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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Muslim Problem Is About Justice (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 29, 2007)
The day we realise that our Muslim problem is not about secularism and communalism but about justice we will come closer to dealing with it. But, as we saw from reactions to Tehelka’s sting operation, we are still a long way from understanding . . . .
- ‘In The Tulsidas Ramayan, Sita Is Not Ram’S Wife But His Sister. Only In The Valmiki Ramayan Is She His Wife’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
Do you think that, over the last 10-15 years, coalition politics has been the antidote to the poison of separatism?
- Desires, To Die For (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
The nest in the blue pine spews out a feathery fledgling. It has to learn to fend for itself or perish in the jungle.
- Class Apart, Some Mps (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
What does globalisation have to do with caste relations in India? How does secularism differ from country to country? Can game theory be used to negotiate stable political coalitions? Read on.
- The Best And Worst Of Khushwant Singh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
These books are handsomely hardbound and easy on the eye, but except 'Train to Pakistan', some of the matter has lost relevance today.
- It's A Grand Alliance Against Modi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
In a significant development which could have immense bearing on the two-phased assembly elections in Gujarat, on December 11 & 16, Congress has agreed upon a seat-sharing formula with BJP rebels as well as Nationalist Congress Party.
- The Rizwanur Tragedy: Love And Utility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
We are living at a time characterised by what Karl Marx once regarded as "commodity fetishism", writes Avijit Pathak.
- Found Guilty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 29, 2007)
Tehelka expose is a reminder that justice is still undone.
- Mirroring A Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- Around Midnight (OutLook, Mushirul Hasan, Oct 27, 2007)
Phillips Talbot, president emeritus of the Asia Society in the United States, is the latest author to add his voice to the complex debates on India’s Partition. He saw it all—the progress and impact of the Second World War on the subcontinent . . . .
- Punish The Guilty On Tehelka Tapes: Nris (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Reacting to the Tehelka sting operation on the 2002 Gujarat riots, a coalition of Indian-American organisations, the Indian National Overseas Congress and the Indian Muslim Council-USA have demanded action against the people who admitted on tape to partic
- Uk To Fight Forced Asian Marriages (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
After years of finding itself unable to deal with the phenomenon of South Asian families in Britain forcing their children to marry people from the Indian sub-continent, the British government has now stepped up measures to tackle the problem.
- ‘Collector Acted On His Own, No Order From Gujarat Poll Panel’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
No instruction has been issued by the State Election Commission to black out telecast of the Tehelka expose on the 2002 communal riots.
- Despair And Despondence (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 27, 2007)
The Prime Minister is sad, and competitive politics and fractured mandate have been formally identified as the culprits.
- That Man From Louisiana (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Many, in the United States and abroad, have been dismayed by the intolerance and downright ugliness that has crept into American politics since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Yet, for all the unseemliness in the American political firmament. . .
- Need For Self-Effort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
There is a saying that if a person attains Self-realisation generations of his lineage before and after him become blessed. It is logical to doubt how this can be possible as ignorance, which is the cause of bondage, afflicts every individual. . .
- Jd(s) Backs M.P. Prakash (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Oct 27, 2007)
Political developments in Karnataka took a new turn on Friday with the JD(S) leadership deciding to back the party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister, M.P. Prakash, if the Congress offers him the Chief Ministership.
- India Wedding Registration Ruling (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's Supreme Court has again insisted that registration of all marriages in the country is compulsory and applies to everyone.
- Bjp Dismisses Gujarat Riot Claims (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's main opposition party has dismissed claims that its government in the state of Gujarat supported violence against Muslims in 2002.
- Hindus Detail Indian Riots From 2002 (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Five years after one of India's worst episodes of Hindu-Muslim violence, a series of videotaped confessions released Thursday showed Hindu activists acknowledging their roles in the killings and detailing blatant state collusion.
- How The Kashmir Crisis Began (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
It's 60 years exactly since one of the world's most enduring conflict zones, the Kashmir valley, first erupted in violence. The BBC's former Delhi correspondent, Andrew Whitehead, looks back on how the Kashmir crisis started.
