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Articles 3221 through 3320 of 7555:
- Women Cab Drivers To Greet Tourists (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
BJP President L K Advani on Friday strongly criticised the manner in which the Manmohan Singh government is being run and expressed his doubts over how long the United Progressive Alliance could continue in power at the Centre.
- Probe Ram Naik's "Business" Delegation Too (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Dec 10, 2005)
The Volcker Commission of Inquiry was instituted by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to investigate into the irregularities, if any, during the implementation of the UN "Oil-for-Food" programme in Iraq.
- A Case Of Peace Talks Through The Press? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2005)
Pakistan has time and again gone public with new proposals for a resolution of the dispute over Kashmir even as negotiations were going on with India.
- 26 Battalions For Naxal-Hit States (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
In order to tackle terrorist and extremist violence, more battalions are being raised to help states, and the task of increasing the number of men and officers was being addressed by the Centre, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said.
- Reliance Infocomm Gains Rural Ground (Business Standard, Rajesh S Kurup, Dec 09, 2005)
Private telephony major Reliance Infocomm has garnered over one million subscribers from rural and semi-urban parts of the country till November, with West Bengal circle topping the chart with 1.5 lakh subscribers.
- Bhandari Names Vajpayee Aide In Oil Scam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Former Foreign Secretary Romesh Bhandari has alleged the involvement of a person very close to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Iraq’s ‘Oil-for-Food’ scam and accused the then National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of burying . . .
- All Indian Politicians In Trouble Under Microscope – Now Vajpayee And Bjp? (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 09, 2005)
There is a proverb - try to find the thief and you will find all villagers are part of that life style. That is exactly what is happening to Indian politicians.
- Nda Walkout Over Sonia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
NDA members today walked out of the Lok Sabha demanding the resignation of Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson of the National Advisory Council, a post of Cabinet rank, in the wake of the Volcker report naming the Congress as . . .
- Volcker Issue Rocks Parliament Again (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Manmohan's clarifications next week
Rajya Sabha witnesses two adjournments
Matter raised in Lok Sabha
Demand for Sonia's resignation
- Setting The Priority Right (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The change in fortune is of course on account of the stunning outcome of the Bihar poll: it has recreated the opening the BJP had, in its mode of despondency, feared had closed for ever.
- Probe Charge Against Vajpayee Aide: Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The Congress on Thursday demanded that the terms of reference of the Justice R.S. Pathak inquiry authority be expanded to go into the latest accusation that an unnamed close associate of the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihar Vajpayee, . . .
- India Stalls Iran Envoy’S Visit To Kashmir : Shift In Me Policy Seen (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
India has taken an unusually tough stance with Iran by insisting that its ambassador to New Delhi, S.Z. Yaghoubi, who wants to visit Jammu and Kashmir could do so only if he agreed to meet people selected by the pro-India government in Srinagar,
- Cong Seeks To Take Volcker Battle Into Bjp Camp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Congress today sought to take the Volcker battle into the BJP camp by demanding that the Pathak Inqui should also take go into accusations that an unnamed "very close" associate of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was involved in the Iraqi . . .
- Buddha Denounces Strikes, Says Time To Rectify Mistakes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Intelligent people do not participate in strikes and the CPI(M) is trying to rectify mistakes on labour issues made in the past: this was Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s message to the captains of the IT industry and presumably, . . .
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 09, 2005)
Uma throws a tantrum and all’s well with India
- Indian, Chinese Railways: On Parallel Tracks (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 09, 2005)
Though reform measures in China and India are not always comparable, there are many similarities and differences, especially when it comes to monolithic, government-run organisations.
- Audit Routines, Gas Pipes, Chickens And Lawyers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 08, 2005)
"JUST as it is impossible not to taste honey or poison that one may find at the tip of one's tongue, so it is impossible for one dealing with government funds not to taste, at least a little bit, of the King's wealth."
- ``Advani Resignation Not On Mumbai Meet Agenda'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Says it's celebration time, not for resignations or coronation
- Bihar Falling Into Debt Trap: Cag (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Dec 08, 2005)
Liabilities of the State stand at three times its revenue receipts
- Voice In The Wilderness (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Negative signals at Mamata rally
There have been starvation deaths in West Bengal and some districts are particularly hard-hit by poverty and distress, made worse by the fact that the Left Front government has politicised the BPL lists.
- Bihar Is Bankrupt (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The recent elections may have sealed the fate of the RJD, but the financial reality the regime bequeathed for the new dispensation is a scenario of virtual financial collapse.
