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- Kumaraswamy: Some States Getting Preferential Treatment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
‘Karnataka is suffering because of the Union Government’s attitude’
Genuine demands of State neglected: Chief Minister
‘Tie-up with BJP hasn’t dented JD(S) image’
- Pm Calls On Vajpayee In Aiims (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to enquire about his health.
- Manmohan Calls On Vajpayee (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today called on his immediate predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here to inquire about his health.
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Aug 22, 2007)
A general election could occur any time. Seldom has a government appeared more fragile.
- Arrest Cannot Deter Fight: Uma Bharti (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
Bhartiya Janshakti Party leader Uma Bharti today asserted that she was not bothered even if she was arrested for the cause of saving Ram Sethu from destruction for the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project.
- Prepare For Mid-Term Poll: Advani (Pioneer, Deepak Kumar Jha, Aug 21, 2007)
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha LK Advani on Monday gave a call to his party workers to prepare for general elections.
- Reading The Popular Mind In J&k (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 21, 2007)
The recent survey conducted by Indian Express-Dawn News-CNN/IBN-CSDS-ACNielsen (IE, August 13) provides interesting insights into the political psyche of urban Kashmiris.
- What Bjp Rule Meant (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
For the first time in post-independence India, Hindu nationalists were in a position to rule the country between 1998 and 2004.
- Strings Unattached (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
THE BJP and the RSS have always stoutly denied that the latter is instrumental in the party’s decision-making process.
- ‘Demanding Resignation Of Pm Is A Very Mild Form Of Opposition...’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 21, 2007)
I fully appreciate The Indian Express having its own point of view on the Indo-US nuclear agreement (‘RELATAD STORY).
- Upa Allies Throw Weight Behind Sonia, Manmohan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
With the political atmosphere heating up as differences between Left parties and the Congress-led UPA, over the Indo-US nuclear deal pushed the government to the edge, Opposition BJP on Sunday declared, "possibility of mid-term polls is a reality."
- Let's Believe In Ourselves (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The Left Front leaders and a few others have expressed their concerns about India concluding the nuclear agreement and moving closer to the US.
- Sangh Poori Bahar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The RSS, according to a report in this paper, has decided on a “phased withdrawal” from the BJP’s day-to-day affairs, it will “micro-manage” the party no more.
- The Ugly Indian (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2007)
UNLIKE the fabled Ugly American — who is to be found only in lands other than his own — the Ugly Indian is very much alive and kicking on his home ground and he revels in his brutish ugliness.
- India's Silent Warriors (Asia Times, B Raman, Aug 20, 2007)
Secrecy and intelligence agencies are synonymous. Very rarely does the general public get a peek into the shadowy world of spooks and their death-defying deeds shrouded behind the iron curtain of state secrets.
- Bjp Meets To Discuss Nda Move (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
While the senior BJP leadership met here today to discuss the situation arising out of it, NDA will take up the issue to review the political scenario in view of the tough stand taken by the left parties over the nuclear deal that led to a . . . . .
- Government Is Paralysed, Says Bjp (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Aug 20, 2007)
As the Left's hardening stand on the India-US nuclear deal is making the UPA Government shakier each passing day, the Opposition BJP is smelling mid-term poll in the air.
- Indian Muslim Delegation Touring Israel (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
A delegation of Indian Muslim leaders is touring Israel in an unprecedented visit that is part of the American Jewish Committee's (AJC) efforts to showcase the country as a tolerant society and to improve Muslim-Jewish relations.
- Missed: An Adviser Natwar Or Aiyar (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 20, 2007)
The crisis at the Centre has shown up Sonia Gandhi’s lack of sound political advisers. And the person most sorely missed is perhaps K. Natwar Singh.
- Bjp Decides To Wait And Watch (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
National DemoParty to press for discussion on the deal and on the Quattrocchi issue in Parliament
We’re always ready for mid-term elections, says Naqvi
cratic Alliance to take stand on no-confidence motion
- Secularism Has A Long Way To Go (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 18, 2007)
IT is a straight question which should have been addressed long ago.
- Bjp Leaders Organised Havans For My Death: Manmohan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Political bickering over the Indo-US nuclear deal just got murkier. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s claim that Opposition leaders had wished death for him because of his resolve to sign the nuclear deal surfaced today after former defence minister . . . .
