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Articles 20221 through 20320 of 21784:
- Making New Friends (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 09, 2003)
By identifying with Israel as a victim of terrorism, India may damage its own cause.
- Mission Iraq: Bush Leans, Gives Pm A Call (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2003)
US President George W Bush called up Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today as Washington stepped up diplomatic efforts to secure maximum international backing for its renewed attempt at obtaining a fresh resolution from the United Nations on deploying
- Shma’yisrael! (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Sep 08, 2003)
General Sharon arrives amidst cries of Shalom (Salaam/Peace), on the first official visit by an Israeli prime minister to India. Since most of the Indian Jewish community has migrated since the 1940s to Israel, England and the United States, some ironies
- Mayawati’s Win-Win Gambit (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Sep 08, 2003)
Mayawati's balancing act is amazing. Her party may be headed for a split, the CBI may be sniffing around for wrongdoings in the Taj corridor case, but there she sits, with ladoos in both hands. A jubilant Congress was all set to do a deal with her, and...
- Sailing Through The Cancun Meeting (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 08, 2003)
It is being assumed that there is a great battle on between the rich and the poor countries with the latter having their backs up against the wall in trying to fend off the demands of the former who have as their principal target a further opening up of
- Hail Mogambo (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Sep 08, 2003)
On the 15th of Xanthicus (roughly, April), AD 74, Eleazer ben Yair, leader of a Jewish community besieged by invading Romans in their rock fortress of Masada, rose to address his people. He had a simple message: There would be no surrender. They would all
- It’s Not About Sharon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2003)
As the first visit by an Israeli prime minister commences, it is an opportune moment to recommend a third way on West Asia. Even in the most tranquil of times, the question of official ties with Israel instantly polarises hard-nosed pragmatists from dewy-
- National Consensus (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Sep 08, 2003)
Has it occurred to the politicians on the two sides of the political fence that they owe it to the country to work unitedly in matters related to the safety and security of the people?
- Falling In Love (Hindu, Timeri N. Murari , Sep 08, 2003)
Neither the state nor any political organisation has the right to interfere with our emotional lives. Tyranny does grow from such small beginning to blossom into our Talibans, unless it is checked.
- Sharon Charts A New Road Map Today (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 08, 2003)
With the Israeli attempt to liquidate Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza threatening to rip apart the US-backed road map, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon prepared to leave for India on a first-ever visit which will focus on the menace of ...
- Delhi Nudges Us: Where’s Promised Help On Ic-814? (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Sep 08, 2003)
With the CBI still not getting access to Taliban leaders or receiving copies of documents recovered by US troops in Kandahar, New Delhi has told Washington that it’s still waiting for the promised help on the IC-814 hijack investigation.
- Facing Up To Corporate Responsibilities (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Sep 08, 2003)
A SIGN on the wall of the men's locker room at the Madras Boat Club would read, `When the going gets tough, the tough get going.' That is how it is with facing a crisis. That is how it must be inside Coca Cola and PepsiCo these days. And when you are an
- Narrow Escape For Ajit (Indian Express, SHRUTI KOHLI, Sep 08, 2003)
National Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh had a scare today evening when his plane made an emergency landing at the Palam (domestic) airport. The incident took place at 5.17 pm. Apart from Ajit Singh, there were three other persons on board the four-seater
- Discriminatory Strategies (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 07, 2003)
Retail investors were recently shocked to learn from the capital market regulator that many so-called mutual funds schemes had just one or two investors. A close look at the fine print reveals that the Mutual Fund (MF) industry is in fact gradually ...
- ‘terrorists Are Recruiting Youth Deeply Hurt By Gujarat’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2003)
As a politician who has changed colours from the Shiv Sena to the NCP, what makes you think you are secular? If Bal Thackeray had made you the chief minister, would you have still been Secular? Aslam Khan
- Another Hole In The Sky (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Sep 07, 2003)
The MiG-21s may be prone to accidents but India’s latest, state-of-the-art Sukhoi-30 fleet is now under a cloud.
- Newsreel 07.09.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh continues to experiment with political equations as the judgement day for the Mulayam government gets near. The Congress pot too is on the boil as a rift between the Central and state leadership surfaces over joining the issue.
