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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 5550:
- What’S So Festive About This Season? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
It is true that our political class is venal and contemptible. It is true that the nature of the Indian state is more colonial than democratic but rarely has there been a week in political history when these ugly truths have been more self-evident.
- Fruitful Inspection (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Dec 25, 2005)
While walking around the Rashtrapati Bhavan compound, President A P J Abdul Kalam was intrigued to find a truckload of fruit being unloaded for the kitchen.
- Why Rajnath Is Preferred (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 25, 2005)
Sushma Swaraj was a contender but her equation with Vajpayee had never been very stable.
- Rajnath Tipped To Be Next Bjp Chief (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and party general secretary Rajnath Singh widely tipped to be the next BJP president though no formal announcement was made today apparently not to divert focus from its Mumbai Silver Jubilee Jamboree beginning Monday.
- Chidambaram's 2006-07 Budget (Daily Excelsior, Sisir Basu, Dec 25, 2005)
Our ministers and parliamentarians take bribe. Naturally bureaucrats can't be behind.
- Pm As Foreign Minister (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
After the National Democratic Alliance lost the Lok Sabha elections last year, as Manmohan Singh was in the process of putting final touches to his cabinet and deciding the portfolios of the UPA ministers, there was a crucial, but secret, . . .
- Rajnath Likely To Succeed Advani (Hindustan Times, Shekhar Iyer, Dec 24, 2005)
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP General Secretary Rajnath Singh is likely to succeed LK Advani as party chief.
- India’S Bravehearts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
The celebration of Vijay Diwas last week to commemorate India’s historic victory over Pakistan in 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh, was both a tribute to our brave soldiers and to the vision and leadership of the late Indira Gandhi,
- 2005 — The Year That Was (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
As it is often said when it rains it pours. The adage proved tragically true with the onset of the monsoon in July.
- I'll Have To Run A Family On My Own: Uma (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Apparently indicating formation of a new political party, expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday said now she would have to run a "family" on her own after her separation from a big parivar (family).
- Corruption (The Week, Debashish Mukerji, Dec 22, 2005)
Parties quick to disown cloutless MPs caught in sting operation
- Quota Bill Sails Through (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Constitution (104 Amendment) Bill providing for reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in unaided private educational institutions sailed smoothly after the Lok Sabha debated it for more than five hours on Wednesday.
- Party Time In Mumbai And Hyderabad (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 21, 2005)
The recent sting operations only confirm the rot in the political arena, which can be traced directly to the crisis in the party system. The onus is on the BJP and the Congress to show the way for a re-vitalisation.
- Flawed System (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2005)
In Kuala Lumpur last week Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicated that India would soon open its retail sector to foreign investment.
- Bjp For Fighting Wb Assembly Poll Projecting Mamata As Cm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The BJP in West Bengal today proposed fighting the coming assembly election in the state projecting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as Chief Ministerial candidate of the opposition alliance.
- Bjp Bats For Mamata As Cm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The BJP in West Bengal today proposed fighting the Assembly elections in the state projecting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as Chief Ministerial candidate of the Opposition alliance.
- Mps Want Area Fund To Go, Cong Says No (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Black sheep can’t deprive good MPs of scheme, says Cong * Speaker to discuss pros and cons with leaders * BJP suspends its MP * Houses to launch probe * Panel to finalise report on probe into earlier scam today
- More Mps Fall For Money (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
More MPs have been caught in a bribe scandal even before the probe into 11 of their fellow members taking cash to ask questions in Parliament is complete.
- Bhandari Declines To Name Vajpayee's " Associate" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Says he will "officially" pass on the information to Pathak panel
- Vajpayee's 'Associate' In Volcker Case – Who Are These People ? (India Daily, Akash Sinha, Dec 20, 2005)
The political counter attack on BJP intensifies as former Governor Romesh Bhandari on Monday refused to comply with the demand made by Atal Bihari Vajpayee's foster son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya to say he was not the "close associate" of the . . .
- Crescent Desire (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 20, 2005)
Politicians are known to promise the moon, at poll time. The redoubtable Pramod Mahajan of the BJP has just added a new twist to the old adage. He will hold a celebration at his residence on January 14 felicitating former PM A B Vajpayee’s “1,000 moon day
- Uma Bharati Takes Her Yatra To Cyberland (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Dec 20, 2005)
Midway through her long march to Ayodhya, Uma Bharati has just taken a detour to cyberspace. The sadvhi has launched a website, www.ramrotiyatra.com, to inform the world on a daily basis of her whereabouts and her actions.
