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Articles 9721 through 9820 of 11444:
- Maneka’s Salvo At Sonia, Congress! (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Nov 10, 2001)
Maneka wins a libel case and fires a salvo at Sonia and a captive Congress party reacts.
- Resolving The Food Riddle (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2001)
FOODGRAINS MANAGEMENT, BY the Centre, has unquestionably led to monstrous absurdities in recent years.
- Statutory Effect On Hindus (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Nov 10, 2001)
Let us now examine some Hindu scriptural injunctions and see whether they yielded to the will of our Constitution and if they did, what remains of them after they passed through our constitutional sieve.
- `Presidentialism' (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 09, 2001)
*THE Times of London*, in its issue of November 7, carries a commentary on the governing style of the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, and points out how.
- ‘Moca And Poto Are As Alike As Apples And Potatoes’ (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 09, 2001)
While the BJP has been on the offensive from the beginning to accuse the Congress of double standards on POTO, the Congress has been strangely slow in reacting to the charges.
- Physician, Heal Thyself (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 09, 2001)
Some Dalits became Buddhists at a conversion ceremony a few days ago.
- Reject Poto In Toto (The Kashmir Times, Praful Bidwai, Nov 09, 2001)
Nothing has recently caused as much disquiet in India’s political and journalistic communities as the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance. At stake is the citizen’s freedom and the fairness of the judicial system.
- The Long Cave (Business Line, Timeri N. Murari , Nov 09, 2001)
LIKE everyone else, I have been brooding over Osama bin Laden (ObL, for short).
- Anandgarh & Sainik Farms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 09, 2001)
THERE is nothing common between Anandgarh in Punjab and the Sainik Farms township in Delhi.
- Another Kind Of Imperialism? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 09, 2001)
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee for Home Affairs seldom meets outside New Delhi.
- From Tippy To Kitcha (Indian Express, Vinita Bahadur, Nov 09, 2001)
WHEN I got married to an Indian Air Force officer I was totally ignorant of the customs and traditions of the defence services.
- Vajpayee On Crucial Foreign Visits (The Kashmir Times, O. N. Mehrotra, Nov 09, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee began on November 4, his ten-day crucial visit to three major world capitals--Moscow, Washington and London--and New York.
- Auditing The Auditor (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Nov 08, 2001)
THE former Chief Justice of India, Mr P. N. Bhagwati, mooted the idea of institutionalising the office of ombudsman to oversee the functioning of the judiciary as also to fix judicial accountability, but the suggestion has not been implemented so far.
- Bharucha: A Champion Of Rule Of Law (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2001)
MR Justice Sam Piroj Bharucha, who took over as the new Chief Justice of India on November 1 following the retirement of Mr Justice Adrash Sein Anand, brings with him rich experience in the administration of justice.
- The Saving Clause (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Nov 08, 2001)
FORCE MAJEURE clauses envisage eventualities beyond the control of contracting parties. Such clauses are of two types: open and close ended.
- The War Of Words Resumes (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 08, 2001)
CHENNAI, NOV. 7. After Mr. O. Paneerselvam took over as Chief Minister, there was a lull in the State.
- Who Will Police The Police? (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Nov 08, 2001)
Criminal justice is the cutting edge of the rule of law and its functional lancet is the police force - cadres and leaders alike.
- Laloo Yadav's Travails (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT ruling directing Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav (along with Mr. Jagannath Mishra) to surrender before the Special Court at Ranchi and face trial is indeed in conformity with the legal requirements.
- Get Trips Out Of The Wto (Business Line, Bipul Chatterjee, Nov 08, 2001)
THE WORLD is reeling under the scare of anthrax. Every day cases are reported mainly from the US but elsewhere too.
- Laloo Back In Jail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2001)
IT may be premature to write about the amazing rise and abrupt fall of Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav as the most controversial politician of Bihar.
- When In Us Plane, Don’t Ask Questions (Tribune, Vasantha Arora, Nov 07, 2001)
Curiosity killed the cat. Well almost, as an Indian in the US discovered after asking an innocuous question that sent law enforcement agencies — edgy after the terror attacks — into a spin.
