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Articles 621 through 720 of 5550:
- Passing The Buck (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 07, 2006)
Congress must own up its failure ---- With a listless UPA Government unable to respond to the looming crisis fuelled by spiralling prices of essential commodities, the Congress has chosen to fall back upon its . . .
- Pervez Moved Nuke Missiles During Kargil War: Sharif (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
The Pakistan Army, led by General Pervez Musharraf, had moved nuclear warheads during the Kargil war so that they could be used against India, exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has claimed in his official biography.
- Bjp Delegation Meets Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
Intervene to "save" AIIMS' autonomy
Arun Jaitley is counsel for Dr. Venugopal
Vajpayee, Advani drafting a letter to President
Anbumani Ramadoss is interfering in AIIMS functioning: BJP
- Pak Lost 2,700 Troops During Kargil Conflict: Nawaz Sharif (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
The Pakistan Army lost 2,700 military personnel in the Kargil conflict, far higher than its casualties during the 1965 and 1971 wars with India, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said in his memoirs.
- Delhi Napping As Beijing Pushes Tibet Rail To Sikkim, Arunachal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 06, 2006)
The long-awaited re-opening of the Nathu La pass for border trade between Sikkim and Tibet tomorrow pales into insignificance as Beijing unveils plans for rail connectivity across the Sino-Indian border and all along it.
- War Long Forgotten, India And China Reopen Silk Road (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jul 06, 2006)
Asian giants India and China resume border trade through a Himalayan pass on Thursday, hoping to build on warming relations and curb smuggling, 44 years after a brutal border war closed the ancient route.
- Half-Baked Reforms At Raw (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 05, 2006)
Facing an exodus of key personnel and increasingly vulnerable to penetration, India's external intelligence service is beset by crisis.
- Spy Scandal Puts Question Mark On Future Of Indo-Us Cyber Forum (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Jul 05, 2006)
The Government is waiting for the results of police investigations in the National Security Council Secretariat spy case to decide the fate of the high-profile Indo-US Cyber Security Forum (IUSCSF), an initiative announced during the visit of former . . .
- Beijing Is Not Far From Delhi (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 04, 2006)
There’s nothing like Sri Lanka to concentrate the mind when it comes to a discussion on terrorism. Last week, even as the German NGO, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, was hosting a conference on the state . . .
- India, Pakistan To Play Kabbadi After 60 Years (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Jul 04, 2006)
For the first time in nearly sixty years of hostility between India and Pakistan, the two neighbours will be playing a Kabbadi match in Jammu on 22 July.
- The Uses Of Rhetoric (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 03, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research.
- Arun Nehru Sets Record Straight (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Jul 03, 2006)
Rajiv (Gandhi) and I worked out a plan to tie down 10 opposition bigwigs by fielding candidates enjoying strong support in 1984; Amitabh (Bachchan) was part of that plan," recalls Arun Nehru, the late Rajiv Gandhi's second cousin and one-time close . . .
- Narayanan-Vajpayee Correspondence Sparks Row (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The row over the PMO's refusal to divulge to the Nanavati Commission some correspondence between Rashtrapati Bhawan and the then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee on the Gujarat riots has reached the Central Information Commission with a citizen invoking . . .
- M.P. Bjp Unit Decides To Agitate Against Price Hike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Party's two-day state executive meeting passes resolution
- Will India-China Border Talks Ever End? (Japan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Jul 03, 2006)
For 25 years, India has been seeking to settle by negotiation with China the disputed Indo-Tibetan frontier.
- Learning From The Left Parties (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jul 03, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said that the BJP should learn from the Left Parties how to secure people's mandate repeatedly.
- One Character In Search Of An Agenda (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 02, 2006)
What do Vishwanath Pratap Singh and Amitabh Bachchan have in common -- apart from the Allahabad and poetry connections, that is?
- One Character In Search Of An Agenda (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 01, 2006)
What do Vishwanath Pratap Singh and Amitabh Bachchan have in common -- apart from the Allahabad and poetry connections, that is? Like the Angry Young Man who, after some years in the wilderness,
- Nuclear Deal: Bjp Questions `No Testing' Commitment (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 30, 2006)
"Vajpayee made one but Government reserved the right to detonate a bomb"
Deal will bind India; Pakistan free to continue research, test nuclear weapons
Will make India completely energy dependent on U.S.
