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Articles 4221 through 4320 of 4523:
- Thank You, Mr Modi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
On Independence Day weekend we treasure this reminder of our fragile freedoms
- Before The Whining Drowns It Out, Listen To The New India (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 15, 2003)
Twenty to twenty-five years ago, even 10 years ago, few of us had heard of Information Technology. Today, exports from this industry are worth $10 billion — that is, over Rs 45,000 crore a year. That figure is 20 per cent of our total exports.
- Caught In An Fbi Sting, Buzz In Ghatkopar (Indian Express, J. Dey, Aug 15, 2003)
He’s the FBI’s latest catch, a Briton of Indian descent who hawks missiles, someone who probably dealt with the Mumbai underworld. But in Ghatkopar, where Hemant Lakhani started small in a single room-kitchen apartment on Cama Lane, there’s buzz of a ...
- Vajpayee Steps In To End Cancun Spat (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Aug 14, 2003)
The Government’s in a spot with the Agriculture and Commerce ministries battling over issues concerning negotiations at the Cancun round of talks under the aegis of WTO next month.
- With Caution To Cancun (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Aug 14, 2003)
URUGUAY 1986, Seattle 1999, Doha 2001 and now Cancun 2003. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) seems to be inching forward on a tortuous path which may end in despair for the developing world as a whole with the possible exception of China.
- Tomorrow, It’s A New Day (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Aug 14, 2003)
During my college days, on an Independence Day eve, I wanted to contribute an essay to a newspaper in Patna. After toying with several catchy titles for the essay, the best I could come up with was: “India of My Dreams.” A tired expression used zillions
- Hold Your Fire On Loc, In Valley: General To India (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 13, 2003)
Unleashing his familiar charm offensive on visiting Indian MPs over tea and apple juice in the glittering reception hall of Pakistan’s Aiwan-e-Sadr, President Prevez Musharraf today said India must agree to cease fire on the Line of Control and in the
- The Case Against Retrial (Indian Express, M. N. BUCH, Aug 13, 2003)
In the Best Bakery case the fast track trial court acquitted the accused persons because there was lack of evidence and the prosecution witnesses turned hostile. This has led to howls of protest, with civil rights activists demanding retrial in tones ...
- Who's Afraid Of A Uniform Civil Code? (Hindu, B.G. Verghese, Aug 13, 2003)
A uniform civil code will focus on rights, leaving the rituals embodied in personal law intact within the bounds of constitutional propriety.
- Per Capita Income Growth In The States (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Aug 12, 2003)
Much of the discussion of the growth performance of States stems from perceptions of aggregate output performance rather than per capita output growth. In this edition of Macroscan, investigate trends in per capita State Domestic Production of the major
- Law Will Target Hostile Witness, Offers No Relief To Zaheeras (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 12, 2003)
While the Best Bakery case has highlighted the need to protect witnesses, the Union Cabinet today cleared a legislative proposal that seeks to punish ‘‘hostile’’ witnesses like Zaheera Sheikh and her mother.
- Award And Caveat (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 11, 2003)
I DO not want to be hypocritical and join the chorus of those who are singing hallelujahs to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Mr J. M. Lyngdoh, for being the recipient of this year's Magsaysay award. I know that many will consider me churlish, but
- Congress Lags Behind Eager Bjp (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 11, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani has everyone guessing about what lies behind his suggestion that Lok Sabha and assembly elections should be clubbed. Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat prepared the ground for the debate. Politicians rarely enunciate
- A System On Trial (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2003)
The Best Bakery case highlights the need for new changes and use of old provisions
- Achuthan’s Order (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 10, 2003)
Reports about Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) order in the Kishore Chhabria-Vijay Mallya dispute suggest that SAT has overturned the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) ruling against Chhabria. But the order has an interesting twist. In
- The Shah Bano Legacy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
THE SHAH Bano case was a milestone in the Muslim women's search for justice and the beginning of the political battle over personal law. A 60-year-old woman went to court asking maintenance from her husband who had divorced her. The court ruled in her
- Muted Voices Of Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
THE WORK done by women's organisations working with Muslim women has, over the last decade, created an environment where they are asking for change. According to Hasina Khan of the Mumbai-based Awaz-e-Niswaan "70 to 80 per cent of women want a change in
- Generation Next Meets (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 10, 2003)
The younger generation of two important political families met for the first time at a special film showing of the movie Chalte Chalte in Delhi last week. There was an instant rapport between Misa, the eldest daughter of Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi,
- Supreme Court ’s Message: No More Zaheeras (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 09, 2003)
Gujarat govt told to report on action taken to protect witnesses; also show its appeal
- No Sufia, Not You (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Aug 08, 2003)
What could drive a soft-spoken, God-fearing doctor to inhumanity? What could lead him to believe his God wanted him to learn about explosives, and then detonate bombs in buses and trains? What did he feel when his innocent victims were literally torn ...
