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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 4523:
- Acidic Birds And Metallic Fish (Indian Express, Bharati Chaturvedi, Dec 02, 2004)
India has still not learnt its lessons from the Bhopal tragedy. The poisoning of the environment by dumping toxic substances is disastrous for wildlife
- Can We Centre The Northeast? (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Dec 01, 2004)
The Northeast is at the center again, this time for the right reasons. The recent VVIP visit emphasised the criticality of the region as a spring board of activity for furthering India’s interests to the east
- Widen The Net (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 30, 2004)
Public debate, together with access to information, is of the essence of democracy.
- Tackling Violence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2004)
The centre plans to make a law to deal “effectively” with communal violence. A Bill is being drafted by the Law Ministry based on a Home Ministry paper that explains what ...
- Time For Media Introspection (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Nov 30, 2004)
The credibility of the Indian electronic media took a battering because of the partisan reportage of general elections earlier this year.
- Sour Dhoklas In Keshubhai Camp (Indian Express, TANVIR SIDDIQUI, Nov 29, 2004)
Despite the BJP’s efforts to explain it away, the rift between Chief Minister Narendra Modi and arch-rival Keshubhai Patel keeps raising its head with alarming frequency
- The Old Bjp (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2004)
The architect of Ayodhya has sought to give the impression that he has found a cause equal in electoral potential to the Ram temple movement of the early 1990s.
- Coalition Compulsions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 29, 2004)
The Architect of Ayodhya has sought to give the impression that he has found a cause equal in electoral potential to the Ram temple movement of the early 1990s.
- Geb Agrees To Pay Rs 84-Cr Dues To Ongc (Business Line, PRATIM RANJAN BOSE , Nov 29, 2004)
ONGC has finally made headway in recovering its dues from six State public sector undertakings and one municipal body in Gujarat. The dues have accumulated on account of supply of natural gas between 1982 and 1987 when gas marketing was directly handled b
- The Future Of An Illusion (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nov 24, 2004)
The current disarray within the BJP raises a profound question. Has its historical moment passed? During the ’90s the BJP managed to express and articulate a range of resonant sentiments.
- Judicial Integrity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 23, 2004)
Two rulings of the Supreme Court — the cancellation of land allotment to a former Calcutta High Court Judge by the West Bengal government and upholding the dismissal of a civil judge in Gujarat
- Scripting The Riot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 23, 2004)
One of the Gujarat government’s explanations for the widespread nature of the 2002 post-Godhra riots was that it was a spontaneous expression of popular anger.
- After The Earth Rocked In Bhuj (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 22, 2004)
It has been nearly four years since the Gujarat earthquake. Yet in central Kutch, which suffered the worst of the ravages, the effects are still very much in evidence.
- Dubious Package (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 22, 2004)
It is not a very exciting prospect to have to think of Mr Narendra Modi as part of one’s private, conjugal decisions. But the chief minister of Gujarat could become an important factor in the size of the family that an elected representative in Mr Modi’s
- Succession Battles In The Bjp (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 21, 2004)
Those who are inclined to make a bid for the top position in the BJP are not going to give up easily
- Teesta Is My Heart-Throb (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 20, 2004)
Like all men I admire good-looking women like Aishwarya Rai and others who became Miss India’s, Miss World’s and Miss Universe’s! I like them from a distance because I never get a chance to get close to any of them.
- Bihar Basics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 19, 2004)
Buoyed by the vote of confidence it secured from its allies in the National Democratic Alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party has set its eyes on Bihar.
- Trials Of A Pioneer (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Nov 19, 2004)
Monastic intrigues have been a source of macabre fascination for the laity. From Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose to Dan Brown’s best-selling
- Nda Capitulation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 18, 2004)
That the national Democratic Alliance is driven primarily by the interests and concerns of the Bharatiya Janata Party became clear on Monday
- A Victim Of The Purge Following Gujarat Riots (The Economic Times, Prafull Goradia, Nov 17, 2004)
Uma Bharti has been widely popular for years; especially since 1992 and the fall of the Babri edifice at Ayodhya.
- Witness For The Prosecution (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 15, 2004)
There is something very sinister behind Zahira Sheikh changing a stance she has publicly held consistently for over two years.
