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Articles 25421 through 25520 of 27558:
- Taliban writes to Bush, no new proposal on Bin Laden (Indian Express, Reuters, Mar 21, 2001)
WASHINGTON, MARCH 20: The Taliban delivered a letter for President George W. Bush on Monday but made no new proposals to meet the US demand that they hand over Islamist militant Osama bin Laden.
- The continuing travails of the NDA (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2001)
THE DECISION TO institute a judicial inquiry and the exit of Mr. George Fernandes from the Union Council of Ministers - secured under tremendous pressure from within the ruling coalition - may have helped the Atal Behari Vajpayee Government in controlling
- All The Pm's Men (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 21, 2001)
When a week after the Tehelka disclosures, Brajesh Mishra finally broke his silence on the allegations against him, the media quizzed him on the delay in going public. But no one in the media answered the counter-query of the principal secretary and natio
- All The Prime Minister's Men (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Mar 21, 2001)
Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has, for the time being, managed to ride the storm that was unleashed by the Tehelka tapes. Although Mamata Banerjee has quit, the other NDA allies have rallied around him. The Congress and the new People's Front cannot
- Oil’s no different (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 21, 2001)
IT IS understandable that India’s proposal seeking supply of crude oil at concessional prices has been firmly turned down by OPEC. The fact is that with some 70 MT in annual demand for crude imports, we account for at best perhaps 2 per cent of the global
- Sinha’s vision ruined (The Economic Times, S. Swaminathan, Mar 21, 2001)
TEHELKA, zindabad! That, I am sure, is the sentiment of most Indians. But, I am equally sure, Yashwant Sinha is not one of them.
- Bjp's Agni Pariksha (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 21, 2001)
The recent revelations in the Tehelka tapes have all but destroyed the BJP's USP - its squeaky clean reputation. As the BJP gets to work to clean up its act, Narendra Mody, general secretary in charge of the party organisation - who is likely to play a mo
- Ordinary Vices (Times of India, Mrinal Miri, Mar 21, 2001)
Mahatma Gandhi used to think that politics was the proper arena of moral life. So, in fact, did Aristotle. But by politics here I mean neither the kind of politics that Gandhiji envisaged for this country, nor the Aristotelian variety of republican politi
- Violence in Kanpur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2001)
THE SHARP ESCALATION of violence in Kanpur, that has already left about a dozen people including an Additional District Magistrate dead, is a pointer to the extent to which the polity in the town is divided on communal lines. And it will not be improper t
- Lufthansa to operate service to Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 20. Lufthansa German Airlines today announced that it would operate three weekly flights with Airbus 340 from Frankfurt to Bangalore. The additional service will commence on September 1 and Bangalore is the new Indian destination in the a
- 'We can't be pushed around' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 20. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, pronounced himself a ``deshbhakt'' (patriot) who ``did not need a certificate from anyone''. Simultaneously, he made it clear that he will not allow the Opposition to be successful in its
- Ceasefire Received Well In U.S. (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Mar 21, 2001)
WASHINGTON, MARCH 20. Notwithstanding the unabated violence in Kashmir claiming more and more civilian lives, the unilateral ceasefire announced by the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, is seen as a move in the right direction in the U.S. Though t
- George And Friends (Indian Express, Mushirul Hasan, Mar 21, 2001)
The NDA government kindled hopes of a better future in certain circles. A weary nation, having experienced the rise and fall of the not so united fronts, turned to Atal Bihari Vajpayee for political stability. He was the new icon -- idolised by not just h
- Uproarious scenes in Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2001)
LUCKNOW, MARCH 20. The joint session of the Uttar Pradesh legislature began today amidst boisterous scenes by the Opposition disrupting the customary speech of the Governor, Mr. Vishnukant Shastri, who had to be content with reading the first and last few
- Congress Does A Volte Face On Reforms (Hindu, S. Swaminathan, Mar 21, 2001)
The recent Congress jamboree in Bangalore might have passed off without the customary pomp and ostentation but its dismal import for the nation would be difficult to underestimate. For a great political organisation that nurtured parliamentary democracy i
- Crime And No Punishment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 21, 2001)
Where else could it happen, except in benighted Bihar? A pitched gun battle between the `supporters' of an MP and the police in which 11 people, including two policemen, are killed. The police summoned up courage to strike at him only when the MP from Siw
- TDP not to rock NDA boat (Hindu, R. J. Rajendra Prasad , Mar 20, 2001)
HYDERABAD, MARCH 19. The Telugu Desam Party expects the present political crisis in New Delhi to end soon, as there is no likelihood of any other dispensation such as the third front forming a Government at the Centre, and no chance of the NDA Government
- Swayam ka Sewak (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 20, 2001)
Bangaru Laxman, tehelka.com's first victim, may have had a long innings in the BJP but he was a fairly obscure figure in the party. That is, till the prime minister picked him to become the party's first Dalit president. That too at a time when he was jus
