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Articles 4221 through 4320 of 4481:
- Reach Of Reservation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2001)
THE BILL PASSED by the Lok Sabha in order to fortify reservation in promotions for employees belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
- Jaya, Jaya, Jayalalithaa (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 05, 2001)
The acquittal of AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa by the Madras High Court in the Tansi and Pleasant Stay Hotel cases marks a stunning victory for her and paves the way for her triumphant return as chief minister.
- Institution Of Government Audit (Tribune, Dharam Vir, Dec 04, 2001)
THE Geneva-based Transparency International rates India at 72 out of 91 countries in its Corruption Perception Index 2001 and that makes it the 20th most corrupt nation today.
- Sunset For Enron, Sunrise For Maharashtra (The Financial Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Dec 04, 2001)
PENNSYLVANIA: Newspaper headlines over the past two days are related to the collapse of Houston-based energy giant Enron.
- Let Quality Prevail (Indian Express, A.J. Philip, Dec 03, 2001)
The Central government has been clever enough not to tie itself in knots while granting children in the 6-14 age group the fundamental right to education under the Constitution (93rd) Amendment Bill, 2001.
- Sensitising Officials - I (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Dec 03, 2001)
AS INDIAN society entered into a covenant with itself to be secular, democratic, and egalitarian, encumbered by a heavy socio-cultural baggage of a rigidly caste-based hierarchical structure.
- Poto And The Jurisprudence Of Hue And Cry (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Dec 03, 2001)
“It may be......the duty of a citizen,” said Chief Justice Marshall of the United States, “to accuse every offender, and proclaim every offense which comes to his knowledge;
- Sensitising Officials - I (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Dec 03, 2001)
AS INDIAN society entered into a covenant with itself to be secular, democratic, and egalitarian, encumbered by a heavy socio-cultural baggage of a rigidly caste-based hierarchical structure.
- A Matter Of National Security (Tribune, S. K. Datta, Dec 02, 2001)
THE debate on the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) has been politicised.
- Terrorism As Election Fodder (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Dec 02, 2001)
WITH the crucial elections to Uttar Pradesh and Punjab assemblies and the Mumbai and Delhi Municipal Corporations, fast approaching, the BJP has been on a hyperactive mode searching for issues that can enthuse people to vote for them.
- She Is No Longer Hawkish & Not The One To Give Up (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 02, 2001)
CALL it a quirk of destiny but what Gen.Musharraf could not perform, Benazir Bhutto has done and this may be a turning point in her tormented life.
- Implications Of The Competition Bill (Business Line, M. R. Narayana, Nov 30, 2001)
THE structural adjustment programme under the economic reforms since July 1991 and Indias membership to the WTO have exposed economic agents to domestic and global competition.
- The Chinese Economic Miracle (Business Line, Alok Ray, Nov 29, 2001)
BY NOW there is a general consensus that the Chinese economic performance since 1978 (when reforms officially started under Chairman Deng).
- Laloo's Gimmicks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2001)
BY ORCHESTRATING THE public display of mass following and gathering a crowd around the CBI Special Court premises in Ranchi, the RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister, Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav, has only confirmed his customary brazen behaviour.
- Rules And Transgressions -- Punishment Without Appeal? (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Nov 28, 2001)
ACCORDING to the theory of utilitarianism, society is governed by a set of rules that are expected to yield greater utility to individuals in a society than would have been the case without the rules.
- A War Without Rules? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 28, 2001)
AMERICA'S MILITARY `CAMPAIGN' against international terror seems to have acquired the proportions of a war without rules on the rugged terrain of Afghanistan.
- Help Them To Come To The Forefront (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 27, 2001)
The existing legislative structure will be reviewed and additional legislative measures taken by identified departments to implement the policy.
- Benazir Talks Of Tearing Down The ‘Berlin Wall’ (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Nov 27, 2001)
• For far too long have there been Berlin Walls...
- A Matter Of Priority (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 26, 2001)
THE Fiscal Responsibility and Managament Bill 2000, which had been referred to a parliamentary standing committee.
- A Ray Of Hope For The Victims Of Oppression (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 25, 2001)
The Irish poet and Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney presented a vintage, out of print, book — “The Golden Bough”— to Mary Robinson hours before she left Dublin for New York to take up her new assignment as UN High Commissioner.
