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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Given Death And Life In Jail, Who Are They Waving At And Why? (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Justice took 13 years to arrive but when it did, Uma Krishnaiah is more scared than satisfied.
- Autumn In Washington (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 04, 2007)
With the approach of winter, one of the most enthralling experiences of being in Washington DC in September is the staggering beauty of the golden-red leaves shining in the morning sun before, to quote American crooner Nat King Cole, "the autumn . . . .
- Death For Ex-Mp, 2 Others (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
A Patna sessions court today awarded death sentence to former member of Parliament Anand Mohan Singh along with former minister Akhlaq Ahmed and Prof Arun Kumar for inciting a mob leading to the lynching of a district magistrate nearly 13 years ago.
- 15 Women Die In Stampede In Mughalsarai Railway Station (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Fifteen women were killed and 48 people injured in a stampede on the staircase of an over-bridge at Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
- Brushes With Law Second Nature For Ex-Mp (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
An eerie calm prevailed at Panchgachhia, the native village of former MP Anand Mohan, as news spread about the capital punishment awarded to him for the killing of Gopalganj DM G Krishnaiah.
- What I Hope To Achieve... (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
India at 60 is like an iceberg. It reveals a little but hides a lot.
- Death For Former Mp In Lynching Case (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Oct 04, 2007)
The Patna District and Sessions Court on Wednesday awarded capital punishment to a former MP and two former legislators for lynching Gopalganj District Magistrate G. Krishnaiah in Muzaffarpur district almost 13 years ago.
- Bjp Plans Farmers Rally In December (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has plans to organise an all-India farmers’ rally here on December 25 to coincide with the birthday of the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- For Bihar Dm’S Murder, A Former Mp Gets Death, His Wife A Life Term (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Oct 04, 2007)
Thirteen years after the murder of Gopalgunj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah, a Patna trial court today sentenced to death former MP Anand Mohan and two other politicians, former MLA Akhlaq Ahmad and Arun Kumar Singh.
- Ex-Mp Gets Death For Killing Of Dm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Former MP and JD(U) leader Anand Mohan was sentenced to death here on Wednesday by a local court, which also awarded life imprisonment to his wife Lovely Anand in the murder of the then Gopalganj district magistrate, who was lynched by a mob . . . .
- Ex-Mp Anand Mohan Gets Death (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
A former MP and JD-U leader Anand Mohan was sentenced to death by a local court which also awarded life imprisonment to his wife, also an ex-MP, on Wednesday in a murder case where the then Gopalganj District Magistrate was lynched by a mob 13 years back.
- At Least 15 Women Killed In Mughal Sarai Station Stampede (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
At least 15 women - most of them elderly - were killed and 50 people were injured Wednesday in a stampede at the Mughalsarai railway station in Uttar Pradesh after there was panic over a snap ticket check.
- 15 Women Die In Up Stampede (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Fifteen women were killed and 48 people injured in a stampede on the staircase of an overbridge in Mughalsarai station, the biggest railway junction in the country.
- Karnataka: Bjp Top Meet To Take Stock Today (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has convened a meeting of its central parliament board in New Delhi on Thursday afternoon to take stock of the ongoing power tussle in Karnataka. The meeting will be held at the party headquarters.
- Cong All Set To Chalk Out Strategy (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Oct 03, 2007)
Faced with the possibility of an early Lok Sabha election, the Congress is getting ready to devise its future political strategy at an AICC session in the light of the lessons learnt from managing its first coalition government.
- Constitutionally Off-Track (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 03, 2007)
Judges sometimes talk too much, on all manner of subjects, in the course of court hearings.
- Alms And The Girls (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 03, 2007)
A sullied hand tugs insistently at your clothes. You turn to see a little arm outstretched — peremptory and tentative at the same time — a small head of tousled, matted hair, patchy and pallid skin coated with many days of unwashed dirt, bare . . . .
- Green Axe For Mla Homes (Telegraph, Amit Gupta, Oct 03, 2007)
A horticulture research programme could get the axe and make way for a residential complex for legislators if the Madhu Koda government has its way.
