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Articles 10521 through 10620 of 11444:
- Not Nibbling At, But Chewing Away States’ Powers (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Aug 06, 2001)
“THE Union will go,” said a grim Sardar Patel, warning the Constituent Assembly on October 10, 1949, “You will not have a united India.
- The Inside Story... (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 06, 2001)
APROPOS of your edit 'Crime and punishment' (ET, July 23), it is baseless and incorrect to state that the CBI lacks skill in investigating economic offences and bank frauds.
- Pushing Back Corruption (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 06, 2001)
While there is no doubt that corruption among ‘public servants’— a wide term that now takes in legislators in its scope — is among the most serious impediments to progress in India, not many have offered workable solutions to deal with the problem.
- Protest By High Court Bar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 06, 2001)
AT a recent meeting of the members of the High Court Bar Association, Lahore, the following resolution was passed:
- Information Drought In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
For someone who claims the ``people's verdict is the ultimate verdict'', Ms. Jayalalithaa is unwilling to grant the people the right to information and the freedom of expression. Our Tamil Nadu Bureau reports.
- Tackling Us Presence Outside Its Borders (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, Aug 05, 2001)
THOUGH US President George Bush and the Japanese Prime Minister, Koizumi did meet at the recently G-8 summit at Genoa, Italy, it was as well that the US Secretary, Colin Powell did not include Japan during his around-the-globe trip.
- Phoolan’s Stories (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, Aug 05, 2001)
One of the most striking pictures of Phoolan is the one taken at her surrender in 1983.
- Information Drought In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
For someone who claims the ``people's verdict is the ultimate verdict'', Ms. Jayalalithaa is unwilling to grant the people the right to information and the freedom of expression. Our Tamil Nadu Bureau reports.
- Public Servants And Corruption (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 04, 2001)
THERE ARE A number of significant facets to the Supreme Court's recent ruling on public servants convicted on charges of corruption.
- Sc Hits Out At The Corrupt (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 04, 2001)
PUBLIC servants convicted of corruption charges are in for a hard time.
- ‘Centre Is Very Casual In Its Approach To N-E’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2001)
ASSAM Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who has completed 11 weeks in office, is a seasoned politician.
- Urban Population Growth Way Below Official Estimates (The Financial Express, Parul Malhotra, Aug 04, 2001)
India’s urban population grew at an annual exponential rate of 2.7 per cent in the 90s, according to data recently released by the Office of the Registrar General. As it turns out, this growth rate falls way short of previous official estimates.
- The Warmth Of Four Walls (Indian Express, Shyamola Khanna, Aug 04, 2001)
Making visitors feel welcome demands special qualities.
- Of Doubtful Wisdom (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Aug 04, 2001)
THE Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, would like to align the tax levied with the revised pay structure of the salaried class.
- Load On Accounts (Business Line, S. Rajaratanm, Aug 04, 2001)
TAX LAWS would influence accounting measurements because the impact on tax income is causing a wide divergence between pre-tax and post-tax incomes.
- Disinvestment In Heritage (Hindustan Times, K. M. Shrimali, Aug 04, 2001)
THE TATAS taking over the maintenance of the Taj Mahal hogged the headlines in electronic and print media last month.
- Of The Fixers, For The Fixers (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2001)
If this govt means what it says, why is Subramanyam in jail, not Manmohan.
- For The Love Of Liquor And Women (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Aug 04, 2001)
The retired chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court, Ranjit Singh Narula, tells me as gently as he can to give up drinking.
- Issue Of Livelihood Dominates Public Hearing On Kalpakkam Pfbr (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Aug 04, 2001)
The mandatory public hearing for the prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR), held in Kancheepuram on July 27, was like a classical play—it, too, had five distinct acts.
- Cheerless On Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 03, 2001)
SERIOUS political and diplomatic developments have blinded the nation to a crisis brewing in the economy.
- ‘I Have Largely Been An Agent Of Change In Tata Steel’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 03, 2001)
From turning around an ageing steel behemoth to a state-of-the-art one, to being adjudged the lowest cost producer in the world.
