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Articles 7821 through 7920 of 9764:
- Military Rules, Not Okay (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 21, 2004)
The nation's political parties and politicians are continuously losing credibility as a result of increasing criminalisation of politics.
- Caste Iron (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 21, 2004)
The Bombay High Court has sent a strong message to bandh organisers-too strong perhaps to serve as a holistic answer to the problem at hand.
- Budget 2004-05: Mirage Of Goodies For Farm Sector (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Jul 20, 2004)
Despite the Government's right noises on support to the agriculture sector, there is no clear roadmap to boost farm growth. Addressing the debt-related crisis by promising more credit can only lead to greater indebtedness.
- Resignations A Charade (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2004)
Political leaders in Haryana seem to be playing oneupmanship on the sensitive waters issue. The BJP called a Haryana bandh on Monday, which evoked a limited
- Testing The Waters (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 19, 2004)
In giving the district units in Andhra Pradesh a free hand in deciding whether or not to have an electoral understanding with the Telugu Desam Party for the local body polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party has sought to use these low-stake elections as a test
- Gorbachev's Ghost (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Jul 19, 2004)
Saddam Hussein gave international currency to the phrase "mother of all battles" during the first Gulf War. The Elections 2004 could be, in a manner of speaking, described as the mother of all electoral battles in Independent India.
- Making `Delivery Mechanism' Deliver (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jul 19, 2004)
Post Budget, there is much talk of `delivery mechanism' being the key to make a difference for Rural India. Delivery mechanism is the channel through which government spending on social priorities flows — ministries, departments and district officials.
- Reformed Regime-I A Ploy To Deprive The Poor (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Jul 19, 2004)
According to the media, corporate world, and private institutional finance houses, everything was fine in India because the balance of payment was in surplus, the growth rate was high, the foreign
- The Wily Third Man (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jul 19, 2004)
In a machiavellian game, the US is playing India against Pakistan while having a separate relationship with both
- Controversy Over History Writing: Time For A Consensual Approach (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Jul 18, 2004)
Very few students read history after completing their school education. And fewer opt for history as a subject at the undergraduate level and beyond. But they cannot escape studying this subject till the matriculation stage.
- Amarinder Singh's Terminator Act (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 18, 2004)
Never before has any Chief Minister in this country acted so outrageously as has Amarinder Singh in Punjab by enacting — suddenly and somewhat surreptitiously
- Let Truth Prevail (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 18, 2004)
The Opposition has been stalling Parliament for several days, objecting to a probe of the Godhra train carnage which triggered an anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat, taking thousands of innocent lives.
- Reality Bites (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 18, 2004)
As a Finance Minister concerned with projecting his Budget as investor-friendly, Mr P Chidambaram did the right thing by announcing hikes in FDI caps in telecom, civil aviation and insurance.
- Reality Bites (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 17, 2004)
As a Finance Minister concerned with projecting his Budget as investor-friendly, Mr P Chidambaram did the right thing by announcing hikes in FDI caps in telecom, civil aviation and insurance.
- Incendiary Act (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 16, 2004)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav's as yet fledgling tenure has been spotted by several grave incidents of violence and dacoities on trains. But, evidently, his mind is elsewhere
- Professionals Need Crutches In Politics (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 26, 2004)
The other day, in his first address to the nation on television, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said that "well-meaning citizens" who had strong views on the decline of "morals and ethics in public life" should ...
- Tamil Nadu Heads For Bankruptcy (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Jun 26, 2004)
THE recent rollback measures by Chief Minister Ms J. Jayalalithaa will cost the state exchequer at least Rs 3,000 crore a year and within two years of her regime, which is expected to last till May 2006, the state government will be left with a deficit...
- No Laughing Matter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 26, 2004)
FORMER Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee has not enhanced his image as an elder statesman by some of his recent statements.
- Rural Reconstruction: A Cosmetic Surgery (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jun 25, 2004)
Enhanced bank credit does not solve farmers’ problem of indebtedness. Nor does it put an end to suicide by farmers
- Modi Burden (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2004)
THE BJP does not seem to recognise the wisdom in the adage, "it is better late than never". The party has decided to persist with the folly of retaining Mr Narendra Modi as the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
- Globalisation Gets A Riposte In India (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Jun 22, 2004)
Political analysts have been attempting to delve deeper into the outcome of Elections-2004 that led to the downfall of the BJP-led NDA Government and the emergence of a stronger countervailing (secular) force
- L'affaire Modi (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 22, 2004)
On the face of it, the outcome of the Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary board meeting is intriguing. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will not be replaced "at the present juncture."
