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Articles 7821 through 7920 of 9936:
- Penny Wise, Pound Foolish (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Dec 14, 2003)
The solution was in sight a full five years before Telgi subverted the system, causing a loss of thousands of crores to the exchequer. And as the stink of the Telgi scam spreads and news is out that among those in the dock are senior managers of the ...
- What The Law Says (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
Legislation is a necessary but not a sufficient condition to enhance sex ratios.
- News Reel 07.12.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
Peace seems to have a bright future. In Islamabad, PM Mir Zafarullah Jamali dials the number to Prime Minister A B Vajpayee. In the seven-minute call, Jamali conveys his appreciation for the Prime Minister’s December 4 letter confirming his attendance at
- ‘let His Be The Last Sacrifice, And A Rallying Point For This Fight Against Corruption’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
After reading about Satyendra Dubey my eyes were filled with tears. Here was a man whose upbringing was in poor conditions, but the opportunity to make quick money did not change his beliefs. The prime minister should begin by ordering an inquiry into the
- Your Q, His A (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
The Chief of Naval Staff recently stated that the deal for the purchase of the Russian old aircraft carrier Gorshkov is almost finalised. But many experts say that this would be a wasteful expenditure. Do we really need an aircraft carrier? By all ...
- Nothing Has Changed In The Congress (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 14, 2003)
To the exclusion of almost every other subject of importance, Delhi has been discussing, with much surprise and dismay, the Congress' self-inflicted wounds in the national capital. For this, there are good reasons.
- This Cross-Loc Intruder No One Has The Heart To Stop (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Dec 14, 2003)
Two rival armies let 85-yr-old mother walk across, meet son
- Sukhoi Checks Defective So India Orders Stop Payment I Fault Checks (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Dec 14, 2003)
Air Force decides not to accept new batches of fighter planes, Russia rushes its crisis team
- ‘my Wife Is Waiting For Death To Carry Her To Our Beloved Son’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
His son, too, was an IITian, a young govt officer killed in Bihar because he laid down the law. In a letter to The Sunday Express, father Ghanshyam Singh shares his anguish with the Dubey family and says he can die in peace only if he’s assured that other
- Cops Won’t Give Up On Geelani (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 14, 2003)
13/12:Acquitted under POTA, so Delhi cops try TADA through backdoor
- Let The Spirit Flow (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
Taking a moralistic stance on the government’s decision to license more liquor shops exposes the protesters’ silliness
- Hc Tightens Screws Further: Start Plan To Protect From Today (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 13, 2003)
Rabri govt faces its first no-confidence motion on Dubey & DGP
- Haryana-Born Contesting For Mayorship In Us (Tribune, Ela Dutt , Dec 13, 2003)
AN Indian American woman politician seeking to become the mayor of a California county wants buses there to ply on compressed natural gas (CNG) a la New Delhi.
- ‘judiciary Should Ensure Justice For Dubey’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
It is time for every true Indian to wake up. Shoot corrupt politicians and officers. We cannot let Satyendra Dubey’s death go to waste.
- A Question Of Honour (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 13, 2003)
Since its birth, the Indian nation-state has been challenged by rebellion and insurgency. In the late Forties, it was the Communist Party of India, who launched a countrywide insurrection claiming that the freedom we got from the British was false (in the
- Telgi Taints Cong, Sena: 2 Ex-Cms, 3 Ministers (Indian Express, SHAILESH GAIKWAD , Dec 13, 2003)
Stamp Duty and Registration Dept’s list says Deshmukh, Rane, Cong and Sena ministers pushed for Telgi, associates
- The Horror Of It All (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 13, 2003)
Innumerable novels, short stories and poems have been written on the unbelievable violence that took place with the Partition of the country in 1947. Upwards of a million innocent men, women and children; Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs were massacred in cold
- Naval Gazing Into The Future (Indian Express, KAILASH KOHLI , Dec 13, 2003)
Why Gorshkov? Is our navy not strong enough to thrash Pakistan’s? Why do we now need to spend $650 million to acquire this Russian aircraft carrier? The answers lie in the strategic vision enunciated by Prime Minister Vajpayee when be addressed the ...
