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Articles 8321 through 8420 of 11444:
- Abu Ghraib & The Milosevic Standard (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 09, 2004)
Just as Slobodan Milosevic was prosecuted, charges can be brought against George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld for the commission of war crimes by their subordinates.
- Put Care In Cure (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 08, 2004)
In the US, doctors customarily keep extensive records of their diagnosis and treatment as supporting evidence in case of malpractice suits. This caution is thanks to a legal and business culture where the consumer is king.
- Unaided Schools: Interference Won’T Promote Public Interest (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Aug 08, 2004)
Is the Director of Education entitled to regulate the fees in the private unaided schools? The Supreme Court has recently answered this question in favour of the department and rejected the contention of Delhi’s Modern School and others.
- Beyond The West (Deccan Herald, TIMOTHY GARTON ASH, Aug 08, 2004)
In today’s world, more people are more free than ever before. The west’s possibilities of helping the others out of unfreedom are also larger than ever. But what are the basic terms of engagement that people in the west propose to the rest of the world?
- Vale Of Tears Called Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 08, 2004)
Ever since we were reborn as an independent nation, Kashmir has been an unrelieved headache like migraine which never goes. We have tried all kinds of palliatives but to little effect. It abates for a while; then throbbing pain starts again.
- Blow To Bush (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2004)
The 9/11 commission report has called the US govt’s bluff on its reasons to invade Iraq
- Aicte Should Lay Down Proper Guidelines (Deccan Herald, B. K. Chandrashekar, Aug 08, 2004)
The barring of non-Karnataka students from the Common Entrance Test leading to professional courses in Karnataka is the latest controversy surrounding the CET.
- Not Having Quota Will Breed Inequality (Deccan Herald, V. Ranganathan, Aug 08, 2004)
There is nothing wrong with reservations in the private sector. The notion that efficiency is not served by reservation is quite misplaced, since the very concept of efficiency is based on what benefits it brings in for the reference group.
- Eu Elections (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2004)
Strong nationalist sentiments and an anti-incumbency mood influenced the outcome
- Challenge Of Tainted Order (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 08, 2004)
The question of "tainted ministers" and "tainted legislators" must not be seen in isolation. Nor can we run away from the gravity of the problem by politicising it selectively.
- Welcome Ruling (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 07, 2004)
Doctors should ensure that there is no cause for negligence in the treatment of patients
- Doctors Are Not Criminals (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2004)
THE relief granted by the Supreme Court to the doctors by ruling that they cannot be held criminally liable for negligence for the death of a patient during the treatment due to error of judgement or an accident actually helps ...
- Expanding The Tax Net — Track The Big Spenders-Low I-T Payers (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Aug 07, 2004)
If the Income-Tax Department does its homework diligently and gathers credible information on unexplained expenditure, several thousand people who spend lavishly and far in excess of the income they declare in their returns can be brought within the ...
- Punjab Claims On Syl Misleading (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Aug 07, 2004)
THE SYL canal issue is very easy to solve but has been complicated by politics. The issue can be entrusted to a body of renowned engineers for a solution. Since the issue involves engineering details, most people do not understand the game played by ...
- Challenge Of Tainted Order (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 07, 2004)
The question of "tainted ministers" and "tainted legislators" must not be seen in isolation. Nor can we run away from the gravity of the problem by politicising it selectively.
- Put Care In Cure (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2004)
In the US, doctors customarily keep extensive records of their diagnosis and treatment as supporting evidence in case of malpractice suits. This caution is thanks to a legal and business culture where the consumer is king.
- Defence Structure Needs Overhaul (Tribune, P.K. Vasudeva, Aug 07, 2004)
Defence sources reveal that the formulation of a war doctrine was discussed at the Army Commanders’ Conference in April. Though the whole information has been kept classified, yet in the briefing it has come to light that the concept of battle groups ...
