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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Be Practical On Burma (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 22, 2007)
In stormy street protests in 1988 all across Burma that brought down the one-party Socialist regime of Gen Ne Win, over 3,000 people perished when the Army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Us Acknowledges India’S Firm Stand On (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 22, 2007)
Faced with the prospect of losing the support of its Communist Party allies over a civilian nuclear deal it struck with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government has received a pat on the back from Washington for its “firm” stand.
- Chinese Vice-Prez, Top Politicians Quit (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Three of China's most powerful politicians, including Vice-President Zeng Qinghong, have stood down, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
- N-Deal Panel Report After Diwali, Says Yechury (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The UPA-Left committee on India-US nuclear deal will meet on Monday in the wake of climbdown by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on operationalising the deal and the Left asking the Government to come out with a written statement to put . . . . .
- Inflation: Lessons From China (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Oct 22, 2007)
Some sections of the US media have been concerned about inflation in China.
- No Place For Vp In New Cpc Line-Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Chinese vice-president Mr Zeng Qinghong was eased out from the ruling Communist Party’s powerful Central Committee today, bolstering President and party boss Mr Hu Jintao’s control over the party on the eve of crucial election to select . . . .
- Man Of The Masses (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Professor MN Vijayan, prominent leftist thinker in Kerala, was a successful teacher, self-taught psychologist, gifted writer and talented orator.
- Status Unclear (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The joint committee of the UPA and the Left is expected to meet today on the civilian nuclear energy agreement. CPI leader A.B. Bardhan has said that he expects the government to make it clear whether it has dropped the deal . . . . .
- China Wary Of 'Inner-Party Democracy' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Within two days of Communist party general secretary and Chinese president Hu Jintao promising to infuse competition as a means to promote inner-party democracy, there are signs that the party may be having second thoughts on the matter.
- Poland, Ahead Of A Snap General Election (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2007)
They speak together on the phone at least 10 times a day. They complete each other’s sentences. Both are silver-haired, rotund and 5ft 5in tall.
- Brinda Karat To Pawar: Share Information (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat has urged Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to share with the West Bengal government and agencies concerned the information he has about foodgrains meant for the Targeted . . . .
- Four Naxals Killed In Encounter In Andhra Pradesh (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Four Naxalites were killed in an encounter with police in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday, police said.
- N-Deal Apart, Left Has Some Other Peeves (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
While showing no signs of budging from its opposition to the nuclear deal, the Left is expanding its areas of discord with the government. On Thursday, it demanded that the logistics support agreement with the US should not be signed and also . . . .
- Child Care Issue, Not On Politicians' Agenda (Deccan Herald, Gail Collins, Oct 19, 2007)
One needs certification to be a butcher, a barber or a manicurist, but it requires no training to take care of children.
- Still Not Open Enough (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The ongoing 17th Communist Party Congress in Beijing is all over the news space.
- Cpi Demands Notification Of Forest Act (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 18, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded that the Government notify Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act immediately.
- The New L - Word Is Neocon (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Oct 18, 2007)
Everyone from President Bush to Ann Coulter was using it to denote wimplike, Volvo-driving softies too spineless for dangerous times and too given to speaking French.
- Monks Confront Military Regime (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2007)
In stormy street protests in 1988 all cross Burma that brought down the one-party socialist regime of Gen Ne Win, over three thousand people perished when the army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Europe Would Lose If Turkey Is Rejected (Hindu, Chris Patten, Oct 18, 2007)
For the third year in a row, Turkey’s annual hurdles on the winding path of convergence with the European Union — a progress report early next month and the European Council in December — are likely to be bruising.
- Upa Must Clarify On Deal: Cpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan on Wednesday said that till the UPA government clarified the status of the India-U.S. nuclear deal it would continue to remain an issue.
- More At Stake Than Monks And Military In Myanmar (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2007)
In the stormy street protests in 1988 across Burma that brought down the one party Socialist regime of Gen. Ne Win, over 3,000 people perished when the army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Praful Patel Achieves The Impossible In Face Of Odds (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Taking economic reforms forward is not easy in a coalition government; so, experience in negotiating with trade unions definitely helps. As does prudence gained by running a Rs 1,000-crore business.
- Clean It Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The chief minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, could not have given the people of the state a better gift at the beginning of the festive season.
- Pds Foodgrains Problem Due To Cut In Apl Allocations: Brinda Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday said that the problem of shortages of foodgrains in the Public Distribution System (PDS) in parts of West Bengal had occurred because of the cut in the allocations for the . . . .
- Be Practical On Burma (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2007)
In stormy street protests in 1988 all across Burma that brought down the one-party Socialist regime of Gen Ne Win, over 3,000 people perished when the Army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Nepal Maoists Urged To Focus On Polls (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Leaders of Nepal’s ruling alliance have urged the Maoists to focus on early holding of the Constituent Assembly elections so as to pave the way for a democratic transition instead of wrangling on “small issues”.
- Aarti Dhar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said the State was heading for achieving ‘zero tolerance’ in human rights violations as there had been cases of custodial disappearances this year so far.
