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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 3686:
- Vajpayee's Us Trip Best Shelved (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2001)
ALL INDICATIONS are that the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayees projected meeting with the US President, Mr George W. Bush, in Washington, on November 9 will end up in a big letdown for India.
- Two Years Of Nda Rule (Hindu, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Oct 29, 2001)
IT IS two years since this edition of the Vajpayee Government came into office. The CPI(M) had warned that the formation of a BJP-led Government poses a threat to national unity and to the secular fabric of our country.
- A Question Of Autonomy (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Oct 27, 2001)
ISSUES RELATING to the World Trade Organisation are not the only ones that matter for Indian economic policy-making; for that would imply that the blame for all that is wrong at home has to be placed at the door of the WTO.
- Fallout Of Afghan Confrontation (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 26, 2001)
THE USA's battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan has reached a critical stage.
- Shacks For All (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
IN the nineties, the UN set the year 2000 as homes for all. India enthusiastically joined the chorus and, as usual except for pious proclamations, nothing really happened.
- Two States With Too Many Scandals (Telegraph, TILAK D. GUPTA, Oct 24, 2001)
Even as the Rabri Devi government in Bihar was facing widespread mass protest because of deteriorating law and order in the state.
- Still Winning (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 24, 2001)
The RJD spokesperson, Shivanand Tiwari, alleges that after failing to defeat Yadav on the political front, the NDA leaders now want to settle scores by lodging him in a Jharkhand jail.
- Freedom Of Media -- All's Not Fair In This War? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 24, 2001)
AN INTERESTING fallout of what the US and its media call ``war against terror'' is the dilemma of a country that is stifling, though through veiled suggestions, the voice of independent media.
- Waging War On Bureaucratic Terrorism (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 24, 2001)
Truth, tolerance, justice, a sense of lifes beauty and a near-violent rejection of their opposites - the system itself must be forced to reflect these virtues, or it had no business. -- John le Carre in The Constant Gardener.
- Brave Face (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 24, 2001)
Predictably, the NDA constituents like the BJP, Samata Party, Janata Dal (United) and Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janashakti are happy about the court ruling as it gives them a fresh opportunity.
- Party, Government And The Gap (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2001)
IT WAS A simple programmatical mix-up which provoked the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, to bemoan the growing distance between his party and his Government at the BJP's national council meet, held to celebrate 50 years of its existence.
- Middle Class Backlash Against Vajpayee (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 23, 2001)
‘VINASHAKALE viparita buddhi’ has been a quote nauseatingly used by disgruntled politicians to snipe at each other.
- Plumbing New Depths (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 21, 2001)
STRANGELY, THE Government has chosen to defend the re-induction of Mr. George Fernandes as Defence Minister not by stating that the move was right, but by pointing out that the Opposition parties had no right to criticise.
- Tada By Another Name (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2001)
There is no substitute to meticulous policing.
- One Grand Conspiracy (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 17, 2001)
THE ENGLISH language does not provide us with a word that would do for ``murder of republican virtues''.
- 'Restoration Of King George' (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 17, 2001)
As a subject of heated discussion, it has overtaken the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell's visit to the sub-continent, the latest fashion show in the capital and even the newest romance in Bollywood.
- Still Under A Cloud (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2001)
THE RE-INDUCTION OF Mr. George Fernandes as the Defence Minister, without waiting for the findings of the Venkataswami Commission currently going into the defence purchases-related Tehelka expose.
- George Wins His Own War (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2001)
EVERYONE knew that Mr George Fernandes was extremely restless since he resigned as Defence Minister in the wake of scandalous revelations of the Tehelka tapes.
- War: Severe Side Effects On India (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 16, 2001)
INDIA will soon have to tackle severe repercussions of George Bush’s Afghan war in at least three areas.
- The Shakehand That Gets Bjp Worried (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 14, 2001)
POLITICAL circles in the capital are busy speculating the likely fall-out of the new bonhomie between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress.
- A Scuttled Initiative (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2001)
IT was a bold and profoundly significant initiative by a Chief Minister but his party high command scuttled it, and it is a pity.
- Right Place, Right Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2001)
Wordsmith Laloo Prasad Yadav recognises a member of his word-weavers’ ilk when he spots one.
- Those On The Sideline (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 11, 2001)
The move aims at alienating the powerful Christian lobby. The National Democratic Front or rather the BJP in Jharkhand has been trying to woo the floating Sarna population since it consolidated its base after the 1995 assembly polls.
- Laloo's Real Trial Begins Now! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2001)
BIHAR supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav has tried to put up a brave face following the Supreme Court’s decision to transfer 36 cases of the infamous fodder scam to Jharkhand courts.
- Afghan Events’ Impact On India (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Oct 08, 2001)
THE war clouds are gathering over Afghanistan and when the US forces commence attacks the entire West Asia and the Indian subcontinent will feel the tremors.
