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Articles 25521 through 25620 of 27558:
- Targeting the ceasefire (Hindu, Sonia Jabbar, Mar 16, 2001)
THE MUTABILITY of truth is a phenomenon best demonstrated in Kashmir. Last month I had joined a host of other journalists censuring the Indian Government on its inability to implement the ceasefire on the ground, particularly with the human rights violati
- Weep for Afghanistan - she is dying! (Hindu, Lolita Nehru, Mar 16, 2001)
SEVERAL THOUSAND years of human history and artistic achievements, 80 years of archaeological excavations by European and Afghan teams, are being destroyed in a matter of days. While the world looks on. It was the same, not so long ago, when thousands of
- Market and its limitations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 16, 2001)
THE PACKAGE OF capital market measures announced by the Finance Minister, Mr. Yashwant Sinha, on Tuesday is in the nature of reform and could well have been announced by the regulator, the SEBI, at an appropriate time. However, it is clear that the Financ
- 'Constitutional breakdown' in Maharashtra alleged (Hindu, Mahesh Vijapurkar, Mar 16, 2001)
MUMBAI, MARCH 15. After the ruling Democratic Front disrupted the functioning of both the Houses of Legislature on the Tehelka.com expose, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena members met the Governor, Dr. P. C. Alexander, today and poi
- But That's Not Enough (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 16, 2001)
EVEN if defence minister George Fernandes is struck by an unexpected spasm of morality and quits in its throes, even if the Vajpayee government falls after the exposure of defence sleaze, underhand deals in military procurement won't go unless big structu
- Armsgate Fells George (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2001)
NEW DELHI: Under mounting pressure from NDA partners, a powerful section of the BJP and the Opposition as well, Defence Minister George Fernandes finally bowed out of the government at 8 pm on Thursday. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee accepted his res
- Defining a U.S. `defence' plan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 16, 2001)
A `FRESH' THINKING has been promised by the U.S. Defence Secretary, Mr. Donald Rumsfeld, in regard to the daunting task of visualising as also developing and deploying a state-of-the-art missile defence system. For a starter, he has expressed political mi
- NDA stands united behind Govt. (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Mar 15, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 14. The National Democratic Alliance today closed ranks and decided to stand united behind the Government, but the unity and solidarity show was all but ruined by the Trinamool Congress which not only stayed away from the NDA meeting at t
- Karunanidhi sees no adverse impact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2001)
CHENNAI, MARCH 14.The DMK today sought to play down the political fallout of the `defence procurement expose' by the website, Tehelka.Com, saying that the `charges made' will have no adverse impact on the DMK, as an ally of the BJP-led NDA Government at t
- 'Graft' in defence deals rocks Houses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2001)
BANGALORE, MARCH 14. The alleged bribe-taking in Defence deals had its reverberations in both Houses of the Karnataka Legislature, leading to their adjournment without transacting any business, till March 20.
- Fernandes defiant, allies troubled (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 15, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 14. The day after the Tehelka.com ``expose'' of its dirty defence deal-makings, the beleaguered NDA Government was precariously perched, with its moral authority visibly depleted and a significant ally, the Trinamool Congress, threatening
- Exit the hot house (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 15, 2001)
MR PRABIR Sengupta's statement that agri-export quotas will be around for a while yet goes against Mr Yashwant Sinha's stated objective of ``speeding up agricultural sector reforms and better management of the food economy'' as the first point of his six-
- Clean up the system (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 15, 2001)
Decisive moments demand decisive action. One such moment was that revealing glimpse of the rot within the state, as captured by Tehelka's spycam. And it stinks to high heavens, how it stinks! It was not just the wrongdoings of a few individuals that were
- Where is the space for all the vehicles? (Hindu, N. N. Sachitanand, Mar 15, 2001)
IT IS not just the pollution they cause or the heavy foreign exchange outgo on providing fuel to them that should make one think twice about continuing with automobiles as a means of personal transport in India. There is another scarce resource in the cou
- Transport mode with great promise (Hindu, V. S. Sambandan, Mar 15, 2001)
Apart from cost advantages, inland water transport has also proved to have a strong multiplier effect on the economy, says V. S. Sambandan.