- Making Sense Of It (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Oct 18, 2007)
For a housewife or for that matter the average consumer, what matters most is the monthly bill.
- Upbeat Left To Focus On Peoples Issues (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
After scoring a “moral victory” against the UPA government on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Left Parties are now working overtime to focus on people’s issues like price rise, which could be used as poll planks.
- N-Deal With Us Still On, Says Congress Party (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
India’s ruling Congress party said on Wednesday that a controversial nuclear deal with the United States was still on, despite stiff opposition within the coalition government.
- India-Us Nuclear Deal 'At Risk' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Indian PM Manmohan Singh has told US President George W Bush he is having difficulty implementing a controversial nuclear deal with the United States.
- Pds Foodgrains Not Diverted: West Bengal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The West Bengal government has denied an allegation reportedly made by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar that foodgrains meant for the public distribution system in the State were being diverted to Bangladesh.
- Deal Gone Bad (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 17, 2007)
This issue of People’s Democracy gives the clearest insight into the developments that led to the freezing of the nuclear deal.
- China Protests U.S. Award For Dalai Lama (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Tuesday voiced his government’s strong discontent of, and firm opposition to, the United States’ hospitality to the Dalai Lama, including the granting of a Congressional award and a planned meeting . . . . .
- Nuclear Deal Back To Haunt Govt (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 17, 2007)
The threat to the Government isn't over yet though the UPA may have decided to go slow on the India-US nuclear deal.
- Sleeping On The Job (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Oct 17, 2007)
India is the only country whose establishment officially defines 'national interest' as a 'vague' concept. As a result, the pursuit of a vague foreign policy leads to one fiasco after another. Burma is the latest example
- Cpi To Focus On Price Rise, Pds (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
After voicing its stiff opposition to the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal, the Left on Tuesday took up the issue of price rise and collapse of the Public Distribution System (PDS) that have hit the common people hard over the recent months.
- Cong Should Forget N-Deal: Yechuri (Tribune, Bijay Sankar Bora, Oct 17, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today said it would be better for the Congress to forget the nuclear deal and George Bush for the survival of the UPA government.
- From Russia With Love, Again (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Oct 17, 2007)
The gold-domed marble cathedral of the Christ the Saviour on the banks of the Muscovy reminds you of the Taj Mahal by the Yamuna.
- Anti-Muslim Rant Sparks A Literary Spat (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 17, 2007)
Islamophobia in Britain is for real and the virus is spreading openly.
- Problems Of Equality (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 17, 2007)
Rising inequality has emerged as a subject of debate in various parts of the world.
- Hu Jintao Vows To Reverse Income Disparity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
In a keynote speech to the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Chinese President Hu Jintao said here on Monday that China would deepen reform of the income distribution system to reverse the growing income disparity.
- Nepal Maoists Against Polls (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Oct 16, 2007)
Shorn of his throne and royal powers, King Gyanendra has become a commoner, virtually ending the 239-year old Shah dynasty in Nepal.
- Two Steps Back (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 16, 2007)
The coalition government’s hesitation over India’s nuclear agreement with the United States of America has put off speculation about an imminent general election.
- Hu For Open China (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday promised to unswervingly expand socialist democracy and fight corruption in a comprehensive way.
- India Nuclear Deal Near Collapse (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
A controversial nuclear deal between the United States and India appears close to collapse after the Indian prime minister told President Bush yesterday that "certain difficulties" will prevent India from moving forward on the pact for the . . . .
- Nuclear Deal With India May Be Near Collapse (Washington Post, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 16, 2007)
A controversial nuclear deal between the United States and India appears close to collapse after the Indian prime minister told President Bush yesterday that "certain difficulties" will prevent India from moving forward on the pact for the. . .
- China For Peace Pact With Taiwan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
However, Hu warned the democratic island against formally declaring independence, but did not take the opportunity to threaten force as predecessors have in the past.
- Same & Different (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 16, 2007)
Enough has already happened to make both Authority and agitators think again ...
- Government Is Important, Not Deal: Mk (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
In the first revelation on how the UPA Government was forced to slow down on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi has said he had doubts about the deal and that he took sides with the Left to save the . . . .
- More Democracy By 2020, Vows Hu (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Chinese leader Hu Jintao pledged on Monday to make the Communist government more open and responsive while moderating the juggernaut economy to produce more balanced growth.
- “War Scenario In Iran Would Be A Disaster” (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 15, 2007)
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign MinisterMassimo D’Alemafeels the first response to 9/11 should have been “peace in Jerusalem, not war in Baghdad.”
- More On Balance And Predilections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
My last column, “Preferences and Prejudices” (October 1, 2007), as I expected, produced quite a few responses.
- Same & Different (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Enough has already happened to make both Authority and agitators think again ... Violence leads quicker to death than to food.
- Sonia Got It Right This Time (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Oct 15, 2007)
Well done, Sonia Gandhi. Not words you would expect to read in this column and not words I expected ever to write.
