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Articles 18421 through 18520 of 21784:
- Opening The Burma Road (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 30, 2004)
The visit to India of the Myanmar strongman, Gen Than Shwe — the first by a top leader of that country in 24 years — should be seen as a step towards consolidating the diplomatic and economic gains made by the
- Sealed With A Kiss (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 30, 2004)
Some three years ago, I took the liberty of greeting the daughter of the then Pakistan high commissioner, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, with a kiss.
- 'We Must Focus On Living Heritage' (The Economic Times, NARAYANI GANESH, Oct 30, 2004)
It's time we put in place a national heritage policy,” says S K Misra, chairman, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.
- Indira Gandhi — 20 Years On (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 30, 2004)
Indira Gandhi looms large in India's consciousness, just as she had dominated the national stage for two decades irrespective of whether she was in power or out of it.
- Rape In The Nation’S Capital (Tribune, Ravi Bhatia, Oct 29, 2004)
THE recent rapes of a 15-year-old blind girl and a 13-year-old domestic help have once again ignited a heated debate involving the safety of women in the nation’s Capital.
- The Road Ahead For Bjp (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 29, 2004)
It is back to basics for the BJP. If losing the Lok Sabha elections was the first major shock, its inability to oust the Congress-NCP regime in Maharashtra has been the last straw on the camel's back for the party ...
- The Transfer Of Judges (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 29, 2004)
Transfer of High Court judges without their consent undermines judicial independence. Errant judges must be dealt with by a judicial commission with due process.
- Tale From The Dark Ages! (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Oct 29, 2004)
Zenobia Aunty is a sound sleeper. So, it was a bit of a shock to hear her shrieks. “I must rush back to Mumbai, my flat has been provisionally attached.
- Government At Last (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2004)
It must please the Congress that it fought for and retained the Chief Ministership of Maharashtra in the face of mounting pressure to yield the post to its partner, the Nationalist Congress Party.
- Who Won India's Tug Of War On Interest Rates?: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Oct 28, 2004)
Something just doesn't add up about India's monetary policy announcement this week.
- Tussle Over Cm’S Chair (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 28, 2004)
AT the time of writing on Wednesday evening, the squalid and painfully
prolonged standoff between the Congress and its coalition partner in Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), over power sharing was continuing.
- Style Over Substance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2004)
India must put forward flexible and imaginative proposals on Kashmir
- Round And Round They Go, Endlessly (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Oct 28, 2004)
The Centre needs to tackle the issue of integration — the main demand of the NSCN(I-M) — if there is to be lasting peace
- Musharraf’S Loud Thinking (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2004)
President Pervez Musharraf is given to springing surprises. And New Delhi cannot be faulted if it is feeling irritated or amused at what he has said at his Iftaar party.
- Enhancing Food Security (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, Oct 28, 2004)
Space technology can help double the country’s foodgrain production to meet the increase in demand
- General Fix-It (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 28, 2004)
Mr Pervez Musharraf likes making a mark. But the president of Pakistan never does so without a purpose, even if the purpose appears insubstantial to whoever is not in the general’s shoes.
- A Timely Initiative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 28, 2004)
India, Russia and China took a small but significant step towards making their combined weight count in international affairs when their Foreign Ministers met on the sidelines of the ...
- Joint Operations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement, in an address to the combined commanders’ conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, about India’s readiness for joint operations with neighbours to combat insurgency, suggests a pro-active national security and foreign
- Take On A Deeper Shade Of Green (Telegraph, Shama Parveen, Oct 27, 2004)
A large number of development projects cleared by the MoEF do not fulfil the conditions under which they were cleared...
- Difficult Choices For Pawar (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 27, 2004)
Even after 10 days the Maharashtra electorate chose the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance over the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine in the
- A Bleak Script (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 27, 2004)
Putting behind the salad predictions of May, the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday came up with a bleak script for the Indian economy.
- New Ally (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2004)
The visit to India by Myanmar’s top military leader, Mr Than Shwe, is significant for a variety of reasons. Although the visit may dishearten supporters of Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader...
