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- Master Of Populism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 17, 2007)
IT was discomforting to see Punjab ministers hand over bags of wheat and dal to poor people on the 60th Independence Day.
- The Urban Sweep (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The Congress has mainly itself to blame for its sorry plight in the Punjab municipal corporation elections, whose results were announced on Wednesday.
- Campus On The Boil (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2007)
FIRST, Punjab Agricultural University saw a change of guard when the Vice-Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh, resigned, alleging political interference in the affairs of the university.
- Nda To Fire Goa Salvo At Cong In House (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
The Monsoon Session of Parliament looks set to witness fiery battle of words on Goa, with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary party deciding on Wednesday to raise the issue of saving the minority Congress Government by . . . .
- Akalis Rejoice, Cong Cries Foul (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2007)
Jubilant Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party workers broke into a victory celebration even before polling ended in Wednesday’s elections to Punjab’s four major municipal corporations — Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala.
- Dal-Roti Woes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2007)
That bags of wheat stored in a Markfed godown have been found underweight may surprise only those not familiar with the ground reality. Wheat pilferage with official connivance is common not only from Markfed and FCI godowns . . . .
- Growth Under Siege (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 01, 2007)
Mega industrial, commercial and housing projects promising a total investment of about Rs 1 lakh crore are awaiting approval in Punjab.
- The Threat From Within (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Sikhs may be just 2 per cent of the population but in their self- image and deportment, it is as if they constitute 200 per cent of India’s one billion.
- Can’T Find A Nominee? Dial Najma (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
Until Saturday, the BJP had no candidate for Vice-President in sight.
- Ansari, Najma File Nominations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
United Progressive Alliance-Left candidate Mohammad Hamid Ansari and National Democratic Alliance nominee Najma Heptulla on Monday filed their nomination papers for the August 10 Vice-Presidential election.
- Nda Nominee Is Najma Heptulla (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jul 23, 2007)
The National Democratic Alliance on Sunday announced that the former Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, Najma Heptulla, will be its Vice-Presidential candidate.
- It's Advantage Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 23, 2007)
The presidential election is finally over. Ms Pratibha Patil has been elected as the first woman President of India.
- Nda Fields Najma Heptullah For V-P Poll (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2007)
Setting the stage for a triangular contest in the vice-presidential elections scheduled for August 10, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) today named former Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson Najma Heptullah as its candidate for the august office.
- Cong Coordination Committee To Finalise Candidates (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jul 23, 2007)
The coordination committee of Punjab Congress, which met at the AICC office here today, has decided that candidates for the municipal elections in the state will be finalised on the basis of recommendations made by the panels constituted for the . . ..
- The Indian Market Has Already Emerged (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 21, 2007)
Political accidents continue to take place and as the battle intensifies between the UPA, the UNPA and the NDA we can expect a great deal of confusion.
- Najma On Nda List For V-P Candidate (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2007)
National Democratic Alliance leaders will meet here on July 19, just after the presidential poll gets over, to decide their vice-presidential candidate. Senior BJP Rajya Sabha member Najma Heptullah and Lok Sabha deputy speaker Charanjit Singh . . .
- Shekhawat Joins Battle (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Unfazed by rival claims about numbers being heavily loaded against him, Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Monday filed his nomination papers for the presidential election as an independent candidate.
- Agenda For Bjp (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2007)
The BJP's National Executive, which meets in Delhi today, would do well to set aside vacuous discussions, meaningless resolutions and absurd triumphalist assertions that may please certain leaders but will do the party no good.
- Unpa May Come To Power In '09 (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jun 25, 2007)
The confusion generated by the presidential election has resulted in future coalition patterns evolving for the 2009 - or earlier - Lok Sabha election.
- Battle For President, Us-Style (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
The race to Raisina Hill today descended into an American-style slugfest with the National Democratic Alliance parading a woman who accused Pratibha Patil of shielding an alleged murderer — the candidate’s own brother.
- ‘Pratibha’S Brother Killed My Husband’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
On the eve of UPA-Left-BSP presidential nominee Pratibha Patil filing her nomination papers, a widow today alleged that the former Rajasthan Governor was shielding her brother in a murder case.
- Yes To Mittal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 23, 2007)
The Union Cabinet has cleared the final hurdle in the way of establishing the Bathinda refinery.
