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Articles 21421 through 21520 of 23072:
- Tomorrow: Decision On Safety Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2003)
Central status for Allahabad university also on anvil
- India's Bleeding Head Wound (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Nov 05, 2003)
A workable solution to the Kashmir dispute must begin with an ambience for peace and the two countries cutting down rhetoric, and increasing normal diplomatic and political relations.
- Mumbai Traffic? Just Fly Over It (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Nov 05, 2003)
Ministry plans chopper service from airport to city by Jan
- Chandrika Strikes Back (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 05, 2003)
For long in corrosive cohabitation with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, President Chandrika Kumaratunga today dropped a thunderbolt on her island nation when she fired his key ministers, ordered troops out, blocked all roads leading to Colombo and su
- Foreigners Molested In Taj City By Govt Staff (Indian Express, Siraj Qureshi, Nov 05, 2003)
Barely a month after the national outcry over a Swiss diplomat’s rape in Delhi, three South Korean tourists were reportedly molested by forest department employees yesterday near the Taj Mahal
- `Plantation Sector Needs Structural Change' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 05, 2003)
"The new thinking is that the plantation sector, comprising the farm and manufacturing segment, should be prepared for a structural change in the 21st century. This means that productivity levels should be linked to the labour employed and marketing strat
- Partnerships With Defence Firms — Hal Buffeted By Approval Process (Business Line, Gopal Ratnam, Nov 05, 2003)
WHEN the United States imposed economic and military sanctions following India's nuclear tests in May 1998, the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) was forced to return three US-made engines for its prototype Advanced Light Helicopter project.
- Feel-Very-Good Factor: Sensex In 5000 Zone (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2003)
Dalal Street created history again after over three and a half years when the 30-share BSE Sensitive Index smashed through the 5,000-mark and the NSE S & P CNX Nifty Index crossed the 1,600-mark as euphoric buying continued in stocks almost unabated.
- Diplomacy As Verbal Gymnastics (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Nov 04, 2003)
India makes proposals it knows Pakistan can’t entirely accept. Pakistan responds similarly. How silly it all is
- A Liberation From Lies (Indian Express, Prabhakar Sinari, Nov 04, 2003)
In a bid to rewrite history, the RSS appropriates credit for the liberation of Goa. But its role in the state’s freedom struggle was only marginal
- A Storm In A Sunspot (Indian Express, Ajay Lele, Nov 04, 2003)
One thing is sure, space is no cake walk
- Technology Is A Culture (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Nov 04, 2003)
There are some people who act as if economic policies, and particularly technological change, which is spawning some of our great success stories is possible, as it were, in a vacuum of cultural beliefs. Technology is not just about biotech seeds, compute
- Reading Maketh The Man (Indian Express, Harsh A. Desai, Nov 04, 2003)
I don't find the book on my side of the bed. So I look at the other side of the bed and still don’t find it. I look for it on the small glass table behind my bed. No book. No Donna Tartt’s Secret History. I have been reading it for the last two days and t
- Only Muslims Died, Sent To Hospital, Cops Say It’S Coincidence (Indian Express, Rupam Jain, Nov 04, 2003)
One was 2 km from Viramgam, a second was carrying fodder, third was appealing for peace during Ramzan
- Shift Volumes From Futures To Options (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Nov 03, 2003)
THAT the Indian derivatives market has improved in volumes is indeed commendable. But a cause for concern is the discernible shift in the market structure — volumes in the options segment have fallen even as trading in the futures segment has improved.
- Who Decides The Strategy? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 03, 2003)
WHILE newspapers are full of rumours that Google, the search engine company, is making a public offering of shares, its co-founder is quite happy with the company remaining private. In a radio interview, Sergey Brin commented that the company enjoyed the
- Banks Keen To Push Up Spread (Business Line, C. Shivkumar, Nov 03, 2003)
THE risk weighted lending rates remained low. The effective weighted average cost of working funds for bankers is in the region of 4.5-5 per cent, whereas corporate bond markets have dropped below six per cent.
- Who Decides The Strategy? (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 03, 2003)
WHILE newspapers are full of rumours that Google, the search engine company, is making a public offering of shares, its co-founder is quite happy with the company remaining private. In a radio interview, Sergey Brin commented that the company enjoyed the
- `Flair' Pushes Up Ford Ikon Sales (Business Line, K. Giriprakash, Nov 03, 2003)
THE sub-Rs 5 lakh car from Ford has grabbed nearly 50 per cent of the total share of all petrol variants of the company within a couple of months of its launch.
