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- ‘Musharraf Should Accept Sc Verdict’ (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 25, 2007)
Expressing serious concern over statements by senior government officials, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged President Gen. Musharraf to make an unambiguous declaration that he would accept the Supreme Court verdict on petitions . . .
- Open Society (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2007)
The United States of America is a country where there are no Americans. This paradox dissolves in the face of the reality that the few original Americans who exist live in reservations.
- Incentives Won't Do (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 25, 2007)
The Supreme Court's latest observations on the Union Government's schemes to provide maternity benefits to below poverty line mothers are sound common sense.
- Policing Issues (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Oct 25, 2007)
The need to protect law-abiding people, especially senior citizens, women and children, from street bullies is as important as the fight against terrorism.
- Contrasting Tales Of Resurgence (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 25, 2007)
Even if things fall apart on the Indo-US nuclear deal and elections are held early, the polls will be a proper democratic exercise, unlike in Pakistan, where a free and fair election and democracy are still a mirage.
- City With A Future (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
IN his “edict”, Le Corbusier summed up his own estimation of what he had accomplished with Chandigarh by saying that it was planned to “human scale”. The city’s architect had attempted to put its residents in touch with nature, while allowing for . . . .
- Cong Leader, 14 More For Post-Babri Riots (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
All the 15 accused of the post-Babri Masjid demolition riots of 1992 were awarded life imprisonment by ADJ (VI) SM Haseeb amid stiff protest by the lawyers here on Wednesday.
- Electronic Vision (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
THE Chandigarh administration is working towards making the city grow as a knowledge-based one.
- A Fair Investigation? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
AS the debris and smoke of the bomb attack on Benazir Bhutto settled, one thing was clear: the battle with militancy in Pakistan has been raised to a new level.
- Hu In Control (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 24, 2007)
Chinese President Hu Jintao has emerged stronger from the just-concluded 17th Communist Party congress. He has been re-elected for another term to its Politburo Standing Committee.
- Ppp-Musharraf Talks Put On Hold (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 24, 2007)
Talks between the Pakistan People’s Party and President Pervez Musharraf on formation of a caretaker government to hold general elections are reported to have been put on hold until the Supreme Court gives its verdict on the presidential election.
- Sonia’S Kow-Tow (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 24, 2007)
That Congress president Sonia Gandhi is heading to China later this week is good news.
- Q&a: 'Cabinet Secretariat Has To Act As A Facilitator' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 24, 2007)
In a first of its kind in federal governance, Union cabinet secretary K M Chandrashekhar travelled with 18 officials — most of them secretary-level officers in Union ministries — to Ranchi for a day in September, checked into Raj Bhavan and . . . .
- Disturbing Statements (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Oct 24, 2007)
This is about two statements that India heard on the same day. They must have disturbed many Indians who value the country’s democracy, despite its various flaws.
- The Yasukuni 'Hero' (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 24, 2007)
In a Japan of resurgent nationalism, Radha Binod Pal’s dissenting judgment in the Tokyo war trials wins easy admirers.
- Award For University Hall (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Oct 24, 2007)
“SUPERB interdisciplinary technical achievement … elegant renewal of one of the city’s finest Victorian buildings.”
- The Right Track (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 24, 2007)
Expenditure on the rail freight corridor, especially with Japanese co-operation, would be well worth it as the project would bolster economic growth.
- Janata Dal(s) President H.D. Deve Gowda On The Karnataka Crisis (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Oct 24, 2007)
A CENTRAL figure in the ongoing political change in Karnataka is former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) H.D. Deve Gowda, the hardy perennial of regional politics in India.
- Grassroots Governance (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Oct 23, 2007)
These papers, originally presented at a UNDP and UN-Habitat conference in New Delhi in 2002, dispel many myths about Indian democracy.
- Back On Track (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2007)
The agreement reached by European Union leaders at the recent Lisbon summit on a new treaty for the 27 member states could end a six-year period of uncertainty over the political and institutional future of the world’s largest trading bloc.
