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Articles 20121 through 20220 of 21784:
- Day After: No One’s Martyr (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 21, 2003)
Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi had apparently bargained for at least a martyred hero’s image when he announced on Thursday that he would resign if charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case. But two days later, while he is set
- Babri Cloud: Sangh Seize The Silver Lining (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Sep 20, 2003)
Advani walks free in demolition case; Joshi quits after he, 6 Sangh leaders face charges, party tells him don’t
- Back To The Temple (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Sep 20, 2003)
It's amazing how elections bring all Sangh outfits together on the Ayodhya issue. First the RSS and then the BJP promptly endorsed the VHP move to mobilise crowds for the temple. The BJP has steered clear of the issue in its five years in power. A senior
- Rebel Hawks Now Flaunt Oic Feather (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2003)
Waving a formal invite to their leader from the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to its two sessions in New York later this month, Hurriyat rebels led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani today rubbed in the point that they were the ‘‘real’’ Hurriyat.
- Fifty Five And Free (Indian Express, RITU GOYAL HARISH, Sep 19, 2003)
She is 55 years old. And she had the guts to run away! I write this for Palani amma, my maid for two short months, Pal Raj’s wife of 38 years, mother of one, grandmother of two and such a gutsy woman.
- Slow Drift On First Track (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 19, 2003)
Is the sweetness in Indo-Pak relations about to end? We shall know when General Pervez Musharraf addresses the UN General Assembly on September 24. The gaps that must have been left in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s speech scheduled for September 2
- Problematic Privatisation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2003)
AFTER PROLONGED DITHERING, the Union Cabinet has finally cleared the privatisation of the Delhi and Mumbai airports. But it is doubtful if the last word on this privatisation exercise has been said. It now transpires that one arm of the ...
- Kanshi Ram’s 95-Yr-Old Mother Battles The Personal And Political (Indian Express, Bajinder Pal Singh, Sep 19, 2003)
Telephone lines are dead in Kanshi Ram’s Ropar village home, family waits for TV, press updates on his health
- Subtle Signal To Advani: Joshi Says I’ll Quit If Named In Babri (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 19, 2003)
By announcing that he would resign from the government if the Rae Bareli court were to order framing of charges against him in the Babri Masjid demolition case, Union HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi today sent a veiled signal to Deputy Prime Minister
- Commending Modi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2003)
This newspaper has had few occasions to commend Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat. Indeed, the recent history of the state has prompted bitter words against him in these columns, everyone of which we believe is perfectly justified considering the
- Taj Project: Plan Panel Rang First Alarm Bell, No One Heard (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Sep 19, 2003)
The Supreme Court is not the only one to have spoilt the Taj party for Mayawati’s Government. Just a week before its intervention, the Planning Commission had already played spoilsport and refused to clear the Central allocation of Rs 120.4 crore for the
- Joshi Orders: Students Can’t Grade Teachers; Gets Praise Left, Right (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2003)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi today reversed the decision of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to allow students to evaluate their teachers.
- In India’s North-East, A Murky Meat Mart (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Sep 19, 2003)
Hundreds of women have simply vanished, exported by the human trafficking industry
- Maya’s Tax Returns, List Of Her Assets On Way To Apex Court (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Sep 18, 2003)
Former Chief Minister Mayawati will have reason to squirm when the Supreme Court takes up the Taj corridor case tomorrow.
- Track This Tibetan Arc (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Sep 18, 2003)
Regardless of New Delhi recently closing its Tibet option, the Dalai Lama continues to receive immense support in the Western world for his lonely struggle to arrive at a settlement with Beijing. His recent meetings in Washington with American President
- A Community, Strangely Connected (Indian Express, Seema Alavi, Sep 18, 2003)
The liberal ambience of Lucknow where I grew up ensured I was unconscious of my Muslim identity. The Babri masjid demolition made me aware I was a Muslim. The Gujarat riots underlined my difference with others because of being a Muslim. And yet, being...
- Newspapers: Buy Two, Read One (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 18, 2003)
ONE of these days do not be surprised while having your morning cuppa if your favourite daily greets you with her regional cousin in tow.
- The Mutual Suspicion Stays (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 18, 2003)
It may not have been enshrined in the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation charter, but extending "personal invitations" to heads of state/government for summit meetings has become a SAARC convention.
- A Nadir Over A Summit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2003)
Yashwant Sinha’s right: Saarc is the only event New Delhi should confirm for now
- China And India — A Study In Contrast: Perspectives In Economic Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Sep 18, 2003)
While the contrasts between the two countries are stark, it may be too early to write off India as a "lumbering giant" which has lost the race to the "Crouching Tiger". India's stable financial system and the better-organised legal machinery may still ...
- Israel Eye In Space On Indian Shoulder (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Sep 18, 2003)
Who said terror is the only common ground between New Delhi and Tel Aviv? Both sides are joining hands—in space.
