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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 5550:
- Sonia Could Learn From Atal (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 31, 2006)
It was an all-Congress show at Sunday’s swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Shibu Soren and Prem Chand Gupta were the lone representatives from the allies in the long line of those waiting to take the ministerial oath.
- Diplomatic Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 31, 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.
- ‘V.P. Singh Made Many Attempts To Get Us To Give A Statement Against Rajiv Gandhi’ (Indian Express, S.P Hinduja, Jan 31, 2006)
In the second part of their interview to Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of ‘The Indian Express’, on NDTV’s ‘Walk the Talk’, G.P. and S.P. Hinduja talk about their association with a spectrum of Indian politicians, including a call from Prime Minister . .
- Left Demands Mulford's Recall (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
BJP for all-party meeting to discuss India-U.S. nuclear deal
- Stove It, Mr Mulford (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 31, 2006)
Ambassador David Mulford used to be a successful banker before taking up his current job at the US embassy in India. It would be a good idea for him to go back to banking. He is not doing a particularly good job of advancing his country’s . . .
- Congress’S Coalition Dharam (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 30, 2006)
It is not the loss of Karnataka itself that should disturb the Congress. It is the manner in which it was lost that is important,
- Irritating Thorn Of Democracy (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jan 30, 2006)
PAKISTAN has one leg shorter than the other; it leans on imports to keep itself upright.
- Muftis’ Reluctance Landed Soz His Berth In Union Cabinet (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Jan 30, 2006)
Reluctance by PDP leaders Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti to join the union council of ministry paved way for senior Congress leader Saif-u-Din Soz to get a berth in the cabinet for the third time on Sunday.
- Mehbooba Toughens Stand On Self Rule Issue (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2006)
Toughening her stand on the controversial ‘Self-Rule’ proposal of Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf, president of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti today asked the Union Government to empower people of Jammu and Kashmir . . .
- Clockwork Saffron (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 28, 2006)
The churning has intensified within the Bharatiya Janata Party. Less than a month after Lal Krishan Advani stepped down as president and Atal Behari Vajpayee announced his retirement from electoral politics, trends confirm that the RSS is now . . .
- Not A Good Idea For Pmo To Have Interns (The Financial Express, HARSH SHRIVASTAVA, Jan 28, 2006)
Ramesh Ramanathan (FE, Jan 3) has suggested a Prime Minister’s Internship Programme to build citizens’ participation, get new ideas into the system and, if I may paraphrase him, make governance glamorous for our young people.
- Cong Rejects Pm's Resignation Demand (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Rejecting opposition’s demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of Supreme Court’s ruling on Bihar, Congress today said the judgement did not attach unconstitutionality to the Centre’s recommendation for dissolution . . .
- Carnatic Congress (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 28, 2006)
Even though it is only three weeks since the new year began, the season of politics is in full swing.
- India Changes Tune, Defends Iran (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 28, 2006)
India on Friday distanced itself from US-led calls to isolate Iran at next week’s meeting of the IAEA after controversial remarks on the issue by Washington’s envoy to Delhi enraged the nation as seldom seen before.
- Dharam Singh Faces Crucial Vote Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 27, 2006)
Legislative Assembly to begin sitting at 10 a.m. to discuss motion of confidence
- Inappropriate Comments, Mulford Told (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 27, 2006)
U.S. envoy expresses regret
Mulford's comments outrageous: Vajpayee
Saran "calls in" envoy and says his comments are not conducive to strong bilateral ties
- Reject The American Fatwa (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 27, 2006)
In publicly warning India, on Republic Day eve, to vote against Iran or else, United States Ambassador David Mulford has outrageously crossed the line of diplomatic propriety, . . .
- All Right, Rajnath? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 27, 2006)
Modi can haunt BJP in national politics. And what’s the evidence hard Hindutva still pays?
- Us Moves To Unlink Indian Nuclear Deal With (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 27, 2006)
US Ambassador to India David C Mulford’s remarks linking the Indo-US nuclear deal to New Delhi’s support on the Iran issue has kicked up an uproar within the government and outside.
- Challenges Before The Iims (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Jan 27, 2006)
The IIMs should do some serious soul searching so that they can help in the process of nation building
- Iran Vote: India Chides Mulford For Iran Vote Remarks (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 27, 2006)
US Ambassador to India David C Mulford’s remarks linking the Indo-US nuclear deal to New Delhi’s support on the Iran issue has kicked up an uproar within the government and outside.
