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Articles 19521 through 19620 of 21784:
- The Food Of Paradise (Tribune, Roshni Johar, Dec 05, 2003)
IN his travel diary entitled “Delhi — Chunking”, the author K.P.S. Menon (who was India’s first ambassador to China in 1947) narrates an interesting incident regarding not China, but the delicious Bengali sweet, the rasgulla.
- Team Bjp Burnt The Midnight Oil, The Sphinx A Candle At Only One End (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 05, 2003)
From Big Guns booming to small fry working, from choppers to market surveys, Jaitley & Mahajan had the back-end right up
- A Brutal Blow To Congress Ambitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
WHILE CONFOUNDING MOST poll pundits, the Bharatiya Janata Party has surprised itself by wresting three out of the four Hindi-belt States decisively from its chief adversary. Contrary to popular expectation, the BJP scored an emphatic win in ...
- Bjp Has 3-Course Cong Lunch (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 05, 2003)
As news of its humiliating defeat in the Assembly elections started coming in today, India’s Grand Old Party seemed caught in a daze—handing out tired excuses of ‘‘anti-incumbency’’ (when till yesterday it claimed pro-incumbency was its winning card), its
- Left And Laloo Ring An Alarm Bell: Cong Should Think Or Sink (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 05, 2003)
As the Congress spent the day in mourning, its allies started the process of introspection on its behalf. There is only one refrain emanating from their ranks and that is to exhort the Congress to ‘‘do a lot of rethinking’’ and aggressively go in for ...
- Letter To A Murdered Mate (Indian Express, Raj Kamal Jha, Dec 05, 2003)
(if I may, that’s what one of your batchmates said you were called at IIT Kanpur):
- Our Stock Is Bluechip So No Hurry To Sell, Says Bjp (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 05, 2003)
With good news pouring in every minute from Bhopal, Jaipur and Raipur, BJP spirits soared and leaders, putting behind the rout in Delhi, prepared to strike at their principal adversary, the Congress. By evening, when the picture was clear as day, the ...
- The Rainmaker Cometh (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 05, 2003)
Pramod Mahajan and Arun Jaitley have brought to the BJP campaign a new alchemy and have delivered.
- Flavour Of The Times (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Dec 04, 2003)
Incompetence and delays mark the working of key institutions
- Hurriyat Doves Fly In To Bounce Roadmap Off Top Us Experts (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Dec 04, 2003)
As the Hurriyat doves led by Maulvi Abbas Ansari wait for the start of the dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, they are also preparing to bounce off their ‘‘roadmap’’with influential US foreign policy thinktanks.
- Vajpayee's Experiment With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 04, 2003)
The best way for India to take the peace process forward is to focus on unilateral actions.
- Dmk Enjoying Competitive Attention From Two Rivals (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 04, 2003)
The same day (Tuesday) the BJP president, M. Venkaiah Naidu, came calling on the DMK chief in Chennai, the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, visited the DMK parliamentary party office in New Delhi to pay homage to the late Union Minister, Murasoli Maran
- The Incumbency Factor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
THE VICTORY OF the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in the Mizoram Assembly elections, giving the party a second successive term in office, has shown that anti-incumbency may be an overused rule of thumb by politicians and pundits. The MNF's last ...
- And Chandigarh They Brought News Of An Iraq Warrior Dead (Indian Express, Harpreet Bajwa, Dec 04, 2003)
Bloodshed in Iraq hit Chandigarh today when a city youth, a soldier in the US Army, was killed in a firefight near the Sunni stronghold of Ramadi.
- Message From Mizoram (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
Before poll trends from the Hindi heartland come in, here’s good news from the Northeast
- The Prime Ministerial Palace (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 04, 2003)
The seat of power is shifting from South Block to Race Course Road. After years of debate, RCR is finally being customised as an exclusive high-security residence-cum-office complex for the prime minister. All six bungalows on the street have been ...
- Conduct Control (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
Control can be addictive. The Left Front government in West Bengal has always been particularly loath to part with its prerogatives with regard to the schools in the state. This long relationship of patronage and intervention has had its peaks and ...
- Cancun To Geneva — Caution Should Be The Watchword (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 04, 2003)
LONG before the formation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), late President, Jules Nyrere of Tanzania, the committed socialist and visionary African leader, told the industrialised West "Do not give us `aid', instead, give our products (he meant ...
- Chutney Polls And Mixed Metaphors (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Dec 04, 2003)
Once upon a time, say ten years ago, elections, in a newspaper office, were like weddings. The build-up began months ago. There was much discussion on who would go where, much argument over the issues that would define the election, much rivalry over the
- Bihar Dgp Says Dubey’s Honesty Angered The Mafia (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 04, 2003)
One full week after Satyendra Dubey’s murder and four days after The Sunday Express expose on how this IIT Kanpur whistleblower’s cover was blown by the government, the Bihar police have set up a Special Investigation Team to probe his killing.
