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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 11444:
- Government In A Bind Over Rti Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
President, Service chiefs, UPSC against sharing "file notings"
"Disclosure of notings may keep officials from rendering frank, written advice on file"
The Government has faced opposition from various official wings.
- "Terrorism Wrongly Linked To Muslims" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
They have no religion, say clerics
Conference on "Terrorism" attempted to initiate dialogue, sensitise media
Media should stop misinformation that mosques, `madrassas' were hotbeds of terrorist activity
- Obc Quotas: Blind Oversight (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Aug 20, 2006)
There is no moral, philosophical, or economic basis for OBC reservations in colleges or employment.
- Bhisham Pitamaha Of Parliament (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Aug 20, 2006)
Last week this column gave expression to one's growing disenchantment with the way our parliament is conducting or not conducting the nation's business. It made dismal narration and one that gave me little pleasure to write about.
- Govt Puts Rti Amendment On Hold (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The Right to Information (RTI) Act is not going to be amended, for now.
- Yesterday's Rising Scams (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 20, 2006)
While Telgi languishes in jail, politicians suspected to have patronised him are roaming free. Various cases registered in the matter are likely to take time. Whether the HIV-infected Telgi will live to face trial is another story.
- Judiciary Should Be More Sensitive Towards Poor: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the judicial system needed to be more sensitive and humane towards the poor in the face of rising litigation cost so that doors of justice were not closed for them and assured his government's full support . . .
- Don't Rejoice, Tackle Terror (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 20, 2006)
For the past week, the Government and intelligentsia of India have been wallowing in an unseemly bout of self-congratulation.
- Don’T Bar Women From Sabarimala, Kerala To Tell Sc (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 20, 2006)
The Left government in Kerala today declared that it would tell the Supreme Court that women should be allowed into the Sabarimala temple.
- Truce, A Facade For Troops To Consolidate (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Aug 20, 2006)
Everyone agrees that the truce in Lebanon is “fragile”. But that is only a polite way of saying that both sides are consolidating their positions.
- Muslims: Smell The Coffee (Pioneer, Khwaja Ekram, Aug 20, 2006)
The community is stigmatised by jihad. It's time educated Muslims come forward to replace the traditional leaders
- Tell Tale Signs (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 20, 2006)
After the Mumbai blasts and the uncovering of the conspiracy to blow up 10 aircraft over the Atlantic, the situation is vastly different. The anti-Iraq war lobby, the defenders of Iran and the root cause wallahs, who on past occasions have displayed . . .
- Crackdown On Simi (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 20, 2006)
Students Islamic Movement of India, banned on February 8 this year for the third time since its formation in 1977, continues to deviously work towards its proclaimed objective of "liberating India by converting it to Islam".
- Notifications Won’T Eliminate Child Labour (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Aug 20, 2006)
The recent notification by the ministry of labour banning the employment of children as domestic servants and in dhabas, restaurants, hotels, motels, tea shops, spas and other recreation centres has been received with understandable cynicism.
- ‘Pak Has Been Given Full Dossiers. It Is In Denial. . . . (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
This week was a busy one for the PM and his deputies in the Foreign Ministry, especially MoS Anand Sharma. Defending the Government in Parliament on the nuclear deal with the US from both the Left and the Right must have been a trying experience.
- Japan’S Problem With History (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2006)
Japan has a serious geopolitical problem.
- Hc Asked To Decide On Punjab Police Officers’ Row (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Aug 19, 2006)
In order to have a prompt resolution to the lingering dispute between IPS and state police service officers of the Punjab police on posting to key positions like district police chiefs, the Supreme Court today referred a bunch of petitions on the . . .
- Why Can't Women Enter Sabarimala? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
The ban on the entry of women in the age group of 10-50 into Sabarimala Temple in Kerala and the harassment of Kannada actress Jayamala for touching the feet of Lord Ayappa 20 years ago were questioned by a PIL before the Supreme Court.
- U.S. Espionage In India (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 19, 2006)
The book is a comprehensive survey of U.S. intelligence on the bomb in countries including India, Pakistan, the USSR and Israel.
