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Articles 5921 through 6020 of 11444:
- The Eu Link With India (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 20, 2005)
The battles witnessed in the EU may crop up in India too as the gap between the so-called super performers widens.
- Yoga For Livelihood (Hindu, ADITI CHATTERJEE, Jun 20, 2005)
Help the stressed-out people by teaching them yoga
- Evicted Slum Dwellers Spend A Year Homeless (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
A year has gone by since the Baina slum demolition and not even a temporary shelter has been provided for the slum dwellers by the state government.
- System’S Transparency (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2005)
The effectiveness of parliament and the provincial assemblies remains stymied because of the federal and provincial governments’ authoritarian attitude towards the opposition and their stubborn refusal to respect dissent.
- Absence Of Land Reform (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 20, 2005)
There is a hierarchical system of mutual favours between political leaders and local influentials in Pakistan
- Summit Leaves Eu Adrift (Tribune, Glenn Frankel , Jun 20, 2005)
AFTER two days of rhetorical posturing in public and acrimonious haggling behind closed doors, leaders of the 25 European Union nations failed to reach a budgetary compromise early Saturday and prepared to return home even more divided and uncertain. . .
- Politics Of Partition (Tribune, K. Subramanyam, Jun 20, 2005)
There is a belated debate on the responsibility for the partition of India and the role played by Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
- All-India Services (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 20, 2005)
FOR some years now, the number of successful candidates in the all-India Services from the South,
- Will The No Vote Mean The Breaking Up Of Europe? (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jun 20, 2005)
I was at dinner in Jean Luc Jeanroy's farmhouse in Seguret, one of the most beautiful villages of France at the foot of Dentelles de Montmirail in the Rhone Valley on May 29.
- Decline In Quality Of Life (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jun 20, 2005)
There are five national themes that are mauled in the national press on a regular basis — human rights, intolerance, education, corruption and the increasing militarization of civil society.
- Reinventing The Bjp (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jun 20, 2005)
Indian politics is in flux. The United Progressive Alliance is an alliance of unlikely bedmates, formed to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party out of government. It cannot last.
- What Went Wrong With The Naga Talks? (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jun 20, 2005)
The first phase of intensive negotiations with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah)
- Protecting The Tiger (Tribune, Usha Rai, Jun 20, 2005)
CAN the tiger be resurrected in Sariska? Theoretically, yes it can be! Sariska is an established tiger habitat.
- 'Development' Not For Tribes (Pioneer, Joseph Marianus Kujur , Jun 19, 2005)
Land is life for the tribal. Take his land and you have taken away his life. This old saying has proven to be true in the districts of Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Jharsuguda, Raygada and Mayurbhanj in the mineral-rich state of Orissa.
- The High Cost Of Misgovernance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jun 19, 2005)
THE president of Pakistan is busy in conducting war on terror and in finding a solution to the 58-year old Kashmir dispute which he says he could resolve in two weeks only if India and Kashmiris were to go along.
- Some Scars Of The Emergency (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 18, 2005)
SOME scars do not go away. They remind a nation of the rough period it has gone through. One ugly mark on the face of India is the emergency.
- Judge This (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 18, 2005)
When the Justice U.C. Banerjee Committee was constituted in September last year to inquire into the fire in the Sabarmati Express, there was scepticism about its outcome already.
- Congress Awakens (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2005)
WHILE THE BUSH administration and the courts have tangled over the perplexing legal problems of the war on terrorism, Congress has remained on the sidelines
- Squabbles Over Budget Provisions Dominate Brussels Summit (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jun 18, 2005)
European Union mired in one of the worst crises in its 50-year-old history
- Appointments, Or Disappointments? (Tribune, Fali S Nariman, Jun 18, 2005)
The method of selection of judges is woeful and must be remedied. The Supreme Court judges can be trusted to decide cases independently and correctly. They perform a good job,
- Money, Money And More Money (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jun 18, 2005)
Most people regard money as the yard-stick of success. The more one has in the bank in farmland, factories, real estate or commands as fees, the more successful he is regarded.
- Secularism In The Subcontinent (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 18, 2005)
The multiplicity of identities alone can check the exclusivity and negative features of any single identity
- He Beat It, Now What? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 18, 2005)
Why do you suppose Michael Jackson looked almost as unhappy leaving the Santa Maria, Calif., courthouse with 10 acquittals in his pocket as he did when he walked in maybe 45 minutes earlier with 10 criminal charges over his head?
- A Parody Of Errors (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jun 18, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam on a case where the Gujarat High Court quashed attempts by the department to garner revenue by taking advantage of taxpayer ignorance .
- Subserve The Constitutional Goal And Don't Subvert The Same (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 18, 2005)
ABOUT a month ago, the Supreme Court decided Ashok Lanka vs Rishi Dixit, a case that straddled both excise law and the Constitution.
- Perverse Allusions To Glory (Japan Times, HUGH CORTAZZI, Jun 18, 2005)
LONDON -- I regard myself as a friend of Japan, not least because I have many Japanese friends and appreciate Japanese arts and culture, but this does not mean that I can look at Japanese history through rose-tinted spectacles.
