the Supreme Court to find a middle way between accepting and rejecting petitions challenging the sale of the Pakistan Steel Mills for Rs21.68 billion.
- Another Barrier On Loc Falls (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Jun 21, 2006)
The first Poonch-Rawalkot bus in 58 years rolled across the border this afternoon. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, along with Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, flagged off the bus carrying 30 passengers from Poonch to Rawalkote on PoK, as the large . . .
- Who Are The Poor? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 21, 2006)
The author is secretary general, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi
- Contempt Proceedings Against Former Mhaa President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Madras High Court has initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against former president of the Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA), S. Prabakaran, for having taken out a rally inside the court premises.
- Kanishka Retrial Starts Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
A judicial commission set up to probe afresh the 1985 bombing of Air India airliner Kanishka killing 331 persons will commence its proceedings tomorrow, nearly two years after a Canadian court acquitted two Sikh separatists of all charges in the case.
- Senior Apollo Doctors Questioned By Police (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Police today questioned three senior doctors of the Apollo Hospital, including its medical director, in connection with the alleged fudging of medical reports of Rahul Mahajan when he was admitted there early this month with symptoms of drug overdose.
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