- Calculus Of The Differential (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Aug 07, 2004)
MOST governments make a distinction between tax rates for domestic and foreign companies, and India is no exception. While business profits of foreign companies are taxed at 40 per cent, domestic companies bear a
- A Watchman Over The Taxman (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Aug 07, 2004)
Looks at the CAG's findings in its review of the I-T Department's working
- The Rape Of Himalaya (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Aug 06, 2004)
For centuries, the mountains, the Himalaya and the Vindhya, and the rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Sindhu, Krishna, Mahanadi and Cauvery, have been the cradles of India's civilisation.
- Figuring Out The Judiciary (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 06, 2004)
Every mature legal system requires detailed raw data about courts.
- Controversy Over Triple Talaq (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Aug 06, 2004)
Akhtar Sultan Begum of Lucknow had provided an answer to the current controversy over triple talaq that was triggered by the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board’s (AIMPLB) recent decision which held it to be an evil but opposed any law against it.
- Manipur In Turmoil (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 06, 2004)
The Centre’s initiative to tackle the situation in Manipur is rather belated. Ever since the custodial death of 32-year-old Thangjam Manorama Devi on July 11, the state has been in turmoil.
- Smoked Out (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 06, 2004)
Whatever the adverse consequences consumption of pan masala/gutkha may pose to public health, it is hard to see how the Supreme Court could have sustained the ban that Maharashtra and a few other States thought it fit to impose.
- Finality Eludes Forex Accounting (Business Line, Mohan R. Lavi, Aug 05, 2004)
Accounting for fluctuations in the rate of foreign exchange has always been a tricky issue. This is proved by the fact that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has revised twice its Accounting Standard on Accounting for the effects ...
- For Access To Science Publications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2004)
In July, the movement for `open access' got an important boost when the Appropriations Committee of the United States' House of Representatives and the Science & Technology Committee of the United Kingdom's House of Commons
- An Unsteady Boat (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Aug 03, 2004)
The Congress-JD(S) coalition govt in Karnataka is dithering on most administrative matters
- Recall Provision — People's Leash, Short And Tight (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 03, 2004)
It will be a folly for the political class to assume that its sovereign masters, the people, will put up indefinitely with oppression and hardship.
- A Government Settles In (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Aug 02, 2004)
The shape of the new Government's agenda is getting clear - and so is the nature of change and continuity.
- Cutting Our Noses… (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Aug 02, 2004)
THE early years of Indian Independence gave us the priceless gift of federalism, without which "India" might have remained a dream.
- Target Approach To Family Planning Won’T Work (Tribune, Usha Rai, Aug 01, 2004)
With several state governments advocating a target-driven approach to family planning and the public being wooed with incentives to go in for sterilisations, health activists fear a return to an Emergency-like situation.
- Lamba: Champion Of Solar Energy (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 01, 2004)
Comments of two farmers from Punjab best sum up the remarkable achievement of Hemant Lamba, a young Indian executive, who has won the prestigious Green Oscar Award.
- Npas: Why The Undue Anxiety? (Business Line, M. Sitarama Murthy, Jul 31, 2004)
If not for the accelerated provisions made to bring down the non-performing assets (NPAs) below the 3 per cent mark to comply with the last minute diktat of the Reserve Bank of India for declaring dividends, the profits of many banks would have been ...
- Money Against Merit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 31, 2004)
The seemingly disproportionate levels of protest across Kerala triggered by the suicide of an engineering college student who was unable to pay her hostel and tuition fees point to
- Nariman’S Bill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2004)
EMINENT jurist and Member of Parliament (Nominated) Fali S. Nariman’s introduction of the Judicial Statistics Bill, 2004, in the Rajya Sabha assumes special significance in the context of the huge backlog of cases and the courts’ inability to ensure ...
- Was Iraq A Mutual Charade? (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jul 31, 2004)
Saddam Hussein's bluff proved to be so successful that it set him up for George W. Bush's counter-charade.
- The Soren Show (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2004)
MR Shibu Soren's antics over the past fortnight following the issuance of a non-bailable warrant of arrest in a three-decade-old murder case were neither amusing nor acceptable.
- The Challenge Of Mass Hunger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 31, 2004)
The spate of hunger-related deaths reported across different States is now a national scandal; this can no longer be dismissed as an aberration or a passing seasonal setback.
