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Articles 2321 through 2420 of 4481:
- Unseen Corruption (Statesman, NB GRANT, Dec 26, 2005)
Whenever we talk of corruption, we only envisage big financial deals like those of Harshad Mehta, Rajan Pillay, the kickbacks involved in the purchase of Bofors, submarines and helicopters, and the recent names mentioned in the stamp and Tahelka scams. Al
- House Of Cards (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
India seems to specialize in encroachment, both literal and metaphysical. The Delhi high court’s order to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi that all illegal structures in the city should be demolished has set the cat among the pigeons.
- Prisoners’ Plight (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 26, 2005)
The honourable high court has sought details of political prisoners lodged in various jails in and outside the state. The high court passed the direction on a petition filed by the Jammu Kashmir High Court Bar Association alleging that the prisoners were
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 26, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more.
- Judiciary And Fair Elections (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 25, 2005)
The judiciary and the legal fraternity of the country have come into focus once again for a variety of unrelated reasons like the new-found judicial activism and bar elections.
- Thinking Of The Quaid (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 25, 2005)
"You are free, you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan.” This is the assurance the founder of our country, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, our Quaid-i-Azam, gave all of us ...
- Naxals Involved In Bihar Jail Break Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Three Naxalites involved in the November 13 massive attack on a jail here were arrested in Hulasganj area of the district and remanded to judicial custody, police said on Saturday.
- 11 Mps Expelled From Parliament (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Dec 24, 2005)
Notwithstanding the disquiet in certain sections across the political spectrum, Parliament took the extreme step today of expelling 11 members — 10 from the Lok Sabha and a lone Rajya Sabha MP —for their involvement in the cash-for-questions scam and.....
- `Anti-Goonda Law, A Threat To Human Rights' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Experts warn against potential for misuse
- Good Riddance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2005)
Even expulsion is insufficient
Foreign-Backed terrorists had launched a frontal assault on Parliament some years ago. Eleven MPs committed an equally serious crime against this symbol of democracy.
- Rs Creates History, Expels Bjp Member (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Creating history, the Rajya Sabha today expelled BJP member Chhattrapal Singh Lodha from the House acting on the recommendation of the Ethics Committee which found him guilty of accepting money on camera for raising questions with the BJP . . .
- Who’S Afraid Of The Bulldozer (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 24, 2005)
So now we know what exactly it takes for our politicians to make common cause, sinking their differences, prejudices, competitive instinct, everything. No, it is not cricket (who’d say that after the Bengali revolt over Sourav Ganguly, anyway?) or war.
- In Ma-In-Law’S Defence (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 24, 2005)
A few days ago Rajya Sabha discussed the issue of atrocities against women.
- Shut Your Eyes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 24, 2005)
We need courts to clean up plenty of things. Private morals are not one of them
- Expulsion Of Mps Unconstitutional (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Dec 24, 2005)
There is no constitutional provision enabling the expulsion of a member on the authority of a majority vote
- No Let-Up In Feudal Attitude (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 24, 2005)
A Fringe of liberals is emerging in Pakistan. They need to be supported by India through unilateral steps in the way of liberalizing visas and reducing tariffs on products from across the border.
- Pm To Secure Meghalaya Foresters' Release From B'desh (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would personally intervene to secure the release of three Meghalaya foresters, now lodged in Bangladesh jail, official sources said on Tuesday.
- Manmohan May Consult Upa Allies On Stung Mps (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to consult his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners before any action is taken against the MPs involved in the cash-for-queries TV sting, even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday stepped . . .
- Erdogan Refutes Criticism On Pamuk Trial (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Turkey's Premier on Wednesday defended the country's conduct in the freedom of expression case again renowned author Orhan Pamuk, saying that ``freedoms are not limitless.''
- Tn Stampede: Dmk Councillor Seeks Bail (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A DMK councillor of the Chennai Corporation, arrested on Tuesday in connection with the stampede at a relief token distribution centre here which claimed 42 lives, on Thursday filed a petition in a sessions court for bail.
