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- Top Naxal Leader Held In Patna (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
The Bihar police on Wednesday arrested top Naxal leader Tushar Kant Bhattacharya from a rented house at Dujra locality in Patna.
- Woman On The Move (Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar, Sep 20, 2007)
Indians have been peripatetic for centuries, travelling both within the country and abroad, and with British rule, employment-related middle-class migration picked up.
- Migrants Have Enriched Punjab (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Sep 20, 2007)
The influx of migrant labourers to Punjab is a subject of intense interest and debate both within and without the state.
- Criminal Justice Delivery: Are We Losing Faith? (Deccan Herald, D V GURUPRASAD, Sep 20, 2007)
There exists a wide gap between the police and the people and it needs to be bridged.
- Common N-Ground Eludes Upa, Left (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
The second meeting of the UPA-Left committee on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal on Wednesday, failed to identify any common ground on the basis of which the ongoing stand-off could be resolved.
- Mahi Re (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Asian Age, Sep 20, 2007)
Much-needed fresh air is being infused into Team India.
- Upa-Left Talks Still Deadlocked (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
The second round of UPA-Left talks on nuclear deal on Wednesday remained deadlocked, with a huge chasm separating the two sides on a whole array of issues ranging from the reliability of fuel supply to implications of the Hyde Act on. . .
- Politicians On Vacation (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Sep 20, 2007)
Jacques Chirac would take his family for vacations in Mauritius.
- Looming Water Woes (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Sep 20, 2007)
The remedy sometimes is worse than the problem. The Centre's reported proposal that companies be made to pay for the groundwater they use exposes its colossal ignorance of the intricacies of the issue of water conservation.
- Bjp Focus On Upa’S ‘Divisive Politics’ (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 20, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s three-day national executive committee starting on Friday in Bhopal is expected to focus on what the BJP calls “divisive politics” of the United Progressive Alliance.
- Upa-Left Talks On Nuclear Deal Constructive, Says Pranab (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Sep 20, 2007)
The United Progressive Alliance-Left committee on the nuclear deal with the United States, at its second meeting here on Wednesday, discussed a “number of issues” and decided to hold talks again on October 5. The first meeting took place on September 11.
- Advani Should Become The Prime Minister: Shatru (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 20, 2007)
Cine star-turned-parliamentarian Shatrughan Sinha has, of late, undergone a change of heart. From the hurly-burly of politics, the BJP Rajya Sabha MP, nowadays, is engrossed in doing things, more charitable.
- Getting Into Election Mode? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 20, 2007)
The little twists and turns, barbs and counter barbs between the political parties are aimed at impending elections. By now, there is little doubt that the UPA, by choice rather than affirmative action on the Left’s part, will not complete its . . . . .
- Security Alert On India-Nepal Border (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
The Union Home Ministry has alerted paramilitary and police forces in all the five States on the India-Nepal border to step up vigilance on the 1,751-km boundary in the wake of sudden political developments in the neighbouring country.
- Nepal Turmoil: Alert Sounded Along Border (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
An alert was sounded on Tuesday in states along the Indo-Nepal border by the Union Home Ministry, which also asked the para-military forces to step up vigilance on the 1,751-km boundary in the wake of sudden political developments in . . . .
- Jamaican Revival (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 19, 2007)
It is difficult to believe that since Indira Gandhi’s journey to Jamaica in 1975, no Indian cabinet minister has made a bilateral visit to the largest country in the Caribbean, a region whose ancestral, cultural and traditional bonds with India . . . .
- Flood Preparedness, A Necessity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 19, 2007)
It has been a grim monsoon, with floods ravaging vast areas of the country and leaving behind crops destroyed and lives shattered. In June, the very first month of the monsoon, torrential downpour hit Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra.
- Bjp Relishes Upa's 'Civil War' (Pioneer, KUMAR UTTAM, Sep 19, 2007)
Gloating over the ongoing 'war of words' between senior UPA leaders in the aftermath of the Culture Ministry's controversial affidavit denying the existence of Lord Ram, the BJP on Tuesday said it was a "war-like situation" on a . . . . .
- Bibis Now To Explore Pakistan (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 19, 2007)
It is not just Pervez Musharraf who is allegedly doing a Lalu by projecting his wife Sehba for the top political job in Pakistan.
