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Articles 2721 through 2820 of 4481:
- No Evidence Against Congress And Natwar: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Dubbing the Volcker committee findings as “unsubstantiated'' references, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said there was no evidence in the allegations against Congress party and Natwar Singh.
- Three Accords To Be Signed At Saarc Summit (Indian Express, PTI, Nov 09, 2005)
Three new trade facilitation agreements are expected to be signed at the 13th SAARC summit in Dhaka on November 12-13, which will be attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Dismiss Tn Plea Over Water: State (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Karnataka on Tuesday submitted before the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal that Tamil Nadu had, until very recently, never questioned the State’s requirement of 408 tmc of water for irrigation.
- Justice Globalised (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 08, 2005)
The International Criminal Court (ICC), formed in 2002, carries with it the pledge of ending the impunity of those guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
- Natwar Singh Made Minister Without Portfolio (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
Amid mounting pressure for his exit, K Natwar Singh was today relieved as External Affairs Minister and made Minister without portfolio hours after government appointed a judicial commission to inquire into allegations of Iraqi oil pay offs.
- U.N., Volcker Committee Ready To Help (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2005)
The committee cannot "make any binding judicial determination of fact or law"
- Retain Death Penalty (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
FOR the past few days a legal controversy has been razing in the media: “should the death penalty be abolished in India?”
- Nda Too Seeks Un Info (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
Gearing up for a pitched political battle with the government on the controversial Volcker report in the coming winter session of Parliament, the NDA on Monday approached the United Nations and sought documents which had named the Congress and Union Minis
- Freedoms Under Attack (Dawn, Charles Kennedy, Nov 08, 2005)
A crucial division of opinion is opening up in Britain between the party of civil liberties and the party of authoritarianism.
- Get To The Truth Quickly (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2005)
The Manmohan Singh Government's response to the crisis created by the Volcker Committee Report can be characterised as slow, confused, and politically inept
- Graceless Exit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 08, 2005)
The position of Mr K. Natwar Singh, the minister for external affairs, had become untenable in the Union cabinet.
- Facts Of The Matter (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 08, 2005)
Natwar Singh and his son continue to dominate the news — no fresh inputs, no worthwhile responses except for the left position on the issue.
- Voters Waking Up After Four Years (Hindu, Naomi Wolf, Nov 08, 2005)
George Bush made his white constituency feel good about themselves, but no longer. Citizens are rediscovering democracy.
- Special Envoy' To Verify Volcker Charges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Separate judicial probe into report to be announced today
- Gilgit Bleeds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 07, 2005)
Our continuous interest in Gilgit, which is part of the undivided Jammu and Kashmir as it had existed in 1947, keeps bringing us face to face with grim developments taking place in the territory under Pakistan's occupation.
- Lip Service? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 07, 2005)
Normally one would have heartily welcomed a report that has quoted several militant outfits disowning their involvement in the serial bomb blasts in the national capital on October 29.
- Probe Into Oil Scam Ordered (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
The BJP has demanded that the CBI should inquire into the bribes alleged by the Volcker Committee.
- Iran: Building On The Revolutionary Agenda (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Nov 07, 2005)
By saying Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has underscored the point that the national consolidation of opinion is his ultimate strength.
- Political Meaning Of Indian Democracy (Daily Excelsior, K K Bakhshi, Nov 07, 2005)
The greatest asset that Indian can boastfully claim to have earned and groomed after the wonderful dawn of Independence is democracy.
- Why Natwar Must Go (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 06, 2005)
Immediate reshuffle and a confidence vote
- Human Trafficking: Need For A Global Response (Tribune, D.J. Singh, Nov 06, 2005)
Human trafficking is the fastest growing means by which people are forced into slavery.
- Us Senate Votes In Favour Of Increasing H-1b Visas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
The U.S. Senate has voted in favour of increasing the cap on H-1B visas by 30,000 to 95,000 from next year.
- Stake In Peace (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
Itis to be welcomed that there are increasing voices of sanity for strengthening anti-terrorism laws in the country.
- The Bihar Muddle (Tribune, K.N. Bhat, Nov 05, 2005)
On October 7, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court “as per majority opinion” ordered “the proclamation dated by 23.5.2005 dissolving the Legislative Assembly of the State of Bihar is unconstitutional”.
- Justice Without Delay (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2005)
The new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, has rightly stressed the need to clear the huge backlog of cases in courts at all levels.
- Just Justice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 04, 2005)
The new Chief Justice of India, Y.K. Sabharwal, and his predecessor, R.C. Lahoti, have had important things to say this week about fighting terrorism.
- Sabharwal: It's For Legislature To Decide (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Nov 03, 2005)
The question whether the country needs stronger anti-terrorism laws
- Tasks Before Azad (Daily Excelsior, H C Katoch, Nov 03, 2005)
Prevailing uncertainty set-tles and Azad sits on the throne of the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir State.