- Kerry's Not Scary (Hindu, Andrew M. Dailey, Oct 27, 2004)
Why Indian BPO partisans should stop dreading a Kerry win and worry instead about their marketing.
- Trek To Nagpur (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 26, 2004)
If the Congress ran to the Nehru-Gandhi family in its hour of crisis to seek Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party has opted for the tried and tested leadership of Mr L.K. Advani as it seeks a way out of its acute difficulties after the double wham
- Supreme Court And Regionalisation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2004)
The Supreme Court's decision to shoot down the suggestion that three benches of the apex body be constituted in the southern, western, and north-eastern parts of the country comes as no surprise.
- India-Sri Lanka Defence Agreement (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2004)
The working understanding reached by India and Sri Lanka on a draft defence pact speaks to the cordiality in the relationship between the two countries achieved over the last ...
- Promise Of Peace (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2004)
Rituals can sometimes capture the real thing. If the self-exiled Naga rebels pray in Nagaland’s churches during the next Christmas, it may well be a turning point in the Naga peace talks.
- Original Manager (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Oct 25, 2004)
The man who gave professional management (and management education) the standing it has enjoyed for so many years died last month at the age of 93.
- Peace Pipe (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 25, 2004)
There’s hope of ending the Naga insurgency through negotiations
- Telecom: Why 74% Cap Will Not Ring In Fdi (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 25, 2004)
India needs investment in telecom on a huge scale, including foreign investment. However, whether foreign investment would help improve network coverage and make phones available to those in villages and remote areas is extremely doubtful.
- Write On ... Sir Vidia (Tribune, Rajnish Wattas, Oct 25, 2004)
Sir V.S. Naipaul’s recent announcement to write ‘The End’ and lay down his pen has sent his fans into inconsolable gloom — who consider him to be ‘the finest living writer’ of English.
- Welcome Grain Export Subsidy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 25, 2004)
It is heartening that New Delhi has at last realised the need to establish India as a reliable and long-term exporter of foodgrains.
- Warmth In The Air (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2004)
THERE has been a marked change in the attitude of the Chinese vis-à-vis India for some time. This welcome development could be noticed in the conciliatory language employed by the Chinese State Councillor, Mr Tang Jiaxuan, during his interactions with ...
- No Room For Moderates (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2004)
The developments in Yangon last week resulting in the removal of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt do no good to the purported attempts to launch democratic reforms in Myanmar.
- Centre Is Less Independent (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Oct 25, 2004)
If London sneezes Delhi no longer catches a cold. But the US dreads the prospect of China sneezing
- From Adversaries To Friends (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 25, 2004)
One of the biggest barriers to the peace talks with the Nagas is not what the National Socialist Council of Nagalim or its leaders...
- How India Hurts Its Tourism (Tribune, Prem Kumar , Oct 25, 2004)
I am an NRI from Canada. I went there for higher studies some 30 years ago and stayed on. Now an affluent pensioner, I am in India to renew my ancestral bonds and visit its major religious and historical sites.
- Indian Outsourcing Boom Needs U.S. Front Office: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Oct 24, 2004)
Corporate America's big vote of confidence in India's services prowess came in April, when International Business Machines Corp. snapped up a company near New Delhi, which handles e-mail queries for Amazon.com Inc.
- No Dearth Of Enthusiasm Or Aspiration For Young Cricketers (Tribune, David Devadas, Oct 24, 2004)
HOW times change. Many of Kashmir’s young boys are all agog about the Ranji Trophy match between Orissa and Jammu and Kashmir that is to be played in Srinagar on November 16.
- Acknowledgements (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2004)
This special report is based on a cross-section survey conducted 24 hours after voting was over.
- `Mild Approval' Wins The Day (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2004)
Voters were almost equally divided on whether the economic condition of the State under the Sushilkumar Shinde Government had improved or deteriorated
- Ashwani Has Many Firsts To His Credit (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 24, 2004)
Aswani kumar is a young and budding leader from Punjab. He has many firsts to his credit. He is the first Congressman from Punjab who has been elected unopposed twice consecutively to the Rajya Sabha from the state.