- Shift Volumes From Futures To Options (Business Line, B. Venkatesh , Nov 03, 2003)
THAT the Indian derivatives market has improved in volumes is indeed commendable. But a cause for concern is the discernible shift in the market structure — volumes in the options segment have fallen even as trading in the futures segment has improved.
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
n I am in total agreement with Tavleen Singh’s opinion that Atal Behari Vajpayee should have been elected as Prime Minister 25 to 30 years back (From midnight alley to dawn’s highway, The Sunday Express, Oct 26). It is our misfortune that a statesman like
- Our Other Neighbour In The North (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 02, 2003)
Our neighbour, Nepal, is in acute distress.
- Shining India Or Area Of Darkness? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 02, 2003)
In a village in Maharashtra, last week, in the dak edition of a badly printed newspaper I read that by 2050 India’s economy will be number three in the world. The village has no water, erratic electricity, no sanitation, no healthcare and a shabby little
- India Is A Model For Our Present Age: Hungarian Pm (Hindu, Amar Kumar Sinha, Nov 02, 2003)
ON THE eve of his official visit to India, the Hungarian Prime Minister gave an interview to
- The Enron Question (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Nov 02, 2003)
When P.P. Vora took over as chairman of IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India), he came with the distinction of having successfully collected over Rs 1,000 crore for the National Housing Bank (NHB), in the 1992 Scam related dispute with ANZ Grindlays
- Tigers Point To Indo-Lanka Accord For Federal State (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2003)
: The historic power-sharing plan announced by Tamil Tiger guerrillas on Saturday relies heavily on a amendment based on the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord which the rebels repudiated at the time.
- Pulled Up By Ec, Jogi & His Men Loudly Knock (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Nov 01, 2003)
If you happened to be outside the Election Commission today, you would have got to see a part of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. Because Chief Minister Ajit Jogi showed up at the EC door in full force to present his case and counter the ‘‘trumped-up
- Maturity Begins At Home (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 01, 2003)
Is India’s foreign policy being managed brilliantly, or poorly? You can also pose that question differently. How well is India’s leadership looking after her interests and position in a world that has changed faster than you would have imagined even after
- Hot Destination: Central Asia (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Nov 01, 2003)
After successful diplomacy in Southeast Asia, India is now primed to replay its historical role in Central Asia after a gap. A series of initiatives are on the anvil. These visits underline India’s new policy towards Central Asia.
- Long Overdue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2003)
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S draft notification requiring urban property developers to obtain environmental clearance for large projects is a welcome step. Under the terms of this notification, developers of building projects for more than a thousand ...
- Vice President Off To Myanmar With Goodwill For The Generals (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 01, 2003)
Refusing dialogue with a military dictatorship on its western front, India seems to be busy courting one in the east. Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat flies out on Sunday to cement ties with the Myanmar junta, the highest-level visit since former Pr
- A Tycoon Is Taken Down (Hindu, Sergei Blagov, Nov 01, 2003)
Mikhail Khodorkovsky's supporters link his arrest to the larger corporate game. There were reports that Yukos was in multi-billion dollar tie-up talks with the U.S. oil majors.
- Retain The Initiative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2003)
INDIA HAS WISELY decided to persist with the latest peace initiative, taking in its stride the less than wholesome response from Pakistan to the proposals made on October 22. It is in India's strategic interest to promote normalisation of ...
- Sugarcoating Pota (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 31, 2003)
What has been proposed is an embarrassing gimmick to counter the mounting criticism of gross abuse of POTA by empowering powerless committees to prescribe ineffective remedies.
- How Cynical Is This? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
Pak response to Indian initiatives smacks of bad diplomacy. But India must not be deterred
- Hindutva Versus Hinduism (Indian Express, SARAL JHINGRAN, Oct 31, 2003)
Hinduism is the most difficult religion to define as it does not have a Book, a prophet or a common creed. Consequently, both its supporters and critics can take up any one of its various aspects and present a conception of it that is nowhere near the rea
- Days Of The Jackal (Indian Express, R. K. Murthi, Oct 31, 2003)
Appearances can be so deceptive
- Cbms Become Cross-Border Mudslinging (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
‘Only issue in J&K is PoK... stop terrorism, compensate victims’
- Dr Mahathir Made The Right Call (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 31, 2003)
IT IS nearly two weeks since the APEC summit ended. In the media world, that is a long time ago. The event is all but forgotten. It was a forgettable event except for those who dressed up in colourful shirts to pose for pictures.
