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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 3686:
- Cancun: Heavy Mantle On Jaitley (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 28, 2003)
At Cancun where WTO Trade Ministers meet to take stock of the headway made in the Doha Development Agenda, the Commerce Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, faces a heavy responsibility in taking forward the achievements of his predecessor, Mr Murasoli Maran, who
- Miracle Called Atal, Illusion Named Sonia (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Aug 27, 2003)
The country replied to the Sonia Gandhi piloted opposition no-confidence motion many hours before the vote in the Lok Sabha.
- Centre Stage At Srinagar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
It’s time to consider fresh initiatives to keep the Kashmir process going
- Beyond The Blasts (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
MUMBAI CAN BE down but never out. A day after the bomb blasts shook the megapolis, the city is fast coming back to normal, with old and young crowding suburban trains and BEST buses for the long trudge to work places. The Sensex, which is more the measure
- The Hindu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
THE HINDU, FOUNDED on September 20, 1878, is the oldest surviving major newspaper of Indian nationalism, by which we mean the great socio-political movement that won freedom for India from colonial bondage and helped consolidate the gains ...
- Cancun: What Should Be India's Stand (Business Line, Dolly Mishra, Aug 27, 2003)
The issues that India should lay strong emphasis at the WTO meet in Cancun are food security, poverty reduction and economic growth. It is also time the developing countries united to put genuine pressure on the developed world to bring in such reforms as
- Behind The Terrorist Strikes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2003)
TWO TERRORIST BOMB strikes in the heart of Mumbai on Monday have taken a terrible human toll and sent a shiver through the country. They are a challenge to civilised India and the very concept of Indian nationhood. Nine bombings in as many ...
- Unmask The Attacker (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2003)
Mumbai cannot, must not, be held hostage to the insanity of the faceless terrorist
- Dangerous Medicine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
SPURIOUS OR COUNTERFEIT drugs are a public menace. They are mostly ineffective and can cause grievous injury or even death. The existence of spurious drugs in India is well known, although not the precise extent. The Government has decided to ...
- Another Question Stares At Ajt Deal (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Aug 25, 2003)
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) faces a Rs 300-crore question when it takes up the Hawk advanced jet trainers (AJT) proposal for clearance. There is a Rs 300-crore difference between the British Aerospace’s final price for 66 Hawk advanced jet ...
- Who Won? Vajpayee And Sonia (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 25, 2003)
It was not the disruptions, the personal allegations, the noise, or the rancour that was the most worrying aspect of last week’s no trust motion against the government. They cause concern but they were not the most objectionable aspect. The most objection
- Negotiating With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 25, 2003)
This week's talks between India and Pakistan on resuming air links between the two countries are likely to reflect the enduring complexity of Indo-Pakistan relations and the impossibility of progress even on small issues.
- The Ramanandis (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Aug 25, 2003)
This is not about upholding agendas but about our right to know. Thus, when Swami Nritya Gopal, who succeeded Swami Paramahans as head of the Ramanandi sect in Ayodhya, says, “Hindus and Muslims will build the temple together”, it may not necessarily be a
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
P Chidambaram has rightly said that BJP do not want to discuss the real issues and that’s why they keep the Opposition busy on non-issues like Mandir and Uniform Civil Code (Back to the future, The Sunday Express, Aug 17). The Opposition must realise BJP’
- Divine Communication (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 24, 2003)
Considering that it is the wettest monsoon in Delhi in decades and it had been raining steadily till noon on August 15, Rashtrapati Bhavan officials were apprehensive about holding the President’s At Home on Independence Day in the gardens. But when it
- Big Brother Hits Big Time (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Aug 23, 2003)
Now that the no-confidence motion has blown over with the NDA coalition sailing through, it is a moment of calculation for the smaller partners of the alliance. Many are torn by infighting and leadership tussles. The fact that all warring factions voted
- Slaughtering A Bill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2003)
The fate of this bill should remind the BJP it mustn’t take its allies for granted
- Voice Of Hindustan (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 23, 2003)
There was a time when most people of northern India extending from Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s Peshawar to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Calcutta down to Bapu Gandhi’s Sabaramati spoke a language all Indians down to Andhra Pradesh could understand and speak
- Cola: Day After, It’s Your Test Vs My Test (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2003)
That the central issue of regulation of the quality of aerated drinks hasn’t been addressed—despite the claims and counter-claims from all sides—is becoming evident now.
