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Articles 11021 through 11120 of 11444:
- Ulterior Motives (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jun 26, 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.
- Negotiating With Naga Rebels (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Jun 26, 2001)
THE North-East is in turmoil. The ceasefire agreement with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland led by Mr Muivah and Mr Issac Swu beyond June 14 to cover Assam,
- Mother Of All Crimes (Hindustan Times, Kusum Mehta, Jun 26, 2001)
The last few years have witnessed miraculous advancements in medical science.
- Unmollified Manipur (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 25, 2001)
IN its desperate search for a quick fix, the Centre has taken one half-step to muddy the Manipur situation. It summoned 10 political leaders on Saturday to attend its durbar and after three hours of “constructive talks”
- Rough Ride For Bush (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 25, 2001)
GEORGE W. Bush’s time in office hasn’t been a smooth one.
- Ulterior Motives (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jun 25, 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.
- Safety Derailed (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2001)
The derailment of the Chennai-bound Mangalore Mail on a bridge on river Kadalundi near Khozhikode, which has taken a heavy toll of lives, underlines a stark fact: train travel is becoming unsafe in India.
- Neighbours In Search Of Lasting (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jun 25, 2001)
India and Pakistan share problems left behind by traditions and history, and of the economy.
- Order Out Of Chaos (Hindustan Times, P. D. Tandon , Jun 25, 2001)
WHETHER THE imposition of the Emergency in 1975 was justified or not is for historians to decide.
- Healing In Kashmir? (Hindu, Rajmohan Gandhi, Jun 25, 2001)
``EACH TIME I hear footsteps coming towards me, I imagine someone bringing news of peace.''
- A Dickensian Distress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 25, 2001)
CHILDREN CONTINUE TO work despite a law and a court order.
- Crusade Against Corruption Is The Need Of The Hour (The Financial Express, M. R. Mayya, Jun 25, 2001)
To a question: “What in your opinion should be done to see that India emerges as a global power in the Twenty-first Century”
- Institutionalising Army’s Role In Pakistan (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jun 25, 2001)
WAY back in 1967, as the first Indian newspaper correspondent to be based in Islamabad after the 1965 war, I savoured in full the Ayub Khan dispensation.
- The Latest Gatecrasher At The Aiwan-E-Sadr, Islamabad (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Jun 25, 2001)
SWORN in and sanctified by none other than the Chief Justice of Pakistan, betraying political and judicial collusion at the highest level of the state.
- Institutionalising Army’s Role In Pakistan General Musharraf’s Difficulties (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jun 25, 2001)
WAY back in 1967, as the first Indian newspaper correspondent to be based in Islamabad after the 1965 war, I savoured in full the Ayub Khan dispensation.
- Check Consumption (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 25, 2001)
THIS is with reference to the article 'Oil pool deficit hits Rs 16,000 crore' (ET, June 14). The oil pool deficit has touched Rs 16,000 crore but the government is doing nothing to curb the use of petroleum products, which are mostly imported.
- Endless Enron (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 24, 2001)
The endgame on Enron is yet to be delineated but it will go on for a long time. Like the soaps on TV, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.
- Dictatorship Is Not Necessary To Fight Poverty (Tribune, Tribhuvan Nath, Jun 24, 2001)
EXACTLY 26 years ago as she abruptly promulgated the Emergency on that fateful midnight of June 25-26, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi undoubtedly appropriated absolute powers to herself but lost much more — her support base among her countrymen.
- Ulterior Motives (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jun 24, 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.
- Good Morning! Mr President (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jun 24, 2001)
Exactly a month ago, on May 23, when Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee invited then Pakistan Chief Executive Gen Pervez Musharraf for talks, the buzz in diplomatic circles was that Mr Vajpayee had called the General's bluff.
- Hurriyat: Confused Or Out Of Steam? (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Jun 24, 2001)
Was one surprised when the Valley-based All-parties Hurriyat Conference endorsed Gen Musharraf's well-reasoned rebuff to the jihadi fringe in Pakistan?