- Nda Seeks Third Front Support For Shekhawat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
With the candidature of incumbent APJ Abdul Kalam to the president’s election coming to a naught, the NDA on Friday upped its campaign for Vice- President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat even as it maintained that it had not fallen in to the “political . . .
- We Don’T Know About Rajni Patil, Says Nda (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 23, 2007)
At a press meet at Akali leader’s house, she levelled allegations against Pratibha and her brother
- Congman’S Wife Drags Pratibha Name Into Allegations, Nda Distances Itself (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) quickly distanced itself from allegations made by the wife of a local Congress leader in Maharashtra that UPA’s Presidential nominee Pratibha Patil had influenced the investigation into the murder of her . . .
- Badal Saves Congress Mlas From Suspension (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2007)
But for the intervention of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who heads the nearly three-month old Akali-BJP Government, all Congress legislators in the Punjab Assembly on Thursday would have faced suspension for unruly behaviour.
- Sectarian Challenge To Sikh Unity: The Dalit Question (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Jun 19, 2007)
Would Akali Dal and Akal Takht devote their attention and accord equal status to the Dalits in society?
- Cong Mla Dimpa Begins Hunger Strike Inside Jail (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2007)
Former Congress MLA of Punjab's Beas assembly constituency Jasbir Singh Dimpa, who is lodged in the central jail here in connection with a murder case on Monday started hunger strike inside the prison protesting against his alleged torture by authorities.
- Nda Efforts For Consensus On (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2007)
The NDA on Friday continued its efforts to build a consensus among alliance partners over its presidential candidate and take the "third front" on board. The efforts were being made at a time when some NDA partners were going "soft" on UPA nominee Pratibh
- Nda Rallies Forces (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Jun 16, 2007)
A day after ruling UPA announced Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil as its presidential candidate, Opposition National Democratic Alliance geared up to give her a tough challenge by stepping up efforts to mobilise non-Congress parties around . . . .
- Akalis To Back V-P In Race For President (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
"The Shiromani Akali Dal will support Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat if he chooses to contest the coming presidential elections as the National Democratic Alliance candidate," Punjab chief minister and SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal declared on Monday morning.
- Faiths At War (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 08, 2007)
PAST the gates of the Sachcha Sauda complex at Bathinda, the bleak south Punjab landscape transforms into a world designed to appear as a peasant might imagine paradise: hundreds of acres of lush green fields, dotted by woods.
- Politics, Religion, And Resistance (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 04, 2007)
Unravelling the clerical crusade against heresy, and the politics of the Sacha Sauda controversy.
- Moderates Carry The Day In Punjab (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Jun 01, 2007)
The procession of Sikh organisations was peaceful here today. However, difference of opinion emerged between the moderates and the radicals.
- Peace In Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 31, 2007)
The Sikh high priests neither rejected nor accepted the apology tendered by Dera Sacha Sauda.
- Talibanisation Of Sikhism (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 30, 2007)
The Sikh fundoos have distorted out of all recognition the militant order of Khalsa that Guru Gobind Singh instituted in 1699. It is incomprehensible how anyone can project nine years of Khalsa as theraison d'êtreof Sikhism and give it . . . .
- India Sect Apologises Over Advert (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2007)
A religious sect in the Indian state of Punjab has apologised after its leader was accused of blasphemy against Sikhs.
- Dera Apologises To Guru Gobind Singh (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 28, 2007)
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh tendered an apology to Guru Gobind Singh on Sunday night. He said he had absolutely no intention to either imitate or replicate the Sikh Guru.
- Mixing Religion With Politics (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, May 26, 2007)
THE Sikhs are a brave and courageous community but easily excitable. Transparent as their community is, it does not nourish a grievance. It ventilates it whenever and wherever it feels hurt. But it is too emotional.
- Police Fears Flashpoint At Ritual For Slain Sikh (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
The failure of mediation efforts by a multi-religious group led by Swami Agnivesh, while reviving simmering tensions between Sikhs and the Dera Sacha Sauda, has top police officials in a panic with the Akal Takht’s deadline on the closure of the .. .
- Makkar, Vedanti Talk Dera Matters (Tribune, Varinder Walia, May 26, 2007)
SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar today paid an unscheduled visit to the residence of Akal Takht Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti and held an in-camera meeting for about 15 minutes to discuss the Sikh-Sacha Sauda stand-off here today.