- Modi Realises He Better Do Something (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
Day before SC hears NHRC petition, Gujarat files appeal challenging verdict, blames trial court
- ‘i Don’t Want You To Recall My Face’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
That single photograph of a face and folded hands told the story of the Gujarat riots. But Kutubuddin Ansari today believes his face has become his enemy.
- It’s About Rule Of Law, Mr Modi (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 07, 2003)
Narendra Modi wants to dig out records of how India has dealt with riot and terrorism cases right from Independence. In his open letter to the president, Modi expresses the confidence that if such data is compiled state-wise and year-wise, it will expose
- Riot Face Gets Roof Over Head: Kolkata (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay, Aug 07, 2003)
Remember Qutubuddin Nasiruddin Ansari? The face of Gujarat riot victims — the photograph of the man weeping and begging for his life with folded hands was carried by newspapers across the world — will be settling down in Kolkata this month, courtesy the
- Modi Note Should Go To President Kalam’s Trashcan, Says Oppn (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 07, 2003)
The President, under India’s parliamentary system, has no individual discretion on matters regarding governance and administration, and therefore Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s letter to President A P J Kalam is nothing short of a ‘‘distasteful
- Because Ayesha’s Consent Matters (Indian Express, Murlidhar C. Chandare, Aug 06, 2003)
Ayesha attended one of the legal awareness camps. She had come with her two young daughters, Amina and Aziza. The speakers had impressed upon the participants that under our Constitution women had equal rights with men.
- Dear Mr President... (Indian Express, Narendra Modi, Aug 06, 2003)
Dear Mr President... Text of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi’s letter to President A P J Abdul Kalam urging him to direct compilation of details of convictions and acquittals in all major group clashes and communal riots in India since Independence and
- What He Doesn’t Attach With Letter (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 06, 2003)
‘Best Bakery collapse exposes state govt’s hollow claims it will ensure justice’
- Of Ram Temple And Elections (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 06, 2003)
Two statements by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and his deputy, Mr L. K. Advani, one on building the Ram temple at Ayodhya and synchronising Lok Sabha and Assembly elections virtually set the cat among the pigeons and the Opposition party
- Modi Files Appeal, In Rashtrapati Bhavan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
In a highly unusual move that raises questions of constitutional propriety, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has sent a letter to President A P J Abdul Kalam complaining about the NHRC’s intervention in the Best Bakery case.
- Relax, Mandela Isn’t Coming, He’s Working On A Book (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Aug 05, 2003)
Nelson Mandela isn’t coming to Gujarat. No, it’s not because Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s outraged critics have stuffed the veteran leader’s mailbox with impassioned petitions. The reasons’s far more mundane: the former South African president is wo
- ‘to Make Sure We Build World-Class Business, We’ll (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 04, 2003)
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City in Navi Mumbai. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk
- I&b Asks For Censor Certificates, Leaves Filmmakers Miffed (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Aug 04, 2003)
The Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) in its seventh year, 2004, will achieve a dubious first. It will be the first international festival to make censoring mandatory for participating films.