- Motion’s Over, Now Move (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 23, 2003)
Everybody who participated in, or witnessed, this week’s debate on the no-confidence motion in Parliament obviously must have his or her own take on it.
- Cooperating Against Terror (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Aug 23, 2003)
The ASEAN-U.S. Joint Declaration on combating international terrorism will be put to the test by Washington's stand on Jakarta's request regarding Hambali.
- Negative Peace In Sri Lanka (Deccan Herald, P. Sahadevan , Aug 22, 2003)
There are no signs of a breakthrough in the Sri Lanka-LTTE dialogue but the peace process is going on
- Allies Make Bjp Climb Down The Cow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2003)
TDP, Trinamool, JD (U), PMK, Left, RJD all oppose, Govt agrees to all-party meeting
- The Politics Of No-Confidence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2003)
WITH THE NUMBERS never stacking up, the no-confidence motion was doomed to failure even as it was moved. Given this, its success or failure must be measured not so much by the defeat of the motion (by a margin of 312 to 186) as by evaluating ...
- No-Confidence Motion - All Sound And Little Fury (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 21, 2003)
With the result of the no-confidence motion against the Vajpayee Government a foregone conclusion, the exercise does seem to have been an utter waste of public money and valuable Parliament time. But it served to prove that the Opposition is capable of...
- The Advani Problem (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 21, 2003)
Mr. Advani's loyalty has never been in doubt; the problem is of an ambition unfulfilled.
- Conflicting Viewpoints Sans Acrimony (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 21, 2003)
"May Allah bless your efforts with success," these words, in one form or the other, were used by the public to greet us — the group of parliamentarians, journalists and experts — who visited Pakistan earlier this month.
- A Post-Mortem Of The Storm (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 21, 2003)
IF INBOXES are any indication of the ongoing activity, quite a few CAs have been desperately busy sending mails about how X is bad and Y is not so good. Enough muck has been thrown at one another, leaving one to wonder if this is what the profession is
- Terms Of Re-Engagement (Indian Express, JAGAT S. MEHTA, Aug 21, 2003)
The reach and responsibilities of professional diplomacy have expanded immeasurably and so have the pitfalls.
- Sonia’s Rusty Utopia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2003)
Her no-confidence motion against the NDA expressed a lack of confidence in her party’s reforms
- Kashmir Calling (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2003)
The rush for cellphones symbolises the desire of people here to live normal, productive lives
- Vajpayee Carries The Night, Sonia Too Has Her Day (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 20, 2003)
Playing the PM card, NDA breezes through; Sonia holds her own, draws the battlelines sharper
- Fiscal Consolidation, The Real Payoff (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 20, 2003)
The mere announcement of an avalanche of measures without ensuring how they will deliver is not good economics, though maybe savvy politics, particularly when elections are round the corner. Dividends will come only from correcting and shoring up the
- Manipulating Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Aug 20, 2003)
Afghan security has come to be defined in terms of Hamid Karzai's extent of authority over provinces outside of Kabul
- Electricity Act 2003 - Seeking To Transform The Network Access System (Business Line, Mudit Kulshreshtha, Aug 20, 2003)
WITH the successful passage of the Electricity Act 2003 through both Houses of Parliament, this important sector is all set for major changes. Despite a certain circumspection about the mechanics of implementation, the recommendations of the Act appear to
- Late Showers Bring Mud In Monsoon Term (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
Day one of the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha was full of sound and fury and although in the beginning it seemed that it would signify little, by the end of the day, it sent three key signals.
- Blame Game On Reservation (Deccan Herald, S Simhadri, Aug 19, 2003)
All major political parties, except those of the oppressed castes, subtly oppose empowerment of the OBCs
- A Thread Of Hope (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2003)
WITH THE high-power steering group,under the Planning Commission member, Mr N. K. Singh, handing out the much-anticipated debt restructuring scheme for the organised domestic textile sector, yet another textile relief package, the Textile Reconstruction
- Kalam Makes Way For The Precedent (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 18, 2003)
The poor President. His address to the nation on the eve of Independence Day is telecast live on DD and then consigned to the nether regions of bulletins on the private news channels — after a commercial break, after Sonia Gandhi, the Supreme Court, the
- Deficits And Debt Can Trip Growth (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Aug 18, 2003)
INDIA has been facing for nearly two decades the problem of large fiscal imbalances culminating in the balance of payments crisis of l991, which became the turning point on the road to a liberalised and market-driven economy. Fiscal adjustment was at the
- Cancun & Doha Round Prospects (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Aug 18, 2003)
The main negotiating challenge will be defensive — to prevent further loss of policy options in several areas.