- Pokhran Brotherhood, 1,000 Moons (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2006)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam still has fond memories of the Pokhran II days and of the project’s fellow architect, A.B. Vajpayee.
- Bihar Verdict: Left Joins Bjp In Seeking Buta Ouster (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
The BJP has called for Bihar Governor Buta Singh and even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resign after the Supreme Court announced its verdict on the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
- Coalition Troubles Brewing (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 25, 2006)
In February 1998, while campaigning for the Lok Sabha seat from Hassan in the general election, and for his son Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy, who was contesting an Assembly by-election held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls, Mr H.D. Deve Gowda, . . .
- I Expect Dharam Singh To Resign Today, Says Yediyurappa (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Jan 24, 2006)
BJP leader unfazed by the fast-changing political drama in the State
Agriculture, irrigation and rural development to get top priority
BJP-JD(S) to come out with a new Common Minimum Programme
BJP to be an ideal coalition partner
- Cong Asks Pak To Dismantle Terrorist Infrastructure (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 23, 2006)
The Congress today asked Islamabad to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure completely to fulfil the solemn commitment given by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in January 2004 that he would not allow his...
- D For Decision But In Govt It Stands For Dither, Delay, Defer, Dispute... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jan 22, 2006)
D for decision but in govt it stands for dither, delay, defer, dispute...
...be it clearing a movie (the entire Defence top brass troop in to watch) to modernising our airports (where goalposts change every night), why the Govt loves not making . . .
- Vajpayee Told Us We Have Been Unfair To You: Hindujas (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Srichand Hinduja, eldest of the Hinduja brothers, has claimed that former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee once told them he regretted the way the Hindujas had been hounded (on the Bofors issue).
- Democracy At The Crossroads: Time For Introspection (Tribune, Prem Prakash, Jan 22, 2006)
We will celebrate Republic Day on January 26, the day on which we adopted our Constitution 56 years ago. The founding fathers drafted a document which established sound traditions and enabled the people to participate in the democratic process.
- Hard Road To Reconciliation (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jan 22, 2006)
In the domain of public policy several of the major avenues are in disrepair and appear to be closed. More disconcerting is the probability that the policy makers do not know what it will take to fix them. We will focus today on an aspect of national . .
- One Party, Two Visions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2006)
The Advani era, pundits proclaimed, had ended with the advent of Rajnath Singh as the Bharatiya Janata Party's new helmsman. But Lal Krishna Advani, 78, is in no mood to walk into the sunset.
- With An Enemy Like This (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
Formally handing over charge in Mumbai this New Year’s eve, outgoing BJP president Lal Krishna Advani had said he was confident that Rajnath Singh “will preside over the party’s growth to newer heights” and the “bad patch” faced by the BJP in 2005 would..
- A New Beginning, Says Vajpayee (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 21, 2006)
Congratulates Rajnath on his assignment
"Change will be beneficial to the party"
"We are all beholden to Advani for taking the party forward"
BJP's national council session concludes
- Defreezing Accounts (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 21, 2006)
First it was the Law Minister Hansraj Bhardwaj, not strictly a man of law given his past track record in other capacities. A lawyer he may have been but he has always been a loyal servant of the Gandhi parivar.
- Jews Have Wailing Wall, We Need Ram Temple: Bjp Chief (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
In a two-hour speech marked by ringing confidence, elaborate articulation of the party’s philosophy and a hard-nosed realpolitik, BJP president Rajnath Singh sent a clear message that he was very much his own man—and under him the BJP . . .
- Bofors Ghost Returns (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Jan 21, 2006)
The question everyone is asking in Delhi is why Law Minister H R Bharadwaj resurrected Bofors just when everyone had forgotten that Santa Sonia of sacrifice, political Mother Teresa of the unemployed, was once linked to this squalid scandal.
- Uma Bharti To `Re-Establish' Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Accuses party leaders of deviating from the ideology
No launch of new party, says Uma
Parries question on her political equation with Mulayam Singh Yadav
To seek rehabilitation package for farmers
- How Humble Farmer Reaps (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 20, 2006)
When his government was tottering in 1997, after Sitaram Kesri had pulled the plug, H.D. Deve Gowda, then prime minister heading a United Front government, had refused to take any help from the BJP in order to survive. The BJP had offered to bail him out.
