EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 25.03.11
With the battle lines drawn clearly, the party organisation is suffering.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. SAFE AGAINST A CHAIN REACTION? The aftershocks of the March 11 earthquake in Japan are being felt in the world economy primarily through higher energy prices. Crisil Research estimates that with.. When he finished speaking the drawing room liberals in my vicinity whispered among themselves about how wonderful it would be if Modi became prime minister.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 30.04.11
So after a short period in which both the Opposition and the ruling coalition seemed to be on the same side on the corruption issue, battle-lines have been drawn once again. This will only.. Leaving aside the debate on Modis extremely dubious achievements in the field of development ��� many of us were left to wonder whether we were being offered a supposedly incorruptible fascist as an alternative to hopelessly corrupt supposed democrats. I am not against��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 04.09.09
3. MESSAGE IS LOUD AND CLEAR-N D BATRA. 4. KABIR ASKS ALL OF US TO SELF-INTERROGATE. 5. RASCALA VS RASKAIL -JUG SURAIYA. 6. NO KAAPI, BUT ORIGINAL!-J S RAGHAVAN. HINDUSTAN TIMES. 1.. Given his sense of humour, we only hope that Mr Mondondo has a flourishing accountancy business to make up for it... The battlelines are drawn now with Balasaheb Thackeray throwing his weight behind his son Uddhav Thackeray.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 28.04.10
The one lasting legacy of the Budget session of Parliament is the stripping away of the UPAs cushion and the reduction of its everyday majority to barely five seats. The RJD and.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. DONT GET SOFT ON ALIENS. LEO HICKMAN. Has Stephen Hawking been rewatching his box set of the Alien movies? It would appear so, as his opinion of whether we should make contact with any alien life forms we discover in the future has suddenly hardened.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 26.04.10
At 8:40 pm Jakarta time, south of Java in the Indian Ocean, co-pilot Roger Greaves and flight engineer Barry Townley-Freeman noticed St Elmos fire appearing on the windshield. St Elmos.. Connectivity provided people with insurance: the wider the geographical area they could draw food from, the less they were hurt by a regional famine... His prolonged absences during the Winter and Budget Sessions gave rise to speculation over his language discomfort.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 28.04.11
ITS THE VISION THING, BARRY; HOPES, TOO, UNDERMINED; RAIL THE POOR RELATION FOR TOO LONG; A CAUTIONARY TALE OF TWO BOOM-TIME BUDGETS.. Much has been made of Chinas decision to avoid stapled visas for journalists from Jammu and Kashmir accompanying the Prime Minister to Sanya... Poor horsy Camilla Parker Bowles came along and battlelines were drawn in direct proportion to the lines on her none too fetching visage.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 01.04.11
Last year, when the Womens Reservation Bill was presented in Rajya Sabha, seven MPs had to be suspended for the remaining part of the Budget Session for causing disruption in the proceedings... HINDUSTAN TIMES. OUR TAKE. WILL TOMORROW BE 1983 AGAIN? In its essence, a cricket match is a battle between free will and pre-destination. This is not to suggest that the result of Wednesdays clincher between India and Pakistan in Mohali had been��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 21.12.09
But there was no sign of this at the traditional end- of- session dinner that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted last week at Race Course Road for the members of Parliament belonging to the UPA coalition partners. Despite... HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. TRAIN OF THOUGHT. The Queen of England, it would appear has taken a train in the festive season. It did not cost her much more than �� 44, but then would that have dented Buckingham Palace coffers?
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 13.01.10
HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. TURNING A NEW CORNER. SMRUTI S. PATTANAIK. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajeds visit to India is a historic one. Not only is a strong political will evident, theres a palpable enthusiasm to walk the extra mile... With the Delhi high court ruling that the office of the Chief Justice of India comes within the ambit of the Right to Information Act, a long-drawn-out debate will now hopefully find amicable resolution.
Haqs Musings: Are India and Pakistan Failed States?
Even Indian officials, including Planning Commission member Syeda Hameed and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, agree with the data on hunger, poverty and malnutrition, as well the Maoists threat assessment. In terms of the.. Heres a report from Hindustan Times:.. The best that India can hope for���the study offers as a consolation-- is to continue to play a constructive international role in, among other things, the financial diplomacy of the G20. Yet the��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 27.01.11
HINDUSTAN TIMES. 1. A WAKE-UP CALL FOR EVERYONE. 2. DAVOS �� INDIA. 3. READ RIDING HOODS. 4. INDIAS SILENT GENOCIDE. 5. GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN - REETIKA KHERA. THE INDIAN EXPRESS. 1. END THE.. The future of Chinese enterprise, Chinas impact on global trade and growth, Reshaping the US economy (yes, this is a session led by a senior fellow of the Chinese Social Academy) are drawing the 2,500-odd crowd. The session��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 01.01.11
It is entirely due to this Opposition solidarity that the Union Government, otherwise arrogant in its numbers in Parliament, has been compelled to makes a series of overtures to at least have a functional Budget session due in February. But even here it has not given up its.. When Samsung hit back with a well- designed and a robust Galaxy Tab with more features than the iPad and at competitive prices, the battle lines were drawn. So far, Samsung is losing the battle.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 11.03.11
HINDUSTAN TIMES. THE PUNDIT. JUST AIYAR AND HIGHER. The best of intentions are at times not good enough. Who would ever doubt Mani Shankar Aiyars intense and unflagging desire for India and Pak-istan to be conjoined in a... Pranab Mukherjees speech, however, got an unusual response in Parliament, when BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi initiated the debate on the budget with peculiar emphasis on the finance ministers tangential supplication: I��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 03.03.10
Coming as it did during Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs visit to Riyadh, the comment, if it reflects Government policy, betrays a lack of direction in dealing with Pakistan... HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. BAT, BETTER, GREATEST. PRADEEP MAGAZINE. A nation led more by frenzy than reason had anointed Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest cricketer ever a long time ago. No matter that Donald Bradmans batting average, at 99.94 runs per innings, is almost��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 06.05.10
Are all those virtues in our Prime Minister, so suddenly visible to the Pakistanis, or the mere chemistry between two individuals, on which Indian officials are pinning all their hopes, really geared to address Indias genuine concerns vis-��-vis.. BATTLELINES ARE DRAWN. BRITISH POLLS MAY THROW UP HUNG PARLIAMENT. THIS time British parliamentary elections have evoked more than usual interest worldwide. Besides Prime Minister Gordon Browns Labour��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 03.08.10
The truth is that Modi has politicised the police and the criminal investigation system to an extent where the judiciary cannot function and hope to deliver justice. The suggestion by Modi.. The promoted officials will, however, have to wait for the Cabinet Secretariat to begin fresh postings from November 2010. A few days ago, the PM had approved the 1977 batch to be posted as secretaries. ***************************************. HINDUSTAN TIMES. LET THE TRUTH��.
battlelines drawn, PM Modi hopes for constructive debate in Budget session
Hours before the start of the Budget session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday voiced hope that it will be a productive one as both Houses are set to witness chaos over a host of issues, including the controversial land bill.