- Bjp’s New Stance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 23, 2001)
HOME Minister L. K. Advani surprised his secular critics by unambiguously denouncing the VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) for its forced entry into the makeshift structure in Ayodhya on October 17.
- Genetically Modified Plants -- Biological Intervention, The Answer (Business Line, Ashok Chaudhury, Nov 23, 2001)
GENETICALLY modified (GM) or transgenic plants will play an important role in Indian agriculture.
- Cynical Politics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 23, 2001)
THE UNION HOME Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani's response to the Ayodhya-centric concerns voiced by the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha in the context of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
- Search For A Suitable Head For Sebi Gets Tough (The Financial Express, Sharad Mistry, Nov 23, 2001)
Here's a golden chance for all those who love challenges and controversies, are adept at walking the tight-rope doing a fine balancing act between the strong corporate lobby and a status quo-loving finance ministry.
- The Enduring Sickness (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Nov 22, 2001)
ON AUGUST 2001, two Bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha one to repeal the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (the SICA).
- Business At Hand (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 22, 2001)
It is hoped that the whip cracked by Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi towards the end of the Monsoon Session of Parliament will rein in the more mercurial members in the current session that was brought to order on Monday.
- Nation Doesn’t Need Draconian Laws (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Nov 21, 2001)
TERRORISM may have acquired a new dimension after the attacks on New York’s World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon in Washington on September 11.
- Poto: Pity It Is Confrontation, Not Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 19. It will be a pity that just when the country needs consensus on core issues of national interest, the ruling side and the opposition head towards a sharp confrontation.
- Democracy In Dire Straits (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Nov 20, 2001)
Whenever the thought of our democracy occurs to me, and it occurs quite often, a scene from an old Hindi movie named “Railway Platform” appears on my mind’s screen.
- Poto: Pity It Is Confrontation, Not Consensus (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Nov 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 19. It will be a pity that just when the country needs consensus on core issues of national interest, the ruling side and the opposition head towards a sharp confrontation.
- Making Money In The Great Game Of Social Advancement (The Financial Express, Chanakya , Nov 19, 2001)
You cannot walk an inch in India, it seems, without coming near the putrid smell of corruption and nepotism. Bribery seems to be all pervading. Every one complains about it.
- Flawed Arguments, Sirs (Indian Express, Abhishek Singhvi, Nov 19, 2001)
Recent defences of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) range from Arun Shourie’s invocation of the US law to Law Minister Arun Jaitley’s reference to the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
- Fishing In Troubled Waters (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Nov 18, 2001)
THE political games being played in the aftermath of the communal riots in Malegaon are more abhorrent than the violence itself. Political parties of all hues are engaged in scoring over each other and if the macabre manipulations lead to a fresh bout.
- Fishing In Troubled Waters (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Nov 18, 2001)
THE political games being played in the aftermath of the communal riots in Malegaon are more abhorrent than the violence itself. Political parties of all hues are engaged in scoring over each other and if the macabre manipulations lead to a fresh bout.
- Operation Freedom Abroad, And Assault On Liberties At Home (Indian Express, George Lardner Junior, Nov 18, 2001)
Military tribunals spark fears, on left and right, that Bush is trampling on too many rights.
- Resting Their Case? Objection, My Lord (Indian Express, Smruti Koppikar, Nov 17, 2001)
Bharat Shah may still be behind bars, but has MCOCA really struck at the heart of Mumbai’s underworld?
- Eighty-Seven And Still Batting! (Hindu, Fali S. Nariman, Nov 16, 2001)
Mr. V. R. Krishna Iyer's most outstanding contribution has been that whatever he has given to the law he has also given unstintedly to public life.
- Poto : An Assult On Democracy (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 16, 2001)
ACRONYMS ARE dangerous. POTO (the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance), is one such acronym being marketed as a panacea to fight terrorism in India for the next five years.
- Hostile Witnesses (Business Line, Timeri Murari, Nov 16, 2001)
As there seems to be a countless number of 'hostile witnesses' wandering around our judicial system today, I thought I'd better find out a bit more about this tribe.
