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Articles 5121 through 5220 of 6237:
- Open Borders And Closed Minds (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 22, 2003)
The recent call by the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for open borders in the subcontinent has generated an enthusiastic response. But on both sides of the Indo-Nepal border, one of the most open in the world, there are voices demanding its tight
- ‘poll Managers? Jaitley Never Fought One, Mahajan Lost His Ls Election’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
• Congress seems to be suffering from cancer. A popular government, cooperative allies, and a chief minister with a clean image. I am talking about Kerala where senior leader K Karunakaran and his son-elect-KPCC chief is trying to destabilise the ...
- ‘ostracise The Corrupt And Unprincipled From All Spheres Of Public Life’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
• The Indian Express is doing a commendable job in exposing the fake stamp paper scam as well as highlighting the death (murder) of Satyendra K Dubey. It seems that our Government is not really serious in wanting to eradicate corruption. Honesty no longer
- Whistle Blower Law To Fight Corruption (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Dec 20, 2003)
THE importance of enacting the “Whistle Blower Act” to fight corruption in high places, as proposed by the Constitution Review Commission in its report to the Centre, has been brought to the notice of Supreme Court in a petition seeking probe into the ...
- ‘award Dubey The Ashok Chakra’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
Being a NRB (non-resident Bihari) I feel ashamed Satyendra Dubey was killed in his own state simply because he was honest. Such an incident lets down all right-minded residents of Bihar. It compels them to think of leaving Bihar for good. At this rate...
- Let’s Own That Whistle (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 20, 2003)
The death of Satyendra Dubey, a young engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and working for the National Highway Authority of India who had complained of corruption on the Golden Quadrilateral project to the Prime Minister’s Office ...
- Congress Itself To Blame (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2003)
A decision delayed also turns out to be a decision denied. Punjab is facing this unfortunate situation because of the Amarinder-Bhattal standoff which the Congress high command has not yet resolved fully. The high command should have taken a firm decision
- If China Can, Why Can't India? (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 19, 2003)
CHINA's economic success is stunning the world as it understands how to move with the times. It is the world's most competitive nation anddesires to modernise rapidly by attracting more foreign investment.
- For A Smile On India’s Face (Indian Express, A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM , Dec 18, 2003)
India dreams big, creates well, competes better. All it needs now is a conducive system, based on fairplay
- The Political Stain (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2003)
Prime Minister Vajpayee shows how the debate on corruption must be recast
- Statecraft Of The Vanities (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Dec 18, 2003)
NTR, Amitabh Bachchan, Jayalalithaa, Shabana Azmi, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini — okay, so now it’s a well established fact that film stars have a yen for politics. But what’s with these new filmi political hoardings? In case you haven’t noticed or the trend
- ‘dubey Enforces Our Belief In Human Values ’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
There is no place for honest people in our system. If they do not get killed — they are shunted out on branch lines to obscurity. The only solution is to dismantle the system.
Raghubir Singh
- Both Jogi, Judeo Cases A Disgrace: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
Calling the Judeo and Jogi cases a ‘‘disgrace’’ and ‘‘black spots’’, a visibly upset Prime Minister today tried to take a bitter debate to a higher plane when he urged all parties to rise above politics and ponder on ‘‘what’s happening in the country’’ an
- Post-Reform Anomaly — Parts Not Keeping `Full' Pace (Business Line, K. Parthasarathi, Dec 17, 2003)
THE overall growth rate of the country should not blur our vision to the growing disparities in the prosperity level, per capita income and job opportunities from State to State. The strategy for a higher growth in these sub-par States should be multi
- Opp Demand: Get Us Whistleblower Law, Go And Nail Dubey’s Killers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2003)
The government was put on the dock today as Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha demanded a comprehensive statement from the Minister for Road Transport and Highways B C Khanduri on the murder of IIT engineer Satyendra Dubey in Bihar who tried to expose
- Netaji Desires (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2003)
THE release of the Katwal audio tapes, in which Mr Virbhadra Singh and two of his colleagues, Mr Singhi Ram and Mr Kuldeep Kumar, had allegedly sought from Mr S.M Katwal, the then Chairman of the HPSSB, the favour of appointment of some candidates when...