- Sc Right To Rule Bandh Illegal (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 03, 2007)
The Supreme Court would have done well not to suggest the imposition of President’s rule on Tamil Nadu.
- Jd-U Executive Meet This Week (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The Janata Dal-U will hold a two-day meeting of its national executive here from 6 October to formulate electoral issues and seat adjustment policy.
- No Easy Way Out For Up (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Oct 03, 2007)
A serious analysis of Uttar Pradesh politics deserves to be undertaken because the Congress-led UPA Government cannot postpone a mid-term poll for long.
- ‘I Am The President. Vajpayee, Advani Are Leaders Of The Party. They Are Above Me’ (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 01, 2007)
BJP President Rajnath Singh is doing a tightrope walk, trying to consolidate his authority even as the party is pulled in different directions by factionalism.
- Congress Loses Nuclear Edge (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 01, 2007)
Political 'accidents' cannot be predicted. When such accidents take place, these are difficult to control. I have been writing about this for the past four weeks.
- Left Thinks Congress Will Opt For Polls (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
A majority of CPM Central Committee members, after two days of debates and discussions here, have decided to prepare for a mid-term election. They are not willing to compromise their basic ideology on “imperialism.”
- What Upa Won’T Tell You (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 01, 2007)
Inequality is an important issue for the UPA government. The Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) adopted in December 2006, mentions “inclusive growth” in the title itself.
- Rahul Requests, Singh Serves Up (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Sep 29, 2007)
Rahul Gandhi proposed, Manmohan Singh delivered in two days.
- ‘Warring’ Nc Factions Hold Joint Rally (Tribune, Dinesh Manhotra, Sep 29, 2007)
As all political parties have virtually kicked off their election campaigns for the next Assembly elections, Opposition National Conference, which has a big stake in Kishtwar district, has initiated serious efforts to iron out differences between . . . .
- Karnataka Power Transfer: Cm Resents Bjp's Silence (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
A day after his father, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's outburst against the BJP, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday hinted at tougher times for coalition partner in the next couple of days.
- Berthright (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 29, 2007)
THE Railway Ministry’s proposal to provide additional berths in between the two rows of berths in the passage of sleeper class and air-conditioned three-tier coaches is flawed.
- Unhealthy State (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Sep 29, 2007)
India’s health system is iniquitous and inefficient. Only cooperative and communitarian solutions can lead to sustained growth and development.
- Bloodhound (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2007)
The ability to shape and influence the mass media has come to be regarded as a key aspect of modern political management. In the days of innocence, the job of handling the media used to be left to good-natured flunkeys who also doubled up as . . . .
- High Drama Over Transfer Of Power (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The father-son duo of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy is known to talk in different voices while striving to achieve the same political objectives.
- Exercising Sovereignty (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 28, 2007)
The debate on the nuclear deal in the country throws light on how poorly certain sections of the Indian elite have developed a sense of national sovereignty during the last 60 years of Independence.
- Cow Slaughter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 28, 2007)
The refusal of the Supreme Court to ban cow slaughter on the ground that it is a policy matter and for the government to take the decision is in consonance with the fundamental principles of separation of powers, the basic structure of the Constitution.
- Nitish Kumar’S Nalanda Bags Wb Project (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Bihar chief minister Mr Nitish Kumar’s home district of Nalanda today proved to be the first among equals when it walked away with the World Bank-sponsored Bihar Rural Livelihood Project aimed at enhancing social and economic empowerment of the. . .
- Democracy Plus Growth Equals India (Indian Express, Bharat Wariavwalla, Sep 28, 2007)
From around the time of our 60th Independence anniversary a month or so back, the national mood has been upbeat.
- The Glory Of Hoysalas (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 28, 2007)
Hosaholalu is a small village near K R Pet, home to a beautiful Hoysala style temple dedicated to Lord Lakshminarayana.
- Iit Students Teach Migrant Children (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh: The children of Bidokhar village call it Apna Skool, or our school.
- Destructive Path (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party went to Bhopal with a spring in its step, its manner that of a combatant assured of victory. But as it often happens with the principal opposition party, it found itself battling its own existential problems.