- Lost In A Swiss Dream, She Wakes Up To Her Up Village (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Aug 04, 2003)
After such a long journey, Shezadi Reist has gone back to Switzerland. On Saturday, she boarded a flight from the Babatpur airport in Varanasi along with her husband Stefan, while her family and Madiaon villagers watched.
- Four Acres Of Fashion, Fourteen Of A Funeral (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 04, 2003)
Want to buy the TV channels a ruler so they develop a sense of scale. The India Fashion Week receives more prominence than Kargil Divas, the National Film Awards are telecast live on TV (Zee) but the First National AIDS Convention (on the same day) is ...
- Resurgent Tribalism In Fiji (Hindu, Sam Rajappa, Aug 04, 2003)
Over decades, the gulf between the indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians has widened.
- ‘he Offered Cash To Start The Fire’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
Sabarmati train carnage: Gujarat HC dismisses special criminal plea of Maulana Hussain Umarji
- Newsreel: 27.07.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
INSTITUTIONS, not individuals, is what makes a democracy tick. Against a backdrop of farcical investigations and fleeing victims, the National Human Rights Commission decides to take the Best Bakery case — one among the many gruesome incidents during the
- Officer In Cbi Net Ropes Big Fish For Prime Mumbai Plot (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Aug 03, 2003)
What might the chief of naval staff, a Shiv Sena MLC, a promoter under CBI investigation, IAS officers, a local army commander and ‘Kargil Heroes’ have in common?
- ‘rituals Can Be Governed By Religion, But Rights Must Be As Per Constitution’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
Can the Deputy PM be treated differently than an ordinary citizen in the court of law? Can’t the Law Ministry or any concerned party place the entire chargesheet as a PIL before the appropriate court? Hasmukh A Mehta Every person irrespective of the
- The James-Justice Test (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 02, 2003)
How would the Best Bakery picture now look from Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s exalted perch? With smoke still rising in rioting Gujarat he had openly, and emotionally, reminded Narendra Modi on his rajdharma. His deputy, L.K. Advani, has said often that what
- Nepal: The Real Hindu Sthan? (Indian Express, Anil Chamadia, Aug 02, 2003)
Which is the state in the world where the ‘one nation, one people, one culture’ weltanschauung of the Hindu rashtra is already in place? To put it more bluntly, which is the state in the world which has made religious conversion an offence and where the
- Iim Comes To Freshen North Block Air (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 02, 2003)
In his quest for a qualitative change in governance in today’s complex and competitive environment, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani has roped in two top management gurus from Ahmedabad to train senior bureaucrats in the fine art of leadership.
- Cornered, Gujarat Govt Looks At Hc Exit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2003)
With the BJP continuing its attack on the NHRC—party spokesman V K Malhotra said the commission could be perceived as ‘‘anti-Hindu’’—two senior Gujarat ministers arrived in New Delhi to meet Law Minister Arun Jaitley to explore what their next step should
- Sangh Gives Nhrc Its Cec Treatment (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2003)
Just as it had done with the CEC during the polls, the Sangh Parivar slammed the NHRC today, ccusing it of being biased and partisan.
- Anand’s Plea Will Be Tested Against Anand’s Verdict (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 01, 2003)
It's just a coincidence but it could prove to be crucial to the future of the NHRC’s extraordinary petition: a judgment delivered five years ago by none other than Justice A S Anand himself—who is now NHRC chief.
- Ploughing On With Divestment (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2003)
THE PUNJAB GOVERNMENT can hardly be faulted for the process of divesting its stake in the profitable Punjab Tractors though the exercise left only a solitary bidder and fetched a price that was at a slight discount to the current market price. It really
- ‘justice Supreme, Ball In Your Court’ (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 01, 2003)
NHRC moves SC for re-opening Best Bakery case n And shifting of key cases, including Godhra, outside Gujarat
- Rejection Slips Only? Not Really (Indian Express, J.S. Rajput, Aug 01, 2003)
The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) stands for professionalism in school education planning and development. Since 1961, this institution has acquired a quiet dignity in the world of curriculum modernisation. In recent years
- Ram Versus Ramani (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 01, 2003)
Mumbai is the hip slick town. But it’s also a conservative small town. During the recent Fashion Week, naked adolescents strolled up and down ramps, screaming that they love to “purrtie”(party). Men dressed in porno-chic stomped about with sindoor in
- Now That The Nhrc Has Made Its Courageous Move, The Nation Looks To The Court (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2003)
Last month the tidy acquittal of all 21 accused by the fast track court in the Best Bakery case was a betrayal of justice, and hope. It was a message that survivors and relatives of the victims of that gruesome massacre would not be permitted any closure.