- ‘If It Were China, They Would Have Settled It With One Bullet In His (Pm’S) Head’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 18, 2007)
What some of us knew was bound to happen has happened. The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has over the years been keeping with himself what he thought was his big secret — a secret between himself and Bush, which has now come in the open.
- Go, George (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 18, 2007)
The most appalling thing about George Fernandes’s appalling comment on the prime minister is that it wasn’t even a moment’s lapse, a crude answer on the fly while trying to escape TV cameras.
- Freedom Of The Imagination (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Aug 18, 2007)
As anniversaries go this was a big one. So whoever thought of putting together the cultural programme in Parliament’s Central Hall this Independence Day probably did so with the best intentions.
- In Enriched N-Debate, The Crude Distraction: Bullet In Pm’S Head, Havans For His Death (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 18, 2007)
If Indian politics had begun to sound too abstruse with talk of fuel reprocessing, Henry Hyde and strategic reserves, it got a dose of mud today — low and dirty like never before.
- Indian Muslim Delegation Touring Israel (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
A delegation of Indian Muslim leaders is touring Israel in an unprecedented visit that is part of the American Jewish Committee's (AJC) efforts to showcase the country as a tolerant society and to improve Muslim-Jewish relations.
- Pm: Bush Is Friendliest, Nice To Me (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said US President George W. Bush is a very easy person to deal with.
- Maybe Comrades Could Check With China How It Gave In More On 123 (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 17, 2007)
When comrades sit down at the Politburo tomorrow to work out the next steps in their protest against the nuclear deal, chances are they will gloss over the 123 agreement their friend China signed with the United States in 1985.
- Uninspiring Speech (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
There was a time when people would look forward to the Prime Minister's address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day.
- On The Edge Of The Big Leap (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 16, 2007)
It is probably a measure of the new tranquility in our relations with Pakistan that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech from the Red Fort had no resounding reference against cross-border terrorism or a re-affirmation that Jammu and Kashmir is integral
- Toppler Effect (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Perhaps everyone concerned in the UPA-Left battle of threats over the nuclear deal has decided, as our story indicates today, that the government shouldn’t fall at this point over this issue.
- Dr Do Little? (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 16, 2007)
Our image of Manmohan Singh as a prime minister has always been governed by two contradictory impulses: the prime minister we wish he might still become, and the prime minister he actually is. Recent opinion polls show relatively high approval . . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Aug 16, 2007)
The Indo-US Nuclear Deal is relevant for different reasons. It will affect our energy programme.
- Growing Protests (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 16, 2007)
DESPITE the hard sell by the Indian government, the nuclear deal with the United States has found very few takers among the Opposition parties.
- N-Deal: Flood ‘Relief’ For Now, Debate Put Off (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 14, 2007)
The much-awaited debate on the nuclear deal in Parliament stands deferred to next week.
- Yediyurappa Meets Top Bjp Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Making his second trip in a fortnight, the deputy chief minister called on BJP veterans A B Vajpayee and L K Advani and president Rajnath Singh over the last two days.
- Oratory Club Of India (OutLook, Jamal Ahmed Khan, Aug 14, 2007)
Both text and context mark out great speeches.
- Two Strange Bad Fellows On 123 (Indian Express, L.M. Singhvi, Aug 13, 2007)
Following in the footsteps of its archenemy, the Left, the BJP was quick to reject the 123 Agreement on Nuclear Cooperation with U.S. The Opposition seemed satisfied enough when the prime minister gave certain assurances on July 18, 2005 . . . ..
- Nda Reunites For Poll (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
The National Democratic Alliance, which appeared divided a few days back, reunited on the vice-presidential election day with both Shiv Sena and Trinamul Congress MPs turning out to exercise their franchise.
- Industry Grows, Farmers Suffer (Pioneer, BC Dutta, Aug 11, 2007)
For more than four decades after independence, the Congress has ruled the country. Yet, it has failed to achieve all-round economic development. In fact, many of the problems that continue to persist are the creations of the Congress.
- Surprise Votes Sweeten Hamid Win (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Hamid Ansari was today picked the 13th Vice-President in a poll so short on excitement that Priya Dutt’s “commitment to the constitutional process” became the talking point.
