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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 11444:
- Resignations A Charade (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2004)
Political leaders in Haryana seem to be playing oneupmanship on the sensitive waters issue. The BJP called a Haryana bandh on Monday, which evoked a limited
- A Growth-Oriented Budget (Tribune, D.N. Patodia, Jul 19, 2004)
Mr. P. Chidambaram deserves to be complemented for presenting a progressive and growth-oriented budget for 2004-05. Comfortably placed with impressive performance in the preceding year, achieving a growth rate of 8.2 per cent, inflation
- Gorbachev's Ghost (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Jul 19, 2004)
Saddam Hussein gave international currency to the phrase "mother of all battles" during the first Gulf War. The Elections 2004 could be, in a manner of speaking, described as the mother of all electoral battles in Independent India.
- Peace On The Guillotine, Again (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 19, 2004)
Dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir cannot succeed unless the central precondition for democracy exists: a commitment by all parties to resolve differences through discourse, not military means.
- Making `Delivery Mechanism' Deliver (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Jul 19, 2004)
Post Budget, there is much talk of `delivery mechanism' being the key to make a difference for Rural India. Delivery mechanism is the channel through which government spending on social priorities flows — ministries, departments and district officials.
- Cet Imbroglio — What Next? (Deccan Herald, H K SHIVANANDA, Jul 19, 2004)
While Karnataka has much to do in the Supreme Court, it should immediately provide relief to students
- Amarinder Singh's Terminator Act (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 18, 2004)
Never before has any Chief Minister in this country acted so outrageously as has Amarinder Singh in Punjab by enacting — suddenly and somewhat surreptitiously
- Ib’S Role Has Not Been Understood Properly (Deccan Herald, R N KULKARNI, Jul 18, 2004)
Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda’s recent statement that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) should monitor the activities of state ministers, is fraught with dangerous consequences.
- The Lure Of Democracy (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 17, 2004)
The latest issue of the `Human Development Report' says that Indians have a very high regard for their institutions, higher than what people have in the US, Germany, Switzerland and Australia.
- Small Ministries Are Better (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jul 17, 2004)
On July 7, the 91st Amendment to the Constitution came into effect. From this day on, the size of the Councils of Ministers at the Centre and in the states must not exceed 15 per cent of the members in the Lok Sabha or state legislatures.
- The Idea Of Cultural Liberty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 17, 2004)
The 2004 edition of the Human Development Report makes a bold attempt to expand the idea of human development by incorporating respect for cultural diversity.
- Syl: Time To Rectify Past Mistakes (Tribune, Himmat Singh Gill, Jul 17, 2004)
In view of the ongoing water war in which some of the northern states have been drawn into, consequent to Punjab passing the Bill terminating the water sharing accords, let’s all very honestly have another look at the merits and demerits of this issue.
- Fits And Starts In Gift Tax (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jul 17, 2004)
The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said in Parliament that tax evasion is on the rise. Every time somebody is caught with unaccounted income or wealth, the standard explanation is that it is either a credit or a gift from somebody.
- A Stamp Of Disapproval (Hindu, Suryanarayan Sinha, Jul 17, 2004)
The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice has removed from the Israeli quiver the arrow of legal justification for the construction of the wall in occupied Palestinian territory.
- A Sure Way To Securities Revenue (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 17, 2004)
The shock waves generated by the murder of Satyendra Dubey who blew the whistle on corruption in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) forced the Government to promise to enact a law protecting
- Bane Of Ad Hocism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 17, 2004)
Annulment of the CET seat selection process has put students in a quandary
- Essays In Honour Of Manmohan, The Professor (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 17, 2004)
Last week, the Finance Minister presented the first Budget of the new government, factoring in all that is dear to the Prime Minister.
- Falling Short On Reason (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Jul 17, 2004)
The Budget proposals on capital gains are not well conceived
- Right To Work For Aids Patients (Tribune, Aditi Tandon, Jul 17, 2004)
There is positive news about HIV/AIDS. The National AIDS Control Organisation has recommended free medical treatment to persons living with HIV/AIDS in six states — Maharsahtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur.
- Values And Heritage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 16, 2004)
The times are a changing. Our myths are no more made up of Ph.Ds. Scholarship is out of fashion. A seminal work on history or a provocative sociological insight is less attractive than a pamphlet for a slogan contest that promises the reward of a weekend
- Don’T Ignore Urban Development (Deccan Herald, A RAVINDRA, Jul 16, 2004)
There is a need to view urbanisation as an instrument of agricultural and rural development
- From Green To Hyderabad Blues (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 16, 2004)
One small step for man on moon was a giant leap for mankind. "Secularists" might be dismissive of five per cent reservation in education and employment for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh.
