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Articles 7721 through 7820 of 11444:
- The West Is No Less Corrupt (Tribune, Prem Sikka, Nov 11, 2004)
Political corruption is a corrosive feature of everyday life and needs to be rooted out. However, there is something very curious about the worldwide political corruption league published by Transparency International.
- India's Communists Want Farmers To Be Taxed: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Nov 10, 2004)
Cricket is India's national passion. Drought its perennial reality. And a tax on farmers is simply a no-no.
- Ground Beneath Their Feet (Telegraph, Prerna Sarcar Winter, Nov 10, 2004)
A national law for refugees will help the government differentiate them from migrants and serve security needs
- Prosecuting State Ministers (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2004)
The Supreme Courts judgment on the powers of Governors to sanction the prosecution of State-level Ministers is significant in at least two ways.
- My Heroine (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Nov 10, 2004)
Hypothetically, were a woman ever to replicate Kamaruddin’s ‘feat’, she would be more heroic
- Inter-Linking Of Rivers — Untested Hype, Unresolved Issues (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 10, 2004)
The project to interlink six major rivers promises to remain bedevilled for a considerable time by unresolved engineering, operational and financial issues.
- Dress And Discrimination (Tribune, M.S. Rahi, Nov 10, 2004)
THE turban of the Sikhs is once again caught in a controversy. The Sikhs have proved everywhere else — from the UK, Canada to the US — that they have a fundamental and inalienable right to wear their turban in all situations of life.
- Rites Of Political Appointments (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 10, 2004)
It is time we shed our innocence about "neutral public servants." By accepting that there are only favourites who must be prepared to go out with their political mentors
- Cracks In The Wings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 10, 2004)
THE courts normally do not interfere in the service matters of the defence forces, but the Delhi High Court ruling quashing the orders of promotion of four Air Marshals and
- British Set Code For Muslim Students (Tribune, Cahal Milmo, Nov 10, 2004)
PRESSURE was mounting on Monday for national rules on Muslim dress in schools in Britain to be drawn up after a local authority chose Ramadan to enforce a ban on the jilbab, leading to protests from parents and pupils.
- Protecting Witnesses (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 09, 2004)
Zahira sheikh's flip-flops may or may not have a bearing on the outcome of the Best Bakery case. But her shifting testimonies spotlight a larger issue
- Rightward Ho! (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 09, 2004)
THE US presidential election has several lessons for America and the world. Apart from Mr George W. Bush’s triumph and Mr John Kerry’s loss, the consequences of the verdict are far-reaching.
- Severe Setback (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 09, 2004)
Zaheera’s volte-face should not be allowed to affect the fight for justice for riot victims
- The Anachronism Of Electoral College (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Nov 09, 2004)
It is time the US electoral college system was abolished and President elected on the basis of popular vote
- Now, For The Real Face Of The Us (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2004)
I have a bone or two to pick with Mr B. S. Raghavan's article on the victory of Mr George W. Bush (Business Line, November 5). Understandably, he focusses on its implications on Indo-American
- Paralysis Setting In (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Nov 09, 2004)
Any further delay in forming a full-fledged ministry will affect the pace and quality of administration
- Cauvery: Disappointments, Appeals (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Nov 09, 2004)
The lower riparian has rights and unless the upper riparian is prepared to accept this, there can be no resolution of the dispute.
- Dangerous Portent (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 09, 2004)
Action must be taken to tackle the problem of the rising number of the mentally ill
- Good In Principle (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 09, 2004)
The Supreme Court judgement declaring software sold off-the-shelf as `goods' and upholding the levy of sales tax is right in principle and brings an element of certainty to commodity taxation of software for the first time.
- Why Bush Win Will Please Osama (Hindu, Robin Cook, Nov 08, 2004)
All the checks and balances that the founding fathers constructed to restrain presidential power are broken instruments.
