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Articles 1521 through 1620 of 5550:
- Quakes, Quirks And Kashmir! …… (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 22, 2005)
I am afraid I will have to return to my last week's theme of how or why all Congressmen, even those who have remained out of power for the past decade or so, continue to believe in the their divine right to rule.
- Quake Rocks Everything Minus Cong Culture (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 22, 2005)
I am afraid I will have to return to my last week's theme of how or why all Congressmen, even those who have remained out of power for the past decade or so, continue to believe in the their divine right to rule. It has nothing to do with Sonia Gandhi's
- Finding Advani A Worthy Successor (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 22, 2005)
I was expecting radical changes in the cast of principal actors and in the revolutionary roles the BJP would play in speeding up the country’s march to prosperity. I was sorely disappointed:
- Conservative Wisdom (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 21, 2005)
As a political creed, Conservatism, with a capital C, is naturally nation-specific. Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and even Lee Kuan Yew may inspire Conservatives across national boundaries but, at the end of the day,
- Mitrokhin’S Revelations (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 20, 2005)
Vasily Mitrokhin, who died in 2004, was a KGB operative, who worked in the intelligence agency’s archives from 1956 to 1985. He copied documents and defected to the West in 1992, just after the Soviet Union disintegrated.
- Uma To Continue Bihar Campaign (Deccan Herald, CP Bhambri, Oct 20, 2005)
The Madhya Pradesh BJP chief, however, claimed that the crisis triggered by Uma loyalists stood resolved.
- Mitrokhin Archives — Politics In The Cold War Years (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 20, 2005)
The more important question that arises from Vasily Mitrokhin's revelations is not whether any individual or political party received money from one or the other superpower, but whether their foreign links compromised national security and sovereignty.
- Editorials (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 18, 2005)
Cracking up and wilting in the wilderness after the last Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be floundering in its quest for a leader.
- No Respect For The Pm? (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Everyone in the Congress knows that Manmohan Singh holds the office of prime minister thanks to supreme leader Sonia Gandhi.
- No Respect For The Pm? (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Everyone in the Congress knows that Manmohan Singh holds the office of prime minister thanks to supreme leader Sonia Gandhi.
- No One Listening But Advani Keeps Demanding Pm Manmohan Singh's Resignation – When Will The Joke End And Bjp Take On Real Work? (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Oct 16, 2005)
While terrorists are planning to use Google’s satallite mapping service to pin point and take out strategic Hindu targets in India,
- Brand India: All Power, No Vision (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Oct 16, 2005)
Advertisments say many things about the mood and taste of the people.
- Godhra: Centre Refuses To Part With Documents (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
The Centre has decided not to produce the letters between Vajpayee and the then president during the probe saying public interest would suffer.
- Brand India: All Power, No Vision (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Oct 15, 2005)
Advertisments say many things about the mood and taste of the people.
- Craving For Power (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 15, 2005)
There was this former President of India, a very distinguished man indeed he was.
- Who’S Afraid Of Kgb Wolves? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 14, 2005)
The front-page article ‘‘When KGB got cosy with BJP’’ by Bhibhuti Bhusan Nandy, a retired RAW official (The Statesman October 3, 2005) has kicked off dust.
- Bjp May Go For ‘Collective Leadership’ After Advani (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Oct 14, 2005)
The party might change its constitution to accommodate the concept of a Presidium with a rotational post of party president.
- India Obsessed With Permanent Seat In U.N. Security Council: N. Ram (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2005)
Support to the U.S.-led "provocative" resolution on Iran one of the biggest "blunders"
Sustained efforts needed to push the peace process with Pakistan
Manmohan Government too has demonstrated extreme vulnerability to U.S. pressures
- Seize The Moment In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2005)
The Congress will soon have to decide whether it wants to claim the chief ministership. Its thinking should be based on a calculus of national interest in the present geo-strategic context.
- Bjp Groping In The Dark (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 13, 2005)
PRIMA facie, the Congress and the BJP today can be said to represent the core of a two-party system, the Holy Grail of Indian politics.