- Entry Of Women Continues To Trouble Sabarimala (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
To allow women to enter or not the holy portals of the Sabarimala temple is an issue that continues to rock Kerala, and on Friday it got a fillip with the Supreme Court issuing notice to the state government seeking a direction to allow women to . . .
- Obc Quotas: Blind Oversight (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Aug 19, 2006)
There is no moral, philosophical, or economic basis for OBC reservations in colleges or employment.
- Terrorism Has To Be Met With Force: President (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Calling on the country’s police to be courteous to common people and do justice to the needy through prompt delivery of services, President General Pervez Musharraf Friday asked the law enforcing agencies to act strongly against those preaching . . .
- Vvips To Descend On Tirupati (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Governor, YSR, a host of Ministers and MPs to attend various programmes .
- Kashmir Sex Scandal: High Court Order Stayed Partially (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
CBI asked to hold custodial interrogation
- Lawyers Challenge Entry Ban In Sabarimala Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Discrimination is totally anti-Hindu, says petition in apex court
- High Court Stays Arrest Of Lotus Temple Trustees (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of the trustees and management committee members of Delhi's Lotus temple, till September 25 on a complaint registered with the Delhi Police.
- The Two Faces Of Pakistan (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 19, 2006)
The West tends to see the Musharraf regime as the last barricade against an Islamist coup, but Islamabad continues to support terrorism.
- The Remarkable Rise Of Documentary Cinema (Hindu, Mark Lawson, Aug 19, 2006)
Most documentary films are as much about propaganda as civil service films 60 years ago.
- Temple Car Festival Celebrated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Large number of people from Tamil Nadu, Pondy participated
- Man Shot Dead In Vijayawada Court Premises (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
MLA's cousin Vangaveeti Santan Kumar seriously injured, not out of danger
- Land And Law (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 19, 2006)
The present debate and controversy over the acquisition of fertile
agricultural land for the Tatas at Singur within and outside the state assembly has to be understood in the light of the history of land
acquisition in West Bengal.
- Crackdown On Simi (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 19, 2006)
Students Islamic Movement of India, banned on February 8 this year for the third time since its formation in 1977, continues to deviously work towards its proclaimed objective of "liberating India by converting it to Islam".
- Muslims: Smell The Coffee (Pioneer, Khwaja Ekram, Aug 19, 2006)
The community is stigmatised by jihad. It's time educated Muslims come forward to replace the traditional leaders
- Sc Puts Break On Indiscriminate Arrests In J&k Sex Scandal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Putting a break on indiscriminate arrests in the Srinagar sex scandal, the Supreme Court today partially stayed the Jammu and Kashmir High Court order directing CBI to hold custodial interrogation of all public functionaries named by kingpin Sabeena . . .
- Unravelling Of Hope (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Aug 19, 2006)
The government is drifting on numerous issues ranging from economic to foreign and security policy, and from handling of terrorism to the right to information.
- Don’T Bar Women From Sabarimala, Kerala To Tell Sc (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Aug 19, 2006)
The Left government in Kerala today declared that it would tell the Supreme Court that women should be allowed into the Sabarimala temple.
- Tell Tale Signs (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Aug 19, 2006)
After the Mumbai blasts and the uncovering of the conspiracy to blow up 10 aircraft over the Atlantic, the situation is vastly different. The anti-Iraq war lobby, the defenders of Iran and the root cause wallahs, who on past occasions have displayed . . .
- Russian Surprise (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 19, 2006)
On a completely new kind of detective fiction from Russia, one that entertains without assaulting the intelligence of the reader.
- Women Can Enter Sabarimala (Asian Age, K. Venugopal , Aug 19, 2006)
The Kerala government on Friday expressed its willingness to allow women to enter the famed Sabarimala temple. The Marxist government’s response came hours after the Supreme Court issued notice to it on a petition challenging the provision barring . . .
- Prisons As Agents Of Change (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Aug 19, 2006)
Decision-makers in India can learn from the experiences of other countries and lend more than cursory attention to the state of our prisons.
- Notifications Won’T Eliminate Child Labour (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Aug 19, 2006)
There are better alternatives, like seeking employers cooperation to deal with this complex issue
- Lows In Lawmaking (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 18, 2006)
There's just one person who emerges unscathed in the office of profit (OoP) sideshow-turned-political drama turned-near constitutional . . .
