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Articles 17321 through 17420 of 21784:
- `Bad' Tax, The Brazilian Malaise, Reaches India: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Mar 10, 2005)
The nicest thing one can say about Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's recent proposal to curb tax evasion is that it's an impractical plan.
- Power And Risk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 10, 2005)
Power and popularity can be risky things for a leader who is unsure of how to use them. Mr Subash Ghisingh wants to use them to paralyse life in the Darjeeling hills.
- The Stillness At Pm House (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Mar 10, 2005)
An acquaintance of Dr Manmohan Singh once asked me: “Why do you think there are so many guards around Race Course Road?” I mumbled something about security
- Thou Shalt Not Do What's Not Permitted (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 10, 2005)
IN the Disciplinary Section of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the telephone never stops ringing.
- Time To Bridge The God Gap (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Mar 10, 2005)
With the Page 3 revolution in the bag, will the media turn to the almighty next? It would be a stroke of genius if we could expiate our untold sins and enhance our bottom-lines all at the same time.
- A Paler Shade Of Red (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 10, 2005)
The CPI and CPI(M) continue to lose ground in Bihar and Jharkhand, while the CPI(M-L) makes new inroads
- Cyber Laws Inadequate (Tribune, Jasmeet K. Egan, Mar 10, 2005)
India is fast emerging on pornographic websites. At the beginning of 2001 there were 4,000 such websites featuring Indians, whereas today the number is more than 18,000.
- Grandmum’S The Word (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 10, 2005)
Still to make his presence felt in Parliament, Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi kept the media dangling for a quote during the two-day youth training camp held at Gorakhpur. On March 5, he told journalists chasing him
- Don't Lower Guard (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 10, 2005)
It was once said of the NDA Government that its officials often went overboard to ensure that Pakistan-sponsored terrorism made the front pages almost everyday.
- The New Threat To National Security (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Mar 09, 2005)
The recent Naxalite attack on the Karnataka State Reserve Police camp in Pavagada where seven policemen were killed has resurrected the threat of Left-wing extremism in Karnataka
- The Lost Letter (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Mar 09, 2005)
LET pundits and patriots gloat over India overtaking China’s growth rate, becoming a scientific superpower and challenging American technological achievements.
- Two Contrasting Reports (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 09, 2005)
I have received two annual reports on the state of human rights. One is by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on India and the other by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
- Wielding The Chinese Arm With The Indian Head... (Business Line, Mohan Padmanabhan, Mar 09, 2005)
Doing business with China is an art and, once it takes off, can be a win-win situation for both Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs. Instead of expecting the Chinese to invest in India, it is safer and more
- Intelligence Demands Distance (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Mar 09, 2005)
Who does the director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) report to? Technically, the home ministry, but a succession of IB directors have zealously established a special status through ...
- Natural Justice (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 09, 2005)
It was once said of the NDA Government that its officials often went overboard to ensure that Pakistan-sponsored terrorism made the front pages almost everyday.
- Human Rights In India, Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 09, 2005)
I have received two annual reports on the state of human rights. One is by the National Human Rights Commission on India and the other by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on its own country.
- Nepal Seeks Sympathy, Cooperation From India (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Mar 08, 2005)
The Nepali minister warned that in case of a civil war no one would win, the nation would lose and added that hence we had to resolve difficulties through negotiations.
- Two-Day Meet On Rights Of Muslim Women (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2005)
A two-day South regional consultative meet on ‘Muslim woman and her Rights’ will be held on March 10 and 11 in Bangalore under the aegis of the Karnataka State Women’s Commission.
- Loc Fencing Damaged In Snow: Goc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2005)
The General Officer Commanding assured that the Srinagar-Uri-Muzaffarabad road would be fully operational by April 7 when the first bus will roll on it.
- Inter-Agency Drawl Threatens Internal Security (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Mar 08, 2005)
What is worrisome is the lack of intelligence exchange between Delhi police and their counterparts in States on the threat perception of the LeT.
- An Occasion To Mourn (Tribune, Usha Rai, Mar 08, 2005)
We should stop celebrating Women’s Day. In fact, it should be a day of national mourning. We should collectively hang our heads in shame. Or maybe we should observe two minutes’ silence today for all the lives that have been snuffed out in their mother’s
- Balle-Balle At Mohali (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 08, 2005)
While the Indian and Pakistani teams slug it out at Mohali, the Punjabis and their many brethren from across the border will have a ball inside and outside the cricket stadium.