- Best Bakery, Highest Court (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 31, 2003)
Zaheera Sheikh and her mother Sehrunissa Sheikh will get a second shot at justice. Making what is arguably its most activist move ever, the National Human Rights Commission has decided to file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court asking for a
- Cec Lyngdoh Gets Magsaysay For Standing Up To J&k Militants And Modi (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 31, 2003)
The normally stern James Michael Lyngdoh, who’s preparing to conduct his last elections in November as he demits office of the Chief Election Commissioner in February 2004, was all smiles today when news came in that he had been awarded this year’s Ramon
- Mumbaikar’s Agony (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2003)
This is the time for government and opposition to work together to defeat a common threat
- The Bane Of Bureaucracy (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Jul 31, 2003)
THE ratio of modal incomes in the government and the public sector to modal incomes in the private sector is 5.08 in India (Business Line, July 10). This data only confirms the popular perception that bureaucrats and public sector employees look after the
- As Metros Clean Up Their Air, Look Who Are Proud To Be The Dirtiest Dozen (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 30, 2003)
Ahmedabad air worst; next Kanpur, Solapur, Lucknow, all waiting to be pushed, prodded
- System Failure (Indian Express, Jyoti Punwani, Jul 30, 2003)
Make police officials accountable for witnesses turning hostile in riot cases
- Mayawati Overplays Hand, Burns Fingers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2003)
Less than 24 hours after she breathed fire demanding the dismissal of Union Minister Jagmohan over the Taj controversy, a sheepish Mayawati fell into line—at least, for now.
- Tale Of A Memorial: Now Here, Nowhere (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Jul 28, 2003)
It took Gujarat eight decades to set up a memorial to the hundreds of tribals killed by the British in a massacre said to be worse than Jallianwala Bagh. But it took the opposition Congress little time to run it down since it was erected a kilometre away
- History With A Twist (Hindu, Timeri N. Murari , Jul 28, 2003)
We are back in the 1950s, and back in history too. Except, instead of bringing people to the jobs, the jobs go out to the people where they live.
- Dhoot, Bhoot, Jhoot (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jul 27, 2003)
Ever since the death of Dayanand Sahay, an MP from Bihar, rumour has gained ground that the bungalow in which he lived on Pandit Pant Marg is haunted. The Parliamentary housing committee claims that it offered the house to 15 MPs, all of whom declined
- Vhp Rampage (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jul 27, 2003)
Let kids learn Ram is superman, take Parivar exam; Mahabharata next year for std VII-VIII
- Is India's `Best' Justice Good Enough? (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jul 25, 2003)
Indian justice came to be tested in the Best Bakery riots case... Unfortunately, it has been put in doubt.
- In Search Of Leader Regulators (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Jul 23, 2003)
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." — Chinese proverb.
INDIAN regulatory reforms have not quite outsmarted other institutional reforms in terms of tardiness. But this in itself may be salutary and afford time for constructive ...
- Is Rajnath Singh Tilting At Windmills? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 23, 2003)
In cutting the farm credit rate and the Rs 600-crore package for sugarcane farmers, the Government has a larger intention than merely a concern for the agriculture sector, says Sharad Joshi, looking at two packages and their implications.
