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Articles 8521 through 8620 of 11444:
- No Prima Facie Case, Trial Court Discharges All 13 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) here suffered a major setback on Friday when all 13 persons, accused of conspiring to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi after the 2002 riots, were discharged by a trial court. The court held that ‘‘there was no prima
- It Rules For Compounding Of Technical Offences Eased (Business Line, Mohan Padmanabhan, Jan 03, 2004)
It has also now been clarified that the CCIT/DGIT shall not reject an application for compounding of a technical offence, if all conditions prescribed in the guidelines are satisfied.
- They're No Country Cousins Of Commercial Banks (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 03, 2004)
Do NBFCs need a level-playing field
- The Tussle Over Receipt Type (Business Line, R. Anand, Jan 03, 2004)
On the evergreen debate, capital versus revenue
- Economics And Emotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
JUST AHEAD OF the second Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the Centre has got the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2003, passed in Parliament. This enables People of Indian Origin (PIOs) in selected countries to have a dual nationality status. In doing so, ...
- Coming Soon, Radio-On-Campus From Chennai (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Jan 03, 2004)
Come January 15 and a little cubicle in a corner of Chennai will turn into what is being seen as the world’s smallest radio studio and the country’s first campus community radio. Anna University’s own radio station is likely to get kicking then with
- Loner’s Lamentation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
NOBEL laureate Amartya Sen has held the Narendra Modi government responsible for the riots that followed the Godhra carnage in Gujarat. In a programme broadcast by the BBC on the New Year day, he has asked for a judicial examination of the allegations ...
- The Muddle Over Tds Interest - Ii (Business Line, Ambrose Pinto , Jan 03, 2004)
THE fundamental structure of Chapter XVII-A has been analysed in ACC Ltd vs ITO (74 ITD 369).
Section 191 mandates tax authorities to recover tax which has not been deducted, only from the assessee (that is, the payee from whose income the deduction
- Us To Open Biggest Mission In Baghdad (Indian Express, Robin Wright, Jan 03, 2004)
In Prepration for ending its occupation of Iraq, the US is making plans to create the largest US diplomatic mission in the world in Baghdad, complete with over 3,000 staffers. The transition will mark the hand-over of responsibility for dealing with
- Share The Risks, Split The Spoils (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Jan 02, 2004)
All works of fiction that make money for the publisher and author do so only when they are published as co-editions, that is, in an identical format in a number of countries or languages. Co-editions make possible sharing of production costs and, more ...
- Boycott Blow To Afghan Assembly (Indian Express, SAYED SALAHUDDIN, Jan 02, 2004)
Afghanistan's constitutional convention began voting on Thursday, but up to a quarter of the 502 delegates refused to cast ballots for a draft charter backed by the US after a long, acrimonious meeting. Men and women from across the country lined up
- Cement Down The Spine (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 02, 2004)
In early 1991, when the ramshackle Chandra Shekhar government was at the helm, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader hosted a small dinner for the then party president, L.K. Advani. For the BJP, those were heady days. The Somnath to Ayodhya rath yatra of
- Take That: Now Brazil Fingerprints Us Guests (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 02, 2004)
Brazil on Thursday began fingerprinting and photographing US visitors on the orders of a judge.
Federal Judge Julier Sebastiao da Silva, furious at US plans to fingerprint and photograph visitors on entering the US, ordered Brazil’s authorities do the
- Musharraf Wins House Trust (Indian Express, Amir Zia, Jan 02, 2004)
President Pervez Musharraf won a vote of confidence in both houses of Pakistan’s Parliament and four provincial assemblies on Thursday, keeping him in power until late 2007. The vote means Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup, will remain ...
- `Stock Market Is A Buffet Waiting To Be Relished' (Business Line, Virendra Verma, Jan 02, 2004)
Mr Rakesh Jhunjhunwala loves stocks. It has been that way since his childhood. Today he is arguably the largest individual proprietary investor and one of the biggest single taxpayers of Mumbai. Mr Jhunjhunwala describes the current market as a buffet ...
- Dumping Suit Against Indian Shrimp Export To Us - China, Thailand & Vietnam Also Face Problems (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Jan 02, 2004)
A COALITION of US shrimp farmers has filed a trade complaint seeking to curb $2.4 billion of annual shrimp imports from India, Thailand, China, Brazil, Vietnam, and Ecuador. The SSA, which represents the interests of eight shrimp producing US States,
- Npa Chase With Millstones Tied (Business Line, K. Srinivasan , Jan 01, 2004)
On the rough road ahead for banks and financial institutions in managing non-performing assets
- The Shattered European Dream (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 01, 2004)
The year gone by saw the masks of unity and integration torn off to reveal an E.U. rife with fragmentation, infighting and personal rivalry.