- An Asian Union (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 21, 2004)
It is time to have an Asian Economic Community. Dr Manmohan Singh floated this idea at the India-ASEAN summit in Delhi on Tuesday.
- Britain’S Tale Of Artistic Woe (Deccan Herald, SOUREN MELIKIAN, Oct 21, 2004)
Lack of public funding could mean the loss of some precious historical treasures to private collections
- First Hurdles (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 21, 2004)
The first hurdles are often the most difficult to cross in peace talks. It is a good omen that both the Assam government and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland have overcome mutual suspicion and begun the first round of peace negotiations.
- Maharashtra Elections — War Is Over, Skirmishes Are On (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 20, 2004)
That Indian voters will never cease to spring surprises has been proved yet again, in Maharashtra. In fact, they have shown their ability to spring double surprises.
- The New Hindu Growth Rate! (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Oct 20, 2004)
Ironically, economic prosperity and higher literacy levels seem to lead to mass slaughter of the girl child in India
- Politics Of Gas (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 20, 2004)
Commerce often succeeds where politics fails, especially in these market-driven times. The Tata Group’s decision to invest nearly $2 billion in new projects in Bangladesh could do more to ease relations between Dhaka and New Delhi than politicians and ...
- A Bandit Who Thrived On Political Links (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Oct 20, 2004)
The death of sandalwood and ivory smuggler and killer Veerappan is unlikely to end the mystique of a bandit with powerful political connections that had grown around him, but it clarifies a certain ambivalence in what he represented.
- Unshackling Rural Markets - For Authentic Engagement, First (Business Line, R. Gopalakrishnan, Oct 20, 2004)
Corporates should think about rural markets more holistically rather than from a pure consumer marketing viewpoint. There is a crucial role also for the government, which must move to authentic ...
- Rbi On The Edge (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 20, 2004)
A section of market players sees the scrapping of this week's auction of dated securities worth Rs 5,000-crore as an indication from the Reserve Bank of India that it has no idea of marking up the Bank Rate or the repo rate ahead of the Credit Policy ...
- An Early Awakening (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Oct 20, 2004)
In the days of my youth I was not known for any great accomplishment either in my studies or on the sports field. I did, however, learn the facts of life at an early age though the first time I was faced with one I was terrified.
- Mulayam’S March (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2004)
THE electoral verdict in Uttar Pradesh has sent out a clear message to the Congress. It must learn to play the role of a responsible ally of the Samajwadi Party.
- Romantics And Classics (Deccan Herald, VARALOTTI RENGASAMY, Oct 19, 2004)
There are two types of people — the romantics and the classics. The romantics are allured by the form, the beauty as it appears on the surface, while the classics concern themselves with the substance behind.
- Why India Needs Stronger Currency. Asia, Too: William Pesek Jr. (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Oct 18, 2004)
On Oct. 12, a small conference was convened here in New Delhi on India's huge debt load. The focus was on the need for the new government to be more open and avoid the backroom maneuvers that left Asia's No. 4 economy so indebted.
- Poll Wonders (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2004)
If the Lok Sabha elections had proved the poll pundits wrong, the Assembly results have further discredited them. The voters have pooh-poohed their calculations
- From One Job To The Next (Telegraph, S. S. Chawdhry, Oct 18, 2004)
More flexible labour laws which permit retrenchments and the use of contract labourers are needed if India is to emulate the success of the south Asian economies
- Women Officers In The Army (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Oct 18, 2004)
We were raising the National Security Guard (NSG) in the mid-eighties. There was a sudden need to train officers of an elite intelligence service officered by the IPS. The joint secretary of the department and I, as the Chief Instructor of the NSG ...
- Winning Trend (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 18, 2004)
The trend that was prominent in the general elections earlier in the year has been confirmed by the assembly elections in Maharashtra
- The Role Of Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2004)
India needs to take imaginative initiatives in its relations with its neighbours to contain extremism in its north-east
- Trivialities To The Fore (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 18, 2004)
Weird are the ways of New Delhi. At a time when the country faces many grave problems, the nation's capital — especially the antiseptic area where politics, bureaucracy, the media
- Just Not In Order (The Economic Times, ARVIND KALA, Oct 17, 2004)
India's collapsed justice system has several ironies. One is that while developed nations have young prime ministers and old judges, we have old prime ministers and relatively young judges.
