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Articles 20521 through 20620 of 21784:
- ‘to Make Sure We Build World-Class Business, We’ll (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 04, 2003)
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City in Navi Mumbai. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk
- Visa Hurdle Slows Indian Passage To Blind Games (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 04, 2003)
The Second World Championship & Games for the Blind got underway at Quebec today but the Indian contingent was apparently stuck somewhere enroute, looking for flights to make it to the venue.
- Lost In A Swiss Dream, She Wakes Up To Her Up Village (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Aug 04, 2003)
After such a long journey, Shezadi Reist has gone back to Switzerland. On Saturday, she boarded a flight from the Babatpur airport in Varanasi along with her husband Stefan, while her family and Madiaon villagers watched.
- Ayodhya, Polls Gather Storm Clouds (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 04, 2003)
In a bid to take the wind out of the gathering storm over his Ayodhya remarks, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today said there was no change in the Government’s stand on the Ayodhya dispute which he felt could only be resolved through a negotiated
- Containing Adverse Fallout (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 04, 2003)
India and China are engaged in a quiet diplomatic effort to sort out the issues arising out of the recent incident in the eastern sector of India's border and to guard against any recurrence. Concerned officials of the Ministry of External Affairs here
- Wolf Shopping For Sheep's Clothing (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Aug 04, 2003)
SUCCESSIVE governments at the Centre have made a complete mess of India's foreign policy, subsidised with growing reluctance by the tax payer. Thus, in a manner of speaking, the BJP-led National Front Government was only perpetuating an established
- Cancun At The Crossroads (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 04, 2003)
The obstacles ahead on the road to Cancun — and to the larger target of implementation of the Doha Development Agenda — are many and entrenched. This is a widely known fact which is why appeals have poured in from all sides to get the negotiations to ...
- India And The Korean Crisis (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 04, 2003)
Half a century ago, India played an active role in the Korean peninsula during the terrible war there that left nearly five million people dead, injured or missing.
- Strike: Tn Builds Case, Gets Report From Dists (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
With the Supreme Court directing the Tamil Nadu government to ‘dispassionately’ consider reinstating dismissed employees, the government is planning to reinstate those who had FIRs against them under Section 4 of ESMA.
- Death Bed Bequests (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Aug 03, 2003)
There were times when religion and priests had overpowering influence on people’s lives particularly when a person was dying. Death bed bequests were made under priestly influence for religious and charitable purposes with the expectation of pleasing the
- Jat, Seriously (Indian Express, Bajinder Pal Singh, Aug 03, 2003)
The Punjab BJP is veering around to the idea of having a Jat Sikh as president. And guess who has the most problems? Ally Akali Dal, which fears the BJP may take away its rural vote bank with the move.
- Vanishing Pact (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 03, 2003)
The drama begun by Bihar DGP D.P. Ojha’s order on Wednesday to arrest RJD MP Mohd Shahabuddin today took an unexpected twist.
- Newsreel: 27.07.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
INSTITUTIONS, not individuals, is what makes a democracy tick. Against a backdrop of farcical investigations and fleeing victims, the National Human Rights Commission decides to take the Best Bakery case — one among the many gruesome incidents during the
- Dilli Door Ast: 7 Feet Under Water, That Is (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Aug 03, 2003)
For some reason Delhi suddenly thinks it is Cherrapunjee, the wettest spot on earth. There has been more rain over the last month than all the rain that has rained on this benighted city since Taimur the Lame paid us a visit.
- Indian Position On Peacekeeping (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 03, 2003)
The Indian position was clear enough. As New Delhi awaits an "explicit'' United Nations mandate to consider the possibility of deploying troops in Iraq, previous positions taken by the Vajpayee Government at the U.N. are instructive. ``We believe that
- Officer In Cbi Net Ropes Big Fish For Prime Mumbai Plot (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Aug 03, 2003)
What might the chief of naval staff, a Shiv Sena MLC, a promoter under CBI investigation, IAS officers, a local army commander and ‘Kargil Heroes’ have in common?