- A Nightmare Foretold (Dawn, S. M. Naseem, Oct 23, 2007)
THE dastardly midnight suicide attacks, causing an unprecedented number of deaths and injuries and which rudely interrupted her triumphal second homecoming reception, have made Ms Benazir Bhutto’s return to Pakistan after eight years of . . . .
- Economics & New Political Structure (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 23, 2007)
I DON’T often write about politics but on some occasions it is a subject that becomes difficult to ignore even for a person whose primary interest is economics.
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Communicate with Emotional Intelligence: John Eaton, Roy Johnson; Jaico Publishing House, 121, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Mumbai-400001. Rs. 175. The World Trade Organisation — From Singapore to Hong Kong — 2 Parts: NS Bansal; Mittal Publications . . . . .
- Rti Bill Antithesis Of Central Act (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
If the idea behind the Central Right to Information Act, 2005, is to let the public have access to every possible information, then intention behind the J&K’s version of the Act, Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2007 . . . . . .
- Right By The Constitution (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Oct 23, 2007)
I would like to dedicate this week's column to Justice RS Sarkaria and SR Bommai -- two individuals who played a significant role in strengthening the federal features in our Constitution and in putting an end to reckless use of Article 356.
- Hu Jintao Remains Boss (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
China’s ruling Communist Party today unveiled a new leadership line-up led by President Hu Jintao, who won a second five-year term as the party boss to forge ahead with reform and opening up, but apparently without letting him handpick a . . . .
- Law To ‘Rest’ Land Makes Israelis Turn To Palestinian Farmers For Food (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
A Jewish agricultural law that crops up every seven years is prompting Israel’s most fervent Zionists to turn to Palestinian farmers for food.
- Keep Trying (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 23, 2007)
Unlike economists, politicians, especially in a democracy, have no choice but to deal with the people.
- Winning Over Evil (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 23, 2007)
Dussehra and the worship of Durga is over but the imagery of the goddess stamping out evil remains embedded in our psyche.
- Modi Ends Tv Interview Abruptly (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi cut short a television interview in a huff after he was asked questions repeatedly on the 2002 post- Godhra riots, for which he has often been blamed by his critics.
- Belated Action (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 22, 2007)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s decision to transfer Kolkata Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee, three other IPS officers and a sub-inspector of police linked to the Rizwanur Rahman case is welcome, but belated.
- “Religion” Mentioned For First Time (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
For the first time in its history, the CPC mentioned the word “religion” in an amendment to its Constitution adopted on Sunday.
- Cpc Constitution Adopts Scientific Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Sunday adopted a resolution to amend the CPC Constitution, enshrining “scientific outlook on development” and other strategic thoughts as enunciated by Party leaders since 2002.
- Understanding China (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The most important factors explaining China’s progress since the deaths of Mao Zedhong and Zhou Enlai have been the spread and quick absorption of modern Western technology under conditions of relative peace and tranquillity.
- The Netherlands: Discovery Of A New India (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 22, 2007)
India is shining in the Netherlands
which covets its market and workforce.
But Dutch society is in ferment over immigration, which begs the question:
How long before the Indian workforce
faces the integration test?
- Chinese Vice-President’S Wings Clipped (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong was today eased out from the ruling Communist Party’s powerful Central Committee, bolstering President Hu Jintao’s control over the party on the eve of the crucial election to select the new-generation leadership.
- Judges In Unchartered Territory (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Oct 22, 2007)
Judicial activism has suddenly emerged as a major theme ever since the recent observations of a Supreme Court judge earlier this month that the DMK government could invite dismissal for not conforming to the court’s stance on the bandh . . . .
- Sex Education Can Save Lives (Tribune, Usha Rai, Oct 22, 2007)
THE Indian adolescent is no different from young people in other countries in his sexual curiosity and half-baked knowledge about sex and its dos and don’ts.
- Be Practical On Burma (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 22, 2007)
In stormy street protests in 1988 all across Burma that brought down the one-party Socialist regime of Gen Ne Win, over 3,000 people perished when the Army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Scan On Track For Murder (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The CBI today started its investigation into Rizwanur Rahman’s death with a visit to the spot where his body was found, and hinted that it wanted to make Priyanka a witness in the murder case against her father Ashok Todi.