- Operation West End (Hindu, Valson Thampu , Mar 20, 2001)
THE REVELATION of the defence scandal involving Mr. Bangaru Laxman, Ms. Jaya Jaitly and others by Tehelka.com bore the unmistakable stamp of those who helped to fix the fixers of cricket. The question to be answered, though, is if the current revelations
- Progress at snail’s pace (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 20, 2001)
AT LONG last, public sector oil refineries have been allowed to import crude oil on their own instead of mandatorily having to source through big boy IOC. This is much too late in the day, given that the cosy, cost-plus administered pricing mechanism for
- Constitutional Review: Some Stray Thoughts (Hindu, C. B. RAU, Mar 20, 2001)
A CONSTITUTIONAL review group headed by Justice Venkatachaliah, established by the Government of India, has constituted different panels to look into specific aspects. An average but interested citizen is unaware of the status of their work and how the gr
- Tehelka: A cheap candid camera stunt? (The Economic Times, Sharad Joshi , Mar 20, 2001)
TO BEGIN with, like all good economists, let us look at the short run effects of l’affaire Tehelka. Then, we shall look at the medium term, followed by the long run.
- Fast Backward (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 20, 2001)
If only shrillness could substitute for political vitality, or strategy. Sonia Gandhi's high-decibel declamation at the AICC session in Bangalore only underlines the tragedy of the farce being played out on political centrestage ever since the Tehelka tap
- I Didn't Dabble In Defence Deals: Brajesh Mishra (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 19. Mr. Brajesh Mishra, beleaguered Principal Secretary to a beleaguered Prime Minister, today assertively refuted the insinuation in the Tehelka tapes that he had dabbled in defence deals. He also declared that there was no need for him
- Calcutta Stock Crises Intensifies (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2001)
New Delhi, March 19: After a few days of `respite' provided by the Tehelka Tapes, the country's serious stock market crisis is once again on the boil. With the Calcutta stock exchange's payments crises intensifying -- that is, brokers are not able to pay
- Sustaining a vibrant environment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2001)
ONE OF the features of schools is that teachers are expected to do what they are allocated. Any additional initiative is purely by chance or a product of the rhetoric and goading. Creating an atmosphere, where the well being of the teacher is one of the c
- Will Tehelka derail reforms? (The Economic Times, Tarun Das, Mar 20, 2001)
THE HAPPENINGS in the last week are unfortunate. More so, when India is on the threshold of moving ahead on the economic front – both reforms and revival. The reform process has certainly shifted gear in recent times as is amplified in good measure in the
- Vinegar, not wine (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 20, 2001)
THE INDIAN National Congress meet in Bangalore has resulted in a draft economic policy resolution which many analysts see as a 'virtual manifesto'. If so, this is most unfortunate, for the grand old party that led India down the mistaken path of socialism
- Balco Union To Keep Off Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 19. The possibility of an end to the persisting stalemate at the Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) received a major setback today with the workers' unions deciding not to take part in the talks scheduled between the Chhatisgarh Gov
- Sudarshan chakra (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 20, 2001)
Members of the sangh parivar and particularly the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are proving to be far more serious adversaries of the Vajpayee government than the Congress party or the rest of the Opposition. The thunder from Bangalore does not cause half a
- PM ready for trial of strength (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 19, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 18. Going on the offensive, the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, today rejected the Opposition demand for his resignation and dared them for a trial of strength in Parliament as the Congress president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi declared a war to
- Vajpayee turns to Jaswant for Defence (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 19, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 18: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today entrusted the key Defence portfolio to Minister for External Affairs Jaswant Singh, his confidant, on a day when the Government was grappling with more discordant noises from within the Sangh
- RSS joins attack, says Vajpayee's men are incompetent (Indian Express, SHARAD GUPTA, Mar 19, 2001)
SEVADHAM (MANDOLI), MARCH 18: In a direct attack on the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the ruling BJP, today accused Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of not heeding to its demand that ``e
- The triumph of neo-liberalism (Hindu, Achin Vanaik , Mar 19, 2001)
NEO-LIBERALISM AS ideology has triumphed when it becomes impervious to refutation by empirical evidence. The hosannas for this year's budget are a measure of just how complete this victory is amongst the Indian elite. The budget simply consolidates and ex
- Pak. to freeze defencebudget for four years (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 19, 2001)
ISLAMABAD, MARCH 18. Faced with a severe resource crunch and a staggering external debt, Pakistan has decided to freeze its defence budget in real terms for the next four years.
