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- Playing Particle Politics (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 13, 2007)
The disruption of parliamentary proceedings by the BJP, preventing a discussion on the India-United States nuclear deal, is not merely unfortunate.
- Neeraj Shekhar Joins Samajwadi Party, To Contest From Ballia (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 12, 2007)
Abandoning his father's political heritage, Neeraj Shekhar, the youngest son of late Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, has decided to seek his fortune under the patronage of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.
- No Need For Seat-Sharing Talks Now: Sena (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 12, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena, which on Tuesday announced that their alliance would continue, said they would fight coming elections on the Hindutva plank.
- Sena, Bjp Inch Closer To Better Poll Chances (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 12, 2007)
Two months after they drifted apart over the presidential polls, the BJP and Shiv Sena buried their differences on Tuesday at a meeting between Leader of the Opposition L K Advani and Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray.
- Bjp, Sena End Differences After Uddhav Meets Advani (Asian Age, KUMAR UTTAM, Sep 12, 2007)
The two oldest members of the National Democratic Alliance — the BJP and the Shiv Sena — on Tuesday decided to bury all their differences.
- Shekhar Son Is Sp Ballia Nominee (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday announced the candidature of Neeraj Shekhar, younger son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, for the Lok Sabha byelection for the Ballia constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
- Upa, Left Set Agenda For Nuke Talks (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The UPA-Left committee on Indo-US nuclear deal met here this evening for identifying the issues that need to be discussed by the mechanism.
- Look East For The Left (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Sep 12, 2007)
ONE of the oldest laws of politics is back at work: when a government is not in control of events, events take control of a government. Delhi, obsessed with itself, believes that events only take place in Delhi.
- Target Hyderabad (Frontline, S. Nagesh Kumar, Sep 12, 2007)
Given the State administration’s failure to heed security warnings, the bomb blasts in Hyderabad were waiting to happen.
- N-Deal: Need For Less Fission And More Fusion (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2007)
The Indo-US 123 agreement is such an amalgam of law, politics, technical jargon, economic nuance and statistical analysis that it requires an open and inquiring, albeit critical, mind to understand and appreciate it.
- Nitish Plans To Bowl Lalu Out For A Duck (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, Sep 11, 2007)
Amid all the speculation of the possibility of a mid-term poll, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday fired the first salvo in the State when he declared that if elections were held then Lalu Prasad and his party would not get even a single seat.
- Parliament Adjourned Sine Die (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 11, 2007)
Parliament was adjourned sine die on a sombre note on Monday, four days ahead of the scheduled end of the monsoon session.
- Sharif Admits He ‘Let Down’ Vajpayee On Kargil Conflict (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
On the eve of his return home, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, has vowed to set up a commission, if elected to power, to fix responsibility for the “tragic” Kargil conflict.
- Battle For The Top Post (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 10, 2007)
Signs of a fierce power struggle within the Sangh parivar were visible as senior RSS and BJP leaders gathered for a four-day Samanvaya baithak at Bhayandar near Mumbai, obviously in anticipation of an early parliamentary election.
- Look East For The Left (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Sep 10, 2007)
One of the oldest laws of politics is back at work: when a government is not in control of events, events take control of a government. Delhi, obsessed with itself, believes that events only take place in Delhi.
- Kanimozhi Is Rising Delhi Star (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Sep 10, 2007)
Kanimozhi, daughter of Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi, wants to learn Hindi. These days, she is getting the maximum attention in Central Hall of Parliament.
- Group Wisdom (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 10, 2007)
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s ministers in Delhi aim to make their mark by hook or by crook.
- India And Pakistan Must Rule Out War Forever: Sharif (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
Former premier Nawaz Sharif, who is returning to Islamabad tomorrow after a seven-year exile, said India and Pakistan must rule out war between the two countries forever.
- Confusion In Bjp Over Pm-In-Waiting (Asian Age, KUMAR UTTAM, Sep 08, 2007)
The question that the BJP always prefers to avoid has come up haunting it again with former external affairs minister and party vice-president Yashwant Sinha this time saying, "Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani need not be the . . . .
- Bjp Has Many Leaders Who Can Grace The Prime Minister’S Office: Yashwant Sinha (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 08, 2007)
Will the Leader of the Opposition, L.K. Advani, be projected as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate by virtue of his position?
