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Articles 9421 through 9520 of 9764:
- Labour Reforms: Time They Happened (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 10, 2001)
THOUGH the reforming of India's labour laws and regulations is still the much-talked about component of the comprehensive economic reforms of the last decade, there has been scarcely any matching action.
- The Rss And The Bjp (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 10, 2001)
THE latest `slanging match' between the RSS and its `political outfit', the BJP, is important not so much because of the impact it could have on the future of the Government at the Centre.
- A Gentleman, Not A Leader (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2001)
The Congress charge still lacks teeth in Lok Sabha.
- Broke State Creaks Under Its Ministers’ Burden (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Nov 10, 2001)
Despite its financial liabilities, for hill state’s ministers, austerity ends with home.
- Maneka’s Salvo At Sonia, Congress! (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 10, 2001)
Maneka wins a libel case and fires a salvo at Sonia and a captive Congress party reacts.
- Is Bjp Really Going The Congress Way? (Pioneer, C P Bhambhri, Nov 10, 2001)
A very important public meeting was held at Jaipur on October 14, 2001 to celebrate 75 years of the RSS.
- ‘Moca And Poto Are As Alike As Apples And Potatoes’ (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 09, 2001)
While the BJP has been on the offensive from the beginning to accuse the Congress of double standards on POTO, the Congress has been strangely slow in reacting to the charges.
- Reject Poto In Toto (The Kashmir Times, Praful Bidwai, Nov 09, 2001)
Nothing has recently caused as much disquiet in India’s political and journalistic communities as the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance. At stake is the citizen’s freedom and the fairness of the judicial system.
- Standard Of Political Debate (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 09, 2001)
NOBODY expects India’s present rulers to play by the Queensberry Rules but the recent exchanges with Pakistan indulged in by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- The War Of Words Resumes (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 08, 2001)
CHENNAI, NOV. 7. After Mr. O. Paneerselvam took over as Chief Minister, there was a lull in the State.
- Laloo Yadav's Travails (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT ruling directing Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav (along with Mr. Jagannath Mishra) to surrender before the Special Court at Ranchi and face trial is indeed in conformity with the legal requirements.
- In Real India, There Is No Place For Religious Fundamentalism (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 08, 2001)
After a miserable performance by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Lok Sabha polls in 1980, Atal Bihari Vajpayee observed that they could not consider any state safe like the communists who had West Bengal as their preserve.
- Enter The Last Lap Cm (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Nov 07, 2001)
Is the BJP’s strategy too clever by half?
- Punjab, Pm’s Newest Headache (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 07, 2001)
IT’S not only Uttar Pradesh that’s on Vajpayee’s mind these days. The upcoming assembly polls in Punjab are worrying him as much.
- Siren Call From Amritsar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 06, 2001)
The BJP should not trivialise the issue of terrorism.
- Bjp: Quest For Survival Strategy (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 06, 2001)
A series of incidents in the past few weeks in the ruling BJP and the RSS parivar have led to different kinds of interpretations about the nature and extent of the increased rumblings.
- Badal Over Punjab (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 05, 2001)
Bring development issues into the election campaign.
- A Poto Start (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 05, 2001)
INDIA has been forced to sit on the bench (where non-players sit in a football match) in the ongoing global battle against terrorism, and the BJP does not like it at all.
- Poto, What It Does Not Say And What It Says (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Nov 05, 2001)
PROMULGATED late evening on October 24, the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, 2001 — known popularly by its highly pronounceable acronym, POTO — is already bristling with controversy.
- Waiting For A Wave (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Nov 04, 2001)
WHAT A difference a year makes in Indian politics.
- Change Of Vocation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 04, 2001)
Probably it’s time to hop jobs. The chief minister of Chhattisgarh, who has already taken to writing in a big way, might ultimately find his pen the only weapon he can wield against commissions and other demons.
- Waiting For A Wave (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Nov 04, 2001)
WHAT A difference a year makes in Indian politics. Almost to the month, last year, the Congress was a house divided.
- Koshiari Wedded To Rss Tradition & Philosophy (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Nov 04, 2001)
NEW Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, Bhagat Singh Koshiari, is indeed a dark horse.
- Political Solution Remains Elusive (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Nov 04, 2001)
THIRTY-five years ago, Haryana was born on November 1 with the congenital problem of acute thirst.
- Festival Offer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 04, 2001)
Our fathers on earth. The BJP seems to be taking cultural nationalism a bit too seriously.
- The Poto's Dangers (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 04, 2001)
THE NATIONAl Human Rights Commission and eminent lawyers while voicing their strong opposition to the POTO feel that existing laws, if properly implemented, are enough to deal with terrorists.
- Double Standards (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 04, 2001)
Surprising as it may sound, law and order has become a source of tension between the state and the Centre.
- Aiadmk Unwilling To Woo Old Allies Back (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Nov 03, 2001)
CHENNAI, NOV. 2. Although it recognises the loss of crucial allies in the civic polls, the AIADMK is unwilling to make overtures to woo them back into the front.
