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- Just Can’T Get Under His Skin (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 23, 2003)
At 18, he was too young for the Law. After 20 yrs, wildlife’s biggest smuggler is trapped
- Sugarcoating Pota (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 31, 2003)
What has been proposed is an embarrassing gimmick to counter the mounting criticism of gross abuse of POTA by empowering powerless committees to prescribe ineffective remedies.
- Cas: The Hobson's Choice For Chennai (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 03, 2003)
THE variety and manoeuvrability of the English language never ceases to amaze. So, when it comes to any contentious issue, such as the controversy surrounding the conditional access system (CAS) in millions of homes in India, one can use a plethora of ...
- Forest Out Of Bound For Vvips, Tourists In Veerappan Season (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
The Karnataka government has banned foreign tourists, VVIPs and VIPs from visiting jungle lodges and guest houses in forests around HD Kote taluk for a month, in the wake of information that forest brigand Veerappan was planning to abduct some eminent ...
- The Myth Of The Popular Will (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 25, 2001)
It is always risky, and often unfair, to read situations by speculating on the motives that are alleged to underlie them.
- The Myth Of The Popular Will (Hindu, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 25, 2001)
It is always risky, and often unfair, to read situations by speculating on the motives that are alleged to underlie them.
- Naxals: Not By Ban Alone (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 11, 2001)
It is absurd to presume that a ban on the Naxalite outfits under POTO — even if it becomes POTA — will automatically make the three dozen ultra Left groups in the country drop their arms.
- Bharucha: A Champion Of Rule Of Law (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2001)
MR Justice Sam Piroj Bharucha, who took over as the new Chief Justice of India on November 1 following the retirement of Mr Justice Adrash Sein Anand, brings with him rich experience in the administration of justice.
- The War Of Words Resumes (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Nov 08, 2001)
CHENNAI, NOV. 7. After Mr. O. Paneerselvam took over as Chief Minister, there was a lull in the State.
- Legislating A Police State (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 04, 2001)
IT IS not the best kept secret of the Government that the police is thoroughly criminalised and corrupt and the judicial system is teetering on the brink of collapse.
- Legislating A Police State (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 04, 2001)
IT IS not the best kept secret of the Government that the police is thoroughly criminalised and corrupt and the judicial system is teetering on the brink of collapse.
- Gangster Farce (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2001)
Don’t make a Chhota Rajan of Abu Salem.
- The Terrorism Ordinance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2001)
THE UNION CABINET'S approval of the promulgation of an ordinance to combat terrorism paves the way for the law enforcing agencies to be armed with additional powers to tackle the scourge.
- Economics: For, By And Of The People? (Business Line, K. Gopalan, Oct 06, 2001)
A SOCIETY is an organic whole, simultaneously active in various spheres, constantly getting transformed.
- Cartoon Redeems Media Honour (Tribune, Surjit Hans, Oct 03, 2001)
THE coverage of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York by our papers was apocalyptic.
- 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.
- Veerappan Cases-I: Mass Acquittals Overshadow Few Convictions (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Oct 01, 2001)
MYSORE, SEPT. 30. Only the defence lawyers broke into smiles as the Mysore Special Court Judge, Mr. Krishnappa, announced the string of acquittals in the so-called ``Veerappan associates'' cases.
- Crime And Debarment (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar, Aug 14, 2001)
The murder of Phoolan Devi was a dastardly act that deserves to be condemned by a civil society.
- In Search Of Mogambo (Hindustan Times, Pritish Nandy, Aug 02, 2001)
WE ARE a nation in search of villains. So obsessive is this search that when we are unable to find a big enough villain in real life, we create one.
- Passing Of A Veerapandiyan (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 24, 2001)
THERE was once a Tamil stage actor who played the role of Maratha warrior-king Shivaji with such elan that he was nicknamed Sivaji Ganesan.
- Sivaji' V.C. Ganesan, 1927-2001 (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 24, 2001)
VILLUPURAM CHINNIAH GANESAN portrayed a vast canvas of emotions on the silver screen.
- Wanted: A Civilised Civil Service (Tribune, N. Krishna, Jul 13, 2001)
WHEN Singapore, tiny city state with just three million population, without any natural resources, but with a sizable Tamil population, produced four billionaires (Singapore has one of the maximum bank deposit rate per person also).
- Prison Nadu: A Model State Worth Showcasing (The Economic Times, Raghu Krishnan, Jul 08, 2001)
THE EDUCATION department in the southern state of PN (Prison Nadu) was coming out with a new primer for kindergarten schools. `A’ would no longer be for `Apple’ but for `Arrest’.
- Empty House (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 07, 2001)
India’s reputation of being ‘famously democratic’, as The Economist once wrote, has no challengers today.