Nothing should be done to take away . . .
- Bjp Denounces Indo-Us Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
The BJP today voiced its stiff opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal, accusing the UPA government of not taking the Opposition in confidence on a deal that would mortgage the nuclear programme to the US.
- Sonia Prods Pm On Price Rise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi today called an emergency party meeting to tell the Prime Minister and finance minister that the soaring prices of essential commodities must be reined in at once.
- Vajpayee:v.P. Claim About Me Laughable (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Wednesday ridiculed former Prime Minister V.P. Singh’s claim in his memoirs that he (Vajpayee) had once wanted to quit the party 20 years ago.
- India’S Hands Are Tied, Say Bjp & Cpm (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 29, 2006)
The United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006, which cleared the House International Relations Committee with an overwhelming majority on Tuesday, has met with stiff opposition here, with both the NDA and the CPI(M) protesting . .
- Running On Empty (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 28, 2006)
With the Indo-US nuclear deal entering the final lap, it would be interesting to second-guess the BJP’s take on it.
- Retracing The Ancient Silk Route (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Jun 28, 2006)
On June 18, 2006 Indian and Chinese senior officials met in Beijing to discuss among other bilateral matters the question of setting a date for the opening of Nathu La. The historic event is scheduled to take place this month (June 2006)...
- V.P. Is Lying About Sonia, Says Fotedar (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jun 28, 2006)
Senior Congress leader and Gandhi family loyalist Makhan Lal Fotedar on Tuesday accused former Prime Minister V.P. Singh of spreading falsehoods in anticipation of playing a major role in the country’s future politics.
- Bjp Charges V.P. Singh With Double Standards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
"His shifting stand well documented; we don't need his certificate"
Why is he silent on Volcker, Quattrocchi, Scorpene?
BJP worried about its prospects in U.P.
- J&k Rly Project To Cost Rs 11,000 Cr (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jun 27, 2006)
Jammu-Kashmir railway line, the most challenging railway project on this planet will cost a whopping Rs 11,000 crore. The brainchild of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the project was estimated at Rs 3,600 crore in 2002.
- Memoirs Of V.P. Fictional, Says Bjp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
The BJP on Monday dismissed as fictional former Prime Minister V.P. Singh’s remarks in his memoirs that veteran BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee wanted to quit the party some 20 years ago.
- Why Saffron Can't Be Red (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 27, 2006)
As BJP and CPM have fundamental differences, the former will require a metamorphosis before it can learn from the latter, says Prafull Goradia.
- India, China Begin 8th Round Of Boundary Talks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
India and China opened the eighth round of boundary talks in Beijing on Monday to find a political settlement to the vexed dispute.
- Another Step Forward In Strengthening Ties (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 27, 2006)
For India and China, resolving the border issue remains the key to developing a truly strategic partnership.
- Subcontinental Drift (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 26, 2006)
Those European politicians have lost. Lakshmi Mittal has acquired Arcelor.
- Narayanan, Dai Meet Ahead Of Sino-India Boundary Talks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India's Special Representative to the India-China boundary talks, K Narayanan and his Chinese counterpart, Dai Bingguo have met informally in the north-western Chinese city of Xian ahead of the official-level talks here on Monday.
- India, China Begin Eighth Round Of Boundary Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2006)
India and China opened the eighth round of boundary talks here today to find a political settlement to the vexed dispute.
- When Emergency Was Clamped (Tribune, K.K. Katyal, Jun 25, 2006)
On the morning of June 25, 1975, the telephone at my New Delhi residence rang earlier than usual.
- Ritual Murder (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 25, 2006)
Pakistan is about to lay out another farcical election for Kashmiris under its control.
- Ritual Murder (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 24, 2006)
Pakistan is about to lay out another farcical election for Kashmiris under its control. But this time the so-called "peace process" and its associated hype about "people-to-people contact" will work against Islamabad.
- Was Nagpur Terror Encounter Faked? (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 24, 2006)
Afact-finding team from Maharashtra has questioned the authenticity of the terrorist attack on the RSS headquarters at Nagpur earlier in the month.
