Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sun, 11/24/2013 - 04:50
Note No. 703 Dated 24-Nov-2013
By Col R Hariharan
Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa had spent around SL Rs 14.8 billion (as stated in parliament by Opposition), imported 54 Mercedes Benz cars for guests use, lot of time and energy to make a success of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM) 2013 hosted in Colombo.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 11/21/2013 - 11:00
Paper No. 5607 Dated 21-Nov-2013
By Col. R. Hariharan
(This article may be read in continuation of South Asia Analysis Group Paper No. 5595 dated November 7, 2013, titled “China cashing on India’s Sri Lanka woes” available at URL: http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/node/1396)
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 11/19/2013 - 09:05
Paper No. 5606 Dated 19-Nov-2013
Guest Column by Dr Kumar David
“Do not dictate to me, I’m not ready to take orders from others. We have a tradition and culture of over 2500 years and a time tested legal system together with a law enforcement process to address any issue”.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/11/2013 - 07:12
Paper No. 5596 Dated 11-Nov-2013
Guest Column by Prof. Ramu Manivannan
A view that India’s “paramount security and strategic interests” in and around Sri Lanka and India’s national interests dictate that the Prime Minister should represent the country at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo, Sri Lanka needs to debated.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 07/03/2013 - 10:17
Paper No. 5520 Dated 3-July-2013
Dr. S.Chandrasekharan
The GMR Deal:
On 17th of June and three years after the case was filed, the Anti Corruption Commission of Maldives concluded that no corruption was involved in the bid evaluation phase of the GMR deal of the international airport at Male.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 06/14/2013 - 09:42
Paper No. 5509 Dated 14-June-2013
By Dr. S.Chandrasekharan.
The judiciary continues to be the weakest link in Maldives in its march towards democracy. Except for the opposition MDP, no other political party appears to be concerned by the poor performance of the judiciary. What is more, the Judicial commission which is supposed to be the “Watch Dog” over functioning of the judiciary appears to be highly politicised.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sun, 03/31/2013 - 23:25
Paper No. 5444 Dated 31-Mar-2013
By B.Raman
The media has reported that Smt.Sushma Swaraj, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and Shri Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, have strongly objected to a proposal from the Government to appoint Shri S.C.Sinha, the retiring chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), as a member of the National Human Rights Commission.
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