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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Tryst With Sleaze (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
How corrupt are we? A little less this year than last, according to the latest corruption perception index released by Transparency International.
- Pakistan On The Brink Again (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 28, 2007)
Two decisions to be made today may decide which way Pakistan is likely to go in the days to come.
- Systemic Failure (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 28, 2007)
Nobody really bothered
The apex court was correct in observing that people have begun taking the law into their own hands ~ not that this justifies the Vaishali lynching to which reference was made ~ because they were not. . .
- Out With The Tyranny Of Secrecy (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 28, 2007)
The news that the CBI has initiated proceedings against Maj Gen V.K.Singh, the author of the book India's External Intelligence: Secrets of RAW, and its publishers, Manas Publications of Delhi, would have come as a rude shock to those who are. . .
- “Myanmar, Very Corrupt Nation” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Myanmar was named one of the most corrupt countries in the world in a league table published by an international anti-bribery group.
- India At 60: Think About The Future (Deccan Herald, S N CHARY, Sep 28, 2007)
As India turns 60, some corrective measures need to be taken to change the existing system....
- Rot In The Head Is The Disease, Rest Symptoms (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 28, 2007)
Sir, ~ This is with reference to the article, “Canker at the core” (14 September) by YP Gupta. By the use of the word “core” if he meant the epicentre or the source wherefrom corruption permeates, he did not reach there.
- Not So Corrupt? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2007)
FIRST the good news. Going by the latest Corruption Perception Index compiled by Transparency International, as many as 39 countries are now more corrupt than Pakistan.
- Politics Behind Bars (Frontline, HAROON HABIB, Sep 27, 2007)
The arrests of former Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina have created a fresh crisis in Bangladesh.
- Toxic Toys (Frontline, AMAN SETHI, Sep 27, 2007)
Studies conducted on the toxic levels in everyday items raise questions about the dangers to which Indian consumers are exposed.
- Isro Land Deal On ‘Fragile’ Ground (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Sep 27, 2007)
Politics apart, couldn’t the ISRO, a direct look out of the Prime Minister, have done better than buy land worth many crores for a premier space science institute from a private individual, only to find it is a piece of notified ecologically . . . .
- Pakistanis Deserve Better Options (Dawn, Naeem Sadiq, Sep 27, 2007)
While Einstein may have thought of insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, that is not what we believe in this part of the world.
- The Cost Of Liberalisation (Deccan Herald, KATHYAYINI CHAMARAJ, Sep 27, 2007)
The bitter medicine of economic reforms has affected the developing countries badly.
- Stand By Burma (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
As Buddhist monks and nuns in Burma carry on marching for the restoration of democracy, leading the biggest anti-junta protest in two decades, the situation in that country becomes increasingly worrisome for those who cherish liberty.
- Starving In Madhya Pradesh (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 26, 2007)
Hunger and malnutrition stalk Madhya Pradesh villages despite schemes to improve the services of anganwadis and nutrition centres.
- Cbi Arrests Former Up Chief Secy On Graft Charges (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
The CBI on Tuesday arrested former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Akhand Pratap Singh for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
- Ex-Chief Secy Of Up Arrested On Graft Charges (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
High-profile former bureaucrat Akhand Pratap Singh, once voted the most "corrupt" officer by the UP IAS Association, was held by CBI in a disproportionate assets case as his attempt to flee his palatial Vasant Kunj farmhouse was scuttled by a . . . .
- “An Assault On Freedom Of Speech And Expression” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Social activists and educationists led by Arvind Kejriwal, Magsaysay award winner, issued a statement on Tuesday strongly criticising the Delhi High Court for sentencing four journalists of Mid-Day for contempt of court in a case involving the . . . .
- For National Interest's Sake (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
For all of the last month or so, people have been stopping journalists in the streets and asking the same questions: will there be an election? And when exactly will this mid-term poll be called?
- Diversity And Civic Disengagement (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 26, 2007)
Indians have long prided themselves on the singular diversity of their ancient civilisation. There were, of course, several humungous empires in the past, such as the Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, British, and more recently the former Soviet . . . .