- Grandeur In Caves (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
IN western India, the 2nd century B.C. ushered in one of the greatest periods of the art of India and the entire art of Buddhism.
- Culture Policing In Schools (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 27, 2007)
The nationwide Adolescence Education Programme (AEP), conceived by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development and the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), is under review following protests from some State governments.
- Attempt To Murder Case Booked Against Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
The police have registered attempt to murder case against Minister of State for Tourism Srirramulu,suspended BJP MLC G Janardhan Reddy and others.Cases of rioting, storing arms illegally and preventing police officials from discharging their . . . .
- Political Economy Of Reforms In India (The Economic Times, Arvind Panagariya , Sep 27, 2007)
When reforms slow down, two explanations are commonly given: lack of consensus and vested interests. While these are powerful and plausible explanations, they also raise a curious puzzle: why do we observe periods of mega reform . . . . .
- Political Project (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 26, 2007)
The Sangh Parivar revives a campaign that it had not so long ago found hard to sell.
- Myth Vs Science (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Sep 26, 2007)
SCIENCE and rationality have taken a beating in the unfolding of the recent events surrounding the controversial mega marine project called the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP) of the Government of India.
- Stop Murdering The Girl Child (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Punjab loses every fourth girl. By the 2011 census, we would be killing off 10 lakh girls a year.
- Erosion Of Faith (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 26, 2007)
THE Supreme Court has rightly voiced concern about the indiscriminate judicial delays and held that the recent lynching of 10 thieves in Bihar is a manifestation of the people’s increasing erosion of faith in the judiciary.
- Govt Diagnoses Governance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 26, 2007)
There has been a fair measure of sarkari hype over the first-ever visit by a Cabinet Secretary to the Maoist-infested states.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 26, 2007)
What a way to win! Words fail to recapture the wondrous moments of a magnificent finale to a sustained performance of mammoth magnitude.
- Election Season (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 26, 2007)
For those looking for confirmation that the Congress is inclined towards dissolution of the Lok Sabha before its terms ends in 2009, a very heavy straw in the wind floated in through the window on Monday afternoon — the appointment of Rahul Gandhi . . . .
- A Bridge Too Far (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 26, 2007)
THE Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP) has seen several twists and turns in its 147-year history, but the latest twist has a touch of irony as well.
- Former Bjp Chief Jana Dead (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Former BJP president Jana Krishnamurthy died here today after a prolonged illness. He was 79 and is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters.
- Ramlila At Red Fort (Pioneer, Jagmohan , Sep 26, 2007)
After cleaning up the environs and banning public functions near this ancient monument, it was restored to its past glory.
- Us Docs' Group To Train Health Workers In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
The Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) will launch a scheme in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh to train local health workers for screening major ailments affecting the population.
- Test Of Wisdom, Not Legality (Indian Express, Harish Salve, Sep 25, 2007)
The decision of the Delhi High Court holding four journalists guilty of criminal contempt — whether or not correct in law — appears to be unwise.
- Law And Behold! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 25, 2007)
'It cannot be stated sufficiently strongly that the public life of persons in authority must never admit of such charges being even framed against them.
- Polls In Mind, State Teams Rejigged (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Along with revamping the AICC, Sonia Gandhi has started restructuring the organisation at the state level to meet challenges from regional forces and caste-based parties.
- Congress Basks In Son-Shine (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi named her son Rahul one of the general secretaries of her party in a move seen as mixing youth with experience ahead of the general elections widely expected to be held before schedule.
- Rahul Gandhi Made General Secretary (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 25, 2007)
Rahul Gandhi, 37, was on Monday appointed Congress general secretary and inducted into the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in an indication that the party is preparing for early elections and that the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is being . . . . .
- Dealing With Short-Term Migration (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Sep 25, 2007)
Short-term migration for work has evidently increased rapidly in recent times in India, but our statistical systems are currently not adequate to capture such flows of labour.
- Digvijay For U.P., Arunkumar For Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
On the reconstituted All-India Congress Committee, Andhra Pradesh leader Arun Kumar has been appointed general secretary in charge of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Motilal Vora will remain treasurer with additional charge of Administration.
