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Articles 1021 through 1120 of 5550:
- Remembering Golwalkar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2006)
Underplaying the big ticket items of the last week — Budget and Bush visit —the latest Organiser chooses to focus on the ‘‘scintillating launch’’ of the centenary celebrations of the second sarsanghchalak and premier ideologue of the RSS, M.S. Golwalkar.
- Musharraf’S China Card (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Mar 07, 2006)
The impact was not political alone.
- Friends, Not Allies (Telegraph, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, Mar 07, 2006)
An entente with the US does not compromise India’s independent, or non-aligned, foreign policy, argues Chandrashekhar Dasgupta The author is former ambassador to China
- Bridging The Indo-Us Nuclear Divide (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Patwardhan, Mar 07, 2006)
The US president, George W. Bush, and prime minister Manmohan Singh signed the civil nuclear deal, which will go a long way to meet India's growing energy needs.
- Walking In The Time Of Frequent Fliers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 06, 2006)
The other day, while speaking at the inaugural function of a private hospital in Lucknow, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee wondered aloud whether the excise-duty cut on smaller cars announced in the Union budget could have an adverse impact on t
- Four Killed As Anti-Bush Protests Take Communal Colour In Lucknow (Indian Express, SANJAY SINGH, Mar 04, 2006)
Four persons were killed and over 24 injured today as anti-Bush protests assumed communal colours and violence spread to various parts of the city. Pitched battles took place between the protestors and shopkeepers after the latter were told to down shutte
- Riding The Anti-Bush Wave (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Mar 04, 2006)
The start of a new Parliament session in Delhi once meant road blocks, dharnas, rallies, water cannons, lathi-charges and marches. But things have been pretty peaceful in the Capital over the last decade or so.
- Grabbing A Great Opportunity (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Mar 04, 2006)
IN the run-up to President Bush’s South Asian trip, a lot of energy and effort has gone into discussing the key objectives of his visit. In his interviews to the electronic media President Bush has laid great emphasis on strengthening US-Pakistan ties tha
- India, Us Must Fight Terrorism Everywhere: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
Contending that New Delhi sought a neighbourhood of peace and prosperity, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India and the US must fight terrorism wherever it exists as it threatens democracy everywhere.
- Why It’S Not Just About Nuclear Power (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 03, 2006)
The understanding that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clinched with visiting US President George W. Bush today was only peripherally about renewing civil nuclear energy cooperation.
- In Each Other We Trust (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 03, 2006)
Amidst the celebrations that have followed President George W. Bush’s decision to clinch a nuclear accord with India yesterday, it would be unwise to forget how close the UPA government came to squandering a historic opportunity to break out of the nuclea
- Flavour Of India, Minus Chicken, On The Table (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2006)
I had a fabulous meal, Bush tells chefs
- Naxal Violence: Mps Ask Centre To Help States (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
The issue of Naxalite violence found an echo in both Houses of Parliament today with members suggesting that the Centre provide more assistance to states in the wake of the landmine blast by Maoists in the Dantewada area of Chhattsigarh yesterday.
- Farming Needed A Boost (Deccan Herald, S. L. Rao, Mar 02, 2006)
The FM has let go an opportunity to give a fillip to the economy that wouldn’t have raised the hackles of the Reds
- Pm Breaks Protocol To Greet Bush (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
US President George W Bush arrived in the capital on Wednesday night on his first visit to the country to engage the Manmohan Singh government to take forward the Indo-US strategic engagement initiative set in motion by the Clinton-Vajpayee duo six years
- Deadlock In Assembly Over Governor's Address (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
Council Chairman rules that second address can only be discussed
Speaker Krishna says his decision to allow motion of thanks is appropriate and in line with precedent set in the Lok Sabha
V.R. Sudarshan says the House cannot adopt motion of thanks
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- Nothing In It For Farmers, Says Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Budge will cause price rise, says the former Prime Minister Vajpayee
Ignores middle class, gladdens affluent: Advani
Allocation for infrastructure poor: Rajnath
A rather timid exercise: Yashwant Sinha
- It Is Aye All The Way For Concessions On Two Dishes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
From Shahrukh Khan to Swami Vivekananda and Thoreau, Union Finance Chidambaram traverses a long way
- Fm’S Emergence As God Of Small Things (The Financial Express, YASHWANT SINHA, Mar 01, 2006)
The economy has been on a high growth path for the past three years. Except for some underlying concerns, this trend is likely to continue. What is more, confidence level in Indian economy, in India and abroad, is very high.
