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Articles 9821 through 9920 of 11444:
- Rampaging Youth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2001)
For the BJP that takes pride in talking about its disciplined cadres, the conduct of its student wing is more than shocking.
- The Time's Come To Pay The Piper (Hindu, J. P. SHUKLA, Oct 28, 2001)
ELEVEN YEARS ago the Bharatiya Janata Party played the `Ram' card in Uttar Pradesh to counter the `Mandal' masterstroke of Mr. V. P. Singh.
- Would A Bin Laden Trial Be Too Big For Us? (Indian Express, Henry Weinstein, Oct 28, 2001)
AS WARPLANES bomb Afghanistan and commandos scour that country’s forbidding countryside, US military strategists are trying to figure out where Osama bin Laden and his associates are hiding and how to inflict the most punishment on them.
- A Triumph For The Tribals (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Oct 28, 2001)
IT WAS an unusual agitation with an unusual beginning. Tribals from different parts of Kerala erected huts in front of the official residence of the Chief Minister, Mr. A. K. Antony, on August 30.
- Triple Divorce Should Be Abolished (Tribune, Asghar Ali Engineer , Oct 28, 2001)
THE Christian divorce law is being amended. It was quite outdated and heavily loaded in favour of man since it was enacted by the British Government in 19th century.
- Canadian Musings On Coastal Heroe (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 28, 2001)
You read a good novel, you want to read others written by the same author and find out more about him or her.
- The Party And The Puja (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 28, 2001)
The festive chaos of the last few days might have prompted an outsider to wonder whether the same mobs that fill puja pandals also vote for the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and its allies.
- Another Hive Of Babus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2001)
Not food production but bureaucratic reproduction!
- How A Single Coup Changed 50 Years Of Mideast History (Indian Express, Ahmed Bouzid, Oct 27, 2001)
Imagine if August 19, 1953, had come and gone, uneventfully. Imagine if Operation Ajax, coordinated by the British MI6 and the American CIA, which toppled the flourishing democracy in Iran of Mohammed Mossadeq, had never left the drawing board.
- Gangster Farce (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2001)
Don’t make a Chhota Rajan of Abu Salem.
- A Post-Taliban World Order (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 27, 2001)
A WORLD free from the politics of terrorism is said to be the creative objective of a long international `campaign' that ostensibly began with America's ongoing military offensive against Afghanistan.
- Wrong Casting (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2001)
Ms Sonia Gandhi has an unenviable job in hand. She will have to judge whether the results of a survey from Madhya Pradesh exhibit coincidence or casteism.
- Correcting A Social Failure (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 27, 2001)
THE SUPREME COURT'S directive ordering an all-India survey of mental asylums is welcome.
- Were The Tehelka Tapes Doctored? (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Oct 27, 2001)
WOULD I like to see how the Tehelka tapes had been doctored, said the voice on the telephone, because if I did I could come along and take a look?
- We Would Need Other Laws Before This Law (Indian Express, Gaurav Gaba, Oct 27, 2001)
Ensure that informers are protected before enacting prevention of terrorism laws
- We’ll Lose, But Will Die Trying (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2001)
Not accepting ANZ’s settlement makes NHB more vulnerable, but no official has the guts to say so
- Schroder, Schily To Flag Germany’s Green Card For (Indian) Talent (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 26, 2001)
Two Airbuses marked “Luftwaffee” (German Airforce) will land in Delhi airport’s high security VIP technical area from Islamabad this Sunday afternoon.
- Fallout Of Afghan Confrontation (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 26, 2001)
THE USA's battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan has reached a critical stage.
- Wrong Casting (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 26, 2001)
Ms Sonia Gandhi has an unenviable job in hand. She will have to judge whether the results of a survey from Madhya Pradesh exhibit coincidence or casteism.
- Neither Here, Nor There (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 26, 2001)
The conduct of India’s foreign policy over the last six weeks is a tempting target of criticism. But it is also not difficult to sympathise with the predicament of our policy makers.
- Bin Laden Mask Is Not Fun (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2001)
THE Osama bin Laden Halloween masks have arrived, but a New York shop owner says he is not selling them to just anyone.
- A Bitter Fight (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2001)
THE OUTCOME AND voting pattern of the panchayat and municipal elections in Tamil Nadu this time, unlike in 1996, are not in full concordance with what the Assembly polls threw up less than six months ago.
- Chhattisgarh Cm In Trouble (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2001)
CHHATTISGARH Chief Minister Ajit Jogi is under cloud.
- The Killer Instinct Can Kill Too (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2001)
Twenty years ago, it was very fashionable to talk of us Indians as having no ‘killer instinct’.
- Will The Cci Deliver? (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Oct 25, 2001)
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (the MRTP Act) was amended in 1984 to equip the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (the MRTPC) with powers to combat unfair trade practices as well.