- Bracing A Brigand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 17, 2001)
After accusing the DMK regime of colluding with Veerappan, Ms. Jayalalithaa knows it is important to not only be different but to appear to be so, says SURESH NAMBATH.
- Bracing A Brigand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 17, 2001)
After accusing the DMK regime of colluding with Veerappan, Ms. Jayalalithaa knows it is important to not only be different but to appear to be so, says SURESH NAMBATH.
- Lure Of The Forest (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 11, 2001)
Who should have the final say in the use of forest land?
- Bracing A Brigand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2001)
After accusing the DMK regime of colluding with Veerappan, Ms. Jayalalithaa knows it is important to not only be different but to appear to be so, says SURESH NAMBATH.
- Too Good To Be True (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 08, 2001)
A software-piracy-free Bangalore — in six months?!
- Bracing A Brigand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2001)
After accusing the DMK regime of colluding with Veerappan, Ms. Jayalalithaa knows it is important to not only be different but to appear to be so, says SURESH NAMBATH.
- India’s Inverted Pyramid (Indian Express, Rajinder Puri, May 24, 2001)
In which direction is India headed? When I was a child, the nation was partitioned.
- A Post-Dated Superpower (Indian Express, Rahul Sagar, May 08, 2001)
THE border imbroglio with Bangladesh has had three principal effects upon the Indian polity.
- At Risk Of Dignity And Limb (Indian Express, Nitin Paul Mehta, May 01, 2001)
It is only occasionally, when I am left with no choice, that I venture to travel by the city transport bus.
- Lonely Vigil (Hindustan Times, MANVENDRA SINGH, Apr 27, 2001)
'MISSING PATROL’ and ‘mutilated bodies’ has a sinister ring to it. Eerily similar to an event almost two years ago when a young army officer with his patrol of less than a section strength went missing in the heights and snows of Kargil.
- Wanted: A Civilised Civil Service (Tribune, N. Krishna, Apr 26, 2001)
WHEN Singapore, tiny city state with just three million population, without any natural resources.
- Politics Of Perdition - Ii (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Apr 02, 2001)
ALTHOUGH BOTH the PT and the DPI have much in common as Dalits and victims of caste oppression, as it often happens with the interplay of caste and politics, the leaders of both are staunch rivals, with Dr. Krishnasamy strongly conscious of the PT's caste
- Optimism, Doubts Over Jayalalitha Contesting Polls (Hindu, Suresh Nambath and K. Ramachandran, Mar 27, 2001)
CHENNAI, MARCH 26. While political allies of the AIADMK general secretary, Ms. Jayalalitha, have expectedly sought to take advantage of the Supreme Court judgment that conviction is not final in a case during pendency of an appeal in a higher court, some
- Politics of perdition - II (Hindu, P. Radhakrishnan, Mar 22, 2001)
ALTHOUGH BOTH the PT and the DPI have much in common as Dalits and victims of caste oppression, as it often happens with the interplay of caste and politics, the leaders of both are staunch rivals, with Dr. Krishnasamy strongly conscious of the PT's caste
- The Fakir of IPI (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 21, 2001)
BETWEEN World War I that ended in 1919 and the beginning of World War II in 1939, in both of which he participated, my father spent the bulk of the years allotted to him fighting against the Fakir of IPI. He had to do that, as a part of the Indian Army.
- An STF succes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2001)
THE CAPTURE OF Veerappan's aide, the Tamil Nadu Liberation Army (TNLA) chief, Maran, is an extremely significant development for more than one reason. Maran was a key member of Veerappan's gang, took active part in the kidnap of the filmstar, Mr. Rajkumar
- Crime and code of silence (Pioneer, Bhushan Bhat, Jan 19, 2001)
For all the concern and publicity the state of organised crime in India has generated, it has received scanty attention from our academic researchers. It is important to understand the term `organised' crime and to judge whether the Indian crime scene war
- A needless row (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 08, 2001)
Nothing can be more deplorable than the linguistic political twist sought to be given to the now infructuous plan for a public felicitation of Tamil nationalist movement leader P Nedumaran in Bangalore in the light of the release of Kannada matinee idol R
- No simple matter (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Jan 04, 2001)
A leader has demanded that if the TADA detenues were released on the demand of the outlawed sandalwood smuggler, murderer and kidnapper, it could be a good reason to release all detenues, who have been in jails for the last 16 years. It was basically a wr
- RESTRAIN MILITANTS (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 30, 2000)
Home Minister L K Advani makes it amply clear that Pakistan shall have to restrain militant outfits let loose on the country before any bilateral dialogue can be initiated. Immediate provocation for talking tough is the statement of Pak dictator Gen Musha
- Beyond the Rajkumar hostage crisis (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Dec 24, 2000)
MYSORE, DEC. 23. Active players in Veerappan's murderous gang? Or poor villagers coopted to do his bidding out of fear and a concern for self-preservation? Portrayals of the 51 Veerappan TADA detenus vary dramatically and perplexingly. The truth, as usual
- Paswan owes an explanation (Tribune, P. H. Vaishnav, Dec 20, 2000)
AFTER allowing the postal employees' unions to hold the nation's communication system to ransom for 13 days, the government has acted exactly as it is used to doing in the past. Unfazed by the severe strictures of the Supreme Court for its capitulation to
- Blue Pencil (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Dec 16, 2000)
Human Rights Day is an international event. It has been so since the golden jubilee in December 1998 of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 1948.