- New Twist To Best Bakery (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 15, 2004)
THE cat is out of the bag. I was at pains to know why Zaheera Sheikh had changed her statement on the Best Bakery case, which covered the burning of people alive.
- Q&a: The Ayodhya Dispute (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2004)
The religious dispute over Ayodhya in northern India has been a source of tension between Hindus and the country's Muslim minority for nearly two decades.
- A Dismal Tale Unfolds (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 13, 2004)
I met Mr Nair on November 2, the day Mr George W. Bush got re-elected for a second term in office.
- Hunter Becomes The Hunted (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 13, 2004)
The people are helpless in the face of Zaheera-like cases where the activists themselves become targets
- Irrelevance Of Ownership (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Nov 13, 2004)
Legal ownership of assets is no longer a pre-requisite for claiming depreciation under the I-T Act
- Two Gods, One Message (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Nov 11, 2004)
Narendra Modi returned to power on the back of a majoritarian campaign centred on Hindutva, terrorism, security and Muslim-bashing.
- From Patel To Patil (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 11, 2004)
PG Wodehouse was a great satirist. He was a prophet too. For evidence go back to his four delightful titles in which Psmith is the central character. Normally, a Smith is a Smith is a Smith with any “S”, big or small.
- A Divided Family (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Nov 11, 2004)
Even six months after the general elections, the premier opposition par- ty seems at odds with itself.
- Severe Setback (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 09, 2004)
Zaheera’s volte-face should not be allowed to affect the fight for justice for riot victims
- Stop The Rot In The Police System (Deccan Herald, Vishal Arora, Nov 08, 2004)
NHRC estimates that more than 50 per cent of the complaints it receives are against police personnel
- Nobody Loves A Loser (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 06, 2004)
The JD(U) national executive meet in Ranchi has expressed outrage at the BJP’s proclaimed return to Hindutva, and called for an immediate meeting of the NDA.
- Best, Nay Worst, Witness (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 06, 2004)
THE Best Bakery massacre in which 14 people were roasted alive was one of the most horrendous incidents in Gujarat ’02.
- Communal Violence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 06, 2004)
The new law against communal violence is futile without the political will to back it up
- Nobody Loves A Loser (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 05, 2004)
The JD(U) national executive meet in Ranchi has expressed outrage at the BJP’s proclaimed return to Hindutva, and called for an immediate meeting of the NDA.
- Flip-Flops And Justice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 05, 2004)
The third volte-face in as many years by Zahira Sheikh, a key witness in the Best Bakery burning case, might in the end do more damage to her own credibility than to the cause of the prosecution in the ongoing retrial in a Mumbai court.
- Protect Christians Of Dalit Origin (Deccan Herald, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Nov 04, 2004)
There is need to legislate a bill to give Christians of SC/ST origin their due rights and privileges
- Import To Consume (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Nov 04, 2004)
Every day, thousands of commodities are transported from other states of India to West Bengal for local consumption.
- Fine Line (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 04, 2004)
Court cases have a propensity to pop up at the wrong time. Mr L.K. Advani, made chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party for a fifth time, could have done without the Allahabad high court’s reopening of the Babri Masjid case right at this moment.
- The Politics Of Governor's Office (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 03, 2004)
In the interest of smooth Centre-State relations and in a truly federal structure it is desirable that a chief minister be consulted on the appointment of a Governor.
- One School, Two Badges! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 02, 2004)
Long before a man called Narendra Modi and his politics gripped Gujarat, the mindset on which communalists thrive was becoming increasingly pervasive in the state of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Feasts Of Colour, Bangs And Razzmataz (Tribune, Chanchal Sarkar, Oct 31, 2004)
1984” wasn’t just George Orwell’s novel’s famous title, it was also the year of Bob Geldof’s Ethiopia Rock Concert. What was almost unmanageable in that pop concert was not the millions in currencies that rolled in, often flooding the 200 lines set up for
- It’S In Our Hands (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 30, 2004)
The police and the community should work together to prevent communal violence
- The Road Ahead For Bjp (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 29, 2004)
It is back to basics for the BJP. If losing the Lok Sabha elections was the first major shock, its inability to oust the Congress-NCP regime in Maharashtra has been the last straw on the camel's back for the party ...