- Religion And The State (Hindu, T N Madan, Aug 03, 2001)
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS conventionally take their oath of office on the Bible and invoke the blessings of God on America and the American people.
- Tackling Discrimination (Hindu, N.R. MADHAVA MENON, Aug 03, 2001)
EQUALITY MEANS many things to many people. It continues to capture the imagination of people everywhere in varying degrees of appeal and intensity.
- Assimilation, Not Segregation (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 03, 2001)
THE DECISION of the Nepalese Supreme Court to deny citizenship rights to ethnic Indians who have lived in that country for several generations is bound to cause dismay in India.
- Managing Scam-Stuck Polity (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 03, 2001)
PRIME Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has reasons to feel deeply hurt at the mounting criticism against him and his government from his partymen, especially those belonging to the Sangh Parivar, and some leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance.
- Centre's Move On Tn Police Officials -- Good Governance Sidelined (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 03, 2001)
JUDGED by some aspects of their handling of the issues pertaining to the fall-out of the arrest by the Tamil Nadu Government of the former Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, and the two Union Ministers, Mr Murasoli Maran, and Mr T. R. Baalu.
- Election Reform In Us (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 03, 2001)
THE report of the private bipartisan 19-member National Commission on Election Reforms, co-chaired by two former presidents, Mr Jimmy Carter and Mr Gerald Ford, submitted to the US President, Mr George Bush, on August 1.
- Red Alert: Prosperity Kills Girls (Indian Express, S. C. Gulati, Aug 03, 2001)
ALTHOUGH a marginal improvement of eight points in the overall female to male sex ratio in India.
- Politics Of Hunger (Telegraph, Yougendra Yadav, Aug 03, 2001)
The establishment has finally discovered that there is a drought in the country. It happened at the Supreme Court on July 23.
- The Outrage In Rajasthan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2001)
THE DEMOLITION OF a mosque at Asind in Rajasthan by a lumpen crowd and the construction of a temple at the site soon after is indeed a reminder of the communal frenzy that has been at play across the country for over a decade now.
- The Migrant As Scapegoat (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Aug 02, 2001)
RECENT EVENTS and discussions in India's commercial capital should concern everyone in the country.
- Trade Buzz (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 02, 2001)
Throwing a tantrum is always a good way to call attention. The 24-hour “all-Bengal trade strike” on Wednesday, organized by the Confederation of West Bengal Trade Associations, was just such a tantrum.
- New Commission Must First Articulate Its Philosophy (The Economic Times, T.T.Ram Mohan, Aug 02, 2001)
THE GOVERNMENT'S decision to reconstitute the Disinvestment Commission could hopefully mark a return to realism in its approach to privatisation.
- After The Knocks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 02, 2001)
Keep the political track alive in J&K.
- Cell Sweepstakes (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 02, 2001)
THE VACATION OF the stay by the Madras High Court sets the stage for the finalisation of the third and final round in the bidding process and grant of licences for the fourth cellular operator across the country.
- Obsessed With Vengeance (Hindustan Times, Prakash Patra, Aug 02, 2001)
THE NDA government’s arbitrary and unprecedented decision to transfer the services of three IPS officers, involved in the arrest of DMK leader M. Karunanidhi and two Union ministers, does not augur well for a federal polity like ours.
- Officers As Pawns (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2001)
When will the politics of vendetta end in Tamil Nadu?
- Democracy In Indonesia -- Dogged By Rebellion (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 01, 2001)
UNFASHIONABLE though it might be to say so, the contrast between Indonesia's turbulent change of guard and the orderliness with which power is transferred in India after elections highlights the difference between Dutch and British colonialism.
- United Colours Of The Opposition (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2001)
ONE and a half weeks into the monsoon sitting of Parliament, the Government is realising that it may have misread the signals of Opposition disunity sent out by the failure of Sonia Gandhi’s session-eve tea party.