- Scrap Mplads: Advani (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Dec 20, 2005)
Divert money for State funding of elections, Speaker told---- Even before the latest sting operation by a TV channel against some MPs accepting kickbacks in MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), BJP president and Leader of Opposition LK Advani . . .
- Advani Exit Likely On December 31 (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 20, 2005)
Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani will exit his post on December 31, a day after the party's Mumbai conclave comes to en end.
- Communal Bill (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 19, 2005)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh's perverse desire to conquer new frontiers of minorityism manifested itself within days of the UPA Government taking charge. Being a leader without a geographically distinct constituency, . . . .
- Doctor’S Orders (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 19, 2005)
Airport modernisation is attracting too much flak. Time for PM to step in
- Article In Pakistani Daily Shakes Indian Bureaucracy (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 19, 2005)
In an unusual development in the Volcker report where at least the former Indian external minister Natwar Singh has been compelled to say goodbye to politics, a story published by Jang on January 24, 2004 has shaken the Indian bureaucracy.
- Indian Economy On A Roll (Daily Excelsior, SUMEDHA SUDHAMAN, Dec 19, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said if you aim at the sky, you will reach the tree top. It is a very appropriate remark in the Indian situation.
- Looking For Leadership (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Dec 19, 2005)
When will India have a leader like David Cameron?” That was how Ashok greeted me on my return to office after a brief trip to London. But it wasn’t a rhetorical question. He meant it.
- India’S Bravehearts (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 19, 2005)
The celebration of Vijay Diwas last week to commemorate India’s historic victory over Pakistan in 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh, was both a tribute to our brave soldiers and to the vision and leadership of the late Indira Gandhi, ...
- Strategic Importance (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Dec 19, 2005)
The July 18 Agreement suggests that the US accepts India’s nuclear capabilities.
- Bjp Can Learn From Tories (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 18, 2005)
Nationalist parties, as a rule, are disinclined to look overseas for inspiration. They prefer banking on a nebulous commodity that goes by the inexplicably named "native genius". As the torch bearer of a decisive nationalist current in India, . . . .
- Bjp’S Annus Horribilis (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 18, 2005)
year that’s been painful for the BJP looks to end more painfully. Pramod Mahajan is preparing the BJP’s silver jubilee in Mumbai that ought to say goodbye to LK Advani as BJP president and that should be introspecting on where, after 25 years, . . .
- Looking For Leadership (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Dec 18, 2005)
When will India have a leader like David Cameron?” That was how Ashok greeted me on my return to office after a brief trip to London. But it wasn’t a rhetorical question. He meant it.
- Clamour To Deny Saraswati (Pioneer, Makkhan Lal, Dec 17, 2005)
Earthquakes and other natural phenomenon caused the 'Naditama', or River Saraswati, to dry up over two millennia ago. Now, says Makkhan Lal, it's a man-made disaster what with pseudo-secularists and Communists out to deny it ever existed
- Winding Course Of Peace Process (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 16, 2005)
Ever since former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visited Islamabad in January 2004 to attend the Saarc summit, government officials have been making optimistic predictions of an early breakthrough in dialogue with India on Kashmir.
- India Must Respond Now To Pakistan On Kashmir (Daily Times, Jonathan Power, Dec 16, 2005)
The stakes are worth every sinew of action — the avoidance of a nuclear war and the chance of receiving the large amounts of foreign investment that China now receives, which will secure both countries’ rapid economic advance and . . .
- Missing Coalition Culture (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 16, 2005)
Yet again the country is facing the painful paradox that while coalitions have become absolutely unavoidable, there is an absolute lack of coalition culture. To expect the necessary culture to evolve in the foreseeable future would be a classic . . .
- Vajpayee To Party His 1,000th Full Moon Night On Jan 14 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The full moon night of January 14 is very special for former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee as it will be the 1,000th full moon he would have lived through.