- Car Sewa Petitions (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Sep 07, 2003)
Even after the courts settle whether or not Sachin Tendulkar has to pay Customs duty on his Ferrari, he may have to wait a while before he gets to drive his new car. The rules stipulate that foreign car models which are not generally imported have to be
- When Sharon Takes The Stage, In The Wings Will Be Defence Deals (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 07, 2003)
No bilateral defence agreement is going to be signed during Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s visit to New Delhi beginning Monday. But that doesn’t matter. For, in the sidelines of the first ever official visit of an Israeli prime minister, the issue
- Maya Rebels Help, Mulayam Cong-Proof (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Sep 07, 2003)
37 BSP MLAs, mainly upper-caste, cross; Cong offers outside support, ‘for now’
- Charles Taylor’s Daughters: In Delhi, Dancing And Salman Khan On Their Mind (Indian Express, Amba Batra, Sep 07, 2003)
Their father is in hiding, wanted by the UN for war crimes, sighted in Nigeria and the target of several bounty-hunters. But Blossom Anastasia Neypon and Avenette Tenema Sirleaf, daughters of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, are back in New Delhi
- Cong To Play It Safe, Give Support From Outside (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Sep 07, 2003)
Seeking to play it safe, the Congress today turned down the SP offer to join the UP government in tomorrow’s Cabinet expansion and decided instead to support from outside.
- Homecoming (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Sep 06, 2003)
Past brings nostalgia. But it haunts the displaced. When I visited Pakistan recently, I met Islamabad billionaire Md Alvi. Now in his 70s, Alvi, left Karol Bagh when he was just 14. But he remembers every detail of the Delhi neighbourhood that constituted
- From Mumbra, With Fear (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 06, 2003)
Last week, they agonised about subcontinental peace. Will the Mumbai blasts rock the frail India-Pakistan truce? This week, the section of the British and US media that usually keeps an eye on South Asia sounded more concerned about what the deadly strike
- Dawood Aide Brought From Uae Only To Walk Free (Indian Express, S. Ahmed Ali, Sep 05, 2003)
New Delhi worked months to get their hands on this sidekick of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim, Riyaz Ahmed Siddiqui. A red-corner notice was sent, requests were made to the UAE authorities to deport him, and finally on May 29, the 52-year-old Siddiqui was ...
- Split Milk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2003)
Something as crucial as milk supply should not be held hostage to ego clashes
- One Side Of The Story (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 05, 2003)
No story gets such extensive coverage on global TV, radio, print and Internet as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But how fair and unbiased is the coverage? Do journalists have equal access on both sides of the divide? I was horrified to learn from ...
- Wto Ministerial - Beat Developed Countries At Their Own Game (Business Line, Uttam Gupta , Sep 05, 2003)
India's strategy at Cancun should be to get increased market access by beating the developed countries at their own game. To start with, Indian negotiators should force the latter to drastically cut their present high levels of trade-distorting subsidies
- World Bank Pulls Up The Rich On Agriculture (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 05, 2003)
The report urges that, if the world's poor are to be benefited in any meaningful way, the Doha Round must result in a reduction in farm protection all around the world.
- Iraq: Delhi Gets A Us Call Again (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 05, 2003)
India is shown draft resolution on troops, wants firmer commitment on power transfer
- India Avoids Isolating Myanmar (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 04, 2003)
The Government's high-level defence engagement with Myanmar this week draws an unforgiving spotlight on to India's ties with an important neighbour whose military rulers are under growing international pressure to ease their tight grip on power.
- Hockey ‘backbone’ Fights Fractures (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Sep 04, 2003)
Hockey writers describe Jugraj Singh as a dual-use player, who can both score off penalty corners and defend them. His teammates have a simpler definition: ‘‘He is the backbone of the team, who never flinches from any challenge and loves to shoulder ...
- Who’s Responsible In Daman? (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Sep 04, 2003)
The bridge that collapsed in Daman last week claiming the lives of 29 children and an adult could well be a symbol of the apathy with which this union territory has for long been administered.
- Criminal Justice And Perjury (Deccan Herald, P R Parthasarathy , Sep 04, 2003)
Truth today is the biggest casualty in the courts and provisions for punishing perjury are hardly invoked
- Changing Internal Security Dynamics (Business Line, Upendra Choudhury, Sep 04, 2003)
THE blasts in Mumbai and the busting of a terror network in New Delhi present, among other things, the issue of internal factors that can erode national security as much as any external danger.
- Milk Debate Gone Sour (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2003)
THE UNSEEMLY ROW over the proposed import of milk powder assumes importance not because it is seen as a fight between the country's two best-known dairy cooperatives, but because it has at once focussed everyone's attention on the inherent inadequacies in
- Growing Up In The House (Indian Express, SHABANA AZMI, Sep 04, 2003)
No two cities are as unlike as Mumbai and Delhi. The first, of course, is my city. I grew up and became what I am here. The other, I got to know a bit better during my stint as a Member of the Rajya Sabha. In Delhi, there are two clear divides. You can
- Tips On Tackling Terror Ever Since September 11 (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 04, 2003)
Against the backdrop of terrorist attacks in the country, India is looking towards Israel to share tactics and strategy to deal with human bombs.
- Internal Accountability (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 03, 2003)
Pakistan's involvement and its intractable hostility to our safety and security is an old song. But we cannot keep on wringing our hands in despair, petitioning the "international community" to do something about Islamabad.