- A Monarch Of All That He Surveys (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Dec 13, 2003)
Phalke award comes to Dev Anand rather late
- Deserting The Workers (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 13, 2003)
THE WASHINGTON POST reached faraway Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat and came back with a story about the cruel toil of the Pagis. They are one among an estimated 25,000 families that harvest salt in barren, inhospitable places. As they work and succumb to
- Commonwealth At Crossroads (Tribune, L. H. Naqvi, Dec 13, 2003)
52 heads failed to look beyond Zimbabwe!
- Maharaja Is Now A Little Less Sexist (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Dec 12, 2003)
Air india: Backed by Soli, Ministry raises women crew retirement age from 50 to 58
- What To Do About Spurious Drugs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
THE MASHELKAR COMMITTEE'S recommendations to check the proliferation of counterfeit and substandard drugs dovetail with the Government's pharmaceutical policy that was unfurled in 2002. But implementing its proposals will require a real ...
- ‘to Me Satyendra Is Bhagat Singh’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
I am an 84-year-old NRI living in the US. I remain in touch with day to day happenings in my mother country. To me Dubey is as much a national hero as Bhagat Singh.
- Sore Losers, Inc (Indian Express, SHREEKANT SAMBRAN , Dec 12, 2003)
In fact, the true architects of the BJP victory are Congressmen and women
- Fiscal Deficit, The Real Villain? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Dec 12, 2003)
The real villain for India is not the fiscal deficit but the composition of government expenditures. A better index of fiscal health could be the size of revenue deficit — the gap between government's current expenditure and current revenue...
- Unwanted Yesterday, Kartik Is Flown In The Night Before The Test (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
This can happen only in Indian cricket. A tour that had begun beyond expectations ran into controversy and intrigue today when, a day ahead of the Second Test at Adelaide, it was revealed — in bits and pieces — that Murali Kartik was flying out from ...
- Dubey’s Parent Dept Says We Did No Wrong (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
Two days after the Prime Minister said that action would be taken against those responsible for the murder of Satyendra Dubey ‘‘wherever they are,’’ his parent Ministry today issued a statement denying any slip-up on its part.
- Japan All Set To Woo India (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 12, 2003)
After years of ignoring India, Japan is now all set to woo it. Surprised by New Delhi's big power diplomacy, its growing engagement with East Asia, and the resilience of the Indian economy, Japan is now determined to make up for the lost decade in ...
- Whistles, Stings And Slapps (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 12, 2003)
Corruption in India is a mega industry to which public exposés are no match. Pro-whistle blower laws need to be enacted.
- Testing A Great Institution (Indian Express, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 12, 2003)
A nationwide entrance exam is not the best way to identify talent
- Google R&d Search Engine Result: Bangalore (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 12, 2003)
Its first centre outside California to come up in India’s Silicon Valley next yr
- Navy Legend To Live: Centre Will Chip In To Keep (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Dec 12, 2003)
Providing the first categorical assurance that the INS Vikrant, once the pride of the Indian Navy, would be saved for posterity, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) today decided to shell out funds for the decommissioned aircraft carrier.
- Us Army Comrades Bring Uday Home (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 12, 2003)
For the first time ever, soldiers of the United States Army, led by a Lieutenant General, mounted an honour guard for one of their fallen comrades in India.
- Look East, But Via The Northeast (Indian Express, SANJIB BARUAH , Dec 12, 2003)
Without using the Northeast as a conduit, India’s wooing of southeast Asia will fail. China offers a model
- Preparing For Drought (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
Need to implement recommendations
- New Mizoram Govt On Slippery Ground (Tribune, David M. Thangliana, Dec 12, 2003)
CHIEF Minister Zoramthanga, who has been sworn in for his second term in office, says his government will concentrate on development and peace.
- Creating Jobs In Haryana (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Dec 12, 2003)
‘Suraksha Sathi’ scheme is not the answer
- Bitter Advice (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
AT A TIME when the world sugar market is full of distortions, it is strange the International Sugar Organisation (ISO) should advise New Delhi to end the regime of statutory minimum price (SMP) for cane and further deregulate the sugar sector. For long...