- Poto Opportunity For The Police (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 14, 2001)
Weeks before POTO was promulgated, a senior IPS officer was arrested for his alleged complicity in the killing of Muslims during the Bombay riots of 1993.
- Quieter Divali (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 14, 2001)
IF all goes well, Divali will be a little easier on one's ears and lungs this year than on previous occasions. Normally, there is brisk sale of crackers right from Dasehra but that is not the case this time.
- Opposition To Poto (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 13, 2001)
Former Chief Justices Ranganath Misra and Rajinder Sachar have opposed the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO).
- Human Rights And The Mother Of All Ordinances (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Nov 12, 2001)
AFTER years of intellectual barrenness on the Indian political landscape — with table-thumping and cat-calls becoming the principal means of national deliberation — the furious debate that POTO or the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance.
- No Need For Draconian Laws (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Nov 10, 2001)
IT is puzzling that in the debate that POTO (Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance) has generated there has been no mention of the Nadeem case.
- Non-Trade Issues: Let Investment Not Lock The Talks (The Financial Express, Anwarul Hoda, Nov 10, 2001)
As the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) gets under way at Doha, Qatar.
- `Presidentialism' (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 09, 2001)
*THE Times of London*, in its issue of November 7, carries a commentary on the governing style of the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, and points out how.
- ‘Moca And Poto Are As Alike As Apples And Potatoes’ (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 09, 2001)
While the BJP has been on the offensive from the beginning to accuse the Congress of double standards on POTO, the Congress has been strangely slow in reacting to the charges.
- Reject Poto In Toto (The Kashmir Times, Praful Bidwai, Nov 09, 2001)
Nothing has recently caused as much disquiet in India’s political and journalistic communities as the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance. At stake is the citizen’s freedom and the fairness of the judicial system.
- Auditing The Auditor (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Nov 08, 2001)
THE former Chief Justice of India, Mr P. N. Bhagwati, mooted the idea of institutionalising the office of ombudsman to oversee the functioning of the judiciary as also to fix judicial accountability, but the suggestion has not been implemented so far.
- The War Of Words Resumes (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 08, 2001)
CHENNAI, NOV. 7. After Mr. O. Paneerselvam took over as Chief Minister, there was a lull in the State.
- Ban On Smoking (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 06, 2001)
THE Supreme Court has once again emerged as the undisputed champion of public health.
- Nothing Statesman-Like (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 06, 2001)
Sir, - Mr. Rajeev Dhavan's ``Assault on Ayodhya'' (Nov. 2) brings out the sequential planning of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, the first phase of which is over now.
- Ask Your Lawyers, Ms Gandhi (Indian Express, Arun Jaitley, Nov 05, 2001)
POTO counters terrorism by necessary, legitimate means.
- Vision 2020 -- Why Rbis Moves Wont Work (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 05, 2001)
The high transaction cost and the lack of commitment to fulfilling contracts because of the corruption in high places make a mockery of monetary policies. P. V. Indiresan explains why Dr Bimal Jalan cannot do a Greenspan.
- Legislating A Police State (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 04, 2001)
IT IS not the best kept secret of the Government that the police is thoroughly criminalised and corrupt and the judicial system is teetering on the brink of collapse.
- The Poto's Dangers (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 04, 2001)
THE NATIONAl Human Rights Commission and eminent lawyers while voicing their strong opposition to the POTO feel that existing laws, if properly implemented, are enough to deal with terrorists.
- ’84 Revisited, This Time With Hope (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 04, 2001)
In a typical government complex in the Capital, a judicial inquiry into India’s biggest massacre since the Partition is in progress.
- Legislating A Police State (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 04, 2001)
IT IS not the best kept secret of the Government that the police is thoroughly criminalised and corrupt and the judicial system is teetering on the brink of collapse.
- Assault On Ayodhya (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 02, 2001)
THE VISHWA Hindu Parishad's (VHP) storming the makeshift temple on October 17 was not a stray incident. It has a context, a past and an ominous future.
- Poto, The Government’s Excuse For Abuse (Indian Express, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 02, 2001)
Terror masquerades as an anti-terrorism ordinance, piggy-backing on the September 11 attacks.
