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Articles 4421 through 4481 of 4481:
- Cry Of A Patriotic Pakistani (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Aug 26, 2001)
Pakistani military ruler leader, General Pervez Musharraf, has promulgated an ordinance ostensible to regulate Deeni Madaris (madarsas or religious seminaries) in the country.
- Money In The Honey Trap (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Aug 25, 2001)
Another quake appears currently to be rocking Parliament, and to the credit of the engineers and contractors who built it, the edifice has withstood the latest of the many 'Tehelkas' that have struck with accelerating frequency.
- Culture Vs Infrastructure (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 25, 2001)
If we want to get out of the present sense of gloom in our economy, we should systematically focus on bringing about a cultural change, says N Vittal.
- Cry Of A Patriotic Pakistani (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Aug 25, 2001)
Pakistani military ruler leader, General Pervez Musharraf, has promulgated an ordinance ostensible to regulate Deeni Madaris (madarsas or religious seminaries) in the country.
- Washing Linen At Durban (Indian Express, Fali S. Nariman, Aug 24, 2001)
THE Government of India is opposed to ‘‘caste discrimination’’ being placed on the agenda of the UN Conference on Racism and Intolerance to be held in Durban later this month.
- Against All Odds (Hindu, Jyoti Punwani, Aug 24, 2001)
AS MUMBAI'S former Police Commissioner, Mr. Ram Deo Tyagi, lies in the intensive care unit of one of the city's state-of-the-art hospitals, half-a-dozen constables guard him.
- Indian Extortionate Service (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Aug 24, 2001)
Efforts are on to nullify the consequences of a great blow struck by the Supreme Court of India to ensure probity in public life.
- Pakistan In The Dock For Rights Violations (Pioneer, ADNI, Aug 24, 2001)
The 53rd session of the Commission on Human Rights at Geneva was occasion for speakers to detail evidence of suborning of the Pakistani judiciary, regional inequities perpetrated by the military regime.
- Lok Pal: America Has Something To Teach Us (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Aug 24, 2001)
The founding fathers of America were highly suspicious of states and governments. It followed: they had no great faith in men, either. Everything they did was to check the evil in men.
- It Is Roy’s Tirade, Not Cause (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 23, 2001)
SHE got a notice alright for participating in a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court to protest its Narmada judgment. But let’s get this clear:
- Wheels In The Mire (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Aug 23, 2001)
THE last three weeks have left one with apprehensions about our country as a democracy. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, regardless of his political affiliations, is a rare exception in the current political milieu.
- In The Garb Of Orp (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2001)
DURING the terrorism days, the police force in Punjab had become a law unto itself and the state is still facing the consequences.
- Taking Judiciary Out Of The Dock (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Aug 22, 2001)
The need to review and improve the functioning of the judiciary has for long been acknowledged.
- Flexible Ethical Standards (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 22, 2001)
Like a bucketful of water thrown on hot desert sands, the excitement over Mr. George Fernandes's disclosure - that the former chairman of the UTI, now under arrest on various charges, was recommended for this post by Ms. Jayalalithaa has evaporated fast.
- Musharraf’s Government And The Great Divide (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 22, 2001)
I have vainly looked through the Pakistan press and the writings of its columnists for a word of condemnation against these killings of Hindus in Doda or Jammu and earlier at the Amarnath pilgrimage.
- No Small Matter (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 21, 2001)
It seems to have suddenly occurred to the Centre that children have rights. And the state has some sort of responsibility to protect and implement these rights.
- Empowered Combat (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 21, 2001)
Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani has finally dealt a body blow to the enemies within.
- Truth Hijacked (Hindustan Times, AG Noorani , Aug 21, 2001)
The nation has high expectations of the Commission of Inquiry, headed by Justice M.S. Liberhan to probe into the demolition of the Babri masjid on December 6, 1992.
- Competition Law: Not A Foe (The Economic Times, S. Chakravarthy, Aug 21, 2001)
SINCE the approval of the Competition Bill by the Cabinet, there have been articles and comments galore in the newspapers, particularly, the financial papers.
