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Articles 2221 through 2320 of 5550:
- Significant Shift (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 27, 2004)
A forward looking and optimistic note in Indo-Pak ties
- Reversal Of Fortunes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2004)
If a week IF A WEEK in politics is a long time, four months could be a whole era, judging by how woebegone the Bharatiya Janata Party looks these days. So dramatic has the transformation been that a casual observer might be forgiven for failing to make a
- India, U.S. & Trade In Technology (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Sep 27, 2004)
The just-concluded India-U.S. agreement on high-technology trade contains only cosmetic changes to the policy on dual-use items.
- Left In The Lurch (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 25, 2004)
What’s a political innocent doing in the Planning Commission? Many even in the Congress are wishing Montek Singh Ahluwalia had been left undisturbed in his IMF job
- Old Tune, New Lyrics (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 25, 2004)
While laying down the guidelines of India’s foreign policy, Jawaharlal Nehru made foreign relations the fundamental feature of independence. Nehru’s view was global.
- Sweetly Spoken (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 24, 2004)
The United Nations general assembly session is the time the media gets into a frenetic over-drive.
- Positive Tone (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 23, 2004)
To sustain the warmth in India-US relations, the US needs to address key Indian concerns
- Bye-Bye Pota (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2004)
THE repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act was a foregone conclusion when the United Progressive Alliance came to power at the Centre.
- Us Presidential Sweepstakes — India's Interest In Outcome (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 20, 2004)
It can be expected that whoever dons the presidential mantle will do nothing that detracts from the healthy respect the US has for India's democratic credentials and economic achievements.
- Partners In Progress (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2004)
Indo-US relations entered a new phase on Saturday when Washington lifted the curbs on the export of equipment for nuclear facilities in India.
- The Savarkarist Syntax (Hindu, Anil Nauriya , Sep 18, 2004)
A great danger lurks in presenting Savarkarism merely as a matter of being "different" from Gandhism.
- Trying Vajpayee's Shoes For Size (Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava, Sep 17, 2004)
September 22 is going to be a very important day in the history of India-Pakistan relations. It will be the first official meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf, on the sidelines of the . . .
- 100-Day Exercise And The Congress (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 16, 2004)
If Manmohan Singh is able to democratise the Congress, quality would matter more than longevity of tenure
- India, U.S. Close To Deal On High-Technology Transfers (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 15, 2004)
In what could be a major diplomatic triumph for the Congress-led coalition, the Government is close to clinching a deal with the United States on the liberalisation of high-technology transfers to India.
- Politics On The Decline (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Sep 15, 2004)
The politics in India is falling to lower and lower nadir. The blame, of course, has to be shared both by the government and the Opposition.
- India's Poor Bring Back Gandhi Clan (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2004)
In a stunning turnaround, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party accepted defeat Thursday, opening the way for the Congress party to return to power for the first time in eight years.
- Manmohan Singh's Pitch At The United Nations (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 13, 2004)
In an unprecedented meeting next week on the margins of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, will join the leaders of Brazil, Japan and Germany to make a strong pitch for reforming the ...
- In Search Of Peace (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Sep 13, 2004)
WHILE no one had really expected that India and Pakistan would achieve dramatic results from last week’s talks between their Foreign Ministers in Delhi, it would be cynical to underplay their significance.
- Neutrality As Virtue (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Sep 13, 2004)
Governance has to spring from political enlightenment. Neutrality cannot be a virtue.
- Geelani, Backed By Militants, May Toughen Tactics (Tribune, David Devadas, Sep 12, 2004)
Most analysts described Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri’s visit to New Delhi last weekend as a tepid success but I fear the truth is that the two nations’ relations have regressed over the past few months.
- Long On Policy Announcements, Short On Implementation (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Sep 12, 2004)
A certain amount of sparring, even bickering, between the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government and the Left Front that supports it "from outside" is built into the situation.
- A Cut Above The Rest (Tribune, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2004)
One of the more intriguing features of the left mentality is the innate conviction of natural superiority.
- Small Units Deserve Care (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2004)
Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy’s suggestion at a conference in Chandigarh on Wednesday asking small political parties to align with national parties for purposes of contesting the Lok Sabha elections deserves a close look.
- Small Is Not Beautiful (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2004)
Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishnamurthy’s suggestion at a conference in Chandigarh on Wednesday asking small political parties to align with national parties for purposes of contesting the Lok Sabha elections deserves a close look.
- Rajiv's Limpets (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2004)
There was no need to raise eyebrows when someone in the Bharatiya Janata Party called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a modern Shikhandi.
- An Inld Misadventure In Haryana (Tribune, Shyam Chand, Sep 08, 2004)
THE Haryana Government’s decision to amend the Punjab Agricultural Produce Marketing Act, 1961, to allow contractors to enter the market for the purchase of agricultural produce is a retrogressive step which will throw farmers again in the money-lender’s
- Bjp’S Nationalism (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Sep 08, 2004)
A brief quiz may help understand better the Bharatiya Janata Party’s idea of “nationalism”, its newest mascot. Your timer starts now. “It is ideology alone, which sparks enthusiasm in party workers and reinforces their commitments to idealism.