- Dera Undecided On Apology (Tribune, Prabhjot Singh, May 25, 2007)
After a series of deliberations, closed-door meetings, clarifications and assurances, the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda was undecided until late in the evening whether to tender a conditional or unqualified apology to Akal Takht to bring to an end . . . .
- Punjab Waits With Bated Breath (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
The bandh in Punjab on Tuesday was complete and peaceful, barring stray incidents in certain remote areas.
- Dera Row: Total Bundh Brings Punjab To A Halt (Deccan Herald, Rajesh Deol, May 23, 2007)
While the bundh was largely peaceful in Punjab due to heavy security deployment, tension prevailed in Ambala township in neighbouring Haryana where the Sikh protesters clashed with the police leading to a cane charge by the latter in which . . . .
- Sikh Schisms (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 23, 2007)
Even though the head of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, who is at the centre of a violent controversy for reportedly dressing up as Guru Gobind Singh at a public function, has already said he didn't mean any disrespect to Sikhs, passions haven't cooled . . .
- Bandh Complete, Peaceful (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Public transport, schools, colleges, shops, other trade establishments and the court today remained closed due to the bandh call which was given by Sikh bodies here in the wake of Akal Takht’s directive against the Dera Sacha Sauda.
- Keeping The Faith, Violently (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , May 23, 2007)
Peace is a rare commodity in these troubled times. At the drop of a hat people seem ready to pull out a kirpan or lob a bomb. And all in the name of defending their faith.
- Punjab Bandh Peaceful (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, May 23, 2007)
Educational institutions closed
Chief Minister thanks people for peaceful bandh
BJP lauds Badal for maintaining law and order
- Strike By Sikhs Hits Indian State (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2007)
Cities and towns across the northern Indian state of Punjab are shut in response to a general strike called by the Sikh community.
- Beware Of Militants (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 22, 2007)
The call for a Punjab bandh on Tuesday signifies deterioration in the situation in the state following the standoff between Dera Sacha Sauda and the Sikhs.
- A Rising Tide Of Hate (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 22, 2007)
"I finish only those who are enemies of the Sikh faith like policemen, government officials, and Hindus," thundered Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in 1984.
- Bjp Warns Badal On Dera Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
Talks of hard decisions' `Talks of hard decisions'
BJP deeply concerned over the developments
Committed to preserving communal harmony
- Trouble In Punjab (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 22, 2007)
It is extremely regrettable that the high priests of the Akal Takht should have chosen to play to the gallery rather than take a measured, responsible view of the agitation against the perceived act of blasphemy committed by Baba Gurmit Singh Ram . . . .
- Upa's Third Anniversary: Cong Downslide Continues (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, May 21, 2007)
Its Government appears jaded. Its leading party is facing continued erosion of popular support. And its constituents are fighting each other on the ground.
- A Sinister Plot (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 19, 2007)
It is extremely unfortunate that mischief-makers should be trying to unsettle the peace that prevails in Punjab within months of the Congress being voted out of power.
- Badal Convenes All-Party Meeting; Situation Tense In Punjab (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh purportedly appeared in the attire of the 10th Sikh guru in an advertisement, sparking clashes between Sikhs and Dera followers in Punjab, Rajasthan and New Delhi over the past three days.
- Yesterday Calling Today’S Mrs G (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 19, 2007)
IF there had been live television news in 1978, I would have shown you the visuals from that summer in Punjab, and made you wonder how little things seem to have changed in three decades. But then, angry religious mobs carrying kirpans would . . . .
- Badal Rules Out Talks With Dera Sacha Sauda Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has virtually ruled out any reconciliation in the near future with Dera Sacha Sauda chief Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh against whom Sikh organisations have launched countrywide protests for committing . . .
- Sauda With Religion (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 19, 2007)
The raging fire in Punjab and elsewhere after the preceptor of a little known sect, Dera Sacha Sauda, appeared in the garb of the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, has left most people in a state of bewilderment.
- Badal Convenes All-Party Meet, Punjab Still Tense (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday convened an all-party meeting here in the wake of sectarian strife between followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda and Sikhs even as an uneasy calm prevailed in parts of the state.