- Why Not A Day Of Togetherness (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 24, 2001)
EVERY year 26 June is observed as the Anti-Emergency Day.
- Preserving The Taj (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 24, 2001)
The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between National Cultural Fund, the Archaeological Survey of India, and the Taj Group of Hotels, to work towards the preservation of the Taj Mahal, is a laudable development.
- Dictatorship Is Not Necessary To Fight Poverty (Tribune, Tribhuvan Nath, Jun 24, 2001)
EXACTLY 26 years ago as she abruptly promulgated the Emergency on that fateful midnight of June 25-26, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi undoubtedly appropriated absolute powers to herself but lost much more — her support base among her countrymen.
- Study Explains Doping Incidents (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 23, 2001)
A German scientist said on Friday he had shown a link between dietary supplements and positive tests for the anabolic steroid nandrolone, possibly explaining a recent spate of high-profile doping incidents.
- Hurriyat: Confused Or Out Of Steam? (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Jun 23, 2001)
Was one surprised when the Valley-based All-parties Hurriyat Conference endorsed Gen Musharraf's well-reasoned rebuff to the jihadi fringe in Pakistan?
- Good Morning! Mr President (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jun 23, 2001)
Exactly a month ago, on May 23, when Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee invited then Pakistan Chief Executive Gen Pervez Musharraf for talks, the buzz in diplomatic circles was that Mr Vajpayee had called the General's bluff.
- Press Versus Politicians (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jun 23, 2001)
PERHAPS THE two professions which come very low in public esteem are journalism and politics: people fear and loathe both with equal.
- Ulterior Motives (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jun 23, 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.
- Contempt Power - Iii (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jun 23, 2001)
IT IS true that in England there have been aberrations and even for minor deviance contempt power had been invoked, but Denning disagreed and set a fine trend. The truth is that irreverence is not contempt.
- Preserving The Taj (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 23, 2001)
The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between National Cultural Fund, the Archaeological Survey of India, and the Taj Group of Hotels, to work towards the preservation of the Taj Mahal, is a laudable development.
- Dignity Of The Governor (Hindu, Jayanthi Natarajan, Jun 23, 2001)
The article ``Discretionary Power of Governors'' by Mr. Aladi Aruna (TheHindu, June 16) made disturbing reading.
- When Exits Are Shut (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 23, 2001)
Closing the option of premature redemption of units in mutual funds is restrictive, says R. Mohan Lavi.
- Royalty: The Dtaa Divide (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 23, 2001)
There is an increasing need to harmonise the DTAAs with the I-T Act, says T. C. A. Ramanujam.
- Slap In Face Of Republic (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 23, 2001)
SO Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Chief Executive Officer of Pakistan and Pakistani Army Chief, has taken the Indian Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for a ride.
- Filling In The Gaps (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 23, 2001)
Prabhat Agarwal on whether the transfer pricing provisions conflict with the DTAAs.
- Pre-Emptive Strike (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 23, 2001)
S. Murlidharan on the glitches in the compulsory acquisition regime.
- Resetting Federal Fiscal Relations (Tribune, C. Narendra Reddy, Jun 23, 2001)
IT was the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, who had in 1997 persuaded the compatriot from his state, Mr I.K. Gujral who was the Prime Minister for seven months, to waive all the outstanding loan the state had taken from the Centre.
- Jehad Is Bad Foreign Policy, Tell Pak (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Jun 23, 2001)
DOES a military dictator stop being a military dictator if he declares himself President?
- Musharraf Moves To Plan (The Financial Express, Inder Malhotra, Jun 23, 2001)
Christina Lamb, a British journalist specialising on Pakistan and rather sympathetic to it, once summed up its reality simply by reproducing, at the height of Nawaz Sharif’s power, the telling graffiti she had seen on a Karachi wall.
