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A heinous crime
THE ATTACK ON a missionary at Thiruvananthapuram is yet another pointer to the extent to which religious propaganda and hate have permeated the body politic. While it is still not clear as to whether associates of the RSS were directly involved ...
Competing demands
A TUSSSLE THAT takes place year after year between the Finance Ministry and the Planning Commission, and also with the individual Ministries, is being played out this year as well. The issue is budget support for Plan expenditure by the Centre ...


Leader Page Articles
Nuclear weapons' evolving role
By V. R. Raghavan

Nuclear weapons have been used as negotiating levers and as means of compelling political, military and economic responses preferred by the smaller nuclear state.
Electronic agenda for the judiciary
By T. K. Viswanathan

The digital revolution has effected a paradigm shift in the way we communicate... This requires the Judiciary to take a fresh look at the traditional concepts of the rights, duties and obligations.


News Analysis
Needed: a code of conduct
By Swami Agnivesh and Valson Thampu

Impatience with inconvenience is the hallmark of our times. Gone are the days when people would have put up with anything for any length of time. Speed is basic to modern culture: a recognition that underlies the massive investment being made on ...
France hides its iron fist in velvet gloves
By Vaiju Naravane

PARIS, JAN. 16.The Chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix will be in Brussels and Paris to report on the findings in Iraq. So far Paris has played several masterly strokes, engaging in some superb diplomatic tightrope walking which ...


Letters to the Editor
  • India and China
  • Talks with Naga rebels
  • Mayawati's birthday
  • 'Ominous decision'
  • Jesuit contribution

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