- Stuck In The Muddle East (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 03, 2003)
At his last cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Vajpayee would have done well to get the highly articulate Palestinian foreign minister, Nabil Sha’ath, into the foreign office, if only to explain the government’s position on the continuing chaos in the ...
- Ambedkar’s Orphans (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Sep 03, 2003)
In UP, the dalit queen is gone, and the OBC chieftain rules. Yadav masses and the cocktail circuit are both dancing attendance on Mulayam Singh Yadav.
- Good Cop, Good Cop (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2003)
Success should lead to success in fighting terrorism but there’s no room for complacency
- Need To Strengthen Border With China (Deccan Herald, Lt Gen (retd) B S Malik, Sep 03, 2003)
While India proved to be formidable in Sumdo Rong, China has consolidated its position in Tibet
- Cancun: Keep The Wheels Moving (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Sep 03, 2003)
With Cancun just days off, various groups of nations are sitting in conclaves to work out ways and means to ensure that the bicycle of trade negotiations does not fall, and the WTO ministerial does not end in abject failure. This would be a serious ...
- Storm In A Milk Bottle (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Sep 03, 2003)
AN UNTIMELY milk shortage in Delhi, even as pretty much the rest of the country seems to be milching on merrily, seems to have got the goat of some of the leading proponents of White Revolution. Though the battlefield is Delhi, the address of the ...
- Cas: The Hobson's Choice For Chennai (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 03, 2003)
THE variety and manoeuvrability of the English language never ceases to amaze. So, when it comes to any contentious issue, such as the controversy surrounding the conditional access system (CAS) in millions of homes in India, one can use a plethora of ...
- A Few Worst-Cas Scenarios (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Sep 02, 2003)
First there were four metros. Then, there were three. September 1, the date set by the government for the tiny box to roll into nearly 6.4 million cable homes, has passed by and no one is sure where the boxes are, or where they have rolled into. Never has
- India And Israel Need Each Other (Indian Express, BHARAT KARNAD, Sep 02, 2003)
It was only in the mid-1990s that New Delhi, realising how injurious it was proving to national interest, jettisoned its hoary, unbalanced, West Asia policy and brought its close, covert and longstanding ties with Tel Aviv, including in the military ...
- Between 1 Militant And 5 Prisoners (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Sep 02, 2003)
It took Gujarat’s Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) just one day to ‘‘crack’’ the year-old Akshardham attack mystery. It’s also taken just one day for holes to appear in the police version amid conflicting claims made both here and in distant Srinagar.
- Sanjoy’s Murder Spelled Ulfa Downslide (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Sep 02, 2003)
Social worker Sanjoy Ghose’s sensational murder case may have come to a close with life imprisonment to the two accused, looking back one finds that the murder also triggered the downslide of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
- Thanksgiving Time For Sharon (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 02, 2003)
One hot summer morning in Haifa three years ago, a group of Bene Israelis from Bombay turned out to greet travelling Indian journalists with stories of their recharged lives since they had migrated to Israel in the late 1960s. The older women, dressed up
- 'We Are Not Terrorists' -- Palestinian Foreign Minister (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 02, 2003)
THE PALESTINIAN Foreign Minister, Nabil Sha'ath, a Ph.D from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, U.S., is both articulate and forceful in what he says. Describing The Hindu as the "Le Monde of India," the Minister has no hesitation in ...
- France's Heat Wave (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 02, 2003)
How is it possible that in a country that boasts of one of the most advanced healthcare systems in the world, over 10,000 people are allowed to die in a matter of days
- A Changed Ownership Structure May Have Bottled Cola Row (Business Line, D. Sampathkumar , Sep 02, 2003)
BY ANY reckoning the recent controversy over pesticide residue in carbonated beverages has been a public relations disaster for the cola majors. To be in the limelight and often for reasons not entirely of their choice is not something new for them...
- Benefits Of Restraint (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2003)
THE PRIME MINISTER, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is showing both equipoise and insight in guiding the efforts for re-engagement with Pakistan. Mr. Vajpayee preferred a tone of sadness and pain to one of harshness when recent events forced him to comment ...
- Candor At Cancun (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Sep 01, 2003)
The WTO regime is still the best bet for a rising trading nation like ours
- Nasty, Brutish, Iraq (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2003)
The despicable assassination of the symbol of Shia moderation, Ayatollah Muhammad Bakr al-Hakim, in blasts which also killed 86 innocents, intensifies the reality of increasing insecurity and violence in Iraq. This was the third, and largest, car bombing
- 'Centre Is Indifferent Towards Us. They Come Here Only When There's A Blast' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 01, 2003)
Days after the twin blasts ripped through Mumbai city, Maharashtra CM Sushilkumar Shinde spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, at the Gateway of India, one of the sites where the tragedy had struck. Excerpts from the interview ...