- Battle Ground Parliament (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Mar 08, 2005)
That a huge amount of money is being spent to run a single day of Parliament may have pricked the conscience of some in the beginning.
- Copycats, Beware The Doghouse (Business Line, Mustafa Safiyuddin, Mar 08, 2005)
The tide is turning against counterfeiters and infringers. Until now they were undeterred, given the inability of genuine branded product manufacturers to cause them financial damage
- Secular=communal (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Mar 07, 2005)
Let's glance at the recent ‘‘secular’’ events in the life of the Indian republic. Congress General Secretary Margaret Alva in Panaji, blithely ignoring the controversial sacking of the BJP government
- West Discovers A New India (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Mar 07, 2005)
For the last few days, an e-mail circulating among professional Indians in America carries the headline: “India: The Next Knowledge Superpower”. It leads the NewScientist cover story on India’s advances in science and technology.
- Mockery Of Democracy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 07, 2005)
The Union Cabinet has done well to impose President’s rule in Goa after the recently sworn in Pratapsinh Rane government won a trust vote in the state assembly in a very dubious manner with the help of a partisan pro-tem Speaker.
- Cm To Discuss Naxal Issue With Students, Intellectuals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2005)
The government will hold talks with students and intellectuals about the Naxal problem shortly, Chief Minister Dharam Singh said here on Sunday.
- A Career Of Internationalism And A Passion For A Homeland (Washington Post, Matt Schudel, Mar 06, 2005)
When Raj Krishna brought his family to Washington in 1969, people from India were a rare sight. There was just one Indian restaurant and a single Indian-goods store.
- Pizza Corner On Expansion Mode (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2005)
Pizza Corner India, one of the leading player in pizza business, has chalked out plans of entering smaller towns having established its presence in the major metros.
- Tech Education And Research: Iits Show The Way (Tribune, Dharam Vir, Mar 06, 2005)
THE Indian Institutes of Technology have emerged as one of the most prominent success stories of Independent India.
- Unpardonable Violation Of The Constitution (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Mar 06, 2005)
To call what has been raging from Goa to Ranchi during recent days political impropriety or machination would be the understatement of the century.
- ‘We Can’T Create Da Vinci And Picasso Anymore’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
A chance meeting with Sundaram Tagore during his maiden visit to Bangalore is a pleasant preserve that memory would like to revist now and then.
- Centre Okays Major Highway Projects (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved highway projects to the tune of Rs 32,500 crore including a Special Accelerated Road Development Programme (SARDP) in the north-east at an estimated cost of Rs 10,500 crore.
- Centre, Rbi Promise Softer Interest Rates (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2005)
The Union Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will work together to ensure price stability and benign interest rates in the economy, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday.
- Fine Print Of Chidambaram’S Mindset (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Mar 06, 2005)
It happens that on the morning after the budget just about when corporate India read the small print on the fringe benefit tax I ran into a close associate of Sonia Gandhi.
- Many-Splendoured Getaway (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2005)
Kumaon, a land resplendent in awesome natural splendour is a jewel of the glittering Himalayan necklace. Extending from the northern end of the Ganga plains right upto Tibet
- Kaun Banega Indian Idle? (Indian Express, RAVINDER KAUR, Mar 05, 2005)
According to the Economic Survey (’04-’05), there are 4 crore job-seekers and 70 per cent of them are educated. Many scholars have argued that the world is going through a period of jobless growth, when the economy grows but no new jobs are created.
- Lobbying In Washington (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Mar 05, 2005)
LEADING lobbyists in Washington make a beeline to New Delhi whenever the embassy’s lobbying contract expires. Press reports suggest that Ambassador Robert Blackwill, who has moved from the White House to a leading lobbying firm, is among those in the fray
- Route To Nathu La (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2005)
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has identified China as a potential market for goods produced in the Northeast. The basis of his reasoning is the re-opening of the Nathu La Pass — the ancient Silk Route
- The Importance Of Being A Jat (Deccan Herald, Rajesh Deol, Mar 05, 2005)
The catapulting of Bhupinder Singh Hooda to the post of Haryana Chief Minister in dramatic circumstances in New Delhi on Friday has been welcomed with much enthusiasm and cheer in the Jat belt of the State.
