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Articles 7021 through 7120 of 11444:
- Stained Padma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 27, 2005)
A large number of foreigners have made India their home, empathised with its people and worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Indians because they fell in love with this land.
- A Report Card That Doesn't Impress (Business Line, Dilip Kumar Sen, Jan 27, 2005)
In theory corporate governance came as a fashion to soon become a fad and now a passion. It however appears that in India the approach which the Government has taken to instil good governance practices is
- All That Fretting And Fuming (The Economic Times, T T RAM MOHAN, Jan 27, 2005)
Among the riveting scenes in Oliver Stone’s Alexander are the ones where the emperor's plans are questioned and opposed by his closest aides.
- An Uncertain Wait (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 27, 2005)
Turkey has a long way to go before qualifying itself for EU membership. It has to bring itself in line with the democratic and institutional principles that govern European nations.
- Litigate For A Cause (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 27, 2005)
The Supreme Court has done well to set parameters for the use of public interest litigations (PILs). The parameters come in the wake of the growing misuse of PILs and in the context of a PIL challenging a licence issued to a builder for the construction
- Centrally Bungled Investigations: The Absurd Cbi (Indian Express, K N Bhat, Jan 27, 2005)
Not many believe that Veerappan was killed in an encounter as narrated by the police. Sensational crimes are handled by a few police officers handpicked by the bosses. Their major specialization is in fabricating fantastic stories and leaking them to the
- If You're At A Loss On Laws... (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 27, 2005)
It's always a pleasure to read publications from the Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society (www.bcasonline.org). Here's one such: Law & Business - a compendium, by Anup P. Shah.
- Fiscal Checks Bypassed Affect Financial Health (Business Line, N. Sreedevi, Jan 27, 2005)
Concerned over the deteriorating fiscal situation, the Government introduced the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Bill in December 2000. The revised version of the same (based on the recommendations of the Standing Committee) became...
- 'Corporate Governance Ups Co Value' (The Economic Times, Lubna Kably, Jan 27, 2005)
Prof Bernard S Black, University of Texas, School of Law, has been an adviser on company and securities law and corporate governance in several countries including Indonesia, Korea and Russia.
- Silence Please! (Telegraph, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 26, 2005)
It is commonplace for politicians to miss every golden opportunity of keeping silent. But those conducting official enquiries into sensitive issues are expected to be more circumspect.
- Perchance To Be Sacked (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 26, 2005)
The foundation of health, it is can be said, is sleep. The avid slumberer would second that, perhaps with a yawning nod.
- We, The People Of India... (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 26, 2005)
There is a case to be made for Republic Day carrying at least as much reverence and mystique as Independence Day. It would be foolish to underestimate the importance
- Sunset Reviews: Beyond Anti-Dumping (Business Line, M. R. Venkatesh, Jan 26, 2005)
In a Sunset Review the authorities are called upon to merely focus their inquiry on the "likelihood of continuation or recurrence" of dumping and injury in the event the measure were no longer imposed.
- Clarification Of Provisions Is The Prime Need (The Economic Times, K R PRADEEP, Jan 26, 2005)
Where all ingredients of the transaction are outside India, the question is whether such a transaction can be brought to taxation under the existing Income-Tax Act.
- Crucial Year For Political Union (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 26, 2005)
The European parliament has endorsed by an overwhelming majority the treaty of Rome (2004) that established a Constitution for the countries of the European Union (EU).
- Nay Fever (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 26, 2005)
The Supreme Court has put the focus on the debate over negative voting at a time when the nation celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Republic. The argument is that allowing for such voting will enable people to better express
- New Republic (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 26, 2005)
The life of a republic is nothing without challenges. The Indian republic, immediately after its birth, was faced with the daunting task of making itself a major player in the community of nations.
- Exercises In Futility? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 26, 2005)
The Godhra tragedy and its aftermath have been caught in the cross-fire of contradictory versions from two retired Supreme Court Justices, Mr U. C. Banerji heading the Committee under the Railways Act
- Kathmandu Under Siege (Telegraph, G Parthasarathy, Jan 26, 2005)
Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajasekara Reddy seem to be afflicted by the same malady. In early December 2004 Mr Deuba announced at the World Buddhist Summit at Lord Buddha’s birthplace
- The Mayor’S Copy (Tribune, K. Rajbir Deswal, Jan 25, 2005)
SHE wrote a letter to Tony Blair of which she sent a copy to her town’s Mayor. Having gone through the strange and incoherent contents, the Mayor got suspicious and ordered a secret enquiry into the woman’s affairs. She perhaps needed help, he thought.