- Will Bjp Stick To Coalition Dharma? Says Deve Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2007)
Janata Dal (Secular) national president H.D. Deve Gowda has said that he will soon meet Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L.K. Advani and Rajnath Singh to clarify from them whether the party would stick to the . . . .. .
- Ancient Indian Logic (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 08, 2007)
Our communist intellectuals should be made to read Kovalam Madhava Panikkar of whom the Cambridge historian Arthur Hassall wrote that in his “long career as tutor of history at Christ Church” he had “never had a more brilliant student”.
- Left: Nuke Panel Report Is Binding (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
Keeping up the pressure on the Manmohan Singh government on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the leaders of the Left parties insisted on Thursday that the findings of the joint committee on the issue should be binding on the UPA government...
- Mamata Parting Ways With Nda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
The National Democratic Alliance’s principal constituent in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress, has made apparent its intention to part ways with the combine.
- Mamata Set To Part Ways With Nda (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
Trinamul Congress chief Miss Mamata Banerjee today announced that the Trinamul is now with “no one” and is trying to go it alone triggering speculation whether it is all set to sever its ties with the National Democratic Alliance any moment.
- It Is My Job To Save The Government, Says Pranab (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday strongly defended the 15-member UPA-Left committee set up to look into "certain" aspects of the Indo-US bilateral agreement on nuclear cooperation and virtually rejected the BJP's demand for . . .
- Jaya Behind Bjp Act: Upa (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Sep 07, 2007)
Is AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa behind the disruption of Parliament over the nuke deal? If the United Progressive Alliance Government is to be believed, she is encouraging the National Democratic Alliance to stall Parliament proceedings.
- Mamata Banerjee Parts Ways With Nda (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
After months of keeping the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leadership on the edge, Trinamool Congress (TC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday finally took the plunge and severed her nine-year long association with the opposition grouping.
- Mamata Parts Ways With Nda, Bjp Not Surprised (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
After months of keeping the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leadership on the edge, Trinamool Congress (TC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday finally took the plunge and severed her nine-year long association with the opposition grouping.
- Mamata Signals Break With Bjp, Cong Rushes In To Say Join Us, Throw Cpm Out (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
The buzz has been there for quite some time now but Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee chose the setting of a madrasa students’ programme today to indicate, more clearly than she ever has, that she is set to part ways with the BJP.
- Mamatahints She Might Walk Out Of Nda (Asian Age, Parwez Hafeez, Sep 07, 2007)
Trinamul Congress president Mamata Banerjee, who has of late been distancing herself and her party from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, on Thursday publicly announced her virtual disassociation with the Opposition alliance.
- No Debate Without Jpc, Says Bjp (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2007)
BJP today stuck to its stand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Indo-US nuclear deal indicating it would not allow Parliament to function for another day over the issue
- Patil Said It (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 06, 2007)
The Organiser’s editorial criticises the government’s handling of the Hyderabad blasts. “The Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil made an interesting statement.
- Waiting For The Farce (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 05, 2007)
When the politically pestilential Indo-US nuclear deal is not invading his thoughts, the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, must be reflecting on a foreign-policy hara-kiri he very narrowly avoided.
- Nuclear Deal Is Unique, Says Abdul Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
His endorsement comes at a time when the Left is opposed
‘There may be a lot of differences, but Parliament has to function’
The former President did not feel that the scientists are being ignored
- The Left Is Not Right On Nuclear Deal (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 05, 2007)
Of late, we have had a relatively informed debate on diverse aspects of the Indo-US civil nuclear energy cooperation.
- Shout Out Loud (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 05, 2007)
People’s Democracy lists the slogans the Left parties are using against joint naval exercise with the US, that began on September 4.
- Nuclear Deal Unique: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has found support for the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal from former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
- 'My Toughest Decision As President Was Returning The Office Of Profit Bill To Parliament' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 03, 2007)
.P.J. Abdul Kalam, whose term as president came to an end recently, not only left the imprint of his personality on the presidency, he also became one of the nation’s most beloved public figures. In an interview with The Indian Express Editor . . . ..
- Poverty Is The Issue, Not Nuclear Deal (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 03, 2007)
I am personally against India’s entire nuclear programme, starting with the bomb. Both Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru were opposed to the bomb.