- Law And Behold! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 25, 2007)
'It cannot be stated sufficiently strongly that the public life of persons in authority must never admit of such charges being even framed against them.
- Stealing Others Food (Deccan Herald, Sudha Narasimhachar, Sep 25, 2007)
The amount involved in the PDS scam is mind-boggling almost equal to the countrys education budget for a year!
- Bad Pressure Tactics (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 25, 2007)
THE ‘face painting’ the president’s lawyer got yesterday from his irate colleague at the Supreme Court is the latest in the theatre of the absurd, now playing to packed houses in Islamabad.
- Burma’S Saviour (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 25, 2007)
While India largely ignores the unfolding political drama in Burma, where Buddhist monks and nuns have given a new boost to the pro-democracy movement in recent weeks, China seems to be rapidly repositioning itself.
- Government Orders Vigilance Inquiry Into All Merchiston Estate Transactions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Monday announced a Vigilance inquiry into all transactions connected with the sale of the Merchiston tea estate near Ponmudi to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
- Waiting For Change (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 25, 2007)
Most Pakistanis have been euphoric about the independence of the judiciary. A defiant judge is now the icon of resistance and Messrs Ali Ahmed Kurd and Muneer A. Malik have become household names.
- Diversity And Civic Disengagement (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 25, 2007)
Indians have long prided themselves on the singular diversity of their ancient civilisation. There were, of course, several humungous empires in the past, such as the Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, British, and more recently the former Soviet Union . . . .
- Filthy, Crowded And Dangerous (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2007)
The once efficient railways have deteriorated to the point that derailments and brake failures are regular occurrences.
- Singhvi Rejects Charges On Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
“No danger of Hyde Act impacting deal”
“Issue debated in Parliament many times”
- Gagging The Media (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 24, 2007)
Independent judiciary is considered to be the ultimate guarantor of individual rights and freedom in a democratic polity that is built on the supremacy of the rule of law.
- Bangladesh Eight Ex-Ministers To Be Questioned On Graft Charges (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
Bangladesh's Anti-corruption Commission has summoned eight former ministers for questioning in connection with the graft charges against the former prime minister Khaleda Zia, officials said on Monday.
- Changes In Values, Lifestyles (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 24, 2007)
CHANGES in the social values and lifestyles of the elite and middle classes in Karachi are all too visible.
- Back To Ram (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 24, 2007)
THE BJP declared during its national executive meeting in Bhopal that it would support the Rameshwaram Ram Sethu Raksha Manch movement for the “protection, preservation and declaration of the Sethu as a national heritage monument”.
- Back To The Basics Of The Law (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 24, 2007)
It was Independence Day eve. I was sitting late in office listening to a young software engineer whose e-mail ID has been misused to send obscene messages to her colleagues. She works for a reputed software giant.
- Advani: Atal Will Come Back (Asian Age, Sudhir K. Singh, Sep 24, 2007)
If a stray quote (Apnon ke vighnon ne ghera) from an old self-written poem in a seemingly innocuous message sent by former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee to members of the national executive explaining his absence sparked off a raging debate on . . . .
- An Aria Of Darkness (OutLook, William Dalrymple, Sep 24, 2007)
Few would deny that V.S. Naipaul was once one of the most important, innovative and interesting writers of Indian origin; he was also, from the late 1950s until the mid-1980s, one of the towering figures of post-colonial literature the world over . . .
- Importance Of Revolutionary Youth Movements (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 24, 2007)
A new book traces the progress of the Serbian youth resistance movement Otpor and a few other similar ones.
- Against Quackery-Ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 24, 2007)
Rajiv Gandhi had a sense of noblesse oblige out of remembrance of his father and maternal grandfather. After his assassination, the comprador business press credited Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh with having originated the 1991 economic reform.
- Indian Publisher Raided Over Controversial Book (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
Federal investigators searched the office of a publishing house in the Indian capital after it published a controversial book by a former intelligence officer critical of the Central Bureau of Investigation, news reports said Sunday.
