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Articles 24621 through 24720 of 26855:
- Musharraf As Strong As Ever (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Oct 19, 2004)
PAKISTANI politics is deceptive. The government of the day thinks it is in full control of the situation and there are no serious problems other than the threat from Al-Qaeda and a few other terrorist groups that want to kill President Pervez Musharraf.
- Not Tuned To Change (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 19, 2004)
This election in Maharashtra has once again seen the BJP/Sena leadership spouting abusive comments about the politicos they were opposing.
- People’S War (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 19, 2004)
Last week’s violence by the People’s War in West Midnapore district throws up a new challenge to Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The outfit had struck in Midnapore and Bankura districts several times in the past two years.
- Reliving Old Enmities (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 19, 2004)
Mani Shankar Aiyar found a poem of Savarkar on the walls of the cellular jail in Port Blair. He had it removed.
- Police Kill India's 'Robin Hood' (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2004)
India's most wanted criminal, who once boasted of cutting up his victims and feeding them to fish, has been shot dead in an hour-long gunbattle with police in a jungle in southern India.
- Mirage Muddle (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 18, 2004)
Only an official IAF Court of Inquiry will be able to say what caused these crashes
- No Alternative To Reforms (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 18, 2004)
The Left has always been a marginal force in India. Given the belief that its ideology has a special appeal for the poor, it can seem odd that the Left has never made much headway in this country, except at a regional level such as other non-Left
- Women Officers In The Army (Tribune, Raj Kadyan, Oct 18, 2004)
We were raising the National Security Guard (NSG) in the mid-eighties. There was a sudden need to train officers of an elite intelligence service officered by the IPS. The joint secretary of the department and I, as the Chief Instructor of the NSG ...
- John Kerry For President (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2004)
This is The New York Times' editorial endorsement of the Democratic challenger, John Kerry, for the American presidency.
- Sweet Sadness (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 18, 2004)
Within the space of a fortnight, two front-ranking French citizens have shuffled off their mortal coils.
- The Role Of Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2004)
India needs to take imaginative initiatives in its relations with its neighbours to contain extremism in its north-east
- No Forecasts Will Shake This Govt (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 16, 2004)
In one of his speeches delivered during the election campaign in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a dig at the Opposition for pinning its faith in forecasts made by astrologers and resorting to tantric practices in the hope of coming back to
- Still The General (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2004)
Musharraf’s actions ensure that Pakistan essentially remains a military regime
- Via Bathinda (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 16, 2004)
The North in general and Punjab in particular is woefully short of large industry. A mega project can change the face of the state, which happens to be hamstrung by
- Winner Doesn't Take It All (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 16, 2004)
Is prize money earned for a caption taxable? Yes, according to the Allahabad High Court
- Ending Justice! (Tribune, Vepa Rao, Oct 16, 2004)
The panchayat members took their bath, wore new kurtas and pyjamas, and came to the Big Tree. They bowed reverently, and took their seats under it. An able, dashing official was assisting them.
- Good Times, Bad Times (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 16, 2004)
I discovered at the cost of considerable time and trouble that writing about the immediate past is more difficult and hazardous than writing about the hoary past.
- Elasticity Of Income Definition (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 16, 2004)
One does not have to be a supporter of the so-called Hindu Right to feel thrilled at the very mention of the name of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, famously known as Veer Savarkar
- Birmingham Track Ii (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Oct 15, 2004)
THE Track II wallahs are way ahead of politicians and officials pursuing the composite dialogue and CBMs. Barring the complex core issue for Pakistan — Kashmir — and the less interactable but linked problem for India of cross-border terrorism
- A Rude Encounter With Crude (Business Line, D. Murali , Oct 15, 2004)
Crude is getting cruder with prices rising to such record heights this week that even small retreats give much respite to markets. Oil companies are pushing the government to allow the retail rate rocket to zoom, and
- Iraq Survey Group's Chance Discovery (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 15, 2004)
The Iraq Survey Group has stumbled on a shocking collusion among the Iraqi regime, UN officials, and contractors in more than 40 countries, including the permanent members of the Security Council
- Us Elections: Which Way Will Women Swing? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 14, 2004)
As the US presidential election juggernaut rolls on and the two rivals — the Republican incumbent, Mr George W. Bush, and the Democratic contender, Mr John Kerry — trade charges on a variety of issues ranging
- Party To Crime (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 14, 2004)
Political stability does not necessarily guarantee the rule of law. The long reign of the Marxists has given West Bengal the kind of political stability that many other states lack; but the Marxists have devised their own ways of ruling the state.