- Who’S Afraid Of Kgb Wolves? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 13, 2005)
The front-page article ‘‘When KGB got cosy with BJP’’ by Bhibhuti Bhusan Nandy, a retired RAW official (The Statesman October 3, 2005) has kicked off dust.
- Bjp Into The Political Twilight? (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2005)
IF proof were at all needed that the Bharatiya Janata Party can no longer summon up a half-way cogent response to major events of the day, then recent developments provide it in ample measure.
- 'No American Can Treat India Like A Pet' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
K Subrahmanyam is India's leading strategic thinker and the most vocal supporter of the country's weapons programme. The man who wanted India to make bombs is now, surprisingly, ready to cap its weapons programme. He says his change of heart comes . . .
- Opening Of Nathula Pass (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Much anticipated deadline for the Himalayan bar-rier between India and China was to melt
- Jaswant To Be Bjp Chief? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
Jaswant Singh seems to be inching ahead comfortably as BJP President L.K. Advani’s successor. Come December, Advani will step down.
- Khaleda’S Doublespeak (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 10, 2005)
It can safely be said that Khaleda Zia government’s too-clever-by-half approach towards India in recent months has brought about a new low in Indo-Bangladesh ties
- Sino-Indian Relations And Asia (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Oct 09, 2005)
As India and China try to bypass the 37-years-old distrust between the two countries following the 1962 war, there appears to be a new dawn of understanding that in all likelihood 21st century will be an Asian century.
- Knowledge Is At The Core Of Growth: Prof Nigavekar (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Oct 09, 2005)
The remarkable increase in the number of universities, colleges and students in the last five decades are indicators of the growth of higher education in the country, emphasises Prof Arun Nigavekar.
- Dilemma Of Bjp's Gen-Next (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Oct 07, 2005)
Ambiguous stand of top rung BJP leaders, including that of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee towards Party President L K Advani’s criticism of RSS interference in the BJP affairs has created a dilemma for most of the second-rung party functionari
- India's Vote On Iran At Iaea — National Interest Versus Foreign Policy (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 06, 2005)
An important factor underlying the position that New Delhi took on Iran at the IAEA was its desire to see international nuclear sanctions that India has endured for nearly three decades end as soon as possible.
- Iran’S Violation Of Npt (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Oct 06, 2005)
MR P.V. Narasimha Rao and Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee displayed statesmanship, transcending political differences, to defeat a Pakistani move to get India condemned for alleged human rights violations in J&K at the United Nations Human Rights Commission . . .
- Multiple Concerns (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 03, 2005)
By debating a resolution which seeks a "safe passage" back home for hundreds of Kashmiri youth who have gone across the Line of Control over the last 15 years the Assembly has indeed shown its genuine concern for a major human issue.
- An Interrupted Relationship (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 03, 2005)
There are two ways of looking at India’s September 24 vote at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.
- It Is Time For Bjp To Focus On Larger Issues Including Congress’S Using Minorities For Votes And Islamic Jihadist Infrastructure Than Just That Kgb Issue (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Oct 03, 2005)
BJP is not going to get a lot of steam out of its efforts in finding fault in Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Congress Party’s connection to KGB.
- Why India Voted Against Iran (Dawn, Karamatullah K. Ghori, Oct 02, 2005)
India voting on the side of the Americans and the Europeans against Iran at the September 24 IAEA board meeting in Vienna was bound to enrage the Iranians.
- A Totalitarian Treat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 01, 2005)
The 1951 biography of Stalin reads more like hagiography
- Wiser Advani Is Lonely (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Sep 28, 2005)
Advani is trying to show himself as alive to the limitations of the hard Hindutva that catapulted the BJP to power
- Ominous Portents For Bjp (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 27, 2005)
There are many Lal Krishna Advanis. I recall accosting him in Parliament’s Central Hall after the fragile Janata Party government gave way, ostensibly on the question of the dual loyalties of the members of the then Jan Sangh. We shall live to fight ....
- The Crisis In Bjp (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Sep 26, 2005)
Never has the BJP seen such a crisis. Advani is his stubborn best, Vajpayee his silent best, spills a word and then goes mum, and the general secretaries at their running best trying to edit letters, dodge media and support all senior leaders.