- Changing Colours Of The Uniform (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Dec 16, 2003)
Could this be the beginning of the era of the righteous? Or is khaki showing its true colour after washing off the grime in Bihar’s political badlands? It may be too early to hazard a guess, but the suspended Bihar director-general of police, D.P. Ojha
- Citizens Need To Play Active Role (Tribune, Pushpa Girimaji, Dec 15, 2003)
PATPARGANJ in East Delhi is a small locality. However, consumers there have shown the way for others to follow. Some time ago, when a large garbage bin in the area was repaired, but repaired shabbily, the residents suspected that the contractor had not...
- Deficiencies And The Defection Law (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2003)
THE FAILURE OF the existing anti-defection law is reflected by the simple fact that it has, albeit unwittingly, promoted the very phenomenon it set out to check — political defections. As the National Commission to Review the Working of the ...
- The Mandate And Its Pieces (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 15, 2003)
The Judeo-Jogi affair has not ended with the Chhattisgarh election. In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls next year, the Congress and the BJP are both using it to score points against each other. The Congress has demanded that the probe against Dilip Singh
- Dubey: Cbi Files Fir, Leaving For Bihar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2003)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today registered an FIR taking over the murder case of Satyendra Dubey, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) manager who blew the whistle on corruption in the Bihar stretch of the Golden Quadrilateral
- Little Miss Crackskull (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2003)
What is it about political correctness that brings out the blackest parody from the nicest people? Two Canadian medics have published, in a serious medical journal earlier this week, an article, which is an entertaining send-up of north American PC. In
- First Step Forward: Cops Track Dubey’s Cellphone, Live After His Murder (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 14, 2003)
Gaya cops say man who had phone is on the run; 10 days after murder, steno called, someone picked up
- Destination Jobsville (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 14, 2003)
A little over 40 million persons are registered with the employment exchanges in India. Employment exchanges are established by the State governments as a funnel through which a job-seeker will pass in order to ensure fairness and non-discrimination in...
- The Stung Never Go Unsung (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Dec 14, 2003)
‘‘Welcome to the first ever spy scam award. Unlike the Oscars and other such awards in India, it is always difficult to nominate the winner because the main player does not know he is ‘acting’ in front of the camera.’’
- ‘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
- Please, No U-Turns In This Dream (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 14, 2003)
This week I am going to play Devil’s Advocate. I am going to speak up for the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) which because of the tragic, needless murder of Satyendra Dubey is beginning to sound like an evil, villainous organisation. And, I am
- ‘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.
- Behind The Election Outcomes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
A NUMBER OF explanations have been offered for the emphatic victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent round of State Assembly elections, in which the result in Delhi has been the only consolation for the Congress. However, the detailed ...
- Fifth Year, Fifth Gear (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 13, 2003)
Why the Vajpayee govt’s last-year-as- slog-overs attitude is good governance and shrewd politics
- Commonwealth At Crossroads (Tribune, L. H. Naqvi, Dec 13, 2003)
52 heads failed to look beyond Zimbabwe!
- Hc Slams Bihar: He Was Killed For Being Honest, You Say No Problem? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
On the orders of the Patna High Court, which has taken up a petition on the Satyendra Dubey murder case, the Bihar government today submitted a ‘‘dedicated plan’’ to the court, pledging foolproof security for completion of the Golden Quadrilateral highway
- ‘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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Unhealthy Suspense (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
Indecision is harmful for Punjab
- 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 ...
- 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
- Winter In The House (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
MPs shouldn’t let the current political excitement deter them from getting down to business
- The Judeo-Jogi Test (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 11, 2003)
The sight of Judeo accepting a bribe. The sound of Jogi offering a bribe. The Express exposed the Union minister’s shenanigans three weeks before Law Minister Arun Jaitley did the same to the officiating chief minister of Chhattisgarh. Political ...
- Sting In The Tail (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
Real magnanimity does not trample even upon a worm. The Bharatiya Janata Party, if it does not change its ways, may fail this test. It has not stopped gloating over its sting operation on Mr Ajit Jogi, the outgoing chief minister of Chhattisgarh. The ...
- ‘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 ...