- Living With Secularism (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 28, 2006)
Secularism in India comes in many shades and colours, but the manner in which the concept is being abused across the political spectrum should set alarm bells ringing. Nothing illustrates this better than the public speech . . .
- Why Talk Self-Rule At All, Asks Bjp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
A b vajpayee and other senior BJP leaders on Sunday took a serious view of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s roundtable on Kashmir, opposing talk of selfrule and autonomy for the state.
- "Move On J&k Will Encourage Secession" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should have "dismissed outright'' the idea of self-rule and autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir instead of trying to evolve a "common understanding'' on these issues
- ‘India Doesn’T Need Us Help To Become World Power’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Feb 27, 2006)
Mr Richard Celeste served as the U.S. Ambassador in New Delhi at the time of President Bill Clinton’s visit to India in March, 2000. The trip, the first by a U.S. President in over two decades, marked an upswing in U.S.-India relations.
- A Spineless Nation (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 25, 2006)
No book I have read depressed me more than B N Tandon's PMO, Diary II The Emergency (Konark).
- Conspicuous By Its Absence (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Feb 24, 2006)
On several occasions in recent days but most notably at the launch of the journal of the Association of Indian Diplomats, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has pleaded for “long-term strategic thinking” in this country.
- Will India Play Hardball? (The Week, R. Prasannan, Feb 23, 2006)
During Operation Para-kram, Indian Air Force confronted a peculiar problem. The Pakistani air space was well defended and, if the balloon were to go up, IAF would have problems in hitting Pakistani targets in depth.
- A Train Full Of Nostalgia, Excitement (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 22, 2006)
The Thar Express' first journey saw people throng the route in Pakistan and India.
- A Quantum Leap (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 22, 2006)
Not many realize the significance of Chirac’s visit to India
The Elysee Palace, it would seem, has no faith in astrology. If its present occupant, Jacques Chirac, had faith in soothsayers — like politicians in India and elsewhere in the Orient
- The Many Myths Of Jhandewalan (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 21, 2006)
In the space of three weeks, the RSS has journeyed from decrying shortsighted alliances through proposing precisely such an alliance between the BJP and the Congress to advocating a broad alliance of disparate elements, Mulayam Singh's party included.
- Fresh Crisis In Assam (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 21, 2006)
The army's task in the North-east is not an easy one. It has to fight the armed insurgents and, at the same time, ensure that innocent civilians are not harassed.
- ‘Retired’ Atal In Seat Watch (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee may have announced his “retirement” but signals from the BJP suggest the party veteran has not really called it quits.
- The Utopian Third Front (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Feb 19, 2006)
Will the rainbow coalition called the third front take a shape once again? If the past experience is any guide the CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat's plan of cobbling the third front is a pipe dream.
- Nanavati Panel Seeks Information (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Gujarat asked to file reply by March 1
Wants papers and documents, including press statements on Godhra tragedy
Panel yet to issue order on Centre's refusal to furnish a copy of Narayanan's letter
- Us And India: Time To Think (Tribune, M.V. Kamath, Feb 19, 2006)
By now it is a cliché to say that the United States is the only super power in the world and everybody knows it. But it is behaving like one with India in a manner that can only be described as crude. If India does not bare its teeth now, . . .
- Bush Visit Will Give A Boost To Indo-Us Ties: Inderfurth (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Feb 19, 2006)
The Indo-US relations have been marked by reciprocal visits to New Delhi and Washington by the leaders of both nations. President George W. Bush will visit India in March.
- ‘I’D Have Been A Communist’ (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 18, 2006)
“I WOULD have been in the Communist Party if there had been no partition,” says Atal Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, who led the BJP coalition for six years at the centre.
- Getting India Right (Policy Review, Parag Khanna, Feb 17, 2006)
Parag Khanna is a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of The Second World, forthcoming from Random House. C. Raja Mohan is strategic affairs editor of the Indian Express in New Delhi.
- A Scholarly Challenge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada
History has always been the main forte of communal propaganda. While objective historiography is utopia, the developments in other branches of archaeological sciences have been increasingly reducing . . .