- Far Too Many Maharajas (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
THE UNFORGETTABLE MAHARAJAS (Roli, Rs 3,500) by E. Jaiwant Paul, makes a few faces of Indian royalty more unforgettable than the rest. This is not entirely his own doing. If the royalty of Kapurthala, Patiala, Baroda and some other princely states recur,
- Executive Is Not Always Right (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 12, 2003)
Article 144 of the Constitution states that all authorities, civil and judicial must act in aid of the Supreme Court. Commenting on the apex court judgment on the disinvestment of the public sector undertakings, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and
- Delay In Delhi (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
Systems and conventions determine individual action. The inordinate delay in announcing that Ms Sheila Dikshit will be the next chief minister of Delhi can be explained by a prevailing set of democratic practices in India. By any reckoning, Ms Dikshit was
- The Great Indian Tragedy (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 12, 2003)
Jawaharlal Nehru was without question one of the principal architects of India’s freedom movement. While Gandhi Maharaj was the inspiring deity, Nehru was, to the millions, the prince charming. Nehru was also the independent nation’s first prime ministery
- Legacy Of Two Gentlemen (Tribune, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 12, 2003)
ONCE two gentlemen “graced” the land of five rivers (now two and a half only) with their presence. One belonged to the royal family while the other hailed from an aristocratic family of landlords. As the stars willed it, they happened to be staunch ...
- Pvt Airlines Can Spread Wings Beyond Colombo, Across Saarc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
Private air carriers were celebrating today after the Cabinet gave them the go-ahead to fly on international routes, for long the sole prerogative of Air India and Indian Airlines.
- Will Interest Rates Rise? (Business Line, A. Seshan, Dec 11, 2003)
A rise in foreign rates could be a matter of concern to India as it may lead to drying up of the inflow of funds unless countervailing action is taken.
- Dubey Murder Sends Fear Travelling Down His Highway Stretch (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 11, 2003)
No one took Satyendra Dubey seriously when he blew the whistle on the goings-on along the Aurangabad-Barachatti stretch of the Golden Quadrilateral. He paid for it with his life. But now when Hem Chand Sirohi tells you ‘‘no one is safe, the mafia will ...
- Pm: No Remote Control In Judeo Video Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
ls: Vajpayee says he sent Express story to CBI; Oppn slams Govt, CBI
- India’s Degenerated Polity (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 11, 2003)
Judeo and Jogi are its telling symbols
- Honour For Dev Saheb (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
Age can't catch up with matinee idol
- Not So Happy A Birthday (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 11, 2003)
Today marks the second anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization when it became the 143rd member of that world body. The negotiations for the accession took fifteen long years and were marked by many twists and turns. Finally, China
- Rising Expectations (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 11, 2003)
For the India-Pakistan dialogue to succeed it must entail private engagement and public agreement, backed at the highest level.
- A Vasundhara Raje Show (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Dec 11, 2003)
Women find a voice in Rajasthan
- Dysfunctional Financial Activism (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 11, 2003)
The arguments of information and investment activists are aimed at altering the flow of information or cash flows or both from closely-held companies. These arguments assume that the right to privacy is negotiable and somehow ignore the more important ...
- She Is A Factor, Not A Figure (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Dec 11, 2003)
If the market will not come to politics then politics will have to be brought to the market. Newsroom bosses may have accepted their marketing department’s wisdom that politics does not sell, but they are a long way off from knowing how to fill their ...
- Wisdom Of The Helmsman (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
On the Dubey murder, the PM is spot on: freedom from fear is the need of the hour
- Ease Net Access (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS has always been a frustrating experience for Indian homes and some low-end corporate users. The difficulty in establishing an Internet connection, the slow browsing because of sluggish download and the frequent disconnections are..
- A Faceless Election Ahoy! (Business Line, M. A. Venkat, Dec 11, 2003)
THE first phase of elections is over, and the results have not been flattering to the Congress(I).