- 8-Day Life Support For Congress Govt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Congress-led government in Karnataka received time until January 27 to prove its majority in the House as the toppling-game routine began to be played out by quarantining the group of rebel MLAs in a resort.
- A Visit Best Avoided (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 19, 2006)
Bush’s diminishing popularity and cultural boorishness have raised questions about the necessity of his visit
- Cong Kayoed In Karnataka (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The Congress-led coalition in Karnataka appeared tonight to be on its way out after being stunned by a revolt in the Janata Dal(S), its partner, from which a large section broke away and staked claim to form a new government.
- Panel Tours Haveri To Review Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Panel comprised members of World Bank and European Commission
The members visited block resource centres and some schools in villages
Final review meeting in State to be held in Bangalore on January 20
- Indian Idle (Tribune, Chetna Keer Banerjee, Jan 19, 2006)
Gone are the days when the common man had to wait for five years to cast that one vote. The man in the street now has a chance to vote almost five days a week.
- Coming To Terms With A Disturbing Past (Telegraph, Sanjib Baruah, Jan 18, 2006)
Ordinary Cambodians as well as members of the international community have mixed feelings about the trial of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders beginning this year, writes Sanjib Baruah The author is visiting professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delh
- Uphill Task For Bjp President (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Jan 17, 2006)
Many Indians believe that when trouble comes it comes from all directions. That seems to be the case with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Time For Thought? (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 17, 2006)
In 2006, the BJP should reflect deeply on what went wrong
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles Over Nature
- Pm Wishes Musharraf Well, But Says “I Cannot Change Borders” (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has always been effusive and warm whenever I have discussed with him India-Pakistan relations. I have found him this time a bit distressed and disappointed. He is not as optimistic as before because he says he does not . . .
- China’S Word Of Advice To India (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 15, 2006)
China has urged India to resolve its disputes with Pakistan for the sake of peace and stability in South Asia. Commenting on the talks between the visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawet, . . .
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 14, 2006)
The CPI(M) obviously enjoyed the BJP’s national executive meeting in Mumbai when leaders competed to be named after heroes from the Ramayana.
- Pinning General To Specifics (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jan 14, 2006)
As the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan begin third round of dialogue next week, a political paradox confronts the peace process.
- Slogans As Ideas (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 14, 2006)
If people in the United States are being persuaded to learn Hindi it is only because there is eventually realisation that India is a country of ideas.
- Karnataka Heads For Mid-Term Poll (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jan 14, 2006)
THE year 2005 saw former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) President H.D. Deve Gowda ruling the roost in Karnataka.
- Does Pm Approve Of Law Officer's Stand? Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
"A clear attempt by the political executive to help a primary accused"
Government should not have conveyed anything to the U.K.
It was the job of the Central Bureau of Investigation to do so
- Bjp Discusses Mps' Expulsion, Mplad Scheme Scam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
Speaker's efforts to convene all-party meeting "inappropriate"
Malhotra against clash between judiciary and legislature
Party divided on MPLADS issue
- Rajnath And Up’S Slow Churning (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 11, 2006)
The meaning being read into Rajnath Singh’s elevation as BJP president obscures the more obvious reality that the choice is a function of the total confusion in the party, particularly at its higher reaches.
- Goodbye Peace Process? (News International, Ghani Jafar, Jan 11, 2006)
What on earth is New Delhi up to? There clearly is a method to the madness of its deliberately raising the pitch of hostility with Pakistan through the recent spate of unwarranted official pronouncements regarding the Balochistan situation.
- Too Clever By Half (Hindustan Times, MANOJ JOSHI, Jan 11, 2006)
The situation between India and Pakistan may not be bleak, as Pakistani spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam clarified on Monday...
- The Washington Rot (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 11, 2006)
In the six years since Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared, in the presence of Bill Clinton, that India and the United States of America were “natural allies”,
- Rajnath To Discuss New Team Composition With Rss (The Economic Times, DEVESH KUMAR, Jan 11, 2006)
In an attempt to finalise the composition of its new team of officebearers, the BJP top brass is likely to hold discussions with the RSS next week
- Working To Close N-Deal, Upa Fights Last-Minute Jitters From Within (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jan 10, 2006)
With US Under-Secretary of State Nicholas Burns arriving in India on January 19 for talks with his counterpart Shyam Saran, the top UPA leadership is working overtime to arrive at a political decision to close the July 18 nuclear deal before . . .