- Restraint On Border Tension (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2001)
VIPs from the USA, Europe, Russia and Japan are making a beeline to New Delhi. It will appear as though India is becoming a new centre of international diplomacy as Geneva was at one time.
- Finally, Some Kind Words For India (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Nov 03, 2001)
IT is reassuring to learn that the American media has finally begun to realise the basic blunder the Bush administration has been committing in its strategy to fight terror in Afghanistan.
- Assault On Ayodhya (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 02, 2001)
THE VISHWA Hindu Parishad's (VHP) storming the makeshift temple on October 17 was not a stray incident. It has a context, a past and an ominous future.
- A Nip Of Irritation In The Air (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2001)
My guess is that Jaswant Singh will meet Abdul Sattar and pave the way for a summit after some reasonable homework has been done.
- Poto, The Government’s Excuse For Abuse (Indian Express, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 02, 2001)
Terror masquerades as an anti-terrorism ordinance, piggy-backing on the September 11 attacks.
- A Former Journalist As Chief Minister (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
THE new Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, Mr Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, is a journalist-turned-politician and a seasoned party leader with an RSS background. Fondly called as “Bhagat da” he had been a Pracharak of the RSS for several years.
- A New Leader For Uttaranchal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
THE MEMBERS OF the BJP Legislature Party in Uttaranchal have ``exercised'' their ``prerogative'' in electing a Chief Minister for the second time since the State was carved out in November 2000.
- ‘Changing Cms Is Like Passing The Baton In A Relay Race. It Can Be For The Pm As Well’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
Jana Krishnamurthy became the BJP president by default, thanks to the Tehelka tapes. But the unassuming Tamil lawyer was quick to find his feet.
- Peace Moves At Panchvati (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 01, 2001)
WHAT’S in a name, one could ask. But Panchvati, the newly constructed auditorium complex at Race Course Road named after Ram’s home-in-exile, seems to have changed the atmospherics between Vajpayee and his estranged Sangh parivar members.
- Turn In T.N. Politics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
Sir, - Mr. E.V.K.S. Elangovan, president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, deserves praise for making Ms. Sonia Gandhi agree to his proposal to free the Congress.
- Power Shock In Himachal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
THE 15 per cent power tariff hike in Himachal Pradesh announced by the state electricity regulatory commission on Monday against the 30 per cent increase sought by the HPSEB will hurt the domestic consumer more than the corporate user.
- Diluting Mlas’ Rights (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
INDIA is taking the wrong route to electoral reforms. Now the emphasis is on stripping the voters, even if they are honourable members of Vidhan Sabhas, of their right to vote according to their choice.
- Bjp’s ‘Congressisation’ Problem (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 31, 2001)
HOME Minister L.K. Advani’s recent warning to his partymen that they should guard against being “Congressised” comes rather late in the day.
- Changeover (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 30, 2001)
The Bharatiya Janata Party is determined to get its act together in its most prized states.
- Where It Now Stands (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 30, 2001)
The 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was a time to celebrate the ascendancy of the Hindutva movement in the polity.
- Another Cm On His Way Out (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 29, 2001)
SOON after the installation of Mr Narendra Modi as Chief Minister of Gujarat, when Mr Keshubhai Patel was asked by the BJP central leadership to resign, a similar exercise had been on in Uttaranchal Pradesh.
- Shadows In The East (Indian Express, ANURADHA KUMAR, Oct 29, 2001)
Indo-Bangla tensions have ebbed but today there’s a new factor that must be addressed.
- Vajpayee's Us Trip Best Shelved (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2001)
ALL INDICATIONS are that the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayees projected meeting with the US President, Mr George W. Bush, in Washington, on November 9 will end up in a big letdown for India.
- One Party, Two Paths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2001)
The problem of “communication gap” between the government and the BJP seems to have been sorted out and it now transpires that Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s aides did not tell him about the invitation to hoist the flag at the party’s golden jubilee celebrations.
- Two Years Of Nda Rule (Hindu, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Oct 29, 2001)
IT IS two years since this edition of the Vajpayee Government came into office. The CPI(M) had warned that the formation of a BJP-led Government poses a threat to national unity and to the secular fabric of our country.
- How Jp Movement Helped Bjp (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 29, 2001)
ADDRESSING the BJP’s golden jubilee celebrations the other day, Mr L.K. Advani indulged in a bit of hyperbole when he drew a parallel between the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the birth of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980;
- Majoritarian Prescriptions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2001)
THE RSS CHIEF has done it again.
- Unknown Dynasty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2001)
Mediapersons were looking with askance at each other when names of a six-member delegation to China were announced at the BJP headquarters the other day.
- Mixed Mandate (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Oct 28, 2001)
FOR THOSE who were claiming that Tamil Nadu was going the Bihar way, the election to the local bodies was only another pointer.
- Rampaging Youth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2001)
For the BJP that takes pride in talking about its disciplined cadres, the conduct of its student wing is more than shocking.