- Two States With Too Many Scandals (Telegraph, TILAK D. GUPTA, Oct 24, 2001)
Even as the Rabri Devi government in Bihar was facing widespread mass protest because of deteriorating law and order in the state.
- Freedom Of Media -- All's Not Fair In This War? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 24, 2001)
AN INTERESTING fallout of what the US and its media call ``war against terror'' is the dilemma of a country that is stifling, though through veiled suggestions, the voice of independent media.
- Biotech: Will It Really Give A New Thrust To Life? (The Financial Express, Satyanarayan Doraiswami, Oct 24, 2001)
Information technology and telecommunications have undergone a revolution that is quite visible. Alas, the same cannot be said for pharmaceuticals, a key sector for ridding the world of innumerable diseases.
- Marxists Feed On Poverty (Indian Express, K. P. Joseph, Oct 24, 2001)
The Marxists have a vested interest in the poor who constitute their main vote bank.
- Democracy As Pursuit Of Power (Hindu, Neera Chandhoke , Oct 24, 2001)
AS FAR as sheer political cynicism, obscene indifference to the fate of the people of India, manipulation of sentiments.
- Democracy Through Diversity (Hindu, Garimella Subramaniam, Oct 23, 2001)
Lord Bhikku Parekh is a member of the British House of Lords.
- Middle Class Backlash Against Vajpayee (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 23, 2001)
‘VINASHAKALE viparita buddhi’ has been a quote nauseatingly used by disgruntled politicians to snipe at each other.
- A Kinder Tada? Take Another Look (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2001)
One would have thought that those who went through the experience of the Emergency would have been more circumspect about rushing in more draconian laws than we already have.
- Dilli’s Gang Of Four (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2001)
Why is the NDA government scared of the media?
- How Fair Is Army Judicial System? (Tribune, Harwant Singh, Oct 23, 2001)
THE Parliamentary Committee on Defence in its report, tabled in Parliament a few weeks ago, has severely criticised the Army judicial and redressal system.
- Vietnam And Afghanistan (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Oct 23, 2001)
There is an eerie resemblance between what happened in Vietnam and what the Americans appear to have in mind for Afghanistan.
- Us Government Will Have Opinion Sewn Up When Body Bags Come In (Indian Express, Karen Deyoung, Oct 22, 2001)
THE Bush administration has sent US ground forces into Afghanistan secure in the knowledge that the American public overwhelmingly backs the action and is prepared to accept casualties.
- S. African Hiv Baby Sues Govt For Negligence (Tribune, Steven Swindells, Oct 22, 2001)
A six-month-old baby who contracted HIV from her mother is suing South African authorities for failing to prevent it, lawyers and health officials said.
- Curtains On Noise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 22, 2001)
Polishing up a silver lining is a rewarding activity, since there are not too many of them around.
- Congress (I) Should Not Play With Fire (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 22, 2001)
The angry attack by the Congress(I), joined by the Left parties, on the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, has put paid to any hopes of its becoming an Act of Parliament.
- Good Fences Make Bad Neighbours (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Oct 22, 2001)
An infructuous exchange of letters, telephonic persuasions and stormy meetings at the bureaucratic level have brought them to the edge.
- Nobel Person With A Noble Gift (Business Line, Premen Addy , Oct 22, 2001)
HAVING kept Sir Vidia Naipaul and the world waiting for a decade and more, the Swedish Nobel committee decided in its wisdom that it was time to end the suspense.
- Blind Rage Won’t Do (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 22, 2001)
WHEN Gandhiji was asked what he thought of western civilisation, he replied that he thought it would be a good idea.
- Borderline Case (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 22, 2001)
Khaleda should listen well to the tales the refugees tell
- Fundamentalist Danger (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 21, 2001)
It is a measure of the desperation being perceived by the sangh parivar in Uttar Pradesh that it has chosen to rake up the Ayodhya issue in the run-up to the assembly polls.
- Future Of World Order Hinges On War Against Terror (Tribune, Prem Prakash, Oct 21, 2001)
THE September 11 attacks on the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington shook the world.
- A Language For Indians (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Oct 20, 2001)
I am entirely in favour of making English an Indian language on our terms. Maul it, misuse it, mangle it out of shape but make it our own bhasha.
- “Columbus Went Too Far” (Tribune, J. L. Gupta, Oct 20, 2001)
THE local club decided to have a debate. The subject for the evening was “Columbus discovered heaven on earth”. The mover of the motion was soon on his hind legs.
- No Mandir, No Muslims: The ‘Rin Effect’ Catches Up With Bjp (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Oct 20, 2001)
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Ashok Singhal deserves gratitude for solving a political non-riddle, once again. That he, and his outfit, don’t chart their own path.
- When Terrorists Hijack A Religion (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Oct 20, 2001)
TODAY even youngsters feel disturbed because of the actions of certain people swearing by Islam.