- Poll Lifeline For Modi In Riot Sting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
In Gujarat’s poll arena, it’s the BJP and not the Congress that will be milking the Tehelka sting on Narendra Modi and his riot henchmen.
- 'Punish Those Shown Guilty On Tehelka Tapes' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Reacting to the Tehelka sting operation on the 2002 Gujarat riots, a coalition of Indian-American organisations, the Indian National Overseas Congress and Indian Muslim Council-USA have demanded action against the persons who admitted on tape to participa
- Sensex Regains 19k (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Bulls again led Sensex to a new high on Friday after market regulator SEBI decided on Thursday to allow more foreign investors like pension and university funds to invest in Indian stocks while regulating inflows through PNs.
- Bonds Of Marriage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 27, 2007)
The Supreme Court's directive to all States and Union Territories to enact suitable legislation that will make the registration of all marriages, irrespective of the religion of the couples, compulsory, is a welcome move in the right direction.
- Pakistan’S Big B (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
Several newspapers have portrayed a hopeful picture of Pakistan, now that Benazir Bhutto is back in the country.
- Surround Festive Sound (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Oct 26, 2007)
You will get much further with the Lord if you learn not to offend His ears. I wish someone would convert Henry Higgins’s cryptic suggestion to Eliza Doolittle into the Eleventh Commandment.
- Is Bjp Alienating Another Ally? (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Oct 26, 2007)
If murmurs of protest from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal leadership in Punjab are any indicator, the BJP appears to be following a plan through which it is all set to alienate yet another partner from its much depleted National Democratic . . . .
- Janata Dal (S) Keen On Polls: Deve Gowda (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Oct 26, 2007)
Former Prime Minister and president of the Janata Dal (Secular), H.D. Deve Gowda, on Thursday spiked reports of his party aligning with the Congress to form a government in the State.
- Comed-K May Go By Last Year’S Formula (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Without a Government in place to negotiate, the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K) is likely to go by last year’s consensus formula for fee structure and sharing of the postgraduate medical and . . . .
- Register All Marriages: Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 26, 2007)
Order covers all religions across the length and breadth of the country
- Ahead Of Polls, Gujarat Riots Haunt Modi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The victims, the state government, the courts and social activists have all spoken out on the 2002 Gujarat riots, said to be the worst communal strife since Independence.
- Registration Of Marriages A Must In 3 Months: Sc (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday reminded states that they had to comply with its directions for compulsory registration of all marriages, and that it would apply to all religious communities.
- Register All Marriages: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the states and union territories to make provisions in three months for compulsory registration of marriages, irrespective of his or her religious affiliations.
- Weaponisation Phase: Tejas Fires Its First Missile (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has fired its first missile marking the beginning of the weaponisation phase of the home grown fighter, which is slated to be inducted in the Indian Air force by 2010.
- People Continue To Flee Homes In Nandigram Amid Renewed Violence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Over 250 have left in the last three days following threats
Houses looted and extortion is rampant
Government considering paying compensation
- Tehelka Blames It On Sangh Parivar, Modi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Tehelka on Thursday claimed that it had “irrefutable” evidence that the killings of Muslims post-Godhra train carnage in Gujarat was “not a spontaneous swell of anger but a genocide” planned and executed by top functionaries of the. . .
- Harvest Of Hatred (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2007)
ALTHOUGH the Coimbatore serial blasts case of 1998 involved major offences, including criminal conspiracy, multiple murders and use of deadly explosives, the Special Court avoided pronouncing any capital punishment on Wednesday and Thursday.
- Get Tough With Myanmar, Hillary Tells Manmohan (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 26, 2007)
The US Senate's 16 women members have sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to press the Myanmar’s military junta to end its crackdown on Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists in the country.
- Sc: Register All Marriages (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court today gave states and Union Territories three months to make registration of marriage compulsory for all religions.
- Outcome Of Talks With Left Unclear: Pranab (Hindustan Times, Amit Baruah, Oct 26, 2007)
Yes to making efforts, no to predicting outcomes. That was External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's repeated response to questions from the Hindustan Times whether the civil nuclear deal with the United States could be salvaged in the face. . .