- Quacks’ World (Deccan Herald, U. S. Iyer, Jan 25, 2005)
The verdict of the apex court regarding the accountability of medicos did come handy for many quacks. When I was in Chennai I had felt an excruciating pain in my left hand.
- A Wake-Up Call (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 25, 2005)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram's lament that India Inc has not progressed enough on the issue of corporate governance is a timely wake-up call in the context of company performance in recent years.
- ‘I Have Freed State From Political Terror... (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 25, 2005)
Creation of Chhattisgarh as a separate state four years back was a dream come true for its population of 2.8 crore—predominantly tribals.
- ‘Change Must Touch Common Indian’ (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jan 25, 2005)
AS ideas crowd his mind and momentous events about the journey of the Indian Republic fill his imagination, words, soft and chiselled, come in a slow measure. Former President K.R. Narayanan, a diplomat, a trained yogi and a man of great learning...
- Competition Commission (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 25, 2005)
THE Supreme Court has rightly given an opportunity to the Union Government to carry out amendments to the Competition Commission Act (CCA). Ever since some objections were raised on the constitutional validity of these amendments, the fate of...
- Facts And Fears (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 25, 2005)
Gathering data is an important part of some experiments. Hence, from the present look of things, the “Gujarat experiment” is still, in a sense, going on. Quietly and systematically, a new “survey” is being carried out in the village schools.
- Seer’S Arrest: Not Just A Legal Issue (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Jan 24, 2005)
The arrest of the Kanchi Shankaracharya has been played down as a mere law and order question by the Government of Tamil Nadu, ignoring its political, religious and social upshot
- Politics In Its Place (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jan 24, 2005)
There is a growing tendency among all sections in public life to evade larger political issues. If it prevails, the casualty will be the idea of India.
- Not On Whims (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 24, 2005)
THE Supreme Court ruling against peremptory withdrawal of criminal cases against individuals is welcome as it is expected to remove arbitrariness in the actions of the government and uphold the rule of law.
- The Man Who Oils India's Wheels (Asia Times, Ramtanu Maitra, Jan 24, 2005)
No US ambassador since John Kenneth Galbraith massaged the Indian ego more efficiently than Robert D Blackwill. The former envoy to India (2001-2003) is now reportedly
- More Smoke (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 24, 2005)
It is a record of kinds, that the true cause of the burning of one coach in a train should persist in eluding investigators. With forensic tools, post-mortem findings and eyewitness accounts, a burnt coach should be the simplest mystery to penetrate.
- An Absorbing Frolic (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 24, 2005)
Old notions die hard; but they still deserve to die. The revolution, the adage says, devours its children. It should be the other way round: it is the children who devour the revolution.
- Drug Law Causes Concern (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jan 24, 2005)
ON December 27, the Union government promulgated an ordinance introducing a new product patent regime for pharmaceuticals by amending the Indian Patent Act of 1970 for the third time.
- The Voice Of A Victim (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2005)
Girish Rawal, an 82-year-old man who lost his wife, Sudhabehn, in S-6, died before he could learn the truth about the train tragedy. But he knew even then that his family had been made "sacrificial goats by the VHP in its political game."
- Qualified Gains Against Terror (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 23, 2005)
Kathmandu is usually immersed in rumours. Last week these were mixed with damp, chill weather, bandhs over hike in petroleum prices, abduction of 14 Indian Army Gurkha soldiers on leave
- Second Coming (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 23, 2005)
Muslim society's 'castelessness' is often held up as a positive contrast to caste-ridden Hindu society. Yet the reality is that Muslims are also stratified in terms of caste.
- Anti-Laloo Sentiment Strong In Bihar, Says Arun Jaitley (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jan 23, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which got a severe drubbing in the last Lok Sabha elections and in the recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra, is in a bind.
- Inevitable Triangle (Pioneer, MG Kapahy, Jan 23, 2005)
I agree with the editorial, "Sindh against" (January 5), that the petition in the Supreme Court for replacing the word Sind in our national anthem with Kashmir is both trivial and ludicrous.
- Glimpse Of Possibility (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jan 23, 2005)
Shama Futehally and I spoke of many things in the years we knew each other, but I don’t recall any conversation about E.M. Forster. Yet now, after her death, when I search for words
- No Smooth Sailing (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jan 22, 2005)
Most observers of the Pakistani scene are running scared today: many expect the military establishment to order a crackdown on the mainly Bugti tribesmen in Balochistan’s Sui area where ‘miscreants’ have succeeded in damaging the gas purification plant in
- Old Habits Die Hard (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jan 22, 2005)
One day in the nineteen seventies, Leonid Brezhnev was in a town on Lake Baikal, attending a Politburo meeting.