- Phoolan Didn’t Frame A Will, Her Husband Gets Everything (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2001)
When Mala Sen, the author of India’s Bandit Queen, approached Kamini Jaiswal in November 1999 with the case of a ‘woman dacoit’ languishing in jail, the Supreme Court lawyer was initially hesitant.
- A Draconian Measure (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 01, 2001)
IT IS unfortunate that the Supreme Court has dismissed at the admission stage a writ petition which challenged the Home Ministry's memorandum on the invitees from abroad.
- Accept Loc As Border (Indian Express, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Aug 01, 2001)
IF Pakistan is to stand shoulder to shoulder on the world stage with developed nations it must see that its options are not — as it would appear at first sight — between military and democratic rule.
- Party Slips, But Govt Is Safe (Tribune, P. Raman , Jul 31, 2001)
ADI Shankara’s biggest contribution has been his theory of two levels of reality — the common man’s virtual awareness of the universe and the ultimate reality of brahman as universe.
- Yes, Minister (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 31, 2001)
UNION law minister Arun Jaitley has appealed to the judicial fraternity to be careful in dealing with public interest litigation against the proposed Convergence Commission.
- Heaping Insult Upon Injury (Indian Express, Ravi Agarwal, Jul 31, 2001)
No place to park the garbage? How about some precious forest land?
- Reflections On An Assassination (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jul 31, 2001)
I must be among the select few to not think Seema Biswas when talking Phoolan Devi. For I never did get around to seeing the film.
- Hunger Among Full Granaries (Telegraph, Devinder Sharma , Jul 31, 2001)
The Supreme Court has finally donned the robes of annadata — food-giver.
- Taking Students For A Ride (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 31, 2001)
THE report that Punjabi University, Patiala, and Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, have introduced a number of unrecognised technical and professional courses.
- Fateful Decision (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 31, 2001)
Even today, nearly 85 per cent of India is still rural with no access to financial resources other than crops grown by them. In a bad season, families have no grain, and therefore no income.
- Here’s No Place Like Home (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Jul 31, 2001)
IT HAS taken six months for the Gujarat government to get its figures right on the earthquake.
- Fresh Study Of The Wto Agenda (Tribune, Sucha Singh Gill, Jul 31, 2001)
INDIA has been a member of the WTO for the last six and half years. As a successor to GATT, the WTO has a much larger agenda.
- Effects Of The Narmada Verdict (Hindu, Jai Sen, Jul 31, 2001)
``THE GOVERNMENT wants us to flee like the rats as the submergence water rises, as they have done all these years in the other dams.
- Central Pettiness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 31, 2001)
In taking umbrage at the habit of the BJP’s allies to treat the ruling coalition in a somewhat casual manner, the party’s president, K. Jana Krishnamurthi, has chosen to ignore the basic reason for such behaviour.
- Wto Ruling Against Us On Steel Can Work In India’s Favour (The Financial Express, P.K. Vasudeva, Jul 31, 2001)
Rejection of US appeal by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel and its upholding a ruling that the United States had acted illegally in increasing duties on Japanese steel.
- Cynical Manoeuvres (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 31, 2001)
IN REQUISITIONING THE services of three senior IPS officers of the Tamil Nadu cadre, including the Chennai Commissioner of Police, Mr. K. Muthukaruppan, the Atal Behari Vajpayee regime has demonstrated that it would not feel `constrained' by such factors.
- Competition Law On The Anvil (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jul 31, 2001)
PARLIAMENT is all set to consider the Draft Competition Regulation Bill shortly.
- Unwise And Belligerent (Hindu, V. R. Lakshminarayanan, Jul 31, 2001)
The reported transfer of three IPS officers to the Centre in a lightning stroke has rocked both police circles and citizens alike.
- Win Peace Back, Bit By Bit (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 30, 2001)
Centre’s negotiating tactics in Northeast need reviewing.
- Tough Guy Wins (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 30, 2001)
Consider what happened in the Philippines last year.
- Autonomy Will Redeem Ladakh (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Jul 30, 2001)
In his article, 'Ladakh revisited' (July 10), Bharat Jhunjhunwala laments that the motivation for the Ladakhi Buddhists' campaign to carve Ladakh out as a Union Territory is the Central dole for economic development.