- Advani Will Not Quit Till December 30, Says Mahajan (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 16, 2005)
Official announcement may come soon after Mumbai conclave is over
Selection process will begin after Parliament session Conclave a purely party affair
- Vajpayee Blesses `Nyaya Yatra' (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 15, 2005)
This time he is likely to play the key role in identifying the party president
- Bjp Puts Its House In Order (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The BJP leadership on Tuesday geared up to launch a relentless inhouse cleansing operation in the wake of the MPs cash-for-question scam.
- Bjp Eyes Minorities (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
In an attempt to win the confidence of the backwards and minorities, the BJP today said it would oppose any legislation on reservation in private educational institutions if it excluded minority institutions from its ambit.
- Bjp In Denial About Next Chief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
BJP seems to be in denial mode when it comes to speaking about the party president succession issue.
- Change For The Better (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 14, 2005)
Why the PM has to take more interest in the environment ministry
- Bjp Sets New Standards In Indian Politics - Boots Out Mps For Taking Bribes (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 13, 2005)
It is time for Congress Party and the UPA coalition to take some lesson from BJP.
- Bjp Suspends Mps Caught Taking Bribes (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Embarrassed by on-the-camera evidence of certain party MPs accepting bribes in return for asking questions in Parliament, the BJP today suspended all MPs, who were caught on camera, from the Parliamentary party, as well as ordering a detailed party . . .
- Bjp-Ruled States To Adopt Value Added Tax (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 13, 2005)
Chief Ministers eager to join regime as it is a progressive tax system proposed originally by NDA Government
States have seen revenues rise by roughly 15 per cent
Party ruled States to strengthen laws enforcing slaughter of cows, bulls and calves
- Cut The Cackle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 12, 2005)
The BJP are shouting themselves hoarse about wanting Sonia Gandhi to resign as the Chairperson of something called the “National Advisory Council”.
- Peace With Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- Volcker: Vajpayee Kin Issues Legal Notice To Bhandari (Indian Express, CP Bhambhri, Dec 12, 2005)
The support extended by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions is nothing but a replay of the tape-recording . . .
- Pm To Lure Investments From Asean (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
With its ‘Look East’ policy bearing fruit, India will strive to take economic cooperation with ASEAN to a new high as South East Asian countries were emerging as new magnets and new pole of growth and stability in the world.
- Vajpayee Kin Issues Legal Notice To Bhandari (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's foster son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya on Sunday issued a legal notice to former Governor Romesh Bhandari for accusing a "very close" associate of the senior BJP leader of involvement in Iraqi oil scam and . . .
- Kashmir: The Question Of Self-Governance (News International, Ershad Mahmud, Dec 12, 2005)
The idea of self-governance for all regions of the formerly united state of Jammu and Kashmir has stirred enthusiasm as well as heated debate. Interestingly, the entire Kashmiri discourse has focused on its dynamics, raising hopes that it may play . . .
- Pm Arrives In Kuala Lumpur (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here for a four-day visit to Malaysia to participate in the fourth India-ASEAN Summit to be held on December 13 and the first ever East Asia Summit (EAS) the following day.
- Lotus Will Bloom Again, Says Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Emboldened by the NDA’s victory in Bihar, BJP national President L K Advani on Saturday hoped that his party would bounce back to the power at the Centre by focusing simultaneously on development issues and Hindutva ideology advocated by the Sangh parivar
- Bjp Into Low-Key Revamp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons recently but that has not deterred it from going in for a sustained behind-the-scene revamp of the party organisation.
- Vajpayee Aide Accused Of Involvement In Iraqi Oil Scam (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Former Indian foreign secretary Romesh Bhandari has accused a "very close" associate of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of being involved in the Iraqi oil scam and suggested a thorough probe into the matter to "expose" several faces of . . .
- Women Cab Drivers To Greet Tourists (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
BJP President L K Advani on Friday strongly criticised the manner in which the Manmohan Singh government is being run and expressed his doubts over how long the United Progressive Alliance could continue in power at the Centre.
- A Case Of Peace Talks Through The Press? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2005)
Pakistan has time and again gone public with new proposals for a resolution of the dispute over Kashmir even as negotiations were going on with India.
- All Indian Politicians In Trouble Under Microscope – Now Vajpayee And Bjp? (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 09, 2005)
There is a proverb - try to find the thief and you will find all villagers are part of that life style. That is exactly what is happening to Indian politicians.