- Jacques Derrida, 1930-2004 (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Oct 14, 2004)
One of the most widely published and discussed philosophers of our time, Derrida, best known for his theory of deconstruction, was adulated and denigrated in equal measure.
- Hindi-English Bhai Bhai (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 14, 2004)
It is by now accepted wisdom that the diversity of India is best represented by a government that is itself an alliance of divergent political, cultural, and linguistic currents.
- Why Dharmanomics Must Reign (Business Line, Pravir Malik, Oct 13, 2004)
It has been argued that the spread of globalisation signals the end of history. Western liberal democracy shall spread across the earth resulting in the demise of mankind's ideological evolution.
- Re-Evolving The Community (Deccan Herald, K C ABRAHAM, Oct 13, 2004)
A pluralistic civil society that is autonomous of religion and state should be commited to the liberation of the oppressed
- U.S. Security Plan Rests On Hope (Hindu, Peter Galbraith, Oct 13, 2004)
America does not have the troops to deal with North Korea and Iran.
- A New Internal Security Agenda (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2004)
The Indian state's obligation to protect itself and its citizens has to be anchored in the democratic sentiment. There can be no basic conflict between the interests of the state and those of the citizens.
- Donkey Work (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 13, 2004)
Three hundred donkeys and 5,000 mobile phones. These were the essentials, together with Russian jeeps, helicopters and a cargo plane, that the UN had to organize for the Afghan elections.
- Ig-Nobel Record (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 13, 2004)
Leaving aside the Peace prize, as per the information available up to 2000, 631 Nobel prizes have been awarded, of which the US (242) has been the largest recipient with one prize for a million population ...
- Of Sonia And Gudiya (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 13, 2004)
The story of the plight of Gudiya and Sonia of Asanda village in Haryana are strikingly similar. Gudiya was eight months pregnant with Taufiq’s child when her first husband Arif, a soldier, returned after five years in Pakistani jails
- A Festive Season Every Year (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Oct 13, 2004)
It is festival time and everyone loves a good festival, I believe. While festivals and festivities are part of our living heritage, they embody many of our beliefs and customs and also our worldview.
- Rhyme And Reason (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 12, 2004)
The "question mark" that once plagued the Congress now hangs ominously over the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Minorities And Backwardness (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 12, 2004)
The election commission has shown over-the-top zeal in objecting to the timing of the Union Cabinet's September 29 decision to set up a special commission for the "socially and economically" backward among religious and linguistic minorities.
- Make Or Break Time In Vidharbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 12, 2004)
The issue is not whether the Bahujan Samaj Party will get any seats at all. The question is whom will it hurt more.
- Bjp’S Quest For New Ideas (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 12, 2004)
While Ms Uma Bharati’s recent Tiranga Yatra exercise of waving the national flag across 3,000 miles caught the eye for symbolising the intra-party struggle in the Bharatiya Janata Party among second-tier leaders, it was meant to serve a deeper purpose.
- First Sikh To Join World Bank (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Oct 12, 2004)
This is a follow up on the life of the first Sikh selected by the World Bank in 1962 because of his extraordinary thesis in economics. Interestingly, when Dr Shamsher Singh Babra appeared for the interview, the World Bank officials were shocked to see a
- From Strength To Strength (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 12, 2004)
The eclipse of the older formations that held in them the seeds of an alternative political grouping is responsible for the rise of the BSP in Maharashtra
- Message From Sinai (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2004)
THE killing of over 30 innocent persons, most of them Israelis in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Friday, shows that terrorists can strike anywhere in West Asia.
