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Articles 2121 through 2220 of 3686:
- Autonomy Needs A Decent Burial (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Jan 29, 2005)
The last time the BBC was in news, it was for its news. Heads rolled. Doordarshan’s News is seldom in news for its content. Officials in Doordarshan, especially those working on DD News
- A New Track (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 29, 2005)
THE disinvestment policy the UPA government unfolded on Thursday is in sharp contrast to what the BJP-led NDA regime had followed.
- New Dimension (Hindu, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 29, 2005)
The UPA government’s decision to set up a separate dedicated fund comprising proceeds from the sale of government equities in public sector undertakings (PSUs), whose earnings will finance social schemes and ailing
- Mis-Diagnosing The Disease Of The Poor (Indian Express, BARUN MITRA, Jan 28, 2005)
It’s not patents but the government hold on the healthcare sector that is preventing the poor from gaining access to medicines
- President Speaks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 28, 2005)
The President’s address on the eve of Republic Day this year was predominantly devoted to one subject: employment generation.
- Compass Needle On West Asia (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 28, 2005)
The appointment of Chinmoy Gharekhan as special envoy to West Asia has come at a time when the Arabs were beginning to wonder if New Delhi has any views on the extraordinary events taking place in that part of the world.
- Tale Of Two Lpgs (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jan 25, 2005)
The other day in a mixed gathering of intellectuals, housewives and commoners, a highbrow speaker lampooned them for being obsessed with the mundane LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) when the Western world was enjoying the fruits of the other LPG
- Fiscal Reforms By States — Will The New Incentive Plan Pay Off? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 25, 2005)
The Twelfth Finance Commission is said to have devised an incentive scheme based on fiscal performance, which would meet the objectives prescribed for the Fiscal Reform Facility and simultaneously accord debt relief to States. But will it work?
- The Not-So General Elections (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 24, 2005)
Let me stick my neck out and predict three new trends in the 2004 campaign. One, that this election, more than any in our memory, will be fought on issues of economy and governance.
- Anti-Laloo Sentiment Strong In Bihar, Says Arun Jaitley (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jan 23, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which got a severe drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections and in the recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra, is in a bind.
- Disasters, Tsunami And George Bush (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Jan 23, 2005)
Was Tsunami, the giant killer wave, actually an act of God? But even if some disasters cannot be predicted it is important to categorise disasters so that disaster management can be more effective.
- The Need For Common Minimum Conduct (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Jan 22, 2005)
A leader must adhere to codes of conduct and behaviour. Winning votes through immoral means strikes a body blow to democracy. The tragedy is that today a Palkhivala would probably never be able to win elections. Excerpts from the Nani Palkhivala Memorial
- Hegemony, Uninterrupted (Indian Express, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 21, 2005)
As India heads for another parliamentary election it may be useful to look at the politics of caste. The last six years of the BJP’s rule have seen the forces of Hindutva consolidating their control over institutions of Hindu spiritualism, business and ed
- Managing National Security (Tribune, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (retd), Jan 19, 2005)
IF the historical record of a National Security Council (NSC) in India is any indication, it seems we are not serious about how we intend to manage our national security which undoubtedly has become increasingly complex with the passage of time.
- Assembly Poll Shadow Over New Delhi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 19, 2005)
Irrespective of who wins or loses the coming Assembly elections, there will be no change to the numbers in the Lok Sabha. But the chemistry of dependency at the Centre could change.
- Knowing Global Power (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 19, 2005)
When I read the report of the National Intelligence Council of CIA, ‘Mapping the global future’, which has assessed the rise of China and India as major global powers by year
- Economic Reforms At The Crossroads (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 19, 2005)
What will happen by end of February 2005 is difficult to say. But it looks more or less certain that the advance of economic reforms will slow down if not halted and reversed.
- Need For Vision And Rhetoric (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jan 18, 2005)
It is not surprising that the next National Security Advisor (NSA) is expected to measure up to the tough reputations of the two predecessors – Brajesh Mishra and the late J N Dixit. But it is an unfair demand.
- Synergy In Energy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 18, 2005)
FOR the past few months the UPA government has been toying with the idea of merging all public sector oil companies to create one or two behemoths.
- Cbi’S Flip-Flap (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 17, 2005)
THE decision of the Central Bureau of Investigation to drop the case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the Rs 175-crore Taj Heritage Corridor scam is as scandalous as it is disturbing.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Telegraph, Avijit Ghosh, Jan 16, 2005)
Congress plus or minus Laloo. Paswan alone. BJP plus JD(U). Or whatever else works. It’s the season of shifting electoral alignments in Bihar.