- Democracy Sans Parties Dangerous (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 03, 2007)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and the debate on its implication seemed to cover a lot of ground.
- Jai Sri Ram, Comrade? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 01, 2007)
In all the fuss about relations between the Left and the Congress, the other major player in Indian politics has been completely ignored. Even though the BJP’s Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie have been trudging patiently from television studio to . . . .
- Nuclear Nihilists (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 01, 2007)
This could be dubbed Jinnah-II for L.K. Advani. Except that the RSS leadership was this time on Advani’s side.
- Nuked By Bad Taste (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Sep 01, 2007)
In recent years, there has been a sharp decline in standards of political debate in India. In and out of the parliament, issues concerning the public good are rarely discussed logically or dispassionately.
- Democracy Sans Parties Dangerous (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 01, 2007)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and the debate on its implication seemed to cover a lot of ground.
- Renegotiate 123 Pact: Advani (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Former deputy prime minister and senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani on Thursday sought a "change in the domestic laws" with regard to the Indo-US nuclear deal and reiterated that the entire deal should be "re-negotiated".
- 'N-Deal Unacceptable, No Turnaround In Bjp Stand' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Leader of Opposition L K Advani on Wednesday unambiguously endorsed BJP's opposition to the India-US nuclear deal, in a move aimed at quelling speculation in certain quarters about a "turnaround" in the party's stand.
- Advani’S Turn At Acrobatics (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
The nuclear deal has given a headache to not just the UPA but its rival BJP, too.
- Renegotiate 123, Have Own Hyde Act: Advani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha LK Advani has ended speculation about change in the BJP's opposition to the India-US civil nuclear agreement and called for renegotiation of the deal after amending the domestic Atomic Energy Act.
- ‘Bjp Stand Consistent’ (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 31, 2007)
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani on Thursday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s considered view on the nuclear deal with the United States remained consistent and unambiguous and his statements on the issue were only . . . .
- Mr Advani, Go For Amendment (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Aug 31, 2007)
Even as the Prime Minister continues to conduct negotiations, this time with comrades shaken by the possibility of China's long march to superpower status being halted by an incipient India-US strategic entente, on the 123 Agreement behind a veil of . . .
- International Treaties: Parliament Ratification, A Must (Deccan Herald, PRAKASH NANDA, Aug 31, 2007)
Bilateral treaties that affect the country's economy must be ratified by both the Houses of the Parliament.
- Cia Papers - Ii (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 30, 2007)
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Staff Study, “The Sino-Indian Border Dispute”, noted, had been “compelled to act on the proposition that it was more important (as PM) to be realistic about domestic politics than . . . . .
- Drug Pricing At Will (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2007)
IT was not just a minister’s son caught in a sting operation by a television channel boasting that his factory could print any MRP on medicines, the practice seems to be fairly common.
- Left, Cong Grope In The Dark (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 29, 2007)
With both the Congress and the Left parties looking for a face-saving way out of their standoff on the India-US civil nuclear agreement, the four Left parties will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to take a final stand on the Government . . . . .
- Advani's Remark Is No U-Turn: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
Former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani's statement that the BJP has no objection to the 123 Agreement if the Government amends the Indian Atomic Energy Act to ensure strategic independence and smooth reactor fuel supplies is not a . . . .
- ‘The Deal Should Not Be Seen In Isolation’ (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 29, 2007)
PRAKASH KARAT, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), is viewed as the man standing in the way of the UPA government’s strategic embrace of the United States.
- It Hopes To Turn (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 29, 2007)
It is not unknown for a political party to make a 180-degree turn to meet an altered context. What L.K. Advani is trying to do to the Bharatiya Janata Party regarding the Indo-US nuclear deal is more profound than that.
- Jai Sri Ram, Comrade? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 29, 2007)
In all the fuss about relations between the Left and the Congress, the other major player in Indian politics has been completely ignored. Even though the BJP’s Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie have been trudging patiently from television studio to . . . .
- Put It On Slow Fire (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
Can the Indo-US nuclear deal be halted in its tracks without jeopardising it? Yes. The next steps have no time-sensitive hurdles to be crossed. Succumbing to artificial timelines where political consensus is an illusion will only sink the deal further.
