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- Fighting Terrorism: Not This Way (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 11, 2002)
NEW DELHI, JAN. 10. Over the past fortnight, three incidents have taken place on the law and order front in three States.
- Fighting Terrorism: Not This Way (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 11, 2002)
NEW DELHI, JAN. 10. Over the past fortnight, three incidents have taken place on the law and order front in three States.
- Enemies Of Panchayati Raj (Hindu, George Mathew, Jan 11, 2002)
When in the Opposition our political leaders are very vocal about giving powers to local bodies. The moment they grab power, they change colour.
- The Makings Of A Police State? (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 11, 2002)
The BJP-led coalition is converting India into a police state in which legislation bypasses Parliament and targets ordinary citizens.
- A Latter Day Ataturk? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2002)
IS General Pervez Musharraf’s survival at the helm in Pakistan of any consequence to us?” I asked one of the more thoughtful men in Indian public life. He fell into deep thought.
- The Makings Of A Police State? (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 11, 2002)
The BJP-led coalition is converting India into a police state in which legislation bypasses Parliament and targets ordinary citizens.
- The Many Faces Of An Indian (Telegraph, Bidyut Chakrabarty, Jan 10, 2002)
Rewriting history textbooks for schools is part of a grand design. Based on the belief that the available National Council for Educational Research and Training books are distortions of the “Hindu” past, arguments are marshalled to defend the project.
- Family Ties (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2002)
The family has, arguably, been among India’s most traditional institutions and has set the parameters for social relationships in the country. It has dictated not just how people marry, dine and generally socialise.
- ‘Pak’s Moves Are Based On Supposed Assurances From Uk Govt’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2002)
British generals in India and Pakistan maintained informal channels of communication on Kashmir developments.
- Uniform Governors (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 10, 2002)
At a time when the military and the police are not attracting the best of youthful talent, it may be a good idea to come up with a slogan like ‘‘Join the forces and become governors’’.
- Power: Reforming Its Way Out Of Darkness? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 10, 2002)
EVEN though the track record of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in economic reforms is not uniformly salutary, there are specific areas.
- Power: Reforming Its Way Out Of Darkness? (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 10, 2002)
EVEN though the track record of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in economic reforms is not uniformly salutary, there are specific areas.
- Growing Garden (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 09, 2002)
The concept of agro economic zones was floated in the exim policy announcement of March 31.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Agenda For Agricultural Reforms (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jan 08, 2002)
AGRICULTURE continues to remain the most important sector of the economy from the perspective of employment generation and poverty alleviation and also because of its causal links with the factor and product markets.
- Cross Border Rings (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2002)
There is something very odd and ridiculous about the Central government’s decision to close down public phone booths that offer long distance call facilities in the border districts of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
- Economy And Elections (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 07, 2002)
CURRENT conventional wisdom has it that much of the drumming up of the "conflict situation" with Pakistan is directed at whipping up support for the BJP in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in the next few months in states such as Uttar Pradesh.
- War Is A Chilling Word (Indian Express, Ajey Lele, Jan 07, 2002)
In 1941, the Germans saw a defeat at Moscow because of the terrible Russian winter.
- Economy And Elections (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 07, 2002)
CURRENT conventional wisdom has it that much of the drumming up of the "conflict situation" with Pakistan is directed at whipping up support for the BJP in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in the next few months in states such as Uttar Pradesh.
- Refugees In Their Own Land (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2002)
For the people along the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, the war clouds have cast a shadow on their lives. Shujaat Bukhari, Sarabjit Pandher and Sunny Sebastian report.
- Refugees In Their Own Land (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 06, 2002)
For the people along the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, the war clouds have cast a shadow on their lives. Shujaat Bukhari, Sarabjit Pandher and Sunny Sebastian report.
- The Comfort Of Sameness (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jan 06, 2002)
If you subtract Russia from it, Europe is a sub-continent roughly the same size as British India.
- The Many Faces Of `Restraint' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 05, 2002)
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee has played his diplomatic cards so deftly that Pakistan is now feeling the heat of international diplomatic opinion vis-a-vis its Kashmir policy.
- The Power To Change Reality (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Jan 05, 2002)
By June this year, you could be sitting in the office of the distribution circle at Faridabad, Haryana, and be able to see, on the computer screen, just how much power is going into the cluster of houses in Sector 16.
- The Partition Debate - Ii (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, Jan 03, 2002)
As a metaphor, an event and memory, Partition has to be interpreted and explained afresh to remove widely-held misconceptions.
- India-Pakistan Face-Off -- Testing Time For Sagacious Leadership (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2002)
By a process of elimination, what is left as the only abiding solution is to come to terms with Pakistan with a sense of realism and constructive engagement.
- India-Pakistan Face-Off -- Testing Time For Sagacious Leadership (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2002)
By a process of elimination, what is left as the only abiding solution is to come to terms with Pakistan with a sense of realism and constructive engagement.
- The Partition Debate - Ii (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, Jan 03, 2002)
As a metaphor, an event and memory, Partition has to be interpreted and explained afresh to remove widely-held misconceptions.
