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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 5550:
- Significance Of The Nirupam Episode (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, Aug 13, 2001)
IN the USA, where democracy appears to have taken firmer roots than India, the White House aides are progressively becoming more powerful than Cabinet officials.
- Box Populi (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 13, 2001)
This is something which ought to have happened a long time ago.
- Deaf Dialogue (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 13, 2001)
The outcome of the meeting of the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan at Colombo was predictable.
- Grandstanding General (Pioneer, Shubha Singh, Aug 13, 2001)
Media victories are ephemeral - while they provide an immediate sense of achievement, the impact fades with time.
- The Way Forward On Kashmir (Hindu, Malini Parthasarathy, Aug 13, 2001)
WE SEEM to have arrived at yet another defining moment in our collective effort to persuade the people of Kashmir that their interests are best served by remaining affiliated to the Indian Union rather than anything else.
- Robbing India Of Its Future (Hindustan Times, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 13, 2001)
Most people have dismissed Prime Minister Vajpayee’s threat to resign as a politician’s trick to bring his party and his coalition into line behind him.
- Yet Another August 15 (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 13, 2001)
ON JULY 31, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, told a BJP parliamentary party meeting: ``Since I am Prime Minister, I am responsible. I feel I have not been able to manage and discipline the NDA.
- Good Riddance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2001)
Uttar Pradesh's power minister, Mr Naresh Aggarwal, has only himself to blame for his removal from the State Cabinet.
- Samata Sulks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2001)
The Samata Party has an identity problem. Ever since party supremo George Fernandes was made to step down from the Cabinet, the party members can’t decide whether they are part of the Government or not.
- Sorting Out Uti Tangle, Government Way (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2001)
CONTRARY to expectations, heads in the Government did not roll for the Unit Trust of India (UTI) muddle.
- India Trapped In 'Talks' Vortex (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Aug 12, 2001)
In his column, 'Human Voices' (August 5), Gautam Siddharth writes that it was ludicrous to have invited the "tin-pot" next door for talks and it would be even more absurd if his invitation is accepted by Prime Minister Vajpayee.
- Good Riddance (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2001)
Uttar Pradesh's power minister, Mr Naresh Aggarwal, has only himself to blame for his removal from the State Cabinet.
- With Malice Towards One And All...: A Happy Birthday (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Aug 11, 2001)
OUR 55TH birthday as an independent nation is round the corner. Do we celebrate it with a larger cake, an additional candle and sing ‘Happy Birthday to us’? Or do we say: “It’s like any other birthday, forget it”?
- A Sign Of Desperation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 11, 2001)
IN ENLARGING THE coverage of the draconian Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act (1990) and declaring the entire State barring the Ladakh region as a `disturbed area'.
- Battle For Jat Leadership Intensifies In Western Up (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Aug 11, 2001)
With three veteran Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) MPs of western Uttar Pradesh having left the party, Ajit Singh remains the sole RLD MP in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
- Enemy Of Promise (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 11, 2001)
Reputation can sometimes become a liability. The Union home minister, Mr L.K. Advani, is perhaps realizing this much to his dismay.
- India Trapped In 'Talks' Vortex (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Aug 11, 2001)
In his column, 'Human Voices' (August 5), Gautam Siddharth writes that it was ludicrous to have invited the "tin-pot" next door for talks and it would be even more absurd if his invitation is accepted by Prime Minister Vajpayee.
- Government Lacks Political Will (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 10, 2001)
A number of disgusted and angry persons ask me: what is the Government of India's policy on Kashmir? How can we tackle Pakistan and pin it down for spreading terrorism in the valley and beyond while pursuing soft policies towards Islamabad?
- Valley Of Fear (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 10, 2001)
It is now clear that the hope that the Agra summit would lead to a modicum of peace and stability in Jammu and Kashmir was misplaced.
- Resignation Threat Has Become Stale (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Aug 10, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is a highly respected leader of this country. For over four decades he has had an impeccable record in public life.
- A Thoughtless Move (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 10, 2001)
THE UNION GOVERNMENT'S approach to seeking a negotiated settlement with the rebel outfits in Nagaland seem to be marked by such carelessness that it defies all logic.
- Back To Square One (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 10, 2001)
EVEN AS India and Pakistan remain formally committed to continuing their dialogue, the recent observations by both sides indicate a hardening of positions.
- Washington Is Listening (Hindustan Times, J. N. Dixit , Aug 10, 2001)
THE NEW US ambassador, Robert Blackwill, arrived in New Delhi on July 27. He has experience as a career foreign service officer and was a political campaign strategist for the Republican Party for more than a decade.
- Nailing The General’s Lie (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2001)
The outcome of the Agra summit may be debatable, depending on which side of the border you are, but there is near-unanimity that General Pervez Musharraf ran away with the media trophy.
- Difficult Job For Pramod Mahajan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2001)
Never has Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan’s job been more difficult than it is today.
- Mindless Massacres (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 09, 2001)
Be persuasive across the table and firm on the ground.