- Decommunalise Punjab's Polity (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 19, 2007)
It’s a shame that the Shiromani Akali Dal-led Punjab government has allowed volatile sections of the state’s population to supersede the majesty of the secular Indian state.
- What Is Behind Sikh Protests? (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Clashes between India's long-established Sikh community and a religious sect in the northern Indian state of Punjab have left one person dead and dozens others injured. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm.
- Central Forces Rushed To Punjab, Haryana (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
Faith divided Punjab in a way not seen in the last two decades as the battle between Dera Sacha Sauda, a sect with a large following in Punjab and Haryana, and various Sikh groups claimed its first life on Thursday.
- Punjab Burns In Sikh Fury (Telegraph, GAJINDER SINGH, May 18, 2007)
Sectarian violence continued to rock Punjab, prompting the Centre to issue advisories to virtually all north Indian states and ask the army to remain on standby.
- Peace Must Prevail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 18, 2007)
The happenings in Punjab during the last few days do not portend well for the state. They have all the characteristics of a drawn out battle, unless tackled well in time.
- Preachers, Politics, Primordial Passions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 18, 2007)
In times less driven by primordial religious passions, Saturday's kitsch-laden re-enactment of Guru Gobind Singh's baptism of the first Khalsa Sikhs might have provoked nothing but wry humour.
- Patil Assures Help To Tackle Punjab Situation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Nothing should happen to hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community, says Home Minister
- Nda Empowers Vajpayee On Prez Candidate (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, May 16, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would evolve broader consensus on the NDA's presidential candidate. A high-level meeting of NDA leaders on Tuesday evening authorised him to conduct consultations with various groups before announcing the . ..
- Sacha Sauda Chief’S Effigy Burnt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2007)
Activists of various Sikh organisations here today burnt an effigy of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim and condemned the dera culture, in the wake of the yesterday's clash between men of the dera and SGPC members and workers of Sikh bodies in . ..
- Local Locks Out National (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, May 12, 2007)
The trend began in Tamil Nadu and caught on in the east, west and the rest of the south. But is it possible that Uttar Pradesh, the centre of heartland politics, is also going regional with the “mainstream” parties pushed to the margins?
- Treat Anglo-Sikh War As First: Mps (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
Disagreeing with the view that 1857 was the First War of Independence, Tarlochan Singh, Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana, today said that it was a part of the movement for independence.
- Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
Don’t voters care for performance at all? Well yes, they do, which is why 20% of incumbent governments get re-elected. But in democracies the desire for change is strong: even rich, well-governed countries tend to change governments frequently.
- Nation Remembers First War Of Independence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
The capacious Central Hall was packed to capacity with an audience that included President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
- Pm Remembers Marx, Forgets Mangal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2007)
Recounting the significance of the 1857 uprising, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid glowing tribute to Karl Marx and Benjamin Disraeli. But he forgot Mangal Pandey, the hero of the rebellion that rocked India 150 years ago.
- Race To Rashtrapati Bhavan Hots Up (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
In the haze of the ongoing UPelections, at least one strand of thinking until recently held that President APJ Abdul Kalam could get a second term in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- Rss Calls Sikhism A Separate Religion In ‘Hindu Samaj’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
The RSS has described the Sikh faith as a separate religion belonging to “one great Hindu samaj”.
- Reports On Amarinder Unfair: Pak Scribe (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 28, 2007)
After weeks of media speculation about her relationship with former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, Pakistani journalist Aroosa Alam has said the media scrutiny into her relationship with Capt Singh was “unfair”.
- Political Change Is In The Air (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Apr 20, 2007)
Change is in the air as the UPA is demolished in four elections (Mumbai, Delhi, Punjab and Uttarakhand). It will achieve little in Uttar Pradesh and faces defeat in the next three elections in Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.
- Birds Of A Feather (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 18, 2007)
Voters, generally, want to teach the usually inept government a lesson by voting it out.
- Virk Sent Back To Maharashtra (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Apr 12, 2007)
The union ministry of home affairs today ordered the ending of the deputation period of S.S. Virk, former DGP of Punjab, and sent him back to his parent cadre of Maharashtra with immediate effect.