- Show Them The Money (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 15, 2005)
India is among a handful of democracies that believe in total consensus and continuity in foreign policy which rarely dominates our electoral rhetoric.
- A Monumental Hole (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 15, 2005)
With the CBI all set to file a closure report in the Taj Corridor case, citizens are left baffled. At a basic level, we are not any closer to clarifying what was actually going on in the Taj Corridor case.
- Destination: Investment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 13, 2005)
For years, India has watched while China marched away with a dominant share of world FDI flows. This country has had a long list of impediments holding back FDI. Press Note 18 symbolises India’s obstructive policies, of the sort which cater to narrow cons
- Censoring The Spirit Of Gandhi (Indian Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Jan 13, 2005)
I had a feeling of deja vu when I stood up to address a room full of journalists the other day at the Press Club in Mumbai. I was there to speak on behalf of filmmaker Vijay Ghatge regarding his film Shobha Yatra, which had run into some trouble with the
- Pre-Poll Coalition Confusion In Upa (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 12, 2005)
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana, the Congress(I) seems to be taking a leaf out of the BJP's book on how not to deal with allies.
- The Foreign Policy Hand (Indian Express, Mukund B. Kunte, Jan 11, 2005)
To engage a changing world, argued the late J.N. Dixit in these columns, India needs a flexible foreign policy. He went on to steer our foreign and security policy with an unshakeable faith in India’s unrealised potential.
- Advantage Upa (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2005)
The countdown has begun for elections to the State Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Haryana, and what better evidence of this than the hectic behind-the-scenes bargaining for seats by the major political players.
- Resuscitating The Nsc (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 10, 2005)
THE task before the Prime Minister in selecting the next National Security Adviser is first to determine whether he wants the National Security Council to function with the NSA as its Secretary or to continue with the existing system without the council e
- What’S In A Name? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2005)
No more doodles of wilting flowers on writing pads, no more fits of versifying or bouts of sulking in Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee, the newly installed minister of coal and mines, is back among the soundbites in the Capital
- Feeling Not-So-Good After All (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 10, 2005)
The BJP-led NDA alliance is feeling good after winning the recent Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. And they want the entire nation to feel good so that they can reap the harvest in the mid-term Lok Sabha polls they are gearing
- Will Nda Stay Or Fade Away? (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 08, 2005)
THE BJP-led NDA’s rule came to an end in May 2004 but will the NDA as a political entity survive or fade away ? Since the NDA was formed in 1998 for capturing power by the BJP and some of its ideological allies, the loss of an instrument of governance ...
- Plane Truths (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 07, 2005)
The state government’s two aircraft—a five-seater plane and a four-seater twin-engine helicopter—have become the bone of contention between Chief Minister Raman Singh and Governor Lt Gen (retd) K M Seth.
- Help Not Wanted (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 07, 2005)
Asia's tsunami has had an unlikely fallout: The bruised ego of the world's rich nations. The West's comfort level with less developed parts of the globe hits high water mark whenever the latter can be kept on dole.
- Political Realities And Double Speak (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, Jan 05, 2005)
What drives political parties to speak in two voices when it comes to execution of hard economic decisions and what implication does it have in implementing such decisions?
- Legitimising Discrimination (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Jan 04, 2005)
While piloting the Minority Educational Institutions Bill in the Rajya Sabha on December 21, the Union Human Resources Development Minister, Mr Arjun Singh, is reported to have observed that the NDA Government had
- Bonding With Malaysia (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 04, 2005)
In May 2001, the then Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, visited Malaysia, as part of the NDA Government's "look East" policy.
- Rao’S Moment In Indian Politics (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 03, 2005)
The death of P.V. Narasimha Rao is an occasion to evaluate the dichotomous relationship that exists between politics and governance in India.
- A Tale Of Two Indias (OutLook, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jan 02, 2005)
2004 was, by any standards, a remarkable year for the Indian economy. On January 1, ’04, the headlines screamed about India becoming the fastest growing economy in the world.
- `Consistency' In The Skies (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 01, 2005)
The Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr Praful Patel, should be congratulated for retaining the very scarce quality of consistency in Government policy
- Police Reform For The New Year? (Indian Express, RANJIT BHUSHAN, Jan 01, 2005)
Zaheera Sheikh does a volte face in the Best Bakery case. Pappu Yadav openly holds court in a Bihar jail. No one can say for certain what the outcome of the Ayodhya demolition case will be because of varying police accounts since December 1992.