- Sc: Register All Marriages (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court today gave three months’ final deadline to the states and Union Territories to frame laws to make the registration of marriages compulsory, as a majority of them have failed to comply with its earlier order of February 2006. . .
- Kashmir Integral To The India Story (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2007)
Today the relationship between India and the state of Jammu and Kashmir completes sixty years. It was on this day, October 26, 1947, that the ruler of the state, Maharaja Hari Singh, signed the Instrument of Accession with the government of . . . .
- 'Make Law To Log All Marriages In 90 Days' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday set a fresh three-month deadline for states and union territories to frame necessary rules to make registration of marriage compulsory, irrespective of religion, after most of them failed to adhere to an earlier order.
- Diwali To Be A Festival Of Religious Significance In Us (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Oct 26, 2007)
The US House of Representatives will soon take up a legislation to formally recognise Diwali as a festival of "religious and historical significance".
- Register Marriages In All Religions: Sc (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Oct 26, 2007)
It is now official. Marriages under all religions will be registered.
- It Was Genocide (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Oct 25, 2007)
The editorial, "Dr Hollow Cause" (October 20) raises objection to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks on the Gujarat 'genocide' (2002) and challenges him to "repeat the word Holocaust" during election meetings in Gujarat.
- Split In Janata Dal (Secular) Averted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A split in the Janata Dal (Secular) that appeared imminent on Tuesday has been averted. The former Deputy Chief Minister, M.P. Prakash, who in virtual defiance of the party led a group of legislators to New Delhi for talks with Congress leaders . . . . .
- He Lost 22 Family Members In Tribal Invasion (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Oct 25, 2007)
While the entire country will be celebrating 60 years of accession of Jammu and Kashmir with the union of India, the horrific memories of Partition are still haunting 75-year-old Jagdish Lal Tandon, who lost 22 of his family members in . . . .
- Rs. 5.2-Crore Action Plan For Horticulture Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
National Horticulture Mission was launched in Raichur district in March
Department has chalked out several programmes that attract subsidy
‘Thrust will be on large-scale plantation of
fruit-bearing plants’
- For Manmohan, N-Deal Was Not A Prestige Issue (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is "doing his job" without being distracted by reports that the logjam over the Indo-US nuclear deal has left him 'sad, depressed, dejected or lonely', sources in the PMO said on Wednesday.
- A Difficult Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2007)
Imagine ballroom dancers who both think their partner is preparing to stick a dagger into their back, and you have a good idea of where India-Pakistan dialogue on terrorism stands.
- Karnataka’S Thriving Tibetan Settlement (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
With heavy maroon robes flapping in the wind, auto-rickshaws speeding down an empty road, seated inside are three bald novices, Buddhist monks on their way to Kushalnagar to watch a film.
- Sanjay Dutt Returns To Prison (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, jailed for buying weapons from bombers who attacked Mumbai in 1993, has returned to an Indian prison.
- Policing Issues (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Oct 25, 2007)
The need to protect law-abiding people, especially senior citizens, women and children, from street bullies is as important as the fight against terrorism.
- Coalition Dharma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2007)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh would have found quite a few sympathisers when he spoke about the difficulties a fractured mandate throws up.
- Contrasting Tales Of Resurgence (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 25, 2007)
Even if things fall apart on the Indo-US nuclear deal and elections are held early, the polls will be a proper democratic exercise, unlike in Pakistan, where a free and fair election and democracy are still a mirage.
- City With A Future (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
IN his “edict”, Le Corbusier summed up his own estimation of what he had accomplished with Chandigarh by saying that it was planned to “human scale”. The city’s architect had attempted to put its residents in touch with nature, while allowing for . . . .
- Hindus Sentenced Over India Riots (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A court in India has sentenced 15 Hindus to life imprisonment for murder and other crimes during riots following the destruction of a mosque in 1992.
- Life Terms Over 1998 India Bombs (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A court in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has sentenced 23 people to life in prison in connection with a series of bombs nine years ago.
