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Editorials
Privatisation and PSUs
THE SUPREME COURT'S ruling settles the controversial question of whether disinvestment of the two public sector oil undertakings, HPCL and BPCL, can be effected by mere executive order or only with the approval of Parliament. By holding that the ...
A reckless approach
ISRAEL WILL THROW Palestinian society into utter turmoil, invite disaster upon itself and totally destabilise West Asia if it carries out its threat to assassinate the Palestinian Authority President, Yasser Arafat. This threat has not been ...


Leader Page Articles
STATECRAFT
Transforming the BJP
By Harish Khare

Even after five years in power at the Centre, the BJP has not undertaken the essential task of transforming itself into a `normal' political organisation.
The Iraq quagmire
By Amit Baruah

The U.N. is "relevant" once again because Iraq is in a mess... Mr. Bush wants a bailout.


News Analysis
The mutual suspicion stays
By Amit Baruah

It may not have been enshrined in the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation charter, but extending "personal invitations" to heads of state/government for summit meetings has become a SAARC convention. The then Nepalese Agriculture ...


Letters to the Editor
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  • Failure at Cancun
  • U.N. in Iraq
  • Outrageous
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  • Flouting the law
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