- Art Of Alliance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
Few would dispute Atal Bihari Vajpayee's adroit navigation of the multi-party coalition spearheaded by the Bharatiya Janata Party over six years in office
- Look West, Pm! (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 07, 2004)
The day Manmohan Singh was chosen to be the PM, he met journalists. On September 4 he did it again — as soon as he had got over the Parliament session.
- The Truth, And Nothing Else (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2004)
The appointment of a high-level committee headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court to probe the Godhra carnage will be welcomed by all those who want to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about how coach S-6 of the Sabarmati
- More, Please (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 06, 2004)
On Saturday, Mr Manmohan Singh gave the first press conference by a prime minister in 12 years. It is understandable that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee should not have cared to face the press.
- Headed For An Impasse? (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Sep 06, 2004)
New Delhi should leave Mr Kasuri with no doubt that the whole of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India
- Back To The Message (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2004)
It is entirely appropriate that a Muslim, a Hindu and a Sikh — namely Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Mr Manmohan Singh — visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the 400th anniversary of the
- Hate Breeds Hate And Troublemakers (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 04, 2004)
On an average I read two to three books every week. Some I write about in these columns. Some I persuade my friends to read. Others I give away to the kabariwala.
- A Good Beginning (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's UPA government has set in motion a commendable process by initiating consultations with the Opposition on next week's India-Pakistan talks.
- When Neighbours Meet (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 03, 2004)
The coming meeting of the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan is unlikely to produce the big steps needed to take the dialogue process forward.
- Govt's 100 Days In Office — More Promises Than Performance (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 02, 2004)
The other day, my son's friend, a Plus-2 student, was lamenting over the fall of the Indian rupee. "The BJP government had taken it all the way up to Rs 43.5 vis-à-vis the dollar and there were indications it would up to Rs 40.
- Canny Timing Is The Thing (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Sep 02, 2004)
The prime minister is holding his first full-dress press conference in New Delhi this Saturday. The way the press has been eating out of his hands in the first 100 days, Manmohan Singh may not be worried.
- One Hundred Days Of Solitude (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 02, 2004)
If the BJP has not reconciled itself to being in the Opposition, the Congress too sometimes gives the impression of not reconciling itself to the fact that it is now in power.
- When Parliament Is Paralysed (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 02, 2004)
IT is a small mercy that in the deepening darkness caused by the almost total paralysis of Parliament because of highly inflamed but wholly meaningless confrontation between the government and the BJP-led Opposition some minor shafts of light have begun
- The Centre Must Hold (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 01, 2004)
The Manmohan Singh Government should not allow itself to be swept off its feet by the frivolous public discourse.
- Opposition And Parliament (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 30, 2004)
Parliamentary misconduct has become so routine that it might appear a waste of effort even to discuss the whys and wherefores of it.
- Peace At A Crossroads (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 29, 2004)
The mileage counters of the Jammu and Kashmir peace process seem to have been reset to zero. Dialogue between the secessionists and the Government seems stalled, a consequence of both sides being unwilling or unable to make major unilateral concessions.
- Is Stoppage Of Parliament The Only Answer? (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 29, 2004)
It has been my privilege to cover the country's apex legislature since the very first session of "provisional Parliament" in February 1950.
- When Kashmiris’ Faith Extends Explicitly To The Supernatural (Tribune, David Devadas, Aug 29, 2004)
A few weeks ago, a Kashmiri friend took me to a shop off the high profile Residency Road in Srinagar. It was a curio shop that sold artifacts as well as jewellery. A grey-haired gentleman in an old fashioned suit sat at the far end of the shop and my ...
- Ramanna & The Nuclear Programme (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Aug 28, 2004)
The legacy of Raja Ramanna is that he helped build up a large pool of scientists and technologists to address the country's needs of energy and national security.
- Succession War In The Bjp (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 28, 2004)
Uma Bharti's Tiranga Yatra has exposed a power struggle in the second rung leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- The Imperatives Of Right Governance (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 28, 2004)
Newspapers have been full of reports about the fleeting episode in the Prime Minister's office in Parliament on Wednesday, the central allegation being that Dr Manmohan Singh behaved "uncivilly" with an NDA
- A Baffling Performance (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 28, 2004)
When the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, agreed on Thursday to go out and bat against the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, he instantly validated
- Detente As An Imperative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2004)
The high-level Agreement India and Pakistan reached in New York to press ahead with the process of détente in the spirit of the Islamabad joint statement of January 6, 2004 must be ...
- India In Us Eyes (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 28, 2004)
THE leitmotif of India’s troubled relations with the United States since the dawn of Independence has been Washington’s unwillingness to grant New Delhi strategic and policy-making autonomy in the region, if not further afield.
- The Next Stage Of Peace Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 27, 2004)
When tracking diplomacy, microscopic reading of joint statements often leads to a suspension of political judgment. Critics of the meeting between
- Gentlemen And Patriots (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 27, 2004)
From all accounts, the Union petroleum minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, is both a happy and troubled man these days.