- Damming The Deluge (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ writes of rains pouring for four years and of citizenry living the downpour much like officials at the Reserve Bank of India caught in the dollar deluge over the last two years. Like Marquez's Colombian people, the officials too ...
- Peace Initiative Is Fine (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 04, 2003)
THE resumption of overflights is merely a small step in a long journey for peace and good neighbourly relations. The litmus test of General Musharraf’s sincerity would be determined on whether he, the ISI and their favourite jihadi outfits continue using
- A Renewed Thaw (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
SUDDENLY THERE IS a new warmth in the usually frigid Indo-Pakistani relations. After last week's historic announcement of a cease fire along the Line of Control comes the decision to resume air links between the two countries and to permit over flights...
- Prescription For Kanshi Ram: No Politics (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Dec 03, 2003)
The BSP may be looking to play a crucial role in the next few days as talks begin on government formation in states which just saw polls, but there is one man who will be kept totally in the dark. BSP founder, leader and chief strategist Kanshi Ram.
- To Nda Delight, Mnf Retains Its Hold, Congress Is Lonely Again (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 03, 2003)
Demolishing the theory that the anti-incumbency factor would shut it out, the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), led by chief minister and former insurgent leader Zoramthanga, today secured a simple majority in a House of 40 to retain power in Mizoram.
- Elections: Does Market Know Better? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 03, 2003)
Exit polls give Madhya Pradesh to the BJP and Delhi to the Congress(I), and suggest a BJP upset in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. But does the share market know different, from the way it has been going up? Rasheeda Bhagat looks at the post-electio n scene.
- Surprising Turnaround (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN India and Pakistan to revive direct air links and overflights from January 1 on a reciprocal basis is significant not only for the effect it will have on the process of normalisation of relations but also for the manner in ...
- Wanted, A New Safma Patron (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 03, 2003)
BJP ideologue K.R. Malkani, who died recently, will surely be missed by many but none more so than the Pakistan-headquartered South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA), which recently organised the successful visit of Indian MPs (self-led by Laloo Prasad
- Undying Interest (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Dec 03, 2003)
Murasoli Maran’s contribution to Indian politics is best understood in the context of his larger concern with state autonomy
- ‘give Me Justice For Son’s Murder, Not This Funeral Cheque’ (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 02, 2003)
Dubey’s brother says all money in the world couldn’t buy him off
- Wto General Council Meeting — Pragmatism Should Dictate Approach (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 02, 2003)
As the EU has spelt out its stance and offered some flexibility in the issues figuring in the modalities for negotiations of the Doha Development Agenda, India too should adopt a pragmatic "give and take" stance to gain in numerous negotiations that are l
- All Fired Up For Winter Session, Cong Feels Cold (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 02, 2003)
Party in a huddle, explores strategy if verdict is hung in 2 states
- Cross-Border Flights From New Year, Train Next On Line (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 02, 2003)
Ending a two-year-old impasse, Pakistan threw open its airspace from January 1 to allow Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to fly directly to the SAARC summit a couple of days later, even as both sides began to prepare the ground for additional communication ...
- If The Centre Doesn’t Hold (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 02, 2003)
It is more economic than ethnic in Assam. The BJP-led government, caught between mandir and Modi, does not understand a simple thing like this. When the applicants number 72 lakh for a few vacancies in the railways, the response is not to raise 47 more...
- No Defence, Mr Chairman (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2003)
We need to reject any extraneous influence in the administration of our defence forces
- Terror On The Train (Indian Express, Mitali Namchoom, Dec 02, 2003)
November 12, 2003. Noon. The Brahmaputra Mail, 5 minutes from Jamalpur. I was expecting lunch, ignorant of the fact that near-death waited for me round the corner. When the first window splintered under the impact of a huge stone, I ignored it as a chance
- Almost Free (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2003)
Wonder ceases with familiarity. But any objective observer would be forced to grant that the massive scale of the electoral exercise in India is cause for some amazement. Even when the polling is limited to assembly elections in five states, the manpower,
- Compulsions Of Peace (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Dec 02, 2003)
IT would be churlish to dismiss the significance of the moves India and Pakistan have lately made bringing hope and cheer to the people on both sides of the divide.