- Chautala Hints At Seat Arrangement With Nda For Up Elections (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Jan 02, 2002)
GURGAON: In a potentially interesting political development, the Haryana chief minister, Om Prakash Chautala, has confided in close circles, including his elder son Ajay Chautala, MP, and political advisor, Sher Singh Badshami.
- The Indo-Pakistan Crisis (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 01, 2002)
Children have a right to live and grow peacefully. Rulers who refuse to ensure this deserve to be thrown in the dustbin of history.
- We Shall Triumph Against Terrorism (Hindu, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
``My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- ‘Our Common Problem Is Poverty, Terrorism Delays Its Solution. Let’s Fight It, This Is The New Year’s Challenge’ (Indian Express, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
MY dear fellow cou -ntrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- We Shall Triumph Against Terrorism (Hindu, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
``My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- The Indo-Pakistan Crisis (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jan 01, 2002)
Children have a right to live and grow peacefully. Rulers who refuse to ensure this deserve to be thrown in the dustbin of history.
- India Will Triumph Against Terrorism (Telegraph, A. B. Vajpayee, Jan 01, 2002)
My dear fellow countrymen, joyous New Year greetings to all of you.
- Cotton Market Stuck In A Year-End Limbo (Business Line, G. Gurumurthy, Jan 01, 2002)
DESPITE pick up in arrivals and relatively low prices, most of the terminal cotton markets remain lacklustre.
- A Wideranging Exercise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2001)
THE ELECTION COMMISSION'S announcement of the timetable for the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur and Uttaranchal has come amidst a worrying escalation of tension on the Indo-Pakistan border.
- Fear On The Food Front (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Dec 31, 2001)
THE stockpile of wheat and rice in Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns seems to be only rising, touching 60.4 million tonnes -- a 40 per cent jump over last year's 42.8 million tonnes.
- India Shouldn’t Be Hasty In Exhausting Non-Military Options Against Pak (The Financial Express, B. Raman , Dec 31, 2001)
In continuation of its earlier decision to withdraw its High Commissioner from Islamabad and to discontinue rail and road links with Pakistan.
- Punish Pakistan Hard And Decisively (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, Dec 31, 2001)
The terrorists attack on Indian Parliament on December 13, 2001, was an attack on our national pride.
- A Wideranging Exercise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 31, 2001)
THE ELECTION COMMISSION'S announcement of the timetable for the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur and Uttaranchal has come amidst a worrying escalation of tension on the Indo-Pakistan border.
- Beware The Judgement Of Posterity (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 31, 2001)
Security matters have been dominating the political landscape ever since the events of nine-eleven, and finally, after many years of infirm resolve, we do see some light at the end of the tunnel.
- The Opposition Does A Balancing Act (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Dec 30, 2001)
``POLITICAL PARTIES must not only take cognisance of public opinion, they must also reflect national sentiment,'' says a veteran Congress(I) leader.
- Systemic Overhaul Needed To Fight Terror (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Dec 30, 2001)
India's justice system has become the strongest and most favoured ally and alibi of the terrorists operating on Indian soil, and of their sponsors across borders.
- Turn Of The Screw (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 30, 2001)
By announcing a second round of measures against Pakistan, India has stepped up the diplomatic offensive it has mounted against its recalcitrant neighbour.
- Learning To Do It Just Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2001)
Slow steps to wider horizons. The Congress leadership in Uttar Pradesh is quite eager that Priyanka Gandhi campaign for the forthcoming assembly elections.
- The Opposition Does A Balancing Act (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Dec 30, 2001)
``POLITICAL PARTIES must not only take cognisance of public opinion, they must also reflect national sentiment,'' says a veteran Congress(I) leader.
- Ec Cracks Whip In Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 29, 2001)
ELECTORAL malpractices take many forms in India. In the early years after Independence the lower castes were openly prevented from exercising their right to vote.
- Turn Of The Screw (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 29, 2001)
By announcing a second round of measures against Pakistan, India has stepped up the diplomatic offensive it has mounted against its recalcitrant neighbour.
- Systemic Overhaul Needed To Fight Terror (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Dec 29, 2001)
India's justice system has become the strongest and most favoured ally and alibi of the terrorists operating on Indian soil, and of their sponsors across borders.
- The Equality Amendment Of 2001 (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 29, 2001)
Reservation is important to equality. But a system of reservation which shuts out merit candidates and virtually dashes their professional hopes is contrary to equality.
- The Equality Amendment Of 2001 (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 29, 2001)
Reservation is important to equality. But a system of reservation which shuts out merit candidates and virtually dashes their professional hopes is contrary to equality.
- It Is Election Time (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 28, 2001)
PUNJAB will elect a new government or retain the old one on February 13. Conventional wisdom says the Akalis will have a tough time performing as well as they did five years ago in alliance with the BJP.
- Let’s Talk Up (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 28, 2001)
IT was on the cards, yet Wednesday’s announcement of the schedule for elections to Uttar Pradesh and other states is somewhat reassuring. Ever since December 13, as the government has weighed its options, the nation has been on edge.