- Time to catch Veerappan (Pioneer, Naseem Naqvi, Dec 15, 2000)
We were unlucky not to have an Abdul Karim knocking at the door of the Supreme Court when a pall of gloom descended on the country at the government's response to the Kandahar hijack drama last December.
- STRINGENT ACTION (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 15, 2000)
Arrest of Nazim Hussain Rizvi shows deep-rooted malaise of mafia dons that continue to rock not only film world but also all peace loving citizens of the country. Rizvi is booked on substantial charges of abetment to murder and conspiracy to eliminate suc
- Judicial Activism (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 08, 2000)
Apex Court has made amply clear that polluting industrial units deserve no mercy and they have to shift. The Bench has already taken to task Delhi Government for not implementing its orders. The fact remains such of the polluting units do not fit into the
- THE VEERAPPAN SAGA (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Dec 06, 2000)
THE Veerappan story has taken so many twists and turns all these years that it may be presumptuous to call the latest phase as final. But one hopes that it will be. Cutting sandalwood in the forests of Satyamangalam-Thalavadi, overlapping the three states
- Myopic politicians and smug brigands (Business Line, D. S. Soman , Dec 05, 2000)
THE CROWDS dancing in the streets of Bangalore after the release of the thespian, Rajkumar, appeared to be celebrating a victory. What they did not realise was that the victory was that of Veerappan and not of the law-and-order machinery.
- A question of balance (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 03, 2000)
As a result of the continuing erosion in the politicians' moral credentials, the Judiciary finds itself invited to make the errant and the erratic `rulers' behave in a responsible manner, writes HARISH KHARE.
- Law and the police order (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Dec 03, 2000)
TO whom are men and the officers of the Indian police accountable? Evidently, to the ruling politicians, who are a tradition from the British Raj days, and after that to themselves, which is largely a post-1947 change. Police honesty is unlikely to be acc
- India’s most wanted (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Dec 02, 2000)
Nothing quite exemplifies the sense of unreality which characterises India’s Sri Lanka policy so effectively as Home Minister L.K. Advani’s solemn assurance to Parliament that New Delhi is pursuing the matter of Velupillai Pirabhakaran’s extradition to In
- Fresh look needed (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 01, 2000)
There is a very strong case for a fresh look from the human rights angle at the entire plight of the detenus held under TADA and other related laws in respect of anti-Veerappan operations. No doubt the move to set free these 56 detenus in the Mysore and T
- Guns, governance & ransom (Hindu, V. R. Raghavan , Nov 30, 2000)
THE SAFE return of the Kannada actor, Mr. Rajkumar, from his forest captivity has not ended the embarrassment of the Governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It has also done little to enhance their credibility which with every passing week continues to t
- Peace gets another chance (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 29, 2000)
THE Union Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, has termed the Government's decision to announce a ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir during the holy month of Ramzan `Lahore-II'. He has appealed to the Pakistan Government to respond positively to this initiative an
- Federal Force (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 28, 2000)
The necessity of raising Federal Force to deal with emerging security threats is once again in the focus. This aspect was discussed in the inter-State Council meeting when most of the States opposed the concept on the ground that law and order is best lef
- Increase pan to conserve forests (Daily Excelsior, Zaker Hussain Mir, Nov 27, 2000)
Increasing Protected Area Network (PAN) in the form of National Parks, wild life sanctuaries and Biosphere reserves is one of the magic keys left with us to conserve fast depleting forest wealth of our country and also that of our State but, unfortunately
- Looking Beyond the Veerappan episode (Daily Excelsior, Aarti, Nov 27, 2000)
The circumstances leading to the dramatic abduction as well as the sudden release of Kannada superstar Dr Rajkumar after 108 days captivity by forest brigand Veerappan has generated mixed reactions from several quarters. But this is not the time to brood
- Veerappan releases a cine idol, captures two CMs (The Kashmir Times, Naseem Naqvi, Nov 27, 2000)
We were unlucky enough not to have any Abdul Karim to think of knocking at the door of the Supreme Court when gloom wrapped up the whole country as a fall out of the Kandhar hijack drama last December. Or the government, after just keeping an eye on the s
- Veerappan kidnaps, LTTE hijacks (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Nov 26, 2000)
Those in control during the Rajkumar kidnap episode were from two pro-LTTE groups. As a result, writes SURESH NAMBATH, eventually the LTTE could get some space in Tamil Nadu's political discourse.