- Hooda Haryana Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2005)
With veteran leader Bhajan Lal, reportedly done in by a hidden-camera VCD showing him frolicking with dance girls at an undisclosed location
- An Emergency Story (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Mar 05, 2005)
Everyone has his own favourite Emergency story to tell. The Emergency days were dark days, when civil rights were suspended. When dissidents were thrown in jail. When even innocents suffered, for no fault of theirs.
- Centre Decides To Slap President’S Rule In Goa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2005)
The Centre on Friday decided to impose President’s rule in Goa, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said. The State Assembly will be kept in suspended animation.
- Holding Back Nanavati (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Mar 05, 2005)
Justice Nanavati was asked to look into the widespread violence against the Sikhs which had taken place over 21 years ago and had taken a toll of over 10,000 innocent Sikh lives.
- Towards A Landscape Of Social Cohesion (Indian Express, SAM MILLER, Mar 04, 2005)
Look today at the urban wasteland that Connaught Place has become after seven at night. It was designed, sensibly as a mixed commercial and residential area
- The Coterie Can Destroy The Party (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Mar 04, 2005)
One of the most unsettling elements for the UPA government in New Delhi is the Congress desire to revive in UP and Bihar. The UPA rests on a sort of tripod, the three legs of which are Congress, Left, Laloo and company.
- Jharkhand And Bihar: Post-Poll Political Brinkmanship (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Mar 04, 2005)
While the Election Commission can claim with justifiable pride that this has been the fairest election ever in Bihar, and hence a triumph for democracy, post-election develop- ments
- High On Hillary (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Mar 04, 2005)
It was a pleasure to meet Hillary Clinton at a recent meeting she had with a group of young MPs. She was her usual warm and friendly self, trying to establish a personal rapport with everyone.
- Failed Harvest (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 04, 2005)
Presenting the maiden Budget of the United Progressive Alliance Government last July, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, had referred to the New Deal promised by the Prime Minister for Rural India.
- On Course In Kerala (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 03, 2005)
Consensus is not always the best way to resolve differences. This was very much in evidence at the 18th Kerala State Conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Malappuram.
- Pakistan To Free Over 900 Indians (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 03, 2005)
Over 900 Indian fishermen and civilians who have completed their jail terms are expected to be released soon, the Pakistan Foreign Office said here today.
- Poverty And Pride, Side By Side (Indian Express, SAM MILLER, Mar 03, 2005)
There’s a growing international consensus that the world’s megacities must be places of diversity. Yet the South Delhi elite who sweep past in air-conditioned cars ignore what lies beyond their gated colonies
- Script Was Written, Marandi Had Even Leaked It To Papers (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Mar 03, 2005)
Governor Syed Sibtey Razi had made up his mind to appoint a Congress-JMM government even before the elections were over. That explains his impatience when the charade of the legislators’ parade was going on before his eyes.
- Bihar Justifies Withdrawal Of Taslimuddin Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2005)
The Bihar Government has justified in the Supreme Court the withdrawal of the Arms Act case against the Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries
- Governor's Hand On Soren Crown (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Mar 03, 2005)
Sibtey Razi ignores NDA’s 41, swears-in UPA govt, rebel Marandi is deputy CM; BJP flies MLAs to Delhi after airport drama
- Evolving A Policy For Voluntary Sector (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Mar 03, 2005)
After Independence we have seen the emergence of basically five types of NGOs: (a) contractor type of NGOs who basically do the work for a quoted price like executing watershed projects or running working women’s hostel
- High Yielding And Bold-Seeded Chickpea Variety (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2005)
Scientists at the Division of Genetics at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, have developed a high-yielding and bold-seeded `Kabuli' chickpea (Cicer arietinum) variety.
- Mandate Against Laloo Yadav (Tribune, Satish Misra, Mar 02, 2005)
The just-concluded assembly elections in Bihar mark the beginning of the end of the caste-dominated politics of the state, which began in the early 90s. A new phase appears to be in the offing when Bihar will have to be comprehended and interpreted not on
- Tightening The Screws (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 02, 2005)
In announcing that it has suspended all arms supplies to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) following the February 1 coup d'etat by King Gyanendra, India has taken the salutary step of publicly registering its inclination and ability to take punitive steps
- Concept Vehicle From Tata Motors (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Mar 02, 2005)
Tata Group Chairman Ratan N Tata unveiled the “Tata Xover”, a crossover vehicle concept, on Tuesday at the 75th Geneva Auto Show.