- Akalis Bent Upon Putting Me Behind The Bars, Says Amarinder Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2007)
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who is facing corruption charges in the Ludhiana City Centre scam, on Monday asserted that he has all the relevant documents to prove his innocence and would be exonerated of all charges by the court.
- Amarinder Accuses Akali Of Indulging In 'Witch-Hunt' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2007)
Returning from his sojourn in London, former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday accused the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal of indulging in politics of "witch-hunt" and rebutted allegation of any liaison with a Pakistani woman.
- Delhi Municipal Polls: Early Lead For Bjp (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2007)
Opposition BJP on Saturday took an early lead in the elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi by leading in 11 out of the 15 wards for which trends are available.
- South Leaders Are Richer (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2007)
Most Indian political parties are led by millionaires, with at least three party presidents worth more than Rs 20 crores each. Interestingly, those from the South are richer than their counterparts from the North, or perhaps more accurate in . . .
- Why Is The Urban Voter So Angry? (Indian Express, N K Singh, Apr 01, 2007)
The ripples caused by the recent elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand have begun to settle, and attention has shifted to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections and the likely outcome of the Uttar Pradesh elections
- Polls And Q: Difficult Days For Congress (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Apr 01, 2007)
A month ago we had a national survey conducted by a leading television channel and a newspaper indicating that the UPA would get 300 plus seats if Lok Sabha elections were held now.
- Volte-Face Makes Sense (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 30, 2007)
It is gratifying that wiser counsel has prevailed and the Punjab Government has said before the Supreme Court that it stands by Section 5 of the Punjab Termination of Agreement Act (PTAA).
- ‘Secularism Debate Has Changed...Muslims Voted For Us In Punjab’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 28, 2007)
This businessman son of an ex-prime minister is in some ways the demonstration of the possibilities of politics. Naresh Gujral’s father was prime minister in a keep-the-BJP-out-at-any-cost coalition.
- Upa’S Ship Of State In Rough Weather (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Mar 27, 2007)
Political accidents continue to hit the UPA government, and the ship of state enters a period of instability.
- Unborn Daughters Of Patran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 21, 2007)
India not only boasts of the largest written Constitution in the world, it also has laws on virtually every subject under the sun. And they are stringent, to be sure. Among them are those governing sex-determination tests and medical termination of . . .
- Paying The Price In Punjab (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
In the Punjab elections, the Akalis, in alliance with the BJP, reap the `benefits' of the Congress government's wrong policies.
- Congress In Tailspin (Pioneer, Hari Om, Mar 13, 2007)
The writing on the wall was clear even as several questionable opinion polls and exit polls sought to create confusion.
- Family Rule (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 13, 2007)
It is strange that even those who pour venom on the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty for perpetuating itself think nothing of replicating the family rule in their own turf.
- Tarlochan Singh’S Call To Commemorate Bhagat Singh’S Anniversary (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2007)
Pointing the government's failure to include the 100th birth anniversary of Shahid Bhagat Singh in this year's commemorative functions on the country's freedom movement, Tarlochan Singh, Independent member from Haryana to the Rajya Sabha, today . . .
- The Hedging Game (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 09, 2007)
As a city of movers, shakers and fixers, Delhi is blessed with a sensitive antenna. For the past fortnight or so, those who make it their business to monitor such things have been reporting a new trend: the revival of interest in the Bharatiya . . .
- Marking End Of Communalism (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Mar 09, 2007)
Most commentators have interpreted the electoral verdicts in Punjab and Uttarakhand as rejection of the Congress and resurrection of the BJP.
- Sajjan: Sad For Pm’S Intervention (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2007)
The Shiromani Akali Dal today sought the intervenion of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for engaging an additional solicitor-general to argue on behalf of the CBI in the Sajjan Kumar case.
- Unconvincing Case (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 08, 2007)
Caution seems to have been thrown to the winds when the Badal Cabinet decided on Tuesday to abolish the Punjab State Vigilance Commission.
- Political Vendetta Takes Its Course (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Mar 07, 2007)
When it comes to politicians settling scores with rivals, vendetta often gets the better of old-fashioned common sense. Even those who should know better go for the overkill.
- Blood Feuds (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 07, 2007)
The cat-and-mouse games being played by the Congress and the Samajwadi Party against each other, both in Parliament and outside it, shines a light on the limits of our politics and the ambience of profound suspicion that has come to mark it.
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