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Articles 10821 through 10920 of 11444:
- Ulterior Motives (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jul 09, 2001)
THE extremely irresponsible vendetta by the Tamilnadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha has provided the Union Government an opportunity, which it was looking for since after her installation as Chief Minister by the Governor.
- Backdoor Appointments Again (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 09, 2001)
A petition has been filed in the High Court for initiating contempt proceedings against Commissioner-cum-Secretary Transport, Mushtaq Ahmed Ganai and M.K. Mohanty, former Transport Commissioner currently attached with the Commissioner-cum-Secretary.
- Over To The Governor? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
IN DMK parlance, the importance of the gubernatorial office in the governance of a State is comparable to the relevance of the beard in the life of a goat.
- The Midnight Knock That Boomeranged (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Suddenly, the hunter became the hunted... Ms. Jayalalithaa found herself forced to make a painful climbdown. Suresh Nambath and M. R. Venkatesh report.
- Reality Of Nuclear Missile Defence: Indian Scenario (Tribune, Praful Bakshi, Jul 08, 2001)
IT does come as a surprise, that the United States of America, without achieving the desired result in the ballistic missile interception by an anti-ballistic missile, has extended the hand of cooperation to India in the field of national missile defence.
- Reaffirming Faith (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Their Camp David meeting had something for both Mr. Koizumi and Mr. Bush, writes Sridhar Krishnaswami.
- Visit To Give Old Delhi A Facelift (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 08, 2001)
AS a senior colleague commented there seems to be no dearth of media focus on racy political happenings, and with that trend the rest of the news and news-makers get pushed into the background.
- Ataturk's Spirit Lives On (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Another Islamist party was dissolved in Turkey last month. And, writes Kesava Menon, as long as the Generals remain staunch secularists, the Islamists will have to live within the laid down matrix.
- He Was Patriotic, Scholarly And Fearless (Tribune, Bal Raj Madhok, Jul 08, 2001)
THE founder president of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, first leader of the Opposition in the Indian Parliament and first martyr for the unity of truncated India, Shyama Prasad Mookerji, was born on July 6, 1901 at Calcutta.
- Many Firsts In Career Of Fathima Beevi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 08, 2001)
THE unceremonious exit of the Tamil Nadu Governor, Ms Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi, is, for the first time, seen as a setback in her otherwise highly successful career in the portals of judiciary spanning over four decades.
- Ungoverned State (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 08, 2001)
As always, last week's unedifying drama in Tamil Nadu will soon fade from public memory.
- The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Editorial (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Jul 08, 2001)
ALDOUS Huxley once complained that tragedy does not portray the whole truth. Sherwood Anderson made a similar complaint about man’s perception of life.
- The Midnight Knock That Boomeranged (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Suddenly, the hunter became the hunted... Ms. Jayalalithaa found herself forced to make a painful climbdown. Suresh Nambath and M. R. Venkatesh report.
- Advantage Buyers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 08, 2001)
FIRST let’s be honest - consumers have directly benefitted from the free distribution of the Internet Explorer and the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows.
- ‘Speed Dates’ To Find Mates (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 07, 2001)
FORGET the blind date, Singapore singles now go on “speed dates” that allow them to size up potential mates in seven minutes.
- Political Sufferers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 07, 2001)
THE Executive Committee of the Political Sufferers Conference has held several sittings at Lahore during the last two or three days under the presidency of Swami Govindanand.
- Russia Through A Keyhole (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Jul 07, 2001)
IT happens sometimes to countries, as more often to individuals, that a single event in their lives becomes a keyhole through which you can see a whole panorama of their lives.
- Politics And Propriety (Business Line, V. K. Srinivasan, Jul 07, 2001)
POLITICAL events in Tamil Nadu and their echoes in Delhi have been so bizarre that one should feel relieved that the Constitution and the conventions that have evolved over five decades.
- A Leap Into Uncertainty (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 07, 2001)
Though the gates to trading in index futures have been opened, the tax law in this regard is still nebulous, says T. C. A. Ramanujam.