- The Furies Come To Life (Hindu, M. S. PRABHAKARA, Jul 30, 2004)
For years, public opinion in the Northeast has protested against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act but to no avail.
- Morgan Stanley Says India Is Asia's `New Tiger': Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jul 29, 2004)
New Tigers of Asia,'' Morgan Stanley's appropriately titled study of economic growth prospects in China and India, contains a message for William Clay Ford Jr.
- Why Derail Lalu's Godhra Probe? (Hindustan Times, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 28, 2004)
Trust the Bihar strongman and Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, to know how to rattle the BJP and its allies.
- Move For Quota In Private Sector (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 28, 2004)
THE misuse by the political class of one of the positive aspects of modern governance — affirmative action in favour of the underprivileged — is a distressing feature of India’s post-1947 history.
- Crusading Courts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 28, 2004)
Right to protest should not infringe on another’s fundamental right
- Budget: Poor Get A Hearing (Hindustan Times, Dharmalingam Venugopal, Jul 28, 2004)
The Government's Budget may be faulted for what it has not done but it can hardly be blamed for what it has done. The Budget had a clear-cut objective
- To Save Polity, Pm Must Assert His Authority (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 27, 2004)
In the few weeks Dr Manmohan Singh has been Prime Minister, he has given the impression of being a self-effacing bystander helplessly watching the happenings around him, rather than one at the helm of affairs enjoying
- The Iraq Dilemma Once Again (Deccan Herald, A MADHAVAN, Jul 27, 2004)
India's place in the world involves the difficult choice of engagement with the problem of Iraq
- Informed Debate, Mellowed Mood (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Jul 27, 2004)
From the days when a mere walk-out shocked Dewan Mirza Ismail, the legislative council has come a long way
- Pay For Bandh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 26, 2004)
The Bombay High Court has fined the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party Rs 20 lakh each for having organised a bandh in Mumbai on July 30 last year in protest against the Ghatkopar bomb blasts.
- Punjab Water Imbroglio (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jul 26, 2004)
With better management, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan can meet their needs with much less water than they seek
- Re-Assess Water Needs (Pioneer, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Jul 26, 2004)
THERE are three different but inter-connected ways of looking at the recent water-related developments in Punjab: as political developments, as legal questions, and as issues of water management.
- The Soren Drama (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 26, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done the right thing in asking Coal Minister Shibu Soren to submit his resignation. It would have been much better had he acted earlier.
- Left Provides Life Support To Manmohan (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Jul 25, 2004)
D. Raja, National Secretary of the Communist Party of India perhaps knew that he was a cut above the rest in his student days when he earned the distinction of being the first graduate in his village, Chiththoor in Tamil Nadu.
- Punjab’S Decision On Syl Sticks In Centre’S Throat (Tribune, Rajinder Puri, Jul 25, 2004)
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh protected his political interests by rushing through the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act (2004), abrogating water-sharing agreements with neighbouring states.
- Nepal's Expanding Insurgency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2004)
Nepal is in the grip of a Maoist insurgency that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives since 1996. On a visit to the mountain kingdom, Nirupama Subramanian found people unhappy with both the monarchy and the politicians.
- A Positive Judgment To Negative Absurdity (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jul 24, 2004)
THE Supreme Court decision in the IPCA Laboratories Ltd vs DOT (2004 135 Taxman 594 SC) case indicates how taxpayers try to take unintended benefits relating to exemptions provided under the Income-Tax Act.
- Gp Koirala Emphasises Restoration Of Pratinidhi Sabha (Statesman, PARMANAND, Jul 24, 2004)
Girija Prasad Koirala, the Nepali Congress president, celebrated his 80th birthday on 4 July in New Delhi’s general and political heat.
- Passing The Buck (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2004)
It has been clear from the start that what we are witnessing in Punjab is as much a political game as a water dispute. Early indications of this came from the promptness with
- Reviving An Old Ghost (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 24, 2004)
The battle for telecasting rights is not in the interest of the gentleman’s game
- Troubled Waters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2004)
THE Central Government had no other option but to seek a Presidential reference on the controversial Punjab Act. The Supreme Court will in due course give its verdict on the
- Welcome Stay (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2004)
THE Andhra Pradesh High Court has rightly suspended the state's order that provided for 5 per cent reservation for Muslims in educational institutions and for government jobs.