- The Warrior Has Been Short-Changed (Deccan Herald, RAHUL BEDI, Mar 02, 2005)
India’s defence budget of Rs 83,000 crore ($18.44 billion) for the financial year 2005-06, a hike of 7.8 per cent or Rs 6000 crore over the previous year’s allocation, signals limited military acquisitions and restricted equipment modernisation for the co
- J&k Set To Launch Bus Service On Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Route (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2005)
Preparations are in full swing to roll out the first bus on the Srinagar-Uri-Muzaffarabad road on April 7.
- Sidbi Eyes Stake In Banks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2005)
Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi), on Tuesday, said it is in talks with 3-4 commercial banks for stake so that it can get a direct lending window to the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector.
- Fuel Prices May Go Up In April (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2005)
Public sector oil firms are likely to pass on to consumers the Rs 0.50 per litre increase in road cess on petrol and diesel but may have to bear the increased incidence of excise duty
- No Dream Effort This (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 01, 2005)
Ahead of the Union Budget, the question corporate heads pondered over was: "Will the Dream Team deliver?" On the evidence of the nearly-two-hour Budget presentation by the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, the answer would be, "It has not clicked."
- Congress Act: Bully Gets Burnt (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Mar 01, 2005)
When Harikesh Bahadur and Satyavrat Chaturvedi had first gone to Bihar to ascertain Congress workers’ views on the possibility of an alliance with Laloo Yadav, even
- Anti-Incumbent Mood (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 28, 2005)
The electorate in the three states that went to the polls recently have signalled to different degrees their dissatisfaction with their governments. The signal was unambiguous in Haryana
- Feeling Is Seeing (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Feb 28, 2005)
THREE years ago when my laptop conked out, I thought of going in for a desktop. I was weighing the pros and cons of buying a branded product, when a friend volunteered to assemble one for me.
- Pipelines Or Pipe-Dreams? (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Feb 28, 2005)
New Delhi has indulged in two notable flip-flops in its relations with Pakistan in recent days. After initially insisting that passports would be required for travel across the LOC in the proposed Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service
- The Threatening Tides Of Baglihar (Indian Express, G.S. Dhillon, Feb 28, 2005)
In season of Confidence Building Measures, the Baglihar Dam on the river Chenab has stirred traditional tensions
- Wildlife Crimes In Punjab (Tribune, Baljit Singh, Feb 28, 2005)
All of wildlife and associated wilderness habitats in Punjab are under a siege. And the siege constricts relentlessly by the day driving animals and birds to dire straits.
- King’S Coup In Nepal (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Feb 28, 2005)
King Gyanendra, the 11th scion of the Shah dynasty, appears to be on a deathwish, taking Nepal on a course of self-destruct. He has pulled out most of his mothballed cronies to help him rule and reign for 100 days
- Differences Over Gorkha Hill Council (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Feb 27, 2005)
The hastily-convened meeting between the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, in New Delhi on Thursday reflects the
- This Budget, Factor In C For Corruption (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Feb 27, 2005)
Tucked away on an inside page of this newspaper, a couple of weeks ago, was a news item that I hope caught the attention of the Finance Minister while he was making our Budget.
- India Talks Down To Its Neighbors (Antiwar.com, editorials. antiwar.com, Feb 26, 2005)
Last week, India spelled out its emerging thinking and policy toward its neighbors in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
- Natwar Visit Revives Hopes (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Feb 26, 2005)
IT is still a moment to pause and think. Atmospherics have suddenly improved after Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's Islamabad visit. But the composite dialogue, visualised by the January 6, 2004, agreement between Pakistan President and an
- What's In A Name (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 26, 2005)
The suggestion that a university named after Keshav Baliram Hedgewar may be a RSS redoubt is both misleading and mischievous.
- Little Of Promise (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 26, 2005)
Had indeed the ruling class in New Delhi any real passion in pursuing economic reforms, by now Economic Surveys, presented ahead of Union Budgets, should have turned redundant.
- Buying Us Aircraft (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Feb 26, 2005)
India has sent out requests for information (RFI) to various leading aircraft manufacturers in the world as a preliminary step to float tenders to purchase 126 multi-role combat aircraft.
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