- Rahul Is Gen Secy In Major Congress Reshuffle (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Sep 25, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday inducted her son and Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi as a general secretary of the party.
- Moily Is New Aicc In-Charge Of Andhra (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Senior Congress leader and former chief minister of Karnataka M. Veerappa Moily has been appointed AICC in-charge of Andhra Pradesh affairs, replacing AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh. Mr Moily is a Congress . . . .
- The Absent Leader The Present Letter (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
When American troops left the Philippines during World War Two, their commander General Douglas MacArthur categorically stated that “I shall return”, which he did after the tide turned against the Japanese.
- Bjp In Combat Mode (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 25, 2007)
Contrary to the commentariat's assessment of last weekend's National Executive meeting of the BJP, it was a useful stock-taking exercise for the party's top leadership.
- Violence During Cpi (Maoist) Bandh (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Sep 24, 2007)
At least two persons, including a policeman, were killed during a bandh sponsored by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh on Sunday protesting against the arrest of its activists.
- Bjp Silent On Prime Ministerial Candidate (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 24, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) remains silent on who its prime ministerial candidate would be although it was clear, at the end of its three-day conclave here, that it is getting ready to wage the political and electoral battle.
- Singhvi Rejects Charges On Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
“No danger of Hyde Act impacting deal”
“Issue debated in Parliament many times”
- High On Sethu, Bjp Says It’S Poll-Ready (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Sep 24, 2007)
Aiming to exploit the hostility among UPA constituents and secure in the belief that it has found an emotive issue in Ram Sethu, the BJP on Sunday announced that it was in poll mood while outlining programmes for the next few months to galvanise . . . .
- Vested Interests Hurting Aligarh University (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Sep 24, 2007)
What do former President of India Dr Zakir Hussain, present vice-president of the country Hamid Ansari, first Prime Minister of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan, eminent writer Dr Rahi Masoom Raza, legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand, . . . .
- Deora May Discuss Gas Pipeline On Burma Trip (Asian Age, PAWAN BALI, Sep 24, 2007)
Union petroleum minister Murli Deora, now on a two-day visit to Burma, will take up the issue of the Burma-India pipeline with the Burmese government, according to sources.
- Indian Maoists Blow Up Railway Station, Tracks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
Maoist insurgents blew up a railway station and tracks in two Indian states on Sunday, severely disrupting the eastern rail network, but a day-long strike called by the rebels had limited impact, officials said.
- Another Round Of Talks Begins (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 24, 2007)
India and China have their work cut out in ensuring that the negotiations on the boundary dispute make progress.
- Calculators Are Out But Topplers Have Got Their Timing Hopelessly Wrong (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Sep 24, 2007)
Since the Bharatiya Janata Party’s political record in opposition in the past three years has been more inclined to the occult than ordinary politics, I am going to use metaphysical language to proffer this piece of gratuitous advice.
- Party Without A Pm Candidate (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
The three-day national conclave of the BJP concluded here today but the party failed to reach a consensus on the Prime Ministerial candidate.
- Mischief Murmurs Over Atal Letter (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
L.K. Advani today politely said he hoped Atal Bihari Vajpayee would recover soon and continue to lead the BJP, but speculation continued on the former Prime Minister’s unsigned letter with some people questioning its authenticity.
- Weaving History Of Indian Textiles (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
It must be stated at the outset that the book under review is related to the enormously meaningful work that the noted organisation Dastkar has been doing in the Indian crafts world in general and in the arena of textiles in particular.
- An Organisation Shaped Hole (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 22, 2007)
Let us not be complacent. Our party organisation has to be infused with new energy and drive... There is now a momentum generated by our revival — let us not squander it.
- Bjp Should Get Ready: Vajpayee (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 22, 2007)
Who will be the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha election?
- Top Maoist Leader Held (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Sep 22, 2007)
Security forces dealt a blow to the Maoist movement in eastern India with the arrest of top ranking Maoist leader Misir Besra in the newly formed Khunti district in Jharkhand on Friday.
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