- Clerics fume at Taliban's idea of Islam (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Mar 19, 2001)
CAIRO: Taliban leader Mullah Omar's infamous edict to destroy the Buddha statutes of Bamiyan has outraged the whole world, but nowhere was the sense of frustration and unhappiness deeper than in this overwhelmingly Islamic country. The Grand Mufti of Egyp
- Cong. leader regrets boycott of statute review panel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 19, 2001)
BANGALORE, MARCH 18. The former Union Minister and AICC member from Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Chandrajit Yadav, today said the party should not have boycotted the National Commission for the Review of the Constitution headed by the former Chief Justice of India,
- The ubiquitous party fund (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Mar 19, 2001)
JUST UTTER the two magic words ``party funds'' and get away with murder. This had been the case with our political elite for decades - they sought to cover, blatantly and shamelessly, their sins in collecting huge sums by invoking the name of their party.
- Fate of 35 Bills under cloud as Oppn sticks to its guns (The Economic Times, G Ganapathy Subramaniam & Jayanthi Iyengar, Mar 19, 2001)
THE CRISIS may be political, but the economy will bear the brunt. With the Opposition adamant on stalling proceedings in Parliament, the fate of more than 35 legislative bills has come under cloud.
- Timely warning (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 19, 2001)
THE RUN on the Madhavpura Mercantile Co-operative Bank is a timely reminder to the Reserve Bank of India on the perils of ignoring this small, but important, segment of the banking industry.
- Culture as Diplomacy (Times of India, M D NALAPAT, Mar 19, 2001)
IN most countries, foreign policy subserves domestic interests. Whenever the flood of Chinese imports into the US crosses levels that the media in that country cannot ignore, human rights are used to divert attention away from the balance of trade. Althou
- A Mahajot Sans The Bjp? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 19, 2001)
BY MOVING OUT of the BJP-led NDA combine, the Trinamool Congress leader, Ms. Mamata Banerjee, has set the stage for a significant realignment of forces in West Bengal. With hardly a month left for the poll process to begin in the State, the ruling Left Fr
- Perils of impetuosity (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 19, 2001)
It’s now almost a week since the state and, more specifically, the Vajpayee government, has had to confront its own failings, thanks to the evidence that surfaced in the Tehelka tapes. This has been a period of considerable uncertainty, political churning
- Probing the allegations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 19, 2001)
THE TEHELKA TAPES drew attention to two independent, although sometimes inter-related, issues. The dubious manner in which political parties are funded and the dubious means by which defence deals are struck. Under the terms of reference, the judicial pro
- Back To Square One (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 19, 2001)
ALTHOUGH the government has taken almost five months since direct to home broadcasting was opened to come out with detailed guidelines, it has not done any rethink on some of the contentious issues.
