The Hindu : Friday, March 07, 2003

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Friday, March 07, 2003

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Digging up the past
THE ORDER OF the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench directing the Archaeological Survey of India to undertake excavation at the disputed site in Ayodhya has given a new momentum to the issue but cannot obviously be dismissed as totally ...

Public-private partnership for infrastructure
THE UNION BUDGET has, quite predictably, given a thrust to physical infrastructure. Building of roads has been given special attention, with 48 new roads, covering a distance of over 10,000 km at an estimated cost of around Rs. 40,000 crores, ...

Leader Page Articles
LAW & SOCIETY
Protecting the bureaucracy
By Rajeev Dhavan

The Lok Sabha has now provided a legislative basis for the Single Directive. The double protection of the bureaucrats is complete.

India's Afghan policy
By T. Sreedhar

India should make a long term investment in ensuring that a Taliban-type of government never comes to power again in Afghanistan.

News Analysis
Order on excavation: more questions than answers
By Neena Vyas

NEW DELHI: The order of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on excavation at the disputed site in Ayodhya to determine whether a structure or temple existed there prior to the building of the Babri Masjid in 1528 A.D. is ...

U.P.: Centre's role dubious
By Kuldip Nayar

There can be two opinions on whether or not the Rajya Sabha should have suspended question hour to accommodate a discussion on Uttar Pradesh. But there can be no doubt about the dubious role which the BJP-led Government at the Centre ...

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