- Serious Threat-Ii (Statesman, PR DUBHASHI, Jan 10, 2006)
It has been stated on behalf of the BJP that they had no alternative but to boycott Parliament because all along they had been treated by the UPA government as an enemy rather than an adversary and were not even allowed to speak on the floor . . .
- Sangh Didn’T Pressure Advani To Quit: Rajnath (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The newly-appointed BJP president, Mr Rajnath Singh, today denied that his predecessor, Mr LK Advani, had been under any pressure from the RSS to resign from the party’s top post.
- Two Years After The Saarc Declaration (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Jan 10, 2006)
Two years have passed since President Musharraf and Prime Minister Vajpayee, taking advantage of their participation in the Saarc summit, held official talks that led to the Islamabad Declaration of January 6, 2004. Since then, the two sides have met . .
- Expelled Bjp Mps Likely To Be Removed From The Party (Press Trust of India, K G Suresh, Jan 10, 2006)
Taking a tough line on corruption, new BJP President Rajnath Singh has made up his mind to remove all six party Members expelled from the Parliament in the cash-for-query scam from the party as well.
- `Strengthen Sino-Indian Ties' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Improve trade and diplomatic relations between the two countries: Governor
- Advani’S Swan Song (The Week, Debashish Mukerji, Jan 08, 2006)
RSS wants to know who would succeed Venkaiah Naidu
The list of contenders remained broadly the same. But their rankings kept changing every week. However, one front-runner has emerged in the race for the next BJP president once Lal Krishna Advani . . .
- After Kisan-Speak, Pm, Rajnath Must Walk The Talk (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jan 08, 2006)
Those who wish to see India emerge as a developed nation in a holistic sense—prosperous, harmonious, egalitarian and culturally vibrant—know very well the critical importance of two large but long-neglected sections of our economy:
- A Challenging Role For Rajnath (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 08, 2006)
The new BJP President, Rajnath Singh has gained wide experience at his age. He is just 54. Known as a soft spoken and low profile gentleman-politician, he lacks the stature to lead the second biggest political party after the Congress.
- Old Order Gives Way (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
The year just begun is likely to see a radical change in the political equations between the country’s principal parties broadly divided into two: the Hindu Right-wing and others.
- India’S Killing Fields (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
The first politician I met in 2006 was Sharad Pawar. It was a fortuitous meeting because this column now has a new cause. Agriculture.
- Pm’S Left Hook (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 08, 2006)
The Left saw another side to the usually soft-spoken Manmohan Singh when it made an issue over the joint Indo-US air force exercise in Kalaikunda, West Bengal, last November.
- Bjp: Present Tense, Future Uncertain (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 07, 2006)
Last month’s silver jubilee celebration of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Mumbai will go down in the party’s history as a landmark which focused on the past, but refused to take up the present and shied away from the future.
- Conversation With Manmohan Singh (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been always effusive and warm whenever I have discussed India-Pakistan relations with him. This time I found him a bit distressed and disappointed. He is not as optimistic as before because he says he does not know . . .
- Bjp After Advani’S Exit (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jan 07, 2006)
Under fire from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and party hawks after he praised Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah during his Pakistan trip, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president L.K. Advani has been forced to quit the top party post.
- Follow Which Leader? (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Jan 07, 2006)
The Ramlila in the BJP seems to be over and hopefully, its new president, Rajnath Singh — who is not Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman or the infamous dhobi — will get down to the serious task of putting the party back on track.
- Old Order Gives Way (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The year just begun is likely to see a radical change in the political equations between the country’s principal parties broadly divided into two: the Hindu Right-wing and others.
- Lights Out In Power Ministry (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 07, 2006)
Despite the hype and expectations, the ministry of power continues to hold back progressive initiatives of successive Central governments.
- The Dream Team: A Critique-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 06, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh has spoken of how pleasantly surprised he was to be made Finance Minister in July 1991 by P V Narasimha Rao.
- Bjp Meet To Ratify Rajnath's Appointment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2006)
Rajnath Singh to spell out his strategy
Strategy to expand the BJP's base
Leaders contacted at various levels
- Vajpayee's Equivocation (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jan 05, 2006)
A temple to Ram at Ayodhya might have eluded Lal Krishna Advani while he headed the party, but in his last days as president he caught a glimpse of the Ramayan through the mouth of Atal Behari Vajpayee.
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