- Overshadowed by Buddhas, drought cries out for attention (Times of India, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 19, 2001)
HERAT: Unknown to most of the world, Afghanistan today is in the grip of a drought so severe that more than half a million people have been forced to migrate from their home districts in search of food. Bamiyan's Buddhas may have hogged the news headlines
- Flunking the Test (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 19, 2001)
In the best gurukul tradition, the RSS treats its rank and file as students while describing itself as a school or a university. However, this tutorial imagination sometimes extends to the unwilling and the unregistered pupils as well. This pedagogic desi
- Were Russian shells good enough? (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Mar 19, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 18. The reference to the Rs. 150-crore Krasnopol artillery shells contract in the Tehelka tapes has indicated that the deal was not about corruption alone; the quality of the shells may also have been compromised on.
- Solheim happy with Indian support (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Mar 19, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 18. The Norwegian special envoy, Mr. Erik Solheim, engaged in facilitating contacts between the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE, is happy at the ``absolute support'' extended by India to the peace process. Indian support for ``our effo
- Opec output cut to hit APM efforts (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2001)
NEW DELHI WITH Opec members deciding in favour of a production cut -- the second in the last three months -- energy-deficient countries like India can look forward to another slippery ride.
- In the arms of the Ganga (Hindu, T. V.VENKATARAMAN, Mar 18, 2001)
The Ganga is much more than a river. One must look beyond the obvious, into the inner meaning that it represents, says T. V.VENKATARAMAN
- Fernandes gets a clean chit before inquiry? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 17. Yesterday it was the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, who in his national broadcast virtually absolved the former Defence Minister, Mr. George Fernandes, of any wrongdoing in `defence deals' and today, it was the Union Law Mi
- Treading their own path (Hindu, ALKA PANDE, Mar 18, 2001)
An exhibition of 11 artists in New Delhi showcases the works of men who have all charted virgin paths for themselves, says ALKA PANDE
- Restoring faith (Hindu, VIMALA RAMACHANDRAN, Mar 18, 2001)
The destruction caused by the Gujarat earthquake and the controversies that came in its wake made good stories. Why, asks VIMALA RAMACHANDRAN, cannot the media write about the silent contribution of many sensitive and caring people to help those affected
- Destroying symbols of hope (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 18, 2001)
The destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan should be seen as representing a larger peril - an attack on a composite and pacific culture symbolised by these giant images. RANJIT HOSKOTE traces the forces that led to this carnage of statues.
- Towards oblivion (Hindu, RAJENDAR MENEN, Mar 18, 2001)
Aged sex-workers have no option that allows them to lead a dignified life. Unable to go back to their villages or to their families, the lucky ones survive on menial jobs on the fringes of their erstwhile profession, says RAJENDAR MENEN.
- My father and I (Hindu, VASANTHI SUNDARAM, Mar 18, 2001)
We have known him as a minister, governor and a senior statesman. Very few actually knew him as a person. S. S. Rajsekar, son of the late C. Subramaniam, provides some intensely personal insights into the relationship that he shared with his father. Cheri
- Blowing The Whistle (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 18, 2001)
Only those totally indifferent to the demands of ethics and morality in public life can seek to rubbish the revelations by questioning the methods Tehelka used, writes HARISH KHARE.
- Rajasthan's drought: Abundance of food, scarcity of vision (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Mar 18, 2001)
Districts in southern Rajasthan are reeling from a series of hunger-related deaths. The problem is that these occurred not because of poor rainfall or drought. Rather, the policy-driven assault on people's living standards has made them vulnerable, says n
- Stem the rot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2001)
THE MUCH DELAYED resignation of Mr. George Fernandes as the Defence Minister, which should have ensued immediately after Tehelka went public with its video footage on sleaze in arms deals, has all the attributes of a desperate salvage operation by the Vaj
- Four-month coma (The Economic Times, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 17, 2001)
THE ANNOUNCEMENT by the prime minister that the government is setting up a judicial probe into the revelations of the Tehelka tapes has come not a day too soon.
- Naidu kept up pressure on PM (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2001)
HYDERABAD, MARCH 16. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, kept a low profile on the Delhi developments, but played his part behind the scenes on Friday.