- Jungle king (Business Line, Timeri Murari, Nov 24, 2000)
SINCE everybody and your uncle, except the cops, seem to find Veerappan, I thought I'd better follow the well-trodden path again. You may recall I went to call on him a few years ago. It was quite easy. He has an excellent public relations department, run
- Suraksha for Mithun (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 24, 2000)
If Veerappan Gounder is aware of what is best for him then he will think twice indeed the more he thinks the better before abducting Bollywood star Mithun Chakraborty.
- Begging the question (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Nov 24, 2000)
Ten days have passed since forest brigand Veerappan let go of Kannada star Dr Rajkumar after holding him hostage for 108 days. But the dust is yet to settle down. Questions are being raised on whether there is more to the episode than meets the eye. AIADM
- Court order vs disorder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 23, 2000)
THE utter disgust displayed by the Supreme Court over the way the government has gone slow in closing down polluting units in Delhi’s residential areas is fully justified. All these years it has not only ignored the impassioned plea of the suffering publi
- Courting Rebukes (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 23, 2000)
Firmness, more often than not, produces discomfiture in its object. The Delhi state administration and the chief opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party, have been thrown into a tizzy by the Supreme Court’s insistence that polluting industrial units in and
- Pervasive distrust (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 22, 2000)
THE Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have only themselves to blame if people take their claims of launching fresh operations against Veerappan with more than a pinch of salt. Having been taken for a ride by politicians on so many occasions, the
- Mission Veerappan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 22, 2000)
That both the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments have moved to constitute a special task force to capture Veerappan may seem, on the face of it, to be encouraging. But the history of operations against him over the last few years does not give ground fo
- Task Force Revived (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 22, 2000)
At long last, both Karnataka and Taml Nadu Government give the nod for reviving Task Forces for nabbing Veerappan who has established his virtual control in forest areas of these States. In fact, elite commandos of the Task
- To catch a bandit (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 22, 2000)
THE REVIVAL OF the Special Task Force's (STF) campaign marks the beginning of a new operation to capture Veerappan after the trauma of the Rajkumar abduction. Both the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka State Governments have announced that this time round the oper
- The STF farce once again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 22, 2000)
CALL it a hasty attempt to claim credit for ending the Rajkumar kidnap drama or a delayed show of courage and firmness, the after-effects refuse to subside. The DMK-ruled Tamil Nadu has suddenly woken up to the stinging rebuke of the Supreme Court and has
- Time to track down brigand (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Nov 21, 2000)
''All`s well that ends well.`` The meaning embedded in the title of a Shakespearean play may have only limited relevance to the present Karnataka scenario suffused with a spirit of deja vu in the context of a happy end to the agonising adbuction episode i
- Election fever (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 20, 2000)
SYMPTOMS of election fever in Tamil Nadu are palpable. The top brass of the two traditional rivals for power -- DMK and AIADMK -- have recently exchanged unbecoming expletives about each other's pedigree, without a thought to the execrable example they we
- Erratica: The Rhymes of India (Hindustan Times, Bachi J Karkaria, Nov 19, 2000)
There’s only one way to deal with bad news: make it verse. So as Page One fare gets more and more trite, and as the rotten becomes routine, I thought this was good reason to string up a few rhymes. These limericks may not win me membership of the Poetry C
- Free of Cost (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 17, 2000)
It has ended well for the filmstar, Raj Kumar, his family and fans and the two governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. But that does not mean that all’s well. The release of Raj Kumar is shrouded in as much mystery as his abduction, in the sense that the
- Unhealthy trend (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 17, 2000)
The increasing tendency of the State Government to declare holidays for schools and colleges for all and sundry reasons is cause for concern in view of its potential for disruption of academic schedules. The latest such instance is the one-day holiday giv
- THE DRAMA ENDS (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Nov 17, 2000)
After 107 days captivity in forest brigand Veerappan's strongholds, he is set free. The drama is truly filmy style and at one stage rightly described by Apex Court as stage-managed. One really does not know what caused change of heart in the moustached ma
- A true filmic end (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 17, 2000)
IF the energy of the collective sigh at the freedom of filmstar Rajkumar were to be trapped and released, it would unleash a supercyclone in some pockets of Bangalore. So relieved are both Kannada and Tamil residents that the day-long celebrations were tr
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