- Bjp, Rss Think-Tank Discuss Party's Future Course Of Action (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Led by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the senior BJP leaders and top RSS functionaries on Thursday sat across the table to chalk out the future course of political action marked by 'mutual understanding and cohesion' between them.
- Nda Leaders Petition Prez, Say Most Mps Oppose N-Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The opposition NDA on Wednesday petitioned President Kalam over the nuclear deal with the United States, insisting there was no consensus in Parliament on the pact.
- Nuclear Deal Cannot Bind Future Governments (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
"Present regime cannot cap strategic programme"
Scientists will be exposed to "undue interference"
Separation plan will have serious implications
National consensus under threat
Memorandum to President posted on BJP web site
- Majority Of Mps Against Indo-Us N-Deal: Nda (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jun 22, 2006)
The NDA on Wednesday accused the UPA Government of compromising with the country's nuclear interests and submitted a memorandum to President APJ Abdul Kalam claiming majority of the MPs were against the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Nda Petitions Kalam On N-Deal, Says No Consensus On Pact (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The Opposition NDA alliance today petitioned President A P J Abdul Kalam over the nuclear deal with the United States, insisting there was no consensus in Parliament on the pact.
- Who Are We? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 22, 2006)
The Mahajans and individual responsibility
Pramod Mahajan, like the proverbial Harvard MBA student, always had some answer, right or wrong, to give to any question.
- No Consensus With Parliament On Us-India N-Deal (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 22, 2006)
The UPA Government has allowed the United States Congress to decide the future of the Indian nuclear programme, while keeping the Indian Parliament in the dark, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and five National Democratic Alliance leaders . . .
- N-Deal With Us Will Bind India: Nda (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The Opposition National Democratic Alliance today asked President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam to restrain the UPA government from dismantling India's nuclear programme as majority of MPs in the country were against the Indo-US nuclear deal which sought . . .
- Long-Range Cloud On Nuke Deal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Leaders of the NDA have claimed that the Indo-US deal “cannot bind India in the future” as it is not based on national consensus.
- Trade Winds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 21, 2006)
Revisiting old ties is sometimes a good way of forging new ones.
- Not Quite Model Malaysia (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 21, 2006)
Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s critique (‘Malaysian straitjacket for India’, IE, June 17) of my article (‘Be affirmative’, June 16) mixes up the difference between an empirical and a normative argument.
- Talks Within Purview Of Indian Constitution: Sonia (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Reiterating Central Government resolve to hold dialogue with different sections of the society to solve vexed problems, chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Sonia Gandhi today said talks and not violence, is the solution of any issue.
- India-China Border Talks Next Week (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
This will be the eighth round
Both sides committed to arriving at a "package settlement" of the boundary question
Special Representatives mechanism agreed upon in June 2003
- Saying It With Flowers (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 20, 2006)
A prelude to a forthcoming marriage has begun. The new political soap opera is preparing the stage for the curtain to rise before act 1, scene 1. Prakash Karat visited Mulayam Singh with a bunch of flowers.
- Bjp Plays Down Vajpayee’S Compliment To Left (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Jun 20, 2006)
The BJP today sought to play down former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s praise of Marxists, but said there was nothing wrong in picking up good things from everyone, including the Left.
- Bjp Takes Middle Lane On Bmic Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka has come up with a middle-path formula for the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project after its ruling partner the Janata Dal (S) backed down from a move to initiate a government takeover . . .
- Incidents Of Hr Abuses Vitiating Atmosphere: Mufti (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said that Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh’s pledge regarding zero tolerance for human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir should be translated into action . . .
- Learn From Left, Says Atal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee wants the men and women in his party to learn from the communists — about how to climb back to power.
- Vajpayee Praises Communists At Bjp Meeting (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Jun 19, 2006)
The return to power by the Left parties in the recent state elections has come in for a praise from veteran BJP leader and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who while pointing to the success of the Communists has asked his party to . . .
- The Family That’S Come To Stay (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jun 19, 2006)
It's only when you are far, far away from Delhi that you realise (a) how little of the TV news is of relevance to you outside the great capital of India, (b) how little you care about the news you cared so much about when you were . . .
