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Articles 621 through 720 of 11444:
- Making Borders Irrelevant (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 05, 2006)
EVER since the “historic” Havana meeting between Dr Manmohan Singh and Gen Pervez Musharraf, spin doctors in the Prime Minister’s Office have been averring that the General assured Dr Manmohan Singh that Pakistan was not involved in the 7/11 bomb . . .
- Europe In Search Of A New Enlightenment (Tribune, Paul Valley, Oct 05, 2006)
In an age scarred by flashpoints between cultures and religions, it is easy to make accusations of prejudice or bigotry.
- Court Martial (Tribune, Brig Harwant Singh, Oct 05, 2006)
I was posted as Brigade Major (BM), of an artillery brigade at Kaluchak near Jammu in 1974 and was to be “Officer Commanding” of all Other Ranks of the Brigade Headquarters.
- On The Horns Of A Dilemma (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Oct 05, 2006)
Having to ‘judge’ the cases involving those who allegedly snuffed out many innocent lives and committed gruesome rapes, including those of minors, the President is faced with a very difficult choice.
- Corporate Ethics Or Self-Righteousness? (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 03, 2006)
At yet another ‘summit’ on corporate governance last week, capital market regulator M. Damodaran said the debate needs to move away from the arithmetic of board composition to issues of compliance, transparency, better understanding of corporate . . .
- Retired Army Chief Sworn In Thai Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Retired army commander General Surayud Chulanont was sworn in on Sunday as Thailand’s interim prime minister, saying he wanted to settle a bloody Muslim insurgency and heal a country divided by the policies of his predecessor, Thaksin Shinawatra.
- Don't Be Cruel (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 03, 2006)
Land acquisition for industrial estates has given rise to farmers' protests, bringing into focus issues of land compensation and resettlement.
- Urban Chaos And Official Apathy (Business Standard, M GOVINDA RAO, Oct 03, 2006)
Even when we focus only on fiscal issues, there are a variety of structural problems.
- Of Indian Bureaucracy From Far And Wide (The Financial Express, Subhash Agrawal, Oct 03, 2006)
The plethora of mindless rules is a big barrier to progressive change and the way others see us
- Not By Fiat (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 03, 2006)
Three months ago, President Bush issued an order stating that the US government must limit its use of the doctrine of eminent domain, which allows the state to compulsorily take over private property, such as land.
- Public Health Spending And Outcomes In States (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Oct 03, 2006)
In the previous edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh discussed the inadequate levels of Central Government expenditure on health, which has led to increased private expenditure.
- Travel In Tigerland (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
The tiger is the world’s largest cat. Sadly, relentless poaching and habitat loss threaten their very existence. Jayalakshmi K travels to the Bandipur National Park to do a reality check.
- Another Tiger In The Cross-Hairs (Indian Express, Amar Farooqui, Oct 03, 2006)
Not much ingenuity is required to grasp the divisive political agenda that prompted D H Shankaramurthy, Karnataka Minister for Higher (!) Education, to declare recently that all references to Tipu Sultan should be deleted from school textbooks . . .
- Kabul Another Baghdad (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Oct 03, 2006)
US President George Bush’s dinner diplomacy between Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai and Gen Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has not worked. But on the ground, NATO commanders are claiming success.
- Leadership Failure (Tribune, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Oct 03, 2006)
The most prominent impression of Thailand as a country in the world is of a very popular tourist destination.
- Stress On ‘Happiness’ Index (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Thailand’s military rulers unveiled a stopgap prime minister and constitution today, fulfilling a promise to step back in favour of civilians within two weeks of their coup against Thaksin Shinawatra.
- `Dadri Project Accord Details Confidential' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Citing the confidentiality clause, the Uttar Pradesh Government has refused to disclose the details of its agreement with Reliance Energy on the controversial Dadri power project signed on June 16, 2004.
- New Storm Brewing (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 03, 2006)
“We just ignore them”, said the man at the think -tank in Beijing, a senior adviser to the Chinese foreign ministry, and burst out laughing.