- Lakhs Turn Literate In A Year: Bihar’s New Rewriting On The Wall (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 18, 2003)
Volunteers, officials work together. Result: 3 lakh new literates in Muzaffarpur, 1 lakh women literates in Kishenganj
- Let’s Get To Know The Leh Of The Land (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Sep 18, 2003)
Forget big armies, small crack units are the in thing. The Indo-US military exercises in Ladakh indicate India’s Special Forces thrust
- Cas: Lack Of Regulatory Framework (Business Line, B.S. Rathor, Sep 18, 2003)
THE Conditional Access System (CAS) issue has become murkier, requiring immediate damage control by the Government. The Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Mr Vijay Singh, had to rush to Chennai to soothe ruffled
- Jobs For The Boys (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Sep 18, 2003)
All the celebrities on the Mulayam Singh bandwagon will soon have a finger in the Uttar Pradesh pie. The new chief minister is believed to have cleared the formation of an Uttar Pradesh Industrial Development Council to which he plans to appoint his ...
- Prevent Farm Price Collapse (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2003)
WITH SATISFACTORY SPATIAL and temporal distribution of rains in most parts of the country, this year's south-west monsoon, now in the last lap of its four-month cycle, has generated tremendous optimism on the farm front. For the first time in four years,
- The Hurriyat Meltdown (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2003)
AT ONE LEVEL, the formation of a parallel All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by Islamist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani is not news. The new organisation simply gives formal shape to the long-standing de facto schism among secessionist ...
- Why Everyone Loves A Good Psu (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Sep 17, 2003)
No wonder Union Minister Ram Naik was celebrating today’s decision. For once again, the NDA Government has directed the autonomous Navratna and Miniratna public sector undertakings, including BPCL and HPCL, to shell out Rs 29.50 crore to enable its blue
- Musharraf Has No Nose For Diplomacy (Indian Express, Benazir Bhutto, Sep 17, 2003)
Decision making in Pakistan once took place in an institutional framework, allowing debate between different governmental departments. This resulted in credible, legitimate, serious and acceptable policies, based on consensus.
- His Fight To Read Begins In Goa Jail, Ends With A Library In Up (Indian Express, SUMANT BHATTACHARYA, Sep 16, 2003)
After Express report which led to PIL, Sudhir Sharma got books to read in jail, now free he gets others to read
- But Who’s Paying The Bill? (Indian Express, V. N. Kakar, Sep 16, 2003)
Whenever the seven-year-itch to breathe some fresh air away from India grips you terribly, attach yourself to the coattails of the Director General of Health Services (DGHS). Wangle a trip to some of the places he visits. He has VIP patients suffering
- Exit Via Gujarat (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 16, 2003)
When Prime Minister Vajpayee lands in Zurich at the end of this week after Turkey and en route to the UN meetings in New York, the reception committee will not include India’s honorary consul for 13 years in the city, Thomas Wach. Seems that Wach’s ...
- Temple: Vhp Spews Fire On Govt But It Keeps The Bjp Warm (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 16, 2003)
The Sangh Parivar today set the stage for a re-run of the VHP versus Mulayam Singh Yadav roadshow. The plot will be the same—a massive march on to Ayodhya—with one new element, a trailer here on October 15.
- The Collapse In Cancun (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2003)
THE CANCUN MINISTERIAL of the World Trade Organisation, that ended on Sunday, failed to tell the world in clear terms that work on the Doha Round — slated to become effective by the beginning of 2005 — was on course. Indeed, the value of Cancun is that it
- Doves A Flutter As Hawk Geelani Builds Rebel Hurriyat Nest (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2003)
Marinalising the doves in separatist politics and setting the stage for a bitter power struggle, the breakaway group of hawks today nominated Syed Ali Shah Geelani as the Hurriyat’s new ‘‘chairman.’’