- One Term, No More (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2001)
UNELECTED members of Vidhan Sabhas (and perhaps of even the Lok Sabha) can hold ministerial office for only one term of six months, the Supreme Court has ruled.
- A Timely Reminder (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 20, 2001)
Ministers, CMs and PMs cannot circumvent the people’s will
- Non-Legislators And Ministerial Posts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 20, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT has firmly shut the judicial door on non- members of a legislature continuing to occupy ministerial posts beyond six months if they fail to get elected during this period.
- Repositioning India Brand (The Economic Times, Rama Bijapurkar, Aug 20, 2001)
HERE we are, 54 years old and a decade after liberalisation, fighting for our `rightful’ place in the world, distressed with the world’s perception of the India brand.
- Politics Of Voodoo (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 20, 2001)
THE UNIVERSITY Grants Commission’s Chairman, Hari Gautam, must have been born under a lucky star. In saner times, a man with such weird ideas about the ‘science’ of astrology would not have climbed so high up the greasy pole.
- Customs Valuation Out Of Sync With Gatt Code (The Financial Express, Sunil Kumar, Aug 18, 2001)
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) valuation code was implemented in India in 1988 when the provision of the Customs Act was amended.
- Cancel Third World Debt (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Aug 18, 2001)
SINCE 1960, the world's wealth has increased eight times.
- Cause Celebre For Fanatics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 17, 2001)
The directive given by a local court against any construction activity in the temple complex in Asind in Rajasthan where a mosque was demolished has added a fresh complication to the situation.
- Indefinite Article (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 17, 2001)
The BJP leadership has suddenly revved up its election campaign in UP by sending a strong signal that it is trying to put its house in order.
- United Mistrust? (The Economic Times, Henrietta Decruz, Aug 17, 2001)
LAKHS of investors like me have put their hard earned money in UTI, a so-called trustworthy institution; but it has shaken the confidence of the public, been shown to be untrustworthy!
- Rage And Penalties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 17, 2001)
THE RAGE EVOKED among parents and concerned citizens when fresh entrants to colleges and universities are subject to the harassment and humiliation of ragging rituals at the commencement of practically every academic session is indeed more than justified.
- Press Council Gets A New Chairman (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 16, 2001)
MR Justice K Jayachandra Reddy takes over as the new chairman of the Press Council of India at a crucial time in its history.
- Travails Of A Surplus Economy (Business Line, S.S. Bhandare, Aug 16, 2001)
IT IS amazing how, over the last decade, the economy has transformed into `a surplus economy'.
- Gaseous Petroleum Fuels For Vehicles -- Fire Hazards And Afterthoughts (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Aug 15, 2001)
THERE have been media reports on the CNG bus that caught fire in New Delhi on August 5, a major tragedy having been averted by the timely action of the Delhi Fire Service.
- Learning To Trust Is Key To Competition (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Aug 15, 2001)
The disagreement between the United States and the European Union (EU) on the GE-Honeywell merger is all the evidence one needs of a competition policy being both intensely important and highly controversial.
- Wages Of Vendetta (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 14, 2001)
Sunday's violence in Tamil Nadu, which claimed five lives and left scores, including journalists, wounded, should not cause any surprise.
- Politics Of Excess (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 14, 2001)
If the UTI scam represents shady deals and the Manipur crisis administrative bungling, the events in Tamil Nadu highlight the most vicious aspects of provincial politics.
- Downsizing Alone Won’t Restore Rlys’ Financial Health (The Financial Express, Jyoti Mukul, Aug 14, 2001)
When the biggest employer in the world spends a substantial portion of its revenue in paying wages and pensions and finds that this leaves it with little to put back into the revenue generating system, how does it go about belt-tightening?
- Lessons From The Enron Burst (Tribune, P. Raman , Aug 14, 2001)
THE Enron Power Corporation’s controversial plant at Dabhol is in deep crisis. All efforts to put life into this chronically sick project have so far proved futile.
- Iran's Travails (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2001)
After the expected showdown between the conservatives and liberals, and eventually swallowing the bitter pill over the appointment of "politically biased" clerics in the Guardians Council.