- Vvip Aircraft (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 23, 2005)
Necessity not luxury
- Wrong Time To Speak Up (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 23, 2005)
It is becoming a habit for L.K. Advani to spring unpleasant surprises on the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Sino-India Talks From Sept 26 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
The India—China boundary issue has been lingering for many decades, hindering the speedy development of bilateral ties.
- An Alliance On The Rocks In Andhra Pradesh (Deccan Herald, R AKHILESHWARI, Sep 23, 2005)
The political discourse in Andhra Pradesh has taken a plunge as the ruling Congress and its ally Telangana Rashtra Samiti have now crossed swords. The TRS feels let down that the Congress held out hope of a separate Telangana state when it sought . . . .
- Of Byzantine Plots And Saffron Twists (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Sep 23, 2005)
Mr. Advani did not disobey the RSS. He did worse. He captured the moral high ground. But it might be a futile fight begun too late in the day.
- Unquiet Flows (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 23, 2005)
Neighbours are not necessarily friends. Instead, they are more likely to behave as rivals, if not enemies, when it comes to sharing natural resources.
- Unsettled, Not Unstable (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2005)
DR Manmohan Singh’s government is not unstable. But it is unsettled. After the six-year stretch of Atal Behari Vajpayee’s NDA, it is not possible for a central government to be unstable anymore. Power in Delhi is now an equation in arithmetic.
- Seize The Crisis (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Sep 21, 2005)
Crisis, as every strong-willed leader knows, is a terrible thing to waste.
- Advani And Rss (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 20, 2005)
What is unexpected about Bharatiya Janata Party President L.K. Advani's announcement to "demit office" after the silver jubilee session of the party in Mumbai in December is its manner and timing.
- After Advani, What? (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Sep 20, 2005)
Unlike Vajpayee and Advani, who often held their own against the RSS, the new order in the BJP will not be able to do so.
- A Diplomatic Disaster (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Sep 20, 2005)
Manmohan Singh made a blunder by getting involved in Kashmir- centric discussions with Gen Musharraf
- Back To Basics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 20, 2005)
By ensuring Advani’s exit, the RSS has stunted the BJP
- Narrow End (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
Goodbye-time is also truth-telling time. Mr L.K. Advani, announcing his resignation from the position of Bharatiya Janata Party president in December at the party national executive,
- How Much Did Vajpayee Know? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 19, 2005)
That the "war" within the BJP and in the larger Sangh Parivar was not about to end soon became clear when serious attempts were made by elements close to Mr. Advani to convey to the press that the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
- Advani To Resign In December, Attacks Rss For Interference (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Climaxing the battle with RSS on the Jinnah issue and under attack from dissidents, L K Advani today announced plans to step down as BJP president by year end but not before launching an attack on the Sangh fountainhead for "remote-controlling" the . . .
- Advani To Go In Dec, Targets Rss (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
BJP president L K Advani, who has been under pressure from the RSS to resign ever since he praised Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s secular vision for his country, said on Sunday that he would demit office after the 25th anniversary . . .
- Advani To Quit By December-End (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Sep 19, 2005)
Bharatiya Janata Party President L. K. Advani today finally succumbed to growing pressure of the RSS and announced his resignation from the top party post after the National Council meeting in Mumbai from December 26 to 29.
- Bjp Assails Fatwa, Vote-Bank Politics (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 18, 2005)
"UPA Government practises minorityism"
Quota in violation of the criteria settled by Constitution
Clergy emboldened to issue directives aimed at intimidating women
Rich inheritance squandered by UPA Government
- Nuke Deal: Subtext Of A Sell-Out (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Sep 18, 2005)
Both the American ambassador speaking in New Delhi and the US Under-Secretary of State Robert Joseph testifying in Congress have almost simultaneously spelled out the implications of the US-India nuclear agreement.
- Questions For Vajpayee (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 17, 2005)
The former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was apparently upset when correspondents from the electronic media shouted questions at him here on Friday.