- Loss Of Focus (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 31, 2004)
Two days before the end of 2004, terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) killed Farooq Ahmed Zargar, a leader of the National Conference, in Srinagar.
- This New Year, Give! (Tribune, Yashovardhan Saboo, Dec 31, 2004)
Last Sunday, while we savored the Christmas week-end and were planning our New Year parties, a massive earthquake sent waves of calamity around the Bay of Bengal. In a few moments, thousands perished, without warning or reprieve.
- 2004: In Transit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 31, 2004)
The more things change, the more they don't remain the same. That is the anti-climactic moral of 2004, whose end makes its beginning unrecognisable.
- Industrial Boom Ahead (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Dec 31, 2004)
The future looks good for India, on the economic front, with foreign investments higher than ever before
- Leaving The Past Behind (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 31, 2004)
The world now beckons India’s private airlines. The Union Cabinet has just lifted restrictions that had prevented them from flying international routes. At a specific level, the move signals a new phase in Indian aviation.
- Wiggle Room In Accounting To Stage Fiscal Gimmicks (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 30, 2004)
In february, when the BJP-led NDA government was bullish about a return to power after the elections, and presented the Interim Budget, the Opposition was quick to decry it as `poll gimmicks'.
- India’S Pro-Active Foreign Policy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 30, 2004)
Continuity was the main theme of Indian foreign policy in the year 2004 as New Delhi stayed engaged with the world in a pro-active manner with particular focus on neighbours like Pakistan and China.
- P.V. Narasimha Rao And The Bomb (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 29, 2004)
Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee in an obituary tribute to late Narasimha Rao has now acknowledged the latter as the true father of Shakti nuclear test of May 11, 1998. If only he had done it on the day of the test he could have avoided the divisiveness that was c
- Patently Unfair (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 29, 2004)
On paper, the UPA seems to have had a few good reasons for taking the ordinance route to a new patents regime. One, India-a WTO member and signatory to the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement-could not renege on compliance by Janu
- The Trouble With Outsourcing (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Dec 29, 2004)
Information technology professionals in India greeted with jubilation the re-election of Mr George W. Bush as the US President. Their joy was in the hope that the new administration
- Will Paswan Pass? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 29, 2004)
The battle for Bihar is arguably the most riveting one in the new year. It is possible to articulate the two sets of questions, come February: one, will Laloo Prasad Yadav’s remarkable 15-year dominance be further consecrated or will ...
- Bjp: A Year Of Disappointments (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 28, 2004)
One year is hardly of any consequence in the life of a political party, but 2004 would definitely be remembered as a year of catharsis in the 24 years’ existence of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Not Consenting Adults? (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 25, 2004)
Finally, the intimate nature of the BJP’s relationship with the Samajwadi Party is out in the open. But the chumminess is not a new flavour, it has existed all through and was amply manifested on plenty of occasions during the NDA rule.
- With Fear And Favour (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 25, 2004)
The year breezing out will perhaps inevitably be remembered for the great political transformation. The Lok Sabha elections attested once again India’s abiding allegiance to democracy
- Forward, Backward (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 25, 2004)
In their speeches in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh, did much to remove some of the misgivings that had arisen over the United Progressive Alliance Governme
- Should Epf Rate Be Hiked To 9.5%? (The Economic Times, M A KHARABELA SWAIN, Dec 24, 2004)
The EPF money is dealt with directly by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), deposited in the Public Accounts and managed in the form of a special deposit scheme (SDS). That has a corpus of Rs 1,25,000 crore, and is an old scheme.
- Can Over-Confidence Trip Lalu Prasad? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 23, 2004)
It is early days yet but the irrepressible chief of the Rashtriya Janata Party and Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, has given the nation a taste of the fireworks it can expect from the Bihar Assembly elections, to be held in three phases early next year.
- Wheel Is In Experienced Hands (Pioneer, VK Grover, Dec 23, 2004)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were both in New Delhi this month. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in Vientiane, Laos, interacting with South East Asian leaders.
- Rally Go Round (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 23, 2004)
Each time elections loom on the horizon, Bihar's overlord activates his model code of misconduct. In 1991, the Patna parliamentary poll was countermanded. In 1995's...