- Sbi Feels The Heat (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 23, 2001)
THE 22 per cent fall in the State Bank of India’s net profit for 2000-01 is not surprising. Large commercial banks like the SBI are a microcosm of the entire economy.
- Dictator's Disguise (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 22, 2001)
THE UNHAPPINESS expressed by the US and the Commonwealth over the latest events in Pakistan suggests that General Pervez Musharraf's change of designation has not given any legitimacy to his position.
- The Empire Strikes Back In Up (Pioneer, Vivek Kumar, Jun 22, 2001)
As it prepares for Assembly polls, Uttar Pradesh is caught in two simultaneous processes.
- Bollywood Or Bust? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 22, 2001)
Anti-piracy movement needs all the help it can get.
- Going Radio Ga-Ga In Retreat (Pioneer, Chanchal Sarkar, Jun 22, 2001)
I was exiled to a desert island recently. Not quite.
- General Musharraf V. President Musharraf (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Jun 22, 2001)
HOW different will be General Pervez Musharraf in the new civilian robe of presidency? Does it make him more respectable and acceptable to the world community, especially to India?
- Playing Pakistan's Man Of Destiny (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 22, 2001)
A PRECISE TIMING by Gen. Pervez Musharraf to anoint himself as Pakistan's President has attracted worldwide attention.
- Global War On Corruption - Ii: Picking Up Momentum (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 22, 2001)
THE World Bank president, Mr James Wolfensohn, soon after he assumed office in 1995, made the war on global corruption an inalienable part of the Bank's holistic strategy for eradication of poverty.
- Dead And Gone (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 22, 2001)
SIX years ago, in April 1995, bombs planted by Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma building complex housing federal government offices exploded, killing 168 innocent persons, including 19 little children in a day-care centre.
- A Win-Win Summit As An Idea (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 22, 2001)
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM is that the prospective meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, and the Pakistan Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, will be a gamble on good luck.
- Contempt Power - Ii (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jun 22, 2001)
IN ANY case relating to contempt power, Lord Denning's wise words and pen power are a quotational wealth. In a well-known case Denning declared.
- Ulterior Motives (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jun 22, 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.
- Market: Stock-Broke! (Business Line, T. Prem Kumar, Jun 22, 2001)
IT HAS been known for decades that brokers have been influencing the working of stock exchanges for their personal benefit at the expense of investors.
- Now We Shall Speak (Times of India, Syeda Saiyidain Hameed , Jun 21, 2001)
THE Supreme Court had recently issued notice to the government on a petition submitted by Zuleikha Bi of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. She had married Mohammad Fazal in 1989 when she was 20 years old.
- Why Is Sunny Shooting From The Hip? (The Economic Times, C. V. Aravind, Jun 21, 2001)
A SOLOMON has come to judgement. India’s `Little Master’ has finally decided that the world’s best batsman Sachin Tendulkar is only the second best.
- Global War On Corruption -- I: Setting The Stage (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 21, 2001)
TO THE United States belongs the credit of putting in place as early as in 1977 the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, prohibiting the US companies from indulging in any transaction in foreign countries that involved payment of bribes.
- Towards A Summit Of Friendship (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 21, 2001)
THE DIPLOMATIC COUNTDOWN to the India-Pakistan summit, now scheduled for July 14-16 in Agra, has begun on a conspicuously contentious note during a sensitive cross-border telephone conversation.
- Musharraf Becomes President (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 21, 2001)
SO GEN Pervez Musharraf has done what was expected of him for quite some time.
- Ulterior Motives (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jun 21, 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.
- The Making Of A Police State (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 21, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf is working at two levels to consolidate his illegitimate rule over Pakistan.
- Contempt Power - I (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Jun 21, 2001)
A VAGARIOUS branch of judicial jurisprudence, popularly known as contempt power, of ancient British vintage and regal mintage, has incarnated as part of the corpus juris of free India, with some constitutional sanction.