- Heading For Change (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 16, 2004)
With over two-thirds of the votes in Indonesia's first direct presidential elections already counted, the results may be known in the next few days.
- Goodbye Mrs Staines! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 16, 2004)
Had Gladys Stuart Staines left in January 1999 when her husband and two little sons were burnt to death in what President K.R. Narayanan described as mankind's blackest deed, it would have been painful but understandable.
- Behind The Facade Of Indian Subsidies (Asia Times, Kunal Kumar Kundu, Jun 29, 2004)
Good politics is quite often bad economics, and nothing epitomizes this better than India's subsidy system. The subsidy policies in India are being advocated by those same policy makers who appear in public as pro-poor, but are driven by the . . .
- India's Gandhi Must Burn Mother-In-Law's Recipe: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, Jun 22, 2004)
Since last month's surprise change in India's federal government, the Mumbai stock exchange Sensitive Index has shed 13.6 percent in dollar terms, more than any other benchmark equity index in the world.
- Course Correction (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 14, 2004)
The decision of the Directorate-General of Shipping to amend the Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 is in line with the widening options that shippers have today and the increased level of outsourcing of the logistics function.
- Rs Polls On (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 11, 2004)
Wednesday's vacation of the stay order by the Supreme Court on elections to the Rajya Sabha for filling 65 vacancies from 14 states deserves to be appreciated for three reasons.
- Burden Of Redundancy (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Jun 10, 2004)
Where a return is filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC) containing stipulated information/disclosure as required under a particular provision of the Companies Act, 1956, is it necessary to file the same with the RoC under another provision of ...
- Primary Education: Low Coverage, Poor Quality (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Jun 09, 2004)
The really critical aspect of the Indian public education system is its low quality. Even in educationally advanced States, an unacceptably low proportion of children who complete all grades of primary school have functional literacy.
- Revisiting Kargil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
FIVE YEARS AFTER the end of the Kargil war, a chairborne brigade has charged into action, ready to relive the murderous battles of that 1999 campaign.
- Wrong Address Little Bit Moderation, Lot More Sense (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
The President’s address is the government’s wishlist. Whether it should also be a hitlist against previous incumbents, or if it is, whether moderation is needed, is debatable.
- The Challenges Ahead (Hindu, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 09, 2004)
Shivraj Patil starts with a clean image and we can expect him to fulfil his new role of stewarding what is generally looked upon as a political task with great aplomb.
- Wrong Address Little Bit Moderation, Lot More Sense (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2004)
The President’s address is the government’s wishlist. Whether it should also be a hitlist against previous incumbents, or if it is, whether moderation is needed, is debatable.
- The Bjp's Past Is Not Its Future (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2004)
Hindutva once paid electoral dividends because it answered the needs of the moment. And that moment has passed.
- The Bjp's Past Is Not Its Future (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2004)
Hindutva once paid electoral dividends because it answered the needs of the moment. And that moment has passed.
- Funding The Cmp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
TO SPREAD THE benefits of growth more equitably and improve the quality of public services, the Common Minimum Programme promises to effect a major increase in government spending.
- The New Cji Is Sensitive To Problems Of The Needy (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Jun 03, 2004)
Mr Justice R C Lahoti, who took over as Chief Justice of India (CJI) on June 1, is considered by legal experts as “conservative” in matters of interpretation of law, yet competent, sharp and sensitive to problems of the poor and the needy.
- Banish Corporal Punishment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2004)
THE STATE HUMAN Rights Commission's recommendation to the Tamil Nadu Government to retain corporal punishment in the statute book is a retrograde move that contravenes its own mandate under the 1993 Act.
- Mr Vajpayee Can Play A Sobering Role (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 03, 2004)
The BJP criticised the Congress for changing the party constitution and making Mrs Sonia Gandhi the Chairman of the Congress parliamentary party. But it has had to do exactly the same itself, thus making Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee the Chairman and Mr L.K. Ad
- The Reds Under Manmohan's Bed (Asia Times, Sultan Shahin, May 28, 2004)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government is now in place. The inevitable hiccups in the appointment of a 68-member council of ministers (cabinet) from as many as 12 alliance parties have been sorted out.
- Is Manmohan Singh Right For India's Top Job?: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, Andy Mukherjee, May 20, 2004)
It was the autumn of 1970, and the Delhi School of Economics was abuzz with left-wing fervor.
- Man Behind India's Economic Boom Named Prime Minister (San Francisco Chronicle, Correspondent or Reporter, May 20, 2004)
Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic boom, was named prime minister of the world's largest democracy on Wednesday -- a magnanimous act of patriotism and just plain street smarts by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born leader of his party.