- Life Breath For Kyoto Protocol (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 28, 2004)
Like Phoenix, The Kyoto Protocol will rise, with Duma, Russia's lower house of Parliament, ratifying the pact, and clearing the way for the long-delayed climate change treaty to come into force worldwide.
- Telecom: Barriers Beyond The Fdi Cap (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 26, 2004)
India needs huge investments to ensure that the growth rate of the telecom sector does not slacken. Nobody can quibble with this argument.
- Supreme Court And Regionalisation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2004)
The Supreme Court's decision to shoot down the suggestion that three benches of the apex body be constituted in the southern, western, and north-eastern parts of the country comes as no surprise.
- Advani In A Dilemma (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 25, 2004)
Perhaps the most difficult question facing the Bharatiya Janata Party is how to take forward the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Hindutva agenda — after all, the BJP is the political arm of the RSS — and yet not annoy its allies in the National Democratic
- The Ncp Emerges In Its Own Right (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2004)
How did the Congress-NCP alliance survive anti-incumbency and such things as the BSP and rebel factors? Suhas Palshikar and Yogendra Yadav with Abhay Datar explore the ...
- Let The Saffron Kumbhakarnas Sleep (The Economic Times, RAJIV DESAI, Oct 24, 2004)
What ideology? The BJP is intellectually and morally bankrupt with just one item on its agenda: power.
- Let The Saffron Kumbhakarnas Sleep (The Economic Times, RAJIV DESAI, Oct 23, 2004)
What ideology? The BJP is intellectually and morally bankrupt with just one item on its agenda: power. The Maharashtra result is part of an ongoing process of rejecting the BJP's cynical and amoral quest for power.
- The Nine-Day Wonder (Deccan Herald, Padma Ramachandran, Oct 22, 2004)
While the Dussehra festivities are immense, at the end of it all, we wait to start up over next year
- Nuclear Power In Asia (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Oct 22, 2004)
The time has come for India, Russia, China, and Pakistan to harmonise their nuclear security and energy development policies.
- Learning From History (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 22, 2004)
In 1979, against a backdrop of unceasing strikes, soaring inflation, a million people out of work and economic decline, the British electorate voted out the Labour government of James Callaghan and installed Margaret Thatcher as prime minister.
- Let The Saffron Kumbhakarnas Sleep (The Economic Times, RAJIV DESAI, Oct 22, 2004)
What ideology? The BJP is intellectually and morally bankrupt with just one item on its agenda: power. The Maharashtra result is part of an ongoing process of rejecting the BJP's cynical and amoral quest for power.
- Babes In The Advertising Wood (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Oct 21, 2004)
There was a news item, recently, regarding a case filed against a bottled-drink maker by a child labour activist at Hyderabad, for glorifying child labour.
- Maharashtra Elections — War Is Over, Skirmishes Are On (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 20, 2004)
That Indian voters will never cease to spring surprises has been proved yet again, in Maharashtra. In fact, they have shown their ability to spring double surprises.
- The New Hindu Growth Rate! (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Oct 20, 2004)
Ironically, economic prosperity and higher literacy levels seem to lead to mass slaughter of the girl child in India
- Top Three States - A Socio-Economic Comparison (Business Line, Jeevan Prakash Mohanty, Oct 20, 2004)
The Assembly election in Maharashtra is crucial for its possible ramifications on national politics. The election is being fought on several issues.
- Congestion At Ports - Better Connectivity The Way Out (Business Line, Santanu Sanyal, Oct 19, 2004)
With an estimated 10 per cent growth in traffic in the first six months of the current fiscal — 175.8 million tonnes compared to 160 million tonnes in the corresponding previous period
- Of Cinema And Censorship (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
In his brief and aborted career as Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Anupam Kher, tended to behave as if he were the custodian of Indian morality
- Telecast It (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2004)
Much dust has been kicked up over Doordarshan’s decision to withhold telecast of a film on the life of Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan. The opposition has strongly condemned the move.