- Parties In U.S., Despair Elsewhere (Hindu, Robin Cook, Jan 22, 2005)
Inauguration does not do justice to the exuberant celebrations of this week. Coronation would come closer. Washington ended Thursday with nine official balls.
- Liberating The Prisoners (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 22, 2005)
A mother of three, with another in her womb, is convicted for being an accomplice with her paramour in the murder of her husband.
- The Need For Common Minimum Conduct (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Jan 22, 2005)
A leader must adhere to codes of conduct and behaviour. Winning votes through immoral means strikes a body blow to democracy. The tragedy is that today a Palkhivala would probably never be able to win elections. Excerpts from the Nani Palkhivala Memorial
- Customs And Duties (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 22, 2005)
The second era of the great Indian economic reforms story began with Dr Manmohan Singh taking over reins as the Prime Minister and P Chidambaram as the Finance Minister.
- When Reopening Turns Revolting (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 22, 2005)
Every Finance Act brings in a spate of amendments to the law and some of these have retrospective effect. Completed cases are reopened on the basis of such retrospective legislation. Is this fair?
- Where The Assessee Won Because The Taxman Slept On (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 22, 2005)
This is not about Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, a TV sitcom, but about Sarabhai M. Chemicals vs Commissioner of Central Excise, Vadodara, a case that occupied the Supreme Court recently.
- Gennext Is Gennow (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 22, 2005)
What do you say when a straight-sets defeat for an Indian in Grand Slam third round becomes the stuff of headlines? Or when merely a point scored in the first set lost 1-6 becomes a cause for national cheer?
- The Wonder Drug (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Jan 21, 2005)
It was 1976. We were taking part in a high-level Army exercise in Punjab. Some staff officer with a spiteful sense of humour had codenamed the exercise ‘Summer Holiday’. While there was plenty of summer, but holiday?
- Root Cause (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 21, 2005)
The smart machinery has moved into place, but is looking rather tatty. With its renowned precision, the Bharatiya Janata Party has allotted days, places, jobs and the people to go with each in the campaign for the forthcoming assembly elections in three s
- Selection Of World Bank's Chief — Time To End Western `Carve-Up' (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 21, 2005)
Wheels (within wheels) have begun moving in the industrial countries, especially the US, by way of setting the machinery in motion to install a person of their choice in the place of the current World Bank President
- The Task Facing Mahmoud Abbas (Hindu, Peter Beaumont, Jan 21, 2005)
The attack by Palestinian gunmen on Gaza's Karni crossing last Thursday, in which six Israelis died, and Israel's response seem wearingly familiar.
- Unnatural Sexuality Versus Natural Justice (Indian Express, NIVEDITA MENON, Jan 21, 2005)
Is it natural to be normal? This is the fearsome question that lies unrecognised at the heart of the furore around the issue of Section 377 of the IPC.
- The Case For Employment Guarantee (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 21, 2005)
If the schemes are illusory, the National Employment Guarantee will end up being neither national, nor providing sufficient employment, nor being a guarantee.
- Out Of Jurisdiction, Again (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2005)
In yet another act completely out of jurisdiction, the Election Commission has undertaken to examine whether the release and use of the Justice U.C. Banerjee interim report on Godhra amount to a violation of the model code of conduct.
- A Reassessment Of Netaji Bose (Deccan Herald, ANIRUDHA DASGUPTA, Jan 21, 2005)
A big change has come about in the attitude of political parties towards Netaji Subhas Bose and the role he played in the nationalist movement. It was not many years ago that the Congress as the ruling party at the Centre fought shy in giving
- Jails In A Mess (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 21, 2005)
It is full one year since the Beant Singh murder accused wormed their way out of the Burail jail in one of the most sensational incidents of its kind in the country. Despite a massive manhunt reportedly launched for the terrorists, there is no trace of th
- Nris Caught In Legal Tangles (Tribune, Shubha Singh, Jan 21, 2005)
As the overseas Indian community grows larger and maintains close links with the homeland, an increasing number of Indians in India and abroad have begun facing legal complications with regard to family matters.