- Not Tired, Or Retired (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 03, 2003)
Ever since he snubbed Venkaiah Naidu promising that he was neither tired nor retired, Prime Minister Vajpayee seems to be re-invigorated. The latest evidence of the PM’s toughness was the way the normally-pugnacious Mayawati hastily backed down on her
- Dealing With Disaster, Beer Baron Way (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 03, 2003)
By way of prologue may I say that this week’s column might not have appeared at all because, had the gods not willed otherwise, it would have been your columnist who would have crashed with Vijay Mallya in his helicopter and not NDTV cameraman Ajmal Jami.
- Calendar Politics (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani’s pitch for holding the forthcoming Assembly elections along with the general elections in the ‘‘first quarter’’ of 2004 appears practical on at least two counts: The BJP’s star campaigner, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee’s
- Mom, Where Are You? Writes V P Singh (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 03, 2003)
Between interludes of dialyses, a poet is discovering his new language. Vishwanath Prathap Singh, after translating images into paintings and poetry in Hindi, is now writing poems in English and plans to publish them soon.
- Advani Pitches For A Uniform Poll Code (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 03, 2003)
Lok Sabha, state polls together for better governance, he says; real reason could be to ensure lonely Cong pitted against allies
- The China Syndrome (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2003)
An early resolution of the boundary dispute may not happen but both sides must ensure peace
- Iim Comes To Freshen North Block Air (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 02, 2003)
In his quest for a qualitative change in governance in today’s complex and competitive environment, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani has roped in two top management gurus from Ahmedabad to train senior bureaucrats in the fine art of leadership.
- Mid-Day Meal Best Course For Schools Yet States Don’t Bite (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Aug 02, 2003)
There is some good news on the Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme. Findings of a survey released today show that because of this scheme, school enrolment between July 2001 and July 2002 went up by 14%, with a particularly impressive jump (19%) for girls. The
- Cornered, Gujarat Govt Looks At Hc Exit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2003)
With the BJP continuing its attack on the NHRC—party spokesman V K Malhotra said the commission could be perceived as ‘‘anti-Hindu’’—two senior Gujarat ministers arrived in New Delhi to meet Law Minister Arun Jaitley to explore what their next step should
- Of Love And Hate (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 02, 2003)
I broke my vow of sanyas of ever remaining confined to my house by going to hear Zohra Sehgal recite Urdu poetry at the India International Centre. In the past many holy men broke their vows of celibacy when tempted by apsaras. I have no pretensions of
- The Vajpayee Peace Process: Directions And Prospects (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 01, 2003)
The Prime Minister's peace initiative is moving in a measured manner. There is no need to get hustled by Pakistan to move faster. Mr A. B. Vajpayee has acknowledged the mistake made at Agra of staging a summit without proper groundwork. Now, Foreign ...
- Sangh Gives Nhrc Its Cec Treatment (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2003)
Just as it had done with the CEC during the polls, the Sangh Parivar slammed the NHRC today, ccusing it of being biased and partisan.
- Sangh Mourns The Original Rambhakt (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 01, 2003)
When the last rites of 90-year-old Mahant Ramchandra Das Parmahans, the mascot of the Ramjanmabhoomi movement who died in Ayodhya today, are performed there tomorrow, the entire Sangh Parivar — from Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to RSS
- Finally, The Doping Buck Begins To Stop With The Coaches (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Aug 01, 2003)
India’s long history of doping in sport has never seen any official punished; it’s always the athlete who takes the rap. Until now: In a radical move, the Sports Authority of India has suspended several of its coaches for their involvement with doping.
- Rejection Slips Only? Not Really (Indian Express, J.S. Rajput, Aug 01, 2003)
The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) stands for professionalism in school education planning and development. Since 1961, this institution has acquired a quiet dignity in the world of curriculum modernisation. In recent years
- Why Do Decisions Hang In India? (Business Line, A. V. Ram Mohan, Aug 01, 2003)
Many issues, big and small, await some higher authority to decide, and when they do get decided, it is most often too little, too late and perhaps too clever.