- Vision 2020 -- Grain, Grain Everywhere, But... (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 30, 2001)
A MOUNTAIN of food is currently piled up in the Government's godowns. At the same time, there is an alarming level of destitution in many parts of the country.
- Us Institutions In State Of Disarray (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 30, 2001)
IT has been a sizzling summer for the US. An apparently unending flow of dispiriting news has pricked its pride in being mankind's mentor.
- Alas, The Government Thinks It Is Not Accountable! (The Financial Express, R K Roy, Jul 30, 2001)
The government is at its wit’s end: people starve even as godowns overflow with foodgrains and rot.
- We Need Protection Against Piracy’ (The Economic Times, Neena Prui, Jul 30, 2001)
THE INDIAN music resale business has undergone tremendous change in the last couple of years and has become a Rs 1,500 crore industry.
- India And The Asean Ambit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2001)
THE DIPLOMATIC DIVIDEND of the Agra summit has been put to some good use by India during its latest interactions in Hanoi with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
- An Avoidable Step (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2001)
THE DECISION BY the Union Government, at long last, to restrict the ceasefire agreement with the NSCN(I-M) to the State of Nagaland alone.
- Death On The Box (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jul 30, 2001)
The violent death of celebrities allows us to celebrate their lives in a way that would be impossible had they simply passed away in their sleep. Indeed, the more brutal the ending, the more we relish it.
- Classic Manila Mode (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 30, 2001)
Now look at Indonesia. The revolution that overthrew the dictator, Suharto, in 1998 was in the classic Manila mode, and the subsequent election was mostly free and fair.
- Pressuring Bureaucrats (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2001)
Sir, - This refers to the article `SC frowns on officials buckling under pressure' (July 26).
- Mega Change (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2001)
The same forces that removed Abdurrahman Wahid as Indonesia's President could pose a threat to the new leader as well... But for now, says AMIT BARUAH, there is considerable goodwill for Megawati Sukarnoputri.
- Mega Change (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2001)
The same forces that removed Abdurrahman Wahid as Indonesia's President could pose a threat to the new leader as well... But for now, says AMIT BARUAH, there is considerable goodwill for Megawati Sukarnoputri.
- New Nepal Pm Marks Change Of Generation (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 29, 2001)
THE election of Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister of Nepal marks the change of generation in troubled Nepal.
- Significance Of Shelton’s Visit To India (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Jul 29, 2001)
THE dust and din in the aftermath of the Agra summit-level meeting seem almost to have blurred the significance of the visit here of General Henry Shelton, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Pitfalls In The Path To Peace (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Jul 29, 2001)
The central theme of the renewed Indo-Pak dialogue was, in General Pervez Musharraf's words:
- Blazing Guns, Security In A Blindfold (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Jul 29, 2001)
The murder of Phoolan Devi in broad daylight and in one of the relatively secure areas of the national capital, raises a number of crucial questions relating to India's internal security, policing and the health of the entire criminal justice system.
- Of Promises Made (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 29, 2001)
Mr. Advani's rejection of the `autonomy resolution' also means a rejection of the promises made by New Delhi in recent years, says HARISH KHARE.
- For A Fair Deal (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Jul 29, 2001)
The Berbers of Algeria have risen in protest since the beginning of this summer.
- Pitfalls In The Path To Peace (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Jul 28, 2001)
The central theme of the renewed Indo-Pak dialogue was, in General Pervez Musharraf's words: "Let us forget history.
- After Agra (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 28, 2001)
THAT the Agra Summit would not deliver favourable results for New Delhi was a foregone conclusion -- even when the Prime Minister, Mr Vajpayee, sprang his `Summit surprise' on the nation on May 23.
- Course Of Corporate Profit Rate In Us (Business Line, P. R. Brahmananda , Jul 28, 2001)
THE Bureau of Economic Analysis of the US periodically presents data on national income, capital stock, international investment position, and so on.
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