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Articles 10621 through 10720 of 11444:
- Staging Summits (Hindu, P. R. Chari , Jul 28, 2001)
IT WOULD be pointless to dispute whether the glass of Indo- Pakistan relations is half-full or half-empty after the Agra Summit.
- Blazing Guns, Security In A Blindfold (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Jul 28, 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.
- In The Fire (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 28, 2001)
He is still stricken by the fever he caught at Agra. More anger than fever maybe, but the heat still casts its spell on his face even a week after Agra.
- My Best Brief (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Jul 28, 2001)
ON March 17, 1771, Sir William Jones in a letter to Count Reviezki observed that, “The only road to the highest stations in this county is that of the law.” More than two centuries later, I experienced the truth of this statement. May I share?
- Uti’s Hidden Scams (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 28, 2001)
FIRST it was the crisis of disinvestment in government-owned enterprises such as Balco and Air-India. Now it is one of investment by government-owned financial institutions (FIs) like UTI, LIC, GIC MF and several banks.
- Foreign Food (Business Line, D. Murali , Jul 28, 2001)
A RECENT Customs circular focusses on the testing of food items before Customs clearance so as to ensure that the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act is not violated.
- A Retrograde Stance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2001)
THE UNION HOME Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani's statement in the Rajya Sabha unequivocally ruling out `autonomy' for Jammu and Kashmir reflects a rigid mindset that is recklessly insensitive to the concerns of an alienated people and, much more disquietingly.
- New Signs Of Hope In Nepal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 28, 2001)
THE DEMOCRATIC SELECTION of Nepal's new Prime Minister, Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba, and his initial success in humouring the `Maoist' rebels prior to his assumption of office on Thursday has stirred new hopes in the Himalayan kingdom.
- Attention Mr Advani (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jul 28, 2001)
It is scarcely believed that the home minister is unaware of the proliferation of private armies being raised and trained in the use of firearms right across the country.
- Out Of Justice’s Way (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 28, 2001)
The provision granting immunity to government officials from prosecution for actions taken while discharging their duties was originally intended to ensure that, first, they will not be subjected to frivolous litigation.
- Income From Unapproved Investments -- Not All Is Lost For Trusts (Business Line, V.K. Subramani, Jul 28, 2001)
WHERE a charitable trust earns income by virtue of the provisions contained in Section 13(1)(c) or (d), then that relevant income is chargeable to tax at the maximum marginal rate.
- Tina Factor (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jul 27, 2001)
Prime Minister Vajpayee seems to be a lucky man as his Government has nothing much to fear from the Opposition, at least for the time being.
- Reneging On The Promise To J&k (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 27, 2001)
The failure of the summit at Agra was unfortunate. But the Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani's statement in the Rajya Sabha is a disaster. It has ruled out autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir.
- Listen To The Discontent (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 27, 2001)
IF THE renewed focus on Kashmir in the wake of the Agra summit persuades the Centre to pay greater attention to the state’s internal problems, it will be a welcome development.
- Impasse At Agra (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jul 27, 2001)
HE CAME, he saw, he left. He did not conquer. But, he claimed a victory. This was predictable; and, indeed, inevitable. Whether the Agra summit was a success or failure is irrelevant. It collapsed. We need to know why.
- Bumpy Road To Peace (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Jul 27, 2001)
That the prime minister’s statement in the Lok Sabha has failed to dispel the general public feeling of his government’s utter ineptitude in handling the Agra summit is not surprising.
- A Presidential Accession (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2001)
INDONESIA'S DEMOCRATIC CREDENTIALS are being reinterpreted yet again in the emotion-charged context of a unanimous impeachment of the President, Mr. Abdurrahman Wahid, by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
- Is This A Freedom Struggle? (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Jul 27, 2001)
THE MURDER of 15 Hindu villagers, including five women and children in a remote village in Doda, forces one to ask if this is what General Pervez Musharraf meant when he said in his breakfast meeting with some Indian editors.
