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Articles 21521 through 21620 of 25122:
- Recipe For Increasing Non Performing Assets (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 11, 2001)
The chickens, one would say, are coming in to roost. After an aggressive expansion policy and tough loan recovery programme, ICICI seems to have run into serious trouble this time.
- Day Of The Moderate (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Jun 11, 2001)
For Prime Minister Vajpayee, whose three tenures have not been marked by conspicuous success in any field, a thaw in India’s relations with Pakistan may feature as an achievement which he expects will cement his place in history.
- Normal Monsoon Alone Will Not Do The Trick For The Economy (The Financial Express, Sangeeta Singh, Jun 11, 2001)
For those who are expecting a major turnaround in the economy based on the assumption of a normal monsoon there may be some bad news.
- Long-Terms Savings Need To Be Encouraged (The Financial Express, Raja J Chelliah, Jun 11, 2001)
It is not easy to stimulate net savings by individuals through tax measures.
- Vetoed Us Asserts Rights In Un (Pioneer, A Balu, Jun 11, 2001)
Last month, in space of a week, the United States suffered two diplomatic setbacks.
- Azad Sans Azadi (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 11, 2001)
IF every election on this side of Jammu and Kashmir has been rigged, the electoral exercises conducted periodically across the Line of Control in the socalled Azad Kashmir, under occuptaion of Pakistan, have been equally farcical.
- Central Excise Revenue And Industrial Growth (The Economic Times, V S Krishnan, Jun 11, 2001)
FISCAL forecasting in the 1990s has generally gone awry primarily due to a tendency to overestimate revenues and underestimate expenditure.
- Sell-Off Drift (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 11, 2001)
IT IS A long path to disinvestment no doubt. But in India, it is also tortuous, uncertain, and most times leading nowhere.
- Backseat For Economy? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 11, 2001)
SATURDAY'S morning papers carried a report which said that the Government had decided to call ``an urgent meeting of public sector banks and financial institutions next week to chalk out a full-fledged revival strategy''.
- Nepal Doesn’t Need Maoism But A Stable, Democratic Setup (The Financial Express, Salil Tripathi, Jun 11, 2001)
THE curfew imposed to prevent fresh riots has been lifted and the streets have returned to relative calm but the massacre of Nepal’s royal family will likely bring new dangers to the troubled Himalayan-Hindu nation.
- The Trouble With Inquiry Commissions (Tribune, Rahul Singh, Jun 11, 2001)
EVER since our independence and the horrific communal riots that accompanied it, there have been two major communal outbursts that have traumatised the nation:
- Soft Spoken But Tough Taskmaster (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2001)
SOFT spoken but a tough taskmaster, Brij Bihari Tandon, who has assumed charge as an Election Commissioner in the three-member Election Commission, is yet another civil servant capable of meeting peer pressure and challenge.
- Supersonic Development (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2001)
It is rather unusual for the test flight of as advanced and path-breaking a missile as the supersonic PJ-10 to be undertaken in the kind of secrecy that marked the Pokhran explosions.
- Jaya's People (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 11, 2001)
The happiest lot of people in the aftermath of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha's whirlwind tour of the capital must surely be in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- World Disappearing From View (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jun 11, 2001)
IN a democratic polity, the mainstream Press reflects a country’s pecking order in the world and its ambitions beyond its own borders.
- Sadr-E-Pakistan (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 11, 2001)
The announcement on Wednesday about general Musharraf assuming the office of president will hardly come as a surprise to long-term observers of Pakistan's political scene.
- Business Of Politics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 11, 2001)
Can - and should - a political party function like a corporate house?
- In Touch And Always In The Know (Telegraph, RAHUL GHOSH, Jun 11, 2001)
At last e-governance has become a reality in West Bengal. Terminal connections from village panchayats to the state administrative headquarters, the Writers’ Buildings, have been established to help the government transact business faster.
- Cleanse The Existing Temples (Pioneer, Valson Thampu , Jun 11, 2001)
Jesus did not build any temple. But he did cleanse a temple: The temple of Jerusalem.
- Run-Up To The Summit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2001)
THE countdown has started for the Indo-Pakistan summit but the diplomatic temperature in the two capitals are dramatically different. It is a leisurely pace in New Delhi with only High Commissioner to Pakistan Vijay Nambiar stirring things up a bit.