- Ram Versus Ramani (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 01, 2003)
Mumbai is the hip slick town. But it’s also a conservative small town. During the recent Fashion Week, naked adolescents strolled up and down ramps, screaming that they love to “purrtie”(party). Men dressed in porno-chic stomped about with sindoor in
- A Saffron Tinge To Track Ii Talks (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Jul 31, 2003)
Nobody is more surprised than the saffron crowd by the RSS decision to permit three of its members to travel to Islamabad next month for the Indo-Pak talk shop organised by the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA). Of course, the Sangh has carefully
- Towards More Neighbourly Ties (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jul 31, 2003)
Karzai needs Pak to fight terrorism while Musharraf cannot allow Pak to be sucked into a new Afghan quagmire
- The September Test (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jul 31, 2003)
How many of you believed Richard B. Myers when he said that he hadn’t come to ask for troops? At the risk of spoiling the image of journalists as a sneering, cynical lot, I thought he was telling the truth. Think about it: Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of
- Bjp Sugar-Coats Its Pill But Maya Is Still Bitter (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 31, 2003)
After having forced Chief Minister Mayawati to withdraw her demand for the removal of Jagmohan from the Union Government, the BJP here today ‘‘closed’’ the UP issue with a terse message: ‘‘follow the coalition dharma.’’
- For Clean Coal (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2003)
GIVEN THAT NOT even 20 per cent of the over 350 million tonnes of coal produced in the country is washed before use, the Coal Ministry's desire to see conditions created for use of only beneficiated, or clean, coal is not going to be fulfilled in a hurry.
- Mumbaikar’s Agony (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2003)
This is the time for government and opposition to work together to defeat a common threat
- Trading With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 31, 2003)
The new debate in Pakistan on trade with India is a welcome one... Instead of waiting to see the outcome, India must seek to actively influence it.
- No Winners In U.P. Drama (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2003)
A SHREWD POLITICAL leader should know that if she exceeds the limits of her power she will invite rebuff, even retribution. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati, has been made to understand the limits of her power — as well as the ...
- Hold Your Breath (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2003)
It took the “peasouper” fog of December 1952, which had caused several deaths, for London to clean up its air. Delhi, on its part, needed a combination of widespread pulmonary diseases and an activist Supreme Court to acknowledge that it had become a vast
- The Noor Effect (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jul 30, 2003)
In symbolic terms, there is little to match this story. A two-year-old girl child in dire need of heart surgery rides the first bus after the road link between Delhi and Lahore is resumed.
- Voices In The Dark (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jul 30, 2003)
The Ayodhya Wedge has distorted Hindu-Muslim mutual perception to a degree that presently seems past correction. But is it really so? Has the last decade nullified centuries of mutual appreciation? What are the main points that upset communities about
- On Army Run, Jet Flies To Forward Airfield Today (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jul 30, 2003)
The Government’s open skies policy may still be a dream but on the home front, it’s time for private airlines to wing to areas hitherto reserved for the national carrier. On Wednesday morning, there will be a new first when Jet Airways operates for the
- As Metros Clean Up Their Air, Look Who Are Proud To Be The Dirtiest Dozen (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 30, 2003)
Ahmedabad air worst; next Kanpur, Solapur, Lucknow, all waiting to be pushed, prodded
- Superpower In The South Pacific (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 30, 2003)
The latest Australian intervention in the Solomon Islands may not have made headlines in India, but it is making waves in the region. It underscores the reality that Australia is the super power in the South Pacific, not merely in terms of its economic
- Time For Pm To Put His Foot Down? (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 30, 2003)
For more than two years, this country has been remonstrating with the United States that it is not doing enough to persuade or pressure Pakistan to end cross-border terrorism directed against India even though India and the U.S. are "partners" in the
- A Forgotten People (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Jul 30, 2003)
Worst is the plight of those who are being made to pay the price for someone else's development.