- Tit For Tat (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 07, 2001)
AT ONE level, what happened in Chennai a week back should not raise any eyebrows because it was merely yet another episode of `tit for tat politics', which has increasingly come to rule the political scene in recent decades.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 07, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- Ignorance Unlimited (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jul 07, 2001)
At least once a year we are reminded of the abysmal state of our education.
- Kerala Hc Ruling May Force Govt To Review Liquor Policy (The Financial Express, Ajayan Menon, Jul 07, 2001)
Seventeen long years of legal battle for compensation after the liquor tragedy during Onam season in Kerala in 1992 where 71 lost their lives, and many their sight, has culminated in justice.
- ‘Timely Penalties More Effective Than Punitive (The Financial Express, Raghu Mohan, Jul 07, 2001)
No former central banker has been singled out for media attention as much as S S Tarapore who retired as chairman of the advisory board on banking, commercial and financial frauds at the end of last month.
- Better Service From States? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 07, 2001)
The Shome Panel is in favour of States collecting the service tax. But will this work, asks T. N. Pandey.
- The Hindu : Hysteria, Justice And Revenge (Hindu, Upendra Baxi, Jul 06, 2001)
THE UNFOLDING events in Tamil Nadu entail many tragic costs for Indian democratic development.
- An Article Of Faith (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 06, 2001)
When the central leaders re-read the Constitution during the recent Tamil Nadu crisis to find any provision to deal with it, one of the measures which is said to have come under close scrutiny is Article 355.
- Charitable Choice (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 06, 2001)
THAT is the name given to a programme by which the US President, Mr George Bush, sets much store and for which he is going all out to get financial allocation from the US Congress.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 06, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- Unwrapping Kashmir (Hindustan Times, Vasant Sathe, Jul 06, 2001)
With a few days to go before President Pervez Musharraf arrives, expectations are building up in both India and Pakistan.
- The Hindu : More Than Trust (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 06, 2001)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN the country's oldest and largest mutual fund, the UTI, leading to the abrupt exit of its Chairman, Mr. P. S. Subramanyam, are disquieting.
- Political High-Handedness (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Jul 06, 2001)
IT IS said, set a thief to catch a thief. That has now come to pass. Ms. Jayalalithaa, herself a person convicted for corruption, has hauled up her rival, Mr. Karunanidhi, on charges of - wonder of wonders - corruption.
- Using Police As Cms’ Private Army (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 06, 2001)
THE barbaric show put up by the police in Chennai in the wee hours of last Saturday at the prompting of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha carries far darker shades than we saw during the 1975 Emergency.
- Silly As A Wheel (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 06, 2001)
``Re-inventing the wheel'' may well be the patented practice of out-of-work politicians and career-minded mandarins, but a Melbourne-based lawyer has literally ``invented the wheel'' and, just to make the point.
- Musharraf: Beginning Of End? (Business Line, B. Raman , Jul 05, 2001)
``IN THE face of such attacks on his legitimacy, there has been speculation in Islamabad that before going to New Delhi.
- Maran, Baalu Had Right Of Private Defence (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 05, 2001)
UNDER the Indian Penal Code, every person has a right to defend his own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body.
- Is Law Different For Ministers? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jul 05, 2001)
Long after the sound and fury generated over the Tamil Nadu happenings die down, several significant questions related to the incidents will in all probability remain unanswered.
- Not So Imperious Anymore (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 05, 2001)
It doesn't end till the fat lady sings, goes a familiar saying.
- Cooling A Face-Off (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 05, 2001)
TAMIL NADU Chief Minister Jayalalitha is strong-willed and never forgives or forgets. Yet on Tuesday she ordered the withdrawal of all cases against two Union Cabinet Ministers who threw their political weight behind her sworn enemy, Mr M. Karunanidhi.
- Tiger’s Tale (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 05, 2001)
We are entitled to rub our eyes in disbelief.
