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Articles 4321 through 4420 of 4481:
- How Free Will The Competition Commission Be? (The Financial Express, Pradeep S. Mehta, Oct 18, 2001)
In late 1998, when firms of Pakistan increased the price of cement bags by about 75 per cent overnight, the Monopoly Control Authority (MCA) of Pakistan investigated and discovered a cartel.
- One Grand Conspiracy (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 17, 2001)
THE ENGLISH language does not provide us with a word that would do for ``murder of republican virtues''.
- 'Restoration Of King George' (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 17, 2001)
As a subject of heated discussion, it has overtaken the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell's visit to the sub-continent, the latest fashion show in the capital and even the newest romance in Bollywood.
- Civil Liberties Endangered (Hindu, Rajindar Sachar , Oct 17, 2001)
IN THE aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the U.S., the Union Home Ministry is thinking of quietly slipping in by ordinance the Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 2000.
- Fatted Calf (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2001)
The return of the prodigal is not always a story with a happy ending.
- President’s Deal (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2001)
In fact, it has often become difficult to decide who serves the people better. Rulers generally claim that they alone look into the matter and the judges only act as a stumbling block in such matters.
- Poverty Of Effort (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2001)
It is now known that 60 lakh tons of foodgrains are rotting in the Food Corporation of India granaries.
- Supreme Court On Secularisation And Shah Bano Ii (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Oct 15, 2001)
EVEN as Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was bestowed the Nobel Prize last week ostensibly for literary excellence but essentially for reviling against Islam.
- Riding Out The Shockwaves (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 14, 2001)
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE is no vaccine which can give immunity against the deadly terrorism virus.
- Riding Out The Shockwaves (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 14, 2001)
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE is no vaccine which can give immunity against the deadly terrorism virus.
- Will Raising Fii Investment Levels Really Help? (The Financial Express, M. R. Mayya, Oct 13, 2001)
The recent decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to permit foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to invest in Indian companies beyond 24 per cent of the issued and paid-up capital up to levels permitted.
- Jayaprakash Narayan Symbolised Humanity (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 13, 2001)
“QUIT India Movement” launched by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, 1942, was only making halting progress in the initial months despite Mahatma's mass following and the efforts of the Congress to make it a massive movement.
- What Sheikh Could Not Write (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 13, 2001)
Omar Sheikh erred in assuming that the policemen accosting him and his associates were on a routine patrol.
- ‘Green Corporate Practices Will Pay In The Long Run’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 12, 2001)
At a time when environmental concerns are gradually showing up in corporate boardrooms, the Tata Energy Research Institute (Teri), in an effort to encourage this trend, has constituted the Corporate Environmental Awards.
- Here Is His Quota Of Trouble (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Oct 11, 2001)
Reservation still remains a thorn in Babulal Marandi’s brittle bed of roses.
- Auditors And Fraud (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Oct 11, 2001)
THE last decade or so -- coincidental with but not necessarily causally related to -- the `liberalisation' of the Indian economy.
- Islam And Freedom (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 10, 2001)
THE Italian Prime Minister, Mr Silvio Berlusconi, has been at the centre of a storm.
- Encroachments In Mohali (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2001)
IN Delhi Mr Jagmohan removed encroachments and lost his job.
- Laloo's Real Trial Begins Now! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 09, 2001)
BIHAR supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav has tried to put up a brave face following the Supreme Court’s decision to transfer 36 cases of the infamous fodder scam to Jharkhand courts.
- A Defensive Exercise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2001)
THE LATEST SET of consultation papers released by the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC), like those brought out last January and May.
- The Verdict And After (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Oct 07, 2001)
THE FOUR-PARTY alliance led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief, Begum Khaleda Zia has got a stunning and unprecedented two-thirds majority in the elections held on October 1.
- A Humane Reading (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 06, 2001)
LAST WEEK'S RULING by a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court - and earlier by lower courts in different parts of the country in recent years.
- Saving The Taj (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2001)
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday warned about 80 foundries in Agra that they would be closed down if they did not stop using highly polluting coke or coal.
- Thus Far And No Farther (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 05, 2001)
AMIDST new-found global determination to fight terrorism the official Indian voice tends to be marginalised, notwithstanding the fact that this country, as pointed out in my last column.
- Governors, Politicians, Courts (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 05, 2001)
THE TAMIL Nadu case on Ms. Jayalalithaa's appointment as Chief Minister confronts many hidden issues in the Constitution.
- The Black Sheep In Black Robes (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Oct 04, 2001)
DURING the 50 years since the Constitution came into force, we have seen a lot of officers and ministers being thrown out of their jobs on the charge of corruption or for misusing their powers.
- Simi And The Constitution (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Oct 04, 2001)
Preventive detention of a person is subject to Articles 19, 21 and 22. Associations of citizens enjoy the collective human right under Article 19 as a fundamental freedom of association. Arbitrary action against it is violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21.