- Ex Gratia Justice (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jul 23, 2004)
Our legal system individuates claims. Mass disasters become a collection of individual cases. India needs a `mass tort' law.
- Logic And Law Of Water-Sharing (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jul 23, 2004)
Haryana was Punjab and so were some parts of present-day Himachal Pradesh. These areas had the riparian rights in waters of the erstwhile Punjab state. Rajasthan had no riparian right.
- Andhra Goes Ahead (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2004)
The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has taken a bold step in going ahead with the necessary steps for holding talks with the Marxist-Leninist People's War Group.
- Pappu’S Health (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2004)
Seldom has any court of law taken a special interest in the whereabouts and welfare of a single accused. However, Pappu Yadav is not an ordinary person. The stocky individual who answers to this name is a politician from Bihar.
- A Shortened Story (Tribune, Girish Bhandari, Jul 23, 2004)
INDIA and Pakistan are to develop further continental ballistic missiles, when the peace wagon has finally started rolling! “No, not ballistic missiles, you dunderhead. In today’s language CBM stands for confidence building measures. NGOs are non governme
- India Retries Pivotal Hindu-Muslim Hate Crime (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2004)
When a Hindu mob stormed a bakery and killed 14, including two Muslims burnt alive in ovens, the gruesome crime became the symbol of religious violence that gripped India two years ago and left nearly 1,000 dead.
- Cpas Join Lawyers And Doctors As Defaulters (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 22, 2004)
Among the list of people who did not file tax returns for 2002 are 865 millionaires, 6,756 lawyers, 1,458 CPAs and 20,473 medical professionals, according to California's taxmen.
- Time To Renew The Congress (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 22, 2004)
The Congress, as the oldest political outfit in the country and still the only all-India party, has to take the lead in reviving itself as a political organisation.
- Seize The Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 22, 2004)
In a welcome move, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War (PW) has declared its readiness to have talks also with Governments of the other States
- Quota For Muslims (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Jul 22, 2004)
For the rudderless BJP weighed down by the electoral defeat, the issue of quota on the basis of religion has come as a potential political weapon for launching a long-drawn conflict with the UPA government.
- Glimmer Of Hope (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 22, 2004)
Compensation to the Bhopal gas tragedy victims is too little and has come too late
- Too Little, Too Late (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2004)
The Supreme Courts order, directing the Centre to disburse to survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster Rs. 1,505.46 crores that is part of the settlement reached with the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), comes not a day too soon.
- Military Rules, Not Okay (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 21, 2004)
The nation's political parties and politicians are continuously losing credibility as a result of increasing criminalisation of politics.
- Caste Iron (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 21, 2004)
The Bombay High Court has sent a strong message to bandh organisers-too strong perhaps to serve as a holistic answer to the problem at hand.
- Israel Pooh-Poohs World Courtvv (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jul 21, 2004)
With overt US support, Israel has consigned a World Court judgment against it to the trash bin
- What India Has To Learn From China (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jul 20, 2004)
We have deviated from the path of self-reliance by putting all our eggs in the corporate basket
- Fake Killing (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2004)
Higher revenue and the social sector have been kept in mind in the surplus budget
- Reviving Good Practice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 20, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh — a cerebral leader who takes the challenges and burdens of governance seriously — must be commended for reviving an excellent tradition: Jawaharlal
- Great Metamorphosis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2004)
Higher revenue and the social sector have been kept in mind in the surplus budget
- 91st Constitutional Amendment: Not Quite Adequate (Business Line, Mohan Guruswamy, Jul 20, 2004)
ON July 7, the 91st Amendment to the Constitution, limiting the size of the Council of Ministers at the Centre and the States to no more than 15 per cent of the numbers in the Lok Sabha or the State Legislature, came into effect.
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