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Articles 2621 through 2720 of 5550:
- Iraq: No Material Change (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
THE UNITED STATES has agreed to alter the profile of its unjust occupation of Iraq under the pressure of overall circumstances. A new resolution, 1511 (2003), `unanimously' adopted by the United Nations Security Council on October 16, emphasises ...
- Rerun In Temple Town (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 21, 2003)
Why all this activity in Ayodhya seems so familiar
- General Council Meeting Of Wto — Picking Up The Threads From Cancun (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 21, 2003)
It is time India took a pragmatic view of the emerging situation in the international trading arena, in general, and at the WTO, in particular. The two-day General Council meeting of the WTO beginning today in Geneva is thus crucial for India to watch the
- Mulayam And Friends (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2003)
It would take more than photo-ops with businessmen to turn Uttar Pradesh around
- Tempering Of The Temple Man (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Oct 21, 2003)
Is Swami Chinmayanand the VHP’s BJP man or the BJP’s VHP man
- Watch This Film, Praveenbhai (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Oct 21, 2003)
‘Pinjar’ is an eloquent testament against the politics of division
- Poor ‘masters’, Rich ‘servants’ (Deccan Herald, Keshav Rao Jadhav, Oct 21, 2003)
In this democracy, the ‘servants’ of the people get everything free while the ‘masters’ cannot afford even the necessities
- Labour Reforms (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
ONE SUSPECTS THAT the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was only indulging in a bit of diplomatic double-speak when he spoke of the need to bring in changes to the labour laws so that they become instruments "for speedy employment generation in all
- Development Key, All Others Can Wait: Pm (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Oct 20, 2003)
Skips Ayodhya at Uma rally, tells voters to look around, judge; attacks Cong for slowing growth
- A 'Crisis' Deftly Defused (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2003)
THE LATEST ROUND of Ayodhya-centred mobilisation spearheaded by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has made one thing clear to political India. It is that, in India's most populous State and also elsewhere, the Ramjanmabhoomi movement does not evoke ...
- A Pawarpoint Presentation (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Oct 20, 2003)
Only the politically naive would believe that Sharad Pawar’s seemingly innocuous comment about the “imported leadership” of the Congress was made casually. The NCP had made sure the electronic media was there to cover it even though Pawar’s observation wa
- Practise What You Preach, Pm Tells Pak (Indian Express, Jaya Basu, Oct 19, 2003)
Further toughening India’s stand over Jammu and Kashmir by linking the issue of vacation of Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK) by Pakistan, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee said that ‘‘one third of J-K is occupied by Pakistan, but that land belongs to India. Whenever
- Neighbour Retaliates (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 19, 2003)
The Indian government has not taken kindly to the news that some Pakistanis have illegally occupied 63 Clifton in Karachi, the Indian consul general’s residence until it was closed down in 1992 after a Pakistani mob stormed the building in the wake of the
- Bjp Strikes Balance: Sp Can Stay, Let Vhp Play (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2003)
With UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav having acquitted himself rather well over the VHP’s Sankalp Sabha programme, it was obviously time for the BJP to come to his defence today.
- Ram Versus Rajya (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 18, 2003)
It’s poll time in two weeks, will the BJP trust its wisdom or succumb to instinct
- On A New Flight Path (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 17, 2003)
By all accounts it was not a well-debated plan, but the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, apparently trusted his guts and donned the cloak of a visionary,
- Un Okays Us-Led Iraq Force; Delhi Cautious (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 17, 2003)
India reacted with cold silence tonight to the unanimous passage of a US-sponsored resolution on Iraq by the UN Security Council as the rest of the world quietly fell in line with Washington’s proposal to create a UN-authorised multinational force . . .