- After The Word, What? (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Oct 06, 2001)
Read various newspaper reports of how the government got egg all over its face in the hijack that never was, and one of the things that strikes you immediately is that of the unlocked cockpit door.
- Don’t Ignore Warning Signals (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 02, 2001)
WITH everyone remaining glued to George Bush’s war against Bin Laden, Delhi’s political establishment finds it convenient to ignore all the unpleasant warning signals on the home front.
- Economy Is The Key (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 02, 2001)
THE RECENT ban on the Students' Islamic Movement of India was necessitated by allegations (probably backed by concrete evidence) of links between the organisation and outfits and individuals answering to the description of terrorist.
- Advani Can Learn From Bush (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 01, 2001)
It may seem ironical but it is not surprising that the day Prime Minister Vajpayee was cautioning Opposition leaders that the battle against terrorism should not acquire communal overtones.
- Did Govt Learn Any Lesson From Agra? (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Sep 10, 2001)
The Vajpayee government appears to be keenly looking forward to another meeting between the Prime Minister and the Pakistani President later this month in New York.
- Back To Our Abcs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2001)
Astrological prediction: without literacy we are nothing.
- Farooq’s Fears (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2001)
There is apprehension in the corridors of power that a sulking Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah might once again throw a tantrum at Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for impressing upon the law and order machinery.
- ‘If It Weren’t For Tehelka, We Wouldn’t Have Left Nda’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2001)
Mamata Banerjee has truly come full circle in just six months. She’s back in the NDA after walking out of the coalition just before the West Bengal Assembly elections.
- A Janus-Like Government (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Sep 07, 2001)
AFTER riding high on popular support, the BJP-led NDA government headed by Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee appears to have betrayed the people.
- Convenor’s Con (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2001)
By George, this is no way to re-enter the Cabinet.
- Centreless Corporation (The Economic Times, C. E. A. Pastmack, Sep 06, 2001)
ULTIMATELY, no one leadership style works for every company or leader. We have seen great leaders who are eloquent and others who are not.
- Focus On Public Spending (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT SEEMS to have finally zeroed in on boosting public investment as the immediate strategy for reviving a sagging economy.
- Teething Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
The first government of a new state has the daunting task of living up to the popular aspirations that gave birth to it.
- End Of Compact Between Govt & People (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 05, 2001)
THE compact between the rulers and those they govern in a democracy even as chaotic as in its Indian variation is that beyond the rules and regulations and the instruments of enforcing authority, there is an almost intangible moral force that prevails.
- If Education Is Expensive, Try Ignorance (The Economic Times, Sanjiv Kaura, Sep 05, 2001)
WHY are people averse to opening the financial black box of UEE (Universalisation of Elementary Education)?
- Watch This Space! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Sep 05, 2001)
TEASER ads are my “bete noire”. There is something in them which isn’t quite playing cricket with a straight bat and I take particular exception to the tantalising and dangling the carrot in the whole scheme of things.
- The Crisis Of Our Times (Indian Express, Mushirul Hasan, Sep 05, 2001)
In 1953, Encounter’s first issue carried an article on India that concluded on the following note: ‘‘Between a past reduced to practical impotence but offering a resistance to depth, and a future only skin-deep, India’s present seems to lack substance.’’
- The Hindu Rate Of Governance (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 05, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, has just effected a kind of reshuffle in his Cabinet.
- History Lesson (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 04, 2001)
This is by no means a “historic meeting”. Ms Sheila Dixit’s sense of the importance of the meeting organized by Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to take a stand against the National Democratic Alliance’s policies on education.
- All Pawns, No Bishops (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Sep 04, 2001)
HEDGED in from all sides, his government torn with contradictions, his governance discredited in the eyes of the country as never before.
- Saffronised Education (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2001)
THE non-Sangh Parivar Chief Ministers' effort to stop the saffronisation of school textbooks deserves a loud round of applause.
- Shuffling The Deck (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 04, 2001)
IT SEEMS FAIRLY evident that the sweeping Ministerial changes are intended to signal a reassertion of Prime Ministerial authority, severely dented as it has been in recent times.
- Kursi Kinetics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 03, 2001)
Cabinet reshuffle: different strokes for different folk.
- Safety First: Building Confidence During The Nuclear Transition (Hindu, Deepanshu Bagchee, Sep 03, 2001)
Amid all the post-Agra hand wringing, much has been made about Pakistan's intransigence on cross-border terrorism, India's inability to think creatively about solutions in Kashmir.
- Fixing Targets Isn't Enough (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2001)
THE NDA government led by Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee perhaps thinks that one must aim at a high target even if this amounts to being unrealistic.
- A Revolving Door Called The Nda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 02, 2001)
In politics there may be no permanent friends or enemies...
- Mamata's Return To The Nda (Hindu, Supriya Roy Chowdhury, Sep 01, 2001)
BANGALORE, AUG. 31. Ms. Mamata Banerjee is not an important person.
- Absolute Power (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2001)
A weak beginning is often a misleading omen for the future. When Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee became prime minister in 1998, he, like Indira Gandhi in 1966, did not operate from a position of strength.
