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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 4523:
- Modi’s Latest To Sc: If You Move Riot Cases Out, It May Put Communal Harmony In Danger (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 20, 2003)
In a veiled warning, the Narendra Modi Government today raised fears of communal disturbances returning to the state if the Supreme Court transferred out the trial of any of the Gujarat riot cases.
- Development And Hindutva! (Indian Express, Vishal Arora, Dec 19, 2003)
BJP-led state governments can forget it, the twain do not meet
- Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 19, 2003)
The tragic case of Satyendra Dubey, a young and promising life lost in the performance of his duty, poses once again the question that concerned citizens ask again and again: Are we safe in this country? Why did the system not take steps to protect the...
- Not Quite Right (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 19, 2003)
Let me admit at the very outset that on this count I am in a minuscule minority in Lutyens’s Delhi, in Hampstead and Islington, in Manhattan’s Upper West side and in all the watering holes of radical cosmopolitanism.
- Wife Was Honest Sarpanch So Dalit Paid With His Life (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 19, 2003)
For the second time in a week, Gujarat is in the news for atrocities on Dalits. If in Surendranagar, seven Dalit teachers were transferred because they objected to segregation of upper and lower caste students during mid-day meals in schools, in
- Over 300 Ministers To Lose Their Jobs, Happy New Year (Indian Express, Aasha Khosa, Dec 19, 2003)
For once, stop blaming politicians. They all got together in Parliament to pass a landmark law that makes it next to impossible to switch camps for jobs. They also stand to lose: Cabinet size can’t be more than 15% of House strength. So they will bring...
- Operation Desert Storm (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Dec 19, 2003)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s landslide win by a margin of 120 seats in Rajasthan surprised even its most ardent supporters. The portents were evident as early as last year’s by-elections in three assembly constituencies. The present election campaign ...
- Native Son Mulayam Brings The Country To His Village (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Dec 18, 2003)
Stage set in Saifai: arts and culture from across the nation and an agriculture trade fair
- Measure For Measure: States Vie To Do Better (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 18, 2003)
State-specific HDRs throw up piquant data. No wonder they are becoming part of poll discourse
- Family Calling (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 18, 2003)
Visitors to 10 Janpath on Sonia Gandhi’s birthday were surprised to see Priyanka in active attendance. Usually she keeps herself well hidden from hoi polloi flocking to Sonia’s residence, bearing flowers, dholaks and good wishes. This year, however, she
- False Flag (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2003)
Secularism is an absolute value. It should be valued absolutely. One cannot be a secularist one day and a soft Hindutvawallah the day after. Ms Sonia Gandhi has an identity problem but this has nothing to do with the fact that she is an Italian born India
- Courtesy Sc, Bilkis 1st Riot Case With Cbi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
More than 20 months after the Gujarat riots, the Modi government today agreed to finally refer a riot case to the CBI.
- Post-Reform Anomaly — Parts Not Keeping `Full' Pace (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Dec 17, 2003)
THE overall growth rate of the country should not blur our vision to the growing disparities in the prosperity level, per capita income and job opportunities from State to State. The strategy for a higher growth in these sub-par States should be multi
- Is Corporate Farming Really The Solution For Indian Agriculture? (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Dec 16, 2003)
Contract farming is increasingly being presented as the way out of the morass in which Indian agriculture now finds itself, and is being actively promoted by major international donor agencies, multinational companies and the Central Government. In this
- These Kids Told: You Are Dalit, Go Eat Elsewhere (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Dec 16, 2003)
At least seven Dalit teachers have been transferred in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district for objecting to segregation of upper- and lower-caste students during mid-day meals in some schools.
- The Mahatma And The Bjp (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 16, 2003)
Now that the frenzied investigation into the causes of the state assembly elections outcome has run its course, we must turn our attention to the consequences. In a belt across the waist of Mother India are to be seen three of the most communal faces of
- 2004 Will Be Fought On 3 Issues: Vajpayee Vs Sonia, Nda Vs Disunited Opposition & Five Years Vs Fifty (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 16, 2003)
Fresh from overseeing his party’s successful state election campaign, Pramod Mahajan, BJP general secretary and former Union minister, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk
- Export Of Talent From Punjab (Tribune, Amrik Singh , Dec 16, 2003)
RECKONED in terms of its population, perhaps no other state in India has been exporting as much talent as Punjab has been doing. According to most well-informed estimates, more than a million Punjabis have already settled down in other countries, and the
- Development — A Reality Check (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 16, 2003)
Manufacturing is the real engine of growth, and [in India] this sector has been lagging behind in both productivity and expansion.