- False Eloquence Does Pm In (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 22, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered himself for direct election only once: In 1999, when he was the Congress candidate for South Delhi.
- No Abating Of Terrorism (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 22, 2007)
The gruesome attack on the convoy of Ms Benazir Bhutto at Karachi makes one wonder why terrorism is showing no signs of abating and, on the contrary, is able to perpetrate such horrors at will and at the time and places of its choosing.
- Change Certain In Pakistan (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Oct 22, 2007)
That an estimated 100 people, possibly many more, were killed in two bomb explosions that marred Pakistan People’s Party leader Benazir Bhutto’s triumphant return home on Thursday imparts an ominous note to the thought that politics in . . . .
- The Politicians’ Dilemma (Dawn, Aqil Shah, Oct 22, 2007)
THE gruesome terrorist attacks on Benazir Bhutto’s convoy in Karachi is likely to strain the mutual understanding between the PPP and General Musharraf, given the suspected involvement of state officials.
- Bhutto Returns To Rousing Welcome After 8 Yrs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
The PPP chief, who was twice the Prime Minister of Pakistan, said the country was standing at the crossroads of dictatorship and democracy.
- Ppp Is A Powerful Force, Says Benazir (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 19, 2007)
The massive turn-out of people to welcome her back to Pakistan was a message to opponents of democracy that they were dealing with the country’s most powerful party, Benazir Bhutto said in a brief conversation with The Hindu after her arrival on Thursday.
- Putin Announces New Nuclear Weapon (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday chastised the United States over its policy in Iraq and Iran, and announced "grandiose" military plans, including development of a new nuclear weapon.
- Stop The Mischief (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 19, 2007)
The peace and tranquility at Bababudangiri – the abode of a Sufi saint, revered by both the Hindus and Muslims for centuries – is once again sought to be disturbed by the Sangh parivar with the so-called Datta mala abhiyan some time next week.
- Pak Sc To Decide Gen’S Fate Within 12 Days, Rejects Martial Law Fears (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Pakistan’s top court rejected concerns that President Pervez Musharraf would declare martial law if it rules his controversial election victory invalid.
- Pm Reminds Partners: You Too Okayed N-Deal (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Oct 19, 2007)
Conceding that the Indo-US nuclear deal was “something that didn’t work out the way you wanted it to” and that it did have an “effect” on his government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today reminded his UPA partners that “they were part and . . . .
- A Passing Urge (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Oct 18, 2007)
Martin Amis’s remarks about Muslims, made in the course of an interview with The Times more than a year ago, have turned up in the headlines again.
- The Boot, At Last (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today announced the transfer of police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee and four others linked to the Rizwanur Rahman case, enforcing the sweeping shake-up at least 10 days after the chief minister made up his mind to take action.
- Constitutionalism And Judicial Governance (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Oct 18, 2007)
The judiciary’s effort to infuse accountability in the functioning of government institutions and the growth and development of human rights jurisprudence have demonstrated the importance of judicial governance.
- Monks Confront Military Regime (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2007)
In stormy street protests in 1988 all cross Burma that brought down the one-party socialist regime of Gen Ne Win, over three thousand people perished when the army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Upa Must Clarify On Deal: Cpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan on Wednesday said that till the UPA government clarified the status of the India-U.S. nuclear deal it would continue to remain an issue.
- More At Stake Than Monks And Military In Myanmar (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2007)
In the stormy street protests in 1988 across Burma that brought down the one party Socialist regime of Gen. Ne Win, over 3,000 people perished when the army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Japan To Alter Support Of U.S. In Afghanistan (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The Japanese cabinet approved a new antiterrorism bill Wednesday that would extend a refueling mission in the Indian Ocean but curtail Tokyo's support for U.S.-led combat operations in Afghanistan.
- Be Practical On Burma (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2007)
In stormy street protests in 1988 all across Burma that brought down the one-party Socialist regime of Gen Ne Win, over 3,000 people perished when the Army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Stop The Robbery (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Mahatma Gandhi's picture does not just hang on every wall of a government office, he is also remembered regularly for his principles, one of which is Antyodaya.