- Role Of Governors (The Kashmir Times, S. Venkatesh, Jun 11, 2001)
Ms Fatima Beevi’s decision to swear-in Ms Jayalalitha as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has emrboiled the office of the Governor in a major controversy.
- High Road Or Low Comedy? (The Kashmir Times, Praful Bidwai, Jun 11, 2001)
Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee has ce tainly not enhanced his claim to consistency by executing yet another flip-flop on Pakistan and inviting Gen Pervez Musharraf, the very man New Delhi has been pursuing in every conceivable forum since October 1999.
- Welcome Signs (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 11, 2001)
What Gen. Musharraf told the fundamentalists and anti-Indian elements of his own country on the 5th and 7th was music to the ears of most of us.
- The Reddening Mountains (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jun 11, 2001)
At first dismissed for being too smooth or too simplistic, they were taken by journalists, as well as the public — in Nepal as also elsewhere — as the stuff of which potboilers are made.
- Wronged In Rights (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 11, 2001)
The concept of rights can go very wrong. The Madhya Pradesh human rights commission seems to have lost sight of both rights and humanness in its report, "Caste-Based Prostitution in Madhya Pradesh".
- Gift Of A Cheque (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 11, 2001)
India’s oldest political party, the Indian National Congress, has once again taken on a pioneering role in a sphere that has always been under the shadow of notoriety.
- Inter-Service Integrator (Times of India, R. H. Tahilliani, Jun 11, 2001)
THE release of the recommendations of the group of ministers to the cabinet committee on security is a major milestone and a welcome departure from the excessive security which has attended such matters hitherto.
- In The Midst Of Life (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jun 10, 2001)
A little over a week ago, one sat in the quiet of Hathiban, a spot in the hills above Kathmandu from where one could get a spectacular view of the valley and the city.
- What Penalty? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 10, 2001)
THE POWER ministry is reportedly proposing to amend the Indian Electricity Act to make punishments for theft of power more stringent.
- Little Relief For Vajpayee (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Jun 10, 2001)
DESPITE THE best efforts of the Gujarat Government to convince the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, that its rehabilitation and reconstruction package for the earthquake- affected people was the ``best and the fastest in the world'', he apparentl
- Your Home May No More Be Your Castle (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 10, 2001)
FOUR WEEKS ago, the Union Home Ministry routinely breathed fresh life into an old circular, perhaps without bothering to apply its mind (to use a legal cliche).
- On The Backfoot (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jun 10, 2001)
THE FOREIGNERS (Report to Police) Order, 1971 - notified by the Centre on December 14 that year - was meant to be an emergency measure after the creation of Bangladesh to check the huge influx of refugees from there. The Union Government exercised its pow
- A Nation Held To Ransom (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jun 10, 2001)
IT IS like a repeat performance. As the Philippines grapples with the latest kidnapping by the Abu Sayyaf (bearer of the sword) group, the vision of a similar operation by the rebels last year, comes to mind.
- Thunder In The Mountains (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 10, 2001)
THE JUNE 1 killing of almost the entire royal family, which has triggered shock, anger, confusion and grief, has left Nepal at the crossroads.
- Indefensible Gag (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 10, 2001)
The massacre in Kathmandu on June 1 night, in which King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya, and several other members of the royal family perished, has doubtless thrown Nepal into a serious crisis.
- Musharraf's 'Western' Audience (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jun 10, 2001)
Pakistan Chief Executive Gen Pervez Musharraf's rather surprising message to a gathering of Islamic clerics in Islamabad, deviating from a prepared text on the occasion of Prophet Mohammed's birthday, was perhaps intended less for India's ears and more fo
- General Concern Critical For Peace (Pioneer, Dhananjay Kumar, Jun 10, 2001)
The forthcoming talks between India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan's Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf has evoked plenty of speculation.
- Turmoil In Pok's Balawaristan (Pioneer, Gurmeet Kanwal, Jun 10, 2001)
In launching its military misadventure across a well-defined Line of Control (LoC) through perennially snow-covered gaps in the summer of 1999, the Pakistan army led by General Pervez Musharraf had many dubious feats to its credit.
