The Indian
Express
The Financial Express
Latest News
Express Investment Week
Market Indicators
Screen
Express Computers
Travel & Tourism
Advertisers Forum
Information Technology
Drumbeat: Ad Buzzaar
Astrosurf
Eco-India
Dr Know
Career India
Business Forum
Match Maker
Express Properties
|
Monday, April 20, 1998
| |
The case for conscription
India's armed forces are in the same quandary. The defence budget has stagnated for ten years. After allowing for inflation it has declined steadily. Manpower and maintenance costs have escalated. The Fifth Pay Commission has added to the burden.
|
|
Gill apart, it's all the same
On May 6, when the Prasar Bharati Ordinance lapses, will Doordarshan and All India Radio be back to the dark era Before Gill (B.G.)? Or will we continue to breathe the sweet, fresh air of liberty After Gill (A.G.)? The BJP believes that the only way to usher in autonomy, a post-emergency concept dear to their leader Lal Krishna Advani's heart, is to remove Surrindar Singh Gill. Once the Prasar Bharati Chief Executive is left with no option but to leave, DD and AIR will be a much safer place.
|
 |
"This diseased insect"
This country has suffered many a misfortune but none greater than the vice and persistence in our public life of a despicable character called Subramanian Swamy. His has been a life of character assassination, malicious mendacity and sordid blackmail of any one who happens to cross his path.
|
Bribe and crime
Ordinary people look to the courts for rounded judgments, consistent, comprehensive rulings which stand the test of common logic. Unfortunately, in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha bribery case such a ruling is not available.
|
|
|
|