- ICAI to impose ceiling on number of audits (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2001)
CHENNAI, MARCH 14. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) proposes to introduce ``self-regulatory measures'' to impose a ceiling on the number of audits that members can undertake in private and public limited companies.
- Naidu calls for independent probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2001)
HYDERABAD, MARCH 14. The Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, has called for an independent investigation into the sensational dotcom disclosures involving the BJP president, Mr. Bangaru Laxman, prominent leaders of the NDA and others.
- Market access in agriculture (The Economic Times, Ambrose Pinto , Mar 15, 2001)
THE MUCHAWAITED proposals of India in the WTO for the forthcoming negotiations for the review of the Agreement on Agriculture have few surprises for those following the progress of the discussions that have taken place during the past few years.
- 'Expose': Council Adjourned After Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2001)
The allegations of corruption in defence deals, involving the former BJP President, Mr. Bangaru Laxman, and the Samata Party President, Ms. Jaya Jaitly, caused a furore in the Legislative Council on Wednesday. There was a heated excha
- Adjournments Galore In Bihar Legislature (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2001)
The ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal, along with its allies and the Left parties, paralysed the functioning of the State Legislature and demanded the dismissal of the NDA Government at the Centre.
- Take on the challenge of Chinese competition: Maran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 14. The Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr. Murasoli Maran, today warned that competition from China was a challenge that could not be met by anti-dumping measures alone. ``The ultimate answer is to improve our competitiveness,'' he
- De-Islamizing Islam: The Taliban Project (Times of India, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Mar 14, 2001)
WHEN I visited Afghanistan during the last days of communist Russia's political domination, I found Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, entirely intact, but today, under the so-called Islamic regime of the Taliban, the greater part of Kabul has been destroyed.
- States to share cost of river projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13. States would have to bear 30 per cent of the cost of projects undertaken under the national river conservation programme. Currently, the entire expenditure is borne by the Centre.
- Strategy for Stability (Times of India, M G VAIDYA, Mar 14, 2001)
PRESIDENT K R Narayanan's controversial speech on January 25, 2001 drew flak from many people in the media and outside. I think we should take a more liberal view and allow the President to express his musings openly. I do not view it as a confrontation b
- Opp smells blood, to stall Parliament over the tapes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2001)
NEW DELHI, March 13: Armed with the explosive Tehelka expose, the Opposition will go for the jugular in Parliament tomorrow.
- Elect the PM directly (Indian Express, C.B. Muthamma, Mar 14, 2001)
Since the commission set up to review the working of the Constitution released its tentative proposals on January 8, inviting a discussion, there have been some articles and comments. Some denounce the whole exercise on the ground that it attacks the Cons
- The majesty of law and the objectivity of the state? (The Economic Times, Abheek Barman, Mar 14, 2001)
THE HEADING above is a quote from the 1999 election manifesto of the National Democratic Alliance. It comes on page 8 of the document, titled `For a Proud, Prosperous India,’ under a subheading called `Corruption.’ The original does not end with the quest
- J&K: Will the Govt. go beyond piece-meal approach? (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Mar 14, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13. Meagre indeed was the indication given in Parliament by the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, of the post- ceasefire strategy on Kashmir. As a result, the country was not any wiser on the Government's comprehensive thinking and the s
- Jogi asks Sterlite to call off deal (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Mar 14, 2001)
RAIPUR, MARCH 13. The Chhatisgarh Chief Minister, Mr. Ajit Jogi, has told Sterlite Industries that under no circumstances would it be allowed to run the Bharat Aluminium Company Limited plant (BALCO) at Korba. Virtually warning the management that the Gov
- A bankrupt bid (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 14, 2001)
Mr Ajit Jogi, you were mistaken. The Rs 100 crore you thought was paid for the Balco deal was actually tehelka’s attempt to bribe defence officials.