- Sheer Numbness (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jun 22, 2004)
Whatever its statements for the record, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been amply demonstrating that it is at sea in coping with its unexpected defeat in the general election.
- Debt Relief (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 21, 2004)
The winds of economic change have brought no windfall to the farming community during the last few years. On the contrary, they have been harbingers of bad news...
- When Losers Are Victors (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jun 21, 2004)
AS a cub reporter in the early seventies, I found it quite thrilling interviewing Mr P.M. Sayeed, who had just been elected for the first time from Lakshadweep. And a few years ago, when he visited our village as the chief guest at a church's centenary...
- The Left Will Help Manmohan Complete His Term: Bardhan (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jun 20, 2004)
Communist Party of India General Secretary A.B. Bardhan has grown up with the party. He became its member during the student movement in the late forties.
- The Men Who Matter (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 20, 2004)
The Prime Minister himself: No certificates are required to establish Manmohan Singh's credentials as a reformer. But his role has changed from the one he had 13 years ago and in the last eight years he is understood to have imbibed many political nuances
- A Move In The Right Direction (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jun 20, 2004)
To call it a "wind of change" would be an exaggeration, but there is doubtless a gentle breeze blowing in the cloistered corridors of South Block that bespeaks of a welcome, if belated, move in the right direction.
- Politics And Rajya Sabha Nominations (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jun 18, 2004)
What were the compulsions behind the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi's decision to nominate three senior leaders for the coming biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha even though they were rejected by the people in the recent Lok Sabha elections?
- Stability Can Be Dicey (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jun 18, 2004)
The sensex doesn’t seem to have been able to shed its nervousness which followed the Vajpayee government’s defeat. There is apparently still a lingering nostalgia for the pro-business inclinations of the NDA government as opposed to the populist and ...
- Economic Compulsions Of Coalition (Business Line, T. N. Ashok, Jun 15, 2004)
More than the Common Minimum Programme, it is the Budget that will set the tone for UPA's economic agenda. Especially watched by the investing community will be the fate of reform and if it will be accelerated. Can coalition politics see this through?
- Fighting Aids (Tribune, Rami Chhabra, Jun 14, 2004)
The UK’s prestigious Economist magazine provided unprecedented four-page coverage to India (April 17) — not because of the then forthcoming elections, but “the subject not figuring in election issues” and proposed as the new government’s ...
- Tasks Before The Bjp National Executive In Mumbai (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 14, 2004)
The three-day Bharatiya Janata Party national executive committee meeting in Mumbai from June 22 has a major task before it — analysing the recent general election results in detail, coming to grips with the main reasons why it lost and taking corrective
- ‘Taint-Free’ Judeo (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 14, 2004)
There is an old apocryphal story about a preacher who would pronounce harsh judgements on the residents of his village if they so much as missed keeping a fast.
- One For The Road: Another Kind Of Exclusion Politics (Tribune, Sridhar K. Chari, Jun 13, 2004)
Irrespective of the party you support, and laudable though the voters’ independence and the “democratic success” of the recent electoral exercise are, there is one thing that is worrying.
- Winning Back The Electorate With Sops (Hindu, MALABIKA BHATTACHARYA, Jun 13, 2004)
The Trinamool Congress leader, Mamata Banerjee, appears to have taken one last gamble to win back popular support which all but evaporated in the May 10 parliamentary election leaving her with only one seat against 10 held earlier.
- Manmohan Became Pm On Merit And Due To Compulsions: Atwal (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jun 13, 2004)
THE first MP of the Shiromani Akali Dal to be elected to the post of the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker, Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, seems comfortable about his new role.
- Urban India More Polarised (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2004)
An argument that Verdict 2004 involved a contest between the haves and the have-nots comes up against a standard objection.
- Criminals In The House (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Jun 12, 2004)
The Fourteenth Lok Sabha, which was elected with much hope, has done disservice to the country in the first session itself, disappointing the people of India who voted for it.