- The Time's Come To Pay The Piper (Hindu, J. P. SHUKLA, Oct 28, 2001)
ELEVEN YEARS ago the Bharatiya Janata Party played the `Ram' card in Uttar Pradesh to counter the `Mandal' masterstroke of Mr. V. P. Singh.
- A Triumph For The Tribals (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Oct 28, 2001)
IT WAS an unusual agitation with an unusual beginning. Tribals from different parts of Kerala erected huts in front of the official residence of the Chief Minister, Mr. A. K. Antony, on August 30.
- The Party And The Puja (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 28, 2001)
The festive chaos of the last few days might have prompted an outsider to wonder whether the same mobs that fill puja pandals also vote for the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its allies.
- Info Gap Leaves Many Red Faces In Bjp (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2001)
NEVER has a comment made in jest provoked so many red faces. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who is in his elements these days, took a dig at top managers of the BJP for poor handling of the golden jubilee celebration of the party.
- Legitimising Coercion (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2001)
THE SETTING UP of an `Ayodhya cell' in the Prime Minister's Office, ostensibly to monitor the `negotiations' that are supposed to be on at the instance of Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, is clearly in the context of the Sangh Parivar's impatience.
- What Will Galvanise Mr Sinha? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 27, 2001)
I HAVE never found the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, facing facts.
- Whose Tune Are You Playing? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2001)
Why are Muslims ambivalent on Afghanistan” my friend, an editor asked me.
- A Bitter Fight (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2001)
THE OUTCOME AND voting pattern of the panchayat and municipal elections in Tamil Nadu this time, unlike in 1996, are not in full concordance with what the Assembly polls threw up less than six months ago.
- Chhattisgarh Cm In Trouble (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
CHHATTISGARH Chief Minister Ajit Jogi is under cloud.
- Shacks For All (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
IN the nineties, the UN set the year 2000 as homes for all. India enthusiastically joined the chorus and, as usual except for pious proclamations, nothing really happened.
- Straight Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2001)
The left and its allies have been guilty of not doing anything to protest against the pro-US policies of the BJP.
- Terror Tactics (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2001)
There can be no doubt in anyone’s mind that what bin Laden has done, is doing and has promised to do in the future are against the interests of the US as well as against those of India.
- Afghan Operations: A Marshall Plan? (Business Line, S. Gopikrishna Warrier, Oct 25, 2001)
"We are also looking forward to strengthening our cooperation on a full range of bilateral and regional issues.
- Still Winning (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 24, 2001)
The RJD spokesperson, Shivanand Tiwari, alleges that after failing to defeat Yadav on the political front, the NDA leaders now want to settle scores by lodging him in a Jharkhand jail.
- Freedom Of Media -- All's Not Fair In This War? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 24, 2001)
AN INTERESTING fallout of what the US and its media call ``war against terror'' is the dilemma of a country that is stifling, though through veiled suggestions, the voice of independent media.
- Waging War On Bureaucratic Terrorism (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 24, 2001)
Truth, tolerance, justice, a sense of lifes beauty and a near-violent rejection of their opposites - the system itself must be forced to reflect these virtues, or it had no business. -- John le Carre in The Constant Gardener.
- Brave Face (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 24, 2001)
Predictably, the NDA constituents like the BJP, Samata Party, Janata Dal (United) and Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janashakti are happy about the court ruling as it gives them a fresh opportunity.
- Democracy As Pursuit Of Power (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Oct 24, 2001)
AS FAR as sheer political cynicism, obscene indifference to the fate of the people of India, manipulation of sentiments.
- Bjp Turns 50 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2001)
Even for a party, it is how well, not how long, one lives.
- Party, Government And The Gap (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2001)
IT WAS A simple programmatical mix-up which provoked the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, to bemoan the growing distance between his party and his Government at the BJP's national council meet, held to celebrate 50 years of its existence.
- Middle Class Backlash Against Vajpayee (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 23, 2001)
‘VINASHAKALE viparita buddhi’ has been a quote nauseatingly used by disgruntled politicians to snipe at each other.
- Dilli’s Gang Of Four (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2001)
Why is the NDA government scared of the media?
- 50 Years Of Bjp (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2001)
ACTUALLY it is not half a century of the BJP, which was born only in 1980 after its expulsion from the crumbling Janata Party.
- Golden Voices (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 23, 2001)
Golden jubilee celebrations are expected to be joyous occasions.
- Blind Rage Won’t Do (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 22, 2001)
WHEN Gandhiji was asked what he thought of western civilisation, he replied that he thought it would be a good idea.
- Tailoring History (Hindu, Anjali Modi, Oct 21, 2001)
MYSTERY CONTINUES to surround the names of the people who are writing the National Council for Educational Research and Training's (NCERT) history textbooks.
- The Heart Of The Matter (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 21, 2001)
One skilled politician, biding his time in forced retirement and expending his bile on fellow and much younger politicians is Sikandar Bakht, friend of the prime minister and the writer of a recent letter to him.
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