- Mha Sounds Alert Along Indo-Nepal Border (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
Security forces and police along the Indo-Nepal border have been put on high alert after Tuesday’s political developments in Nepal. The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the Central paramilitary force guarding the 1,751-km border, has been alerted to the . . . .
- Haryana Hurricane (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Sep 19, 2007)
The regional distribution of investment in states offers some surprises and reinforces some stereotypes. Haryana and Orissa are witnessing big gains in investment, while Rajasthan, UP and Bihar remain BIMARU.
- Vigilantes And Rough Justice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 18, 2007)
The brutal lynching of 10 suspected thieves by a mob of villagers in Bihar’s Vaishali district is easily the most atrocious incident of vigilantism in recent times.
- Different Strokes Of Responsibility (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 18, 2007)
Why is it that we have not been able to enforce the principle of ministerial responsibility?
- Muslims Taken For A Ride (Pioneer, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 18, 2007)
The Allahabad High Court's ruling that declared the appointment of Urdu teachers (BTC) by the previous Samajwadi Party Government in Uttar Pradesh "illegal" shows the kind of governance provided by the previous regime in the State.
- The Tug Of Roots (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
Railway ministers are famed for playing favourites when it comes to starting new trains, opening new divisions and so on.
- Nuclear Cant & Bullets (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 18, 2007)
As in flood-affected Bihar, bullets have answered cries for food in Bengal in a district that is as much a basket case in terms of poverty as a bastion of the ruling party.
- A Bridge Too Far (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Sep 18, 2007)
A week is a long time in politics. Nowhere is this as true as in India today. Till a few days ago, the rift between the Congress and the Left over the character and nature of the ties between India and the United States of America was at centre stage.
- Cong Sliding But Upa Retains Goodwill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
Earlier this month, The Indian Express reported that far from the heated debate in New Delhi over the possibility and outcome of a mid-term poll, most of the country was unaware of the nuclear deal and certainly didn’t want to face an election over it.
- Lynching And After (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 18, 2007)
EVEN as the nation was recovering from the shocking lynching of 10 thieves, by an irate mob at Hajipur in Bihar, reports of their improper cremation by the district administration comes like a bolt from the blue.
- Pak Protests Tourists’ Trek To Siachen (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
Pakistan on Monday summoned a senior diplomat of the Indian High Commission to the foreign office and lodged a protest against Indian plans to open the disputed Siachen Glacier to tourists.
- More Popular Than The Badshah (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Sep 18, 2007)
If you want to know how deeply the Ramayana is etched in Indians’ collective consciousness, read this from Glimpses of World History, the magnum opus that Jawaharlal Nehru authored from his Dehradun prison in 1933.
- Snub For Cm (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Sep 18, 2007)
I REACHED the Raj Bhavan at Thiruvananthapuram on the dot. Governor Ramdulari Sinha came out of her room to receive me.
- Lord Ram As Harry Potter (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Sep 18, 2007)
ASI needs stones to read history and historians need bones to understand it. Neither are there any stones left by Lord Ram, nor do his bones exist. Ironically, certain sections of the UPA were more than willing to buy this 'secular logic'
- 'Thief Gang' Found In India River (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
The bodies of 10 men, who were lynched by villagers in Bihar who suspected them of being thieves, had been handed over to local police for cremation.
- Minister Admits To Rural Job Mistakes (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
Union rural development minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh today admitted that allegations of irregularities in the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme have been received almost from all states.
- Just Violence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 17, 2007)
It takes only a moment for everyday spaces in Indian cities, towns and villages, full of ordinary people, to turn into sites of collective violence. And the violence is usually of extraordinary proportions.
- Delhi Poll Pledge To Nepal (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Sep 17, 2007)
Foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon today reaffirmed India’s support to Nepal’s peace process and its constituent assembly elections.
- From Party Politics To People Politics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 17, 2007)
How to restore the country back to its sovereign masters, “We, the people”, away from the clutches of the political class, is the most pressing question facing the polity today.
- Upa’S Fatal Flaws (Asian Age, Suhel Seth, Sep 17, 2007)
In management a fatal flaw is defined as one that is acted upon after the first one has been committed. In simple terms, you could also call it the Sehwag treatment, which means you can keep messing up and eventually they will act.
- Mob Fury (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Sep 17, 2007)
Once again in a ghastly incident of mob brutality, ten thieves were bludgeoned to death in Bihar last week.