- Justice Done (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
ALL IN ALL, the Delhi High Court's verdict in the high-profile Parliament attack case will be remembered less for whom it convicted and more for whom it acquitted. In acquitting S.A.R. Geelani, a Delhi college lecturer, and Afsan Guru, wife of ...
- War-Weary `Liberators', Wary Iraqis (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2003)
THE US President, Mr George W. Bush, continues to reiterate that terrorists in Iraq won't "intimidate the US or Iraqis in rebuilding that nation. Our coalition is growing in numbers and growing in strength
- East-West Swap Only Solution (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2003)
It’s impossible to recover all the Indian territory lost to China. An east -west swap is probably the best way out
- East-West Swap Only Solution (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Oct 31, 2003)
It’s impossible to recover all the Indian territory lost to China. An east -west swap is probably the best way out
- Can Margaret Thatcher Be Cloned? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
The Tories have dumped their leader, but the future may not be that bright
- Fairness In Deficit? (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2003)
THE REVISED INTERCONNECTION Usage Charge regime announced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India can bring down the long-distance tariffs (both national and international) for fixed line subscribers even as it raises the bill for cellular and limite
- Mindwar Versus Bodywar (Indian Express, M D NALAPAT, Oct 30, 2003)
Some things the US in Iraq can learn from India
- This Is Our Hell — Or Heaven (Deccan Herald, Karen Armstrong, Oct 30, 2003)
Afterlife is a minority interest in the great religions. For them, this world matters more than the next
- A Brief History Of Meaning (Indian Express, John E. Mcintyre, Oct 30, 2003)
The story of the OED is a combination of period play, human drama and adventure
- More Fingers Crossed Than Thumbs Up (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2003)
Pak says bus to Muzaffarabad OK but under UN supervision since it’s ‘disputed’
- Will Credit Policy Help Re-Ignite Growth? (Business Line, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Oct 30, 2003)
Taking the economy to a higher growth trajectory involves a multi-pronged strategy covering foreign investments, exchange rate, domestic reforms and so on. In the circumstances, the primary question the new RBI Governor, Dr Y. V. Reddy, might choose to ad
- Dec 13 Attack: Two Get Death, Two Get New Life (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2003)
Raising the bar for cases being tried under POTA, the Delhi High Court today acquitted two accused in the December 13 Parliament attack case while upholding the death penalty against two others
- This Is Our Hell — Or Heaven (Deccan Herald, Karen Armstrong, Oct 30, 2003)
Afterlife is a minority interest in the great religions. For them, this world matters more than the next
- Challenges To The Mining Industry (Hindu, N. N. Sachitanand, Oct 29, 2003)
While the private sector is fragmented into small units, which are under-capitalised, ill-planned and unsafe, public sector mining projects suffer from over-manning, poor work culture and political interference.
- In Nahan, Army Gets Its Cutting Edge (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Oct 28, 2003)
A few weeks after Gen N C Vij took over as the army chief, he sent out a letter asking for a comprehensive review of the special forces, their training and the on-hold modernisation. The immediate beneficiary of the initiative was the Special Forces Train
- Hartals And Hideaways (Indian Express, J. L. Gupta, Oct 28, 2003)
It was October 1956. I had moved from the princely town of Patiala to the country’s most well-planned city, Chandigarh. Exactly 46 years later, on October 31, 2002, I was on board the Boeing to report for my new assignment in the state of Kerala.
- New Ash, Old Wave (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2003)
Let’s wait a while before we give Bollywood a new name
- Fdi As Propeller Of Growth (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 28, 2003)
FDI flows remain one of the most dynamic constituents of the global economy. They are less volatile than portfolio flows and can make domestic firms more competitive. But given their inherent threat to local firms, and the cultural and social tensions tha
- Throw Pota Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2003)
THE SHORT AND benighted history of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (2001) and Act (2002) has made some things clear. Adopted under cover of re-empowering the state to combat terrorism post-September 11, this extraordinary law was bad in ...