- The Budget As The Bsp Test (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Dec 11, 2003)
There’s a difference between packaging a promise and delivering it
- It’s Time You Opened Your Eyes To The Truth (Indian Express, MADHUMITA DUTTA , Dec 11, 2003)
A substance called asbestos and India’s complicity in a continuing crime
- Clearing The Clouds (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
THE NARESH CHANDRA committee's report has made a clear pitch for far-reaching reforms in the aviation sector and suggested disinvestment in the national carriers — Air India and Indian Airlines. Though the report, submitted to the Civil ...
- At The Risk Of Losing Credibility (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- The End Of The Line? (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Dec 11, 2003)
A traveller who got lost in the countryside came across a farmer standing by a fence. He stopped to ask him for directions. The farmer, chewing on a blade of grass, told him, “If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.”
- Your Obedient Maid Servant (Tribune, Iqbal Sachdeva, Dec 11, 2003)
ALMOST two decades before the independence of India, Vijay Laxmi Ramgoolam from Karnataka worked in All India Radio and by dint of sheer hard work, she rose to number two position, as number one always had to be an English boss. Her master’s degree in ...
- Time To Consolidate Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 10, 2003)
In diplomacy, process is often the product. Engagement between adversarial governments is generally seen as a mere instrument to achieve certain outcomes. But the interaction between them is a reward in itself. It allows small steps of cooperation ...
- Has Democracy Arrived? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 10, 2003)
ONE of the arguments the white colonial die-hards, notable or notorious among whom was Winston Churchill, used against quitting India was that the country steeped in feudalism and fragmented along ethnic, linguistic, sectarian, caste and religious lines..
- Arjun Atwal Putts India On The Us Fairways (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 10, 2003)
First Indian to make US tour, will play alongside Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh
- Settling A Dusty Problem (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
A YEAR AGO, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) issued a report on the `Asian Brown cloud', creating the image of a vast blanket of pollution choking the Indian sub-continent. This cloud of aerosols created by human activity would, it ...
- Everyone’s Invited (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
Making aviation affordable is a useful step — provided the infrastructure is in place
- A Progressive Conservative (Hindu, K. Natwar Singh, Dec 10, 2003)
Rajaji's character never showed to better advantage than during those periods when he was almost completely isolated politically.
- ‘muslims Don’t Provoke. They’re Scared. This Scared Indian Muslim Is A Big Threat To The Unity Of Our Country’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 10, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at his native village Saifi in Etawah.Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk:
- Chorus: We Shall Sign The Whistleblower Bill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
Parliament: From TDP to BSP, all parties say we need to protect whistleblowers, Somnath demands statement in LS
- Patna Hc To State Govt: Protect Dubey Family & Staff No Matter What (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
In the first legal intervention in the Satyendra Kumar Dubey murder case, the Patna High Court today directed the Bihar chief secretary, home secretary, commissioners of Patna and Magadh and district magistrates and police superintendents of Gaya ...
- Indo-Pak Ties: ‘stove, Several Frontburners, Many Meals Cooking, Including Kashmir’ (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 10, 2003)
As the stage is set for another meeting of the leaderships of India and Pakistan, three high-profile former US diplomats with inside access into the Bush administration are offering new solutions to regional tensions, especially on Kashmir.
- Govt Set To Open Foreign Skies To Pvt Airlines Today (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Dec 10, 2003)
Ending A-I, IA monopoly, pvt carriers will start by flying to SAARC, ASEAN destinations
- An Uncertain Ceasefire (Hindu, Pran Chopra , Dec 10, 2003)
Both New Delhi and Srinagar will have to keep a keener eye open for whatever Pakistan may lob up across the Line of Control.
- Bush’s Sinking Ship (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 10, 2003)
Coming back to Washington after a month abroad is like returning to a land which has changed beyond comprehension in so short a time. It is okay once again to poke fun at POTUS, the president of the United States. Talk show hosts like Bill Maher are no...
- Fall Of The Reforms Messiah (Telegraph, Shaibal Gupta, Dec 10, 2003)
The Congress’s failure to factor in the OBCs and the absence of regional support for reforms account for its defeat in Madhya Pradesh
- Flying At Low Cost (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
Naresh Chandra shows the way
- For That Sense Of Belonging (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
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