- Laloo As Thermostat (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2004)
There are few things more dangerous for democracy than politicians who acquire a sense of impunity. Laloo Prasad Yadav’s attempts to distribute hundred rupee notes may not be monetarily or politically significant.
- Laloo’S Lantern, Congress Heat (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 21, 2004)
The Bihar poll juggernaut is poised to roll again. For the Congress, the elections pose a dilemma. The Grand Old Party does not know quite what to do with Laloo Prasad Yadav.
- Vote On Account (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2004)
Quick on the heels of the announcement of elections to the Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana comes controversy. In the middle of the storm is — who else but Lalu Prasad, caught on camera distributing 100-rupee notes in a Dalit locality.
- Not A Partisan Issue (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2004)
THE Prime Minister has set at rest speculations over External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh’s off-the-cuff remark on India’s nuclear policy in Seoul.
- Wanted: White Paper On Nuclear Policy (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 18, 2004)
It does not reflect great credit to our system of policy making that the Prime Minister had to say that a statement attributed to the Foreign Minister on nuclear policy was not a statement on foreign policy.
- Pokhran Poser (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 17, 2004)
Understandably, eyebrows have been raised in Parliament and outside over Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's reported statement in Seoul asking North Korea and South Korea not to follow India's example and become nuclear powers
- From Crutches To Physiotherapy (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 17, 2004)
The All India SC&ST Confederation's rally at Delhi's Ram Lila Maidan in support of reservation in private sector, judiciary and armed forces portends major economic and social upheaval.
- A Film Festival, Not A Carnival (Indian Express, Pradip Biswas, Dec 16, 2004)
The 35th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held on the sands of Panjim’s Miramar Beach, got over last week and the Union minister of information and broadcasting, Jaipal Reddy, has announced that next year’s festival, too, will be held in Goa.
- Sombre Notes (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2004)
Understandably, eyebrows have been raised in Parliament and outside over Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's reported statement in Seoul asking North Korea and South Korea not to follow India's example and become nuclear powers.
- Uneasy Allies (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 14, 2004)
Partners in a coalition are not necessarily natural allies. In fact, some partners in the United Progressive Alliance at the Centre are rivals in state-level politics. Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav and Mr Ram Vilas Paswan may both be ministers in the UPA governme
- Ram And Roti (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2004)
Ram and Roti do combine to make an effective political pitch. By highlighting the success of Mr Narendra Modi in stimulating the economy of Gujarat, Mr LK Advani sought to reinvigorate the morale of the BJP's
- Giving Terror A Chance (Pioneer, M. C. Joshi, Dec 13, 2004)
On December 9, Parliament repealed the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) 2002 and passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill with Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil declaring that "those involved in terrorist activities are also our ...
- Needed, Politics Of Moderation (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2004)
There are few holidays in coalition governments and as the United Progressive Alliance completes six months in office, we would do well to look at the formations both within the ruling coalition and the Opposition.
- Laloo Yadav Well Entrenched In Bihar (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 09, 2004)
THE Bihar assembly elections early next year are a subject of intense debate. Anyone after a visit to the state would have convincingly predicted the end of the 15-year-rule, rather misrule, of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
- Working Out Equations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 09, 2004)
A process that began in 1997, with the Deve Gowda government; which gathered pace under the NDA government, and which now has the commitment of the present government in New Delhi
- Rising Cost Of Petrol (Tribune, S.K. Sharma, Dec 08, 2004)
Considerable interest has been generated among political parties, the media and the general public in petroleum products due to the rise in their prices and the subsequent rollback.
- Roping In Ratan Tata (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 07, 2004)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram announced on Sunday a string of decisions: an investment commission headed by Mr Ratan Tata, a roadmap to guide 74 per cent FDI in private banks by month-end
- Of Many Forked Tongues (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Dec 06, 2004)
The BJP has begun to speak of Hindutva and Bharatiyata interchangeably to make its ideology more acceptable to allies.
- Ever Changing Situation (Deccan Herald, T SREEDHAR RAO, Dec 04, 2004)
The J&K problems have to be dealt with at two levels, by separating out Pakistan from the Hurriyat and the jehadis
- Airport Restructuring — Obstacles To A Smooth Take-Off (Business Line, R. Krishnan , Dec 03, 2004)
In the Delhi and Mumbai airport modernisation, the crucial issue is the lack of adequate runway facilities. This cramps quick turnaround of aircraft and the problem is aggravated by the absence of parking bays.
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