- Debt Recovery Tribunals: There’s A Way Out For Defence Of Guarantors (The Financial Express, Ram Kishan, Jul 05, 2001)
The expeditious summary proceedings in various Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) in the country have rendered the guarantors an extremely worried lot.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 05, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- Now For Corrective Steps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 05, 2001)
THE LESS THAN two months old Jayalalithaa dispensation, which stands discredited and checkmated - politically, legally and Constitutionally.
- Can The Commonwealth Become More Responsive? (Hindu, Garimella Subramaniam, Jul 05, 2001)
When the Commonwealth heads of government meet in Brisbane, Australia in October to consider how to make the body relevant to the new millennium.
- V. P. Singh's Second Coming (Hindu, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jul 05, 2001)
IN 1995, Mr. V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, announced that he was withdrawing from active politics for five years.
- Maran, Baalu Had Right Of Private Defence (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 05, 2001)
UNDER the Indian Penal Code, every person has a right to defend his own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body.
- Privatising A Public Sector Debacle? (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 05, 2001)
Indeed, the operation of an effective market economy necessitates that investment funds committed to capital projects that do not accurately reflect consumer and business preferences should incur losses and ultimately be liquidated.
- Mig Crashes Again, Pilot Killed Again (The Kashmir Times, B. K. Mathur , Jul 05, 2001)
This column was initially planned for a different subject, on what military rulers and Generals in Pakistan used to tell their sports teams and managers prior their departure for international competitions abroad, like the Olympiad and Asiad.
- Competition Law Moves Forward (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 04, 2001)
THE UNION CABINET'S approval of the draft competition bill is a major step forward.
- Planning And Innovation In R&d (Business Line, R. Augustine, Jul 04, 2001)
DEVELOPMENT and change are the mantras of life. Science has managed to decode the ``book of human life''.
- Clothing Blackmail In Legality (Business Line, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Jul 04, 2001)
THOUGH no notice will be taken of Mr Slobodan Milosevic's refusal to recognise the jurisdiction of the war crimes tribunal at The Hague, his arrest and trial raise important and disquieting questions of legal and political significance.
- Bt Cotton Seed Trials -- Government Does A Seattle (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 04, 2001)
ABOUT a year-and-a-half ago, in December 2000, unruly crowds scuttled the ministerial WTO conference in Seattle.
- Give Cabinet Secretary A Fixed (Tribune, Ram Verma, Jul 04, 2001)
ONE might say that giving extension in service to the Cabinet Secretary is no big deal. Several reasons may have prompted it.
- Ten Years After, It’s Time The Country Got On With The Job (The Financial Express, S. S. Tarapore, Jul 04, 2001)
A tween is a pre-adolescent -- no longer a child but not yet a teenager; the pre-adolescent feels disorganised and growth though rapid is uneven.
- The Centre Cannot Hold (Hindustan Times, Prakash Patra, Jul 04, 2001)
T he manner in which the NDA government humiliated and forced Tamil Nadu Governor Fathima Beevi to go, exposes the true colours of the BJP. Beevi has been virtually forced into a face-saving resignation instead of waiting for an ignominious dismissal.
- The Ceasefire With The Nagas (Hindu, Murkot Ramunny, Jul 04, 2001)
THIS IS not the first time a ceasefire has been introduced in Nagaland.
- Disgraceful Developments In Tamil (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Jul 04, 2001)
THE unbelievable and atrocious acts in Tamil Nadu are as much a comment on the people of the state, who voted Ms Jayalalitha to power despite all her disgraceful past, as on the Chief Minister herself who is running amock.
- Mcdonald’s In Beef Soup (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 04, 2001)
McDonald's, the multi-national fast food chain, may indeed have been guilty of wilfully misleading vegetarian customers about the beef tallow in the oil used for making French fries.
- Man's Vileness Caught On Camera (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 04, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 3. Who could have imagined a few years ago, that the working of the constitutional framework would be exposed brutally by the visual media or the abuse of legal processes brought to light in all its starkness?