- Spying On Americans (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 23, 2005)
IN the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the New York Times reported last week, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of hundreds of US citizens and residents suspected of contact with Al Qaeda ....
- Concept Of Justice (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Dec 23, 2005)
Most of the recent western legal concepts such as supremacy of law, equality before law, judicial independence and impartiality, juristic personality, non-retroactivity, legal representation, presumption of innocence, etc., were never alien to Islam.
- Why Israel Does Not Have A Constitution (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Dec 23, 2005)
Most observers of the Palestinian scene know that Israel does not have a constitution, but few try to know why it has chosen not to have one. The reasons are to be found less in the conflict between the religious right and the liberals and . . .
- Bjp For Adopting ‘Proper Procedures’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Asserting that it was in favour of stern action against MPs caught demanding money for raising questions in Parliament in a television expose, the BJP said it would oppose the expulsion of 10 Lok Sabha Members as recommended by the House Committee, ...
- An Agenda For The Oic (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 23, 2005)
In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the New York Times reported last week, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of hundreds of US citizens and residents suspected of contact with Al Qaeda ...
- A Little Money Here, And A Little Favour There (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Dec 22, 2005)
Bribe has long been a part of India’s socio-political life. And yet, a collective hypocrisy stops us from acknowledging this, writes Sumanta Sen
- Insecure Minorities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
A Sikh becoming officer is no big deal
- Judicial Probe Of Sangla Arson (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 22, 2005)
Nearly 40 days after the horrendous Sangla Hills carnage we are still nowhere near ascertaining the truth.
- Delhi Demolitions (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 22, 2005)
The wages of sin
It should make no sense. Huge amounts of money and effort expended to tear down what were raised by expending huge amounts of money and effort.
- Heady Computer (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
In one of the episodes during the ongoing "Kaun Banega Crorepati-2" a woman soon after taking the hot seat folded her hands before the computer in front of her.
- Bush And Iraq Elections (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 21, 2005)
The much-awaited Iraqi elections are over. The Iraqi administration and the Americans can take satisfaction from the fact that there was a large turnout in the Sunni majority provinces and that the insurgents lived up to the expectations created . . .
- Dmk Councillor Held In Stampede Case (Hindu, K.T. Sangameswaran, Dec 21, 2005)
Police say Dhanasekaran and others allegedly spread rumours and were responsible for the tragedy
Councillor remanded to judicial custody till January 3
He allegedly announced token distribution would start at 5 a.m.
- Grooming Lawyers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2005)
Needed a law varsity in the North
The Punjab Government’s proposal to set up a law university near Chandigarh is most welcome.
- Evolve System To Disqualify Dubious Politicians: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
"Election officer can glean track records " "The core of empowerment for prosperity of one billion Indians was connectivity and partnership between governmental and multiple institutions in the public and private domains"
- India Connected, India Empowered (Indian Express, APJ ABDUL KALAM, Dec 21, 2005)
I am delighted to participate in the interactive session of the India Empowered event. It was a delightful experience for me to study every day from August 14 2005, the writing on the subject, ‘Empowering India’, . . .
- Kalam Way To Untainted Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
If President A P J Abdul Kalam had his way, rejecting an election candidate with criminal antecedents will only be a double click away.
- Demolish Some Old Habits (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 20, 2005)
Are we glad that the authorities in Delhi — of the Delhi government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi or the Delhi Development Authority, take your pick
- Bulldozing Or Dozing? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2005)
Three days into the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s most ambitious demolition drive, political dissembling is writ large on the wall. Congress MLAs have gone into feverish huddles.
- Stinging Rebuke Is Called For (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Dec 20, 2005)
It's not enough to expel the errant MPs from the House; steps must be taken to ensure there is no repetition of the offence, says Ahtesham Qureshy
- Desperation Doles Out Death, 42 Killed In Tn Stampede (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Dec 19, 2005)
In a tragic repetition of a ghastly November incident in which six women were killed, 42 people were trampled to death early Sunday morning at a government relief centre, where thousands had gathered to get tokens for cash doles and relief supplies hours
- Restrictions On Hajj (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 19, 2005)
IN A paper he co-authored in a recent issue of The Lancet, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss argues that a comprehensive prevention and control strategy is needed to check the growing national prevalence of diabetes, respiratory and cardiovascular d
- Probe And Probity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2005)
Widespread corruption was one of the main planks on which the Congress had a runaway victory in the Haryana Assembly elections. With less than three months left for completing one year in office, the Bhoopinder Singh Hooda government has little to show...