- Sc Cracks The Whip, Fixes Time Limit For Pronouncing Judgements (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Aug 13, 2001)
NOTHING that the Supreme Court of India has done for the last 50 years would compare with what it did last week.
- A Reformer's Last Chance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2001)
Syed Mohammed Khatami, in his second and last term as Iran's President, has the opportunity, and the need, to mark out his reform agenda in full, says Kesava Menon.
- Legislating Morality In Cyber Cafes (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Aug 12, 2001)
THE Union Government is reportedly intending to widen the scope of information technology laws in order to counter the immoral exposure of people to pornographic material in cyber cafes.
- Deadline Hope (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2001)
Repeating a saying does not necessarily make it more forceful. But the Supreme Court has not stopped at the saying, “Justice delayed is justice denied.”
- Indian Soldier Is Treated As ‘Gun Fodder’ (Tribune, Angad Singh, Aug 10, 2001)
THE gallant Indian soldier is forgotten immediately after his heroic deeds. Every war is fought by him on an unequal footing.
- The Freedom Of Information Bill (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 10, 2001)
KEEPING CONTROVERSIAL issues in suspended animation is a well known evasive technique of governance.
- Are We Happier Now Than 10 Years Ago? (Business Line, M. R. Sivaraman, Aug 09, 2001)
IN THE article ``A decade of reforms: Where to now'' (Business Line , July 25), Prof Brahmananda has urged the compilation of statistics relating to increase in crime.
- The Poll Panel's Power & Wisdom (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Aug 08, 2001)
IN THE election to the Council of States from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, six candidates were elected unopposed, giving the AIADMK four members, and the TMC and the DMK one each.
- Where We Are Is Hell (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2001)
India demands very strong nerves — which is often a pithier phrase for a horrifically numbed public conscience.
- Ayatollah’s Chess Game (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 08, 2001)
It has been a few weeks since Syed Mohammed Khatami was re-elected president of Iran, this time defeating rivals from the ranks of the hardline Shia clerics by an even bigger margin than when he was first elected.
- Operation Topple (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 07, 2001)
Congress-NCP alliance is a house divided against itself.
- Higher Judicial Appointments - Ii (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Aug 07, 2001)
THE JUDICIAL takeover - critics may call it a quasi-coup - of the power of appointment of judges has landed the law in an imbroglio and magnified the dilatory methodology.
- Settle It (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 07, 2001)
THE MADRAS High Court has asked the telecom dispute settlement appellate tribunal to expedite its decision on the controversy surrounding the use of wireless in local loop by basic services providers for limited mobility.
- The Corrupt Can't Stay (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 06, 2001)
THE SUPREME Court has ruled that public servants convicted of corruption should not hold office till such time as they are exonerated by a superior court.
- Higher Judicial Appointments - I (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Aug 06, 2001)
MANY HIGH Courts have vacant court halls and Benches with no robed brethren available to sit and dispense justice.
- His Majesty’s Opposition (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2001)
How the Congress rescued the BJP from itself.
- Pushing Back Corruption (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 06, 2001)
While there is no doubt that corruption among ‘public servants’— a wide term that now takes in legislators in its scope — is among the most serious impediments to progress in India, not many have offered workable solutions to deal with the problem.
- Protest By High Court Bar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 06, 2001)
AT a recent meeting of the members of the High Court Bar Association, Lahore, the following resolution was passed:
- On Paper Only (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
THE IRONY is rather striking. Tamil Nadu is one of the few States which has an exclusive law on the Right to Information.
- Leaking Boat, Weary Captain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
Opportunism has been given a new name by the BJP, `compulsions' of politics, says Neena Vyas.
- Information Drought In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
For someone who claims the ``people's verdict is the ultimate verdict'', Ms. Jayalalithaa is unwilling to grant the people the right to information and the freedom of expression. Our Tamil Nadu Bureau reports.
- Vajpayee’s Surgery And Agra (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 05, 2001)
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has recently been under great pressure, physically and mentally. Immediately after his kneecap surgery, he played host to President Musharraf involving intense dialogue.
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