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Articles 8821 through 8920 of 11444:
- Speeding Up Justice (Indian Express, Arun Firordia, Oct 14, 2003)
Reform, reform, reform: that’s the need of the hour if justice is to be done
- Disinvestment In Danger (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 14, 2003)
The imbroglio over the attempts to privatise HPCL/BPCL, and now bringing up the issue of splitting up IOC could actually jeopardise the entire divestment programme of the Union Government, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, who looks at the oil PSU s privatisat
- Mercy Or Murder? (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2003)
In France the medical profession has been calling for some legal framework for the widely practised act of euthanasia.
- Bellwether For 2004? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2003)
THE elections scheduled to be held in November-December for the State assemblies of Chattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan are bound to be keenly watched by psephologists, media pundits and political players for any clues they may ...
- Patents For Peace And Happiness (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Oct 13, 2003)
Indian scientists should be encouraged to assign their patents to a bank to be used for the common good.
- Mulayam Sends Ayodhya Sos, Pm Says Trust Vhp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
VHP MEET: MoS Chinmayanand’s role shameful, says angry CM
- Govt Gets First Chance To Make Sc Think Again (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 13, 2003)
HPCL-BPCL: Jessop hearing today may end Centre’s dilemma on disinvestment verdict
- Stamps Of Dishonour (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
A LOCAL PUNE court recently remanded Krishna Yadav, the Telugu Desam MLA and former Andhra Pradesh Minister, to custody in connection with the fake stamp papers scam. Mr. Yadav, who was arrested last month by the Maharashtra police under the ...
- Ioc Asked To Give Written Proposal To Buy Stake In Psus (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
The government had asked Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to submit its proposal to buy a stake in public sector oil undertakings, HPCL and BPCL, whose disinvestment has been halted by a Supreme Court verdict, Union Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said on Saturda
- Ebadi Selection Political: Radicals (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
While reformers have hailed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to an Iranian human rights lawyer as a boost for democratic reforms, powerful hard-liners denounced it as an act of interference in Iran’s internal affairs that supports secularism over the
- Newsreel 05.10.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
Smooth sailing Indo-US relationship is getting on to a new ‘Gliding Path’. Secretary of State Colin Powell tells the US media that the agreement on cooperation in high-technology, space launch equipment, civilian nuclear energy and missile defence would..
- Map Blues For Cong In Amethi (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Oct 12, 2003)
Chhatrapati Shahuji dist is history, more work for party
- Ayodhya Gates Shut, Sena Men Held (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
Over 1,500 Shiv Sena activists were arrested on Saturday while trying to proceed towards the venue of their proposed Ram Bhakt Sammelan here banned by the Uttar Pradesh government.
- Ministry Size: Bjp Proposes New Ceiling (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Oct 12, 2003)
There is a change in the BJP stand on the size of ministries. Having proposed a ceiling of 10 per cent of the strength of legislatures on ministries in the 97th Constitution Amendment Bill, it has now mooted a ceiling of 15 per cent. The amendment bill mo
- Contempt Of Quote (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 12, 2003)
She was in charge of Advani’s security on the day Babri fell. Her testimony is the most damning against him. And yet, Rae Bareli magistrate quotes her to discharge Advani
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2003)
P. Chidambaram, commenting on the attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, advocates a separate Telengana state as a solution to the endemic Naxalite violence that is plaguing the state for the past two decades (An attack seeks answers,
- The Shia-Sunni Equation (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 12, 2003)
THE EXIT of Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime has set off a power struggle among Iraq's two main Muslim sects. The Shias, who form the single largest community in Iraq and constitute 62 per cent of the population, are the chief contenders.
- Suspicious Times (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
CBI would do well to remember that it, finally, is accountable only to the public
- Enlightenment, Buddha Style (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 11, 2003)
If India’s east is to emerge at all, Kolkata and West Bengal must be the engine
- In The Land Of Pure, Law Is On Trial (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Oct 11, 2003)
Pakistan’s justice system, based on blind enforcement of Islamic provisions, outdoes even Arab countries
- Myanmar's Easy Ride (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2003)
THE MILITARY RULERS of Myanmar have snatched a diplomatic victory at the just concluded Bali summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). When the junta rearrested Aung San Suu Kyi last May, the 10-nation grouping made a ...