- Shabby Treatment To A Creative Genius (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 17, 2004)
Anupam kher Kher is an angry man. He seems unable to come to terms with the humiliation heaped on him by Marxists who dubbed him as an RSS man. Possibly, taking a cue from the CPM General Secretary, Harkishan Singh Surjeet’s attack on Anupam Kher, the Uni
- No Forecasts Will Shake This Govt (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 16, 2004)
In one of his speeches delivered during the election campaign in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a dig at the Opposition for pinning its faith in forecasts made by astrologers and resorting to tantric practices in the hope of coming back to
- Lethal Scrap (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2004)
There is no mystery about the munitions that have been surfacing in different States over the last few days. The rockets, missiles, shells, and grenades came into the country in consignments of imported steel scrap.
- Transforming Lives Of Rural Women (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Oct 15, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme (CMP) lays emphasis on empowerment of women as an important socio-economic goal.
- The Vanishing Curves (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Oct 13, 2004)
When our government is engaged in miff on Hubli tricolour fluttering and tiff on Savarkar’s saying, the British government is busy in measuring the vital statistics of an average British woman.
- Increasing Interest In Gas Pipeline (Tribune, Bhabani Sen Gupta, Oct 11, 2004)
Distressingly, though not surprisingly, the importance of an oil and gas pipeline, connecting Iran to India through the territory of Pakistan has received marginal attention in the discussions on the normalisation of India-Pakistan relations.
- Making Poor Women Self-Reliant, Her Goal (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 10, 2004)
FORTY six years is a long time in one’s life and during this period Ela Bhatt totally dedicated herself to the uplift of poor rural women. Her selfless service was recognised in India and abroad and she was decorated with many prestigious
- Bloodthirsty Honour (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Oct 10, 2004)
Eve teasing. Voluntary sati. And now, honour killings. These oxymoron-ridden phrases wreak violence on our language every day. They also mirror flesh-and-blood violence.
- No Ideological Lines Drawn (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Oct 09, 2004)
WHICH has a greater bearing on the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections
— Mr Bal Thackeray’s beard or the Shiv Sena’s ideological baggage? By all accounts thus far, the answer is unmistakable: the former.
- Saffron Siblings Vs Congress Parivar (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Oct 09, 2004)
The theme song of the moment in Maharashtra’s assembly poll, scheduled for October 13, is the shrill notes of despair emanating from the camps of the challenger and the defender alike.
- Ms To Connect Masses With Office (The Economic Times, KALPANA SHAH, Oct 09, 2004)
Microsoft may not always be the first off the block in offering new stuff to its customers
- Saving Society From Oppression (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 08, 2004)
Over the years, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has emerged as an independent body for the protection of individuals’ rights against the excesses the state and its instruments like the police commit in the name of law and order.
- Nhrc Has Begun To Assert Itself (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 08, 2004)
State govts prefer their own Human Rights Commission and resent the authority of the NHRC
- Village Energy Security (Hindu, Indrani Bagchi, Oct 07, 2004)
In India, non-conventional energy resources remain untapped in the absence of policy directions.
- Is Pota Really Dead? (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Oct 06, 2004)
A rose will smell the same by any name while the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) 2004 will stink by any other name. I am reminded of this by the cosmetic exercise of the UPA government in purporting to repeal POTA, but ironically providing at the same
- `Regulated Tariffs More Important Than Pipeline Competition' (Business Line, PRATIM RANJAN BOSE , Oct 06, 2004)
The adoption of a well-defined tariff methodology will promote healthy competition among gas marketing entities, and consumers would then have the option of sourcing gas from different locations or producers through the common grid.
- Besotted With The Mahatma (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Oct 03, 2004)
Sudhir Kakar's latest book, “Mira And The Mahatma” (Penguin Books India) couldn’t have been better timed. Released here on September 29, it focuses on a rather offbeat association between Mahatma Gandhi and Madeline Slade.
- Where Are The Poets Who Dared To Ask Questions? (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Oct 03, 2004)
As I wandered the Mumbai suburb of Mumbra last week in search of moderate Islamic voices a line by Ghalib kept going through my head. Khuda key vaastey purdah na kaabey sey utha zahid, kahin aisa na ho van (vahan) bhi yahi kaafir sanam nikley.
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