- Who Is Afraid Of The Immigrant? (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Dec 15, 2003)
AS I gazed at the photograph depicting a Bihari job-seeker fleeing from the two-legged hounds who call themselves Shiv Sainiks at a railway station in Mumbai last week, I was reminded of my uncle's favourite story. After his pre-university course, he had
- ‘we Want Firm Action, Not Just Reassurances’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2003)
Endorsing the views expressed in your moving editorial (Wisdom of the helmsman), December 11, permit me to add a few of my thoughts, as one whose heart is larger than his life span, at 80. My heart bled when I read about Satyendra Dubey, martyred at the a
- Of Hindutva And Governance (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 15, 2003)
Signs of Hindutva were unmistakable in the elections... [But] we are so used to equating it with belligerence that we do not notice it when it takes subtler forms.
- Doomed In The Womb? (Hindu, Asha Krishnakumar , Dec 14, 2003)
Is the fall in the number of girl children closely linked to the declining sex ratio at birth resulting from female foeticide? On the situation in the four southern States.
- What The Law Says (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
Legislation is a necessary but not a sufficient condition to enhance sex ratios.
- Ancient Village Dholavira Gets Mr Fix-It Mahajan (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 13, 2003)
The village of Dholavira, near the legendary Indus Valley site, has been a makeshift home to archaeologists. It was further pushed off the map by the killer quake three years ago. Now, it’s emerging from the ruins: telephones, drinking water, electricity,
- Behind The Election Outcomes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
A NUMBER OF explanations have been offered for the emphatic victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent round of State Assembly elections, in which the result in Delhi has been the only consolation for the Congress. However, the detailed ...
- Deserting The Workers (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 13, 2003)
THE WASHINGTON POST reached faraway Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat and came back with a story about the cruel toil of the Pagis. They are one among an estimated 25,000 families that harvest salt in barren, inhospitable places. As they work and succumb to
- What To Do About Spurious Drugs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
THE MASHELKAR COMMITTEE'S recommendations to check the proliferation of counterfeit and substandard drugs dovetail with the Government's pharmaceutical policy that was unfurled in 2002. But implementing its proposals will require a real ...
- The Isolation Of Ajit Jogi (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 12, 2003)
Remember what was said about Mussolini and his Fascists when they lost the state power that made them invincible? They were like street urchins without it. Ajit Jogi’s situation is somewhat similar, now that he’s lost the trappings of office. Neither his
- Sore Losers, Inc (Indian Express, SHREEKANT SAMBRAN , Dec 12, 2003)
In fact, the true architects of the BJP victory are Congressmen and women
- Preparing For Drought (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
Need to implement recommendations
- New Mizoram Govt On Slippery Ground (Tribune, David M. Thangliana, Dec 12, 2003)
CHIEF Minister Zoramthanga, who has been sworn in for his second term in office, says his government will concentrate on development and peace.
- Creating Jobs In Haryana (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Dec 12, 2003)
‘Suraksha Sathi’ scheme is not the answer
- Bjp Campaign Paid Dividends (Tribune, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 11, 2003)
Chhattisgarh awaits decision on Jogi’s fate
- The Strategies That Win Elections (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 10, 2003)
IN response to the article "Introspection time for Congress-I" (Business Line, December 6) by his author urging the Congress(I) to introspect on its poor performance in the Assembly elections in the Hindi heartland, a couple of readers wrote to say that..
- ‘muslims Don’t Provoke. They’re Scared. This Scared Indian Muslim Is A Big Threat To The Unity Of Our Country’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 10, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at his native village Saifi in Etawah.Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk:
- Fall Of The Reforms Messiah (Telegraph, Shaibal Gupta, Dec 10, 2003)
The Congress’s failure to factor in the OBCs and the absence of regional support for reforms account for its defeat in Madhya Pradesh
- For That Sense Of Belonging (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- Bjp Turns The Tables On Congress (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 09, 2003)
THE Bharatiya Janata Party’s sweep in three of the five states in the assembly elections — it was never a serious contender in Mizoram which nevertheless kept the Congress at bay - portends the future in more ways than one. By circumstance or design, the
- Defeat And Its Consequences (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 09, 2003)
Kudos to the BJP for overturning what most agreed was a certain Congress victory in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and a possible retention by the Congress of Madhya Pradesh. The Congress is, of course, beaten — and the pollsters more so.