- Three Women (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 10, 2001)
The story of contemporary Indian politics can be written up as an account of the relationship of three powerful women: Ms Sonia Gandhi, Ms J. Jayalalitha and Ms Mamata Banerjee.
- Castes Of Mind (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 10, 2001)
Given our hypersensitivity to international opprobrium, it comes as no surprise that the Indian government is trying hard to scuttle any discussion on caste-based discrimination.
- Software Salvation (Times of India, Brooks Entwistle, Jun 10, 2001)
EARLY April was a brutal time for the India technology scene.
- Fear Not Death, It's Integral To Life (Times of India, PARMARTHI RAINA, Jun 10, 2001)
DEATH is a great equaliser. It reduces everyone - the powerful and the weak, the rich and the poor, the healthy and the sick, the young and the old - equally to a mere inert corpse, a mass of decaying, putrefying flesh and bones.
- Breaking The Curfew (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Jun 10, 2001)
THE curfews are still being imposed but with a lessening of the hours people have to stay housebound.
- The Self-Effacing Giani Kartar Singh (Tribune, Dharam Singh, Jun 10, 2001)
This brief write-up, based primarily on an account narrated in the yet-unpublished memoirs of Giani Kartar Singh and an article by Master Tara Singh, who was an eyewitness to the episode, is an attempt to bring out two prominent characteristics of the per
- Establish Saarc Parliament Like Eu (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Jun 10, 2001)
IT became amply clear at the last meeting of the SAARC heads of government in Colombo, in the summer of 1998, that discussion of subjects on the basis of political approach and attitude may not any more easily be kept out of debate.
- The Game Of Cricket That Bowls Over Taliban (Tribune, Nadeem Yaqub, Jun 10, 2001)
WHO had ever heard of a cricket tour that lasted less than a week?
- The Man Who Wears An Uneasy Crown (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jun 10, 2001)
FIFTYONE years back a chubby four-year-old-kid was crowned King of Nepal.
- What Me Weak? (Pioneer, Nityanand Shukla, Jun 10, 2001)
Ever since Babu Lal Marandi took over the reins of the new State of Jharkhand, he has been facing one problem after another.
- Pure Power For The Pure State (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Jun 10, 2001)
Since 1995, Afghanistan has seemingly been caught in a time warp, at the hands of the taliban that stands for a new brand of political-fanatical leadership which periodically grabs the world’s attention by its medieval puritanical decrees.
- The Labour Gains (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2001)
NEWSPAPERS predicted a Labour Party landslide and amen intoned opinion polls.
- In The Midst Of Life (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Jun 09, 2001)
A little over a week ago, one sat in the quiet of Hathiban, a spot in the hills above Kathmandu from where one could get a spectacular view of the valley and the city.
- Pure Power For The Pure State (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Jun 09, 2001)
Since 1995, Afghanistan has seemingly been caught in a time warp, at the hands of the taliban that stands for a new brand of political-fanatical leadership which periodically grabs the world’s attention by its medieval puritanical decrees.
- Three Women (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 09, 2001)
The story of contemporary Indian politics can be written up as an account of the relationship of three powerful women: Ms Sonia Gandhi, Ms J. Jayalalitha and Ms Mamata Banerjee.
- Play It Again, Tony (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 09, 2001)
TONY BLAIR — referred to by satirical magazine Private Eye for the last four years as the ‘Vicar of St Albion’ for his cloying and sanctimonious air — has cruised home again.
- Lured By Weakness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 09, 2001)
Politics is a game where the winner takes all.
- Diabetes Shortens Lifespan: Study (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2001)
DIABETICS die younger than those without the disease regardless of age, sex or how affluent they are, scientists said on Friday.
- Crude Confusion (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2001)
THE CENTRE is drawing up a new roadmap for dismantling the administered pricing mechanism in the oil sector.
- U.K. Election Result: Comfort In New Delhi (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jun 09, 2001)
There is no particular suspense about the direction of the Indo-U.K. relations - as Mr. Tony Blair begins his second term as the Prime Minister - contrary to the case four years ago when the Labour was first swept to power.
- Hopes And Fears On Kashmir (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jun 09, 2001)
THE INVITATION to General Pervez Musharraf by the Government of India has naturally raised intense speculation as to the motivation and the results that might follow.