- Nemesis overtaking Osama? (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Mar 14, 2001)
ACCORDING TO reports published in the media on February 10, 2001, datelined Islamabad, Afghanistan's Taliban militia has reiterated its willingness to discuss sending Osama bin Laden for trial by Muslim clerics in an Islamic country. A spokesman of Pakist
- Opposition demands PM's resignation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2001)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13. The Opposition parties today demanded the Prime Minister's resignation in the wake of ``revelations'' made by an online news website, Tehelka, on corruption in a defence deal, even as the Bharatiya Janata Party president, Mr. Bangaru
- The great betrayal (Indian Express, Asghar Ali Engineer , Mar 14, 2001)
IS Islam undemocratic by the very nature of its teachings? Why is it that no Muslim country has a democratic dispensation? Why is it that almost every Muslim country is governed either by a king, a sheikh,a military dictator or has only a partly-democrati
- Widen indirect tax base (The Economic Times, V S Krishnan, Mar 14, 2001)
THE INDIRECT tax accounts for 65 per cent of the total tax revenue and forms the fiscal backbone of the country. Since the tax reform began in 1991, the ratio of central tax revenues to GDP has gone down from 10.9 per cent in 1991-92 to 9.2 per cent (expe
- Opportunism guides alliance politics in TN (Times of India, Srinivasa Prasad, Mar 14, 2001)
CHENNAI: If the name of the game is political realignment in Tamil Nadu, the rules are: sheer opportunism and simple election arithmetic. Even as the two major alliances led by AIADMK's Queen Bee Jayalalitha and DMK's Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi are fas
- Grizzly Season (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 14, 2001)
The Ides of March have hit the stockmarkets, with the Sensex plummeting like a stone every day. Indeed, over Rs 100,000 crore worth of investors' wealth has been eroded since the finance minister unveiled a Budget that was expected to recharge the bulls.
- Indo-U.S. dialogue on NMD? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 14, 2001)
AS INDIA prepares to engage the Bush Administration in the next few weeks, there will a renewed focus on the perennial theme of nuclear weapons and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. As it turns out, the advent of the Bush Administration ma
- One-track Democracy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 14, 2001)
Railway minister Mamata Banerjee isn't the first person to compare the running of trains to the way a democratic government functions, both being essentially of the people, by the people.
- Regulating for market stability (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 14, 2001)
THE SEBI'S DECISION to remove all broker-directors from the governing council of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) appears drastic to some and desperate to others. Though contrary to popular perception, those views have merit. It is drastic because there ha
- Why stock market crises recur in India (The Economic Times, L C Gupta, Mar 14, 2001)
THE UNDERLYING reason for the Indian market’s basic infirmities and proneness to crises is that the overall regulatory framework is still not right. It relies heavily on ad hoc measures. The most serious deficiency arises from the failure to implement the
- BALCO, Congress and Parliament (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Mar 10, 2001)
THE EVENTS leading to the Lok Sabha ``approving'' the Union Government's decision to transfer the Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) to a private bidder have revealed again absurdities in the contemporary political discourse. For example, the view that the
- Bombarding at Bamiyan (Times of India, Sanjoy Hazarika, Mar 10, 2001)
The devastation of history as seen in the Taliban's systematic destruction of the Buddhas at Bamiyan in Afghanistan should have been expected. After all, this is not some revisionist group or radical fundamentalist gang out to stamp its own special terror
- Race and caste (Hindu, Andre Beteille , Mar 10, 2001)
AS A student of anthropology in Calcutta in the 1950s, I was recommended a book written by the well-known physical anthropologist, M.F. Ashley Montagu, some of whose other works we also had to study. The book to which I now refer was entitled ``Man's Most
- Balco deal: The real issues - II (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2001)
This is the second and concluding part of the article published in these columns on March 9.
- Brain Gain (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 10, 2001)
To paraphrase J Paul Getty, once the richest man in the world, a crore just ain't what it used to be. Not so long ago, a financial executive made headlines by being offered a salary of Rs 1 crore a year. Today, five freshly-minted MBAs from the Indian Ins
- Declining fertility trend (Deccan Herald, P H Reddy, Mar 10, 2001)
In recent years, two large-scale health and family planning surveys have been conducted in India. The first National Family Health Survey (NFHS-1) was conducted in 1992-93 with financial assistance from the USAID. The NFHS-1 covered 25 States which compri
- Lacking direction (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 10, 2001)
Any gains that might have been made over the last few months with regard to addressing the Kashmir issue appear to have been frittered away with the continuing lack of direction in the Central Government’s approach to the problem. With regard to the issue
- Time for introspection (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Mar 08, 2001)
The manner in which the people here celebrate a festival like Eid does not reflect anyway the pain and trauma they have been undergoing and the unabated bloodshed they witness. With over eighty thousand of people killed thousands of women destituted and m
- CLUB OF EIGHT (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 07, 2001)
The move by eight Congress legislators to join the Trinamool Congress might please Ms Mamata Banerjee because it takes her a step closer to vindicating her claim that in West Bengal she is the real Congress. But this joy may be bereft of substance because
- Package for power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 07, 2001)
The meeting of Chief Ministers and state power ministers convened by the Prime Minister last week recommended a package of measures to reform the power sector.