- Bihar Cops Flog Youth For Eloping With Aunt (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Dec 08, 2005)
It was public display of police brutality in a state where, after the regime change, there are high hopes from law enforcement agencies. Ranjit Kumar was suspended from a tree as the officer-in-charge of Nimchak Bathani police station in Gaya . . .
- Day After Clash, Sena Mouthpiece Targets Students From Bihar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
A day after the Shiv Sena hijacked the J J Hospital issue of Maharashtrian medical students being beaten up by students from Bihar, the party has warned them of dire consequences.
- Manmohan Calls For Strong Health Set-Up (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Dec 08, 2005)
A decentralised need-based mechanism which does not work top downwards and a strengthened public health system is Manmohan Singh’s prescription for India’s ailing immunisation programme.
- Rahul Opens Bihar Window For Bill (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Told of kala-azar scourge, Microsoft chief wants to make a visit
- That Soft, Steady Glow Of Democracy (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Dec 08, 2005)
What could be the link between a constitutional referendum in Kenya, the arrest of a former military dictator in Chile and the electoral defeat of a flawed populist in India’s Bihar state?
- Naxalite Menace: Finding A Way Out (Daily Excelsior, V M Gokuldas, Dec 08, 2005)
The ''Compact Revolutionary Zone'' that provides the north-south link between the Nepalese Maoists and the Andhra Pradesh naxals is stealthily moving eastwards to cover Orissa in a major push that has worried the Union Home Ministry.
- Best Is Yet To Come (Pioneer, BK Verma, Dec 08, 2005)
The Bihar saga is one of the murkiest in the history of independent India. Before its people delivered a knock out punch to a thoroughly venal dispensation on November 22, it appeared as if Bihar had descended in the dark valleys of doom, . . .
- Opening Up The Socialist Space In Indian Politics (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2005)
In the coming post-George Fernandes era, the socialists will have many opportunities in various parts of the country to tap the alienation of the poor from the mainstream economy.
- Natwar Announces Resignation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K Natwar Singh tonight announced his resignation from the Union Cabinet saying he did not want to be an excuse for paralysis of Parliament after the opposition stalled both the Houses insisting on his immediate exit.
- The Great Indian Political Circus (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 07, 2005)
If the Congress party is going through troubled times amid the fallout of the Volcker report, the BJP has had its share of problems with the volatile Uma Bharti. A trying time for the country's two main parties.
- Stitch Up A New Alliance (Telegraph, Soroor Ahmed, Dec 07, 2005)
Post victory, the litmus test for Nitish Kumar, the new chief minister of Bihar, would be to translate a new political alliance of different castes into a lasting social combination ...
- When The Uncle Becomes Role Model (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The Shiv Sena emerged in the late Sixties to fill a political vacuum created by the failure of the communists in Maharashtra.
- "Lalu Will Not Get Justice In Bihar" (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 07, 2005)
Great prejudice has been caused by earlier order, counsel tells Supreme Court
- Opposition In No Mood To Relent (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 07, 2005)
Parliamentary proceedings will be stalled until Natwar's resignation comes through
- Lies & Crime Data (Times of India, SATISH K SHARMA, Dec 07, 2005)
If you thought Bihar is the most crime prone state in India, you are wrong. And if you thought Bangalore is a safer city than Patna, you are wrong again.
- Karpoori Replaces Lalu (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 07, 2005)
Those Class VIII students in Bihar government schools who thought they would have one chapter less to study in their social sciences textbook after the change in government may have been jumping the gun. As expected, the chapter on Lalu Prasad Yadav . . .
- Khushboo: A Larger Question (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Dec 07, 2005)
After Ms. Jayalalithaa, no actress of Tamil cinema has provoked so much political discussion as Khushboo has done. And, strangely, it is the lesser of the two stars, who raises a larger political question, though it has not figured so far in the furore
- Bjp Rules Out Any 'Appeal' By Uma (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
A day after she was thrown out of the party, BJP on Tuesday ruled out any possibility of Uma Bharati "appealing" against disciplinary action with former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee rebutting her charges that the party was "anti-OBC" and that its top . . .
- Bjp Leaves No Room For Bharti Re-Entry (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Firmly shutting its doors on expelled leader Uma Bharti, BJP today ruled out any scope for her to appeal against the disciplinary action even as former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee rebutted her charges that the party was "anti-OBC" and its top bras
- Bill Gates On A Trip To Bihar? (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Dec 07, 2005)
'Bill Gates in Bihar' has been the subject of many spoofs. It may soon be a reality.