- Buddha Balm On Singur Cut (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has virtually regretted the police action against Mamata Banerjee and her colleagues in an unusual conciliatory gesture, but stopped short of handing the apology that Trinamul Congress is seeking.
- Minister Wins Ayodhya Reprieve (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Sep 30, 2006)
The High Court in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state has deferred criminal proceedings against a cabinet minister charged with inciting Hindu mobs to destroy a mosque in Ayodhya in 1992.
- Shift The Goalpost (Times of India, Arun Maira, Sep 30, 2006)
India may be the country of the year in Europe. Beginning with a big curtain-raiser in Davos, its multifaceted show goes on, with India the partner country in the world's largest industrial fair in Hannover, as well as the world's largest book fair . . .
- "The Goalposts Haven't Been Shifted And They Will Not Be Shifted" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 30, 2006)
With the congressional elections scheduled to take place in November 2006, time appears to be running out for the passage of the legislation that will give effect to the nuclear co-operation deal between India and the United States.
- New Narmada For News Television? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 30, 2006)
Will SEZs become the new Narmada of news television? The ingredients are there. Panning shots of big, shiny, glass and concrete structures, then jump cuts to farmers talking of “losing” land their great grandfathers had tilled.
- Sezs: Pil Filed In Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
They will create shortages: petitioner
Land is being acquired with the help of police
Quash all acquisitions and return land to farmers, court urged.
- Reservation In Premier Institutions (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Sep 30, 2006)
While reservation is a political hot button, it is about societal endurance, ethics, and value issues. If it is a pure political solution then, unfortunately, premier institutions will probably lose the battle.
- Plea To Stop Acquisition Of Farm Land For Sezs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
The Supreme Court was moved on Friday to stop the acquisition of agricultural and cultivable land from farmers in various states for setting up special economic zones (SEZs).
- A Force To Reckon With (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
That’s what the Supreme Court order on police reforms aims at: a law-enforcing system which, insulated from the political class, will be able to serve the public and win its trust and respect.
- Malaysia's Identity Politics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 29, 2006)
Malaysian society is now gripped by a fundamental question: Is the country, which is more than half Muslim, an Islamic state? In practice, various religious and ethnic groups give Malaysia a distinctly multicultural character.
- In The Land Of Rising Nationalism (Business Line, J. Srinivasan, Sep 29, 2006)
Japan's Prime Minister-elect, Mr Shinzo Abe, thinks the country cannot continue the way it has, and wants to revise the pacifist constitution and education to emphasise moral values, patriotism, and tradition.
- Politics Of Durga Puja (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 29, 2006)
While West Bengal erupts in what Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi calls "stree shakti" (women's power), two very dissimilar strees are jostling for Durga's tiara.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2006)
The continuing war of words between New Delhi and Islamabad ~ even if diplomats prefer to describe the sniping as “clarifications” ~ over the scope and role of the proposed joint mechanism on terrorism has rendered it a virtual non-starter.
- Towards Police Reforms (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Sep 29, 2006)
The Supreme Court has struck a major blow for democracy and freedom by decreeing that long pending and widely endorsed police reforms shall be implemented forthwith and that the directions given in this regard to the Union Government shall be . . .
- 5 Acquitted In Blasts Blow To Cbi (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Five grateful men walked free from special judge Pramod Kode’s court today in a verdict seen as the first major setback for the prosecution in the 1993 serial blasts case.
- Thank God We Are Acquitted, Say 1993 Mumbai Blast Accused (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
For the first time since the special TADA Court stated to deliver its judgment in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, five accused who were acquitted for lack of evidence thanked the Judge Pramod D Kode profusely and relieved at the verdict . . .
- 5 Acquitted In 1993 Blasts Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
The special court constituted under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) today acquitted five persons charged with conspiracy in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case. One person was, however, found guilty.
- Indophile Pm (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2006)
With Mr Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) taking over as the new prime minister of Japan, it is time to watchTokyo’s moves on the world chessboard.
- Panchayati Raj Useful To Sri Lanka: Aiyar (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 29, 2006)
``It provides a mechanism for devolution from the Centre to people at local levels''
- A Different Kind Of Truth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
Good non-fiction needs more than just facts - it takes a degree of well-disciplined artifice.