- Can Mumbai Become Shanghai? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 11, 2003)
Cities are increasingly a joint enterprise of the rich and the poor. A vision for their future must integrate the needs of both.
- Ncert Denies With Straight Face, Advani Says Chief Told Me Only 3 Lines Are ‘similar’ (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Oct 11, 2003)
After a meeting with NCERT director J S Rajput whose authors are accused of plagiarising parts of a Class XII textbook on world history, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said today that ‘‘it can happen that thoughts are expressed in a similar fashion.’’
- The Painful Reality Imf Ignores (Deccan Herald, Joseph Stiglitz, Oct 10, 2003)
The Fund has again failed in its most urgent task of reforming itself and has dealt with issues beyond its mission
- Appointments & Disappointments (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Oct 10, 2003)
Every judge must be an activist who shares the vision, the mission and the passion of the Constitution.
- Return Of The Hawala Calculations? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 10, 2003)
Suddenly, the BJP's political rivals find themselves having to answer to the investigative agencies.
- Best Bakery: Sc Turns Another Screw (Indian Express, Prabhakar Rao Voruganti, Oct 10, 2003)
Appoints rape victim Bilkis’s counsel Harish Salve as amicus curae in High Court; CJ refers to Express expose on VHP-linked public prosecutors, says find better ones
- The Use And Misuse Of Pota (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 10, 2003)
The curious case of the Union Minister of State for Non-conventional Energy Sources, M. Kannappan, should have woken the country to the problems being created by the use and misuse of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) but it evidently has
- Disinvestment Over A Barrel (Business Line, S. Arvind, Oct 10, 2003)
The idea of breaking up the Fortune 500 Indian Oil Corporation, just because two other oil PSUs could not be divested, does not make good business sense especially when world over oil companies are merging for size. To really succeed, the disinvestment pr
- Avoidable Confrontation (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 10, 2003)
THE people of the Bengal Presidency, during the British regime, as also of the successor State of West Bengal, in independent India, have always been politically aware and in the forefront of mass movements for causes which they regarded as important.
- The Man Who Refused To Go Quietly (Indian Express, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 10, 2003)
As JP’s centenary year ends, politicians barely bother with him. But to anyone who remembers the Emergency, he is immortal
- One Woman Out Of Pota Net, Jharkhand Will Review Others (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2003)
Taking note of the Sunday Express story on 15-year-old girls in Jharkhand’s POTA net, state police held a meeting two days to review their cases. In the case of at least one of them, Poonam Devi, whose plight was highlighted by this paper, the authorities
- Motera’S Empty Standing Ovation (Indian Express, Sandeep Dwivedi, Oct 10, 2003)
Not alarming, says Dalmiya, this is the TV age
- Worst Jobs In Science (Indian Express, Peter Carlson, Oct 09, 2003)
And you thought research was fun...
- High On Fii (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
BY FUNNELLING OVER $4 billion into the Indian markets this year, foreign institutional investors have sent strong signals about their positive perception of the Indian economy. It is true this flow has come when the rupee has appreciated by nearly 6 per..
- Uncertain Times In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 09, 2003)
Afghanistan continues to fragment politically. The blame is being put on the warlords but the malaise runs deeper.
- Green Fuels Sooner Rather Than Later (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Oct 08, 2003)
Govt says its plan on ethanol and biodiesel well on track
- Riots In Male (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2003)
At first glance, the recent rioting in Male, bears no apparent connection to the elections. Judging by the targets the mobs chose, it seems their anger was directed not just at the prison guards but also at Mr. Gayoom's Government.
- For Liberty's Sake, Pota Must Go (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2003)
Political India must wake up to the truth that the only use of POTA can be its misuse.
- Mute Witness To Injustice (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Sep 27, 2003)
The threatening of witnesses in the Gujarat riot cases came to light recently when Zaheera Sheikh pleaded that the high profile Best Bakery matter be tried outside the state for justice to prevail.
- Jet-Set Jaitley (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 11, 2003)
Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley is having a dream run at Cancun, positioned among the top five faces at the WTO meet.