- Post-Agra Message From Pakistan (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 09, 2001)
IT is high time to put an end to what Mr G.Parthasarathy, former High Commissioner to Pakistan, calls the “Musharraf mania”.
- Unanswered Questions (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Aug 09, 2001)
It’s official. The Agra Summit collapsed because of two words. The first was ‘‘cross-border terrorism’’.
- Killing Fields Of Kashmir (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Aug 09, 2001)
A MONTH after the Agra summit, the need is to examine as to where India and Pakistan go from the impasse which occurred in the city of the Taj.
- Cbi On A Tighter Leash (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 09, 2001)
CBI may soon lose the freedom to investigate senior public servants like Subramanyam.
- Vajpayee’s Little Drama (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Aug 09, 2001)
The little theatrical act staged by the prime minister at the executive committee of his party was well-crafted.
- Restoring Medical System To Health (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 09, 2001)
THE health needs of a large section of the population remain unmet, with access to inexpensive and assured medical care for the poor posing a big challenge to the authorities.
- For Sustainable Talks With Pakistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 09, 2001)
THE FIRM PLEDGE by the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, to pursue a process of dialogue with Pakistan is certainly a welcome sign of salutary diplomacy.
- Deserved Downgrade (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 09, 2001)
TRUE TO THEIR hoary tradition, officials and bankers have filed for future reference the downgrade of India by Standard & Poor's even as the US-based rating agency has with some candour panned the Indian economy.
- One Down, Captain? (Business Line, Menka Shivdasani , Aug 09, 2001)
THE Indian team, they say, reflects the spirit of India. I entirely agree but not quite in the sense that pundits normally mean it. Imagine the plight of the Indian captain.
- Democracy Be Damned! (Hindu, Ajay K. Mehra, Aug 09, 2001)
WHAT HAPPENS when a star actress scripts a drama of political vengeance against a seasoned scriptwriter?
- Why The Hand Did Not Rock The Boat (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 08, 2001)
Neerja Chowdhury analyses why the Congress did not up the ante against the NDA government and the finance minister on the UTI issue.
- Vajpayee And Nehru (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 08, 2001)
The brief drama over the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's offer of resignation is now generally treated as closed.
- Misplaced Euphoria (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 08, 2001)
It has become a cliché to say nowadays that relations between India and the United States have been transformed beyond recognition.
- Sena Story (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 08, 2001)
If firebrand Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Nirupam had any illusions about his popularity in his own party, they were dispelled forever last week.
- Private Fund Flow Holds The Key To Infrastructure Growth (The Financial Express, P Vinod Kumar, Aug 08, 2001)
When N Rangachary, chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) revealed that there are funds galore, but few takers in the infrastructure sector, at a recent seminar on ‘Opportunities in Infrastructure’ in Chennai.
- What’s Behind Vajpayee’s Volte-Face On Musharraf? (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 08, 2001)
If a Prime Minister says he is not under pressure and then goes on to offer his resignation within 24 hours, what should people infer? Hardliners in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been needling Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a long time.
- Scripting The Bjp Meltdown (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 08, 2001)
IT WAS left to the little-known Mr. Rashid Alvi of the Bahujan Samaj Party to put his finger on the nature of the increasingly irreversible meltdown of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Vajpayee's Moment For Introspection (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 08, 2001)
CALL it drama or real fatigue-cum-frustration, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's threat to quit the country's top job has created jitters in many quarters, including the BJP itself.
- Code Of Conduct For Whom? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2001)
PRIME Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's threat to resign forced the National Democratic Alliance partners to temporarily fall in line.
- Nda Code: Skirting Real Issues (Tribune, P. Raman , Aug 07, 2001)
BY no stretch of imagination can one conclude that last week’s uneasy peace or the proposal for a code of conduct will end all of the NDA’s internal tussles.
- A Horrendous Episode (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2001)
THE GUNNING DOWN of 15 persons by unidentified militants on August 3 night in Jammu and Kashmir, coming as it did in less than a fortnight of an equally horrendous episode, is a cause for grave concern.
- Peace Assurances (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2001)
THE assurance given by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to a group of 300 "Muslim clergy, academics, lawyers and others" that the peace process initiated by him would continue is a welcomeiteration of a rather repetitive but genuine stand.
- Pm Has No More Lifelines (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 06, 2001)
THE Prime Minister’s sudden offer of resignation last week had the desired effect and that was to demonstrate his indispensability. It had BJP MPs falling at his feet and NDA partners scurrying to his side.
- Wrong Prescription (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 06, 2001)
NDA needs coordination more than a code of conduct.
- The Secular Rabble (Hindustan Times, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 06, 2001)
While the BJP-led government led by an “old” and “unwell” prime minister continues on its uncertain course, another motley group has come into being, calling itself the People’s Front (PF).
- Deja Vu (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 06, 2001)
NEWS of recent happenings in India on the political and financial fronts must have acted like a deja vu effect on old timers who had been following public affairs in the country since Independence.
- Vajpayee's `Quit' Drama (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 06, 2001)
ON JULY 31, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said: ``Since I am Prime Minister, I am responsible. I feel I have not been able to manage and discipline the NDA.