- Stop The Rot In The Police System (Deccan Herald, Vishal Arora, Nov 08, 2004)
NHRC estimates that more than 50 per cent of the complaints it receives are against police personnel
- All Not Lost For Democrats (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Nov 08, 2004)
Moral Americans tilted the balance in favour of Bush, but post-poll surveys show that the Democrats need not panic
- Barnala I Know (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 08, 2004)
Just because Mr Surjit Singh Barnala, in 1990, when he was the Governor of Tamil Nadu, refused to comply with the wishes of the then Prime Minister, Mr Chandra Sekhar, to send a report to the President
- Beating Up The Messenger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2004)
The repeated attacks on journalists in Kerala by activists of the Indian Union Muslim League in full view of the police raise serious concerns about political goondaism and the
- Prosecution Of Ministers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2004)
THE Supreme Court ruling that the governors could independently exercise the right to accord sanction for the prosecution of a minister in the prevention of corruption cases without the “aid and advice” of the council of ministers is welcome.
- Frivolous Case (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2004)
It is a legal battle in which the petitioner himself has become the loser. The petitioner, Mr Sanjeev Bhandari, had challenged the auction of liquor vends in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on the ground that the Punjab Excise Department had ignored ...
- Landmark Verdict (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 08, 2004)
SC has ensured that those at the top will not be immune to the law against corruption
- Voters’ Right To Know, Us Style (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Nov 07, 2004)
I watched all the three presidential debates as most Americans did. It was like our Ramayana serial days back home when at certain part of the serial, it became a 'must see' and we rushed home. During the first debate, I found myself nervous.
- Danger Zone (The Economic Times, DR ACHAL BHAGAT, Nov 07, 2004)
WE live in stressful times. One in every four people suffers from a psychiatric disorder. But all of us suffer from a degree of demoralisation that we find difficult to cope with.
- Washington’S Monuments (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Nov 07, 2004)
There is a city that is inescapable in almost anyone’s view of November 2004. The city, Washington DC, holds the white building that ...
- President, Pm Shouldn’T Be Brought Under Lok Pal, Says Nariman (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Nov 07, 2004)
Legal luminary and Member of the Rajya Sabha Fali S. Nariman is one of the top constitutional lawyers of India.
- A Viscous Ghost In A Foaming Coconut Oil Case (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 06, 2004)
An oily case that recently slid through the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai, was that of Pushpanjali Floriculture Ltd.
- Best, Nay Worst, Witness (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 06, 2004)
THE Best Bakery massacre in which 14 people were roasted alive was one of the most horrendous incidents in Gujarat ’02.
- Fallacy Of Nuclear Deterrence (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Nov 06, 2004)
Recently Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee disclosed that India had “credible nuclear deterrence in place”. The Defence Ministry is now engaged in raising “specialised forces to tackle nuclear threat in all its dimensions”.
- Europe's Leap Towards Integration (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 06, 2004)
The establishment of a Constitution for the 450 million citizens of the European Union (E.U.) marks a decisive step down the road to political integration of the continent.
- How Latest Is Latest? (Business Line, R. Anand, Nov 06, 2004)
THE interesting issue of how current judgments are, came up before the Calcutta High Court in the C.E.S.C Ltd & Another vs DCIT & Others (2004 270 ITR 383).
- What Will Bush Do In His 2nd Term? (Tribune, Niall Ferguson, Nov 05, 2004)
It’s over. President George W Bush has won a convincing victory. Overwhelmingly, voters in Europe favoured Kerry — in Britain by a margin of four to one. Rest assured, nearly half of all Americans are feeling as baffled as you are. And so, I have to admit
- This Is Now A Bush Era (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 05, 2004)
Put plainly, the U.S. is moving steadily and solidly to the right.
- Bush Victory: Time To Build On Us-India Partnership (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 05, 2004)
With George W. Bush back in the White House, the nation's security will certainly be the foremost priority of his Administration. The election pledge to exterminate terrorism may have a beneficial
- Convincing Win (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 05, 2004)
Bush’s victory will give him a legitimacy his first term did not have
- Flip-Flops And Justice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 05, 2004)
The third volte-face in as many years by Zahira Sheikh, a key witness in the Best Bakery burning case, might in the end do more damage to her own credibility than to the cause of the prosecution in the ongoing retrial in a Mumbai court.