- Move To Revive Silent Valley Hydel Project Raises A Storm (The Financial Express, Hari S. Kartha, Jul 27, 2001)
The decision of the Kerala government to revive the Silent Valley hydro electric project has brought back into focus the controversy that led to the project being shelved two decades ago.
- Monarchy In Nepal (Hindu, Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, Jul 27, 2001)
ON JULY 7, Maoist rebels shot dead 47 policemen and a civilian in a string of attacks on security posts in Lamjung, 190 km west of the capital Kathmandu, and in Nuwakot, 90 km north of the capital.
- Scams Unlimited (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 27, 2001)
IN ABOUT FIVE months since Budget day the financial system has driven the Indian middle-class into a huge sulk with stealth news every morning diminishing wallet value.
- Needed, Summit With A Structured Agenda (Pioneer, Brij Bhardwaj, Jul 27, 2001)
Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf is either naive or he has very low opinion of the power of understanding of Indians.
- Down The Garden Path (Pioneer, Vandana Kumari Jena, Jul 27, 2001)
In the heart of Thamel, that exotic bazaar in Kathmandu, which is every tourist's dream-come-true, is the restaurant Rum Doodle.
- Phoolan Devi (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 27, 2001)
THE GRISLY MURDER of Phoolan Devi, executed with such precision in broad daylight, is indeed a pointer to the extent to which killer gangs could go about with their guns even in some of the most protected areas in the capital.
- Sos: Allahabad On Life Support (The Economic Times, Shubhrangshu Roy, Jul 27, 2001)
THERE’S this mile-long stretch of a high-street that cuts through the centre of Allahabad, bang in the heart of the Hindi heartland. The Brits first built the street and named it after one of their Viceroys, Lord Canning.
- Perjury Here And There (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 26, 2001)
THE conviction in the UK of bestselling novelist and peer in the House of Lords Jeffrey Archer on the charge of perjury comes as a wake-up call to India.
- What An Ashram! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 26, 2001)
Bhondsi exemplifies all that is wrong in society.
- Shady Girl, Blazing Guns And The Political Fast Lane (Telegraph, Arundhati Roy, Jul 26, 2001)
At the premiere screening of Bandit Queen in Delhi, Shekhar Kapur introduced the film with these words: “I had a choice between Truth and Aesthetics. I chose Truth, because Truth is Pure.”
- Counter-Voice To Agra Extravaganza (Pioneer, Chanchal Sarkar, Jul 26, 2001)
The higher the peak the deeper the trough. The more the media blow up a balloon, the more abject is its whimpering collapse.
- Defective Law To Check Rank Opportunism (Pioneer, Jagdeep Dhankar, Jul 26, 2001)
The Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, the anti-defection law, came to be inserted ostensibly with the laudable object to strengthen our parliamentary democracy by curbing unethical defection and unprincipled politics.
- Vvip Squatters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 26, 2001)
NOW that the Supreme Court has given its firm verdict, former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar will have no option but to start leaving the Bhondsi “ashram” in Gurgaon which had been expanding ever since it came into existence in 1983.
- Fear At Dawn (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 26, 2001)
The precision and effectiveness of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s attack on the Katunayake military airbase and Banadaranaike International Airport close to Colombo indicate the devoted observance of a gruesome anniversary.
- The Right To Food (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 26, 2001)
THIS can happen only in India. Surplus food stocks on the one hand, and prospects of starvation deaths on the other. And yet little action.
- Constitutional Imbroglio In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Jul 26, 2001)
THE ANNOUNCEMENT by Sri Lanka's President, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga, that Parliament would be prorogued and a national referendum would be held on August 21.
- Competition And Policy? (The Economic Times, Parth J Shah, Jul 26, 2001)
THE CABINET has approved the competition Bill despite crucial differences among the members of the Committee on Competition Policy.
- Regulation: A Bump In India’s Biotech Lane (The Financial Express, Parul Malhotra, Jul 26, 2001)
“We have three levels of approval committees with increasing order of incompetence”.