- New Heights For Higher Education (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 03, 2001)
Universities as centres of learning and research have an important role in expanding the horizons of knowledge and providing intellectual leadership to society.
- A Government That Has Gone To Sleep At The Most Crucial Juncture (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 03, 2001)
New Delhi once again gives you the feeling of disarray. The war has come closer to India.
- Veerappan Cases - Ii: Confessions And Corroborative Evidence (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Oct 02, 2001)
MYSORE, OCT. 1. ``I hold that no reliance can be placed on these confessional statements,'' the Mysore special court judge, Mr. Krishnappa, ruled in one of the `Veerappan associates' cases.
- The Battle To Breathe (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 01, 2001)
The apex court must hang on to that broom for Delhi skies.
- Vision 2020 -- Dream Budgets And Real Nightmares (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Sep 10, 2001)
LAST February, the Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, produced what was hailed as a `dream Budget'.
- Europe To The Rescue? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 09, 2001)
THE US justice department, which pushed for the breakup of Microsoft under a Democratic administration, is now willing to back off.
- Constitution As Touchstone (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2001)
The rule of law is what this is all about.
- Europe To The Rescue? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 08, 2001)
THE US justice department, which pushed for the breakup of Microsoft under a Democratic administration, is now willing to back off.
- Upholding The Constitution (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 08, 2001)
The Constitution of India is sovereign. This allows for no ambiguity in the relationship between the Constitution and the people’s will.
- Why Sacrificing Jagmohan To Bjp’s Unholy Trinity Is A Sin Against The Nation (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 08, 2001)
THERE has to be something frightfully wrong with our capital city if its most prominent losers continue to so dominate our front pages.
- Constitution And People’s Will (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 08, 2001)
FOR far too long, wily politicians have been trampling on the spirit of the law by focussing only on its letter.
- Tehelka: What Next? (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Sep 07, 2001)
TEHELKA'S INVESTIGATIONS open up important questions relating to the media. Tehelka-I uncovered incipient corruption in defence deals through covert uses of pin-hole cameras.
- A Billion People’s Power To “Strike” (Tribune, P. P. S. Gill, Sep 07, 2001)
I do not have an iota of doubt about the power of the nation, a billion-strong, to “strike”.
- Just Food (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2001)
Speaking up for a right cause gives the champion a kind of automatic immunity.
- A Flip-Flop For The Better (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Sep 06, 2001)
The new judgment is more pragmatic as it seeks to be fair to industry as well as contract labour.
- Rating Raters (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 06, 2001)
TELEVISION ratings, computed by two agencies, AC Nielsen and ORG-MARG are alleged to have been fudged to boost the ratings of some TV programmes. This is a serious charge.
- Disgrace Abounding (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Sep 06, 2001)
There is something obscene about the way the Central government has denied the fact of starvation deaths in the Kashipur taluka of Orissa, one of the most backward areas in that near-destitute state.
- When British Cops Were Found To Be Racist (Tribune, Reeta Sharma, Sep 05, 2001)
WITH the Durban conference on racism going full swing, the word racism is talk of the universe today. Racism was born and reared, fed and patted only in the First World.
- Justice Delayed And Denied (Telegraph, NIRMALENDU BIKASH RAKSHIT , Sep 05, 2001)
The law minister of West Bengal has estimated that till March this year, 2,79,370 cases were pending before the Calcutta high court.
- Judicial Injustice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
It is, of course, true that the judicial process is inherently slow because the judges must pronounce the final verdict after having heard all arguments and examined all documents. Interrogation and cross-examination also require much time.
- Outworn Legacy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
A great deal of delay is also caused by the adjournment of cases for insufficient reasons.
- A Non-Executive President (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
EMBRACING the greater evil is sometimes an occupational hazard of Presidents and Prime Ministers.
- End Of Compact Between Govt & People (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 05, 2001)
THE compact between the rulers and those they govern in a democracy even as chaotic as in its Indian variation is that beyond the rules and regulations and the instruments of enforcing authority, there is an almost intangible moral force that prevails.
- Judges In Their Own Cause - Ii (Hindu, Prashant Bhushan, Sep 05, 2001)
IN ITS order directing issue of the second contempt notice to Arundhati Roy for her affidavit, the Supreme Court has said that she has ``imputed motives to specific courts for entertaining litigation or passing orders against her''.
- When A Stitch In Time Saved Nine (Tribune, R. S. Dutta, Sep 04, 2001)
A businessman friend of mine from Ludhiana always stayed with me whenever he visited Chandigarh.
- Judges In Their Own Cause - I (Hindu, Prashant Bhushan, Sep 04, 2001)
ON OCTOBER 15, 1999, the Supreme Court, without even giving Arundhati Roy a notice or an opportunity to be heard - and therefore in violation of the principles of natural justice - proceeded to make the following remarks against her:
- To Beat Them When They Are Down (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 03, 2001)
Human rights violations occurred throughout India, with socially and economically disadvantaged sections of society continuing to be particularly vulnerable.