- Vajpayee On Vacation (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Oct 16, 2003)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee gave himself a day out in Indonesia last week, wrapping up an afternoon of bilateral meetings before the ASEAN summit with a shopping expedition at an upmarket department store in the resort city of Nusaduwa. It was his
- Bali Raises Visions Of Asian Century (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Oct 16, 2003)
Since the "Look-East" policy was enunciated in 1993, India has made good headway in promoting greater co-operation with South-East Asia. Those gains were consolidated further at the Asean Summit, where member-nations committed themselves to creating a con
- Put Development On Top Of The Agenda (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Oct 16, 2003)
In this crucial second half of the fiscal, with Assembly elections round the corner and a comfortable enough macro-economic situation, the Government should shed its obsessive concern with disinvestment and the 8 per cent economic growth target and turn,
- Making Trouble But Going Nowhere (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2003)
THE SHOCK FORCES OF THE Sangh Parivar, spearheaded by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, have nowhere to go in Ayodhya — having demolished the Babri Masjid more than a decade ago but unable to take forward the project of building a Ram temple on ...
- Sonia's Friends And Foes (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 16, 2003)
Her friends and foes alike refuse to let Sonia Gandhi's natural handicaps define the limits of her leadership
- 1992 Mandir Poster Boy Gets His Face Read The Night Before (Indian Express, Raman Kirpal, Oct 15, 2003)
Just hours away, the VHP rally is the talk of Lucknow. But in No. 2 Mall Avenue, barely 7 km from tomorrow’s rally venue, a man flits in and out of the living room, studiously avoiding all talk on the VHP. It’s the last thing Kalyan Singh wants to discuss
- Temple Versus Terror (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Oct 15, 2003)
October 17 is not a climactic point. VHP is in it for the long haul
- Message From The East (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2003)
The India-Thailand free trade agreement is part of a wider good neighbour policy
- Party Pooper Vhp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
If BJP’s anniversary do is overshadowed by Ayodhya, it has only itself to blame
- Smelling The Tokyo Rose (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 14, 2003)
Defence Minister George Fernandes makes no attempt at hiding his affection for Japan. Apart from a painting of Mahatma Gandhi — said to be painted by a Burmese refugee who lives in his house — the only other decoration on the walls of Fernandes’ South....
- Boost To India-Thailand Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2003)
BUT FOR THE 1997 economic meltdown, Thailand might have emerged as the leading Asian Tiger among the Southeast Asian countries. Its economy was growing at a robust eight per cent of GDP. The country has now recovered from the problem, though the ...
- Disinvestment In Danger (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Oct 14, 2003)
The imbroglio over the attempts to privatise HPCL/BPCL, and now bringing up the issue of splitting up IOC could actually jeopardise the entire divestment programme of the Union Government, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, who looks at the oil PSU s privatisat
- Mulayam Sends Ayodhya Sos, Pm Says Trust Vhp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2003)
VHP MEET: MoS Chinmayanand’s role shameful, says angry CM
- Presidential Shuttle (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 12, 2003)
It's not just the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister who are bitten by the travel bug. President Abdul J. Kalam is also constantly on the move, shuttling between Delhi and other parts of the country
- Enlightenment, Buddha Style (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Oct 11, 2003)
If India’s east is to emerge at all, Kolkata and West Bengal must be the engine
- The Asean Tango (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2003)
INDIA AND THE Association of South-East Asian Nations have come closer than ever before with the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, participating in the Bali summit of Asean where India enjoyed partner status along with China, Japan and South Korea.
- Return Of The Hawala Calculations? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 10, 2003)
Suddenly, the BJP's political rivals find themselves having to answer to the investigative agencies.
- The Use And Misuse Of Pota (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 10, 2003)
The curious case of the Union Minister of State for Non-conventional Energy Sources, M. Kannappan, should have woken the country to the problems being created by the use and misuse of the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) but it evidently has
- Postcards From Europe’S Heart (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 10, 2003)
Prime Minister Vajpayee told his hosts at the Indonesian resort of Bali that India was experiencing a demographic revolution: 54 per cent of its population is below 25 years. When he receives Pascal Couchepin, president of the Swiss Confederation early ne
- Here Comes The New Prime Minister (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 09, 2003)
A swadeshi Don Quixote is on the loose with his magic lathi, promising to make a Bihar out of everything he touches
- Jobs For The Boys (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Oct 09, 2003)
Getting the numbers to form a government in Uttar Pradesh was a piece of cake for Mulayam Singh Yadav compared to portfolio allotment. His core cabinet of six remains jobless more than a month after being sworn in while he juggles their demands. Now he’s
- Look East Policy: Phase Two (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 09, 2003)
Phase two of the Look East policy will help break out of the political confines of the subcontinent that have severely limited India's strategic options.