- Quota Bill Seeks Right To Interfere With Iits, Iims (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jun 19, 2006)
‘‘The UPA government will ensure that all institutions of higher learning and professional educational retain their autonomy,’’ says the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the ruling alliance.
- "Bjp Should Learn How To Get Re-Elected From Communists" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
There is no doubt NDA did well. Yet something was lacking: Vajpayee
We should introspect about exit of senior leaders
Work out strategy to retain power in BJP-ruled States
Let us face problems collectively
- Re-Caste The Problem (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 19, 2006)
A poorly paid, unmotivated and continuously politically interfered with bureaucracy will sell pretty much all the bits of paper the government gives out and citizens need or want.
- Vajpayee Praises Communists At Bjp Meeting (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
In a rare praise of the commmunists by a BJP leader, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said the saffron party should learn from them the art of getting re-elected to power and admitted there was "something lacking" in his Government . . .
- Back To No Talks (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 18, 2006)
National Security Adviser MK Narayanan is right in suggesting to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the futility of going to Pakistan, which has no intention of ending terror as an additionality to its diplomacy.
- Two Flavours Of Nationalism (Hindu, INDIVAR KAMTEKAR, Jun 18, 2006)
A visit to Jallianwala Bagh and Wagah raises questions about the transformation of national feeling in India.
- Ominous Signs For Upa Government (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 17, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA government is in trouble as its allies are pulling in different directions.
- From 'India Shining' To 'India Snorting' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jun 17, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Back To No Talks (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Jun 17, 2006)
National Security Adviser MK Narayanan is right in suggesting to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the futility of going to Pakistan, which has no intention of ending terror as an additionality to its diplomacy.
- My Party’Ll Replace Bjp Govts: Uma (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Ousted BJP leader and national President of the Bharatiya Janashakti Party Uma Bharati has claimed that she would pull down the Madhya Pradesh BJP government in October.
- Swarajists At The Savoy (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 17, 2006)
In Paris, during the students’ riots of the late Sixties, a pretty young Indian girl, now high in the Communist hierarchy, smoked foul-smelling French Gauloise cigarettes because they reminded her of Char Minars.
- Drama In Real Life (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 16, 2006)
How genuine was the terrorist attack on the RSS Head Quarters in Nagpur?
- I Have Done No Wrong, Says Rahul Mahajan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
"People with hidden agenda involved in the entire episode"
I am not a drug user, says Rahul
To meet Vajpayee, seek blessings
Refuses comment on Moitra's death
- Bjp In A Daze Over Atal's Flip-Flops (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has often stumped BJP's political rivals by well-timed one-liners and enigmatic half-sentences.
- Aiims Rises To Defend Autonomy (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Director, faculty protest Minister's meddling ---- The doyen of cardiac care could not have been more humiliated in the twilight of his illustrious career. On Thursday, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said that the Director of the . . .
- Mahajan's Killing, Rahul Case Linked: Pravin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Giving a new twist to the murder of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and his son Rahul's alleged involvement in a drug abuse case, the late leader's brother Pravin Mahajan, accused of killing him, on Wednesday claimed the two incidents were inter-related.
- Trade Unions Will Launch Countrywide Stir, Says Dasgupta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Trade unions, irrespective of their political affiliations, have collectively decided to launch an "effective country-wide agitation" against the economic policies of the Centre, All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) general secretary Gurudas . . .
- Why Don't We Protest? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
If there is anyone who is to be squarely blamed for the demolition of temples in India and its neighbourhood, it is Hindu leaders, says Prafull Goradia.
- Choice Is Clear (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Kumaraswamy's way, or highway----It is typical of the infuriating ironies of Indian politics that the Golden Quadrilateral, the highway development programme that is contemporary India's showpiece infrastructure project, has swiftly seen a change . . .
- Vajpayee, Advani Court Arrest On Fuel Price Hike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani and other NDA leaders today courted arrest in protest against the fuel price hike, terming the move of asking states to slash sales tax on fuel a joke.
- North-East: Troubling Portends (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 13, 2006)
Insurgency and instability in the north-eastern segment of India appears set to exacerbate and there could be no worse omen of unpleasant things to come than the flowering of the bamboo, a phenomenon that repeats itself every half century and brings . . .
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