- Introspection Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2005)
The officers could have been allowed to defend themselves
- Good Bye Or Good Riddance? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 02, 2005)
Why not? should be the question as we need to turn back and take a leaf from history. Kashmir deserves a relief from the agony it had been put through earlier. What they say a Good Bye can be a Good Riddance for others, Javed Iqbal Shah comments . . .
- Introspection Needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 02, 2005)
The officers could have been allowed to defend themselves
- Objection Overruled (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 01, 2005)
Pakistan's objection to India's concern over the developing situation in Gilgit is entirely unjustified. The neighbouring country has reacted to New Delhi's advice to "act with the utmost restraint and observe international human rights standards"
- Stay The Course On Nepal (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 31, 2005)
These are testing times for Indian policy towards Nepal.
- Appellate Tribunal `Taxed' (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Oct 29, 2005)
According to the Delhi High Court, the fine distinction between the words `pass' and `pronounce' should not be stretched to the extent that it offends the basic rule of law. This is illustrated in a judgment relating to certain orders of the I-T . . .
- Forest Walks Are Wide And Spacious (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 29, 2005)
Forests are where many stories begin from, such as, "Long, long ago, there lived a deer in a forest, and not far away was this wily fox!" If that can be terrifying, rest assured that children learn simple romance too from rhymes like, . . .
- The Unleasing Of Sadism (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 29, 2005)
That we Indians are a peace-loving people is a much cherished myth. As a matter of fact we are a frustrated lot harbouring resentment against people who are better off than us or subscribe to different faiths.
- Bush Forced To Retreat (Hindu, Julian Borger , Oct 29, 2005)
Harriet Miers' withdrawal as a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court is a humiliation for George W. Bush.
- A Signal Pullback (Dawn, David Ignatius, Oct 29, 2005)
President Bush didn’t come out and say he made a mistake, but that was the clear message of his announcement yesterday that he was accepting Harriet Miers’s decision to withdraw as a nominee for the Supreme Court.
- Local Courts Bill Coming: Bhardwaj (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 29, 2005)
The Government will introduce the Local Courts Bill in the winter session of Parliament.
- Importance Of Being A Consumer (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2005)
Geer Muhammad Ishaq comments on the empowerment of the consumer with reference to drug usage
- Why Bond With The Bad (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Oct 29, 2005)
T. N. Pandey argues against tax amnesty in any form
- U.N. Iraq Report Reveals $1.8-Billion Oil Fraud (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2005)
Companies and individuals from 66 countries involved
- Red Criminals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 28, 2005)
CPI-M pretends to set moral standards
- Bush Nominee For Supreme Court Post Withdraws From Race (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2005)
Miers concerned confirmation process burdening White House
- Gogoi At Sea (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 28, 2005)
Dispur clutching at shadows
- Peaks Are For Scaling (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 28, 2005)
We have been here before, any number of times. If the major political parties in the country continue to behave in the manner they have been doing, we will assuredly be here for any number of times in the future too.
- We All Have A Stake In Outcome Of Plamegate (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Oct 27, 2005)
This scandal offers an opportunity to discredit the entire ideology used to justify the war in Iraq.
- Much More Than Just The Bakery (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 27, 2005)
There is a spectre hanging over India’s secular democracy: the ghost of the 2002 Gujarat massacres.
- "Transfer Of Kanchi Case No Reflection On District Judiciary" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
The petitioner's lawyers could not perform their duty in this situation: Supreme Court
Launching of prosecution against prominent persons shows the attitude of the State
Actions of prosecuting agency creating apprehension in the mind of petitioner
- Sc Shifts Seer Trial To Pondicherry (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the transfer petition filed by Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi and ordered the shifting of the trial in the Sankararaman murder case from the sessions court in Chengalpattu in Tamil Nadu to the court . . .
- Tony Blair Carries On Thatcher’S Legacy (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Oct 27, 2005)
Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, who celebrated her 80th birthday earlier this month, was forced to resign as Britain’s longest-serving, post-war Prime Minister 15 years ago. She is still reviled and loved in equal measures.
- Kosovo Is Back (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2005)
For years the West used a convenient formula for keeping the troublesome Balkan province of Kosovo on a back burner: “standards before status.”
- Need For Action (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 25, 2005)
The Chief Justice of India-designate, Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, has correctly summed up the prevalent general feeling in the country that the rich and mighty manage to go scot-free if corruption cases are prolonged in courts of law.
- Kattapanchayats In Tn (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2005)
Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary N. Narayanan told the Madras High Court that 21 criminal cases had been registered in the state between July and September against persons for the illegal practice of kattapanchayats,
- A Media, More User Friendly (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Oct 24, 2005)
It is a chicken and egg situation. Without the relentless coverage by the media, many of the world’s disasters would have passed by us unnoticed.