- A Well-Timed Pressure Offensive (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 28, 2001)
THOSE who believe that the current military build-up is designed to create the atmosphere that might help the ruling party in the February elections to key state assemblies are probably making light of a serious situation.
- Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 28, 2001)
Even as the nation waits with baited breath about what is going to happen next with war clouds looming, ticket seekers are getting busy with elections to four states announced on Wednesday.
- Hand-Me-Down Politics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2001)
IN Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s leg injury may have smoothed the way for a long intended event. Ever since he was grounded after a bad fall, Badal Jr has swung into hectic action. It began with issuing statements on his father’s health.
- Order On Medical Seats (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2001)
IN the past five months the Supreme Court has passed at least as many orders covering the field of medical education.
- Mobilising Democratic Opinion For 'War' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 27, 2001)
It is incumbent on the Prime Minister to ensure that warmongering does not get out of hand and to calibrate public rhetoric and posturing only as an aid to measured policy response.
- Mobilising Democratic Opinion For 'War' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 27, 2001)
It is incumbent on the Prime Minister to ensure that warmongering does not get out of hand and to calibrate public rhetoric and posturing only as an aid to measured policy response.
- Beware The General Across The Border (Pioneer, Wilson John, Dec 26, 2001)
Let us not underestimate Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
- Promises, Promises (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 26, 2001)
THIS is not a categorical assurance that India will not attack Pakistan, but the fact that the government is talking so tough does point to it not taking any action at all.
- Rajnath’s Nightmare (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 26, 2001)
The Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta has put Mr Rajnath Singh in a spot of bother.
- Call Of Duty And Line Of Fire (Pioneer, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Dec 25, 2001)
The injury caused to ANI cameraman Vikram Singh Bisht in the attack on Parliament has once again turned the spotlight on the hazardous nature of journalism.
- The Politics Of War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 25, 2001)
AS this might be the last Christmas of peace and goodwill on our benighted subcontinent, before we go hurtling down to the disaster which overcame Europe through the first half of the last century.
- We May Not Be This Lucky Next Time (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Dec 23, 2001)
Most disturbing about December 13 was that it happened though intelligence agencies had got tip-offs.
- We May Not Be This Lucky Next Time (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Dec 23, 2001)
Most disturbing about December 13 was that it happened though intelligence agencies had got tip-offs.
- Time To Plug Loopholes In Security Apparatus (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Dec 23, 2001)
THE terrorist attack on our Parliament shocked all of us. It is a matter of pride that our policemen held the ground, beat back the attack and killed all the terrorists. The nation was practically face to face with a great national tragedy.
- Poll Fever And Rhetoric (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2001)
WITH ONLY A couple of months left before parties plunge into campaign mode in three States - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttaranchal - where Assembly elections are due before March 2002.
- Love Stories By The Lake (Tribune, Punam Khaira Sidhu, Dec 21, 2001)
WHAT is it about a water body that attracts lovers by the droves to its sides?
- 2001: The Year In Retrospect (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 20, 2001)
Human beings invariably shed their innocence and grow up before they reach the age of 50.
- Distress Deaths (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
THE CONTINUING SPATE of suicides among farmers in Karnataka is a manifestation in the most brutal manner of the increasingly volatile socio-economic dynamics of the agriculture sector in contemporary times.
- Distress Deaths (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
THE CONTINUING SPATE of suicides among farmers in Karnataka is a manifestation in the most brutal manner of the increasingly volatile socio-economic dynamics of the agriculture sector in contemporary times.
- Towards Preserving Peace (Tribune, V. N. Datta, Dec 20, 2001)
Throughout ages, there is hardly a prophet or saint who has not condemned violence and war and preached the gospel of peace, amity and goodwill.
- Poonam Of Amritsar Can Hoot Like An Owl (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2001)
Poonam Sharma, a third year undergraduate student of Amritsar, can hoot like an owl, copy the sounds of other birds and “speak in the voice” of silver screen personalities.
- Behnji's Samaj Party (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2001)
Mr Kanshi Ram last week merely formalised an arrangement that has existed within the Bahujan Samaj Party ever since it became a potent political force in Uttar Pradesh.
- Distress Sale Of Cotton (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
THERE seems to be no end to the woes of cotton growers. First, the crop suffered an attack of American bollworm which has become an annual occurrence.
- Crop Damage, Low Offtake Add To Cotton Growers’ Woes In 3 States (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Dec 19, 2001)
HISAR: Cotton-growers, under the World Bank-aided intensive cotton development project (ICDP), in Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad and Bhiwani districts of Haryana, Mansa, Muktsar, Faridkot and Ferozepur districts of Punjab.
- What If Osama Were Caught In India? A Debate Would Explode: Should He Be Tried Under Evidence Act? Poto? (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 18, 2001)
The technology of inflicting large-scale violence is becoming easier to obtain, and — per quotient of lethality — less and less expensive. This in turn yields three lemmas:
- Special To The Express (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2001)
Temporary expedients will boomerang: giving handsome amounts to the SULFA cadre, giving them jobs, allowing them to retain weapons — these steps have resulted in Assam now having not one set of extortionists — ULFA — but two.
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