- It’S Now An Era (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 05, 2004)
Despite Iraq and unemployment, Bush won because he represented the values of the conservative majority
- Democracy In The Indian Context (Deccan Herald, J Rajagopalachari, Nov 05, 2004)
Unless drastic electoral reforms are pursued, our country will continue to have criminal elements at the helm
- More Appropriate To Rewrite (Business Line, Raghunath Ravi, Nov 04, 2004)
THE Concept Paper (CP) that gives a draft of the Companies Bill — prepared by the Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA), but yet to be vetted by the Law Ministry — is claimed to be a "compact version" that contains
- Outsourcing Vigilance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 04, 2004)
Sebi’s plan to seek private agencies’ help for corporate governance is a wise move
- Protect Christians Of Dalit Origin (Deccan Herald, EDUARDO FALEIRO, Nov 04, 2004)
There is need to legislate a bill to give Christians of SC/ST origin their due rights and privileges
- Scores Low On The Market Front (Business Line, Umesh P. Maskeri, Nov 04, 2004)
THE Concept Paper (CP) on codification of the Companies Act proclaims toserve as a pre-cursor to the re-codification of the company law. What follows are some of the important provisions of the CP that have a bearing on the capital market.
- Two Children (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 04, 2004)
The abuse of power is at the heart of rape. Yet, from the point of view of law, this generalization must be able to accommodate a diverse range of scenarios.
- Bush's Second Coming (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 04, 2004)
The world at large will look at a second Bush administration with a fair amount of trepidation.
- Check Adulteration (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 04, 2004)
The BMP should amend the Food Adulteration Act to make it more effective
- Fine Line (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 04, 2004)
Court cases have a propensity to pop up at the wrong time. Mr L.K. Advani, made chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party for a fifth time, could have done without the Allahabad high court’s reopening of the Babri Masjid case right at this moment.
- For An Autonomous Cbi (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 04, 2004)
It's shameful that the government has denied CBI permission to proceed against former petroleum minister and Congress leader Satish Sharma and others for their alleged role in a petrol pump scam.
- Litigation As A Weapon (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2004)
THE Punjab and Haryana High Court’s strictures against the Punjab Government for indulging in wholly unnecessary litigation are timely and a blow for justice.
- Made Legal (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 03, 2004)
Wearing several hats comes easily to Mr Pervez Musharraf. Now, both houses of Pakistan’s parliament have seen and endorsed his point of view, allowing Pakistan’s president to continue as its army chief as well.
- Palestinians Gripped By Fear (Tribune, Donald Macintyre, Nov 03, 2004)
MUSTAFA Abu Shawari did not pause from slapping dough for the traditional qatayef of Ramadan on to the hob outside the Nazareth restaurant in Ramallah as he considered the fate of the sick old man in his bed some 400 yards away.
- Prejudiced And Politically Suspect (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2004)
"Satish sharma's actions were wholly arbitrary, mala fide and unconstitutional." So said a Division Bench of the Supreme Court in November 1996 in the so-called petrol pumps cases
- Satish Sharma Again! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2004)
THE UPA Government appears to have come up with a clever solution for dealing with tainted politicians, particularly if they are Congressmen: remove the taint and accommodate the tainted.
- Forced Down (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 03, 2004)
Sterilization already carries an ugly historical baggage in India. But in the country’s largest and most populous state, population control has become another means of reinforcing existing forms of social oppression.
- The Politics Of Governor's Office (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 03, 2004)
In the interest of smooth Centre-State relations and in a truly federal structure it is desirable that a chief minister be consulted on the appointment of a Governor.