- Terrorising A Fractured Sri Lanka (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2001)
A SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN of terror has been launched by the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to confound the Sri Lankan President, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga, at a time of turmoil in the hapless country's mainstream politics.
- Ouster In Disgrace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 25, 2001)
IN October, 1999, Mr Abdurrahman Wahid was sworn in as Indonesia's first democratically elected President with much fanfare and tremendous public enthusiasm.
- Misused Pil (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 25, 2001)
DESPITE the Supreme Court having laid down guidelines on when courts should entertain public interest litigation, there is enough reason for apprehension that PILs continue to be used for stalling or blocking routine executive decisions.
- Clueless In Agra (Hindustan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Jul 25, 2001)
IT IS a classic case of a big, blind gamble passing off as diplomacy.
- How 1919 Punjab Rebellion Was Suppressed (Tribune, Gobind Thukral, Jul 25, 2001)
THE British imperialists unhesitatingly showed their cruel and ugly face when they imposed martial law on Punjab in April, 1919.
- Us And India Can Be Natural Partners In The Global Economic Arena: Rocca (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 25, 2001)
I have a simple but, I think, powerful message for you today: the Bush Administration is committed to strengthening and intensifying our relations with India.
- Political Master Stroke At Agra (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 25, 2001)
In terms of real politic, the outcome, or the apparent lack of it, of the Agra summit, will prove to be a master stroke of Indian diplomacy.
- Grounded Phoenix (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 24, 2001)
It will be difficult for this phoenix to rise again. Mr Shibu Soren’s occupation seems to have gone with the loss of his Rajya Sabha membership from Jharkhand.
- Sivaji' V.C. Ganesan, 1927-2001 (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2001)
VILLUPURAM CHINNIAH GANESAN portrayed a vast canvas of emotions on the silver screen.
- Set An Example (The Economic Times, T. S. Sivaramakrishnan, Jul 24, 2001)
THE newly introduced Saral forms for income tax have questions akin to the ones asked when a scrutiny occurs. People fear the latter very much as they lead to harassment and corruption.
- The Agra Syndrome (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jul 24, 2001)
VAJPAYEEJI, I salute the statesman in you for the factum of the summit meet but feel frustrated at your team's infantile ineptitude for the dire denouement!
- Corporates Should Be More Proactive In Checking Insider Trading (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 24, 2001)
With decision-makers in the corporate sector getting embroiled in controversies, fear and scepticism reigns the stock market and business channels.
- Miasma Of Misrule Overpowers All (Pioneer, Sidharth Bhatia, Jul 24, 2001)
Dramatic events make news; slow moving processes do not.
- Women's Bill: Combat Or Capitulate (Pioneer, Ashish Talwar, Jul 24, 2001)
Women as a socio-politico group are undoubtedly the biggest losers in today's democracy.
- Barrister’S Secret Marriage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2001)
The first Subordinate Judge of Alipore has admitted the plaint of Mirva Devi, a daughter of Mr P.L. Roy.
- Undue Diligence (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 24, 2001)
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India is reported to have pulled up 24 mutual funds whose schemes have performed badly.
- Conversion As Protest? (Pioneer, Valson Thampu , Jul 23, 2001)
Reportedly a thousand members belonging to 225 Arundhadhiar families near Coimbatore decided to convert to Christianity in protest against the caste-based discrimination they were subjected to.
- Uti Veil Ripped Off (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2001)
THE head of the former head of the UTI (Unit Trust of India) has rolled. Also those of two executive directors.
- Time To Return To The Valley (Hindu, Muchkund Dubey , Jul 23, 2001)
THE MUCH-PUBLICISED Agra summit did not live up to the expectations and ended without producing even a bald agreed statement summarising the principal events and reiterating that the dialogue will continue.
- Bring Back Trust (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 23, 2001)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING the country's largest mutual fund, the UTI, can be viewed in two ways.