- How Did Sonia Manage The Near Impossible? (Rediff on the Net, Saisuresh Sivaswamy, May 14, 2004)
General election 2004 will be known as the Sonia Gandhi election, just as 1999 was Vajpayee's, 1989 was V P Singh's and 1984 was Rajiv Gandhi's.
- Supreme Court Ruling Applauded; Government Should Now Take Steps To Comply (Human Rights Watch, Editorial, Human Rights Watch, Apr 14, 2004)
The Indian government should promptly implement the Supreme Court's order to create an effective witness-protection program and conduct impartial investigations to determine who was responsible for the 2002 Gujarat riots, Human Rights Watch said today.
- India Mustn't Devalue Best Business Brains: Mukherjee (Correct) (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Mar 02, 2004)
Here's lopsided social justice at its worst.
India is raising the subsidy for the nation's top 1,500 management students at a time when the government doesn't have enough money to provide blackboards to all primary schools.
- Sharing River Waters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2004)
THE BROAD AGREEMENT reached between Tamil Nadu and Kerala to revise the Parambikulam-Aliyar inter-State water accord, which lapsed in 1988, clearly signals that the best way forward in resolving such disputes lies in negotiation and conciliation, ...
- Bill Of Wrongs In The Right Place? (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 08, 2004)
THERE is sufficient rancour among accountants, for varied reasons though. For some, bitterness is due to the Bill of wrongs in the right place, even as there are a few who think that at last the Government has done something right though the timing ...
- The Education Wars (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 08, 2004)
While every other sector of the Indian economy is being deregulated, education is becoming one giant appendage of the Human Resource Development Ministry.
- Coai Withdraws Wll Cases From Sc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Tuesday formally filed an application to withdraw its challenge to WLL(M) limited mobility and unified access licensing that was pending before the Supreme Court. The withdrawal was unanimous as ...
- Interlinking Of Rivers: Ripples Of Concern (Business Line, Sudhirendar Sharma, Jan 07, 2004)
NEVER before has any proposal won the unstinted support of the apex court, the first citizen and the chief executive of the country all at the same time. With this unprecedented backing, the Government has pressed in all available resources to steamroll
- Agreement On Agriculture - Confrontation Among Superpowers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 07, 2004)
WTO negotiations are battles between and among nations, and their groups, with countries like the US inclined simply to ignore the mandate of the international trade body, as has happened with the Byrd Amendment repeal. But the boot may be on the other
- Ravi Sidhu Likely To Get Bail (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Jan 07, 2004)
Former Punjab Public Service Commission Chairman Ravinder Pal Singh Sidhu, who has been lodged in judicial custody since March 2002 in the “money-for-job” scam, which had rocked the state two years ago, can hope for his release on bail in the new year as
- Celeb Weddings: I Do; I Don’t ... Oh, Whatever (Indian Express, BOOTH MOORE, Jan 07, 2004)
Pop star Britney Spears is single again after a wild weekend that could only have happened in Vegas, where she wed her childhood pal in a madcap ceremony perfectly scripted for Hollywood lore. Although the marriage to Jason Allen Alexander was annulled
- Hc Restrains Sit From Conducting Tests (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
The Mumbai High Court on Tuesday restrained the SIT probing the fake stamp paper scam from conducting scientific tests on accused Anil Gote and Ramachandra Rama Reddy till January 27. Admitting petitions filed by Reddy and Gote, Justice V.G. Palshikar ...
- Amway Comes Under Scanner Of Drug Control Authorities (Business Line, Ratna Bhushan, Jan 06, 2004)
AMWAY India, wholly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Amway Corporation, has been caught in a controversial situation.
The company has, for the second time, come under the scanner of the Drug Control Authority at least in one state - Kerala — for ...
- Cas: The Fading Picture (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jan 06, 2004)
The script is all muddled for the Conditional Access System. Instead of rushing to implement an ill-conceived system, the Government could have waited for the enactment of the Convergence Bill, which envisages a super-regulator that could have resolved
- Congress In Catch-22 Situation (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 06, 2004)
NEVER before in its long history has the once venerable Congress party faced the crisis it is undergoing today. Because it is, in national terms, in danger of becoming the perennial second party. There are many reasons for the Congress predicament, but
- Rain Harvests And Water Woes (Hindu, T. N. Narasimhan, Jan 06, 2004)
Intensive rain harvesting over large areas can significantly disrupt the hydrological cycle.