- An Outrageous Act (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 04, 2001)
Politics of vendetta is nothing new in this country.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 04, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- Wheels Of Injustice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 03, 2001)
It is not merely that a chief minister went on the rampage on the weekend in Tamil Nadu.
- New Wine In A New Bottle (The Economic Times, S. Chakravarthy, Jul 03, 2001)
ONE of the fears that has been voiced in the context of the proposed Competition Bill is that the new law when it comes into force will impede corporate growth that flow from mergers and amalgamations.
- Scapegoat Found (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 03, 2001)
JUSTICE Fathima Beevi’s exit as governor of Tamil Nadu is in keeping with the bizarre developments in Tamil Nadu over the weekend.
- Terms Of Engagement (Times of India, B. S. Malik, Jul 03, 2001)
POST-KARGIL, many people were of the opinion that general Pervez Musharraf was a brilliant tactician but not a good strategist.
- Winners All (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 03, 2001)
IF WE had gone by the judgement of the 100 or so CEOs polled for the ET Awards, N R Narayana Murthy or Infosys would have bagged practically all the awards for this year.
- No Excuse For Unconscionable Excesses (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 03, 2001)
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, no doubt, expects the people of India, in general, and Tamil Nadu, in particular, to take in their stride the excesses committed in the course of arresting the former Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi.
- Hearing In High Court (Tribune, Editorial, Washington Post, Jul 03, 2001)
SOMETIME ago, some Babbar Akalis were convicted by the Sessions Court under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, for murder, keeping of arms, etc., in what is known as the Supplementary Babbar Akali case.
- Relevance Of Bush’s Religious Card (Tribune, P. Raman , Jul 03, 2001)
GEORGE BUSH’S plans to transfer huge federal funds for social programmes and relief to religious institutions on a regular basis have run into trouble.
- Chennai Crisis – Part Ii (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2001)
THE Centre has exercised its softest option in the unnerving Tamil Nadu problem: to recall Governor Fathima Beevi.
- Breakdown Of Decency (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 03, 2001)
IF THE Centre seems to be in a dilemma about how to react to the Tamil Nadu developments, it is because the Constitution never envisaged a situation where a chief minister will act in violation of all norms of decency.
- Murder Most Foul (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 03, 2001)
UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS murdered in cold-blood an elderly couple in broad daylight in posh Trikuta Nagar Colony on Sunday.
- A Cost-Benefit Mismatch, This Summit (The Financial Express, Prakash Shah, Jul 03, 2001)
Pakistan’s dictator General Pervez Musharraf should normally be a worried man. His unconstitutional takeover of the presidency has found few takers.
- Tactical Overkill (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 03, 2001)
THE CENTRE'S DECISION to recall the Tamil Nadu Governor, Ms. Fathima Beevi, ostensibly for her ``failure'' to give an ``objective and independent assessment''.
- Separation Of Telengana Is No Solution To Its Backwardness (The Financial Express, G. M. Rama Rao, Jul 03, 2001)
A separate state for Telengana region in Andhra Pradesh has again raised its ugly head after more than three decades since its first appearance.
- The Power Of The Image (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jul 03, 2001)
THE PUBLIC outrage caused by the video footage of M. Karunanidhi being manhandled by the Chennai police, demonstrates the extent to which television is increasingly setting the agenda.
- Tamil Nadu's Shame (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Jul 03, 2001)
THE CRUDE and cruel post-midnight police swoop on the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president, Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
- Mig Crashes Again, Pilot Killed Again (The Kashmir Times, B. K. Mathur , Jul 03, 2001)
This column was initially planned for a different subject, on what military rulers and Generals in Pakistan used to tell their sports teams and managers prior their departure for international competitions abroad,
- The Dabhol Controversy Revisited (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 02, 2001)
THE Dabhol Power Project has been a subject of controversy ever since it started.
- Muslim Teacher ‘Can’t Cover Head’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 02, 2001)
A German court has barred a Muslim woman teacher from covering her head with a traditional scarf in classrooms, in a ruling that could impact on the country’s advocacy of religious freedom.
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