- Uma’S Dance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 07, 2005)
The ideological distance the Bharatiya Janata Party has travelled between December 6, 1992 and December 6, 2005 is easily measured in terms of its attitude to Ms Uma Bharti. In 1992, in the period leading up to the destruction of the Babri Masjid and its
- Nda To Disrupt Parliament Until Natwar Quits (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Continuing with its insistence on the immediate resignation of Mr Natwar Singh, the BJP today said the NDA would not relent from its demand of the resignation of Congress President Sonia Gandhi from the chairmanship of the National Advisory Council.
- Ayodhya Redux (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2005)
BJP’s best option: exorcise the ghosts of the past and emerge a modern party of the right
- Goodbye To Ground Zero (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Dec 07, 2005)
Many years ago, a friend and mentor introduced me to an old Chinese proverb: when the finger points to the moon, the idiot points to the finger. Given the punditry that has followed Uma Bharati’s expulsion from the BJP, the wisdom in that one-liner seems
- Vajpayee Shuts Door In Uma’S Face (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Breaking his silence on the Uma Bharati episode, former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today denied her charges that the BJP was ‘‘anti-OBC’’ or that it had been ‘‘hijacked’’ by certain leaders for their own benefit, giving a clear indication . . .
- Why Is Lalu Scared Of His Own ‘Created’ Bihar? (India Daily, Hari Shankar, Dec 07, 2005)
According to media reports, RJD chief Lalu Yadav on Tuesday apprehended before the Supreme Court that he will not get fair trial in the fodder scam cases in Bihar and Jharkhand and said he would apply for shifting the cases outside the two states.
- India Invited To Join Mega N-Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
In a landmark development, the US and other partners in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project have decided to invite India as a full partner in the ambitious multi-billion energy venture.
- Cong Mishandled Situation: Jagat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Embroiled in a controversy over his role in the Iraqi Oil-for-Food scam, Union Minister Natwar Singh's son Jagat Singh on Tuesday said the Enforcement Directorate has not summoned him for questioning and blamed the Congress for "mishandling" . . .
- Bjp Leaves No Room For Bharati Re-Entry (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Firmly shutting its doors on expelled leader Uma Bharati, the BJP on Tuesday ruled out any scope for her to appeal against the disciplinary action even as former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee rebutted her charges that the party was 'anti-OBC' . . .
- Bjp Expels Uma Bharti (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Cracking the whip, BJP today expelled one of its mass leaders Uma Bharti for "anti-party activities" after she made a scathing attack on the top brass in her response to a show cause notice to her.
- Bjp Boots Out 'Anti-Party' Uma (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Uma Bharti’s stint with the BJP came to an abrupt end today with the party expelling her indefinitely for “indiscipline and anti-party activities”.
- Oppn Aims For Sonia’S Jugular (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Both the Houses of Parliament were disrupted again on Monday over the Opposition demand for the resignation of Union Minister Natwar Singh and National Advisory Council Chairperson Sonia Gandhi over the Iraqi oil-for-food scam.
- Implement `Bihar Model' In Polls: Trinamool (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Takes out rally in Kolkata with allies, including BJP
- Uma Bharti Expelled For "Indiscipline" (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 06, 2005)
Her recent utterances and behaviour were taken into account, says Arun Jaitley
"Parliamentary Board considered her response to notice"
Nine MLAs have regretted their behaviour
- Ear To The Ground (The Week, Kanhaiah Bhelari, Dec 06, 2005)
Even Lalu Prasad Yadav knew it was coming. "Baba, if Ram Vilas Paswan contests separately, we are sure to lose," I heard him tell his close friend Shivanand Tiwary, excise minister in the Rabri Devi regime. The shrewd politician had seen . . .
- Sanyasin Or Out? (The Week, Deepak Tiwari, Dec 06, 2005)
Emerging from the BJP office in Bhopal on November 27 to start her Ram-Roti march, Uma Bharti was at her symbolic best when she stood on top of an Ambassador car with her foot on its red beacon (symbol of power) to address the people.
- Uma Bharati Expelled From Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
On the eve of 13th anniversary of the demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya, one of the most vocal and prominent Hindutva leaders of the BJP, Ms Uma Bharati, was today expelled from the primary membership of the party for indiscipline and anti-p
- Congress, Bjp In A Bind (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 06, 2005)
In one of his more perceptive comments, Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani had declared some time ago that he would be concerned if the Congress party were to disintegrate. In a similar vein, he had urged voters in the lead-up to an . . .