- Transition Complete (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2004)
With President HU Jintao taking over as Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the process of leadership change in China that began two years ago is now complete.
- Reversal Of Fortunes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2004)
If a week in politics is a long time, four months could be a whole era, judging by how woebegone the Bharatiya Janata Party looks these days.
- India, U.S. & Trade In Technology (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Aug 27, 2004)
The just-concluded India-U.S. agreement on high-technology trade contains only cosmetic changes to the policy on dual-use items.
- Dialogue With Pakistan (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Aug 26, 2004)
When Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee met Gen Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad during the SAARC Summit in January this year, India agreed to the resumption of the dialogue with Pakistan following a categorical commitment by the General that he would not allow any ...
- Redrawing The World (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 25, 2004)
India’s foreign secretaries are very good at redrawing the world — with the stroke of a pen.
- Rhetoric And Reality (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 25, 2004)
Lack of political will has adversely affected the promotion of people-to-people contacts between India and Pakistan.
- Gujarat: The Wheels Of Justice Get Moving (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Aug 22, 2004)
Faced with a hostile Centre, a determined Supreme Court, and an unforgiving set of liberal activists, the Narendra Modi regime will not have it easy in the weeks ahead
- China Trade Beckons Ladakh (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 21, 2004)
As the economic juggernaut in China reaches the nation's far western corners in Tibet and Xinjiang and the relations between New Delhi and Beijing improve, the long frozen Sino-Indian frontier here is coming alive.
- A Reality Check On Tibet (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 21, 2004)
India should have little hesitation in accommodating Chinese sensitivities on Tibet.
- The Price Hang (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 21, 2004)
The formation of the Cabinet Committee on Prices is the clearest indication that the price issue has become an important matter for the Manmohan Singh Government.
- Refined Uncertainty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 21, 2004)
THE much-delayed refinery project at Bathinda faces uncertainty again. Hope had resurfaced last week when the Punjab Finance Minister made the startling claim that HPCL would complete it on Punjab's terms.
- After The Red Fort Speech (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 19, 2004)
IN the eyes of most people, barring incorrigible cynics, Dr Manmohan Singh’s maiden speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day was both worthy of the great national event and typical of the man delivering it.
- Iaf Needs At Least 300 Aircraft (Tribune, Gulshan Luthra, Aug 18, 2004)
THE Indian Air Force is roaring for jetspeed at the Ministry of Defence for new aircraft simply because most of its MiG series of combat aircraft are coming to the end of their lives.
- Once Again, On The Edge (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 17, 2004)
Poised on the edge of a dialogue on the future of Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi has suddenly discovered that Pakistan is holding the strings guiding the peace kites it flew five years ago.
- Candles Of Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 17, 2004)
Despite the cynicism of some people, the annual candlelight border vigil ceremony organised by the Jalandhar-based Hind-Pak Dosti Manch since 1996 on the
- `The Critical Issue Now Is Implementation Of Schemes' (Business Line, Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Aug 16, 2004)
The Tenth Plan (2002-07) does not look at the role of government in the upgradation of technological capabilities or in addressing the technological challenges ahead.
- Nda’S Shadow Cabinet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2004)
THE BJP is trying its best to remain in the spotlight by throwing up certain ideas. One of them mooted at the first meeting of the new office-bearers on Friday was that the BJP would go in for a shadow Cabinet to ensure that the parliamentary party ...
- Manali Musings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 15, 2004)
FORMER Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's admission in Manali that the BJP had to pay a heavy price for the Gujarat riots and it was a mistake to retain Chief Minister Narendra Modi has not come a day too soon.
- A New Tryst With Destiny (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Aug 15, 2004)
Yesterday, August 14, a function was held in Delhi to mark the release of new editions of Jawaharlal Nehru’s three books, An Autobiography, Glimpses of World History and The Discovery of India.
- Wisdom Of The Hind (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 14, 2004)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee must be discovering India in a way that Jawaharlal Nehru never did. Allies who sung paens to his leadership at the helm of a successful coalition, and had few problems with the BJP’s ideology
- Drug Watch (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 13, 2004)
The recent MoU between India and Pakistan is yet another CBM
- Freedom From Want (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 13, 2004)
Such is the ordinariness of the 58th year in the life of a nation that it will rarely be treated as more than a fleeting calendar event.
- Bridge Too Far (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2004)
This is one bridge-built over the Yamuna and linking Allahabad with Naini on National Highway No 27-the Samajwadi Party has burnt with the Congress.
- Bush’S Pet Goat And Decision-Making (Deccan Herald, P. R. Chari , Aug 12, 2004)
National security issues cannot be endlessly debated, but a collective decision is better than an individual one
- Build On Gains (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2004)
The new government should ensure continuity in its Pakistan policy
- Two Faces Of The Same Coin (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Aug 12, 2004)
The growth of the BJP at the Centre and state is more due to lapses of the other political parties than any attraction to its policies
- Water Dispute (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 11, 2004)
Consensus is the best way to solve a problem when people’s emotions are involved. Since the river water dispute between Punjab and Haryana falls in this category, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s idea of evolving a consensus to resolve the...
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