- Gujarat Gaurav Yatra Via Geneva (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Jul 22, 2003)
Prepare for another gaurav yatra in Gujarat. Chief Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to accord state honour to late Shyamji Krishna Varma, a veteran freedom fighter and first president of Bombay Arya Samaj, whose ashes will be taken through key districts
- ‘there Is A Gap Now, But I’ll Always Remain Their (The Gandhis) Friend’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 22, 2003)
From his days as a budding actor to absolute stardom, to his failure in politics and his comeback as a star reborn — Amitabh Bachchan tells Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, how he has coped with it all. Excerpts from the tete-a-tete at
- Tamil Nadu's Assault On Elitism (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 21, 2003)
WHEN "Tilting Tamil Nadu towards prosperity" was written at the time of the Tamil New Year in 2002, there was unbounded hope that the State Tamil Nadu will be transformed into India's foremost State (Business Line, April 16, 2002). The hope was founded on
- Negligent Karnataka (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 21, 2003)
RECENTLY, I had occasion to go on a sightseeing tour of Kerala and Karnataka with my relations who had come from the US. Kerala lived up to the brand image it has successfully built up all over the world as "God's own country". Indeed, this is how tourist
- `India Is One Of Three Growth Markets For Gm' - Mr Aditya Vij, President And Managing Director, General Motors India (Business Line, N. Ramakrishnan , Jul 18, 2003)
General Motors India, which till recently had products in the C segment, has, in the last few months, introduced a luxury car, a hatchback, a utility vehicle and a mid-size sedan. The company says it is working on two other programmes even as it has made
- Best Case: Towards A Better Verdict (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jul 18, 2003)
On June 27, shockwaves rocked the country as all the 21 accused in the Best Bakery case were acquitted. Days later, the worst fears were confirmed when two of the star witnesses who turned hostile — Zaheera Sheikh, daughter of the bakery-owner, and her
- Qayamat’s Day Of Judgement (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Jul 18, 2003)
Want to know the mind of Indian Muslims? Turn to Bollywood. It will tell you, in its own “innovative” style, why most Indian Muslims are Pakistanis at heart. Or how they readily agree to be hirelings of the ISI. Painting Indian Muslims as fanatics, go
- Criminal Justice Reviewed (Hindu, K N Bhat, Jul 18, 2003)
The core philosophy behind the Malimath Committee's recommendation is that the criminal justice system should aim at finding out the truth.
- The Politics Of Pull-Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE'S decision to pull out of the ruling National Democratic Alliance has been a long time coming. The eventual rupture may have been the result of a slew of causes, but the principal reason for the withdrawal is the looming ...
- Save Hinduism From Hindus (Indian Express, KAUSHIK BASU, Jul 15, 2003)
Besides being morally wrong, events like Babri Masjid demolition, Gujarat riots harm Hinduism itself
- Congress Plans Its Game (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 14, 2003)
The immediate euphoria of Shimla is over, but it had undoubtedly enthused party leaders in the Congress, as they knuckled down to strategise for the 2004 elections. Shimla was different from the other brainstorming sessions the party has held.
- Cas: Confusion, Anarchy, Strife (Indian Express, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jul 14, 2003)
CAS should not stand for Conditional Access Systems for cable television viewers. The acronym has come to mean confusion, anarchy and strife. Just about every section of the television industry — broadcasters, advertisers, television programme producers,
- Newsreel: 13.07.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2003)
WITH threat rather than compromise being the Sangh’s key theme, the most-watched attempt towards a ‘‘negotiated, out-of-court settlement’’ of the Ayodhya dispute — which has haunted the political landscape for over 15 years — gets a noisy burial as the
- Omar Breaks Free, Of Father And Nda (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jul 13, 2003)
Rattled by the consolidation of Mufti Mohammad Syed’s People’s Democratic Party and the steady rise of doves within the separatist Hurriyat, the National Conference today snapped its ties with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in a bid to position
- Biased Bakery (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 13, 2003)
If Zaheera Sheikh and her mother Sehrunissa were Godhra victims, their story would have been different. Very different, for if you compare the way the Narendra Modi Government has gone about getting justice for the Godhra attack, it would seem the Best
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