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An error of judgment
THE RESIGNATION OF Justice K. Venkataswami from his twin posts is a result of the widespread misgivings about the propriety of his being appointed as Chairman of the Authority of Advance Rulings (Customs and Excise) at a time when he was the head ...
Heat over VAT
TAMIL NADU WAS among the first States to introduce legislation for value-added tax on resellers, from November 1996, without any preparation or even familiarity with the concept among the tax administrators and trade and industry. The then DMK ...


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HUMAN RIGHTS DIARY
Restoring rights
By Kuldip Nayar

In Jammu and Kashmir, those under detention on suspicion or for holding another point of view have to be treated differently. Any conciliation process will require their release.
Fighting fascism
By Surendra Mohan

Is the secular Opposition condemned to remain divided? How can rational politicians with secular credentials continue to behave in this manner when communal fascism, on their own admission, stares them in the face?


News Analysis
DIPLOMATIC NOTEBOOK
India, U.S. and the Gulf war
By C. Raja Mohan

NEW DELHI, NOV. 24. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's remarks last week on Iraq have set off an intense speculation among the diplomatic community here on India's approach to the current American confrontation with Baghdad. Mr. ...


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  • U.S. has no right
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