- The Hard Facts (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 11, 2004)
Whither optimism in the face of two Nuclear Deterrents sitting cheek by jowl in the Indian sub-continent?
- Wordsmiths Lose Their Hammers (Deccan Herald, JOHN O’FARRELL, Oct 11, 2004)
London will be full of unemployed journalists as an era of outsourcing of journalism has begun!
- "Multilateralism The Best Solution" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 11, 2004)
Sergei Lavrov looks and sounds more like a professor than a diplomat. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu, the Russian Foreign Minister spelt out his country's stand on Chechnya and its
- Engaging North-East Militants (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 11, 2004)
Two questions are being asked in the Indian establishment in the wake of the recent series of bomb blasts in Assam and Nagaland.
- Death For Daughters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2004)
Recently, a father in Kauli village near Patiala shot dead his one-month-old second daughter and buried her body in the nearby fields. The killing of daughters, both born and unborn, is all too common in Punjab, a state that has the lowest adverse male...
- Seminar Discusses Problems Of Saarc Writers (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Oct 10, 2004)
THERE have been plenty of ‘talk shows’ here. The Eleventh SAARC Writers’ Conference took off here with Ajeet Cour dwelling on the role of the writer living in the developing countries in these troubled times, when the so-called super power is controlling
- Bloodthirsty Honour (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Oct 10, 2004)
Eve teasing. Voluntary sati. And now, honour killings. These oxymoron-ridden phrases wreak violence on our language every day. They also mirror flesh-and-blood violence.
- Taking Over Tide Country (Telegraph, Debashis Bhattacharyya, Oct 10, 2004)
The ecologically fragile Sundarbans is already gasping for breath. And experts warn it may soon be delivered its coup de gráce.
- Maharashtra: The Last Lap (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 09, 2004)
The Maharashtra Assembly election is still one that could be lost by the Congress rather than won by the Shiv Sena-BJP combine.
- No Ideological Lines Drawn (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Oct 09, 2004)
WHICH has a greater bearing on the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections
— Mr Bal Thackeray’s beard or the Shiv Sena’s ideological baggage? By all accounts thus far, the answer is unmistakable: the former.
- Outside The Respectable (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 09, 2004)
Sometimes, all that it takes to see through stigma and conditioning is the ability to act on the simplest human impulse. When Soorya was taken to see a shelter for HIV+ children in Chennai, what struck her before anything else was the
- King Without The Crown (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 09, 2004)
Late on the night of January 16, 1941 Subhas Bose dressed as a maulvi with a beard, fez on head and long coat.
- Lahore Retains Its Grandeur (Tribune, Tarlochan Singh, Oct 09, 2004)
Recently, I got an invitation to accompany Mr O.P. Chautala, Chief Minister of Haryana, to visit Sodhara village in Gujranwala district where Bhai Kanhaiya, a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh, was born about 325 years ago.
- Saffron Siblings Vs Congress Parivar (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Oct 09, 2004)
The theme song of the moment in Maharashtra’s assembly poll, scheduled for October 13, is the shrill notes of despair emanating from the camps of the challenger and the defender alike.
- Caught Between (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 09, 2004)
In Britain, one might be forgiven for imagining that the invasion and occupation of Iraq produced no casualties until the militants seized a 62-year-old British engineer, Kenneth Bigley.
- Clarity Sacrificed For Brevity (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 09, 2004)
THE Finance Minister deserves compliments for bringing gifts from non-relatives into the income-tax net. This long-overdue amendment is being criticised in some quarters as being unwarranted.
- Don't Let The Higher Value Out (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Oct 09, 2004)
Income from house property is taxed on the basis of annual value under the income-tax code. This signifies the sum for which the property might reasonably be expected to be let out from year to year.
- Clarity Sacrificed For Brevity (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 09, 2004)
THE Finance Minister deserves compliments for bringing gifts from non-relatives into the income-tax net. This long-overdue amendment is being criticised in some quarters as being unwarranted.