- Food For All, And More To Spare (Telegraph, Prasanta K. Ray, Nov 03, 2004)
The food processing industry needs to be encouraged if India is to make a dent in the world market for food products
- Chautala’S Sops (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2004)
FEW can challenge the rationale behind the Haryana Day giveaways Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala announced at Kaithal on Monday, but the timing and the motive were certainly questionable.
- Cbms Not Enough (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Nov 03, 2004)
President Pervez Musharraf is pressing ahead with his campaign to create and demonstrate flexibility in Pakistan’s traditional Kashmir stance, the perceived core of all problems with India.
- Awaiting Death, He Writes Poems (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Nov 03, 2004)
TEN years ago 40-year-old poet V. Radhakrishnan murdered a gangster in a village in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. The gangster had slaughtered his friend’s cattle and threatened his wife with widowhood.
- One School, Two Badges! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 02, 2004)
Long before a man called Narendra Modi and his politics gripped Gujarat, the mindset on which communalists thrive was becoming increasingly pervasive in the state of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Tailored For The Corporates? (Hindu, Ajay Gudavarthy, Nov 02, 2004)
How do we reconcile the need to study for jobs with an academic and genuinely inquisitive learning?
- A Megalopolis On Oxygen (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Nov 02, 2004)
There are many who believe that the self-styled megalopolis carrying the tag of Mumbai, if it continues to load its infrastructure along the present lines, is on its death throes.
- Does Your Vote Really Count? (Deccan Herald, SUBRAMANIAM VINCENT, Nov 02, 2004)
The responses of India and the US to their electoral problems have been very different
- Revolving Door (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 01, 2004)
It is unfortunate that the serial story of gubernatorial changes is continuing, with governors of more states being shown the door for no reason other than that they were appointed by the previous government.
- Tea And The Sack (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2004)
THE manner in which governors appointed by the NDA government have been removed has left a bad taste. This is particularly true about Tamil Nadu which has witnessed an unusual spat between Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil.
- Questionable Priorities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2004)
A government that lives on borrowings and is almost bankrupt should be making efforts to mop up revenue from wherever possible. Here is the Punjab Government, with a
- The Case For Kerry (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2004)
The London-based Guardian newspaper sets out the case for John Kerry to be elected as the next President of the United States.
- Clinical Trial On Trial (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Nov 01, 2004)
According to a report, the global outsourcing opportunity in pharmaceuticals, which worked out to about $24 billion in 2002, was expected to climb to $48 billion by 2007.
- Corruption In Public Life (Tribune, T. S. Krishna Murthy, Nov 01, 2004)
Corruption in Indian public life is often discussed these days since it has started seriously affecting the quality of life in a big way. No doubt, there have been efforts in the past to acknowledge the existence of the menace and its enormity.
- Looking Beyond Musharraf's Proposals (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 01, 2004)
There are options on Kashmir which lie beyond what both India and Pakistan consider unacceptable. The challenge is to explore them.
- Messing Up All Round (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2004)
The breach of propriety indisputably involved in Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's making public, through an extraordinary application in the Supreme Court, the transcript of a
- Queered Pitch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2004)
Clubs can play better cricket than the famed present Indian team. A number of cricketers had let out a howl of protest when the BCCI told the Supreme Court that the players represent the board and not the country.
- The Crucial Amendment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2004)
If neither George W. Bush nor John Kerry comes through convincingly, November 2004 could make November 2000 look like a high school picnic.
- Going Home (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2004)
How happy is a happy ending? In Jhajjar, Haryana, Sonia, eighteen months married and three months pregnant, will now be allowed to go back to her marital home as “daughter-in-law of the village”.
- 'We Must Focus On Living Heritage' (The Economic Times, NARAYANI GANESH, Oct 30, 2004)
It's time we put in place a national heritage policy,” says S K Misra, chairman, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.
- Why India Survives (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Oct 30, 2004)
Ever since India became independent, there have been sceptics who have predicted its imminent demise. Some have claimed that it would soon become a basket-case, marked by mass famines
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