- Bjp: Quest For Survival Strategy (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 06, 2001)
A series of incidents in the past few weeks in the ruling BJP and the RSS parivar have led to different kinds of interpretations about the nature and extent of the increased rumblings.
- Repairing Rather Than Reinventing Railways Is The Need Of The Hour (The Financial Express, Aarti Khosla, Nov 06, 2001)
While scarce resources were sunk in unremunerative projects, the budgetary support was reduced and the share of the Indian Railways (IR) in the Plan outlay was drastically cut.
- Financing Education For All (Business Line, C. B. Padmanabhan, Nov 06, 2001)
THE universalisation of elementary education for all children up to age 14 as declared in article 45 of Indian Constitution is an important objective of educational policy.
- Contract Farming And Forward Contracts -- Way To Go, Way To Grow (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Nov 06, 2001)
Despite the corporate organisation's appearance of universal suitability, it is not the only form that zealously pursues efficiency and competitiveness.
- Ban On Smoking (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 06, 2001)
THE Supreme Court has once again emerged as the undisputed champion of public health.
- Cut And Paste Doesn’t Work In Education (Indian Express, Sanjiv Kaura, Nov 06, 2001)
The education bill, in its present form, is a damp squib.
- Nothing Statesman-Like (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 06, 2001)
Sir, - Mr. Rajeev Dhavan's ``Assault on Ayodhya'' (Nov. 2) brings out the sequential planning of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, the first phase of which is over now.
- Poto, What It Does Not Say And What It Says (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Nov 05, 2001)
PROMULGATED late evening on October 24, the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, 2001 — known popularly by its highly pronounceable acronym, POTO — is already bristling with controversy.
- Ask Your Lawyers, Ms Gandhi (Indian Express, Arun Jaitley, Nov 05, 2001)
POTO counters terrorism by necessary, legitimate means.
- Burnt Out Ends (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 05, 2001)
Smoking in public places will be forbidden soon in India.
- Banning The Smoke That Kills (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 05, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT has done well by the people of India in ordering a ban on smoking in public places throughout the country.
- Targetting The Butt (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 05, 2001)
THE Supreme Court should be complimented for issuing the recent directive to all States and Union Territories immediately to issue orders banning smoking in public places.
- Vision 2020 -- Why Rbis Moves Wont Work (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 05, 2001)
The high transaction cost and the lack of commitment to fulfilling contracts because of the corruption in high places make a mockery of monetary policies. P. V. Indiresan explains why Dr Bimal Jalan cannot do a Greenspan.
- Legislating A Police State (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 04, 2001)
IT IS not the best kept secret of the Government that the police is thoroughly criminalised and corrupt and the judicial system is teetering on the brink of collapse.
- Fraught Times (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Nov 04, 2001)
THE NEW Khaleda Zia Government in Bangladesh has set itself 25 targets to achieve in the first 100 days in office.
- Political Solution Remains Elusive (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Nov 04, 2001)
THIRTY-five years ago, Haryana was born on November 1 with the congenital problem of acute thirst.
- Punjab And Haryana River Waters Dispute, Not A Drop Of Water To Spare (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, Nov 04, 2001)
THE current water dispute between Punjab and Haryana have views wide apart. Whereas Haryana lays claim to some 3.5 MAF of water, Punjab says that there is ‘not a drop of spare water’ and so nothing can be given to Haryana.
- The Poto's Dangers (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 04, 2001)
THE NATIONAl Human Rights Commission and eminent lawyers while voicing their strong opposition to the POTO feel that existing laws, if properly implemented, are enough to deal with terrorists.
- Another False Dawn? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 04, 2001)
IT IS a measure of the volatile Northern Ireland politics that its best moments can quickly dissolve into disappointment.
- Fraught Times (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Nov 04, 2001)
THE NEW Khaleda Zia Government in Bangladesh has set itself 25 targets to achieve in the first 100 days in office.