- Preparing For Doha (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Jun 09, 2001)
THE FOURTH ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation - the first since the Seattle conference of 1999 - will take place in Doha, Qatar, in November.
- Labour Pains (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 09, 2001)
The paradox of the apathetic landslide has emerged as the big story of Britain's first millennial general election, offering a startling mismatch between public expectation and political delivery in the mother of democracies.
- The Greatest Of The Greats (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jun 09, 2001)
In our history books a few rulers were given the suffix, “Great”: Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya, Akbar, Ranjit Singh. Besides their conquests and ruling over vast regions, it was their humane qualities that endeared them to their subjects.
- Can We Not Trust Our Own? (The Financial Express, Jagadish Shettigar, Jun 09, 2001)
Before jumping into a debate over the pros and cons of privatisation of defence production one should keep in mind two basic facts.
- Losing Its Aroma? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2001)
The Tea Board’s Rs 2,305 crore outlay for the tenth plan for development of tea comes at a time when the traditional Indian brew is losing its flavour in the world market.
- Institutional Activism (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 09, 2001)
The country’s major public financial institutions have together taken the unprecedented step of demanding better corporate governance on the part of Modi Rubber Limited (MRL).
- Delineate Clearly The Role And Functions Of Governors (The Economic Times, Anees Ahmed, Jun 09, 2001)
THE CONTROVERSIAL decision of the Tamil Nadu governor of inviting AIADMK leader J Jayalalitha to form the government despite the latter being disqualified to be a member of the Legislative Assembly has once again focussed attention on the role and functio
- Breaking The Curfew (Times of India, Dubby Bhagat, Jun 09, 2001)
THE curfews are still being imposed but with a lessening of the hours people have to stay housebound. The first days saw angry mobs, shaven-headed out of grief, breaking the curfew and burning tyres they dubbed `Prince Paras'.
- Castes Of Mind (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 09, 2001)
Given our hypersensitivity to international opprobrium, it comes as no surprise that the Indian government is trying hard to scuttle any discussion on caste-based discrimination.
- Message For Bush (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 09, 2001)
Allies, US president George W Bush might sigh, loyally wagged their tails in the good old Cold War days. The situation, however, is radically different now.
- New Cover For An Old Dogma (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 09, 2001)
It seems like a chapter from a book long forgotten and read no more.
- What Trouble In Nepal Means For India (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Jun 09, 2001)
ON the face of it the extraordinary story of the massacre of Nepal’s royal family, allegedly by the Crown Prince, is now over.
- Looking Alright (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 09, 2001)
Mr Tony Blair thinks his landslide victory is remarkable and historic.
- What Ails The Rural Economy? (Business Line, Bhanu Pratap Singh , Jun 09, 2001)
THE NATIONAL Sample Survey Organisation had some time back reported that the incidence of rural poverty had increased to 42.58 per cent in 1998, against 37.27 per cent in 1993-94.
- Fear Not Death, It's Integral To Life (Times of India, PARMARTHI RAINA, Jun 09, 2001)
DEATH is a great equaliser. It reduces everyone - the powerful and the weak, the rich and the poor, the healthy and the sick, the young and the old - equally to a mere inert corpse, a mass of decaying, putrefying flesh and bones.
- Software Salvation (Times of India, Brooks Entwistle, Jun 09, 2001)
EARLY April was a brutal time for the India technology scene. After several years of stratospheric growth rates in the software and services space, and a crazed Internet boom, the world finally caught up with India.
- Three Women (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 09, 2001)
The story of contemporary Indian politics can be written up as an account of the relationship of three powerful women.
- Worsening Internal Security Situation (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jun 09, 2001)
NEW DELHI is preparing to roll out the red carpet for Gen Pervez Musharraf. The havelis of Daryaganj are being spruced up.
- Proxy For The Opposition (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Jun 08, 2001)
A British journalist once remarked that every politician not in government needed to be in the opposition.
- Miles To Go, Promises To Keep (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2001)
Mr. Khatami and his supporters know that the patience of their people is running thin, writes KESAVA MENON.
- Bracing A Brigand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2001)
After accusing the DMK regime of colluding with Veerappan, Ms. Jayalalithaa knows it is important to not only be different but to appear to be so, says SURESH NAMBATH.
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