- Now Science Is Behind Us On Ayodhya, Says The Deputy Pm (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 11, 2003)
: Joining the debate over the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report on the Ayodhya excavations,
- Lost Ground (Indian Express, N K Singh, Sep 11, 2003)
In his column called ‘Stop Politics of Vendetta’ (July 26 ,2003) journalist turned politician and member of the Rajya Sabha, Rajeev Shukla targeted the V P Singh government for its decision to ground the Airbus 320 fleet more than a decade ago.
- Girl, Interrupted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2003)
The last census had proved an eye-opener. It revealed that the sex ratio of the population in the 0-6 age group had declined in 10 years from 945 to 927 which, in turn, pointed to the widespread practice of female foeticide despite legislation banning it.
- For A Few Silvers More (Business Line, N. R. Moorthy , Sep 11, 2003)
The revision in sitting fees payable to directors for attendance at board meetings is discriminatory, says N. R. Moorthy
- Mayawati Overplays Hand, Burns Fingers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2003)
Less than 24 hours after she breathed fire demanding the dismissal of Union Minister Jagmohan over the Taj controversy, a sheepish Mayawati fell into line—at least, for now.
- Criminal Justice Reviewed (Hindu, K N Bhat, Jul 18, 2003)
The core philosophy behind the Malimath Committee's recommendation is that the criminal justice system should aim at finding out the truth.
- Changing Face Of Diplomacy (Upendra Choudhury) (Business Line, Upendra Choudhury, Jun 10, 2003)
The growing interest in economic diplomacy stems from increasing liberalisation and globalisation, as well as the growth of regional trading blocs.
- Jaswant Asks Sebi To Probe Trade Pattern Of Bank Stocks (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 10, 2003)
: Union finance minister Jaswant Singh has asked Sebi chairman to investigate trading pattern in banking stocks and submit the report at the earliest.
- Weapons Of Mass Deception (Lk Sharma) (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jun 09, 2003)
In the run up to the Iraq war, Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) occupied acres of newsprint and bombarded the airwaves, all of which had the desired result.
- First Operational Gslv Flight By Mid-2004 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
In a significant statement, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today asked political parties and leaders to stay away from the Ayodhya issue so that the "lingering" . . .
- Keep Off Ayodhya, Pm Tells Parties (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
In a significant statement, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today asked political parties and leaders to stay away from the Ayodhya issue so that the "lingering" dispute could be resolved early through talks between representatives of Hindus and. . .
- Decision To Levy Penalty Should Be Judicious (Hp Ranina) (The Financial Express, H R RANINA, Jun 09, 2003)
There are several provisions in the Income-tax Act, 1961 empowering tax authorities to levy penalties for various offences.
- Build Bridges (For Communal Harmony) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
The manner in which a minor altercation between two individuals sparked off communal riots in Hyderabad is worrying.
- Presidential Poll And Polemics Of Consensus (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jul 11, 2002)
THOUGH any election is all about politics, the presidential poll in the country has been sought to be freed from competitive and combative vehemence of electoral politics and polemics.
- Jayalalithaa: In The Eye Of Another Storm (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 11, 2002)
THE Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, is right back at the centre of another political controversy. Her government has invoked POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) to arrest eight MDMK functionaries for their utterances eulogising the LTTE.
- Writing On The Wall (Business Line, R. Anand, Jul 11, 2002)
The Indian accounting profession has lessons to learn from the WorldCom fallout.
- Contract Farming: Sowing Promise (Business Line, Amalendu Jyotishi, Jul 11, 2002)
AGRICULTURAL commodity production is susceptible to institutional and market failure. Contract farming is often seen as an answer to these systemic imperfections.
- The Next President (Hindu, S. Varadan, Jul 11, 2002)
THE WAY our political parties and their leaders went about the task of choosing a candidate for the office of the President of India does not do any credit to them.
- Discrimination At Work (Hindu, Andre Beteille , Jul 11, 2002)
Legitimate discrimination on the basis of ability and performance is obstructed by the pervasive suspicion that all discrimination, at least in India, is at bottom and by its nature invidious.
- Cabinet Reshuffle -- Check, Checkmate (Business Line, Harihar Swarup , Jul 11, 2002)
Establishing Mr L. K. Advani's supremacy both in the government and the party, and the indication that the BJP would henceforth adopt hard line functioning, were obviously the twin objectives of the recent Cabinet and organisational changes.