- Petrol, Diesel Prices Go Uphill (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Sep 01, 2003)
Hike: Minister Naik finally gives oil firms the nod to keep pace with international prices
- Maya’s Gone But In These Dalit Homes, The Change’s For Real (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Sep 01, 2003)
Sometimes you find hope in the oddest of places, far from city lights and deep in the heart of squalor where only despair keeps you company.
- Shower Power (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
Ample rains and a consequent rise in agricultural output have set the economy on the growth path after three unremarkable years.
- Fraudulent Bank (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Aug 31, 2003)
On August 25, the Haryana police finally arrested one Manik Lal Maitra, a non-resident Indian (NRI) operating from Germany who was brazenly running a ‘fraudulent bank’ at Copola Towers, Rajendra Place in New Delhi without Reserve Bank permission.
- Cops Gun Down 2 ‘jem Men’ In Delhi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
Two men, allegedly belonging to terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, were killed during an encounter with Delhi Police’s Special Cell tonight at the Indraprastha Park here. The encounter took place after a team of the anti-terrorist unit arrested three men
- Feats Unlimited: Woman Sarpanchs On Feet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
She is in her mid-’30s, a mother of four and a Dalit woman sarpanch who has studied till Std V. Urmila Dhonde is proud of her background, proud of the administrative experience and insight she has gained as sarpanch over the last three years. And now she
- Poll Plot Fizzles (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 31, 2003)
Mayawati’s moves have put paid to L K Advani and Venkaiah Naidu’s plan to call an early General Election. The BJP think tank first calculated that the party would benefit from a General Election this year itself cashing in on the good monsoon and the ...
- Power To The People, And How! (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 31, 2003)
Last week, as the squalid political soap opera that was the collapse of the Mayawati government played itself out wearily on our television screens did you notice how much Indian politics has changed?
- ‘sue Us If You Wish, But Sue The Regulatory Agencies Too’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
What were the differences in sampling methods adopted by you and the other laboratories based on which the Centre has given a statement?
- The Spreading Tentacles Of Terror (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 31, 2003)
Kashmir is just a bridgehead for a larger war on the whole of India. On the jehadis' gameplan.
- Dec 13 Brain: Bsf Says It’s Got The Body (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 31, 2003)
After 8-hour fierce battle in Srinagar, security forces parade prize catch: Jaish Boss in the Valley. Who is this man, a father of a three-month-old and Kashmir’s Terrorist No 1
- Walking That Tightrope On Arab Street (Indian Express, Raghav Gupta, Aug 30, 2003)
In its eagerness to befriend Israel, India risks sending wrong signals to the Arab world. A more nuanced approach would work fine
- When Mourning A Death Brings Questions To Life (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 30, 2003)
No one in family knew this student’s double-life, Geelani only one at his funeral
- Hanuman Meets Seeta (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2003)
Truly has the Upper House of Parliament touched celestial heights
- Muslims Need To Establish Political Clout (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Aug 29, 2003)
Forget emotionalism. Draw up a hard-headed electoral strategy. First in a two-part series
- Problem-Solving: The Up Test (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 29, 2003)
The turn of events in Uttar Pradesh, bomb blasts in Mumbai, Archaeological Survey of India’s findings on Ayodhya, prime minister in Srinagar — more than one political process is in operation. The preoccupation in New Delhi is with the drama in UP. In ...
- Queue, Sera, Sera (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 29, 2003)
It was while waiting at the Moscow airport some years back that realisation dawned. India, like Russia, has experienced its own economic revolution, even if ours has been less dramatic and more gradual. The serpentine queue at the Moscow immigration ...
- Strategy For India At Cancun (Business Line, P. P. Prabhu, Aug 29, 2003)
New Delhi's objective at the Cancun WTO ministerial should be to strive for an outcome that will help India obtain greater market access, and benefit from its export potential and greater participation in international trade
- Up Is Down Is Up (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
Amidst these amazing incongruities, here’s hoping for some responsive governance
- ‘ask Sharon To End Occupation’ (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 29, 2003)
Palestine’s ambassador to India Osama Musa was an air force pilot, moving to the chair of the Palestinian Security Committee after the Oslo accords of 1993. A mere six months after his arrival in New Delhi, he is in the thick of things. Palestine’s ...
- Not Much To Write Home About On This Valley Visit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
Hurriyat: Advani says he and PM willing to talk but adds: we prefer talks with Vohra
- India Must Condition Itself To Cas (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 29, 2003)
AFTER all the hype, the Conditional Access System (CAS) that was set for release on September 1 may not make it at all. Or, so it seems with the Government putting off its implementation in Delhi till after the State Assembly elections. This gives the ...
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