- A Comparative Failure (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
HUA HIN, Thailand - There's a tongue-in-cheek rule of headline writing on the Asia Times Online newsdesk that if an article is deathly dull, an editor shouldn't try to sex it up by writing a headline that's more interesting than the article, thereby
- Upa Has Betrayed Aam Admi: Advani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Sunday called upon party workers to begin work on the coming electoral battle with "unity, determination and discipline" - that traditionally has been the hallmark of the party.
- Intellectuals:indian And Alien (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 22, 2007)
In India a man like Rousseau would have been spat upon as a clever badmash. In France his body rests in the Pantheon among the greatest of the great of the nation, writes KHUSHWANT SINGH.
- Governance: Greece At The Crossroads (Deccan Herald, Helena Smith, Sep 22, 2007)
With his country badly in need of reform, Prime Minister Karamanlis is girding up for battle.
- Qazi Afzal May Not Get Back Portfolio (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Sep 22, 2007)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has left his ministerial colleague Qazi Afzal cooling his heels as the prestigious forests and environment portfolio that was unceremoniously snatched from him last month is yet to be restored.
- Russia Rises Again (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 20, 2007)
What Russian President Vladimir Putin wants is often a mystery to professional 'Kremlinologists'.
- More Indian Policemen Dismissed (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
The government in India's Uttar Pradesh state has dismissed another 4,000 policemen over alleged "irregularities" in their recruitment process.
- Migrants Have Enriched Punjab (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Sep 20, 2007)
The influx of migrant labourers to Punjab is a subject of intense interest and debate both within and without the state.
- Karunanidhi Wrong, Ram An Ancient Tamil Icon (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
One of the most celebrated quotations of Marx is the one about history repeating itself first as tragedy and then as farce.
- Army Has No Political Role, Says Dhaka (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Sep 20, 2007)
The head of Bangladesh’s military-backed interim government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, has dismissed the notion that the country is under a “dual rule” — by the military and the civilian administration — and refuted any political role for the armed forces . . .
- Vladimir Putin And The Succession Questions (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Sep 20, 2007)
In retaining the freedom to manoeuvre the handover of power to his chosen successor, the Russian President has made sure that he will continue to be in control after retirement.
- Us Backs Interim Bangla Govt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
The US on Wednesday praised Bangladesh's interim Government for trying to achieve a "real foundation" for free and fair elections, but sought "extra steps" for restoration of democracy in the country as soon as possible.
- India, Pakistan Among Major Drug Producers, Says Report (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
India and Pakistan are among the 20 major drug producing countries listed in a US report, which also lists Afghanistan and Columbia as the world’s top producers of narcotics.
- The Cpm Rationing Rationale Exposed (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Many ration shops at Bankura are not only owned by CPI-M cadres, but stocks from most of these stores are regularly smuggled out and sold in the open market.
- Musharraf To Shed Uniform If Re-Elected As President (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would step down as army chief if he wins re-election, his lawyer said on Tuesday, paving the way for civilian rule in the country after eight turbulent years.
- Party Charter To Incorporate Hu Concept (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 19, 2007)
In a move that signals Chinese President Hu Jintao’s ongoing consolidation of power, state media have reported that an amendment to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) constitution will be made during a key Party meeting next month.
- Yielding To Democracy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Clearly, Pakistan is at a turning point after nearly eight years of Army rule. Changes appear to be in the offing that may be momentous even as the country finds itself politically on the boil and President Pervez Musharraf his hold on power tenuous.
- Investigation Into High Profile Cases: Early Inquiry Order Irks Indian Army (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Sep 19, 2007)
Indian army officers are angry over a directive to ensure the completion of inquiries into indiscipline and human rights abuse cases within a month.
- Maoists Quit Nepal Govt, Polls Iffy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala's dream of becoming republic Nepal's first president and his admirers' wish for his nomination for the Nobel peace prize received a stinging blow on Tuesday with the Maoists walking out of the coalition . . . .
- He Promises: Mr Musharraf Not General If Re-Elected (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Giving in to mounting pressure, Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has decided to step down as army chief if he is re-elected as president, a move that will bring to an end eight years of military rule in the country.
- The Reform Journey (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Sep 18, 2007)
The inside story of the dramatic unfolding of Russia’s troubled transition to a market economy . . .