- Not Nibbling At, But Chewing Away States’ Powers (Tribune, Anupam Gupta, Aug 06, 2001)
“THE Union will go,” said a grim Sardar Patel, warning the Constituent Assembly on October 10, 1949, “You will not have a united India.
- The Crisis Of Physics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 06, 2001)
It’s not the ‘faith’ which makes frenzied demolitions against the backdrop of medieval war cries or a bachelor’s degree in jyotish vigyan or karmakand an acceptable ideological agenda.
- Leaking Boat, Weary Captain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
Opportunism has been given a new name by the BJP, `compulsions' of politics, says Neena Vyas.
- Vajpayee’s Surgery And Agra (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 05, 2001)
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has recently been under great pressure, physically and mentally. Immediately after his kneecap surgery, he played host to President Musharraf involving intense dialogue.
- In The Footsteps Of Raj Narain (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Aug 05, 2001)
SHIV Sena MP Sanjay Nirupam is fast acquiring the icon of the irrepressible socialist leader, the late Raj Narain, who too was once a member of the Upper House.
- From One Scandal To Another (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 05, 2001)
HERE IS a story: a man goes to the police station to complain that in the dark of night a gang of robbers came to his house, entered forcibly, assaulted him and his wife, and decamped with cash and jewellery.
- ‘Centre Is Very Casual In Its Approach To N-E’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2001)
ASSAM Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who has completed 11 weeks in office, is a seasoned politician.
- Should The Fm Go? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 04, 2001)
HE SHOULD, if only because of the fact that he has been in the saddle for some time now and he has nothing to show that his services are invaluable to the nation.
- Handling Kashmir (Hindu, P. V. Indiresan , Aug 04, 2001)
GEN. PERVEZ Musharraf comes from a culture that has irrevocable faith in one, and only one, God. It is natural for him to target one single issue to the exclusion of all others.
- Defective Politics (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 04, 2001)
THERE WAS a time in Indian politics when the word ‘defection’ was only mumbled.
- With Malice Towards One And All: Monsoon Cloudburst (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Aug 04, 2001)
ONE EXPECTS a lot of thunder, lightning and rain during Parliament’s monsoon session — this one coming after the Agra summit and the multi-crore fiddling with investments made by 20 million middle-income earners.
- Pm And His (Non)performing Ministers (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Aug 04, 2001)
Who can blame the Prime Minister for wanting to resign?
- Sena’s Proxy War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2001)
Naked power play to topple the Maharashtra government.
- Evading The Larger Issue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2001)
THE `CRISIS' TRIGGERED by the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's declaration of intent to quit office has dissipated.
- Managing Scam-Stuck Polity (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 03, 2001)
PRIME Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has reasons to feel deeply hurt at the mounting criticism against him and his government from his partymen, especially those belonging to the Sangh Parivar, and some leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance.
- Centre's Move On Tn Police Officials -- Good Governance Sidelined (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 03, 2001)
JUDGED by some aspects of their handling of the issues pertaining to the fall-out of the arrest by the Tamil Nadu Government of the former Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, and the two Union Ministers, Mr Murasoli Maran, and Mr T. R. Baalu.
- Lonely At The Top (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2001)
IT was genuine exasperation and disgust at the anarchy within the NDA that caused the prime minister’s offer to resign.
- Critical Allies (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 03, 2001)
Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee used the threat of resignation to muster support for himself and to silence his critics.
- Resignation That Never Was (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 02, 2001)
POLITICIANS are believed to have a thick skin but Prime Minister Vajpayee is an honourable exception. His offer to resign on Tuesday strengthens this popular impression.
- Kashmir Issue Should Be Put In Cold Storage For Some Years (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 02, 2001)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf talks like an evangelist who brings the gospel of Kashmir to peoples in Pakistan and India.
- The Migrant As Scapegoat (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Aug 02, 2001)
RECENT EVENTS and discussions in India's commercial capital should concern everyone in the country.
- The Fall Guy (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 02, 2001)
With the opposition baying for a statement from the prime minister, the finance minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha, may not have had his say and has promised a point-by-point response to the charges, when given the chance.
- Clearing The Clouds, Pm Style (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 02, 2001)
THE gloom that descended on gripping the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), triggered by the reported offer of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- Not Just Drama (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 02, 2001)
THE RULING NDA has survived yet another crisis with Prime Minister Vajpayee revoking his threat of resigning within an hour of his making it.
- Pm Scores An Own-Goal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 02, 2001)
FEW INDIAN politicians are as universally respected as Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Mr Vajpayee’s stature and his essential decency cause him to rise above his colleagues in the NDA.
- Learning From Jordan (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 02, 2001)
CALIPH Haroun-al-Rashid would have approved. More than a 1,000 years after him, Jordan’s King Abdullah II followed his example.
- Diverting Attention (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2001)
Sir, - The Prime Minister's offer to resign in the face of allegations against the PMO's involvement in the UTI scam was a ploy to blackmail NDA partners and aimed at diverting public attention from the real issues.
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