- Confidence Motion: Numbers Not An Issue, Support Is (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 18, 2003)
On the eve of the Congress-sponsored no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, NDA partner DMK, ending the suspense over its role, declared its support to the Vajpayee government. The AIADMK — the DMK was miffed over NDA overtures to Jayalalithaa — did not
- ‘butcher’ Dead, Uganda Sorry He Got Away (Indian Express, Reuters, Aug 17, 2003)
Ugandans say former dictator Idi Amin, who died in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, used to keep severed heads of rivals in his refrigerator. He is said to have got one of his wives murdered and dismembered. Some said he practised cannibalism.
- Vote: Dmk’s Trust Test (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 17, 2003)
As NDA leaders got together today to give final touches to their strategy to turn the tables on the Congress during the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha, the DMK squirmed over reports of the BJP’s efforts to enlist the support of its arch-rival ...
- Back To The Future (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 17, 2003)
Just before Saint Valmiki wrote his Ramayana, or contemporaneously, there were other works written by Buddhist scholars on a legendary hero called Rama. Likewise, there were stories of Rama written by Jain scholars belonging to the two schools of the Jain
- ‘bring Law To Curb Pesticide Use’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 16, 2003)
The alarming presence of hazardous pesticides in our environment poses a problem no different from such ills as fake medicines and food products. As you have said in your article, the real shock of this cola episode is the fact that now we have an ...
- Trade Is A Gender Issue (Indian Express, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Aug 16, 2003)
When a new UN task force on globalisation and trade came into being on July 23 to focus on the impact of trade and trade policies on women, most mainstream media ignored this landmark initiative. The initiative was, however, of special interest to the ...
- Nda Guns For Buta Making Sonia Fire A No-Trust Notice (Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Aug 15, 2003)
The Opposition sprang a surprise in Parliament today when it tabled a no-confidence motion against the NDA government after a week-long impasse over the Government’s refusal to part with a Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report to the Public Accounts
- 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.
- Preparing For Cancun (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2003)
The Indian policy making system has to find a way out of the dilemmas it faces in negotiating multilateral agreements. When Pranab Mukherjee went to Marrakesh to sign on behalf of India on the Uruguay Round Agreement, the Opposition political parties in
- Bullock-Cart Diplomacy (Indian Express, M D NALAPAT, Aug 15, 2003)
If the attitude of immigration authorities worldwide to an Indian passport has changed during the past five years, the reason has nothing to do with the Vajpayee government, but is the result of the software boom. Suddenly, Indians have become chic, no
- No Easy Going For India In Cancun (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 14, 2003)
10 million people in four African countries are facing starvation after they implemented free market reforms
- 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.
- Opposition Table Talk: Let’s Meet Again (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2003)
Leaders of major Opposition parties, in their very first meeting after the Congress made it known in Shimla that it was open to alliances, tonight decided to put up ‘‘a united fight’’ to oust the BJP-led government at the Centre.
- Meeting The Maoists (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 13, 2003)
In the heart of the Himalayas, a nation on the brink of civil war is holding its breath as King Gyanendra directs his men to return to a third round of peace negotiations with Maoist guerrillas in Kathmandu over the next few days.
- Cancun Ministerial - Rough Edges And Loose Ends (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 13, 2003)
Trade experts contend that the Cancun Ministerial may turn out to be an eventful affair if attention is focussed on access to medicine, special and differential treatment for developing countries and liberalisation of agricultural trade so as to lessen
- Alien Tort Legislation In The Us - Why It Should Not Be Tampered With (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Aug 13, 2003)
THE Centre, after over a decade of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bhopal, declaring him a proclaimed absconder and issuing a non-bailable warrant of arrest against him in the Bhopal gas tragedy case, has finally initiated certain preliminary moves ...
- Growth Under Political Control (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 12, 2003)
The ideal combination of freedom and efficiency which people in Hong Kong want is also sought elsewhere in China
- Synchronising Elections (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Aug 11, 2003)
It is difficult to avoid the feeling that the proposal for fixed tenures for the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies is sought to be pushed through the back door after it failed to find takers from among the enlightened sections.
