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Articles 19121 through 19220 of 21784:
- Vajpayee Resigns After Poll Upset (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2004)
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has resigned after a stunning election upset, ending his nearly six years in power and setting the stage for the return of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
- India's Pm Expected To Form Coalition (The Scotsman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2004)
INDIA’S prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, was expected to scrape back into power this week, after voting ended yesterday in the fifth and final stage of the country’s marathon election.
- Supreme Court Ruling Applauded; Government Should Now Take Steps To Comply (Human Rights Watch, Editorial, Human Rights Watch, Apr 14, 2004)
The Indian government should promptly implement the Supreme Court's order to create an effective witness-protection program and conduct impartial investigations to determine who was responsible for the 2002 Gujarat riots, Human Rights Watch said today.
- Ban Outsourcing? Bad Idea (Business Week Online, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2004)
The uproar in the U.S. over the outsourcing of jobs to India is deafening. On Mar. 5, California state Senator Joseph Dunn greeted an application for a tax exemption by Infosys Technologies Ltd.
- Powell Asks India To Open Its Markets (CNET.com, Dinesh C Sharma, Mar 16, 2004)
Offshore outsourcing figured prominently during talks between U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Indian leaders Tuesday, with the United States asking India to further open its markets.
- War Minus The Shooting (Guardian (UK), Mike Marqusee, Mar 10, 2004)
India's superstar cricketers - among the country's most famous faces - will today visit Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his Delhi residence, to receive his official blessing before boarding a chartered flight for Lahore. It's a short hop, but . . .
- An Alliance Of Insecurity (AlterNet, Editorial, The Alternet, Feb 12, 2004)
When Ariel Sharon traveled to India last September, it was the first visit of an Israeli Prime Minister since the two nations achieved independence more than 55 years ago.
- India Rises As Strategic Us Ally (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2004)
Every Republic Day, India struts its military stuff, dragging out the latest ballistic missiles and tanks and parading the finest soldiers on the subcontinent. But Monday, on this year's anniversary, India has a bit more to strut about.
- One Never Knows What To Say To The Servants (Wall Street Journal, Tunku Varadarajan, Jan 16, 2004)
It's not possible to spend an hour in urban India without ingesting life's unfairness.
- Strong On Safta (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2004)
THOUGH THE RAPPROCHEMENT between India and Pakistan all but eclipsed the 12th summit of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Islamabad, it may be crucial as it could smoothen the functioning of the association, which has
- Anti-Outsourcing American Has ‘other Big Plans’ For India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
His state of New Jersey started it all... First the uproar and then the Bill that had the potential to stall one of the fastest growing industries of India—outsourcing. But when you meet visiting US Democrat and a ‘friend’ of India, Frank Pallone Jr, he
- Teeing For Peace (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 07, 2004)
Golf, it can safely be said at the conclusion of the 12th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, is now a vital element in the conceptualization and execution of Indian diplomacy. A little known aspect of the diplomacy which ...
- Truce At Last (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
STRICTLY speaking, the recent fracas in the Punjab Congress is the internal matter of the party. But in reality, the whole State will breathe easy now that the warring factions have ostensibly buried the hatchet. The State was suffering more than the
- Kashmir’s Orphans Spread Trust And Goodwill (Tribune, Usha Rai, Jan 07, 2004)
WE hear often of the widows of Kashmir and the agonising search for the missing men in their lives but there are hardly any stories about the children who have been orphaned by the 13 years of turmoil in the valley. So it came as a surprise to meet this
- New Security Code For Ships, Ports To Be Ready By May (Business Line, Amit Mitra, Jan 07, 2004)
THE domestic shipping industry and the port sector are implementing the new International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) code at a brisk pace. Going by the present rate of implementation of the code it seems that the industry is likely to wrap up the
- Reliance Leads Tally Of Basic Tele Subscribers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
Reliance Infocomm led the basic subscribers’ tally with 58.8 lakh till December 2003, while the all-India subscriber base rose to 81.13 lakh in December from 75.63 lakh in November last year. According to figures released by the Association of Basic ...
