The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 06, 2003

Bandwidth access
INEVITABLY, THE GROWING attractiveness of India as an IT-enabled and software service destination has brought to the fore the issue of access to international bandwidth at competitive rates. Sensing the lucrative opportunities for large-scale ... More

POLITICS

The BJP sweep — Introspection time for Congress(I)
While the BJP camp is naturally jubilant over its sweep of the Hindi heartland, the Congress(I), if it wants to be a serious contender in the coming general elections, has to take a long, hard look at the bankruptcy of its second-rung leadership that can take decisions independently, says Rasheeda Bhagat. More

Babri memories spoil BJP's party
DECEMBER 6 brings back memories of the Babri Masjid, and in Parliament, usually in winter session, the BJP Government has faced the heat of the Opposition's ire. If this year the Government thought it could escape as ... More

TAXATION

Services in and out of the tax bag
Mohan R. Lavi on the thin line of divide that still exists between deciding whether a service is taxable or not More

Transfer: Will it include destruction?
T. C. A. Ramanujam on a recent High Court decision on asset `otherwise transferred' More

MANAGEMENT

CAT imbroglio: Students defend status quo
IT HAS been only a week since the heat and dust raised by the common admission test (CAT) storm seems to have settled down. But the core issues raised by the question paper leak are far from sorted as all that was ... More

ECONOMICS

Don't let the guv slam the brakes or swerve too far
DO YOU remember those childhood games, in which as kids we began the game with a certain amount of play money? We used marbles or tamarind seeds, pebbles or buttons. As the game progressed, points were scored, and lost; ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Public accountability and the fallacy of demoralisation
Public accountability is yet to touch the political leadership. To argue that those in high offices should be shielded from action because it would demoralise the junior ranks smacks of motives and is nothing but a disservice to the public and the na tion. More

Buying a police post
THE STAMP paper scam is just one more scam in a long list that has surfaced in independent India, focussing on, among other things, the myriad ways in which unscrupulous citizens can make money. Its size too has been in ... More

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