- Jaitley's Wife Made Donation To Trust (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
In a delicious twist of irony, it turns out that Sangeeta Jaitley, wife of Arun Jaitley, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, made a donation of Rs. 13,000 on January 10, 2002 to the Lepra India Trust.
- Centre For Corporate Excellence To Be Set Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Ministry of Company Affairs has finalised long-pending proposal for establishing the institute in Bangalore
- World Of Difference (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 16, 2006)
India has changed. Its foreign policy has changed. But catch politicians saying that
- Moving Education’S Goal Posts (Indian Express, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 16, 2006)
In announcing Professor S. Thorat’s appointment as chairman of the University Grants Commission, every newspaper made it a point to announce that he was a dalit. In contrast, nobody inquired what the caste of the earlier chairman was when he was appointed
- Citizenship Enhanced (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 16, 2006)
A modern state needs to register not just marriages, but most social and economic transactions
- Anti-Iran Vote In India’S Interests: Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Toeing the RSS line, the main Opposition BJP on Tuesday virtually endorsed the Government’s vote against Iran at the IAEA meeting saying it was not in India’s interest to have another nuclear neighbour in its vicinity.
- Nuclear Iran Not In India's Interest: Bjp (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 15, 2006)
Vote at IAEA ``mismanaged''
India must maintain minimum deterrent
Must not accept curbs on production of fissile material
- Manmohan Likely To Launch Ongc Project In Mangalore Next Month (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Kumaraswamy meets President, Union Ministers, Plan panel Deputy Chairman
State's demands
Rs. 500 crores for improving infrastructure in Bangalore
Classical language status for Kannada
Funds for the development of northern Karnataka
- Military, Not Iran, Drives Bjp (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Senior leaders of the NDA today complained to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam about what they described as the government’s decision to assess the level of Muslim representation in the armed forces.
- Bjp Backs Govt On Iran (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Succumbing to the RSS pressure, the Opposition BJP today virtually endorsed the government’s vote against Iran at the IAEA meeting, saying it was not in India’s interest to have another nuclear neighbour in its vicinity.
- Rethink In Bjp On Iran Vote? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 14, 2006)
RSS stand may influence view
Statement likely today Emphasis can shift to U.S. pressure Brajesh Mishra special invitee
- The Secret Route (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 12, 2006)
The growing involvement of U.S.-based emissaries with no real base in the Kashmir Valley in closed-door meetings with the Indian establishment raises concern.
- `Forget Things Like Hindutva' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
As the political crisis unfolded in Karnataka in the new year, it was clear that H.D. Kumaraswamy, the newly sworn in Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader, was metamorphosing from a novice politician who consulted his father on every issue . . .
- Spineless Nation (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 11, 2006)
No book has depressed me more than B.N. Tandon’s PMO Diary II: The Emergency (Konark).
- A New, Clear Doctrine (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 11, 2006)
After 40 years of ambiguity, we took the big risk in Pokharan II. It worked. The US N-deal means reaping rewards, let’s not blow it
- Slow Breeder Reactor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 10, 2006)
The BJP should have much to say on the nuclear deal. They why this strange silence?
- Jaswant And Jinnah (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 10, 2006)
The former External Affairs Minister's decision not to visit Qaid-e-Azam's mausoleum may not have gone down well with his hosts in Pakistan.
- Lifting The Lid (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 10, 2006)
If we have been amazed by anyone’s ability to sleep soundly at night after the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, it has been Narendra Modi’s.
- ‘Cabinet Expansion In A Week’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Before seeking the vote of confidence, the leaders of the JD (S)-BJP coalition had given indication that the expansion might take place on Sunday
- Jaswant In Advani’S Footsteps (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Feb 10, 2006)
Only a few newspapers in this country have taken note of BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s overland pilgrimage to various shrines in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan, and that too to record the host country’s surprise at his decision to . . .
- Counter-Terrorism Forces In Kashmir Not Reduced (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 10, 2006)
Rashtriya Rifles replaces troops sent to northeast
Brigade completed relocation a month ago
Rashtriya Rifles holds out no offensive threat
Announcement a foreign policy imperative
- Will Jd(s) - Bjp Combine Hold Together? (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Feb 08, 2006)
Karnataka's new coalition government has taken off with a bang. The chief minister H.D. Kuma-raswamy established himself firmly in the driver's seat of the new JD (S) BJP combine.