- Hurriyat Feels ‘vindicated’, So Do Chief Minister, Opp (Indian Express, Tariq Mir, Jan 07, 2004)
Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee’s meeting with Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf and the agreement to begin a dialogue in the Valley appears to have had a sobering effect on the hawks and doves here. Setting aside their animosity, leaders ...
- Stabilising The Process (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
THE LEADERS OF India and Pakistan have energised the ongoing process of positive engagement by agreeing to restart the composite dialogue in February. They also exuded a degree of optimism in asserting, in a joint statement issued after the ...
- The Great Thaw (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
AS EXPECTED, THE SAARC summit in Islamabad became a show of India-Pakistan entente. Such concrete steps as the progress on the SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Agreement) treaty were overshadowed by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's words and
- Friendship Vista (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
A new phase of India’s engagement with Pakistan has begun. The decision by India’s prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to meet Pakistan’s president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, and its prime minister, Mr Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, has, as expected, ...
- Chilly North Warms Up Egg Prices (Business Line, G. Gurumurthy, Jan 07, 2004)
GRIPPING cold-wave conditions in North India has warmed up the southern layer poultry farmers as rising egg consumption in upcountry centres has pushed up the table egg price, in consonance with the price trend prevailing across most other production ...
- India Can Shine If It Has A Shanghai Or Two. (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jan 06, 2004)
India is shining. Or so its government proclaims in full-page newspaper advertisements nowadays.
- Musharraf And Vajpayee Pledge Peaceful Links (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Jan 06, 2004)
The leaders of Pakistan and India, meeting yesterday for the first time since their countries almost went to war two years ago, promised to restore normal relations.
- Early Childhood Care And Education - First Steps On The Development Path (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 06, 2004)
The sooner the Centre and States realise the importance of universal elementary education, the faster can a new development model be created for India, based on the blend of technical skill, superior knowledge and a population of literate Indians.
- Cas: The Fading Picture (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jan 06, 2004)
The script is all muddled for the Conditional Access System. Instead of rushing to implement an ill-conceived system, the Government could have waited for the enactment of the Convergence Bill, which envisages a super-regulator that could have resolved
- Congress In Catch-22 Situation (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 06, 2004)
NEVER before in its long history has the once venerable Congress party faced the crisis it is undergoing today. Because it is, in national terms, in danger of becoming the perennial second party. There are many reasons for the Congress predicament, but
- Moscow Welcomes Meeting (Indian Express, Dadan Upadhyay, Jan 06, 2004)
Russia today welcomed the meeting between Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in Islamabad and expressed hope that it would lead to the resumption of a full-scale dialogue between New
- Cbi Investigation May Not Follow Sit Findings (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The CBI, which is expected to start probing the fake stamp paper racket, may not rely on the investigation done by Karnataka’s StampIT.
‘‘We may accept its (StampIT) findings if we are convinced, otherwise we have our own way of investigating the case
- Television's Tangled Web (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE CENTRE'S YEAR-OLD move to usher in a new order in television through the Conditional Access System (CAS) has proved to be a leap in the dark. CAS is struggling to find its feet at a time when television is becoming more complex with multiple ...
- Australia Will Fall Or Fly On Fast Forward Theory (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Jan 06, 2004)
Six weeks ago, if anyone had offered Steve Waugh the chance of a draw in the Sydney Test, he would have laughed it off. ‘‘It’s the mug’s option, mate’’, he would have said, his crow’s-feet eyes doing the sneering. To draw is not the Australian way;
- India Becoming Economic Power House: Drucker (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Management guru Peter Drucker has said India is becoming an economic powerhouse very fast and its progress is far more impressive than that of China. In an interview to Fortune magazine, he said, ‘‘India is becoming a powerhouse very fast. The medical ...