- Legislating A Police State (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 04, 2001)
IT IS not the best kept secret of the Government that the police is thoroughly criminalised and corrupt and the judicial system is teetering on the brink of collapse.
- Another False Dawn? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 04, 2001)
IT IS a measure of the volatile Northern Ireland politics that its best moments can quickly dissolve into disappointment.
- Vagaries Of Unilateralist Policies (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Nov 03, 2001)
PRESIDENT Bush declared war on the terrorists who were responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center, New York and the Pentagon on September 11 and swore that the war would not end till terrorism was completely eliminated from the world.
- Air-Y Diplomacy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
The jury is still out on this war’s frequent fliers.
- Religion And Civilisation - Ii (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, Nov 03, 2001)
INDEPENDENCE BROUGHT some relief, but the age-old issues have yet to be resolved in this era of globalisation.
- Religion And Civilisation - I (Hindu, Mushirul Hasan, Nov 02, 2001)
THIS LAND of over a billion people has been the cradle of three religions - Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
- Preparing For Vat (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2001)
THE FINAL REPORT of Karnataka's Tax Reforms Commission comes as an addition to the existing body of literature on India's moves to switch over to Value-Added Tax (VAT).
- Assault On Ayodhya (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 02, 2001)
THE VISHWA Hindu Parishad's (VHP) storming the makeshift temple on October 17 was not a stray incident. It has a context, a past and an ominous future.
- Poto, The Government’s Excuse For Abuse (Indian Express, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 02, 2001)
Terror masquerades as an anti-terrorism ordinance, piggy-backing on the September 11 attacks.
- A Blanket Ban That Hasn’t Worked (Indian Express, Bhaskar Sinha, Nov 02, 2001)
Let people cut trees without destroying their forests.
- ‘Poto Is An Easy Way Out For Govt, There Should Be No Short-Cuts For Human Rights’ (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Nov 02, 2001)
Justice Ranganath Misra, former Chief Justice of India and the first chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, finds the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) ‘‘an easy way out’’ for law-enforcing agencies.
- `We Are Not Sold To India Or Pakistan' -- Mr Abdul Gani Lone, Former Chairman, All Party Hurriyat Conference (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 01, 2001)
For Mr Abdul Gani Lone, former chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Kashmiris have reached a point of no return.
- Teaching And Research (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 01, 2001)
INDIA'S POOR record in literacy and primary education is nothing short of a scandal. Despite the many problems with which it started at Independence, a country with India's material and intellectual resources could have done better.
- `We Are Not Sold To India Or Pakistan' -- Mr Abdul Gani Lone, Former Chairman, All Party Hurriyat Conference (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 01, 2001)
For Mr Abdul Gani Lone, former chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Kashmiris have reached a point of no return.
- Time For Good Riddance (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 01, 2001)
THE chief of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), Maj-Gen Hermann Loidolt, has said goodbye to international decorum and personal propriety by making uncivil comments in respect of Kashmir.
- ‘Changing Cms Is Like Passing The Baton In A Relay Race. It Can Be For The Pm As Well’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
Jana Krishnamurthy became the BJP president by default, thanks to the Tehelka tapes. But the unassuming Tamil lawyer was quick to find his feet.
- Heart Is Where The Homeland Is (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Nov 01, 2001)
For two decades or more, different adivasi groups in Kerala have petitioned and agitated for the return of their land that had been taken over by the new settlers and non-tribals.
- Why Defend The Indefensible? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
LAW MINISTER Arun Jaitley and Information and Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj have assured journalists that they have nothing to worry about the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO).
- Peace Moves At Panchvati (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 01, 2001)
WHAT’S in a name, one could ask. But Panchvati, the newly constructed auditorium complex at Race Course Road named after Ram’s home-in-exile, seems to have changed the atmospherics between Vajpayee and his estranged Sangh parivar members.
- Diluting Mlas’ Rights (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
INDIA is taking the wrong route to electoral reforms. Now the emphasis is on stripping the voters, even if they are honourable members of Vidhan Sabhas, of their right to vote according to their choice.