- ‘Poto Is An Easy Way Out For Govt, There Should Be No Short-Cuts For Human Rights’ (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Nov 02, 2001)
Justice Ranganath Misra, former Chief Justice of India and the first chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, finds the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) ‘‘an easy way out’’ for law-enforcing agencies.
- The Court And The Political Order (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 31, 2001)
TOMORROW THE country will have a new Chief Justice when Mr. Justice A. S. Anand leaves office after a three-year innings.
- In The Shadow Of A Heinous Crime (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2001)
PAKISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY faces a qualitatively new challenge in the aftermath of the gruesome murder of 16 worshippers and a security guard at a church at Bahawalpur in the country's premier province of Punjab on Sunday.
- Pakistan Says Debt Relief Will Give Fiscal Space (The Financial Express, Sabyasachi Mita, Oct 31, 2001)
HONG KONG: Pakistan is seeking to convert bilateral debt owed to Paris Club creditors to easier terms and stretch it out over a longer period to provide the economy with some breathing room, its finance minister said on Tuesday.
- A Blow To Human Rights (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Oct 30, 2001)
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance 2001 (POTO) has notified all the militant organisations we have been hearing about all these years operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
- No Islam This (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
Murderous hordes cannot be allowed right of way in Pakistan.
- ‘Us Shouldn’t Hit Where It Hurts Us’ (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 30, 2001)
The US must not waver from its avowed target — bringing global terrorism to heel — and its awoved enemy — bin Laden and the Al Qaeda network — if it wants to win the battle of the Muslim mind.
- From Shah Bano To Daniel Latifi (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Oct 29, 2001)
“MUSLIMS will allow attacks on Allah,” wrote Wilfred Cantwell Smith, the noted scholar of Islam, “there are atheists and atheistic publications, and rationalist societies;
- Mixed Mandate (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Oct 28, 2001)
FOR THOSE who were claiming that Tamil Nadu was going the Bihar way, the election to the local bodies was only another pointer.
- Legitimising Coercion (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2001)
THE SETTING UP of an `Ayodhya cell' in the Prime Minister's Office, ostensibly to monitor the `negotiations' that are supposed to be on at the instance of Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, is clearly in the context of the Sangh Parivar's impatience.
- We Would Need Other Laws Before This Law (Indian Express, Gaurav Gaba, Oct 27, 2001)
Ensure that informers are protected before enacting prevention of terrorism laws
- We’ll Lose, But Will Die Trying (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2001)
Not accepting ANZ’s settlement makes NHB more vulnerable, but no official has the guts to say so
- Democracy As Pursuit Of Power (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Oct 24, 2001)
AS FAR as sheer political cynicism, obscene indifference to the fate of the people of India, manipulation of sentiments.
- Middle Class Backlash Against Vajpayee (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 23, 2001)
‘VINASHAKALE viparita buddhi’ has been a quote nauseatingly used by disgruntled politicians to snipe at each other.
- How Fair Is Army Judicial System? (Tribune, Harwant Singh, Oct 23, 2001)
THE Parliamentary Committee on Defence in its report, tabled in Parliament a few weeks ago, has severely criticised the Army judicial and redressal system.
- Plumbing New Depths (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 21, 2001)
STRANGELY, THE Government has chosen to defend the re-induction of Mr. George Fernandes as Defence Minister not by stating that the move was right, but by pointing out that the Opposition parties had no right to criticise.
- Breathing Fire And Brimstone In Punjab (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Oct 19, 2001)
With elections around the corner, the bir burning phenomenon is as much about the pushes and pulls of Akali factional politics as it’s about religious identity.
- Us On Prowl, Asks Man Who Hunted Down Carlos The Jackal For Advice (Indian Express, John Carreyrou, Oct 19, 2001)
NATIONAL borders don’t mean much to terrorist hunter Jean-Louis Bruguiere:
- Brazen Defiance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2001)
BY STAGING A forced entry of its activists, led by Mr. Ashok Singhal, into the prohibited area of the disputed site at Ayodhya on Wednesday in defiance of the court-ordained curbs.
- Vandalism At The Taj (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2001)
THE ACTS OF vandalism perpetrated on the premises of the Taj Mahal last Sunday by some elements of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, which have prompted judicial intervention, are extremely disturbing for two reasons.
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