- Hot Falls & Shahrukh Khan (The Economic Times, RAGHUKRISHNAN, Oct 17, 2004)
One day, they will have a warm waterfall and I will stand under it for hours.
- Lethal Scrap (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2004)
There is no mystery about the munitions that have been surfacing in different States over the last few days. The rockets, missiles, shells, and grenades came into the country in consignments of imported steel scrap.
- Fencing B’Desh Border (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2004)
The Cabinet Committee on Security, which discussed the Bangladesh factor in the Northeast on Wednesday, informed the nation that the fencing work on the eastern border will be over by March 2006, as scheduled.
- Mosquito Repellent That Didn't Help A Tractor Company (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 16, 2004)
Tractors help in ploughing. But a tax tribunal had to plough through tractors recently, when deciding the Escorts case.
- Good Times, Bad Times (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 16, 2004)
I discovered at the cost of considerable time and trouble that writing about the immediate past is more difficult and hazardous than writing about the hoary past.
- Wows For Mr Biswas (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 15, 2004)
Senior Left leaders, who disdain globalisation, should learn from Mr Kanti Biswas, the Marxist education minister of West Bengal. Mr Biswas’ recent request to ...
- The Tehelka Commission (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The reliance on Commissions of Inquiry is misplaced. Increasingly, they are instruments of intimidation.
- Serious Concerns (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 14, 2004)
Developing countries are battling several public health issues with scarce resources
- Saarc Writers Conference (Tribune, Nirupama Dutt, Oct 14, 2004)
The focus of this literary meet was on that irregular triangle that forms the central peninsula of Southern Asia. Here nestle the seven sibling countries in close togetherness yet with a distinct cultural identity.
- Is India Facing Argentina-Like Debt Crisis?: William Pesek Jr. (Bloomberg.com, William Pesek Jr., Oct 13, 2004)
Communist. Socialist. Pro-poor. That India's five-month old government has been called these names and worse should spook bond investors. These are, after all, people who tend to panic over politicians who spend ever-increasing amounts of . . .
- Shells Expose Security Risk (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 13, 2004)
All over India shells are found, most of them perhaps life expired ones, but quite a few live ones too. They have been located in Navi Mumbai, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chandigarh, Bulandshaher and other places in UP and Punjab.
- The Vanishing Curves (Tribune, Shriniwas Joshi, Oct 13, 2004)
When our government is engaged in miff on Hubli tricolour fluttering and tiff on Savarkar’s saying, the British government is busy in measuring the vital statistics of an average British woman.
- Thought @ The Speed Of Government (Business Line, K. Venugopal , Oct 13, 2004)
Vividly, and anecdotally, long-time journalist and recently-turned politician, Mr Arun Shourie, captures the sloth in government in his 18th book.
- Tv News Limited In Range (Tribune, N. Bhaskara Rao, Oct 13, 2004)
The Doordashan News channel in its present avatar completes one year this month. As a 24-hour national news channel, it stands out for its overall performance. But news bulletins of neither of the news channels, including DD News, distinguish themselves a
- Learning To Speak Like The Masters (Telegraph, Deep K. Datta-Ray, Oct 13, 2004)
Public schools, out of fashion in Britain, are striking fresh root in Asia, where they continue to be viewed with much appreciation and awe
- Of Sonia And Gudiya (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2004)
The story of the plight of Gudiya and Sonia of Asanda village in Haryana are strikingly similar. Gudiya was eight months pregnant with Taufiq’s child when her first husband Arif, a soldier, returned after five years in Pakistani jails
- Make Or Break Time In Vidharbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 12, 2004)
The issue is not whether the Bahujan Samaj Party will get any seats at all. The question is whom will it hurt more.
- Congress Comeback In Arunachal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 12, 2004)
A congress victory in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly election was a foregone conclusion after Gegong Apang, the former Chief Minister, rejoined the party last month.
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