- For Mob Victims, No Dignity Even After Death (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
In a shocking incident, seven half-burnt bodies of suspected thieves who were bludgeoned to death by an irate mob in Rajapakar village in Vaishali district five days ago, were found floating in the Gandak river on Sunday.
- The Magic Of The Mix (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Sep 17, 2007)
It is clear from the words of Prakash Karat, A.B. Bardhan and their colleagues who run the coalition of Left parties that they are expecting an early election.
- Rjd Meeting Reflects Lalu’S Discomfort (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Sep 17, 2007)
The outcome of the national executive meeting of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) held in Delhi yesterday perhaps can be viewed as a pointer to the growing discomfort of its supremo Lalu Prasad in view of the apparent acceptance and related . . . . .
- Eternal Vigilance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 17, 2007)
Union Minister of State for Railways R Velu told Parliament recently that the railway security systems were being streamlined in sensitive railway stations across the country.
- Mobbed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 17, 2007)
The images out of Bihar of late are not pretty, and the tale they tell, even less so. Nitish Kumar’s Bihar seems to be the grip of a surge of barbarism, with mobs dispensing rough justice at will to petty thieves and offenders.
- Soni Hurt By Jairam's Remark, Says Khurshid (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
The blame game is on in the Government over the controversial Ram Setu affidavit denying the existence of Lord Ram.
- Pakistan Rlys On Same Track As Lalu (Indian Express, Raghvendra Rao, Sep 17, 2007)
The winds of change sweeping the Indian Railways over the past few months have had a resonance on the other side of the border as well. In a remarkable coincidence Pakistan Railways seems to have chosen to tread similar lines as its Indian . . . .
- No Cause For Pot-Belly (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 17, 2007)
Since time immemorial, potato has been considered a 'vegetable' whose excess consumption could lead to obesity. The myth has finaly been exploded. A new study by Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, clears the air over the popular . . . .
- Do We Know Who Are Our Foes? (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Sep 14, 2007)
Books about strategic studies published in India are often boring. One reason is that most of them turn out to be an apology for Jawaharlal Nehru's foreign policy:
- Ram Integral To India: Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Coming under tremendous pressure from Opposition BJP and other Sangh Parivar outfits and even some of its allies for filing a controversial affidavit in the Supreme Court in the Sethusamudram case questioning the existence of Lord Rama . . . .
- Sign N-Deal And Be Responsible For Snap Poll, Left Tells Upa (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 14, 2007)
In the backdrop of growing differences between the UPA Government and the Left parties, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday gave a clear signal that a mid-term poll was in the offing and warned the Government allies to face . . . . . .
- 10 'Thieves' Lynched By Mob (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, Sep 14, 2007)
Call it what you may but kangaroo courts dispensing mob justice has been a growing trend in Bihar in recent years. Apparently frustrated by rising incidents of petty crimes, people in the State are taking the law into their hands inflicting instant . . .
- 10 Lynched In Bihar (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Sep 14, 2007)
In an act of unparalleled brutality, 10 suspected thieves were lynched at Delhpurwa village in Vaishali district of Bihar on Thursday. One person sustained serious injuries.
- Where Lynching Is The Order Of The Day (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Vigilante justice appears to have become the order of the day in the lawless northern Indian state of Bihar.
- Access To Farming Knowledge (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Sep 14, 2007)
IT is increasingly recognised that one factor in the persistent agrarian crisis is the proliferation of cultivation techniques that are based on inadequate and faulty knowledge being provided to farmers.
- Ten Men Beaten To Death In India (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Ten people have been beaten to death by a group of villagers in the northern Indian state of Bihar, officials say.
- Street Justice (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 14, 2007)
There have been several instances of mobs taking the law into their hands in recent months, signalling a worrying decline in public confidence in the country’s justice system.
- After Setu Gaffe, Cong Mulls Damage Control (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Even though he sees himself as a "muscular secularist", RJD boss and railway minister Lalu Prasad can recognise a political minefield when he sees one. Refusing to set off more implosions over the Ram Setu, the shrewd leader . . . . .
- Bridge With People (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 14, 2007)
VEHICULAR traffic in some parts of the country was disrupted on Wednesday when the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other affiliates of the Sangh Parivar protested against the Sethusamudram project on the southern coast.