- Train to Kolkata (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 17, 2001)
The Vajpayee government still has a lot of firefighting to do if it is to ride the storm whipped up by the Tehelka tapes. But even amid the ongoing uncertainty, one thing is certain: when (if?) the crisis blows over, the NDA government is not likely to ov
- Orissa stand on BALCO defended (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2001)
BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 16. The Orissa Government today strongly defended its actions in agreeing to the Union Mines Ministry's request for recommending the grant of bauxite mining lease in favour of Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), a few days before the comp
- DCA to inspect portal's accounts (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 17, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16. Shocked at the exposure made by Tehelka.com, the Centre today directed the Department of Company Affairs to inspect the records, books of accounts and the pattern of shareholding of the website to find out the source of its funding fo
- Peace award for a Gandhian of our times (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16. For the first time since the award was instituted in 1995, the Gandhi Peace Prize was shared today by an institution and a man who has become an institution. Though the award presentation ceremony was eclipsed by the political turmoil
- Tehelka tapes 'appear to be true', says RSS (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16. The former BJP president, Mr. Bangaru Laxman, was today described by the RSS as a ``failed swayamsevak'' who had admitted to taking money and had resigned, even as the parent organisation of the Sangh Parivar warned of ``impending fin
- An Open Letter To Mullah Omar (Hindu, Shamsul Islam , Mar 17, 2001)
RESPECTED MULLAH Saheb! Assalamo Alaikum. I know you will not like this Islamic greeting which means peace and security for everyone. You as Head of the Taliban of Afghanistan and a great Mullah are out to teach a lesson to all infidels. How could one tal
- National Insecurity (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2001)
It is unlikely the results would have been different, had Tehelka's spy camera zoomed in on any other area of national activity. It is unlikely they would have been different had the year been 1980 or 1986, instead of today. The truth is that corruption c
- Supreme Court judge to probe Armsgate (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2001)
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday announced a commission of inquiry into the Tehelka revelations on the murky world of defence deals. The single-member commission will be notified after a Supreme Court judge is picked up for the job in consultation with
- PM orders judicial probe (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 17, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 16. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, tonight announced an inquiry by ``a sitting or a retired'' judge of the Supreme Court in the ``tehelka tapes'' allegations. The inquiry is to be completed in four months.
- Sense at last (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2001)
THE WORLD Bank has at last woken up to the potential of efficient transportational networks in removing poverty in the Third World. This is an area that had largely been ignored by the Bank so far. If only it had paid more attention, it would have discove
- No defence, Minister (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Mar 17, 2001)
What does the Tehelka expose say about our higher defence organisation? How are things so porous, so loose in an establishment otherwise so obsessed with secrecy and security? Forget whether they fixed any deals or not. How come half-witted, whisky-drunk
- Plunder raj (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Mar 17, 2001)
IT USED to be called the licence permit raj. It has now become the plunder raj. The abolition of controls was to end decision- making by discretion. And reform was supposed to usher in an era of transparency where there would be little scope for corruptio
- How tehelka bailed out Laloo Yadav (The Economic Times, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Mar 17, 2001)
THE SENSATION kicked up by the defence deal revelations of tehelka.Com have pushed the Vajpayee government into a tight corner. An unexpected gainer in all this has been the government of Bihar, run by chief minister Rabri Devi.
- Confucian Wisdom (Times of India, ASHIS RAY, Mar 17, 2001)
MAO Zedong's mammoth portrait continues to adorn the main entrance of the Forbidden City (home of Chinese emperors from the first quarter of the 15th century, adjacent to which the hierarchy of the Communist Party of China are now lodged); the great helms
- Jaya Jaitley quits, says may sue tehelka.com (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2001)
NEW DELHI: Jaya Jaitley resigned as Samata Party president on Thursday and said her party was "seriously contemplating" filing a defamation suit against tehelka.com for dragging her name in a fictitious defence deal.
- Tape and Tell (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 16, 2001)
Indians may have come to accept corruption as an endemic part of life; few have any expectations of their elected representatives. By that standard, tehelka.com's revelations should have been just another piece of evidence of what we knew all along. But t
- The Tehelka tapes -- Look, there are some holes (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Mar 16, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 15: The Tehelka tapes which have rocked the Government have some gaping holes which need to be looked into.
- Out of the woodwork (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 16, 2001)
Suddenly the Third Front is in the news again. The Tehelka revelations, exposing the murky goings-on in the corridors of power, seem to have given its tired, ageing constituents a new high. These worthies are already behaving as if the NDA government is o
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