- Biotechnology In India - Creating A New Market Space (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Jul 30, 2003)
IN HIS book Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, wrote that "a true wealth of a nation is measured not by how much gold it possesses but by what it can produce". By this yardstick biotechnology is an unprecedented revolution through which the world's hunger
- Chintan Baithaks (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 30, 2003)
INDIA can take credit for building into the political system quite a few highly imaginative and inventive outlets for self-expression unknown elsewhere. Among those instantly coming to mind are zero hour, padayatras, gigantic cutouts, plastering walls
- Merely A Game (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2003)
SPORT AND POLITICS have always mixed and the Greeks recognised this almost three millennia ago — by insulating sport from politically generated conflict. The ancient Olympics were accompanied by a truce, which was ratified by all the Greek ...
- Mayawati Overplays Hand, Burns Fingers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2003)
Less than 24 hours after she breathed fire demanding the dismissal of Union Minister Jagmohan over the Taj controversy, a sheepish Mayawati fell into line—at least, for now.
- Terror And Trade On Sinha's Agenda (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 29, 2003)
In their first act of concrete political cooperation in decades, India and Australia are all set to pool their resources in the war against terrorism. When the External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha, arrives here next month, he will formalise a ...
- Some Cause For Cheer (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 29, 2003)
The immediate task before India and Pakistan now is to revert to the position that existed before the attack on Parliament — that is, to restore the links that were severed.
- A Strategy For Cancun (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jul 29, 2003)
As we go into the ministerial meeting in Montreal and the Cancun negotiations, the strategy India must follow becomes an urgent concern. Every major actor at the WTO has well-defined strategies based on work and discussion. If there is one in India, it is
- Maya Wants Jagmohan Demolished (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
‘Blaming us is a conspiracy, why was ASI sleeping?’ Jagmohan replies: wait for CBI
- National Tax Tribunal - The Mirage Of Better Efficiency (Business Line, Arvind P. Datar, Jul 29, 2003)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, has proposed the creation of a National Tax Tribunal (NTT) and the setting up of 50 additional Benches of the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT).
- Behind The Split (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
THE REBELLION AGAINST the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Mukut Mithi, was brewing for some time but the speed and decisiveness with which it materialised was wholly unexpected. The fact that as many as 31 of the State's 58 Congress MLAs broke ...
- Bush Team: ‘indian’ Face From Delhi (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 29, 2003)
The ‘‘Indian connection’’ is growing in the White House. In the wake of the appointment of the outgoing US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill as ‘‘deputy assistant’’ to President George Bush—he takes over his new job next week—Blackwill’s friend and ...
- After Iraq War, The Other Debate (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 29, 2003)
Just like the war in Iraq split the West down the middle, says David Mulford, a former Under Secretary at the US Treasury and currently international chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, the question of what to do with Baghdad’s $100 billion foreign
- Scare In Mumbai: 3 Die In Bus Blast, State Says Peace Process Is Target (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
Terror returned to Mumbai on Monday night when a powerful bomb ripped apart a public transport bus, killing three persons and leaving more than 35 injured. This was the fifth explosion in Mumbai in the last eight months. The blast occurred at 9 pm
- Not By Pleas Alone (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 28, 2003)
One third of India is ruled by women today. This statement may sound bizarre but the fact is that between Mayawati, Jayalalithaa, Rabri Devi and Sheila Dikshit, they rule states which send 166 members to Lok Sabha and that is just under one-third of its
- Woman Lawyer Sings, Cbi Gets Witness (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jul 28, 2003)
In a sudden twist in its case against former Delhi High Court judge, Shameet Mukherjee, the Central Bureau of Investigation has decided to turn a possible co-accused into the main witness. In a quiet operation, the CBI has recorded the confessional ...
- ‘war Against Terror Cannot Be Won Till Terror Against India Ends Permanently’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 28, 2003)
US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-chief, The Indian Express, on the security situation in the subcontinent and the rapid advancements in the Indo-US relations. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s ...