- Ansari Elected V-P (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
On Friday, Ansari, backed by the ruling UPA coalition, scored a comfortable victory over NDAs Najma Heptulla. Third Fronts Rashid Masood ended up a poor third...
- ‘India’S Freedom Will Become Circumspect’ After N-Deal (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 09, 2007)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement will “stymie” the country’s right to reprocess fuel received from the US and will make it difficult for the government to carry out nuclear tests, India’s former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra said on a . . . .
- Hike In Cash Reserve Ratio: Unnecessary Step (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 09, 2007)
The Reserve Bank's justification for increasing the Cash Reserve Ratio, all these years, is utterly false.
- Sena, Bjp Try To Mend Relations, Joshi Attends Nda Meet On V-P Poll (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 09, 2007)
As the BJP and Shiv Sena top brass worked on a patch-up away from public glare, Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, shedding one-upmanship in public, deputed former Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi to a meeting of NDA MPs on the vice-presidential election. . .
- ‘He (Musharraf) Takes Decisions In A Hurry, Without Applying His Mind’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2007)
It is yet uncertain when and in which shape things will settle down in Pakistan. We reproduce below edited and translated excerpts from the book, ‘Ghaddar Kaun? Nawaz Sharif ki Kahani, Un ki Zabani’ (Who is the traitor? Nawaz Sharif’s story in . . . .
- Keep It Bilateral (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 08, 2007)
Around the same time that negotiations for a 123 Agreement to take forward the Indo-US nuclear deal were entering their final lap, Lieutenant General Gary North, the air force commander in the United States of America’s central air command . . . .
- Women In Public Life: No Ideal Role Model (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 08, 2007)
Today's women leaders are regional politicians with a restricted vision who cannot be regarded as role models.
- ‘India Illegally Intercepting Internet Traffic’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 08, 2007)
Indian intelligence agencies not only eavesdrop on domestic telephone lines but have also been intercepting international communication traffic passing through the SEA-ME-WE submarine cable connecting Western Europe, the Middle East and South . . . .
- Hamid Ansari, The Last Hope (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Aug 08, 2007)
Swapan Dasgupta's article, "Ansari is Left but still right" (August 5), was surprising. It's surprising because the columnist has conceded that he had "the privilege of working with him (Mr Ansari) in the Indo-British Round Table and can vouch . . . .
- Politics Of Bjp’S Nuclear Tantrum (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2007)
The BJP’s extreme position on the Indo-US nuclear deal appears to have been born out of pique and politics, rather than reason and rationale.
- In Atoms We Trust (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
When US Senator John Kerry visited India in early 2006, he asked Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh what the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement was all about. Singh replied, “To build trust between our countries.”
- Dispatches From Pakistan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2007)
Amit Barua of The Hindu was one of the two Indian correspondents who was allowed to report from Pakistan towards the end of the 20th century.
- A Conversation With Dr Kalam (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 04, 2007)
Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who has just concluded his term as Indian President, did not find "any difference" between the previous government run by Atal Behari Vajpayee and the present one headed by Dr Manmohan Singh. Kalam was elected President when . . . .
- Is Indian Press Independent? (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 04, 2007)
THE press in India has teased or even irritated the government but has enjoyed freedom. Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister, said that the government disliked the liberties taken by the press.
- Bjp, Sena To Give Talks A Chance (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Confronted with the belligerent “no-ties-with-Shiv Sena” stance of its Maharashtra unit, the BJP is likely to take a final decision on the issue by this month-end.
- Bjp's Farmers Rally To Seek Higher Support Price For Crops (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Reiterating its demand for a CBI probe into wheat import scam, the BJP on Friday announced that it would hold a farmers' rally and a protest march in New Delhi on August 20 to press for an increase in minimum support price for food commodities.
- Bjp Glare On Mummy Law (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
The Left is pondering but the BJP is wondering how the “toddler” nuclear deal can act independent of a “mother” law in the US.
- Nsa Briefs Advani On Nuke Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
The Government on Thursday briefed Leader of Opposition L K Advani on the Indo-US nuclear deal. Advani was away in Singapore when the Prime Minister had briefed a BJP delegation led by former prime minister A B Vajpayee last week.