- `Wherever Sorrow Is, Relief Would Be' (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 21, 2005)
THE tsunami toll has crossed two lakh. Almost in every nook of the world, there are efforts to mobilise resources for the relief of the affected people, reminding one of a line in the New Testament: "Every man according to his ability, determined to send
- Minor Spark (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 21, 2005)
The India-Pakistan ceasefire along the Line of Control and international border, in force since November 2003, was violated with Pakistani mortar fire on Tuesday. The issue remains shrouded in mystery, as Islamabad has stated that the
- Living With The Chandras (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 21, 2005)
It's happened yet again. A window suddenly opens to a seemingly normal household and what we witness causes us to shudder in horror. So immured have we become to the routine attacks on daughters-in-law/wives
- Just Right (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 20, 2005)
It is rare, but it happens. When everything in a much-worn process is done just right, the result becomes a model of how the process should be conducted all the time.
- Life Term For Cops (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2005)
The strict instructions issued by the Supreme Court last year that lawlessness and custodial violence will be dealt with severely seem to be having a salutary effect.
- Mercantile Accounting Is No Mathematical Model (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 20, 2005)
Facts of the TCI Finance case make interesting reading. The company incurred expenditure for conducting legal proceedings against defaulting debtors and claimed the outlay as business expenditure.
- Interim Report On Godhra Incident (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 20, 2005)
One can find fault with the timing of the release of the interim report of the Justice U. C. Banerjee Committee and the BJP can heap all the accusations it wishes on the Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Powell On Tsunami Aid (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jan 20, 2005)
India’s stake in the effort to stamp out terrorism entitles it to feel perturbed at the implications of Mr Colin Powell’s linkage between relief and religion in stricken Banda Aceh where the tsunami killed over 100,000 Indonesians.
- Stop This Overkill (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 20, 2005)
Ever since the arrest of Shri Jayendra Saraswati, the senior pontiff of the Kanchi Mutt, on a murder charge, the entire Sangh Parivar, and other Hindu religious groups in India and abroad have kept up an unrelenting
- Watching The East Wind (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jan 20, 2005)
On April 8, 1976, another Chinese leader, Zhou Enlai, passed away. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution had just ended. Modern China had gone through its 10 most tormented years.
- A Perspective On The Partition (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Jan 20, 2005)
Forty years ago, in 1966 to be precise, I had close acquaintanceship with Peter Stursberg. He was in India as a visiting correspondent of the British Labour Party daily, Daily Herald
- Protector Of The Democratic Citizen (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Jan 20, 2005)
At the height of Emergency, when the Opposition was in jail, the Government pushed through the notorious 42nd amendment, sought to widen the ambit of Article 31(C) and to substantially curb individual freedom.
- Zhao's Death Puts Hu In A Quandary (Asia Times, Tian Jing, Jan 20, 2005)
For Chinese communist leaders, a paper political epitaph is historically more durable than a gravestone - and more powerful: it has the ideological strength to make or break reputations and those of entire innocent families.
- Autonomy For J&k (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2005)
THE Centre’s decision to set up a committee to study the question of autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir is a step in the right direction.
- Another Setback For Jaya (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2005)
Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling rejecting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s petition against the transfer of her two wealth cases to Karnataka is yet another setback to her
- Cynical On Godhra (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 20, 2005)
The Justice U C Banerjee Committee’s interim report may have attributed the Sabarmati Express fire at Godhra, to “accident”, but there’s more to it than meets the eye.
- Case And Closure (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 20, 2005)
What began with a judicial bang has ended with an administrative whimper. The shocking decision of the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a closure report in the Taj Corridor case
- Managing National Security (Tribune, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (retd), Jan 19, 2005)
IF the historical record of a National Security Council (NSC) in India is any indication, it seems we are not serious about how we intend to manage our national security which undoubtedly has become increasingly complex with the passage of time.
- Not A Conspiracy (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 19, 2005)
The interim findings of the Justice Banerjee Committee investigating the circumstances that resulted in the fire in the Sabarmati Express at Godhra in February 2002 confirm what many suspected all along
- Injustice Banerjee (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 19, 2005)
What is Justice UC Banerjee trying to suggest? Does he want us to believe that on February 27, 2002, kar sevaks inside Coaches S-6 and S-7 of Sabarmati Express developed a collective suicidal urge and immolated themselves?
- Vat Sense (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 19, 2005)
The white paper on the State Value Added Tax (VAT) and the finance minister’s renewed commitment to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is welcome. The move towards the State VAT has been in the works for many years.
- Elected But Not Legitimate (Indian Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Jan 19, 2005)
So Ukraine now has a legitimate government. Or does it? Viktor Yushchenko has been elected with 52 per cent of the popular vote. His opponent received 44 per cent. Observers confirm that infringements of the electoral rules were but minor. Yet questions r
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