- Dissent In Dadar Has Just Gone Global (Indian Express, Sonu Chhina, Oct 27, 2003)
Packaged as counter to WEF in Davos, stage being set for WSF in Mumbai
- Bonanza For The Flying Public (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 27, 2003)
There can be no two views on the fact that the new open skies policy taking shape will be of great help to the flying public through lower fares and higher efficiency in inflight services, baggage handling, and more convenient connections.
- Festival Of India (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Oct 27, 2003)
So many reasons for Diwali
- Unsettled Frontiers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2003)
We need steady, even if slow, progress in addressing the border dispute with China
- Management Of India's Forex Reserves (Business Line, V. Anantha-Nageswaran , Oct 27, 2003)
It is a matter of pride that India has moved from being a country that faced a BoP crisis to one that has official foreign exchange reserves of nearly $90 billion. The RBI has done an admirable job of managing the country's external liquidity and debt pos
- A Good Start (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2003)
A JOB WELL begun is nearly half done. The talks on the vexed boundary dispute with China, in a new format, seem to have got a reasonable start last week.
- Wanted, Tirupati Management In Karbala (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 27, 2003)
You cannot help marvelling at the manner in which the queues at Tirumala are managed. Not only are the pilgrims regulated, the Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam management uses the money pouring into the hundis for creating more facilities for them.'
- Wanderlust (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 27, 2003)
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.
- ‘bjp Doesn’T Have Double Standards, They Say Whatever’S In Their Mind’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 27, 2003)
You are very proud of your humble origins, and the fact that you still live life more or less in the same style...
- Track Is Being Laid For Train To Pakistan (Indian Express, Bhavana Vij, Oct 26, 2003)
Gauge conversion on, 2,500 km to Sindh will be just 100 km from Barmer
- Social Reformer, Spiritual Leader Athavale Dead (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
Social reformer and founder of the Swadhyay Parivar, Pandurang Shastri Athavale died following an acute cardiac arrest at his residence in Khetwadi, Mumbai on Saturday. He was 84.
- Bad Values (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 26, 2003)
On October 10, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred 12 companies and all their directors from the capital market for five years for failing to redress investor grievances. Three out of these were Indo Biotech Herbal Remedies, Indo Biot
- Pm Trips Up Kalam (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 26, 2003)
President Abdul Kalam had to be content touring Bulgaria, Sudan and the UAE on his first state visit abroad. Many of the exciting destinations he would have liked to have traveled to had already been visited by Vajpayee, or else are on the PM’s itinerary
- Witness Protection (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Oct 26, 2003)
Nothing shakes public confidence in the criminal justice delivery system more than the collapse of a prosecution owing to witnesses turning hostile and retracting their previous statements. Generally the reason is the unholy combination of muscle and mone
- Dissent In Dadar Just Went Global (Indian Express, Sonu Chhina, Oct 26, 2003)
Packaged as a counter to the World Economic Forum in Davos, stage being set for World Social Forum in Mumbai
- ‘vhp Should Cooperate With Bjp And Support Pm’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2003)
VHP is an independent organisation and the BJP does not get defensive about their activities. BJP is also concerned about certain issues such as Ram temple in Ayodhya, Gorakhsa etc. But BJP has its own clear cut views on such issues. When issues are commo
- Rise And Rise Of Hegemonism (Deccan Herald, Max Boot, Oct 25, 2003)
The National Security Strategy released last month by the Government of the United States may be the most significant US foreign-policy statement since NSC-68, the 1950 paper that codified the containment doctrine. Yet oddly most of the debate has focused
- Is The End Of The Oil Age Nigh? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
Rapid advances in fuel cell technology could usher in dramatic changes
- Ship-Breakers Ahoy: Clean Up Time (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Oct 25, 2003)
Last week, as Alang celebrated the arrival of Hellespont Grand—the biggest vessel to arrive at the ship-breaking yard — the Supreme Court ordered ship-breakers and their regulators to get their priorities right: worker safety and environment protection fi
- The World Through New Eyes (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Oct 25, 2003)
Trade and terrorism shape our international relationships now
- A Sparkling Season (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2003)
With caution and sense, the current optimism can be sustained well beyond these festive times
- Dressed Up For Days, Aziz Now Has Somewhere To Go (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 25, 2003)
MEA moves to clear Pak envoy’s requests for meetings; works on air links, too
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