- Advani Briefed On Features Of Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan on Thursday briefed Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani about the draft nuclear agreement New Delhi had reached with Washington two weeks ago.
- I Never Wanted To Let Vajpayee Down, Says Nawaz Sharif (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Revealing fresh insights into the Kargil conflict, exiled former Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif has said he never wanted to let down his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee for whom he had “great regard” but had to cut a . . . .
- War And Peace (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 03, 2007)
The book is about political developments in Pakistan between 1997 and 2000 as seen through the eyes of a reporter.
- First Terrorist Case Under Penal Law (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
The Coimbatore serial blasts case was the first terrorist related case to be tried under the normal penal laws of the country.
- ‘Concrete’ Evidence In Rape And Murder Cases (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
Following five years of dillydallying, the final report by the CBI was today placed in a sealed cover before a division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- Ram Or Sethu (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2007)
It is an irony that the Rs 2,800-crore Sethusamudram canal project, cleared by the Vajpayee Government in 1998, scheduled to be completed next year, should now face obstacles by the BJP and its front organisations.
- No Alibi For Upa (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 02, 2007)
It is a pity that the UPA government has allowed the question of troop cuts in Jammu and Kashmir to become a political football in that sensitive state.
- Jats As Obcs (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Aug 02, 2007)
THE root cause of the recent outburst of Gujjar fury in Rajasthan is traced to the inclusion of Jats in the list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for reservation in Central services in October 1999.
- Rediscover The Presidency’S Limits Statecraft (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 01, 2007)
Like all institutions, the Presidency too has become a victim of lopsided expectations and an overdose of partisanship. Pratibha Patil has an opportunity to help rediscover the limits of her office.
- Pratibha Patil Wins Big (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 01, 2007)
UPA nominee Pratibha Patil wins big and the BJP’s attempt to convert the poll into a game of realpolitik comes a cropper.
- India's Satisfaction (Frontier Post, editorial, Frontier Post, Jul 31, 2007)
India’s national security advisor has expressed satisfaction over the course of composite peace dialogue with Pakistan, though conceding its progress to be slow.
- N-Deal Better Than Anticipated: Govt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Government on Sunday insisted that the civil nuclear deal with the US was "much better" than that "anticipated" but admitted that certain Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries could pose some difficulties to the agreement in the 45-nation grouping.
- Nuke Deal Much Better Than Anticipated: Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
The Centre on Sunday insisted that the civil nuclear deal with the US was “much better than anticipated”, but admitted that certain Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries could pose some difficulties to the agreement in the 45-nation grouping.
- Govt Says Nuclear Deal 'Much Better' Than Anticipated (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
The Government on Sunday insisted that the civil nuclear deal with the US was "much better" than that "anticipated" but admitted that certain Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries could pose some difficulties to the agreement in the 45-nation grouping.
- A Conversation With Dr Kalam (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 30, 2007)
Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who has just concluded his term as Indian President, did not find "any difference" between the previous government run by Atal Behari Vajpayee and the present one headed by Dr Manmohan Singh.
- Two Missions For The 60th Anniversary (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Jul 28, 2007)
Much remains to be done to make India hunger-free and to achieve a rural knowledge revolution.
- Maoists Are Educated And Practical (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
Some old mindsets are dominating India's - and by extension the world community's - perceptions about the Maoists. Even though they have not abandoned their strong-arm methods, it is possible to 'mainstream' them
- India Retains Right To Conduct Nuclear Tests: Officials (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jul 28, 2007)
India has not forfeited its right to conduct nuclear tests and the text of the Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement draft finalised in Washington last week has no reference to that effect or any other conditions on defence purchases from . . . .
- Us Lawmakers Warn Bush On Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2007)
US lawmakers have warned Bush administration of “inconsistencies” in the 123 agreement after reports that Washington has agreed to allow India to reprocess spent nuclear fuel under civilian nuclear deal with New Delhi.
- Us Legislators Warn Bush On Hyde, Indian Opposition Still Suspicious (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 27, 2007)
The closed-door negotiations between the Manmohan Singh government and the Bush administration and the subsequent secrecy surrounding the text of the 123 agreement have worried not only Indian parliamentarians but also US legislators . . . . .
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