- Election Lessons (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 09, 2003)
The BJP’s victory shows that the electorate, concerned with more immediate issues, has chosen a party of order over one of diffuse choices
- After The Vote (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2003)
Is the country ready for a new grammar of political contestation in which the political parties are judged by the voters for their record/promise of delivering on basic issues.
- The Great Indian Vote Trick (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 07, 2003)
My most interesting day was the day after the counting — more than the day of the voting or the day of the counting. I have read the tortuous explanations offered by analysts and columnists on the results of the elections in three States and in the Union
- Beware The Core Ideology (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Dec 07, 2003)
Standing in the courtyard of the Indian International Centre in New Delhi one morning in late October, a prominent member of the Congress think tank and an ardent advocate of the free market told me, “The Congress will have shot itself in the foot if ...
- Mature Verdict (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
IT was a tidal wave that swept the ruling Congress off its official perch in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. That it had no clue about what was in store for the party shows how far it was removed from the common people. It is not that the ...
- The Judeo Episode And After (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Dec 05, 2003)
UNTIL the advent of Mr Dilip Singh Judeo, erstwhile Minister of State for Forests and Environment, most simple people thought corruption was something to be viewed with abhorrence. No longer. None other than the Deputy Prime Minister has urged that it be
- Saffron Sweep (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
THE LOTUS HAS flowered again, and spectacularly so, in three of the four Congress(I)-ruled States that went to the polls on December 1. The victory must be that much sweeter for the Bharatiya Janata Party because in all the States it was directly pitted..
- Will The Bjp Hasten The Elections? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 05, 2003)
There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at a flood, leads onto fortune
- New Voter, New Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
Now it should remain true to intimations of a more moderate, responsive party
- Left And Laloo Ring An Alarm Bell: Cong Should Think Or Sink (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 05, 2003)
As the Congress spent the day in mourning, its allies started the process of introspection on its behalf. There is only one refrain emanating from their ranks and that is to exhort the Congress to ‘‘do a lot of rethinking’’ and aggressively go in for ...
- The Rainmaker Cometh (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 05, 2003)
Pramod Mahajan and Arun Jaitley have brought to the BJP campaign a new alchemy and have delivered.
- Information Comes At A Price (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- Elections: Does Market Know Better? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 03, 2003)
Exit polls give Madhya Pradesh to the BJP and Delhi to the Congress(I), and suggest a BJP upset in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. But does the share market know different, from the way it has been going up? Rasheeda Bhagat looks at the post-electio n scene.
- Crisis Point (Telegraph, Bhujanga, Dec 03, 2003)
Biharis in Assam are being beaten up allegedly for taking up jobs meant for the local population. This is a phenomenon happening all over India. Biharis are resented in Jharkhand while Bengalis are resented in Bihar in much the same way as Gujaratis are..
- Cultural Diplomacy By Iccr (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 03, 2003)
AS the 4th Indo-European Union Summit was approaching, the Ministry of External Affairs received reports that some members of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference, at the behest of Islamabad, were thinking of meeting European Ambassadors for focussing on the
- All Set For Round One (Business Line, Rup Lal Sharma, Dec 01, 2003)
EVERY THING is set for the electoral battle in five States, including four in the Hindi heartland. The Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Mizoram assume special significance as their outcome is likely to set the stage
- It’s Voters' Day (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2003)
TODAY is the day when the dirty tricks departments of most political parties will go on overdrive to influence the electoral verdict in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. However, it is unlikely that the Election Commission is going to be
- We’re Like This And That Only (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 01, 2003)
It's strange to be going back to the idea of “national unity”, one of those school textbook formulations that we learnt by rote. Surely we’ve been there, done that. We’ve explored the idea of India, mouthed aphorisms about unity in diversity, turned ...
- Media’s Discord Of Conduct (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 30, 2003)
Not long ago I happened to be on a flight with BJP President Venakaiah Naidu. He was returning from Jodhpur after campaigning for Vasundhara Raje and because the flight was a longish one we got talking about this and that and during the course of the ...
- ‘gujarat Govt Justified Violence, We Condemned It’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2003)
Don’t you think that the present problems in Assam are a result of mass scale unemployment in the state, the reason for which is the failure of sucessive state governments to hasten economic development
- Gold Run (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 30, 2003)
If gold prices in India have soared past Rs 6,000/10 gm, it is not exactly an Indian wedding phenomenon. The world gold market is looking extremely buoyant. In fact, the octogenarian market forecaster, Richard Russell, is so bullish that wrote in his ...