- Jvp Leader Says Elections Should Be Held In The East (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 18, 2007)
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is of the firm view that the Mahinda Rajapaksa government in Sri Lanka should hold elections to the provincial council in the east as soon as possible, under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, to consolidate . . .
- A Joke Too Far (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Sep 18, 2007)
WHICH of the two is funnier? Take your time, there is no hurry, for the competition is keen. If one of the gems is priceless, then the second can only be called invaluable.
- It’S The Principle That Matters (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 18, 2007)
THERE are two debates raging in our press at this — oh alright I’ll use the favourite buzzword being bandied about these days — ‘seminal’ time in our country’s tortured history about the so-called, much rumoured . . . .
- Nuclear Cant & Bullets (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 18, 2007)
As in flood-affected Bihar, bullets have answered cries for food in Bengal in a district that is as much a basket case in terms of poverty as a bastion of the ruling party.
- Father, Son Aim To Outsmart Bjp (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Sep 18, 2007)
Politics is not about intentions alone. You can have the best of intentions but still be “unable” to do as you wish. This has been ‘discovered’ by Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy recently.
- Hunger Pangs (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 18, 2007)
A hungry state is a failed state. India has a large number of hungry people and they remain so despite various state interventions to help them. A recent report in this newspaper says that in the past three years food grain worth Rs 31,500 crore . . . .
- Putin Plays Roulette (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
Vladimir Putin has sprung a surprise yet again, by nominating Viktor Zubkov, a little-known bureaucrat, as Russia’s new prime minister.
- Contempt For The Pen (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 18, 2007)
Recently, an individual invoked the Right to Information Act to demand from the Supreme Court a list of all the complaints received against various high court judges in the last two years.
- Making A Killing Out Of War (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 18, 2007)
If evidence is anything to go by, profiteering from war seems like a big business that is unlikely to close down.
- How To Wean A Fighting Force Off Heroin And Teenage Concubines (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
Captain James Johnson was pleased with the scene at the police checkpoint above the bazaar in Gereshk. All the policemen were present, no one was high on heroin and there wasn’t a male concubine in sight.
- Britain To Help Bangladesh Fight Corruption (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
Britain would help Bangladesh in its campaign against corruption with the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and Scotland Yard assisting Dhaka's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports said in Dhaka on Monday.
- Raw Deal To Taiwan (Times of India, Ramesh Thakur, Sep 17, 2007)
Membership to the United Nations is supposed to be open to ‘all peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and are able and willing to carry out these obligations’.
- Britain To Help Bangladesh Fight Corruption (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
Britain would help Bangladesh in its campaign against corruption with the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and Scotland Yard assisting Dhaka's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports said on Monday.
- Just Violence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 17, 2007)
It takes only a moment for everyday spaces in Indian cities, towns and villages, full of ordinary people, to turn into sites of collective violence. And the violence is usually of extraordinary proportions.
- 'N-Deal Outcome Not To Hurt India's Image' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
India's image as an investment destination would not be sullied if the civil nuclear deal with the US falls apart, NRI business tycoon Lord Swraj Paul has said.
- Curse Of Spurious Drugs (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 17, 2007)
NOTHING could be more reprehensible than earning profits at the cost of human lives. But this is nothing uncommon in Pakistan and the report that the country has become a lucrative market for spurious drugs is not surprising.
- From Party Politics To People Politics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 17, 2007)
How to restore the country back to its sovereign masters, “We, the people”, away from the clutches of the political class, is the most pressing question facing the polity today.
- A Dialectical Critique (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 17, 2007)
American big businesses will diminish our sovereignty, unless we fight against imperialism.
- A Joke Too Far (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Sep 17, 2007)
Which of the two is funnier? Take your time, there is no hurry, for the competition is keen. If one of the gems is priceless, then the second can only be called invaluable.
- India’S Image Will Not Be Sullied If Deal Falls Apart: Swraj Paul (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
India’s image as an investment destination will not be sullied if the civil nuclear deal with the United States falls apart, United Kingdom-based Caparo group chief Lord Swraj Paul has said.
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