- Vajpayee's Challenge (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 01, 2004)
While Mr. Vajpayee may be able to lead the NDA back to power, this may not be enough for him to leave a permanent stamp on history.
- New Year Pronouncements (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Jan 01, 2004)
While India will emerge stronger in 2004, it is only political will that can bring about a real change in the economy, society and politics.
- Get Saarc Going (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
EVERY SUMMIT OF the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) raises the same question: can this grouping of seven nations ever get its act together to achieve any of its goals? In the nearly two decades of its existence, SAARC has ...
- Steel Tariffs: Pitting Us Against Half The World (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Nov 28, 2003)
For developing countries such as India and Brazil, the steel sector is pivotal to growth. If it slumps due to the vicissitudes of international trade, these countries would be seriously hurt.
- In Fast-Track City, Old-World Khurana Runs A Solitary Race (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2003)
If elections are won on favours and pavement-thumping activism, then the BJP’s candidate for chief minister of Delhi, Madan Lal Khurana, should be well ahead of his rival, Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
- Transferred Justice (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 28, 2003)
The jubilance that the Supreme Court's verdict has averted injustice asserts the pride that the Indian judicial system has the innate capacity to find just solutions. This merits introspective scrutiny.
- Law Day: An Occasion For Some Soul-Searching (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 28, 2003)
NOVEMBER 26, the date on which "we, the people" adopted the Constitution in 1949, is observed as the Law Day in India. (Curiously, in the US, May 1, the Labour Day, is also the Law Day!)
- For A U.N. Role In Iraq (Hindu, R. Kannan, Nov 28, 2003)
For the political process to succeed, it is important that any semblance of occupation is removed.
- The India Economic Summit Has Underlined The Need For Expediting Reforms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
The three-day India Economic Summit – jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the World Economic Forum – that concluded in Delhi on Tuesday has focused on the need to pursue reforms to move the Indian economy further forward.
- Quality Of Justice Is Not Strained (Indian Express, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Nov 27, 2003)
Don’t blindly increase the strength of the judiciary. Make the process of judge selection more rigorous
- House Privileges And The Courts (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Nov 27, 2003)
When life and liberty are put in jeopardy by the House on the ground of breach of privilege, the court's verdict about the privilege is final.
- The Born-Again Babus (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Nov 27, 2003)
It Is heartening that the Supreme Court has, in a hard-hitting pronouncement, reprimanded the Central Government for the direct encroachment by the bureaucrats in the judicial functions. This ruling was triggered by a petition challenging the appointment
- Haryana: Ias Official Took State Govt To Court (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 26, 2003)
When Sanjiv Kumar took charge as Director, Primary Education in Haryana, he saw a mini steel almirah wrapped like a gift in swathes of white bandage and sealed in at least 30 places. Little did he know that a list kept inside — of 3,206 primary teachers a
- Sc: Get Cbi To Probe Selection Of Teachers By Chautala Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Giving a fillip to the role of whistle-blowers, the Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into allegations that the Om Prakash Chautala government in Haryana subverted the selection of 4,000 primary school teachers three years ago. The inquiry is to be
- Ms Jayalalitha Cannot Be Proud Of Her Acquittal In The Tansi Cases (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
The Supreme Court’s acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha of all charges against her in the two TANSI cases amounts to only a legal exoneration in the most technical sense.
- Not Guilty. Guilty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Tansi verdict: we need to rescue the corruption issue from a narrowly legal framework
- Not All Over For Sharma: May Be Chargesheeted In Telgi Case (Indian Express, Prafulla Marpakwar, Nov 26, 2003)
The Maharashtra government is likely to chargesheet former Mumbai police commissioner R S Sharma on the basis of observations of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the multi-crore fake stamp paper scandal.