- `Change In Definition Of Resident Status Will Hit It Professionals' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE change in the definition of `Resident but not Ordinarily Resident' (RNOR) Indians, as effected in the Finance Act 2003, will have severe repercussion on Indian professionals and others who are employed in the software and IT-enabled services (ITES) in
- Restoring Lal Qila (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
AFTER bringing the historic Red Fort under the unified control of the Archaeological Survey of India recently, Union Culture and Tourism Minister Jagmohan has a plan to get the Shahjahan-built fort declared as a heritage monument by UNESCO and make it as
- Cbi Investigation May Not Follow Sit Findings (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The CBI, which is expected to start probing the fake stamp paper racket, may not rely on the investigation done by Karnataka’s StampIT.
‘‘We may accept its (StampIT) findings if we are convinced, otherwise we have our own way of investigating the case
- Television's Tangled Web (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE CENTRE'S YEAR-OLD move to usher in a new order in television through the Conditional Access System (CAS) has proved to be a leap in the dark. CAS is struggling to find its feet at a time when television is becoming more complex with multiple ...
- A Mullah-Military Alliance In Pakistan (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Jan 06, 2004)
GEN Pervez Musharraf has once again exposed the politicians of his country as being rank opportunists, always ready to barter their principles for political gains. He has done this by entering into a well-calculated deal with the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
- Force Of Corruption (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Jan 06, 2004)
In a matter of a few decades, corruption has taken deep roots among the police, mainly owing to political interference
- On A Home Run (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 06, 2004)
The new year, 2004, will witness the fourth consecutive general elections in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies into battle. No former Indian prime minister, save for Indira, the original Mrs Gandhi, has done
- The Cas Muddle (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
REPORTS to the effect that the Centre is planning to roll back the Conditional Access System (CAS) lend credence to the theory that the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been imposing the system on the consumers. It amounted to the Centre
- L&t Reduces Capital, Share Face Value (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) will see a reduction in equity capital by Rs 223 crore following the demerger of the cement business. The company will reduce the face value of equity shares from Rs 10 per equity share to Rs 1 per share.
- Sc Notices To Govt, States And Cbi (Indian Express, Prabhakar Rao Voruganti, Jan 06, 2004)
The Supreme Court today issued notices to all the states, National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Union Territories, the CBI and the Centre on five public interest litigation (PIL) petitions, three of them seeking a unified probe by the CBI into the
- Life Term For One In Post-Godhra Case (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
In one of the most sensational cases of post-Godhra violence in Ahmedabad, Additional Sessions Judge H.B. Antani today sentenced to life imprisonment one Dinesh for murdering Mumtaz Bano alias Geeta, and causing life-threatening injuries to her husband
- The Joy Of Human Life (Hindu, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Jan 05, 2004)
Religions are beautiful gardens. But they are islands. If we can connect all the islands with love and compassion, in a `garland project' for the new millennium, we will have a prosperous India.
- Year Of Some Big Decisions (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jan 05, 2004)
History normally runs on rails, with one development following another in fairly obvious succession. It may seem like a roller-coaster ride at times, but twenty years later the outcome is just about what you would have expected at the start. Once in a ...
- Budget-Making: An Exercise In Guesstimates (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 05, 2004)
IT IS that time of year when the corridors of North Block are busy with the Budget buzz. The detailed expenditure and revenue estimates would have already come in and the scrutiny of estimates with reference to actuals commenced. The first cut of estimate
- Too Easy To Manage (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Jan 05, 2004)
The scandalous leaking of the Indian Institutes of Management admission test papers and the attempts of the ministry to gain greater control over the IIMs heighten the need for a thorough review of management education in India, its content and governance
- It’s Time To Make New Friends (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Jan 05, 2004)
The BJP’s refusal to rein in Jayalalithaa as also contradictions inherent in their coalition drove the DMK and MDMK out of the NDA
- Funny Bandh (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
It takes a special kind of humour to find bandhs funny. Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was seized with a sense of the absurd when contemplating the latest form of political “action” being planned by his opponent, Ms Mamata Banerjee. The leader of the ...
- Party On The House (Indian Express, Shefali Anand, Jan 04, 2004)
Nineteen century homes in Panaji turn art galleries for a festival in the city’s Latin Quarter
- In No Man's Land (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Jan 04, 2004)
The Second Gulf War is put in perspective in Simpson’s world
- Mad About Words (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 03, 2004)
Not many of us are aware that when Shakespeare wrote his plays and sonnets, there were no dictionaries. There were some compilations of difficult words with their meanings but no one dictionary giving origins, meanings and usages of all words in the
- Afghans, Us Scramble To Salvage Constitution (Indian Express, MIKE COLLETT-WHITE, Jan 03, 2004)
Afghan leaders met US and UN officials behind closed doors on Friday, to try to end an impasse over a new Constitution that has exposed ethnic fault lines and undermined Washington’s vision of a strong presidential system. The Loya Jirga, or Grand
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