- The Cas Muddle (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
REPORTS to the effect that the Centre is planning to roll back the Conditional Access System (CAS) lend credence to the theory that the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been imposing the system on the consumers. It amounted to the Centre
- Sc Notices To Govt, States And Cbi (Indian Express, Prabhakar Rao Voruganti, Jan 06, 2004)
The Supreme Court today issued notices to all the states, National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Union Territories, the CBI and the Centre on five public interest litigation (PIL) petitions, three of them seeking a unified probe by the CBI into the
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- The Perils Of Private Food Export (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 05, 2004)
IT appears that the liberalisation and globalisation process is reaching a stage where it can do the most damage to the disadvantaged and under privileged in so vital a sector as food. What else can explain the decision of New Delhi to let private traders
- Making An India-Pakistan Deal (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 05, 2004)
If the present up-beat mood here on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit continues for another couple of days, it might not be entirely unrealistic to expect a broad political agreement between India and Pakistan on how to revive the peace proces
- Spreading Guru’s Message Of Compassion (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jan 05, 2004)
IT’S nice to watch this mother-daughter duo — writer Ajeet Caur and artist Arpana Caur — for they seem so very alike (except that both spell “Kaur” so very differently) even now when Ajeet is in her late sixties and Arpana in her late forties. They seem
- Malhotra Doesn’t Talk Medals, Talks Money (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
It's a familiar tune before the Olympics — sports officials, government grants firmly on their mind, claiming that their athletes will win big at the Games. Thankfully, officials are refraining this time from picking a figure out of the air. Instead,
- It’s Time To Make New Friends (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Jan 05, 2004)
The BJP’s refusal to rein in Jayalalithaa as also contradictions inherent in their coalition drove the DMK and MDMK out of the NDA
- Saarc Initiative On Free Trade (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 05, 2004)
In its essence, a free trade area means trading in a tariff-free environment, which should normally lead to a sharp increase in trade volume and value with the most efficient manufacturers of select products in the "area" raking in the maximum profits.
- Lal Badshah (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 04, 2004)
IN the telegrammatic world of newspaper headline writers, a chestnut that resurfaces periodically, especially in the murky, confusing seasons before and after an election, when coalitions are simultaneously evaporating and solidifying is ‘‘Surjeet active
- Vajpayee’s Trip To Islamabad Generates Goodwill All Around (Tribune, David Devadas, Jan 04, 2004)
There is new hope around as the curtain goes up on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at Islamabad. I am reminded of the Colombo summit in July ’98. No other summit attracted foreign mediapersons by the hundred. They were waiting
- Pakistan: The Two-Nation Theory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 04, 2004)
ON THE plane to Pakistan, peer as hard as you like through the scratched window of PIA’s ramshackle Boeing, you still can’t see the border line that divides the democracy from the dictatorship. It’s shrouded in the fog of history, some say, others point
- 2004 Cast (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
There is some solution in sight for the growing city’s constant problem. Expect a flood of cheap housing this year. There will also be more 35-40 storey buildings. Affordable housing will be this year’s chant.
Education is the other area of growth. 40
- Need For A New Index Of Happiness (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Jan 04, 2004)
THE year that has gone by has been most unusual for my family and me. It has been one of extremes both personally and professionally. From the fifth floor of my Delhi Police Headquarters I found myself on the planes and taking elevators to the 22nd floor
- Your Money Matters (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Money. The medium of exchange. The store of value. The fuel of our life. How will it treat us in 2004? Will interest rates rise, will home loan rates fall, will the stock markets soar, will inflation suck out more purchasing power? Some predictions.
- 2004? It's So Predictable (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Tomorrow is yesterday by another name. This is not karmic philosophy. It is only cynicism, which seems to come just so easily if you’re Indian. So sitting down with a notional crystal ball, on a gloomy, sun-eclipsd day in January, to predict the rest
- Child's Play (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Jan 04, 2004)
Junior cricket in India is run by two bodies, which don’t play ball with each other. A miracle that any talent emerges
- Well Healed (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Jan 04, 2004)
Salsa sessions to gooey chocolate—there’s more to the wellness concept than feng shui and incense
- Fog Over The Capital (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Jan 04, 2004)
Stuck at the airport? Be prepared for a long wait. And thank the greening of Delhi for your woes.