- Tansi Verdict: Sc Says She Violated Code Not Law (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 25, 2003)
It condemns her but does not convict her. This is because the Supreme Court, when it exonerated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today in the Tansi land scam cases, found her guilty of violating not the law but a purely voluntary code of conduct a
- Talking With Shah Rukh Khan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 25, 2003)
‘I am Islamic, I am a Muslim... but also a true blue Indian. And nobody can take that right away from me’
- An Island Again At Sea (Indian Express, Shalini Chawla, Nov 25, 2003)
The LTTE’s proposals of November 1, 2003 and the president’s actions in dismissing three key ministers brought Sri Lanka to the edge of yet another precipice. Fears of war between the LTTE and the state were rampant in spite of the president’s assurance t
- A Just Case For Transfer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
Since Gujarat cannot guarantee justice, there is no other way. For the moment
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
Apropos Abdul Karim Telgi and the stamp of doom, (The Sunday Express, November 16), the article notes that ‘‘The counterfeit stamp and stamp paper scam is threatening to become the biggest and most damaging business scam ever in India.’’ In fact, high sta
- Boy In Jackson Case Has Had Turbulent Childhood (Indian Express, Andrew Blankstein, Nov 23, 2003)
The boy who authorities say was molested by Michael Jackson reported the pop star’s alleged behaviour to a therapist, who in June informed Santa Barbara, California, County Sheriff’s Office, a source close to the boy’s family said on Friday.
- A New Identikit (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 23, 2003)
Jogi peddles ‘Chhattisgarhia’ pride in language, dress and movies
- Press Freedom (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Nov 23, 2003)
Our Constitution does not recognise any hierarchy of fundamental rights. Freedom of the press does not occupy a preferred position. Yet there are dicta of the Supreme Court describing press freedom as ‘‘the Ark of the Covenant of Democracy’’, ‘‘the most p
- Finance Ministry Asks Cbi To Probe Stamp Paper Scam (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
A week after the Allahabad High Court’s direction, the government has decided to handover the investigation into the Rs 30,000 crore stamp paper scam to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
- Chargesheeted (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
‘Badals worth Rs 4,326 cr’
- Double Helix Of Education (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 22, 2003)
The full text of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture delivered by Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, this week.
- An Appreciation Of Depreciation Litigation (Business Line, R. Anand, Nov 22, 2003)
The controversies in interpreting `block of assets' for tax purposes.
- An Appreciation Of Depreciation Litigation (Business Line, R. Anand, Nov 22, 2003)
The controversies in interpreting `block of assets' for tax purposes.
- Delay Is Double Whammy (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 22, 2003)
The law on delay as a defence in prosecution cases is hazy
- Portuguese Sonnets (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 22, 2003)
There was a time when besides our own regional languages, many Indians spoke three European languages fluently: English, French and Portuguese. We threw out the English but sensibly made their language one of our own.
- Delay Is Double Whammy (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Nov 22, 2003)
The law on delay as a defence in prosecution cases is hazy, says T. C. A. Ramanujam
- The Biharis Who Never Saw Bihar Until Last Night (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 21, 2003)
: Twenty eight-year-old Mukti Yadav has never been to Bihar. He has only seen its outline on a map of India. And that was very long ago: he was a child then, studying in an Assamese-medium school. Home has always been Assam for Mukti, a Bihari.
- Double Helix Of Education (Indian Express, Azim Premji, Nov 21, 2003)
As much as access impacts quality, quality impacts access
- A Dangerous Us And Them Mindset (Indian Express, Sudhanshu Ranjan, Nov 21, 2003)
Assam’s fear of the outsider is not a new phenomenon
- Objection, Your Lordship, Govt Tells Apex Court (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 21, 2003)
Undaunted by the Supreme Court’s stinging criticism that it was encroaching into its domain, the Government today said that Commerce Secretary Dipak Chatterjee was ‘‘the most appropriate person’’ to be appointed as chairman of the newly constituted Compet
- Ugc And The Road Not Taken (Deccan Herald, Amrik Singh , Nov 21, 2003)
UGC has been rendered so toothless that Chhattisgarh could notify more then 50 new varsities in just one year
It has taken approximately half a century for the country to discover that the powers given to the UGC, when it was set up in 1953, were far
- A Head For Competition Commission (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Nov 20, 2003)
As the Competition Commission's chief task is to decide whether a particular trade practice is harmful for the market, the economy or consumers, the top slot would require the expertise of an economist. If the right persons are not appointed at its format
- Cold To Cbi, Cong Feels The Telgi Heat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
Governor writes to Shinde, agency gets foothold in Bangalore