- Polio Eradication (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2005)
THE reported case of a three-year-old boy in Mansa district contracting polio in spite of being administered the polio vaccine regularly points to the “endgame” challenges facing the WHO-led Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
- Bjp Expels Uma Bharti; No Time Frame For Return (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
Cracking the whip, BJP today expelled one of its mass leaders Uma Bharti for "anti-party activities" after she made a scathing attack on the top brass in her response to a show cause notice to her.
- Uma’S Life, No Longer A Party (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 06, 2005)
In her reply to the showcause notice served to her, Uma Bharati stated that the “BJP experiment” had failed. She must have known what was in store for her when she set those words down. Decode, also, her statements, “I am the real BJP”,
- Our Limpet Obsession (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Dec 06, 2005)
Natwar Singh does not believe that the mention of his name in the Volcker report is sufficient reason for him to go gently into the night. “Why should I resign?” he queries belligerently.
- House Trained (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 06, 2005)
The BJP can make a few smart points now. But it’s busy being shrill and silly
- The Missing State (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 05, 2005)
Uttar Pradesh has been a beneficiary of our obsession with Bihar. As in Bihar, the state has withered away in many parts of UP, especially the eastern districts, without anybody noticing it.
- Up Needs A Makeover (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 05, 2005)
Mulayam Singh Yadav’s bluster of fast tracking industrial and social development in his ‘Uttam Pradesh’ has been silenced — by political killings no less than by Japanese encephalitis. The murder of BJP MLA Krishnand Rai of Ghazipur is merely . . .
- Bihar Docs Practise By Raj Rules (Hindustan Times, Anirban Guha Roy, Dec 05, 2005)
If fancy foreign degrees are what inspire your confidence in doctors, you better be in Bihar. The state’s health system might be on life support but all government doctors are certified as fit for work by no less than officials of the British Raj.
- Bjp, Uma May Part Ways (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 05, 2005)
Replies to notice; may soon announce formation of political outfit
The BJP is mine and the flag belongs to me
- Left Goes Soft On Poll Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
With Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon maintaining his no-nonsense tone, the CPM-led Left Front in Bengal has toned down his anti-Election Commission rhetoric.
- Against A Sea Of Troubles (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Dec 05, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Between The Facts And A Hard Place (Indian Express, SAIBAL DASGUPTA, Dec 05, 2005)
The outcome of the present assembly election in Bihar can be analysed from two angles — one statistical and the other social.
- Rss Chief Writes About ‘Population Imbalance’ (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Dec 05, 2005)
After asking Hindus to procreate to avoid getting reduced to a minority in the face of growing numbers of Muslims and Christians, RSS chief K Sudarshan has struck a note of warning against population imbalance in a letter that will soon reach . . .
- Bjp To Remain Tough In Parliament Over Volcker (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
BJP leaders today decided to adopt an aggressive posture in Parliament insisting on resignation of Natwar Singh from the Union Cabinet and Sonia Gandhi as Chairperson of the National Advisory Council over the Iraqi oil deals.
- Relief Operations On War-Footing In Chennai (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Virtually setting the stage for partying ways with BJP and hinting at a new political address, suspended leader Uma Bharti today alleged the party chief leadership of being incapable of carrying out basic responsibilities and said it was time to create a
- Uma Bharti Says She Won't Apologise (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Asks Advani, Vajpayee to purge the BJP of those who have "hijacked" it
Only `symbolic' representation of women in Parliamentary Board
`Gang' of those without any link with the masses are taking decisions
Reminds BJP leaders of Jan Sangh stalwarts
- Uma Sets Stage For Parting Ways With Bjp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Virtually setting the stage for partying ways with BJP and hinting at a new political address, suspended leader Uma Bharti today alleged the party chief leadership of being incapable of carrying out basic responsibilities and said it was time . . .
- Bihar Model In Bengal (Tribune, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 05, 2005)
Close on the heels of the successful holding of free and fair elections in Bihar, the Election Commission has rightly decided to emulate the Bihar model in the Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry due early next yea
- Is India Inimical To Hindu Nepal? (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 05, 2005)
To an average Indian it is a matter of shame that the UPA's coalition exigencies are subserving national interest, says Prafull Goradia
- Nepal’S Endless Predicament (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 05, 2005)
As one writes this piece, the three-month old unilateral ceasefire announced by the ‘Maoist’ guerrillas of Nepal on September 3, 2005, expires.
- Uma Says Bjp Leadership 'Incapable' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Virtually setting the stage for partying ways with BJP and hinting at a new political address, suspended leader Uma Bharti on Sunday alleged the party chief leadership of being incapable of carrying out basic responsibilities and said it was time . . .
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