- Bijli, Sadak, Paani (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
Has development finally made it as top of the pops on the political agenda? Possibly
- Transferred Justice (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 28, 2003)
The jubilance that the Supreme Court's verdict has averted injustice asserts the pride that the Indian judicial system has the innate capacity to find just solutions. This merits introspective scrutiny.
- Political Hiccups (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 28, 2003)
A pathetic pursuit of ratings, the quest for more advertising has caused TV channels, newpapers and weeklies to focus so heavily on elections in the four northern states that Mizoram seems almost outside the Indian Union.
- Verdict Need Not Indicate Trends In Ls Poll, Feel Bjp, Congress (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Nov 28, 2003)
With pollsters forecasting a mixed verdict, the mainstream political parties, BJP and Congress, are wary of projecting the coming Assembly contests as a curtain raiser for the Lok Sabha elections next year.
- Rural India And Media: Emerging Permutations (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 28, 2003)
It is all about the dialectics of change in the Indian media. The novelty is that for once this change is not being triggered by anything that is happening in the urban pockets of the country.
- Shell, Totalfina Gas Supply Bid In Trouble — No Financial Back-Up From Parent (Business Line, Balaji C. Mouli, Nov 27, 2003)
GLOBAL energy major Shell and TotalFina-Yemen LNG's bids for supply of 3 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) proposed 2600 MW capacity addition in Gujarat are in trouble, according to industry sourc
- A Bitter Cup For Sugarcane Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 26, 2003)
The Centre has set up a committee to study the sugarcane pricing situation. While appointing the panel was a good idea, the committee itself seems to have a weak structure, with mills and farmers finding no representation. Nor does the panel have a watert
- A Bitter Cup For Sugarcane Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 26, 2003)
The Centre has set up a committee to study the sugarcane pricing situation. While appointing the panel was a good idea, the committee itself seems to have a weak structure, with mills and farmers finding no representation. Nor does the panel have a watert
- Sustaining The Centre's Myth (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 26, 2003)
We have heard the jarring notes from Assam to Maharashtra. These are timely reminders of the precariousness that continues to define the Centre's myth.
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Indian Express, Anu R Aga, Nov 26, 2003)
In the past few years there has been much talk about ‘‘corporate social responsibility’’ (CSR). It has become a leading topic at World Economic Forum meetings. Economist Adam Smith, who wrote the bible of capitalism, Wealth of Nations, more importantly a
- A Bitter Cup For Sugarcane Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Nov 26, 2003)
The Centre has set up a committee to study the sugarcane pricing situation. While appointing the panel was a good idea, the committee itself seems to have a weak structure, with mills and farmers finding no representation. Nor does the panel have a watert
- Convicted, 15 To Be Sentenced Today For Role In Gujarat Massacre (Indian Express, Ashok Bagriya, Nov 25, 2003)
In the first major conviction in a post-Godhra riot case, the Nadiad sessions court today convicted 15 persons for the massacre of 14 Muslims in Ghodasar village. The court acquitted 48 other accused.
- Talking With Shah Rukh Khan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 25, 2003)
‘I am Islamic, I am a Muslim... but also a true blue Indian. And nobody can take that right away from me’
- Mid-Caps Hold Market; Spl Margins Hit Sentiment (Business Line, C. Raja Rajeshwari, Nov 25, 2003)
THE news of the BSE revising special margins on 92 stocks affected the market sentiment pushing the BSE Sensex into negative territory on Monday.
Though the Sensex opened firm at 4,852.12 points (up by 13.58 points), it languished in the negative terr
- Cotton Prices Down On Heavy Arrivals (Business Line, Dhimant Bhatt, Nov 25, 2003)
"Export demand is mild and so is cotton mills demand locally."
- For An Ocean Outlook (Hindu, B.G. Verghese, Nov 25, 2003)
India's perspective on the world is indeed changing. But the pace needs to be quickened and the ocean dimension never forgotten.
- A Just Case For Transfer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
Since Gujarat cannot guarantee justice, there is no other way. For the moment
- The Cbi Should Be Given A Free Hand To Investigate The Fake Stamp Paper Scandal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
The decision of the Union Government to ask the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take up the investigation into the fake stamp paper scandal, which had surfaced in several States, has come not a day too soon.
- Firing Line: Ashok Gehlot, Cm, Rajasthan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
'Casteism? We suggested economic reservations'
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