- Pm Gets His Fixer Back (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 20, 2001)
THE re-induction of Mr George Fernandes and Mr Harin Pathak into the Vajpayee Ministry must have been absolutely essential to the Prime Minister.
- Meanwhile In Bharatvarsha (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 20, 2001)
We’ve switched off everything except the TV.
- Individual's Freedom At Stake (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 20, 2001)
It is no secret that the BJP-led Government has always wanted a measure which would transcend the State boundaries and give the Centre discretionary powers to detain such people who are politically or otherwise inconvenient to it.
- Us On Prowl, Asks Man Who Hunted Down Carlos The Jackal For Advice (Indian Express, John Carreyrou, Oct 19, 2001)
NATIONAL borders don’t mean much to terrorist hunter Jean-Louis Bruguiere:
- Ayodhya Autumn (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2001)
Religious frenzy and government apathy are a familiar mix.
- Mounting Pressure For Up Poll (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2001)
THE Opposition has put the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government in a tight corner.
- Of Terrorism And Democracy (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 19, 2001)
A number of theories and counter-theories have surfaced in the wake of terrorist strikes at the World Trade Center twin towers in New York. Academicians look at the problem in their own way.
- Brazen Defiance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2001)
BY STAGING A forced entry of its activists, led by Mr. Ashok Singhal, into the prohibited area of the disputed site at Ayodhya on Wednesday in defiance of the court-ordained curbs.
- India In Strategy Vacuum (Business Line, P. Krishna Rao, Oct 19, 2001)
EVEN as Afghanistan is pounded by US warplanes, there is consternation in India that its viewpoint on Kashmir has not been adequately endorsed by the American and British leadership.
- Transfer To Lahore (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 19, 2001)
Khan Zaka-ud-Din Khan, Additional District and Sessions, Judge, Amritsar, who was here for the last three years, first as a Small Cause Court Judge and later as Sessions Judge, has been transferred to Lahore.
- A King In Demand (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2001)
Contrary to the tide of history that has made monarchs an almost extinct species, the exiled 87-year-old king of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, has suddenly found himself being called in from the cold.
- Vandalism At The Taj (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2001)
THE ACTS OF vandalism perpetrated on the premises of the Taj Mahal last Sunday by some elements of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, which have prompted judicial intervention, are extremely disturbing for two reasons.
- 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.
- Pervez Musharraf’s Next Year (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 18, 2001)
ON October 12, when the ongoing U.S.-led bombing of the Taliban in Afghanistan was in its fifth day, Pakistan’s military ruler and self-appointed President, General Pervez Musharraf, celebrated the second anniversary of his coup.
- Tada In New Garb (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2001)
PARENTS of most pre-school children have had this experience. Whenever they tell the young ones that they are short of money, the innocent reply is: "Why don't we print more notes?"
- Welcome To The Land Of The Politically Unequal (Telegraph, Sanjay Kumar, Oct 18, 2001)
There has been a lot of hullabaloo and endless controversy whenever the bill for the reservation of seats for women in the legislature has been introduced in Parliament.
- Shah Bano Law Revisited (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2001)
FOR an extremist like Shahi Imam supporting the jehad call, we are lucky that there is also a moderate like Shabana Azmi opposing it.
- His Crusade Is For Rights Of Arrested (Indian Express, Maureen Tkacik, Oct 17, 2001)
Inside a small mosque in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, near where a group of men have set aside their shoes for evening prayer, attorney Randall B. Hamud has left what amounts to both a business card and a sign of the times.
- Both Judge And Jury (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2001)
Commission of Inquiry? Call it De-commission of Inquiry.
- A Rich Language, Though Unknown (Telegraph, Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Oct 17, 2001)
After Jharkhand, the neglect of Maithili and Mithilanchal once again seems have become a major political issue, not only in Bihar, but also in Jharkhand.
- Identifying Real Backwards And Dalits (Tribune, Pradeep Kumar, Oct 17, 2001)
A report of the Social Justice Committee set up by the UP Government to identify castes among the backwards and the Dalits who have actually cornered major benefits of the reservation policy in the last few decades.
- 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.
- Clueless Despite The Clues (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2001)
Had the CIA and FBI looked more closely, they would have found clues to prevent September 11 in the rubble of the recent bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the USS Cole
- 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.
- Saudi Citizens Can Turn To Their Govt (Indian Express, Laurie P. Cohen, Oct 17, 2001)
The Saudi Arabian government has retained a Washington lawyer and dozens of lawyers all over the U.S. to track them down and represent them.
- 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.
- Why The Media Loves A Good Fundamentalist (Indian Express, Rajdeep Sardesai, Oct 16, 2001)
A FEW days after the September 11 attacks, the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid held a press conference to express his solidarity with the Taliban and Osama bin laden, who he said were being unjustly blamed for the terror campaign.
- 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.
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