- Tempestuous Winter Session Ahead (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Dec 02, 2003)
With election results coming in and such issues as the Judev tape episode and the stamp-paper scam on hand, the winter session of Parliament may see much polemics and politicking rather than democratic discussion and deliberations. The fate over 50 Bills,
- The Eurasian Imperative (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 02, 2003)
While everyone in India has been obsessing with the state assembly elections, I have had a rather “European” fortnight, with a week in Germany and then a long encounter over a freewheeling dinner-seminar with the president of the European Commission ...
- All Set For Round One (Business Line, Rup Lal Sharma, Dec 01, 2003)
EVERY THING is set for the electoral battle in five States, including four in the Hindi heartland. The Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Mizoram assume special significance as their outcome is likely to set the stage
- The Enemies Within (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 01, 2003)
Technological might has replaced military power in the exploitation of weak nations. Large differences in wealth among nations are mainly due to the degrees of ownership of technology. It is not enough to complain and find fault with the rich nations...
- Reflections On The Mid-Year Review (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 01, 2003)
THE Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 2003 enjoins upon the Government to review every quarter the trends in receipts and expenditure in relation to the budget. The first quarterly review for April-June 2003 was presented to the Government..
- But On The Ground, Militants Won’t Quit: 3 Killed Near Jammu (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Dec 01, 2003)
Gunbattle rages in forest, IAS official among eight injured
- Prabhakaran: Back To The Old Game (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Dec 01, 2003)
Owing to the pressure of circumstances or for tactical reasons, Prabhakaran may adopt different courses at different times but the ultimate objective is an independent state of Tamil Eelam.
- Himachal Politics Has Its Cricketers Clean Bowled (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Dec 01, 2003)
If the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) was to conduct a coaching camp today for its players, the venue would probably be either Patiala in Punjab or Panchkula in Haryana. Not Una, Bilaspur or Mandi, all Himachal towns possessing cricket ground
- And Now It’s Time For A Truce In The Skies (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Dec 01, 2003)
Removing another irritant in normalisation of ties with India, President Pervez Musharraf today announced that Pakistan would lift the ban on Indian overflights.
- The `Feel Good Factor' And All That (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 01, 2003)
That such issues as red tape, poor infrastructure and rigid labour laws should still be around even after the NDA Government has been in power for a full term should make representatives of the regime somewhat more apologetic and certainly less hectoring
- Poll-Itics 2003 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2003)
If this is only the semi-finals, let’s hope we survive the finals
- It’s Voters' Day (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2003)
TODAY is the day when the dirty tricks departments of most political parties will go on overdrive to influence the electoral verdict in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. However, it is unlikely that the Election Commission is going to be
- Two Parties, Two Pyramids (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 01, 2003)
This round of assembly elections has brought into sharp focus the leadership dilemmas of both the Congress and the BJP. The Congress has a galaxy of new contenders at the state level, but there are hardly any leaders besides Sonia Gandhi who have come ...
- To Stop Their Revolving Door, Call Centres Roll Out The Carpet For The Family (Indian Express, Murali K Menon, Nov 30, 2003)
Call centres are fighting their alarming attrition levels by hiring siblings, parents and children, couples. Strategy: if it’s a family, walkout less easy
- Media’s Discord Of Conduct (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 30, 2003)
Not long ago I happened to be on a flight with BJP President Venakaiah Naidu. He was returning from Jodhpur after campaigning for Vasundhara Raje and because the flight was a longish one we got talking about this and that and during the course of the ...
- Out Of Sync (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 30, 2003)
Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy would no doubt like to inform the folks back in Bihar that he is going places in New Delhi. Perhaps that is why he instructed the Airports Authority of India, which participated in the recent Trade Fair at ...
- Newsreel 23.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2003)
INDIA’s crown jewels take a small bruise as an inter-state racket dealing in IIM entrance question papers comes to light. The Common Admission Test (CAT) is cancelled and rescheduled for February as the CBI makes dramatic arrests from a Delhi hotel while
- Hope In Air, Pak Team Arrives Today (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Nov 30, 2003)
A six-member Pakistani delegation will arrive here a day in advance for crucial civil aviation talks.
- Govt As Your Delivery Boy (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 30, 2003)
When this piece is published, the dust and din of the election campaign would have settled in the States of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and in the Union of Territory of Delhi. Tomorrow (December 1) is the day of the poll. Mizoram went to...
- Success... At Any Cost (Hindu, Anjali Mody, Nov 30, 2003)
Anjali Mody on why success in competitive examinations means so much.
- A Bolt From The Blue (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Nov 30, 2003)
That the CAT question paper could be leaked was unthinkable... the incident can be used to clip the IIMs' wings
- A Five-Point Deprogramme (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2003)
From cue cards etched in stone to de-hyping Saarc: rough primer on how to build on the current ceasefire
- Law Minister Jaitley Claims Proof: Jogi & Jogi Jr Behind Video (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
Three days before the polls, Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley claimed today that the BJP had collected ‘‘proof’’ which directly linked Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and son Amit Jogi to the Judeo video. But asked to explain Judeo’s acceptance of the money ...