- When Terror Takes The Hawala Route (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin & Sunil Jain, Oct 31, 2001)
Discovered by the US, rediscovered in India: after gangsters, exporters and expatriates, terrorists are lining up to raise funds through the “efficient, cost-effective and private” illegal parallel banking system.
- Heart Is Where The Homeland Is (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Oct 31, 2001)
For two decades or more, different adivasi groups in Kerala have petitioned and agitated for the return of their land that had been taken over by the new settlers and non-tribals.
- The Court And The Political Order (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 31, 2001)
TOMORROW THE country will have a new Chief Justice when Mr. Justice A. S. Anand leaves office after a three-year innings.
- Pakistan Says Debt Relief Will Give Fiscal Space (The Financial Express, Sabyasachi Mita, Oct 31, 2001)
HONG KONG: Pakistan is seeking to convert bilateral debt owed to Paris Club creditors to easier terms and stretch it out over a longer period to provide the economy with some breathing room, its finance minister said on Tuesday.
- Bjp’s ‘Congressisation’ Problem (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 31, 2001)
HOME Minister L.K. Advani’s recent warning to his partymen that they should guard against being “Congressised” comes rather late in the day.
- The Long Journey From Joi Bangla To Zia’s Bangla (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 31, 2001)
Even if history repeats itself, it is nowhere so true as in Bangladesh. One of the two women, Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed, alternately come to head the country and indulge in the same rhetoric, make the same promises and weave the same dreams.
- Highly Retrograde (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2001)
THE UNION CABINET'S decision to initiate a statute change to dispense with the `domicile' qualification for election to the Rajya Sabha is a highly retrogressive one and, worse, it seeks to undermine its Constitution-endowed distinctive character.
- `Independent Kashmir Not Feasible' -- Syed Ali Shah Geelani, President, Jamaat-E-Islami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 30, 2001)
DETERMINING their fate through a referendum is the only way to solve the Kashmir problem, says the President of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
- A Blow To Human Rights (Hindu, K. G. Kannabiran, Oct 30, 2001)
The Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance 2001 (POTO) has notified all the militant organisations we have been hearing about all these years operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
- No Islam This (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
Murderous hordes cannot be allowed right of way in Pakistan.
- ‘India Still Miles Away From Making Housing Constitutional Right’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2001)
He has several path-breaking judgements to his name and credit, on issues as diverse as housing and homosexuality.
- `Independent Kashmir Not Feasible' -- Syed Ali Shah Geelani, President, Jamaat-E-Islami (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 30, 2001)
DETERMINING their fate through a referendum is the only way to solve the Kashmir problem, says the President of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
- Fdi: Heeding The China Model (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 30, 2001)
THE Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Murasoli Maran, deftly combined industry and trade in his portfolio since his return to the Union Cabinet under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 1999.
- Change Of Guard In Bangladesh (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Oct 29, 2001)
THE WAY the recent parliamentary elections were conducted in Bangladesh once again confirmed its position as one of the largest functioning democracies of the world. On the basis of my observance of the 1996 elections.
- Rourkela Steel Losses Blamed On Political Interference (The Financial Express, Sunil Mukhopadhyay, Oct 29, 2001)
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is again on the downhill track.
- From Shah Bano To Daniel Latifi (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Oct 29, 2001)
“MUSLIMS will allow attacks on Allah,” wrote Wilfred Cantwell Smith, the noted scholar of Islam, “there are atheists and atheistic publications, and rationalist societies;
- Bio-Terrorism: Easier To Be Targetted Than Target (Indian Express, Richard A. Serrano, Oct 29, 2001)
In a Wisconsin courtroom a few years ago, a federal judge and two lawyers faced a bearded, long-haired figure known as the ‘‘Mad Scientist,’’ confronting then what now worries millions of Americans — the threat of biological terrorism.
- Majoritarian Prescriptions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2001)
THE RSS CHIEF has done it again.
- Mixed Mandate (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Oct 28, 2001)
FOR THOSE who were claiming that Tamil Nadu was going the Bihar way, the election to the local bodies was only another pointer.
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