- Wanted: Whistle-Blowers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
The system needs them desperately, but unless they feel safe they will remain elusive
- Not Through Acrimony (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
THE political corruption issue, whether it relates to Mr Dilip Singh Judeo, Mr Ajit Jogi or numerous lesser mortals, has occupied the centre-stage, so much so that it can perhaps be considered the most vital one facing the country. Sleaze at the top has a
- Mind That Messenger (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 10, 2003)
That corruption today permeates all walks of life is widely accepted. It is even tolerated as a necessary evil. What is, however, less known is that from time to time there have been individuals who have refused to join the comfortable mainstream and who
- Kudos To Murthy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
Kudos to N.R. Narayana Murthy (Infosys chief to PM: Probe, speak to family, get Whistleblower Act, December 9) for speaking his mind and asking for justice in the Satyendra Dubey murder case. But I am afraid unless the demand is raised continuously, at ..
- Calling Justice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
Thank you, Indian Express, who has come out as a responsible newspaper in a country which is growing ignorant day by day. The murder of Satyendra Dubey for his honesty & sincerity has come as a shock for a person like me who has always believed that ...
- ‘had Govt Acted On Our Draft Whistleblower Bill, Passed Law, Dubey Wouldn’t Have Died’ (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 09, 2003)
Says author of whistleblower draft Justice Jeevan Reddy:Hopes Dubey murder, outrage will prod Govt conscience
- Election Lessons (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 09, 2003)
The BJP’s victory shows that the electorate, concerned with more immediate issues, has chosen a party of order over one of diffuse choices
- Infosys Murthy To Pm: Probe, Speak To Family, Get Whistleblower Law (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
Let Satyendra Dubey’s murder be the ‘‘last such tragedy in the country’’ Infosys founder and chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy said here today, urging the Prime Minister to speak to Dubey’s family.
- Why Is Assam Burning? (Hindu, Walter Fernandes, Dec 08, 2003)
The Centre has treated insurgency in the Northeast as a law and order issue or given it a communal colour by focussing on the Bangladeshi immigrants and ignoring those from the Hindi heartland.
- Bjp Victory Without Hindutva Card (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 08, 2003)
THE raging debate after the spectacular victory of the BJP in the Hindi-speaking Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in political circles is whether the BJP-led NDA is going to get another term at the Centre.
- Supreme Sacrifice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
It is indeed exemplary in this day and age that somebody has given the supreme sacrifice to expose corruption. I think his sacrifice is no lesser than a soldier making the ultimate sacrifice for the country or any freedom fighter who laid down his life...
- The Great Indian Vote Trick (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 07, 2003)
My most interesting day was the day after the counting — more than the day of the voting or the day of the counting. I have read the tortuous explanations offered by analysts and columnists on the results of the elections in three States and in the Union
- Bumpy Roads Overturn Digvijay (Hindu, Lalit Shastri, Dec 07, 2003)
The BJP subtly kept aside its Hindutva agenda and built its entire election campaign around the issue of development in Madhya Pradesh.
- ‘this Sense Of Outrage Must Boil To Surface Each Time A Dubey Is Killed’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
Why should there be so much hue and cry about one murder? Aren’t there people getting killed in India in every possible manner any single day? Here’s this boy coming from a remote village in Bihar braving all the economic odds to study at IIT. Quite ...
- Cbi Official Arrested On Corruption Charges (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
The CBI today arrested A. Sudhakar Rao, one of its top officers, on corruption charges. An officer of Sikkim cadre and posted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) at Vishakhapatnam, Rao was charged with amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources..
- On Saturday Night, Bjp Catches Jogi With His Cash Down (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
Jaitley plays audio of BJP sting: Jogi offering Rs 20 lakh and more plus letter of support to BJP leaders to get them to defect; Jogi denies it’s his voice, Sonia dumps him
- Human Rights Matter (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Dec 07, 2003)
We have come a long way since 10th December 1948 when the Universal Declaration on Human Rights was adopted by the General Assembly in Paris by an unanimous vote of 48 with 8 abstentions. It was a momentous achievement. The central theme of the ...