- This Bank Cmd’s Head Rolls After He’s Neck-Deep In Dirt (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Nov 29, 2003)
When N S Gujral, Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB), was called in and told to go on ‘‘medical leave’’ a fortnight ago—the buzz is those were his marching orders—his vigilance file was almost one foot high.
- Bijli, Sadak, Paani (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
Has development finally made it as top of the pops on the political agenda? Possibly
- In Fast-Track City, Old-World Khurana Runs A Solitary Race (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
If elections are won on favours and pavement-thumping activism, then the BJP’s candidate for chief minister of Delhi, Madan Lal Khurana, should be well ahead of his rival, Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
- The Curse Of The K Women (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Nov 28, 2003)
A new study uncovers how women in soap operas change a society they don’t necessarily reflect
- Central Asia Is Central To India (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Nov 28, 2003)
The ‘gas and Great Game’ region sees India as a role model
- Political Hiccups (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 28, 2003)
A pathetic pursuit of ratings, the quest for more advertising has caused TV channels, newpapers and weeklies to focus so heavily on elections in the four northern states that Mizoram seems almost outside the Indian Union.
- Law Day: An Occasion For Some Soul-Searching (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 28, 2003)
NOVEMBER 26, the date on which "we, the people" adopted the Constitution in 1949, is observed as the Law Day in India. (Curiously, in the US, May 1, the Labour Day, is also the Law Day!)
- Managing The Test (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
THE COUNTRY'S TOP management education institutes are shaken by the discovery that the question paper for their prestigious Common Admission Test was put on the street by touts for a price, near the national capital.
- Didi Kept On Hold So She Turns In Phones (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 28, 2003)
PM reminder: no dial tone
- Rateria Admits: We Did Meet (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Nov 28, 2003)
Judeo video:Dilip Singh Judeo’s asst PS says ‘Rahul’ has left the country; provides CBI with crucial leads
- Verdict Need Not Indicate Trends In Ls Poll, Feel Bjp, Congress (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Nov 28, 2003)
With pollsters forecasting a mixed verdict, the mainstream political parties, BJP and Congress, are wary of projecting the coming Assembly contests as a curtain raiser for the Lok Sabha elections next year.
- Shell, Totalfina Gas Supply Bid In Trouble — No Financial Back-Up From Parent (Business Line, Balaji C. Mouli, Nov 27, 2003)
GLOBAL energy major Shell and TotalFina-Yemen LNG's bids for supply of 3 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) proposed 2600 MW capacity addition in Gujarat are in trouble, according to industry sourc
- The India Economic Summit Has Underlined The Need For Expediting Reforms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
The three-day India Economic Summit – jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the World Economic Forum – that concluded in Delhi on Tuesday has focused on the need to pursue reforms to move the Indian economy further forward.
- Politics Of Drought Favours Gehlot (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 26, 2003)
ALMOST all opinion polls have placed the Congress(I) in a pretty comfortable position in Rajasthan. In the villages around Jaipur and Ajmer that this correspondent visited, the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Gehlot, is looked upon as an annadata.
- Politics Of Drought Favours Gehlot (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 26, 2003)
ALMOST all opinion polls have placed the Congress(I) in a pretty comfortable position in Rajasthan. In the villages around Jaipur and Ajmer that this correspondent visited, the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Mr Ashok Gehlot, is looked upon as an annadata.
- Sustaining The Centre's Myth (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 26, 2003)
We have heard the jarring notes from Assam to Maharashtra. These are timely reminders of the precariousness that continues to define the Centre's myth.
- Truce Underway, Border Guns Begin To Fall Silent (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 26, 2003)
Indian and Pakistani guns along the International Border, Line of Control and Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir were to fall silent Tuesday midnight as the two nations set out to lower the chill in relations and create conditions good enoug
- Sc: Get Cbi To Probe Selection Of Teachers By Chautala Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Giving a fillip to the role of whistle-blowers, the Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into allegations that the Om Prakash Chautala government in Haryana subverted the selection of 4,000 primary school teachers three years ago. The inquiry is to be
- Capitalism With A Human Face (Indian Express, Anu R Aga, Nov 26, 2003)
In the past few years there has been much talk about ‘‘corporate social responsibility’’ (CSR). It has become a leading topic at World Economic Forum meetings. Economist Adam Smith, who wrote the bible of capitalism, Wealth of Nations, more importantly a
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