- Sultans Of Swing (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 04, 2004)
Until the 1980s, who knew peanuts about Sufi music? Except in Kashmir and Punjab, or in the inner world of baateen (esoteric) Islam, in Delhi, in Nagaur, in Lucknow, Hyderabad and Bhopal, in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, at secret samas (Sufi musical
- Frequent Flyer (Indian Express, Georgina L Maddox, Jan 04, 2004)
DRESSED in an immaculate three-piece suit, offset by a bohemian tweed jacket and a silver Shaivite pendant, painter Sakti Burman chooses dosa over a sandwich. While that might sound like an NRI cliche, this Paris-based artist is anything but.
- Tendulkar And The Principle Of Moments (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Jan 04, 2004)
Life can now return to normal. A nation that had held its breath, after endless debate and agonising, can get back to enjoying the cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has finally done what had long been expected — demanded — of him, and how! It’s not often that
- His Film, My Film (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
When Lord Richard Attenborough and Satyajit Ray come together, cinema changes. Vijay Rana listened in on the actor-director’s tribute to the auteur
- Cong Focus On Punjab, Mlas Called To Delhi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The Punjab Congress imbroglio seems headed for a solution with clear indications that Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will not be shifted out at least till the general elections. At the same time, the rebels will have the satisfaction of a concession-rich
- Loc Kargil: Caricaturing The Indian Soldier (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jan 03, 2004)
HISTORY is often the account of the victor. The numerous books and articles on the Kargil conflict bear this out. Among them, Captain Amarinder Singh's A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights 1999 is the most authentic as he does not gloss over the lap
- Indo-Pak Game Continues (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 03, 2004)
ONCE more, the ante has been upped regarding efforts to normalise relations between India and Pakistan, the hope of course being that, this time, the effort will succeed.
There is nothing unrealistic about such a hope if for no other reason than the
- Case For Indo-Pak Missile Talks (Tribune, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 03, 2004)
CLEARLY, the motivation to acquire missiles falls under political, strategic and economic-commercial and technology-related heads. Missiles are nice to have and keep. They add to a nation’s standing and prestige. Besides the political and commercial ...
- Economics And Emotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
JUST AHEAD OF the second Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the Centre has got the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2003, passed in Parliament. This enables People of Indian Origin (PIOs) in selected countries to have a dual nationality status. In doing so, ...
- No Permanent Enemies (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The art of the possible: this is the best known definition of politics. A more cynical view would define politics as the pursuit of interest masquerading as the contest of principles. Both views can draw enough support from the prevailing state of play in
- J-K Begins New Year With Peace Hope (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Jan 02, 2004)
Ahead of the SAARC summit, the multi-party J-K coalition government today called for friendship between India and Pakistan which would spell development for the state. At a massive rally for peace on the new year, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
- China Not To Shelter Insurgents From N-E (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
Taking note of reports that some Indian insurgents may move northward from Bhutan and enter Chinese territory to seek shelter, China today assured India that it will closely monitor the situation and not allow its territory to be used by anybody for ...
- A-I Welcome: You Bloody Indians (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
Thirty Four-year-old businessman Firoz Rahman had not expected this from an Air-India official — to be insulted ‘‘You bloody Indians!’’ at A-I’s counter in Riyadh airport on December 23. Rahman also alleged the Sudanese employee shoved him. He was to
- A Watershed Year For Indian Diplomacy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 02, 2004)
WHAT seemed to be a Sisyphean labour till a couple of years ago in the context of Indo-Pakistan relations, now looks possible. The two countries were on the road to detente in the year just ended.
During the past 56 years of turbulent Indo-Pakistan ...