- Sen And Sensibility (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
While the Privileges Committees of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are perhaps within their rights to summon Mr Ronen Sen, India's Ambassador to the United States, at the end of the month and have him explain his allegedly insulting remarks . . . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Oct 18, 2007)
It might have been the 150-year dream of the people of Tamil Nadu to take up the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project to cut short the distance navigated by ships sailing from the west coast of the country for ports on the eastern . . . . . .
- Truth About Rizwanur (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2007)
THE ruling Left Front in West Bengal appears to be getting few things right when it comes to administration of the state, particularly the role of the police.
- Thousands Of Supporters Await Bhutto's Return From 8-Year Exile (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto gathered in Pakistan's biggest city Thursday to welcome her home from eight years of exile to the center stage of the country's volatile politics.
- Onward March Of Federalism (Hindustan Times, Abhishek Singhvi, Oct 17, 2007)
As Nepal decides upon its federal Constitution, India’s contribution to the evolution of federalism makes for an interesting review.
- From Killing Fields To Smiling Fields (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Oct 17, 2007)
The focus in dealing with the agrarian crisis should shift from suicide relief to suicide prevention.
- Pottering About Pandals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2007)
Innocent celebration of creativity? Or culpable breach of copyright? Either way, the Durga Puja Committee of a Kolkata suburb must have felt struck by a stupefying charm.
- A New Old Order (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 17, 2007)
Pakistan is a land of many incongruities. The military, and to a lesser extent the civil bureaucracy, wield power but lack foresight and public support. The politicians who enjoy popular backing do not always have power, which . . . . . .
- Deve Gowda’S Crisis: It’S All In The Family (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
While all eyes were on the political drama in Bangalore on who would form the next government, there was a family yakshyagana of sorts in former prime minister Deve Gowda’s house.
- Resolve Gas Row Fast (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 17, 2007)
Monday’s verdict by a single-judge bench of the Bombay High Court threatens to emerge as yet another obstacle to the commercial exploitation of the KG Basin gas find.
- Will Putin Change The Strategic Map? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 17, 2007)
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is in Iran and the world is tense with expectations of a change in the regional strategic map.
- Freedom For Citizens Can Be Secured Through Courts, Not Parliament (Asian Age, Fali S. Nariman, Oct 17, 2007)
Judicial activism is a much talked about phrase, but really, it is only one manifestation of judicial power.
- Nuclear Power Will Hurt India’S Development (Asian Age, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Oct 17, 2007)
The independence that India gained sixty years ago had a mission beyond liberation from the British.
- Multilateralism Is Here To Stay (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Oct 17, 2007)
Will the collapse of the Doha Round lead to the end of multilateralism? Not necessarily, as there is every likelihood of a transparent, non-discriminatory framework for international trade emerging.
- Scourge Of Private Security (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Oct 17, 2007)
Does anyone remember that after the thunderous cries of "Shock and Awe" at the start of the invasion of Iraq, there followed, at the time of that country’s occupation, the boasts about the "Mission" having been "Nearly Accomplished"?
- Architects’ Role In City Planning (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 17, 2007)
A discerning visitor looking at buildings and public space in any city can easily assess four things.
- A Penological Barbarity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 17, 2007)
Death sentence on death sentence is an inviolable command of a compassionate culture.
- Hu Jintao Vows To Reverse Income Disparity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
In a keynote speech to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Chinese President Hu Jintao said here on Monday that China would deepen reform of the income distribution system to reverse the growing income disparity.
- Ysr Throws Ball Into Naidu’S Court On Probe Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy tossed the ball into the court of Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu on the question whether a sitting or a retired judge should be appointed to inquire into their respective wealth.
- Bhutto To Face Law Of The Land: Aziz (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 16, 2007)
The PPP chairperson,Benazir Bhutto, is free to return to Pakistan, but the law of the land will apply to her like any other citizen, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said.
- “Nuclear Power Is Simply Not Necessary” (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Oct 16, 2007)
By awarding the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Norwegian Nobel Committee has more than simply underscored the need to reduce the threat of climate change to the security of mankind.
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