- Punjab: Judging History With A Sense Of History (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Sep 03, 2001)
A fortnight after it was pronounced on August 20, the ORP judgement of the Punjab and Haryana High Court continues to impact the mind.
- Corruption Fuels A War (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 02, 2001)
In Chechnya, Russia has to deal with the rebelsand its own corrupt military commanders whohave a vested interest in keeping the conflictgoing, says Vladimir Radyuhin.
- Forgotten And Forgiven (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 01, 2001)
Mamata Banerjee’s return to the National Democratic Alliance and Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s shrewd promise regarding the Ramjanmabhoomi controversy have answered the question that Time posed five months ago.
- Community Grain Banks Can Help Tackle Hunger (The Financial Express, Joseph Vackayil, Sep 01, 2001)
Hunger has moved to the centre-stage of Indian politics in recent times with the judiciary, social activists and the media highlighting the issue in their respective fora.
- A Legal Setback (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT's stay of the ongoing hearings of Ms. Jayalalithaa's appeals challenging her convictions for corruption has all but closed the door on her continuance as Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister beyond mid-November.
- Helping Build A New Nation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2001)
Something truly remarkable is happening in a small half-island in the Pacific.
- Will Ram Deliver? (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 31, 2001)
What is Prime Minister Vajpayee's game plan in Ayodhya? With whom is he negotiating? Why such secrecy about the talks?
- Electricity Reforms: What Next? (Business Line, Leena Srinvastava, Aug 31, 2001)
THE reforms programme in the electricity sector was initiated largely because of the recognition of the need for large infusions of capital if power shortages were not to grow exponentially.
- We Are Not China, Mr Shourie (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 31, 2001)
IT CANNOT be denied that China is making far more progress than India. But to make a fetish of the growth is neither here nor there.
- Danger From Within (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2001)
Sir,- It somehow seems that Mr. S. Varadan (letter, Aug. 29) is unjustly predilected towards the security personnel. Firstly, police are for the people and not vice-versa.
- The Cocaine Curse (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2001)
The arrest of well-known hotel owner Neeraj Wadhera last week on charges of possessing cocaine has unwittingly unveiled what has always been known but never exposed: The seamier side of Delhi's party circuit.
- Will China Change For The Better? (The Economic Times, Prabhat Kumar, Aug 30, 2001)
CHINA’S impending accession to the World Trade Organisation has raised huge expectations that the Chinese will become more rule-bound and transparent in their behaviour.
- Corruption, Politics And The Judiciary (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Aug 30, 2001)
AMONG THE verdicts by the Supreme Court in recent weeks, there were at least two which must have come as a ray of hope for all those concerned about the corruption that has come to haunt the nation.
- Honour Not Immunity (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 29, 2001)
THE UNION Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani's offer to provide relief to hundreds of security personnel facing prosecution for alleged human rights violations in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast is a move in the wrong direction.
- Ayodhya Takes Centre-Stage (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 29, 2001)
FEW leaders in the Sangh Parivar have the ability to rake up a controversy without inviting criticism.
- No Scope For "Negotiations" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2001)
GIVEN THE HORRIFYING demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992, and its traumatic impact on the national psyche and the blow it caused to India's cherished image as an upholder of a plurality of cultures and faiths.
- Anti-Corruption Laws (Business Line, J. Nanda Gopal , Aug 28, 2001)
THAT the Central Government is not inclined to initiate legislation on forfeiture of ill-gotten wealth by corrupt public servants gives the impression that parasites can continue to feed off the nation.
- Woman With The Rod (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 27, 2001)
An atrocity beyond the imagination of the Uttar Pradesh police must be something truly unspeakable.
- The Boys In The Backroom (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Aug 27, 2001)
It is commonly accepted that governments all over the world are moving towards the form of executive presidencies.
- Patients' Rights (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 27, 2001)
AMONG the very first batch of legislative proposals of the new US President, Mr George W. Bush, was the one that came to be known as the Patients' Bill of Rights.
- Woman With The Rod (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 27, 2001)
An atrocity beyond the imagination of the Uttar Pradesh police must be something truly unspeakable.
- Back To The Terrorism Days But With A Slant (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Aug 27, 2001)
THE Punjab and Haryana High Court dropped a bombshell last week.
- A Mockery Of Justice (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 27, 2001)
As the Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani should be more circumspect in expressing his views, particularly when they come in conflict with the established order.
- Will They Smoke The Peace Pipe? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2001)
The current situation in Sri Lanka presents the best chance in recent times for the two major parties to forge a consensus on national issues, writes Nirupama Subramanian.
- Facing Up To The Past (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2001)
The law to set up a tribunal to try Khmer Rouge leaders is a step in the right direction...
- Money In The Honey Trap (Pioneer, K P S Gill, Aug 26, 2001)
Another quake appears currently to be rocking Parliament, and to the credit of the engineers and contractors who built it, the edifice has withstood the latest of the many 'Tehelkas' that have struck with accelerating frequency.
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