- Man With A Mission (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 14, 2007)
Prakash Karat will go down in modern history as a footnote for having compelled this mid-term poll that seems to be slated for December 2007. Things could change marginally.
- Polity Under Strain (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Sep 14, 2007)
A mature electorate and an independent Election Commission are two big assets of Indian democracy.
- Karat Writes To Pm On Delay In Forest Bill Notification (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
CPI (M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Wednesday sought the “urgent” intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in notifying the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2006.
- Ban Is No Campus Cure (Indian Express, Harsh Sethi , Sep 13, 2007)
Just who is interested in elections to students unions in colleges and universities? Clearly the candidates and their backers, financial and political, take this business seriously. Why else, after all, would they spend lakhs — some reports hint at . . .
- Reliance Gas Price Formula Okayed With Small Tweak (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 13, 2007)
The government on Wednesday approved the gas pricing formula of Reliance Industries' Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin gas, with a minor modification regarding exchange-rate fluctuations
- Paswan Tries To Allay Left Fears (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
LJP leader and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday sought to allay the Left’s apprehensions about the Indo-US nuclear deal and said the country’s interest would be safeguarded at all costs.
- Ten Suspected Thieves Lynched In Bihar (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2007)
In yet another instance of people taking law into its hands, ten people were bludgeoned to death on suspicion of being thieves at a village in Bihar's Vaishali district early on Thursday.
- Water Woes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 13, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the government cannot subsidise the commercial use of water and suggested incentives and penalties for water conservation.
- Broken Window (Pioneer, Jagmohan , Sep 12, 2007)
Hyderabad bombings, violence in Agra and Haryana, and the Maoist onslaught reinforce the apprehension that the country is moving towards anarchy
- Cleansing Campuses (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 12, 2007)
The Supreme Court's recent observation that our colleges and universities need genuine students who are eager to pursue knowledge and not 'student leaders' whose sole occupation is "goondagiri" and "dadagiri" is a view that is shared by millions . . . .
- Neeraj Shekhar Joins Samajwadi Party, To Contest From Ballia (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 12, 2007)
Abandoning his father's political heritage, Neeraj Shekhar, the youngest son of late Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, has decided to seek his fortune under the patronage of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.
- Left Parties See Upa-Bjp Nexus (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The first meeting of the joint panel barely lasted an hour and it was seemingly a quiet affair but it was the turn of CPI parliamentary party leader Gurudas Dasgupta to cast a shadow over the utility of the panels exercise.
- Deal That Divides The Nation (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Sep 12, 2007)
The Congress-led UPA Government is not only facing a serious challenge to its foreign policy, but its survival will also depend on its capacity to resolve sharp political divisions which have emerged on its approach to international relations.
- Sparring Partners Buy Time For Polls (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The UPA and the Left today met to sip juice, nibble on snacks and agree that they must keep talking in what appears to be a strategy to buy time before plunging the country into an early election.
- Upa-Left Comittee To Discuss Implications (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The UPA-Left Committee on the Indo-US nuclear deal on Tuesday decided to discuss the implications of the Hyde Act on the 123 agreement and on self-reliance in India's nuclear sector.
- Upa-Left Panel To Hold Talks On Implications Of Hyde Act (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 12, 2007)
Timeframe for committee to come out with its conclusions not discussed
- Sena, Bjp Inch Closer To Better Poll Chances (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 12, 2007)
Two months after they drifted apart over the presidential polls, the BJP and Shiv Sena buried their differences on Tuesday at a meeting between Leader of the Opposition L K Advani and Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray.
- Left-Cong Charade Officially Begins (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Sep 12, 2007)
The UPA-Left committee to resolve the impasse over India-US civil nuclear agreement met on Tuesday, but the exercise has become a mere formality with both parties preparing for midterm polls.
- Funds, But No Jobs (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 12, 2007)
Although the Punjab government plans to set up a separate department for the unemployed, how serious it is on the issue can be gauged from the fact that it has failed to use funds made available by the Centre under the National Rural Employment . . . .
- Broadcasting Bill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 12, 2007)
THE arrest of three television reporters accused of threatening three tribal MPs that they would be “exposed” in a sting operation is the latest incident in which television journalism has been shown in a bad light.
- Special Article (Statesman, Jagmohan , Sep 12, 2007)
The events of the past few days bear testimony to the truth of Lord Wavell’s observations: “India can be governed firmly or not at all”.
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