- Lessons From Pasig City (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 06, 2006)
The people do not need doles; they need their government to deliver on basic needs.
- Manmohan Compromising To Stick To Office: Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
But I gave up my party job to stand by my views on Jinnah
Kalam erred in agreeing to Assembly dissolution President's action should not become precedent I am not "minimalised" in party
- India, China To Open Up Border Trade (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 04, 2006)
China and India are contemplating a move that will see a path-breaking visit to this country by the head of the Tibet Autonomous Region government this summer as part of the exchange of high-level political visits that the two countries have . . .
- Ground These Protests (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Feb 04, 2006)
There is not a single rational contention to the government’s awarding of Delhi and Mumbai airport modernisation contracts, though irrational ones are neither serious nor escapable.
- Rajnath Singh, Other Top Bjp Leaders To Attend Swearing-In Ceremony (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
A.B. Vajpayee, L.K. Advani cancel plans; security tightened around Vidhana Soudha
About 2,000 policemen are to be deployed
Secretariat will be closed during the ceremony as a security measure
- 'Advani, Jaswant To Stay Leaders Of Opposition' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
BJP President Rajnath Singh has ruled out removing either LK Advani or Jaswant Singh as Leaders of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha respectively.
- Answer There Was None (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Feb 02, 2006)
When Dr Manmohan Singh said: “We stand by the principles of the non-aligned movement,” I switched channels and watched a horror movie.
- Karnataka Petition Worries Bjp (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 02, 2006)
Senior BJP leaders left wondering
The Karnataka Chief Minister-designate, H.D. Kumaraswamy, failed to keep his date with Bharatiya Janata Party leaders here on Wednesday.
- Kumaraswamy Clears Air, Govt Will Be Formed: Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Karnakata chief minister-designate H D Kumaraswamy has “cleared” the air on government formation by communicating to the BJP Central leadership that he was “not going back” on the power-sharing agreement and he would implement it in letter and spirit.
- Speculation Rife As Kumaraswamy Cancels Trip To Delhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2006)
Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy cancelled his trip to New Delhi today to meet top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders to discuss government formation on February 3. JD (S) sources said the trip had been cancelled after the High Court . . .
- Institutional Excesses, Elite Deadlock (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 01, 2006)
A democratic constitutional arrangement is predicated on mutual respect among various institutions. We appear to be entering a phase where the assumption is the elected representatives cannot be trusted with the public interest.
- Brajesh Mishra Trashes India, U.S. Nuclear Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Says deal could compromise New Delhi's strategic interests
- Made In Jhandewalan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
When Lal Krishna Advani doffed his hat to Mohammad Ali Jinnah's August 1947 vision, he was acknowledging the `thus-far-and-no-further' nature of Hindutva.
- Kumaraswamy To Meet Advani, Vajpayee, Rajnath Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Dharam Singh to brief Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi on political developments
- Kumaraswamy To Meet Bjp Top Brass Today (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Feb 01, 2006)
Two days before taking oath as Karnataka CM on February 3, JD(S) breakaway group leader HD Kumaraswamy is reaching Delhi tomorrow to seek the ‘‘blessings’’ of the BJP top brass and lay the ground for a ‘‘long term’’ partnership at the national level . . .
- Letters Cannot Be Disclosed In Public Interest: Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
Nanavati-Shah panel to consider fresh affidavit
There cannot be any selective disclosure Public faith in Commissions should not suffer Privilege claim not a matter of expediency
- Going Up, Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 01, 2006)
In his short stint in the Congress Prof Saifuddin Soz has come a long way. After his inclusion in the party's highest decision-making body, Working Committee, many observers had ruled out his induction in the powerful Union Cabinet.
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 01, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has, almost accidentally, shown some wisdom. The King of Saudi Arabia should have been long ago invited to be Chief Guest on Republic Day.
- Please Change The Topic (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jan 31, 2006)
Having bad-mouthed Sonia Gandhi for decades, having been personal and superficial in the public political discourse, having projected irrelevant issues on the national agenda, having been unable to debate and find solutions to the real problems . . .
- India’S Freedom Of Action Not For Sale (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 31, 2006)
Intended or otherwise, US Ambassador David Mulford’s public warning over India’s vote on the Iran issue has reawakened the ghosts of the past, bringing into focus the one issue that was responsible for the unhappy state of relations between . . .
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