- The Poll Posturing In Kashmir (Indian Express, SANKARSHAN THAKUR, Sep 01, 2001)
National attention, or at least the attention of the Atal Behari Vajpayee establishment, is now getting focused on elections in Uttar Pradesh but there is another equally if not more key election round the corner — in Jammu and Kashmir.
- `Love And Affection' (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 01, 2001)
IF NOTHING else, the re-induction of the Trinamool Congress and the Pattali Makkal Katchi into the NDA provides the firmest proof that the chief objective of those responsible for the alliance's policies is to remain in power by any means instead.
- Crime Of Food Surpluses (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2001)
IT HAS taken reports of starvation deaths for Parliament to wake up to the fact that there is a food crisis in the country.
- Will Ram Deliver? (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 31, 2001)
What is Prime Minister Vajpayee's game plan in Ayodhya? With whom is he negotiating? Why such secrecy about the talks?
- The Declining Parliamentary Standards (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 31, 2001)
THE monsoon session of the Lok Sabha comes to an end today on the usual lacklustre note.
- A Bandh To Bandhs (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2001)
Nothing could illustrate more vividly the meaninglessness of bandhs than a Reuters photograph of a protester smashing the windscreen of a car in Patna during an NDA-bandh called on August 21.
- Double Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 30, 2001)
It is difficult to take threats by the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Farooq Abdullah, very seriously.
- Censoring Scholarship (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2001)
THERE is a new threat to national security and it is the foreign scholar.
- Whither Panja (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 29, 2001)
Poor Ajit Panja. He’s turned out to be the fall guy in Mamata Banerjee’s remarriage with the NDA.
- Open-Door Policy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2001)
If Mamata comes, can Jayalalithaa be far behind?
- Prodigal's Return (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2001)
It was clear, even in the immediate aftermath of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and Trinamool Congress's departure from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
- The Fall (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 29, 2001)
With her return to the National Democratic Alliance, Ms Mamata Banerjee has confirmed her place among those Indian politicians whose rank opportunism has reduced their profession to an entertainment of the gutters.
- Of Political Tantrums And Burquas (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 29, 2001)
KASHMIR is at centre stage again, though for a different reason.
- Nda’s Re-Entry Made Free (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 29, 2001)
COALITION politics is good enough to win elections and come to power. But it suffers from a built-in handicap— absence of policy cohesion, whimsical conduct of petty leaders and ineffective implementation.
- A 119-Year-New Company And Other Parables For Recession (The Economic Times, Abheej Barman, Aug 29, 2001)
IN 1881, five years after Graham Bell patented the telephone, the colonial government of India issued a licence to a British firm — the Oriental Telephone Company — to start phone exchanges in Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Rangoon and Karachi.
- Denying The Farce (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 28, 2001)
Another NDA constituent, the All-Jharkhand Students’ Union, has also threatened to launch an agitation in protest against tardy progress and non-fulfilment of demands.
- Short-Term Anger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2001)
ANGRY outbursts are nothing new from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah.
- How `Temporary' The Slowdown, Mr Sinha? (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Aug 28, 2001)
AT LAST, the NDA Government has come to accept what has been obvious to everyone outside that all is not well with the economy.
- Muivah Is A Safe Bet (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 28, 2001)
IF it is transparency to which the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is sworn, it should have made public the joint statement signed between former home secretary K. Padmanabhaiah on its behalf and Isak Muivah.
- Nda: Rumblings Over Waning Stock (Tribune, P. Raman , Aug 28, 2001)
CALL it rumblings or the onset of a protracted cold war in the BJP establishment. Either way, the message is loud and clear.
- Keep The Guns (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 28, 2001)
Over 37 hardcore Naxalites surfaced in Giridih, his home turf, at a media-studded official event.
- Gagging, Gujarat Style (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 27, 2001)
Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel clearly has a lot to hide.
- Perilous Signal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2001)
THE UNION HOME Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani's announcement that the Centre is considering extending ``relief'' to security personnel accused of human rights violations in their operations against militancy gives rise to serious misgivings.
- Third Year Is Come Atalji, But Not Gone (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 27, 2001)
What is it that people of this country desire most today? Is it ideology that guides preference for one party over another?
- Mind Control - The Parivar's Project (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2001)
The Sangh Parivar's aim is to mould the minds of the young, writes Neena Vyas.
- Call Me ‘Mad’, But Tejpal Is Right (Tribune, L. H. Naqvi, Aug 26, 2001)
PROVE me mad or prove me wrong. Otherwise, go along with my line of argument in defending Tarun Tejpal, the controversial Chief Executive Officer of the equally controversial Tehelka.com.
- New Twist No Cover For Murky Deals (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 24, 2001)
NEW DELHI, AUG. 23. The Defence Ministry says it did not leak the ``damaging'' portions of the Tehelka tapes. The Venkataswami Commission says it cannot be the source of the leakage.
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