- Jogic postures (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 07, 2001)
If the resolution passed by the Chhattisgarh Assembly "rejecting" the transfer of majority shares and management control of BALCO to a private party is neither legal and nor constitutional, the conduct of the State's Chief Minister, Mr Ajit Jogi's conduct
- A ban that will be lost in the haze (Pioneer, Amar Jit, Mar 07, 2001)
The Central Government's decision to ban smoking in public places and to end all forms of tobacco advertisements and sponsorships of sporting and cultural events is a welcome step indeed. It should have come long back, considering that nearly 30 lakh pers
- The guns and butter trade-off (Pioneer, Premvir Das, Mar 07, 2001)
The Union budgetary provision for Defence has been pegged at Rs 62,000 crore by the Finance Minister. This has been found "satisfactory" by a former Army Chief and reportedly lauded by Defence Minister George Fernandes as the best outlay in the last fifty
- Look, no policy! (Pioneer, V. K. Grover, Mar 07, 2001)
The ceasefire has been extended in Jammu & Kashmir, which really amounts to an extension of this Government's lack of a Kashmir policy. We love peace, but the Pakistanis and their trained-to-kill jihadis do not. At the end of May, the Government will regr
- CUSTOM HAS STALED (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 07, 2001)
The budget may have attempted some rationalization on excise, but customs duties have not been rationalized. The government may argue that the peak basic customs duty is now 35 per cent and has been reduced following the slashing of the 10 per cent surcha
- Barbarism at Bamiyan (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 07, 2001)
Bigoted men are of stunted intelligence. They remain so even if they acquire political power. Mullah Mohammad Omar, supreme leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan, is the newest illustration. He could not appreciate the world’s anguish when he asked his fol
- Hard times (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2001)
REFORMING LABOUR LAWS, a politically sensitive issue that has remained unaddressed in a decade of economic reforms, is now set to occupy centre stage with the Union Finance Minister, Mr. Yashwant Sinha, spelling out the Government's intention to amend two
- Subduing terrorism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 07, 2001)
THE INTERNATIONAL TIDE of opinion against political terrorism is gathering pace, if the latest move by the British Government to proscribe as many as 22 organisations, including a fiercely motivated anti-India outfit like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), is a d
- Stock Response (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 07, 2001)
Personalities are fascinating, systems are boring. Perhaps that's why every time there's a crisis on the stockmarkets, individuals tend to be the centre of attention. For obvious reasons, the frenzy intensifies if the person in question happens to be a hi
- A FRIENDSHIP IN HOSTAGE (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 07, 2001)
It has been a good week abroad for India. For the first time, for the very first time in several years, India was on top of the news last week in its own right, for reasons of its destiny and standing in the world. And not because of natural disasters, nu
- CNG is fine, but safety needs attention (Pioneer, Wilson John, Mar 07, 2001)
The Supreme Court's concern for Delhi's environment is commendable. Its stern directives to the Government to banish old vehicles from the road and to convert the existing diesel/petrol driven public transport buses to compressed natural gas (CNG) capabil
- Welcome move (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 07, 2001)
The extension of ceasefire with the NSCN (Isak-Muivah) faction in Nagaland and the Army’s offer to suspend operations against all insurgent groups operating in Manipur for a fortnight may be seen as part of a new peace initiative covering the entire North
- Welcome decision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 06, 2001)
The decision taken at the conference of State Chief Ministers on Saturday to make a beginning with urgently needed reforms in the power sector is a welcome departure from their past reluctance on this score. States have been hesitant because the power sec
- A STUNNING UPSET (Telegraph, BHASKAR DUTTA , Mar 06, 2001)
Very few finance ministers in India have had to face as much criticism as Yashwant Sinha. An important reason for this has been his relatively long stint as finance minister — this has been his fourth budget presentation. Expectations about the new budget
- Wasted interests (Pioneer, Harish C Gaur, Mar 06, 2001)
Model Town in North Delhi is a residential colony of affluent businessmen mainly of Old Delhi. There are departmental stores where choicest of 'phoren' goods are available. Grocery can be ordered on phone. There are famous sweet shops, eateries including
- WHAT’S WORK GOT TO DO WITH IT? (Telegraph, SREYASHI DASTIDAR, Mar 06, 2001)
The results of the latest census conducted by government agencies in the largest democracy and the second most populated country in the world will have at least one revelation to make. It will present India as a country where sex workers are non-existent;
- Blow to Congress (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 06, 2001)
The Congress suffered yet another blow on Sunday when eight of its MLAs in West Bengal and three members of the AICC from the State, joined the Trinamool Congress.