- Avoiding Policy Capers (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 12, 2004)
By every account, including the initial shock to the stock market by statements made by a couple of Marxist functionaries, there is much to cheer regarding the "functioning" of the United Progressive Alliance Government the past three weeks.
- Women Mps Resent Reduced Strength (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jun 12, 2004)
The demand for 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament seems to be a pipe dream in an environment that stunts the growth and advancement of women.
- The `Tainted' Debate (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jun 11, 2004)
Ideally, those undergoing trial should be excluded from office until acquitted. But this requires changes in the law.
- Tainted Rhymes With Sainted (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 10, 2004)
Nobody expects a normal politician to be an embodiment of virtue, which is why an average viewer is not too startled at what he or she sees on TV as live telecast from Parliament.
- Somnath As Speaker (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Jun 10, 2004)
Somnath Chatterjee as Lok Sabha Speaker symbolises the hopes for the dignity and credibility of Parliament.
- Fdi Versus Fii (Business Line, Sudhanshu Ranade , Jun 10, 2004)
The Common Minimum Programme of the new Government at the Centre stresses Foreign Direct Investment over Foreign Institutional Investment.
- Cmp: What Face The Reforms? (Hindu, Sharad Joshi , Jun 09, 2004)
The new Government's Common Minimum Programme promises reforms with a human face. But this is easier said than done, as implementation would encounter problems political and fiscal. Sharad Joshi examines the CMP, putting it in historical perspective.
- The Bjp's Past Is Not Its Future (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2004)
Hindutva once paid electoral dividends because it answered the needs of the moment. And that moment has passed.
- Populism Versus Responsibility (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 09, 2004)
With the Railways Minister planning a populist Rail Budget, the divestment agenda hamstrung by the Left and power sops being doled out to farmers and domestic consumers in some States, it is clear that more than a fiscal sleight of hand will be ...
- Revisiting Kargil (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 09, 2004)
Five years after the end of the Kargil war, a chairborne brigade has charged into action, ready to relive the murderous battles of that 1999 campaign.
- The Challenges Ahead (Hindu, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 09, 2004)
Shivraj Patil starts with a clean image and we can expect him to fulfil his new role of stewarding what is generally looked upon as a political task with great aplomb.
- Tough Get Going (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
The BJP's list of new office bearers has received some bad press as an exercise in chopping without changing. Party President M Venkaiah Naidu need not worry, though.
- Deliver On Promises (Pioneer, M K Dhar, Jun 09, 2004)
The United Progressive Alliance Government has been voted to power on a wave of mass discontent among the unemployed and rural voters.
- Revisiting Kargil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
FIVE YEARS AFTER the end of the Kargil war, a chairborne brigade has charged into action, ready to relive the murderous battles of that 1999 campaign.
- Cmp: What Face The Reforms? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 09, 2004)
The new Government's Common Minimum Programme promises reforms with a human face. But this is easier said than done, as implementation would encounter problems political and fiscal. Sharad Joshi examines the CMP, putting it in historical persp ective.
- The Challenges Ahead (Hindu, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 09, 2004)
Shivraj Patil starts with a clean image and we can expect him to fulfil his new role of stewarding what is generally looked upon as a political task with great aplomb.
- Populism Versus Responsibility (Hindu, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 09, 2004)
With the Railways Minister planning a populist Rail Budget, the divestment agenda hamstrung by the Left and power sops being doled out to farmers and domestic consumers in some States
- The Bjp's Past Is Not Its Future (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2004)
Hindutva once paid electoral dividends because it answered the needs of the moment. And that moment has passed.
- The Bjp's Past Is Not Its Future (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2004)
Hindutva once paid electoral dividends because it answered the needs of the moment. And that moment has passed.
- The Return Of Milon Banerji (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Jun 08, 2004)
Milon Kumar Banerji may not be entirely surprised over his appointment as the Attorney-General of India. He had held the post of the topmost law officer of the country for four years during the P.V. Narasimha Rao regime from 1992 to 1996.
- Najma In A Fix (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 08, 2004)
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson Najma Heptullah finds herself precariously placed after having thrown her weight behind the BJP and favouring Atal Bihari Vajpayee thus opposing Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Her hopes of getting a Rajya Sabha ticket ...