- Convergence Bill May Work At Cross-Purposes With Its Objective (The Financial Express, Anees Ahmed, Jul 23, 2001)
The revised draft of the Communication Convergence Bill is expected to be introduced in Parliament in the monsoon session. The revised Bill drafted by the Fali Nariman Committee on Convergence incorporates suggestions received from various quarters.
- Referendum May Prove Divisive (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 23, 2001)
COLOMBO, JULY 22. It is now becoming increasingly clear that the August 21 referendum on the need for a new constitution called by the President, Ms. Chandrika Kumaratunga, is likely to be a highly divisive exercise for Sri Lanka.
- From Krishna Menon To Jaswant Singh: Four Decades Of Kashmir Dialogue (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Jul 23, 2001)
FEW summits in diplomatic history have been so one-sided, so ill-planned on the one side and so well-planned on the other, as the Indo-Pak summit at Agra.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 23, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Crime And Punishment (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 23, 2001)
THE ARREST and subsequent remand into custody of the former UTI chairman, P S Subramanyam, for causing `wrongful loss’ to the institution raises several issues.
- All In Black And White (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 22, 2001)
Evidently, the hawks weren’t only on the other side of the border.
- Babus Complicit In Political Fights (Pioneer, Premvir Das, Jul 22, 2001)
Now that enough time has elapsed since the comedy enacted in Tamil Nadu, it is necessary to reflect dispassionately on what this portends for the nation.
- Clinging To Power (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 21, 2001)
Even as a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court has been set up to consider the question of J. Jayalalitha’s assumption of office as Tamil Nadu chief minister despite her conviction in corruption cases.
- Babus Complicit In Political Fights (Pioneer, Premvir Das, Jul 21, 2001)
Now that enough time has elapsed since the comedy enacted in Tamil Nadu, it is necessary to reflect dispassionately on what this portends for the nation.
- Doctrine Updated (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jul 21, 2001)
Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral is acknowledged as a foreign policy expert. In his long and distinguished career, he has, among other posts.
- Leave Parleying To Envoys (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 21, 2001)
However graceless the Agra summit’s abrupt end may have been, the absence of a joint statement or declaration was no great loss.
- Losing Battle On Capital Gains (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jul 21, 2001)
T. C. A. Ramanujam says that the controversy whether capital gains should be considered for calculating book profits is yet to die down.
- False Hopes (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 21, 2001)
THE RECENTLY released Human Development Report 2001 gives India’s HDR rank as 115, which is significantly higher than the 128 rank of HDR 2000.
- Requiem For A Summit (Hindu, Salman Haidar , Jul 21, 2001)
THE ENDING of the Agra Summit without any agreement has brought a great sense of disappointment.
- The Ghost Of Sirpur (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 21, 2001)
Arvind P. Datar says that the CBEC continues to cling to an outdated judgment on immovable property.
- As 22 Or Catch 22? (Business Line, S. Rajaratanm, Jul 21, 2001)
S. Rajaratnam on why Accounting Standard 22, on accounting for tax on income, has limited scope.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 20, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Security As Primary Concern (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2001)
MILITANT organisations active in Jammu and Kashmir as their main area of operation, with all kinds of support from Pakistan's ISI, had been pronouncing their judgement on the Indo-Pak Agra summit much before it was held.
- Security As Primary Concern (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2001)
MILITANT organisations active in Jammu and Kashmir as their main area of operation, with all kinds of support from Pakistan's ISI, had been pronouncing their judgement on the Indo-Pak Agra summit much before it was held.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 20, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Govt. Circulars - Violation Of Rights (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Jul 20, 2001)
THE REJECTION summarily by the Supreme Court, without giving any reasons, of the writ petition challenging the circulars of the Central Government by which prior approval is to be obtained from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Building Strong Brands (The Economic Times, David A Aaker, Jul 20, 2001)
ACHIEVING perceptions of quality is usually impossible unless the quality claim has substance.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 19, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 19, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
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