- That Slow Dance With The Jihadis (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 20, 2003)
Pakistan’s generals expend energy muzzling popular politicians, while pretending to fight Islamists. It’s bound to backfire
- A Separate Justice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
India cannot be divided into two territories: where justice roams free and where it cannot
- Assam, Centre Count Bodies And Excuses (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 20, 2003)
29 killed in attacks against biharis: ULFA rushes in where state Govt takes time to tread, Centre says polls so we can’t send ‘so many forces’
- Welcome Order (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 20, 2003)
Good preventive action by the Supreme Court in Jayalalitha cases
- Do As The Us Says, Not As It Does (Deccan Herald, Joseph Stiglitz, Nov 20, 2003)
America preaches free markets to the world, but at home they rely on the government to advance their aims
- Why Prisoners Love Their Boss To Hunger, Death (Indian Express, Stavan Desai, Nov 20, 2003)
Bhatt made jail kinder, gentler; govt shunts him provoking fasting and suicide bids
- All Their Worldly Goods (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
The affidavits of politicians make engrossing reading. But can we trust the stamp paper
- This Time, Amma Has Nowhere To Hide (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 19, 2003)
Her assets cases: SC transfers them to Karnataka saying we’re unsure of justice in TN
- Political Courage Puts Personal Tie On Record (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 19, 2003)
Sethi & Bhandari: ‘Those with illicit ties attack pious relationship’
- Jayalalithaa Underlines The Urgent Need To Codify Privileges (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 18, 2003)
It would be a pity if after the unanimous demand by the press to codify privileges of legislatures, the Central government failed to act. The matter has been hanging fire since the introduction of the Constitution in January 1950.
- Gujarat Bjp Exports Zaheera Nightmare For Dream Chance In Mp (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Nov 18, 2003)
RSS takes over campaign in Bhojshala, Gujarat’s Madhu Srivastava will run it; local BJP says it’s not fair
- Damage Control Day: Mulayam Fires Lawyer, Does A Babri Rewrite (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
His allies and Muslims quick to notice the sudden softening of his attitude towards the Vajpayee government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today launched an exercise in damage control: he fired his government’s counsel in the Supreme Co
- Govt Gets What It Was Waiting For: Sc Signal On Psu Rethink (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
The Supreme Court today indicated it would reconsider its ruling two months ago in the HPCL/BPCL case that PSUs cannot be privatised without parliamentary approval.
- Frames Of Shame (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
The NDA govt has many achievements to its credit, it should quickly clean this ugly blot
- Party Hits Delete, Pm Pause (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Nov 17, 2003)
If he is guilty, he will have to go: PM
- Tolerance Paves The Way, Jaya (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 17, 2003)
It is incomprehensible why Jayalalithaa, who is known to have national ambitions, chose to blot her copybook by attacking a national media institution like the Hindu. By that one act, she ended up uniting the media behind that organisation, as seldom befo
- New American Slogan (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Nov 17, 2003)
Bush has called for a democratic revolution in the Mid-East and elsewhere. Is it mere rhetoric or is he really sincere about it?
- Backburner Bench (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 16, 2003)
Many fear that the Supreme Court intervention in the arrest of five journalists for breaching the Tamil Nadu Assembly’s privilege will lead to a judiciary versus legislature confrontation. But indications are that the highest court in the land will avoid
- Newsreel 09.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2003)
IN WHAT was seen as a tussle between the legislature and the fourth estate, the judiciary toes a cautious line. Acting on a petition by The Hindu, the Supreme Court stays the arrest order issued by the Tamil Nadu Assembly against five of the daily’s senio
- Just Phone Call Away (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2003)
Even as the stamp paper scam blot travels across the country, its kingpin Abdul Kareem Lala Telgi is perhaps calling up aides from his cell in the Central Prison here. The prison authorities wouldn’t know - the jail still does not have jammers to stop its
- Caught On Tape: Union Minister Taking Cash, Saying Money Is No Less Than God (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 16, 2003)
As the polls draw near, the dirt has begun to fly faster and thicker.Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Dilip Singh Judeo, considered a strong BJP chief ministerial candidate for Chhattisgarh, has been caught on camera accepting cash in a
- Blues In Brick & Mortar (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Nov 16, 2003)
I recall the old adage ‘Time is money’. In India, thanks to an archaic system of governance ‘‘more time is more money.’’ This explains why there are unconscionable delays in implementation - be it policies, programmes or projects. By one account that I re
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