- India And Asean (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
THE SECOND INDIA-ASEAN summit in Bali has provided the much-needed thrust and framework for taking the partnership forward. Two broad agreements, for Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and combating terrorism, have been signed. India has also ...
- Mr. Jogi In A Fix (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2003)
ONE CAN SPECULATE about why Ajit Jogi, the intelligent Congress Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, chose to accuse the Intelligence Bureau, evidently without any basis, of fabricating information with a view to dragging him and his family into ...
- Regional Trade Agreements — The Right Way To Go For India (Business Line, M. Ramesh , Oct 09, 2003)
BY SIGNING the Free Trade Agreement with Thailand, and announcing that it is working on another one with Singapore, India has indicated to the world that it has at last abandoned its anti-bilateralism, anti-regionalism stand, and joined the RTA bandwagon.
- Pakistan: Taking The Longer View (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 29, 2003)
The Government has come to attach far too much political importance to bilateral meetings with Pakistan by refusing to have them on the margins of international gatherings.
- Silent Treatment (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Sep 27, 2003)
Now the court case has complicated matters at a time when the BJP was considering using Ayodhya as a political plank in the coming elections. But if it does so, the lawlessness underlined by the court will come into focus.
- Strategic Delusions (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2003)
THOSE WHO CRITICISED the Government for its decision to host Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at this particular juncture stand vindicated by developments. There was always a strong possibility that terror outrages, akin to the two incidents ...
- Jet-Set Jaitley (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 11, 2003)
Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley is having a dream run at Cancun, positioned among the top five faces at the WTO meet.
- Now Science Is Behind Us On Ayodhya, Says The Deputy Pm (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 11, 2003)
: Joining the debate over the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report on the Ayodhya excavations,
- Lost Ground (Indian Express, N K Singh, Sep 11, 2003)
In his column called ‘Stop Politics of Vendetta’ (July 26 ,2003) journalist turned politician and member of the Rajya Sabha, Rajeev Shukla targeted the V P Singh government for its decision to ground the Airbus 320 fleet more than a decade ago.
- Lok Sabha Polls: The Sooner The Better, Thinks Bjp (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 09, 2003)
Regardless of what Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh thinks, the BJP leadership is set on holding the general elections much before schedule and may go in for Lok Sabha polls as early as November 2003.
- Mayawati Overplays Hand, Burns Fingers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2003)
Less than 24 hours after she breathed fire demanding the dismissal of Union Minister Jagmohan over the Taj controversy, a sheepish Mayawati fell into line—at least, for now.
- Us Asks India To Send Troops To Iraq (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jun 10, 2003)
The Bush administration took the first opportunity to convey to the visiting Indian Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani that it wanted Indian peacekeeping forces in Iraq.
- Pm To Visit China During Month End (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
With less than two weeks for Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s proposed visit to China,
- First Operational Gslv Flight By Mid-2004 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
In a significant statement, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today asked political parties and leaders to stay away from the Ayodhya issue so that the "lingering" . . .
- Keep Off Ayodhya, Pm Tells Parties (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2003)
In a significant statement, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today asked political parties and leaders to stay away from the Ayodhya issue so that the "lingering" dispute could be resolved early through talks between representatives of Hindus and. . .
- Genuine Concern (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2003)
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee’s suggestion at the G-8 summit that the international community should have some benchmarks for monitoring and evaluating the outcome of the Doha round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). . .
- G-8 Evinces Interest On Graft In Developing Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 03, 2003)
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee said today that the leaders of the seven wealthiest countries and Russia at the G-8 (Group of Eight) at Evian wanted to know why the developing countries are not tackling the endemic problem of “corruption” that is undermining
- Cas And Controversy (Hindu, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 03, 2003)
By Drastically reducing custom duties on set-top-boxes, the Centre has attempted to address the main concern of consumers over the introduction of the Conditional Access System (CAS)
- An Asian Century, Perhaps (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 03, 2003)
The Half-Hour Meeting that the Prime Minister had on Saturday with the new Chinese President, Hu Jintao, was perhaps the most significant of Mr. Vajpayee's many interactions in the former imperial capital of St. Petersburg.