- `Policy-Makers Not Addressing Poverty' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2005)
Leaders should combine privileges and responsibilities, says Council Chairman Sudarshan
- India-Pakistan Visa Divide (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 17, 2005)
Despite the peace process chugging on, visa restrictions between the two countries remain stringent
- Spv Route For Infrastructure Projects — Enticing, But Flawed, Financial Engineering (Business Line, Amarendu Nandy , Jun 17, 2005)
A variant of the proposal to use forex reserves for infrastructure, the special purpose vehicle route, is expected to raise long-term funds for select projects
- Victims Of Planning (Tribune, G.S. Grewal , Jun 16, 2005)
India became independent at the midnight of August 15, 1947 and a Democratic Republic on November 26, 1949, when, the people of India gave to themselves the Constitution.
- Butchering Livelihoods (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2005)
A 130-year old slaughter house, the source of livelihood for hundreds living nearby, will be shifted 40 kms away from the original spot. Shaafat Ahmed explores the repercussions of the decision.
- Bidapa Detained In Dubai; Release Efforts On (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2005)
The Indian Consulate in Dubai is reportedly under pressure from New Delhi and Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh to get Bidapa released from detention
- Nhrc Notice To Assam On 5 Undertrial Prisoners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
In psychiatric hospital for 30 to 54 years
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Report sought in two weeks
Machang Lalung has been in the hospital for 35 years
- Revisiting Emergency (Tribune, Jagmohan , Jun 14, 2005)
The Emergency was a tragedy! Its imposition led to a large number of unjustified arrests and caused many other aberrations.
- Two Makeover Artists (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jun 14, 2005)
Last month I described the transformation of General Musharraf from a no-holds-barred adversary of India to a jigarjaan dost.
- New System Makes The Grade — Assessing Ias Officers (Business Line, Ashok Vardhan Shetty , Jun 14, 2005)
The `Performance Appraisal Report', a new annual scheme for assessing IAS officers, will replace the Annual Confidential Reports in other public services too.
- What's Judicial Accountability?' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2005)
Santosh Hegde says the only flaw is delay in disposal of cases
- Think Before You Leap (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 13, 2005)
Some of the early reactions to the French and Dutch “No” votes on the new European constitution were quite hysterical
- The European Union: A Time For Introspection (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Jun 13, 2005)
When the public expresses its opinion through a ballot (whether at an election or a referendum),
- Whither The E.U.? (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Jun 12, 2005)
The harsh truth is that the whole exercise has been an extravagant diversion of energy, imagination and time that would have been far better put into addressing the legitimacy of the European project among the public.' Robin Cook
- Enjoying Life After Retirement (Tribune, R. C. Acharya, Jun 12, 2005)
They say death is a great leveller, and so is superannuation, which turns the mighty into humble.
- Big Debate To Small Drama (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 12, 2005)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
Slipped through the fingers
The BJP’s resolution that facilitated Advani’s withdrawal is a painfully blinkered return to its own past.
- The Road Ahead For The Eu (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 11, 2005)
DOES THE European Union today find itself at the crossroads which may even affect the original dream of Jean Monnet and his band of enthusiasts who signed the Treaty of Rome on March 25, 1957, heralding a new Europe?
- Miles To Go (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 11, 2005)
The G-4’s climbdown shows a realistic approach to the veto issue
- Sc Asks Centre For Affidavit On Bihar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2005)
Four former NDA legislators from Bihar charged the UPA government with subverting democratic norms at the behest of RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav.
- Weeds In The Ability Zone (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jun 11, 2005)
Tax economists have laid down valuable guidelines for tax legislation, one of these is that in framing tax laws, ability/capacity to pay by the persons subjected to tax should be considered.
- Voting On Europe (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 11, 2005)
In the last week of May, as the French were preparing to vote on the new European constitution, I was travelling through two countries connected most intimately with France.
- Losses When Profits Are Seen As Capital Gains (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jun 11, 2005)
. Murlidharan on how the movers and shakers of the stock market have been let off the tax hook
- Consolidating Peace In Nagaland (Tribune, Lt Gen Raj Kadyan, Jun 11, 2005)
Mr Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), has reiterated that it is not possible for the Nagas to come within the framework of the Indian Constitution.
- A Conciliatory Approach To Ending Disputes (Hindu, Sriram Panchu , Jun 10, 2005)
With overburdened courts and escalating levels of conflict, mediation is an idea whose time has surely come
- Legislation Should Redefine `Industry' (Hindu, R. Gopalakrishnan, Jun 10, 2005)
Major policy issues are best decided by the legislative and not the judicial process.
- France Casts Shadows Across The Bosphorous (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Jun 10, 2005)
A sense of unease prevails that Turkey will have to settle for a vastly different European Union than it may have sought.
- Just A Step (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 10, 2005)
Governments are addicted to bliss, that is why they carefully practise the art of ignorance.