- Domestic Politics And West Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 03, 2004)
The recent general election threw up some interesting aspects of major political parties' approach to the situation in West Asia.
- Friendship Can Never Be A One-Way Street (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jun 03, 2004)
THERE were some interesting nuances in the approach of major political parties to the situation in West Asia during the recent general election.
- Mr Singh's History (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
We beg your pardon Mr Arjun Singh, but if the textbooks published by the Delhi State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) constitute "secular" learning, then secularism itself is in deep trouble.
- She Stoops To Conquer? (Pioneer, Harish C Gaur, Jun 03, 2004)
All along Ms Gandhi was projected to occupy the coveted post, being the president of the Congress.
- End Of Bjp-Aiadmk Tango (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
It was a short-lived affair, more a dalliance than an alliance, between two mismatched partners.
- Mr Vajpayee Can Play A Sobering Role (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2004)
The BJP criticised the Congress for changing the party constitution and making Mrs Sonia Gandhi the Chairman of the Congress parliamentary party. But it has had to do exactly the same itself, thus making Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee the Chairman and Mr L.K. Ad
- Mcmedia & Market Jihad (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 01, 2004)
So may be it's safe now to speak about the market without its leaping off a cliff, screaming. (Or maybe not quite. By close on Monday, share prices recovered nearly half the losses they logged soon after opening.)
- Reconstructing India (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , May 31, 2004)
India needs healing. Its governance must return to the secularism and distributive justice goals of the Constitution.
- Cohabitation In Karnataka (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 31, 2004)
WITH the swearing in of Mr N. Dharam Singh as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Congress is bound to feel elated over the final outcome of the fortnight-long suspense and hectic negotiations between the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) to ...
- Narendra Modi As Super Scapegoat (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 31, 2004)
While the bharatiya Janata Party still swears by Hindutva, as is evident from L.K. Advani's statement on Friday, there is serious rethinking about the current worth of Moditva.
- India's First Non-Hindu Leader (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, May 21, 2004)
The founders of modern India knew that the only way to hold together such a diverse country was through secular government. In recent elections, voters decided to return to that basic necessity.
- Blood And Soil (Guardian (UK), Mike Marqusee, May 20, 2004)
India's general election saw the first major reversal in 20 years for the Bharatiya Janata party and the forces of the Hindu right. But no sooner had the advocates of "Hindu rashtra" lost at the polls than they launched a strident campaign to alter . . .
- Sonia Lays Down Her Legacy (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, May 20, 2004)
It is said that in politics a week is a long time. In Indian politics, a couple of hours can change a situation upside down. Such is the case with Congress president Sonia Gandhi refusing to be prime minister, a position that was for her taking, . . .
- Man Behind India's Economic Boom Named Prime Minister (San Francisco Chronicle, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2004)
Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic boom, was named prime minister of the world's largest democracy on Wednesday -- a magnanimous act of patriotism and just plain street smarts by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born leader of his party.
- Gandhi Says She Will Not Become Prime Minister (Sydney Morning Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2004)
Sonia Gandhi announced yesterday she will not become prime minister of India.
- Gandhi Rejects Office Of Prime Minister (The Scotsman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2004)
The post of prime minister has never been my aim. My aim has always been to protect the secular foundations of our nation. I request you to accept my decision, and I will not revert" - Sonia Gandhi, Congress party president
- India's Next Moves (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, May 18, 2004)
India's elections were as much a revelation to Indians as they were to rest of the world. Prime Minister-elect Sonia Gandhi will be inaugurated tomorrow, after the victory last week of her Congress Party far outpaced the results of all major . . .
- India Shining On A New Leader (The Seattle Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2004)
Ooops. All the experts and pundits in India got it wrong. Very wrong. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was rudely tossed out in an election defeat no one saw coming.
- Behind The Surprise In India (Washington Post, Jim Hoagland, May 16, 2004)
That question is code for this scribe's personal and disappointed reaction to the defeat of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's coalition government in India just as it threatened to become an important U.S. partner and a major player in global economics and politics.
- India's Election Results Defeat Pollsters (AlterNet, Editorial, The Alternet, May 14, 2004)
The lesson of India is a bizarre one for American poll watchers. At a time when elections seem to turn into a mere validation of the opinion polls, there is a sense of cheeky delight in how an electorate can actually hoodwink the pollsters.
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