- Cabinet Reshuffle -- Check, Checkmate (Business Line, Harihar Swarup , Jul 11, 2002)
Establishing Mr L. K. Advani's supremacy both in the government and the party, and the indication that the BJP would henceforth adopt hard line functioning, were obviously the twin objectives of the recent Cabinet and organisational changes.
- Yawn! (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
The paucity of talent at his disposal and internal contradictions that have plagued him from the very beginning have made a mess of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s promise of a "new, improved look" to his Union Cabinet.
- Partition Revisited (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Gone is the surreptitious manner in which the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh had been projecting trifurcation of Kashmir in the past.
- Mamata Misfires (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 11, 2002)
Ms Mamata Banerjee’s roadshow is getting to be boring and tiresome indeed.
- The Moderate Deputy Pm (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jul 06, 2002)
As reshuffles go, it is hard to deny that last week’s effort was a bit of a dud.
- Nuclear Brinkmanship (Providence Journal, Editorial, Providence Journal, Jun 03, 2002)
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could cost 10 million lives or more. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf engages in such provocative activities as testing missiles and implying that his nation might use nuclear weapons first.
- The Most Dangerous Place In The World (New York Times, Salman Rushdie, May 30, 2002)
The present Kashmir crisis feels like a déjŕ vu replay of the last one. Will the outcome also be a replay of three years ago? Will the conflict be contained again?
- Caution On Kashmir (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, May 30, 2002)
In the present circumstances the United States has no choice but to use all its influence with India and Pakistan to compel those nuclear-armed neighbors to back down from the brink of war.
- Chief Of Riot-Torn Indian State Pleads For Peace (Reuters, THOMAS ABRAHAM, Apr 28, 2002)
The chief minister of India's Gujarat state, who has been accused of turning a blind eye to the country's deadliest religious bloodshed in a decade, appealed for trust between Hindus and Muslims.
- An Epistle To Mr Advani (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 05, 2002)
Dear Advaniji,
You have begun what is unquestionably the most profound and consequential interaction between our country and the United States of America since the two meetings between the then president, Bill Clinton, and the prime minister.
- Act With Restraint (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 05, 2002)
THERE can be no two views on the charge that the terrorists who struck at Parliament House on December 13 found their job easier than expected because of the slack security measures in force in and around the edifice.
- Poverty Of Politics (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 05, 2002)
THE central point is: to what extent should political parties base their policies and actions on firm ideological considerations, which at once would rule out expediency -- of every sort -- as an acceptable yardstick?
- Paying The Price (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 05, 2002)
THE DEMANDS OF coalition politics are understandable. But why should governance go for a toss?
- Will: Going Round In Loops (Business Line, H. Kaushal , Feb 05, 2002)
NEVER has a telecom issue kicked up so much dust as the case of limited mobility through wireless-in-local-loop (WiLL).
- Unhappy Ending (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2002)
THERE’S another reason to adjourn Parliament. For all these years, the nation has helplessly witnessed repeated adjournments of the House due to dissent and disruption.
- Joshi’s History (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2002)
MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI’S jaw is getting the better of him. As the union minister of Human Resource Development, he is required to conduct himself as a national leader.
- Decking Up For Saarc Summit (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 04, 2002)
KATHMANDU, DEC. 20. As the sound of war drums gets louder in New Delhi and Islamabad, all you can hear in Nepal's capital is men working through the night to give it a rapid facelift.
- Their Master’s Voice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
But Vajpayee is not the only one in the saffron party to have such devoted followers.
- Language Games (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
Gently does it. Or might. Evidently, the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, does not believe this as far as the politics of language is concerned.
- G. K. Moopanar (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2002)
THE PASSING OF G. Karuppiah Moopanar, president of the Tamil Maanila Congress, but who remained at heart ``a Congressman'', has taken away from the national arena a staunch nationalist.
- Follow The Leader Change Of Face (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 03, 2002)
The sangh parivar may not think too highly of him, but Atal Bihari Vajpayee is quite the role model for aspiring prime ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Best Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 02, 2002)
Diplomacy, it has famously been said, is war carried on by other means.
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