- Oop’S Back Again (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Aug 18, 2006)
That term again. Office of Profit is back in news with the Lok Sabha agreeing to set up a joint parliamentary committee on the subject. An explainer to help you understand and recall why and how a constitutional obscurity keeps hitting national headlines.
- Crisis Of Development Economics (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 18, 2006)
As the Planning Commission is busy in preparing the draft of the 12th five -year plan, it has to take into account the uneven growth in the states, region -wise, state-wise and area-wise even within districts.
- Ias Officer Granted Interim Bail In Sex Racket Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
A local court today granted interim bail on health grounds to senior IAS officer M.Iqbal Khandey arrested in connection with the sex racket case here.
- Nature & Human Innovation~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 18, 2006)
Patent laws protect new ideas that have functional manifestations as invention, while the Intellectual Property Right (IPR), which came into effect in more recent times, protects all forms of expressed manifestation of information and ideas.
- V.P. Singh, Bardhan Among 97 Arrested (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Aug 18, 2006)
As many as 97 persons were arrested today including former Prime Minister V.P. Singh and CPI leader A.B. Bardhan when they tried to enter Uttar Pradesh to participate in the farmers’ rally at Dadri at the site of the proposed Reliance power project.
- Towards Sustainable Growth (Tribune, Mohan Dharia, Aug 18, 2006)
The Planning Commission has prepared an Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan. The document titled “Approach Document Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth” has been circulated for discussion.
- An 'Honour Killing' In Italy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 18, 2006)
The apparent 'honour killing' of a 20-year-old women of Pakistani origin near the Italian city of Brescia has understandably created quite a furore in that country, especially with reference to integration of ethnic minorities into the mainstream.
- Re-Forging Instruments To Meet Challenges (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 18, 2006)
The polity will have to promote a new way of conducting its internal disputes in a manner that will not distract the Indian state from dealing with new globally-inspired instigations.
- Amendments To Right To Information Act Opposed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
Access to file notings "will improve efficiency" of agencies
- Terrorism And Counter-Terrorism Revisited (The Financial Express, RICHARD N. HAASS, Aug 18, 2006)
The arrests in London of 21 terrorists who appear to have planned to blow up a number of airplanes over the Atlantic reminds us of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11, 2001. 9/11 remains the date that has come to signify . .
- V.P. Singh, Bardhan Held On U.P. Border (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
`Dadri march' successfully thwarted, claims Uttar Pradesh Government
Taken to a guesthouse in Ghaziabad
No force was used, says U.P. Principal Home Secretary .
- On Backfoot, Govt Sets Up Jpc On Oop (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2006)
With President APJ Abdul Kalam so far withholding his assent to the Office-of-Profit Bill, the Government on Thursday sprang a surprise in Lok Sabha by announcing the setting up of a joint parliamentary committee to examine the constitutional and . . .
- The ‘Islamabad Declaration’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 18, 2006)
The context was global but the issues highlighted at the recent International Judicial Conference in Islamabad could easily be Pakistan-specific. Among other measures, the August 14 ‘Islamabad Declaration’ called for greater judicial review of . . .
- Principle Of Legality In Islam (Dawn, Sidrah Unis, Aug 18, 2006)
In modern systems of criminal justice, the principal that protects against the abuse of power by the judges and the state, guaranteeing the security of individuals, while informing them of what is illegal and what is its punishment, is Nullum . . .
- Purified By Opposition (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 18, 2006)
The only good news from Thursday’s nuclear debate in the Rajya Sabha is that the prime minister has finally stood up to defend the constitutional right of his government to conduct foreign policy.
- To Sri Lanka, Once More With Caution (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 17, 2006)
An enormous humanitarian tragedy is waiting to happen in South Asia. The ‘no war no peace’ syndrome in Sri Lanka is slowly escalating into a full-fledged undeclared war. For India the stakes are high; they lie at the intersection of India’s . . .
- Leadership For Change (Business Standard, Nitin Desai , Aug 17, 2006)
The PM must leverage the respect he has earned to persuade voters to embrace change.
- Natwar Gets Another Stab In The Back (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
There are more troubles in store for K Natwar Singh. The former Union minister, who was suspended from the Congress earlier this month for slapping a breach of privilege notice against Prime minister Manmohan Singh, has now been served a notice . . .