- So Many Jinnahs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 09, 2005)
The furore surrounding L.K. Advani’s recent visit to Pakistan and his homage to its founder at Jinnah’s mausoleum in Karachi has reopened the debate about the Quaid-e-Azam’s vision for the subcontinent
- Long Wait For Justice (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jun 09, 2005)
In August 2004, 22 years after Yashwant Dongarwar and a group of about 200 workers were denied work in 1982 in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra,
- Eastern Disturbances (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jun 09, 2005)
Both the Centre and the Assam government are turning a blind eye to the collaboration between ULFA and the ISI, writes Sumanta Sen
- Trade Crosses Every Border And Touches Every Wallet In Every Nation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 09, 2005)
ART is like a border of flowers along the course of civilisation, said Lincoln Steffens, the author of The Shame of the Cities. Artful traders crossed borders long ago, and business now is anything but local.
- The Challenge Of Turning A Concept Into Reality (Business Line, Kausik Datta, Jun 09, 2005)
Kaushik Dutta and Kshama V. Kaushik analyse the Irani Committee Report
- Merton Miller's Valuation Theory (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Jun 09, 2005)
It was received wisdom until Merton Miller in his M&M theorem (along with Franco Modigliani)expounded that the valuation of a company depended largely on the right mix of debt and equity.
- Imponderables In The Eu (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2005)
Whitehall's Decision To put on hold plans to hold a referendum in the UK on the 2004 Treaty of Rome,
- Limitations Of A Lokayukta (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Jun 08, 2005)
The move to extend the reach of the State Lokayukta officials to the panchayat level, will prove disastrous
- Entrance Tests — Boon Or Bane? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jun 08, 2005)
Students were fed up with a spate of entrance tests. But is doing away with all entrance tests the solution?
- World Court Launches Probe Into Darfur Crimes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2005)
The Hague : The International Criminal Court on Monday formally announced the start of an investigation into alleged war crimes in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.
- A Setback For Eu (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jun 07, 2005)
THERE is a bend in the road to the European enterprise but we are not looking at a precipice.
- Two Makeover Artists (Business Line, Ashok V. Desai, Jun 07, 2005)
Last month I described the transformation of General Musharraf from a no-holds-barred adversary of India to a jigarjaan dost.
- A Handicapped Prime Minister (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Jun 06, 2005)
Lenin dubbed George Bernard Shaw “a good man fallen among Fabians.
- Sri Lanka's Post-Tsunami Peace Moves (Hindu, V. S. Sambandan, Jun 06, 2005)
Chandrika Kumaratunga faces a complex exercise in gathering domestic support for a joint mechanism with the LTTE for post-tsunami reconstruction.
- The Sculptor And Her Magic Beads (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2005)
Thirty five impoverished girls and boys aged between nine and twelve, were asked to read a book of their choice, and then paint the name of the book and memorable characters from that it onto terracotta beads.
- Son Of The Soil, Foiled (Deccan Herald, S Nanda Kumar , Jun 05, 2005)
The author would have done better to entrust his book into the hands of a competent translator.’
- Victims’ Responsibility (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jun 05, 2005)
One of the reasons the India Shining slogan was such a bad joke is that the lives of Indian women prove,
- How A Srinagar School Shaped Kashmir’S Societal Change (Tribune, David Devadas, Jun 05, 2005)
My friend Khurshed Ali has been a teacher at Tyndal-Biscoe school for more than a decade now.
- Larger Issues For A Larger Bench (Deccan Herald, K. Srinivasan , Jun 04, 2005)
K. Srinivasan analyses the recent apex court ruling in the Standard Chartered Bank case
- The Cutting Edge (Tribune, V. Eashwar Anand, Jun 04, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s interaction with the Collectors and District Magistrates of all states and union territories at a two-day conference in New Delhi recently was a commendable effort.
- Deep Throat's Identity Unveiled (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2005)
Two lessons can be learnt from the disclosure that it was a deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
- Emergency Erased (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 03, 2005)
A razor-sharp memory, particularly the ability to use legal precedents to full advantage, is what makes a lawyer tick.
- The Bogey Of A Gorkhaland State, Again (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Jun 03, 2005)
Subash Ghisingh's rejection of West Bengal's proposal for constitutional guarantee for the DGHC is an ominous sign
- Lesson That Must Be Heeded By The Eu (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jun 03, 2005)
The European Union has suffered an unprecedented blow, reflecting a massive miscalculation at the top.
- Irani Panel Suggestions Industry-Friendly' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2005)
Will help competitiveness, say chambers
New Delhi : The apex trade and industry bodies have welcomed the J. J. Irani Committee report on Company Law and observed that the broad-based recommendations would go a long way in making India globally
- Gifting Blood Throughout Lifetime (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2005)
That the supply of blood trails far behind demand is something patients needing surgery come to realise at the time of their admission to hospital anywhere in India.
- Sri Lankan Legal Experts Studying Federalism, Says Marasinghe (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 02, 2005)
Legal advisers to the Sri Lankan Government are examining the possibility of excising a provision in the Constitution that is a bar to federalismif and when a peace agreement is signed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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