- Cpm, Church In Rites Row (Telegraph, JOHN MARY, Oct 15, 2007)
Relations between the Catholic Church and the CPM have hit a new low in Kerala, with the two locking horns over a bishop’s claim that a Marxist legislator had received the “last rites” before his death last year.
- Hu’S Next Generation Preview (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Chinese President Hu Jintao is set to emerge from the Communist Party congress commanding a new leadership core that reflects both his dominance and his careful calculus for preserving power and unity.
- Chinese Look To Party Meet To Address Concerns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Jiang Guilan, who works at a neighbourhood committee in Changping District of Beijing, arrived early at the Tiananmen Square to enjoy the flower decoration on Sunday.
- Jethmalani Attacks N-Deal U-Turn (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Former Union minister Ram Jethmalani on Sunday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi how she could change her party’s stand on the nuclear agreement with the United States so soon after endorsing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s . . . . . . .
- Puja Wishes For A ‘Liberal’ State (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
On this day next week, the terribly liberal city of Calcutta will still be bathed in the magic of Durga Pujo.
- Cpi Cautiously Greets Cong's 'Change Of Heart' On N-Deal (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 15, 2007)
The CPI central secretariat meeting held on Sunday to discuss the present political scenario in the backdrop of the Congress' relenting on the nuclear deal issue, decided to wait and watch how this sudden change of heart shapes up in the coming days.
- Nepal House Debate On 'Monarchy' Postponed (Pioneer, BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Oct 15, 2007)
The Parliamentary debate in Nepal on whether to abolish the monarchy has been pushed back two days and will resume on Tuesday, an official said.
- Changing Global Realities (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 15, 2007)
SOME sections of our political class have expressed the fear that the Indo-US nuclear deal and enhanced cooperation with the United States will compromise India's sovereignty and result in India becoming a junior partner in the imperial order of the US.
- Deal Not Important, Govt Is... Had Doubts On Deal Even Before Left, So I Fought For Them: Karunanidhi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
In the first revelation on how the UPA government was forced to slow down on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi has said he had doubts about the deal and that he took sides with the Left to save the . . . .
- Please Let Us Study, Kids Tell Naxals (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Oct 15, 2007)
Rallies and demonstrations are nothing new in this crucial Hindi heartland, which witnessed a series of agitations from the JP movement in the 1970s to reservation issue in the recent past, the echoes of which were felt in national politics too.
- Early Poll Will Help Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 15, 2007)
Political assessments given a few weeks ago had indicated that the next general election would take place in December 2007 or February 2008. The fact that the Congress and the CPI(M) are trading charges on the India-US nuclear deal does not . . . .
- Man Of The Masses (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Professor MN Vijayan, prominent leftist thinker in Kerala, was a successful teacher, self-taught psychologist, gifted writer and talented orator.
- N-Deal Sent To Cold Storage (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 13, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi have decided to drop the nuclear deal with the United States and save the government.
- Triumph Of Maximalism (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Oct 13, 2007)
After scheduling the next meeting of the UPA-Left nuclear committee for October 22 -- a full two weeks from the previous one -- and after the diffidence and conciliatory statements offered at the HT Leadership Summit, it is increasingly. . .
- Scepticism, Fire And Visionary Power (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2007)
Doris Lessing, the prolific and path-finding novelist whose writing has for almost six decades captured the inner turmoil and social transformations of a world in flux, has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Manmohan, Sonia Rule Out Early Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday discounted the possibility of early elections.
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 13, 2007)
China’s Party Congress is held every five years.
- Singh Rules Out Snap Poll Over N-Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday he would not force through a controversial Indo-US nuclear deal if it meant his government’s downfall.
- Indian Prime Minister Won't Take On Communists Over Nuclear Deal With U.S. (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, having forcefully staked his legacy on a landmark nuclear agreement with the United States, made it plain on Friday that his government would not confront its Communist allies over their opposition to the. . . .
- Left Applauds Manmohan & Sonia’S Statements On Nuke Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
A jubilant Left on Friday applauded the statements of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chief Sonia Gandhi on the nuclear deal, saying the government was committed to considering the findings of the joint mechanism set up to allay their . . .
- Shiny On The Outside (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Oct 13, 2007)
Among the many puzzles of China, what strikes a visitor from India is, where are all the people in the world’s most populous country?! In India, you throw a stone in any direction and a group will surface from nowhere.
- The Truth-Sayer (Indian Express, Atul Chaturvedi, Oct 13, 2007)
“That’s what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood all your life, but in a new way.”
- Eyes On 2012 As No Leadership Change Likely At China Party Meet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao are set to retain their current jobs after the National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of China, but the world is waiting to see the young leaders who will be groomed as their successors . . . .
- Left Welcomes Manmohan’S Remarks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Left parties welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remarks on the India-U.S. nuclear deal made at the HT Leadership Summit on Friday.
- Constable Killed In Explosion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
A Maharashtra police constable was killed and another was injured when naxalites triggered a landmine explosion in Gadchiroli district on Friday, a senior official said.
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