- The Course Reunion (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Jan 02, 2004)
WE were meeting over 40 years after our commissioning into the Indian armed forces. The venue was an Army officers’ mess in Delhi Cantonment, and the purpose a contributory lunch. Age-wise, most of us were looking back at 60. Physically, most were afight
- Indo-Pakistan Talks: Ten Issues (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 02, 2004)
India and Pakistan have been trapped for too long in arguing about procedural issues and defending past political postures.
- India Shining (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
HURRAH TO THE Indian economy. People across the country walked into 2004 with bugles and drums, crackers and whistles, perhaps intuitively aware of good tidings which morning newspapers brought with the GDP growth touching 8.4 per cent in the second ...
- Disgruntled Diaspora (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 02, 2004)
THE Ministry of External Affairs and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry are jointly organising the second Pravasi Bharathiya Divas on January 9-11 at New Delhi with the usual pomp and circumstance. The significance of January 9
- Worked Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
Saving a coalition is not the same thing as making it work. Jharkhand’s chief minister, Mr Arjun Munda, may have managed to prevent his National Democratic Alliance government from disintegrating, but even he knows that it is not working. Mr Munda’s ...
- Lashkar's New Wave Of Recruits From Indian Expatriates (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 02, 2004)
Even as the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba has come under pressure to de-escalate its jihad in Jammu and Kashmir, the organisation has unleashed its formidable capabilities to inflict a far more painful all-India war. Lashkar cells operating from Dubai,
- Mutiny In Punjab Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
SOLDIERS UNDER ENEMY fire know how to survive: they bunker down and conserve their ammunition until an opportunity to hit back presents itself. For reasons known only to the Congress rebels in Punjab, they have chosen to charge out of the ...
- Engaging In Talk About Talks (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jan 01, 2004)
New Delhi's thinking on the nature of contacts with Pakistan's leadership, at the time of next week's SAARC summit, is crystallising in the light of the flow of signals from Islamabad. The meaning and implications of each word is carefully examined. The
- India Offers Fresh Peace Pack To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 01, 2004)
As part of its new year gift to the sub-continent, India today proposed to hold talks with Pakistan on starting bus routes across the Line of Control in Kashmir and the international boundary in Rajasthan, hiking the strength of their respective missions
- Pakistan: Chickens Coming Home To Roost (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 01, 2004)
The recent assassination attempts on Gen Musharraf can best be described as the wages of sin that Pakistan's rulers have inevitably to pay for the policies they have followed for over a decade. The ISI's inducting and training of terrorists and the ...
- Leading The Alliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
IF SONIA GANDHI came tantalisingly close, last Sunday, to suggesting that the Congress party would not make her prime ministerial candidature a necessary condition for a pre-electoral alliance, a day later the party's spokesman came close to ...
- Attempts On Musharraf’s Life (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jan 01, 2004)
THE chickens are coming home to roost for Pakistan’s military ruler. Just after he seized power in October 1999, Gen Pervez Musharraf became the first ruler in Pakistan to justify the violence unleashed by his jihadis in Kashmir as being a noble jihad
- Newspapers Circulation Goes Up 24 Pc (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
THE total circulation of newspapers across the country grew by 24 per cent, from 11.52 crore copies in 2001 to 14.2 crore copies in 2002-03 according to the 47th Press In India report. This increase can be attributed to the larger number of publishers
- Hanging Up On Past, Sonia Dials Dmk To Say Hello (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 31, 2003)
On the defensive ever since its tri-state rout, the Congress today took a daring step forward towards an alternative coalition with party president Sonia Gandhi calling up DMK chief M Karunanidhi to congratulate him on quitting the NDA.
- Chop And Change (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
At the cusp of an old year with the new, electoral engineering is the mood
- Thank You, 2003! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 31, 2003)
NORMALLY, on December 31, the excitement is all about the New Year. The only thought for the year that has been with us for the previous 12 months is usually a la Lord Tennyson in his famous poem, Ring out, Wild Bells: "The year is dying in the night, and
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