- GOT A NEW MASTER (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 06, 2001)
It takes a very brutal society to foster a fear of freedom. Bihar has managed to compel about 600 people to return to some form of bonded labour after they had been freed from that predicament in the early Eighties. This regression is entirely the consequ
- Soldiers of Islam (abad) (The Kashmir Times, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 06, 2001)
When Prime Minister Atal BehariVajpayee visited Lahore nearly two years ago, the banquet in his honour was delayed by three hours. The road leading to the historic Qila, venue of the banquet, had been taken over by the extremists. They were stoning every
- Handling economic bottlenecks Why the budget caused euphoria (Tribune, Prem Shankar Jha, Mar 06, 2001)
THE budget has generated something close to euphoria in business, industry and the media. The reaction is fully justified. For four years a succession of shaky governments had pretended that all was well in the economy, when in fact its high growth rates
- Beckoning cosmos (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 06, 2001)
THREE DECADES AFTER the historic landing on the moon by Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, space travel continues to be a very highly restricted programme for astronauts chosen by the U.S. National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) after extremely
- Blueprint for stronger India (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Mar 06, 2001)
DURING a recent conversation with a European diplomat he was told, “India is a sleeping tiger.” The diplomat retorted, “No! India is a sleeping elephant.” Finally, we agreed that “India is a sleeping giant.” Yes, India is a giant country both in terms of
- Tourism industry in dumps (The Kashmir Times, Brij Bhardwaj, Mar 06, 2001)
Tourism industry is in the dumps. Abandoned by the country’s planners, Finance Minister and all those who matter in the official set up and division in its own ranks along with the low calibre of people at its helm of affairs, it may soon lose much of its
- A haunting spectre (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 06, 2001)
The focus is back on the issue of regional imbalance in the development of Karnataka with the submission of interim report by the D M Nanjundappa Committee set up by the State Government to study the problem. The committee has, among other things, recomme
- Slow motion replay (Pioneer, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Mar 06, 2001)
Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha appears to have overcome his infatuation with foreign investors. Instead of waiting for these predators, this Budget seeks to increase domestic investment in infrastructure.
- Economic Survey: A blinkered view (Business Line, Arun Ghosh, Mar 06, 2001)
THE ECONOMIC Survey for 2000-01 is out, giving the Finance Ministry's perception of the economic scenario, and of the problems and issues ahead. The economic scenario -- and the issues thrown up -- as indicated in the Survey, are briefly summed up below.
- WTO to give China a face lift (Business Line, Anil K. Kanungo, Mar 06, 2001)
IT IS in the interest of the world economy that China, the world's fourth largest economy, joins the WTO. China's two-way trade is over $400 billion and it attracts the bulk of foreign direct investments in the developing countries (nearly 40 per cent of
- A dam delayed is (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 06, 2001)
THOSE who swear by the "better late than never" philosophy can rejoice at the long-delayed completion of the Ranjit Sagar Dam. But to those who think that such an inordinate delay is inexcusable in any project, more so in the case of a vital hydroelectric
- Budget: It's all in the implementation (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 06, 2001)
THE Budget does indicate a few important initiatives on financial sector reform. One of the most important is the reduction in the rates of interest offered on National Savings. The RBI Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, has followed up the Finance Minister's deci
- Power reforms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 06, 2001)
THE PROPOSED ONE-TIME solution for the outstanding dues of around Rs 26,000 crore of State Electricity Boards to Central power undertakings holds promise only if there is some sort of guarantee that the SEBs will not continue to run up huge losses after t
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