- Populism And Democracy (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Dec 19, 2005)
In a recent seminar on "Democracy, development and social inclusion" held in New Delhi on December 8, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh provided an economist's perspective of governance. Democracy, he said, was based on the notion of a popular mandate, . . .
- Chennai Stampede Kills 42 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Forty-two people were killed, 19 of them women, in a stampede at a flood relief distribution centre here in the early hours of Sunday, prompting the government to order a judicial enquiry and the Opposition to demand the resignation of Chief Minister ....
- Opening A Can Of Worms (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 19, 2005)
“Thirty thousand Kurds and one million Armenians were killed in these lands and nobody but me dares to talk about it,” said Turkey’s most celebrated novelist, Orhan Pamuk, during an interview with a Swiss newspaper last February.
- Militancy In Bangladesh (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 19, 2005)
Full 34 years ago, the month of December witnessed the bloody death of a state that was to provide a shared homeland at least to the Muslim majority areas of a vast subcontinent.
- Time To Clear Backlog Of Cases (Tribune, G. S. Grewal, Dec 18, 2005)
The judiciary is one of the three pillars of our democracy. It is the moral strength which has enabled it to sustain itself and the democracy. It has also successfully contained other mighty institutions from jumping out of their own spheres prescribed...
- River Existed (Pioneer, Arabinda Ghose, Dec 17, 2005)
The Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, in its 91st report on the functioning of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), has described the Saraswati river as a "purely mythological one" and has . . .
- Legislation: Who Needs Westminster? (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Dec 17, 2005)
THE FORMER Lord Chief Justice of England was thrown into prison. Sir Edward Coke, who had been removed by the English monarch James I in 1616
- Speed Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
Now that the State High Court is seized of the matter we have a somewhat better idea of the traffic scenario in this city.
- Quota Bill Derailed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
The Centre was forced to defer the introduction of the Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament to provide for reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes,
- Violence In Bangladesh (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 16, 2005)
The cause of democracy in Bangladesh has been hurt by extended boycotts of parliament by opposition parties. Failure to participate in the next election as threatened occasionally by some of them may inflict irreparable damage on this cause.
- Landmark Event (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 16, 2005)
The frightening spectre of more than three crore cases pending in India's courts refuses to go away despite all the declarations of determined attack on it.
- No Question Is So Difficult To Answer As That To Which The Answer Is Obvious (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 16, 2005)
Voltaire said, "Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." But we are helpless spectators of a sordid drama where elected representatives indulge in judging questions by the munificence that came along, rather than by their relevance to the...
- Missing Coalition Culture (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 16, 2005)
Yet again the country is facing the painful paradox that while coalitions have become absolutely unavoidable, there is an absolute lack of coalition culture. To expect the necessary culture to evolve in the foreseeable future would be a classic . . .
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- Water And India's Constitution (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 15, 2005)
Water has to be given an important place in the Constitution to guide and empower the legislature, the judiciary, and the executive to regulate its use.
- When The Law Runs Riot (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 15, 2005)
In defiance of public opinion, the government has chosen to introduce in Parliament a discredited version of its long anticipated Bill to control communal violence.
- Mps On Sale! (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Dec 15, 2005)
The sensational cash-on camera expose showing 11 MPs - six from the BJP and the rest from the BSP, the Congress and the RJD - taking bribes has stunned the political establishment in the country.
- Bjp, Cpi(m) Express Reservations On Quota Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
BJP favours reservation without exceptions
Government committed to affirmative action
- Pok Woman Gets Jail For Crossing Border (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
A Kashmiri court awarded six months’ imprisonment to a PoK woman and slapped a fine of Rs 200 on her for illegally crossing the border.