- And He Wrote: If You Die, Go So Quietly That No One Gets To Know (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Dec 07, 2003)
In her one-room Delhi flat, behind IIT, the last person Dubey spoke to recalls her close friend
- Body Politics Has Begun: Your Mafia Vs Your Leak (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2003)
After one week of silence despite the growing clamour for justice, the Bihar government today recommended a CBI probe into the Satyendra Dubey murder case. And in the first such official acknowledgment, RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav said that Dubey, ‘‘ ...
- If Only Dubey Knew: It Was Vajpayee Who Inspired A Whistle Blower Law For India (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 06, 2003)
Don't tell this to Satyendra Dubey’s family. One full year before he blew the whistle on the Prime Minister’s showpiece project and two full years before he was killed, there was a Whistle Blower Act for India on paper. That paper gathers dust but what is
- ‘my Identity Has Been Leaked, Sir, This Disclosure Has Exposed Me To Undesirable Pressures, Threats (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Dec 06, 2003)
He wrote this second letter: And guess what he got for his first: ‘reprimand’ from Vigilance Officer
- The Judeo Episode And After (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Dec 05, 2003)
UNTIL the advent of Mr Dilip Singh Judeo, erstwhile Minister of State for Forests and Environment, most simple people thought corruption was something to be viewed with abhorrence. No longer. None other than the Deputy Prime Minister has urged that it be
- ‘in The End, India Rid Satyendra Of His Pain’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
On November 30, The Indian Express reported how Satyendra Dubey, a young NHAI engineer, wrote confidentially to the PMO about corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project in Bihar. He was then murdered. The e-mail deluge just doesn’t seem to end
- Pil Enters Sc To Protect Dubeys (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
A Delhi-based lawyer, Rakesh Upadhyay, has filed a PIL urging the Supreme Court to deal with the legal issues raised by the tragic fate of IIT Kanpur graduate and whistleblower Satyendra Dubey who was killed after his identity was leaked out by the ...
- Letter To A Murdered Mate (Indian Express, Raj Kamal Jha, Dec 05, 2003)
(if I may, that’s what one of your batchmates said you were called at IIT Kanpur):
- Start Again (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
Doctors to administer hospitals. That is what the new bill in West Bengal is about. So far the state health service had two cadres, the medical education service for teaching doctors and the West Bengal health service for medical officers. The West Bengal
- The Incumbency Factor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
THE VICTORY OF the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in the Mizoram Assembly elections, giving the party a second successive term in office, has shown that anti-incumbency may be an overused rule of thumb by politicians and pundits. The MNF's last ...
- Satyendra Jayate (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
The NHAI engineer’s murder touches a rare chord in readers. We need to take it from there
- ‘satyendra’s Murderers Are Like Terrorists’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
On November 30, The Indian Express reported how Satyendra Dubey, a young NHAI engineer, wrote confidentially to the PMO about corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project in Bihar. He was then murdered. Readers’ e mails just keep pouring in
- On Counting Day, What’s 1 Dead Man? (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Dec 04, 2003)
The Union Government which is his employer, the state in which he was working, the major political parties, all are still silent on the shocking murder of Satyendra Dubey so The Indian Express knocked on Central Vigilance Commissioner P Shankar’s doors.
- State Of Progress (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
A surprise in the first result of the series of assembly elections in five states can be unnerving for all parties. Mizoram was not a battleground for the two national parties fighting it out in the other four states. Still, if it is the morning that ...
- Badals Under Cloud (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
The onus is on Amarinder Singh to ensure the case is not seen as a personal vendetta
- The Stench Of Money (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
Where does the Telgi scam end? It demands concerted criminal-judicial action at every level
- 'Satyendra Dubey Is As Brave As A Kargil Martyr' (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
On November 30, The Indian Express reported how Satyendra Dubey, a young NHAI engineer wrote confidentially to the PMO about corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project in Bihar. He was then murdered. Readers respond with outraged e mails
- Please Wake Up: Angry Iit Chorus (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Dec 03, 2003)
Dubey Murder: We will give voice to anger of students and faculty: IIT Kanpur director
- To Nda Delight, Mnf Retains Its Hold, Congress Is Lonely Again (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 03, 2003)
Demolishing the theory that the anti-incumbency factor would shut it out, the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF), led by chief minister and former insurgent leader Zoramthanga, today secured a simple majority in a House of 40 to retain power in Mizoram.
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