- The Plight Of Farmers (Tribune, M. Rajivlochan, Aug 17, 2006)
This year the US has approved of giving $180 billion as direct subsidies to its farmers. When we add the subsidy offered by the European Union countries to this, the figure for direct subsidies comes to a whopping $300 billion per year.
- Sc Takes Note Of Tea Plantation Workers’ Plight (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Aug 17, 2006)
The suicides in the farm sector are not confined to grains and pulses alone as hundreds of workers in tea plantations have also ended their lives for non-payment of wages for years.
- Veils And Jails (Frontline, RAFIA ZAKARIA, Aug 17, 2006)
The Hudood Ordinances expose how Generals past and present have used the regulation of female sexuality to their strategic advantage.
- Ex-Isi Chief Wants Indian Model For Pak Polls (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2006)
former ISI chief has asked Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to follow the Indian model in appointing a person with “experience in civil administration” as chief election commissioner to make the next year’s general elections “more credible and . . .
- 309 Walk Out To Freedom On I-Day (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
A given to most people, freedom was a dream they hung on to for the last so many years of their lives, living behind the iron bars and towering walls.
- I-Day In The Name Of God~ Dmk Style (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
On Independence Day, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu is springing a surprise. The party which has its roots in atheism will be doing a round of temples on the day.
- Rhetoric Avoided (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2006)
Dr Singh resisted the temptation to do some tough talking.
- Uniform Norms For Acquiring Land (The Economic Times, RAGHAV CHANDRA, Aug 16, 2006)
One problem that impedes infrastructure development is the difficulty in acquiring land. Apart from issues of displacement, valuation, compensation, and even propriety, in India, zameen is perceived as a source of dispute, rarely as a tradable . . .
- Cj’S Meaningful Resolve (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 16, 2006)
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has said that the Supreme Court will deliver justice irrespective of the stakeholders’ reaction.
- Clearing The Civic Mess (Business Standard, M J Antony, Aug 16, 2006)
In a series of recent decisions, the Supreme Court has taken tough action against illegal constructions.
- War And Solidarity (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 16, 2006)
The Lebanese forge a national identity in the face of Israeli aggression and appear determined to bargain for a truce on their terms.
- Is Might Always Right? (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Aug 14, 2006)
From time immemorial to the present days power in certain regions and countries has grown out of the barrel of the gun. Whether it is the Russian Revolution of 1919 or Hitler or Mussolini's take over of power, in Germany and Italy, . . .
- Lankan Boy’S Dreams Await Central Nod (Statesman, Radhika Giri, Aug 14, 2006)
He wants to be a doctor. That is what 18-year-old S Udayaraj has been dreaming of for the past four years.
- Bedfellows In (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 14, 2006)
Glance at a newspaper or a television scroll and you will invariably notice a headline on a protest by leaders of the CPI-M, CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc over some decision of the central government.
- Chief Tantri Seeks New Managing Committee For Sabarimala Temple (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Favours the conduct of a new Devaprasnam
Says `no' to remedial rituals for the recent Devaprasnam
Devaprasnam astrologer accused of going beyond his brief
- India Halts Army In Peace Gesture To Assam Rebels (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
The Indian army will suspend counter-insurgency operations against separatist rebels in the troubled northeastern state of Assam to help peace moves, a senior state official said on Sunday.
- Wife Stands By Rape-Accused Mla (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Gaganjit Singh, Tamil Nadu governor S.S. Barnala’s son and Punjab legislator, was remanded in police custody for a day after he was accused of raping a domestic help-cum-masseuse hailing from Bengal.
- Ugly Thoughts (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 14, 2006)
Passing the buck is a fine art in the Indian political establishment. The home ministry, quite unable to answer the questions of
- Let Dignity Replace Load Of Shame (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 14, 2006)
What is the most disgusting sight around us? It is scavengers carrying human and animal excreta in baskets on their heads.
- Candle In The Wind (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 14, 2006)
At last,” I remarked when I received, from Lahore, an invitation to bring with me five more persons to join the Pakistan independence day celebrations. This was not from any big organisation. Still it reflected a thaw of sorts. Never had such a gesture be
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