- Damage And Claims (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 29, 2006)
A very important order was given this month by the State Commission for Consumer Complaints Redressal in Delhi.
- Turkey-Eu: ‘Train Crash’ Ties (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 29, 2006)
West asia- Turkey's troubled candidacy: Legislation not implemented on the accession process.
- Iraq Sinking Into Chaos (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Sep 28, 2006)
Iraq is on the verge of a civil war, with guerillas and sectarian forces beginning to dominate Al Anbar province and Kirkuk city.
- One Nationalist After Another (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 28, 2006)
Japan's new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, appears set to add impetus to the revival of nationalist spirit that was a singular feature of his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi's tenure.
- Defending The Right To Know (Frontline, Sowmya Kerbart Sivakumar, Sep 28, 2006)
Public pressure has prevented the government from implementing retrogressive amendments to the Right to Information Act.
- Coup In Bangkok (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 28, 2006)
Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is ousted in absentia in a bloodless coup.
- Breaking Free (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Sep 28, 2006)
South Korea tries to assert its sovereignty in the matter of operational control of its military, at its latest summit with the U.S.
- Jharkhand Needs Elections: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The party will suggest amendments to the SEZ Act in five areas
- Laptop For Every Child (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Sep 28, 2006)
Instead of making tall claims and announcing new schemes Government should focus on compulsory primary education, says JS Rajput
- Al-Qaeda Deadlier Than Other Outfits: Us Report (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The Al-Qaeda poses a bigger threat to world peace than terror outfits that have tied up with it, according to US intelligence estimates.
- Interpreting Interpretations (Deccan Herald, Pran Chopra , Sep 28, 2006)
Politicians are shrewd enough to interpret court interpretations to meet their selfish motives.
- Cbi Enquiry A Diversionary Tactic: Naidu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
Telugu Desam Party president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said the Chief Minister had ordered a CBI inquiry into change in Outer Ring Road (ORR) alignment to buy time, dilute the issue and divert people's attention.
- Autonomy Row (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Sep 28, 2006)
The move to grant autonomy to JIPMER raises fears that the poor will no longer benefit from the Institute's services.
- Unhealthy Burden (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Sep 28, 2006)
The poor bear the brunt of declining levels in public spending on health care.
- Cellphone Concerns (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Sep 28, 2006)
While use of cellphones to facilitate crime is serious, of greater concern is the fact that these phones have become a profitable target for street gangs.
- The Captain Sank This Ship (Indian Express, Manpreet Badal, Sep 28, 2006)
As a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly for the last 11 years and a Punjabi pained by the accelerated administrative downfall in Punjab in the last four and a half years, I have been an anguished spectator as my state has been systematically . . .
- General Observations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2006)
Does our political class have the bipartisan spirit to stand up against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s brazen distortion of the nature and outcome of the Kargil war?
- Getting Competitive (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2006)
In a ranking of competitiveness, India is ahead of China. Judged on nine parameters, India ranks 43rd in a World Economic Forum survey covering 125 countries.
- Give Them Teeth, Not Fangs (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 28, 2006)
For more than a decade, the word ‘reforms’ has taken on the aura of a mantra in this country.
- New Leaf (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2006)
The culture of policing in India is 145 years old. The Police Act of 1861, framed in reaction to the events of 1857, is quintessentially colonial. It enabled the raj to use the police as an instrument of imperial rule.
- Religious Pluralism (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
America is an increasingly pluralistic society, an amalgam of different races, cultures, nationalities, religions. In these conditions Americans can only be grateful for the Constitution's wisdom of erecting a wall of separation between church and . . .
- Blackboard Bungle (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
It's a paradox, but the most regressive policies are pushed through in precisely those places that are supposed to be the hot spots of India's emergent economy.
- Cbi Wanted Four Cops Probed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The CBI informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it had recommended disciplinary inquiry against four Delhi police officers who had failed to conduct proper investigation into the rape and murder of Priyadarshini Mattoo when the case was under them
- Creating A Good Image (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2006)
Governments seem to believe that the image of a country is created by either having a press which does not report anything negative or by an efficient advertisement lobby.