- Making The Literacy Dream Come True (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Sep 16, 2003)
Instead of resorting to populist programmes, the government should evolve a long-term literacy strategy
- Airport Privatisation Leaves Designers Stranded (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Sep 15, 2003)
The Centre may be patting its back over the decision to privatise Delhi and Mumbai airports, but it has the Airports Authority of India (AAI) running for cover from leading international architects who were invited to submit design proposals for the two a
- Govt Gets Un To Intervene For Sangh (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 15, 2003)
Ambassador No. 2: Agnihotri given envoy status, will vie with Mansingh to welcome Vajpayee
- Looking Beyond Saarc (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 15, 2003)
The Government will soon make up its mind on whether the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, should travel to Islamabad in January. India will shortly receive a formal invitation from Pakistan to join the delayed summit of the seven South Asian nation
- Combating Spectre Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 15, 2003)
India should co-operate with all international coalitions that promote counter-terrorism
- Combating Spectre Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 15, 2003)
India should co-operate with all international coalitions that promote counter-terrorism
- Bhutan Opts For Happiness (Indian Express, Anita Anand, Sep 15, 2003)
In 1949, the year I was born, India and Bhutan signed a treaty of friendship. However, it wasn’t until 1989 that I made a trip to Bhutan. I did not know much about the country. And there were no handy guidebooks available. On the Delhi-to-Paro flight that
- In New York Vs New Delhi, It’s Chief Justice Vs Chief Justice (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Sep 14, 2003)
Dispute between ICICI Bank, Japanese firm sees Kirpal slamming Indian justice system, Ahmadi praising it. US judge agrees with Kirpal
- Supportfolio (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Sep 14, 2003)
Mamata Banerjee, the Union Cabinet Minister without portfolio, can take heart from this. The UP government has six ministers — including Kusum Rai and Anuradha Chaudhary who made it to the Cabinet allegedly because of their proximity to Kalyan Singh and
- Police Violations Of Human Rights (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Sep 14, 2003)
In any civilised nation a policeman is regarded as the citizen’s friend. Sadly in our country a person who needs protection of the law dreads to approach a police station, especially if the person is a woman. Whilst wholesale condemnation of the police is
- Company Complaint (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Sep 14, 2003)
Congressmen were irked that Mulayam Singh Yadav was taking their support for granted. Rather than talking to Soniaji directly, he used his lieutenant Amar Singh, not exactly a favourite of the Congress president, as a go-between. At the CWC only very few
- Airport Worthy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2003)
Doing Delhi and Mumbai is a good first step, but numerous other airports await reform
- Sangh Kept At Bay (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Sep 13, 2003)
With the Government wanting to move cautiously on Israeli PM Ariel Sharon’s first visit to India, the Sangh Parivar was forced to keep a low profile while he was here. Apparently, RSS leaders, long-time admirers of Israel, were keen to meet Sharon. They
- Axing The Axis (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 13, 2003)
Indo-Israeli sweet-somethings, timed to rhyme with 9/11 commemorations, were abruptly cut off by the suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. But the US and British media had drawn their conclusions.
- The Future Of Cas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2003)
THE CONFUSION AND disorder that has attended the implementation of the Conditional Access System (CAS) raises significant questions about the manner in which the new cable television regime has been introduced. Deferred in Delhi, resisted and ...
- Musharraf On Osama, Sectarian Violence In Pakistan And His Worries Over The India-Israel-Us Military Axis (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2003)
Excerpts from Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s question-answer session with BBC’s Robin Lustig in special series Talking Point on Islam and the West.
- Ink Barely Dry On Israel Story, Delhi Calls Arab Envoys For Little Edit (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 13, 2003)
The sense of disquiet in the Arab world over the official bond of brotherhood forged on the banks of the Yamuna between India and Israel this week brought all 18 Arab ambassadors accredited to New Delhi for a briefing to the MEA early this morning.
- Nukes: Iran Told To Face The Iraq Test (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2003)
A last-minute compromise between the developing and Western world at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna this evening allowed the passage of a unanimous resolution demanding that Iran meet an October 31 deadline to prove it was not ...
- Gujarat Plots Debt Swap (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Sep 12, 2003)
THE Gujarat Government yet again leads the rest of the country, taking a leaf out of the fiscal prudence book of Corporate India.
- Sharon’s Roaring Goodbye (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 12, 2003)
It is, of course, only a coincidence that the Israeli premier and an important US state department official were both in New Delhi on the second anniversary of 9/11. If observing 9/11 was a purpose, there could not have been a more appropriate guest than
- Reforms Touch Down At Mumbai, Delhi Airports (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2003)
The Government has decided that the management of Delhi and Mumbai airports will be transferred in less than a year to a joint venture consortium which will have to transform them into ‘‘principal hubs of international travel to India.’’
- Terror Infrastructure In Pakistan (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Sep 12, 2003)
Candlelight vigils at the Wagah border, and sentimental reminiscing about common culture and values cannot dilute the fact that the military establishment in Pakistan and the ISI are using the fundamentalist organisations and the terror infrastructure to
- Images That Promote Fear (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 12, 2003)
An event-driven media on both sides of the border does its job by reporting only the most sensational news. As a result, it fails to play a role in building greater understanding.
- Tough One For India: How To Vote On Friend Iran’s Nuclear Programme (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 12, 2003)
India was tonight debating a response to an extremely toughly worded draft resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this afternoon, demanding that Iran give it full access to its nuclear sites, suspend all nuclear activity until all ...
- Believe It Or Not (Indian Express, ANNA M M VETTICAD, Sep 11, 2003)
A colleague was sent scurrying off the other day on a mission to interview a lady who her publicist described as ‘‘India’s volleyball captain Nandita Singha.