- Volcker Issue Rocks Parliament Again (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Manmohan's clarifications next week
Rajya Sabha witnesses two adjournments
Matter raised in Lok Sabha
Demand for Sonia's resignation
- Probe Charge Against Vajpayee Aide: Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The Congress on Thursday demanded that the terms of reference of the Justice R.S. Pathak inquiry authority be expanded to go into the latest accusation that an unnamed close associate of the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihar Vajpayee, . . .
- Party Must End (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 08, 2005)
When will we learn something better?
- Opening Up The Socialist Space In Indian Politics (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2005)
In the coming post-George Fernandes era, the socialists will have many opportunities in various parts of the country to tap the alienation of the poor from the mainstream economy.
- Opposition In No Mood To Relent (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 07, 2005)
Parliamentary proceedings will be stalled until Natwar's resignation comes through
- Khushboo: A Larger Question (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Dec 07, 2005)
After Ms. Jayalalithaa, no actress of Tamil cinema has provoked so much political discussion as Khushboo has done. And, strangely, it is the lesser of the two stars, who raises a larger political question, though it has not figured so far in the furore
- Bjp Rules Out Any 'Appeal' By Uma (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
A day after she was thrown out of the party, BJP on Tuesday ruled out any possibility of Uma Bharati "appealing" against disciplinary action with former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee rebutting her charges that the party was "anti-OBC" and that its top . . .
- Bjp Leaves No Room For Bharti Re-Entry (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Firmly shutting its doors on expelled leader Uma Bharti, BJP today ruled out any scope for her to appeal against the disciplinary action even as former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee rebutted her charges that the party was "anti-OBC" and its top bras
- Ayodhya Redux (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2005)
BJP’s best option: exorcise the ghosts of the past and emerge a modern party of the right
- Vajpayee Shuts Door In Uma’S Face (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Breaking his silence on the Uma Bharati episode, former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today denied her charges that the BJP was ‘‘anti-OBC’’ or that it had been ‘‘hijacked’’ by certain leaders for their own benefit, giving a clear indication . . .
- Bjp Leaves No Room For Bharati Re-Entry (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Firmly shutting its doors on expelled leader Uma Bharati, the BJP on Tuesday ruled out any scope for her to appeal against the disciplinary action even as former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee rebutted her charges that the party was 'anti-OBC' . . .
- Bjp Boots Out 'Anti-Party' Uma (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Uma Bharti’s stint with the BJP came to an abrupt end today with the party expelling her indefinitely for “indiscipline and anti-party activities”.
- Sanyasin Or Out? (The Week, Deepak Tiwari, Dec 06, 2005)
Emerging from the BJP office in Bhopal on November 27 to start her Ram-Roti march, Uma Bharti was at her symbolic best when she stood on top of an Ambassador car with her foot on its red beacon (symbol of power) to address the people.
- Congress, Bjp In A Bind (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 06, 2005)
In one of his more perceptive comments, Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani had declared some time ago that he would be concerned if the Congress party were to disintegrate. In a similar vein, he had urged voters in the lead-up to an . . .
- Uma’S Life, No Longer A Party (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 06, 2005)
In her reply to the showcause notice served to her, Uma Bharati stated that the “BJP experiment” had failed. She must have known what was in store for her when she set those words down. Decode, also, her statements, “I am the real BJP”,
- Our Limpet Obsession (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Dec 06, 2005)
Natwar Singh does not believe that the mention of his name in the Volcker report is sufficient reason for him to go gently into the night. “Why should I resign?” he queries belligerently.
- Where Is Mathrani? ‘The Country Is Being Sold And Criminals Are Being Protected’ : Nda (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 06, 2005)
Situation in New Delhi is serious. Taking strong exception to the whisking away of Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aniel Mathrani on his arrival at Delhi airport,
- Honoured In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
It was a mission that stood oddly with the violence, terror and arms culture of Afghanistan.
- Uma Bharti Says She Won't Apologise (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Asks Advani, Vajpayee to purge the BJP of those who have "hijacked" it
Only `symbolic' representation of women in Parliamentary Board
`Gang' of those without any link with the masses are taking decisions
Reminds BJP leaders of Jan Sangh stalwarts
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