- Apang Back With A Bang: Clp Breaks (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jul 28, 2003)
The Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh, headed by Mukut Mithi, landed in a major crisis today with 38 of the 59 party MLAs breaking away to form the United Democratic Legislature Party. Leading them is the only non-Congress MLA in the House and form
- Divided By The Indian Ocean (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 28, 2003)
As the clear blue waters of the Indian Ocean wash the shores of this city on a sun-drenched winter day, a tinge of regret tugs at your heart. For, India is conspicuous by its absence in what has become a welcoming home for its people, business and ...
- Making Rural India Magnetic (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 28, 2003)
The rural development model of the last 50 years has helped villages little, though governments have wasted thousands of crores of rupees on infructuous projects. If private enterprise, to develop the market, wants to make villages `attractive', it must
- Dhoot, Bhoot, Jhoot (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jul 27, 2003)
Ever since the death of Dayanand Sahay, an MP from Bihar, rumour has gained ground that the bungalow in which he lived on Pandit Pant Marg is haunted. The Parliamentary housing committee claims that it offered the house to 15 MPs, all of whom declined
- You’ve Got Retail (Indian Express, Jaya Basu, Jul 27, 2003)
Malls, lifestyle stores, hypermarts. Organised retail in India, after many a false start, is consolidating and expanding
- Future Shock (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 27, 2003)
To save Islamabad any embarrassment during the fledgling peace process, New Delhi may have spared him the ignominy of a Kargil victory reminder but the Pak President has little reason for comfort. His fellow Kargil architect and coup plotter, General
- The Ł1.3-Million Story Begins Here (Indian Express, PALLAVI SRIVASTAVA, Jul 27, 2003)
Who are Shanti Behari Seth and Henny Gerda Caro? And what’s it about their stories that has set literary circles abuzz as Vikram Seth’s next big book, Two Lives that has earned a record advance of Ł1.3 million? At his house in Noida on the outskirts
- Bouquets And Brickbats (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jul 27, 2003)
If the CBI has conjured up successes on many fronts, it has also landed itself in some exceptional mix-ups
- How It All Began (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
THE ORIGIN of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) can be traced to the Special Police Establishment, which was formed in 1941. It was the time when huge amounts of public money were being spent on World War II, and there was tremendous
- Martyr’S Father Holds His Own ‘kargil Divas’ (Indian Express, Rakesh Sinha , Jul 27, 2003)
His son’s been gone four years. But there’s not a day when he doesn’t speak to him, turning to his picture and cracking jokes, filling him in with all that’s happening at home. But this morning, Prof S.K. Nayyar rose early. He was in a hurry: His son,
- ‘they (Hurriyat) Want A Signal From Pm...There Is A Thaw ’ (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 26, 2003)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed is optimistic about the latest peace initiative. On a visit to the Capital this week, during which he met Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, he spoke to Neerja Chowdhury
- No Rubbing Kargil Salt In Pak Wound (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 26, 2003)
For the second year in succession, the Government has decided not to take the lead in the Kargil Vijay Divas celebrations tomorrow. If it was the tense border stand-off last year which made the Government rethink, this year it’s the ongoing peace process
- New Delhi Is Abuzz Over Blackwill’s Quiet Trip To Kabul (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 26, 2003)
In what was closely followed by diplomats here, US Ambassador Robert Blackwill—who leaves India at the end of the month after two years—made an unannounced visit to Kabul last weekend to get a first-hand assessment of the shifting strategic equations in
- Arunachal Noises From China: India Downplays (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2003)
The Government maintained a stoic silence today in the face of Chinese disclaimers that Arunachal Pradesh was not a part of India, with officials here insisting that transgressions across the Line of Actual Control was an old story and both sides reported
- Rebuilding Russia's Global Role (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jul 26, 2003)
Constructive engagement is the watchword of Mr. Putin's doctrine... He has skilfully used Russia's geopolitical and economic position to enhance its strategic value for the West.
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