- Pakistan As A Bridge State? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 21, 2001)
HAVING APPOINTED himself the President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf arrives here next month as the all powerful leader of Pakistan.
- Indian Cocktail: Enron Alone? Check Out Canadian Firms (The Financial Express, Subhash Agrawal, Jun 21, 2001)
It is a pity that Enron’s reputation has numbed our senses about continuing political risk faced by foreign investors in India, and the country’s terrible image abroad among serious players.
- Sadr-E-Pakistan (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 21, 2001)
The announcement on Wednesday about general Musharraf assuming the office of president will hardly come as a surprise to long-term observers of Pakistan's political scene.
- President Pervez (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 21, 2001)
General Pervez Musharraf's elevation to the office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the latest Act in the continuing drama of Pakistan's search for an internationally acceptable and stable political order.
- New Entrants To The Scam Club (The Financial Express, P. N. Vijay, Jun 21, 2001)
Regulate foreign institutional investors and brokers more stringently.
- Web Site Picks Madonna Ticket Winner (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2001)
A German Internet Web site offering a ticket to a sold-out Madonna concert in exchange for sex picked a winner on Monday after being bombarded with applicants from around the world.
- Gods Who Failed (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2001)
Indira Gandhi lost the general elections of 1977 to a people angered by a god who forgot that her magnificence could only be heightened by their prayers; yet she was promptly brought back in 1980, by a nation who felt she had repented.
- Pakistan's Interest (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 20, 2001)
To interpret Pakistan's first-ever defence budget cut as a meaningful gesture before the forthcoming summit in India would be to stretch the point.
- Securing The Delhi Summit (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Jun 20, 2001)
THE VAJPAYEE-MUSHARRAF summit in New Delhi is not unlike two mountaineers deciding to meet atop Mount Everest, after agreeing to climb it from two different directions.
- Who’s Afraid Of Debt Recovery Tribunals? (The Financial Express, Ram Kishan, Jun 20, 2001)
To expedite adjudication and recovery of debts due to banks and financial institutions (FIs) at the instance of the Tiwari Committee (1984), appointed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the government enacted the Debt Recovery Tribunal Act, 1993 (DRT).
- Why Doesn’t The Muslim Intelligentsia In India Speak Up? (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 20, 2001)
OUR Muslim intelligentsia reminds me, at times, of nationalist Muslims before Partition. They were so steadfast in their conviction to keep India united that they withstood the ridicule of the community.
- Of Kings And Exiles (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 20, 2001)
ALL men, wrote Oscar Wilde, are kings, and, like kings, they die in exile.
- Caste, The Academy And Dalit Women (Hindu, Kalpana Kannabiran, Jun 20, 2001)
THE ONGOING debate on caste and race is taking place in the context of a larger advocacy on discrimination and Dalit human rights and has centred on the articulation of caste as discrimination, and the various forms of that discrimination.
- The Need For Accountability (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jun 20, 2001)
A crucial factor that can make governance successful and the implementation of schemes beneficial to the people is to ensure the accountability of officials.
- Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears The Crown (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jun 20, 2001)
The tragic royal thriller set in the Narayanhity Palace in Kathmandu is over. But the sequel is already being written.
- A Rare Mix Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2001)
It seems a good thing that Ms J. Jayalalitha was allowed to become chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
- Musharraf Puts Mullahs On Notice (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 20, 2001)
``HOW DOES the world look at us? The world sees us as backward and constantly going under.
- Spare Diesel (The Economic Times, Srinivasa Rao, Jun 20, 2001)
THE INCREASE in India’s oil pool deficit is of grave concern.
- When In Doubt, Read Constitution (Pioneer, H P Misra, Jun 20, 2001)
One politician-by taking advantage of the fact that her conviction has been stayed, though not squashed-is ruling a state. Another charge-sheeted and put behind bars on corruption charges is ruling another by proxy.
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