- Dharma And Grog (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Aug 11, 2003)
How about this story, as a ‘secular’ nightmare? Two woman friends, a Muslim and a Hindu, are conversing quietly in a corner of a smart urban drawing room in Delhi. The Muslim is an NRI who has just been to Ladakh. She is sharing her impressions with her
- Hi, This Is Uncle Sam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2003)
Gone are the days when pop lyrics could recruit the world’s young to America’s cause
- ‘i See Myself As A Courier Boy, Trying To Deliver My Father’s Message’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 11, 2003)
Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s son and anointed successor, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at the Gateway Of India in Mumbai. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk.
- Not The Best Start: Andhra Pride Derails On Day One (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2003)
Within 24 hours of the inauguration of Hyderabad’s prestigious Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) by Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, a pair of wheels of its engine derailed between Hitec City and Borabanda railway stations today. Luckily about 300 ...
- ‘forget Temple At Govt’s Cost’ (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Aug 10, 2003)
Sending a strong signal to the Sangh Parivar, Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani today made it clear that the Government cannot be ‘‘sacrificed’’ for a legislation paving the way for Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya.
- It Is About Equality, Not Uniformity (Hindu, Anjali Modi, Aug 10, 2003)
The political debate... has revolved around uniformity of civil codes and has largely ignored issues of equality.
- Sonia Rams Into Nda’s Records (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Aug 10, 2003)
In a curtain-raiser of sorts for the big fight ahead, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the party’s election campaign at a modest rally in East Delhi this evening, a day ahead of L.K. Advani’s Parivartan Rally.
- Newsreel: 10.08.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
A day after Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani moots the idea of holding synchronised elections to Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy says they have not received any proposal from the Government yet. He also asserts
- Peacekeeping Or Policing: A Dilemma (Hindu, R. Kannan, Aug 09, 2003)
Punitive action, however desirable, does not fall strictly as yet within the realm of peacekeeping.
- Bjp In Maya-Jaal (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Aug 09, 2003)
From the mood in its party office and manoeuvres of the leadership in the House, it seems the BJP is preparing for early Lok Sabha polls, possibly some time in February 2004. The allies, however, don’t seem interested. However, the BJP is cautiously but
- Lok Sabha Polls: The Sooner The Better, Thinks Bjp (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 09, 2003)
Regardless of what Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh thinks, the BJP leadership is set on holding the general elections much before schedule and may go in for Lok Sabha polls as early as November 2003.
- The Road Goes Uphill From Shimla (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 08, 2003)
At Shimla the Congress ostensibly reversed the decision it had taken in Pachmarhi in September 1998. The question at Pachmarhi, as at Shimla, was: Should the Congress open up for coalitions?
- How India's Fields Got `Swaraj' (Business Line, Harish Damodaran , Aug 08, 2003)
MR CHANDRA MOHAN'S name is synonymous with `Swaraj' and Punjab Tractors Ltd (PTL), which he built from the scratch to a Rs 1,300-crore-plus engineering conglomerate with a product line spanning tractors and harvester combines to engines, light commercial
- Putin's Peace Plan In Peril (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Aug 08, 2003)
A few more suicide bomb attacks can undermine the credibility of Mr. Putin's peace efforts in Chechnya.
- Earnest And Young Enough To Read Harry Potter (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 07, 2003)
A BRANDED apparel advertises: "When you're sure, it shows." That could make you a bit unsure if something shows, but as a corollary, you cannot be sure of what doesn't show. This is the rule that is getting increasingly applied to accountants. As with ...
- Search For Synergy (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2003)
THE GOVERNMENT DECISION to designate the Indian Airlines Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Sunil Arora, as the Managing Director of Air India as well is a move to bring about greater synergy between the two state-owned airlines. The idea is, of course,
- Medical Colleges In A Wheeze (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 07, 2003)
THE mushrooming of medical colleges woefully lacking in both faculty and basic infrastructure came in for concerned attention in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, even as the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, said the Centre was al
- Shooting Down A Trial Balloon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2003)
THE CHIEF ELECTION Commissioner, J.M.Lyngdoh, has done the right thing by shooting down a trial balloon floated by the Deputy Prime Minister, L. K. Advani, on `synchronising' the conduct of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. As Mr. Advani put it ...
- Domain Name Hindutva (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
Aryavarta reaches Silicon Valley. The saffronised history spawned on innumerable websites by amateur NRI historians may well be the most tangible, if not most agreeable product of India’s globalisation.
- The Congress Slide From Shimla (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 06, 2003)
The Shimla excitement, unfortunately, lasted only a few days. And since then the Congress has relapsed into a strange paralysis.
- 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
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