- Ec Proposes (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Rare indeed are the times when the entire political class stands up as one. But their face-off with the Election Commission raises more questions than it answers and does the political class no good at all.
- Highs And Lows (Financial Times, Edward Luce, May 30, 2002)
General Pervez Musharraf interview held at the Army Chief's official residence in Rawalpindi, Pakistan's military headquarters, took place immediately after Gen Musharraf had addressed the Pakistan nation in a televised broadcast.
- Pakistan Cannot Expect The Support Of India's Muslims (Independent (UK), M.J. Akbar, May 30, 2002)
A revealing but rarely revealed fact is that Muslims in the rest of India give no support whatsoever to the separatist insurgency in the Muslim-majority valley of Kashmir, that charming bit of paradise that could trigger off history's first nuclear war.
- Musharraf Set To Win Pakistan Poll, But At A Cost (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 28, 2002)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is set for a comfortable victory in a referendum on Tuesday to extend his rule for five years, but in the process he has damaged his credibility both at home and abroad.
- It's Not Winning That Matters In Pakistan (Gulf News, Nasim Zehra, Apr 26, 2002)
President Pervez Musharraf has promised to strengthen Constitutionalism, the prime ministership and the parliamentary form of government through a strengthened presidency. And developments during the past few weeks point towards a strong possibility of Mu
- Musharraf's Order Or Disorder? (News International, Farhan Bokhari, Apr 25, 2002)
The success of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's General President, at next Tuesday's referendum may already be a foregone conclusion, thanks to the widespread state-cum-'nazim' backed struggle to make his campaign anything but a failure.
- The Emperor's New Clothes (Dawn, Iffat Malik, Apr 25, 2002)
Come April 30, Musharraf will get his new clothes. person they - and all the people of Pakistan - should be admiring is Justice (resigned) Tariq Mehmood - the only one who spoke the truth.
- Musharraf Opens A New Political Front (Gulf News, Nasim Zehra, Apr 12, 2002)
Wearing army fatigues and throwing caution to the wind, Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf launched his political career at the Lahore referendum rally.
- A Western Ally Takes A Wrong Turn (Toronto Star, Haroon Siddiqui, Apr 11, 2002)
This week when Musharraf, now our front-line ally in the war on terrorism, announced a quickie referendum to rubber-stamp his stay for another five years, the West offered an eloquently silent assent.
- Pakistan, Still Unfree (Toronto Star, Editorial, Toronto Star, Apr 11, 2002)
Gen. Pervez Musharraf is a bold reformer, an ally in the global campaign against terror, and a leader who has done much to repair Pakistan's reputation as an incubator for corruption and extremism.
- Double Fault (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 05, 2002)
TWENTY days after Gandhiji's birthday, not many years ago, a police inspector of Chalakudy intercepted Rajendra Prabhu (RP) and recovered 30 gold biscuits of foreign markings from his car.
- Chamber Music (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2002)
Part of the problem for any government, when it comes to policy change, is lack of consensus among different chambers of commerce.
- Necessary Evil (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2002)
Other than policy changes, budgets are about Central government revenue and expenditure, with taxation as a major component of the former.
- Ivanov’s Cold War Comfort For India (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Feb 05, 2002)
As the stakes rise in the subcontinent, the Washington Wizards are scoring over Moscow. New Delhi, for now, is cheering on the winning side.
- Corporates: On The Fine Line Of Ethics (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Feb 05, 2002)
THE outgoing chief of the Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI), Mr D. R. Mehta, in the swan-song interviews he has been giving the media in the last few months, has sought to explain his lack of success in regulating the capital market satisfactorily.
- China And The Wto (Hindu, Raviprasad Narayanan, Feb 05, 2002)
The real test for the Chinese Government, more than the state of external trade, lies in the internal restructuring of the economy.
- In Search Of The Thermidor (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 05, 2002)
KATHMANDU, DEC. 21. Political life has been on a fast track in Nepal.
- Principle Of Discounting Given The Go-By? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 05, 2002)
THE Supreme Court is expected to have the last word in settling an issue.
- The Law And The Circulars (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Feb 05, 2002)
FISCAL laws depend on a proper administration for their success. The bare Act and the rules merely lay down the policy structure. Rigorous implementation will throw up conundrums and questions of interpretation will arise.
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