- The Familiar Script (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 17, 2005)
There are many reasons why the joint statement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President General Pervez Musharraf is so insipid and so disappointing.
- Manmohan’S Slip (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 17, 2005)
The Prime Minister’s myriad minions, including those from his UPA partners, would do well to refrain from jumping to his rescue and putting needless and contradictory “spin” on what clearly was a faux pas.
- Is The Left The 'Real ' Opposition ? (Daily Excelsior, Kshama Sunil, Sep 17, 2005)
It was not certainly a comedy of errors a few months back in the saffron brotherhood. The BJP President,
- Rush Hour In New York! …… (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Sep 17, 2005)
September is rush time in new York, the city that USA assigned to UNO for a capital to quarter the world body within the US of A. Come September and like annual pilgrims gathering at shrines holy to their religions,
- The Govt Is A Dead Elephant (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Sep 17, 2005)
The Indian bureaucrat does not want India to become a rich country, he does not want free markets and he does not want a truly free society because when these things happen, his powers diminish immediately
- Musharraf's Remarks Surprise Pm (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said he was "surprised" at Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's reference to Jammu and Kashmir in his address to the United Nations General Assembly, but added that the dialogue between India and Pakistan would....
- ``We Won't Let Terrorism Hinder Peace Process'' (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 16, 2005)
Troops cut only after assessment of ground realities, says India
- Bjp Pins Its Hopes In The South On Karnataka (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 16, 2005)
Chennai meet may give push to party in the region "Party wants to move away from the vengeful politics of the AIADMK and the DMK to give people a third alternative."
- Domestic Issue Taken To Bush'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2005)
Dr. Singh reportedly expressed surprise at Vajpayee's criticism of pact with U.S.
- A New Bonhomie (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 15, 2005)
The power of suggestion appears to be working for India. On the heels of the United States move to lift sanctions on Indian import of nuclear technology comes the prospect of France resuming supplies.
- ‘Pakistan Committed To Gas Pipeline With Iran’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 15, 2005)
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League and Chairman of Pakistan’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
- Annan Rues Lack Of Consensus On Reforms (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Sep 15, 2005)
India does not believe that US President George Bush is trying to draw a line between India-Iran relations on Teheran’s nuclear programme and implementing the joint agreement reached in July whereby Washington expressed its resolve to fully cooperate ....
- Us Committed To N-Energy Deal (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Sep 15, 2005)
India does not believe that US President George Bush is trying to draw a line between India-Iran relations on Teheran’s nuclear programme and implementing the joint agreement reached in July whereby Washington expressed its resolve to fully cooperate with
- Infighting As A Way Of Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2005)
The infighting in the Bharatiya Janata Party has begun to look like a joke told once too often.
- The French Connection (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2005)
Ties between India and France have reached a mature stage with interaction
- Will Bjp Meet Be A Smooth Affair? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 14, 2005)
Focus may shift from internal squabble to differences in the ruling UPA
Timetable for Advani's exit as party president to be main issue
Party went into convulsions after Advani's remarks on Jinnah
- It's Time For Boldness On The Siachen Issue (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 14, 2005)
The India-Pakistan peace process will get the credibility and longevity it needs if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf find a way to bring their soldiers down from the world's highest battlefield.
- Art Of Political Speak, Fatwa And All That (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 14, 2005)
Seasoned politicians are masters at saying the right thing at the right time.
- Yes, We Have Done Our Level Best (Greater Kashmir, NISSAR BHAT, Sep 13, 2005)
How satisfied are you after three years?
We are happy and satisfied that we have been able to open the Uri-Muzaffarabad road, which was once a dream.
- Khurana Says Sorry, Bjp Revokes His Expulsion (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 13, 2005)
Four-day crisis ends, Vajpayee has his say and way
Delhi leader withdraws statements against Advani
Letter considered at meeting of general secretaries
Chennai executive meeting on schedule
- `Terrorism Can Cause Another World War' (Hindu, PTI, Sep 12, 2005)
Apprehending that international terrorism had the potential to start another world war, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Sunday said the world would have to unite in order to wipe out this problem from its roots.
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