- Cancun: Tentative And On Tenterhooks (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 11, 2003)
The WTO Fifth Ministerial aims to set a framework for putting the Doha trade talks back on track.
- Cas: Bouquet Of Problems (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Sep 11, 2003)
SINCE June, consumer groups have been cautioning against the implementation of Conditional Access System without adequate safeguards.
- Now Science Is Behind Us On Ayodhya, Says The Deputy Pm (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 11, 2003)
: Joining the debate over the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report on the Ayodhya excavations,
- Indo-Pak. Rivalry In Afghanistan (Hindu, Aunohita Mojumdar, Sep 11, 2003)
Without the problems of a contiguous border, India has been able to reap the rewards of being a neighbourhood friend.
- All The Noise In New Delhi Adds Up To Two Words: Oh Jerusalem! (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 10, 2003)
Vajpayee’s gift to Sharon: replica of 1624-year-old Cochin document that gave Jews the right to own land
- Will Someone Get A Hospital Bed For This Akshardham Hero In Delhi? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2003)
While the Gujarat police are having a hard time plugging the holes in their version of who are behind the Akshardham strike, few are sparing a thought for this unsung hero.
- Why We Are All Not Terrorists (Indian Express, Nilofar Suhrawardy, Sep 10, 2003)
Of late sharper emphasis and focus are being accorded to haunting questions related to Muslims’ standing in Indian society. Secularists need to spare a thought to a mundane, even crude, question: What prevented them from turning to terrorism and/or ...
- Clipping Our Own Wings (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Sep 10, 2003)
Which is the best airline in the world? That’s probably an impossible question to answer. The answer varies from survey to survey and there is always some subjectivity in respondents’ replies.
- Nanny State (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2003)
The government has just spoken for all of us. It has argued before the Delhi high court that homosexuality cannot be legitimised in India because “Indian society is intolerant to the practice of homosexuality/lesbianism”. It has also reiterated the need
- From Maran To Jaitley (Business Line, Jayanthi Iyengar, Sep 10, 2003)
MUCH has been written in the run-up to Cancun and much will be written after the event, when ministers of 146 countries begin their next round of deliberations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Wednesday. Yet, so little energy has been spent on ...
- After 10-Year Gap, Fly To Istanbul From New Delhi Direct (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Sep 10, 2003)
Just days before Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee leaves on a bilateral visit to Turkey—on his way to the UN—the Government has given clearance for Turkish Airlines to reopen operations to India.
- Friendship Occupies All The Territory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 10, 2003)
Stepping out of its decades-old lakshman rekha with Israel, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today set the tone for a red carpet welcome for its Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, emphasising bonds in defence, agriculture and in the fight against terrorism that both
- Selective Memories (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 09, 2003)
Moral hypocrisy or political correctness? For a nation that’s just about seen everything, few things can be as irritating as the sight of its leadership saying one thing and doing another. And so when a long list of eminent people, including former Prime
- Gujarat’s Blindspot (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 09, 2003)
What is the difference between dictatorship and democracy? In the first, one person changes the people; in the second, the people change that person. When I read about the treatment meted out to Zakia Jaffrey after she had deposed before the Nanavati-Shah
- A New Regime In Uttar Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2003)
THE EMPHATIC VICTORY scored by Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in the confidence motion he moved in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly should ensure a stable regime in the State for at least a while. The resourceful Mr. Yadav appeared ...
- Why Didi Is Minister Of God-Knows-What (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Sep 09, 2003)
Koyla is Moila (Coal Ministry is Dirty) is the refrain in the Trinamool camp here as its leaders try to explain why their Mamata Didi Banerjee doesn’t want the Coal Ministry.
Late tonight, her close aides in Kolkata indicated that the party was hoping
- The Wrong Signal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2003)
INDIA AND ISRAEL share a relationship that has grown rapidly and covers diverse fields. Official visits by the leaders of countries having ties of this sort are important since they reinforce and add impetus to exchanges of a more mundane nature. ...
- Militants Melt Away Despite Heat Being On (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Sep 09, 2003)
Seven days after intensive operations in this densely forested ravine in the Ghati area, security forces today called off their search saying the holed-up militants—estimated to be seven Lashkar members—have escaped.
- Centre Says Being Gay Will Remain A Crime, Its Reason: Our Society Doesn’t Tolerate It (Indian Express, KAVITA CHOWDHURY, Sep 09, 2003)
The Central Government has informed the Delhi High Court that homosexuality cannot be legalised in India as the ‘‘Indian society is intolerant to the practice of homosexuality/lesbianism.’’
- Airport Rankings: Not Much To Write Home About (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Sep 09, 2003)
A distinct lack of improvement in the busiest airports of the country, Delhi and Mumbai, and their failure to convincingly outshine the less privileged cousins like Bhubaneshwar and Coimbatore stand out in Airports Authority of India’s latest study on ...
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