- Risky Business Of Politics (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Dec 14, 2005)
If the health of a nation is to be measured by what its media presents, then India is ill, says Claude Arpi
- Scourge Of Bonded Labour (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 14, 2005)
MOST of us erroneously believe that slavery has never existed in Pakistan and bonded labour ended 13 years ago when the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992 was adopted by the National Assembly. But the fact is that this law abolished bonded labour
- Equal Access To Education: The Last Chance (Hindu, D. Raja, Dec 14, 2005)
The amendment to ensure admission to educationally and socially backward classes in all educational institutions is a revolutionary step.
- Witness To The Truth (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 14, 2005)
There is the norm, and there is the exception. When the two become exactly the opposite of what they are supposed to be — that is, the norm becomes the exception and vice versa — there is a serious problem.
- Clean The Core (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 14, 2005)
The alacrity with which political parties have acted to suspend MPs caught in the cash-for-questions scam reveals that the political system still retains some sensitivity to public opinion. More cynically, it has not quite lost its healthy instinct . . .
- Right To Recall Will Be Deterrent: Cpi (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Dec 14, 2005)
Calling for national crusade against corruption and installing a foolproof monitoring system to look into complaints of and malpractices by Members of Parliament, the Communist Party of India on Tuesday offered suggestions, including the `right to recall'
- Out Of Order (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 13, 2005)
The urgency being displayed now by the Union Law Ministry and the Supreme Court in the filling up of vacant judicial posts is long overdue.
- Monica’S Bail Plea Rejected; Judicial Custody Extended (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Special Judge for CBI cases P V Subrahmanyam today rejected the bail application of Monica Bedi, former actress and paramour of underworld don Abu Salem. The Judge also extended her judicial custody, which expired today, till December 19.
- Case For Competition Commission (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 13, 2005)
The government’s belated concern over cartelisation in cement is welcome. It should fast-track the Competition Commission, currently awaiting fresh legislation. Cartelisation among cement majors is not new. Indeed, in many other commodities, too, . . .
- Festschrift (Hindu, Geeta Ramaseshan , Dec 13, 2005)
a reflection of Seervai's contribution compiled for his centenary
- Time To Ban Torture (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Dec 13, 2005)
"There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.”
- Rights Abuses In Kashmir (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 13, 2005)
That rights abuses in held Kashmir have continued despite the ongoing peace process was highlighted the way Kashmiris in the occupied territory observed International Human Rights Day on Saturday.
- Speedy And Cheap Justice A Must (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has rightly stressed the need to ensure speedy justice to the people. Addressing a function held to mark the golden jubilee celebrations of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh on Saturday, . . .
- An Instrument Of Oppression (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 12, 2005)
Last Tuesday all progressive and enlightened elements in this country, even those who preach enlightened moderation, should have flown their flags at half mast, after the National Assembly demonstrated once again that when it comes to repression and . . .
- Outsourcing The Torture (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 12, 2005)
"Metternich comes close to being a statesman; he lies very well,” Napoleon once said of the Austrian aristocrat who dominated European diplomacy for a generation. By that demanding standard, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice does not come close . . .
- Dalits For Quota In Pvt Sector (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
A large number of dalits from different parts of the country under the aegis of the All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisation assembled at the Ramlila Ground here on Sunday to demand reservation in the private sector, judiciary and the army.
- Living Up To The Legacy Of Nuremberg (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 12, 2005)
With 100 countries on board, the International Criminal Court is slowly negotiating the hurdle of universality. But with countries like the United States (and India) outside its purview, how effective will it be in dealing with war crimes, aggression, ...
- For Speedier Justice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 12, 2005)
Off and on the crucial issue of vacancies of judges in thupreme Court, High Courts and subordinate courts keeps cropping up in concerned quarters. It is generally believed that the delay in their appointments is one major cause of a large number . . .
- Pm Wants Labour Reform To Create Jobs, Growth (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Dec 11, 2005)
India needs to reform its labour laws so that they protect the interests of workers, create jobs and enable the country to attract investment for faster economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.
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