- Saving Society From Oppression (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 08, 2004)
Over the years, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has emerged as an independent body for the protection of individuals’ rights against the excesses the state and its instruments like the police commit in the name of law and order.
- Political Mess In Pakistan (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Oct 08, 2004)
Sensitive people draw cynical conclusions about Pakistan politics. They follow the unending pointless debate over the wardrobe of President Pervez Musharraf. It occupies the maximum newspaper space and consumes considerable time on TV channels.
- Siege Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 08, 2004)
Pakistan must show zero tolerance to all forms of terrorism
- Mess On The Ground (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 08, 2004)
Despite pious proclamations to the contrary, political discourse in a media-driven society invariably centres on personalities. Consequently, governments and their ...
- Getting On Board (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 08, 2004)
There must be a will if an image has to be discarded. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board is now showing that will. International terrorism has encouraged the association of the religion with violence, and it has become necessary to lay stress on the
- Death, Karma And Rebirth (Deccan Herald, R G Subramanyam, Oct 08, 2004)
We cry over the death of a near and dear one, even though our turn to die is only a matter of time
- India-U.S. Nuclear Ties (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Oct 07, 2004)
For the U.S. to build a thriving high technology business with India that is mutually beneficial, it will have to erase the prevailing perception that it is an unreliable partner.
- Teach Agriculture To Rural Students (Tribune, Inderdeep Thapar, Oct 07, 2004)
Why is it that agriculture as a subject has not been introduced at the school level? The geography of the region, with district-wise illustrations and detailed information about the types of soil, the crops which can be sown, the depth of the watertable
- Remote Control (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 07, 2004)
The United Progressive Alliance government will soon have to make some hard choices on Nepal.
- Civil Welcome (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2004)
The decision of the government of India to allow a large group of journalists from Pakistan to visit Jammu and Kashmir needs to be welcomed and supported.
- Vote For Stability (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2004)
Yudhoyono must provide an effective govt and ensure democracy lasts in Indonesia
- Maharashtra Assembly Polls — Advantage, Congress-Ncp (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 06, 2004)
The opinion polls give the Congress-NCP alliance more than an edge in the ensuing Maharashtra Assembly elections. If the combine wins the election, it would be in defiance of the anti-incumbency factor and would only strengthen and further stabilise the
- Mr. Indonesia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2004)
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was confirmed the winner of Indonesia's long-drawn presidential election after the counting of votes was completed in all parts of the vast archipelago.
- Flare Up In North-East (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 06, 2004)
The sudden flare up in Assam occurring simultaneously in several districts, close on the heels of disturbances in Manipur, has ominous overtones.
- E.U.'S Real Problem With Turkey (Hindu, Richard Adams, Oct 06, 2004)
The real problem about Turkey joining the European Union is not religion but its size and economic weakness.
- India’S Vehicle For Military Deterrence (Deccan Herald, RAJIV NAYAN, Oct 06, 2004)
If India intends to create a credible deterrence to China, it should develop a 3,000 km plus range missile launcher
- Advantage Rebellion (Telegraph, Madhusree C. Bhowmik, Oct 05, 2004)
While the other Naxal-infested states are trying to broker peace, Jharkhand remains strangely inert
- Technocrats Ignore Political Realities (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 05, 2004)
Running a country is different from running a corporation. The crucial difference is politics. Politics is about power relationships; it is about economic ideology as well. Technocrat Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia could have avoided the foreign experts ...
- Sushma Swaraj Vs Uma Bharti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2004)
Sanyasin Uma Bharti and traditional Hindu “grahni” Sushma Swaraj are trying to edge out each other in the ongoing power struggle within the BJP.
- Beyond The Khyber Pass (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 05, 2004)
Pakistan has long involved itself in Afghanistan's affairs. How will it now deal with the move towards democratic pluralism?
- Let Them See (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2004)
THE visit of a group of journalists from Pakistan to Jammu and Kashmir is a major development. It is for the first time after Independence that news persons from the other side of the border have been allowed access to the militancy-hit state.
- Continuing Violence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 05, 2004)
A political solution is needed to end insurgency in Nagaland and Assam
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