- Southern Revolt (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The book identifies the revolt by sepoys in Vellore in 1806 as what Hobsbawm calls “proto nationalism”.
- Spirit Of Unity (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 25, 2007)
The systems of governance prevail and are seen as enduring, to be looked up to for redress in times of chaos in the country.
- Cinema And Real Life (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2007)
A society of castes not only creates a diabolical mind but also kills all values of humanity. The caste cultural values force us to speak morality but makes us act on immoral beliefs...
- Rs. 50-Crore Vintage Car Museum To Come Up In Bangalore (Hindu, Shankar Bennur, Oct 24, 2007)
A museum of vintage and classic cars has been planned in Bangalore. Karnataka Vintage and Classic Car Club has acquired a four-acre plot at Rajarajeshwari Nagar for the museum with a floor space of two lakh square feet accommodate over 300 cars.
- The Common Enemy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007)
THE reiteration of commitment by India and Pakistan on Monday to working together to curb terrorism in their countries is welcome.
- Manmohan Is Sad, Helpless: Jaitley (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Can a “sad Prime Minister” lead a “resurgent nation,” asked Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Arun Jaitley here on Tuesday.
- Unpa-Left For Common Approach To Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Understanding reached at meeting on stance to be taken in Parliament
- Early Winter Session Likely (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The Union government is considering advancing the winter session of Parliament to meet in the first half of November and shortening the duration.
- The Pm Must Stand Firm (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 24, 2007)
So, is he going to quit? Many feel he ought to go. On Monday, Ram Jethmalani dashed off a furious letter to the prime minister asking him to resign since he can't get the Left to agree not to oppose the US-India nuclear deal.
- N-Deal Politics Reflect Divided Nationalism (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 24, 2007)
Whether or not the Indo-US nuclear deal goes through, the bickering among the ruling Congress party, which wants to set the seal on the agreement, its coalition partner the CPM and the opposition BJP, unfortunately reveals sharp political . . . .
- Valley Of Stupas (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 24, 2007)
The Krishna Valley region has a rich heritage of Buddhist art befitting one of the greatest centres of Buddhism.
- A Radical Legacy (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Bhagat Singh and his comrades belong to those momentous decades in Indian history – the late 1920s and 30s – when options were more open, popular aspirations ran high and “revolution” and “national liberation” were current in the political . . . .
- No-Win Situation (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Oct 24, 2007)
PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh’s public presentations on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal have, as a rule, been characterised by an element of drama. In his spirited promotion of the deal he went to the extent of throwing down a challenge of midterm . . . .
- Other Voices - American Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007)
IT’S not much of a murder mystery because the culprit is always the same: Public libraries get killed by local government budget slashers.
- Janata Dal(s) President H.D. Deve Gowda On The Karnataka Crisis (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Oct 24, 2007)
A CENTRAL figure in the ongoing political change in Karnataka is former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) H.D. Deve Gowda, the hardy perennial of regional politics in India.
- Why I Am An Atheist (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Excerpts from the article Bhagat Singh wrote in reply to a remark made by Bhai Randhir Singh, a Ghadarite, in Lahore Central Jail in 1930-31.
- ‘Liberate Him From Misinterpretations’ (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Bhagat Singh, who created a stir through his revolutionary ideas and courageous actions, stands alone in the galaxy of martyrs for his maturity as a thinker who had an alternative framework of governance for independent India.
- Bhagat Singh (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
THE revolutionary nationalist phase of the freedom struggle, of which Bhagat Singh was an iconic figure, was a brief, powerful and violent episode in a movement otherwise considered to be peaceful.
- Special Article (Statesman, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 23, 2007)
There is a saying in Bengali, pagoler go badhey ananda. It means that a mad man rejoices at the killing of a cow.
- N-Deal On Hold For Now: Centre (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Shying away from admitting that it had put the contentious Indo-US nuclear deal into cold storage, the Manmohan Singh government today, however, sent clear signals that it would not be able to push through the deal by stepping over its . . . . .
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