- Pax Americana On Trial (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Oct 24, 2005)
The verdict of the Saddam trial is pre-determined, and his execution will mark only the beginning of chaos in Iraq
- Kattapanchayats In Tn (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2005)
Need for quick justice but not these
- Prisoners’ Rights (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2005)
Taking cognizance of a complaint by Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief, Asia Andrabi that she and her associates were brought to the court handcuffed, the Court of Session Judge, Budgam initiated contempt proceedings against the police for violating the Supreme Cou
- Life Term Being Irrelevant, The Noose Has To Stay (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Oct 23, 2005)
In an unusual move the first citizen of India, has recommended clemency to 40 death-row prisoners in what is an unconventional disclosure too.
- Quakes, Quirks And Kashmir! …… (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 22, 2005)
I am afraid I will have to return to my last week's theme of how or why all Congressmen, even those who have remained out of power for the past decade or so, continue to believe in the their divine right to rule.
- Quake Rocks Everything Minus Cong Culture (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 22, 2005)
I am afraid I will have to return to my last week's theme of how or why all Congressmen, even those who have remained out of power for the past decade or so, continue to believe in the their divine right to rule. It has nothing to do with Sonia Gandhi's
- The Void In Mumbai’S Heart (Indian Express, MILIND DEORA, Oct 22, 2005)
The Bombay High Court’s recent judgment on Mumbai’s mill lands has sparked off a serious debate on how Mumbai should be developed.
- Religion And Court (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 22, 2005)
Religion has reared its head in the choice of a Supreme Court justice. President Bush, in order the pacify his conservative supporters, says the selection of Harriet Miers was based on many things, including the fact that “her life is her religion.”
- Jago, Neta Jago! (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Oct 22, 2005)
Aya Ramji and Gaya Ramji were meeting after a very long time. Extensive travel from one party of the country to another had deprived them of close contact, and now that they were together,
- Court And The Political Question (Tribune, Beant Singh Bedi, Oct 22, 2005)
Majority order of the Supreme Court dated October 7 in the Bihar Assembly dissolution case has sharply divided the constitutional law pundits. First part of the order declares the dissolution of the Assembly unconstitutional and void.
- Democracy In Saarc States (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 22, 2005)
India does not seem to be conscious of the role it has to play in South Asia in the coming years.
- Day Of The Prisoners (Greater Kashmir, ZAHIR-U-DIN, Oct 21, 2005)
Seventeenth Ramadhan is an important date in the history of humankind as it changed the course of world history. On this day a handful of Muslims (313) defeated an army of infidels. The day is remembered for a variety of reasons.
- Court Reserves Verdict On Acharya's Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Petition for transfer of Sankararaman murder case outside State
Practice in Tamil Nadu was that the powers of a holiday magistrate were not limited to remand duties: Dhavan
- The Void In Mumbai’S Heart (Indian Express, MILIND DEORA, Oct 21, 2005)
The Bombay High Court’s recent judgment on Mumbai’s mill lands has sparked off a serious debate on how Mumbai should be developed.
- "Judicial Activism Is A Misnomer" (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 21, 2005)
Y.K. Sabharwal, who will become the 36th Chief Justice of India on November 1, has the reputation of being a fearless Judge. He takes over at a time when the judiciary as an institution is attracting close scrutiny.
- No Sense Of Shame (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 21, 2005)
At Least about the weather, everyone talks about it though no one does anything about it. About corruption, which bids fair to become a shameless way of life, nobody finds any need even to talk about it, let alone do something about it.
- In A New Court (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 21, 2005)
Histrionics are an important part of a dictator’s equipment. So even during his appearance in the courtroom for the first time for his trial, Mr Saddam Hussein sought to be dramatic, striving to create the larger-than-life figure of a hero unvanquished...
- After The Verdict By Subroto Roy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 20, 2005)
The last and only time a Head of State of India “resigned” was when Edward VIII (uncle of the present Queen of England) abdicated in 1936 because he wished to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American, and the British Government under Stanley Ba
- Prevailing Myths About Maths (Deccan Herald, Jagdish R Malhotra, Oct 20, 2005)
Age-old elitist prejudices against maths have made it appear unattainable to many and frustrating to others
- Crime And Compassion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s suggestion for taking a humanistic view of prisoners sentenced to death calls for both reflection and deliberation.
- Beyond Repair? (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Oct 19, 2005)
Even the most recalcitrant group in Pakistan — be it political, social, economic or administrative — is willing to listen to wise counsel of some kind in some circumstances. But I always wonder why government leaders waste their time by giving advice ....
- Mumbai's Happiness And Hardship Index (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Oct 19, 2005)
INDIA is home to the fourth happiest group of people in the world. Only the Australians, the Americans and the Egyptians are happier than us.
- Nuggets Of Judicial Wisdom (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 19, 2005)
"The most vital `community need' at present is the reversal of the environmental degradation. There are virtually no `lung spaces' in the city. The Master Plan indicates that about 34 per cent of recreational areas have been lost to other uses," ...
- Contemporary Islamic Law (Hindu, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, Oct 18, 2005)
Fyzee's contribution by way of consolidation and restatement of the law through cases is a major step forward in an otherwise dicey situation of orthodoxy, prejudice, inequality and fear
- Just Impatient (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 17, 2005)
Can a jurisprudence of exasperation sustain the court’s authority?
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