- No Differences In Party On Nuclear Agreement: Bjp (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 29, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s stand on the nuclear deal with the United States stands and there are “no differences” on this in the party, the top leadership asserted here on Tuesday.
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Aug 29, 2007)
The latest warning to the UPA government from the Left should leave nobody in doubt.
- Our Tryst With Secularism (Asia Times, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 29, 2007)
One feels stumped when one finds that Muslim fundamentalists are taking a leaf out of the BJP book of hatred and hostility.
- Bjp's Double-Talk (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 29, 2007)
A STORY doing the rounds in Delhi’s political circles about an interaction between Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the corridors of the Parliament House during the monsoon session more or . . . .
- ‘Intellectual Dishonesty Of The Highest Order’ (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 29, 2007)
FORMER External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha has consistently raised his voice against the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, though many of his party colleagues have refused to share his view on the issue.
- Cpi Not For Destabilising Govt Over N-Deal (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
In a softening of its sharp rhetoric, the CPI today said it has no intention of destabilising the government and force an immediate election on the contentious issue of the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Hydro Potential (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 29, 2007)
The editorial in People’s Democracy claims that nuclear power generation is the most expensive energy option.
- Advani Ammo For Nuclear Deal (Telegraph, Sanjay K Jha, Aug 28, 2007)
The BJP has begun emphasising that it has problems only with some aspects of the Indo-US nuclear deal as it is wary of being clubbed with the Left.
- Bjp, Seek Don’T Hyde (Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 28, 2007)
On Sunday L.K. Advani took a decisive first step in restoring the electability of the BJP and, for that matter, the NDA. His interview to The Indian Express on the country’s relationship with the US and the Indo-US nuclear agreement has rescued . . . .
- Coalition In The Future (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 28, 2007)
It’s all over bar the shouting. The general election is on the horizon, sooner than the Congress and other parties wanted, but the Indo-US nuclear deal has triggered a set of circumstances in which the Left’s essential support base for the coalition . . .
- Debate On Deal: Not Rocket Science (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 28, 2007)
The Indo-US Nuclear deal has understandably generated a good deal of controversy, mostly political. Unfortunately, the great emotion that has marked the debate inhibits an objective assessment of the subject.
- Ringside View Of History (Hindu, Partho Datta, Aug 28, 2007)
A book of varied speeches, released strategically around Independence Day is bound to invoke the nation, as this volume does unequivocally. From the founding moment of the Indian National Congress, the editor brings us step by step to the present day.
- Karat’S Boomerang (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 28, 2007)
All actions have unintended consequences. CPM leader Prakash Karat’s main objective in threatening to pull down the Manmohan Singh government on the nuclear issue was to break the gathering momentum behind the Indo-US partnership.
- Comrade, Don’T Go (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 28, 2007)
A B Bardhan has been mostly good humoured in fielding throughout his career jibes about the communist parties’ foreign leanings. But this weekend he did something so much at variance with our national character that we are compelled to finally pay . . . .
- Missing Chief Of Defence Staff (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 27, 2007)
In the midst of the 60th Independence anniversary celebrations, many may have missed a small news report on a proposal for elevating the defence secretary’s post to that of cabinet secretary rank.
- Dramatic Changes (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Aug 27, 2007)
From Natwar Singh to Prakash Karat, non-alignment remains the cornerstone of India’s foreign policy even today. To the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party who pay it lip service, this is a double-edged word that has become a millstone around the . . . .
- Our Collision Dharma (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 27, 2007)
Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s upbeat imagery of spring inevitably following winter and CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat’s reassuring words that his party’s central committee does not want the ongoing ‘crisis’ over the Indo-US nuclear . . . .
- Left Angry Over Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 25, 2007)
I WISH the Left had made national development, not the Indo-US nuclear deal, an issue for parting ways with the ruling Congress.
- The Great Wall Of India (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 23, 2007)
Modern nation States, formed after the collapse of colonial empires, defined territorial integrity as the yardstick of national interest. Interventions such as culture, language and religion have shaped choices too, but essentially these. . .
- 'No Tie-Up With Cong' (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Aug 23, 2007)
Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (S) supremo HD Deve Gowda on Wednesday categorically denied media speculations that his party was hobnobbing with the Congress to topple the coalition Government in Karnataka before handing over the. . .
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