- Armed For Democracy? (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Sep 27, 2006)
Unwilling to give up their arms, Maoists insist they’ll organise a ‘people’s revolt’ in Kathmandu. Their tactic is to project the pro-democracy coalition and judiciary as anti-people, and the security forces as violators of human rights
- Jessica: How Evidence Was Destroyed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
When he tries, Shyan Munshi — prime witness in the Jessica Lal murder case — can speak good Hindi, good enough to give him the confidence to go for a role in an 'Indo-British production'; he can even show off the differences between Mumbaiya Hindi . . .
- Nainital Conclave: Rediscovering The Party (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 27, 2006)
There is a realisation among Ministers that inputs from the Congress party need not be treated as irritants. Ideas and policies have to be necessarily synchronised with ground realities and electoral compulsions.
- Let's Fine-Tune Quotas (Times of India, Yogendra Yadav, Sep 27, 2006)
Punjab was closed on August 4. The issue: Reservations. No, it was not Mandal, version I or II. This protest was against a few castes cornering the benefits of the existing SC reservations, and about ensuring that the most backward among Dalit . . .
- Five Policemen Convicted For 1993 Mumbai Blasts (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
A court convicted five policemen on Tuesday on charges of conspiracy and abetment of the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai that killed 257 people and wounded hundreds.
- Contented Living (Tribune, Trilochan Singh Trewn, Sep 27, 2006)
How does one assess the honesty level of any person? I posed this question to a retired judge who often met me during morning walks. He opined that one quick way of concluding whether a person is of greedy mind or not is to measure his yearning for . . .
- State Ready To Swap Border Villages With Maharashtra (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Sep 27, 2006)
But it should be as per Mahajan panel report: Kumaraswamy
- Police Act Draft To Include Sc Suggestion (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The proposed draft of the new Police Act, being finalised by the Police Act Drafting Committee (PADP) set up in September ’05, is likely to incorporate sweeping police reforms ordered by the Supreme Court recently.
- Need Not Be Obeyed (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 27, 2006)
Governments make law, allow violation and amend it to protect the violators. The sufferers are the law-abiders.
- Hawkish Shinzo Abe Elected Japan Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Shinzo Abe, an advocate of tighter ties with Washington and a bigger say for Japan in world affairs, was elected Japan's prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, becoming at 52 the youngest Japanese leader since World War II.
- ‘Globalisation Is Not About Economy Alone’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 27, 2006)
But to Dr Don Betz, globalisation is a “passing word” whose import is still largely unknown. “We do not know what it will mean tomorrow. But it is definitely not about economy alone.
- The Tao Of Us-India Relations (Business Line, Robinder Sachdev, Sep 27, 2006)
There needs to be action by all parties having any interest in a true handshake of synergies between the US and India.
- Abe And A 'Normal' Japan (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 27, 2006)
The new Japanese Prime Minister interestingly worries aloud about the intentions of a stronger China, says Gwynne Dyer.
- Conglomerate Slums (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 26, 2006)
The court should help regulate illegal structures.
- Houses Swear By Mahajan (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Sep 26, 2006)
The special session of the State Legislature, which began here on Monday, adopted an unanimous resolution urging the Centre to implement the Mahajan Commission report on the boundary dispute in toto.
- Telugu Litterateur (Hindu, V. Gopalakrishna, Sep 26, 2006)
Kannada Translation by S. Biligirivasan of K.K. Ranganathacharyulu's Telugu monograph, Sahitya Akademi, Ravindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 25.
- "Intervention Aimed At Strengthening Democracy" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 26, 2006)
This is a letter from Thailand's Ambassador to India, Chirasak Thanesnant, on the recent political change in his country:
- The Pope Is Not Alone (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Sep 26, 2006)
After launching a sustained and multi-pronged attack on Pope Benedict XVI, radical Islamists have managed to extract a partial retraction from the head of the Roman Catholic Church for his recent remarks on Islam, but the central point made . . .
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