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- Meanwhile, A Breakthrough: Left ‘Agrees’ 123 Over-Rides Hyde Act (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Amid uncertainty on the fate of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, Union Minister Kapil Sibal disclosed today that the Left had accepted the government’s argument that in case of a conflict, 123 agreement would have primacy over the Hyde Act.
- Left Wants Congress Surrender In Writing (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 13, 2007)
The Left parties on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's retreat on nuke deal, but decided to wait for October 22 meeting of the Left-UPA panel before reaching any definite conclusion.
- Pm Gets Left’S Cautious Thumbs Up (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Left parties’ were guarded but positive in their reactions to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's statements at the HT Leadership Summit on Friday.
- Political Crisis Defused (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 13, 2007)
Positive statements made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in interactions at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit against early elections and in favour of reconciling divergent standpoints in a coalition arrangement . . .
- Singh Stings, Sonia Rubs In Salve (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Oct 13, 2007)
A gleam in his eye, Manmohan Singh today robustly defended the nuclear deal, scorned the Left for living in the past and dismissed a journalist’s question on his resignation as absurd.
- Firm Stride Towards Prosperous Society (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Seventh Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held here from October 9 to 12.It was decided that the 17th CPC National Congress be convened from October 15 in Beijing, according to a communique . . . .
- “Prioritise Issues Which Affect Common Man” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Left parties on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s remarks on the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal at the HT Leadership Summit here.
- India Pm Hopes To Complete Term (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Indian PM Manmohan Singh says he hopes to complete his full five-year term and avoid early elections.
- Indian Pm Hopes To Complete Full Term, Avoid Elections (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hopes to complete his full five-year term and avoid early elections, suggesting on Friday this was a higher priority than forcing through a controversial nuclear deal with the United States.
- Pioneering Feminist Doriss Lessing In Nobel Win (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
British writer Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday, citing her scepticism, fire and visionary power in dozens of works, notably her classic 'The Golden Notebook.'
- Stand By The Leader (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 12, 2007)
When the Congress shows its inherent weakness and intellectual confusion by backtracking on the first confident assertion made by its president in recent months, it leaves one amazed.
- Pawar, Lalu Say No Snap Poll (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The UPA's allies are now standing up to be counted. On Thursday, the RJD and the NCP spiked speculation of snap polls to the Lok Sabha over the Congress-Left stand-off on the India-US civil nuclear deal.
- The Distant Thunder (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Oct 12, 2007)
In Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder) Satyajit Ray brought alive, with great sensitivity, the misery inflicted by the Bengal famine of 1943.
- Unholy Commerce (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Oct 12, 2007)
The very thought of marketing prasad through a State consumer federation is sacrilegious
- Special Article (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Where do good communists go when they fall ill ? To private nursing homes.
- Nepal Debates Monarchy Fate (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Nepal’s parliament began a debate today on abolishing the country's centuries-old monarchy to meet the demands of the country's former rebels.
- In Praise Of The Other (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 12, 2007)
Critics might claim otherwise, but both the Left and Right surely seem to have fully mastered the praxis of democracy. It is doubtless due to its moral virtues that the Left is able to lecture its considerably larger allies on weighty issues like coalitio
- Ayn And India (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 12, 2007)
Over the coming week, a libertarian think tank in India will commemorate the 50th anniversary of author-philosopher Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
- Govt Hopes To Complete Full Term: Pm (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hopes to complete his full five-year term and avoid early elections, he said on Friday.
- Lone Gainer? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2007)
A colleague recently met a Congress heavy weight and without asking got a low down on the current political situation. From the Congress perspective, that party is said to be the only one to gain from the current political uncertainty and possible . . . .
- Question Of Contempt (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Oct 12, 2007)
The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, defines civil contempt as wilful disobedience of any judgment, decree, direction, order or other process of a court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to a court.
- Protests And Politics (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Oct 12, 2007)
The protest action by the DPA for the implementation of the Sethusamudram project invites strong remarks from the Supreme Court.
- The Fate Of Special Component Plan (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Oct 12, 2007)
The failure of governments at the Centre and in the States to genuinely implement the Special Component Plan has cost Dalits dear.
- Eben Moglen On Free Software (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
EBEN MOGLEN is Professor of Law and Legal History at the Columbia University Law School, founder director of the Software Freedom Law Centre, and general counsel for the Free Software Foundation, Boston.
- Why Different Yardsticks For Different States, Cpi(m) Asks Ec (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Communist Party of India(Marxist) on Thursday sought a clarification from the Election Commission on the two-phase Assembly elections in Gujarat on December 11 and 16, claiming that the Commission was “applying different . . . .. .
- Crucial Session Of Nepal House Opens (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The crucial special session of the interim Parliament began on Thursday afternoon as demanded by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists).
- Liberals At War In India (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 12, 2007)
THE political scene in India is hotting up. The general election is still one-and-a-half years away.
- Nuke Deal Will Affect Country’S Economy: Cpi (M) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
“The Indo-U.S. nuclear deal will be a binding agreement on the country for forty years. And the agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be binding forever.
- Cpi: What Is The Logic? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (CPI) said on Thursday that the Election Commission’s decision to have a two-phase Assembly poll in Gujarat has led to criticism.
- Marxists’ Power Magnified In India’S Coalition Math (Daily Times, Somini Sengupta , Oct 12, 2007)
Though the Communists do not have the strength to rule India, they have the power to spoil the plans of those who do
- Elbaradei Meets Indian Pm Amid Nuclear Impasse (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The UN nuclear watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei met India’s prime minister on Thursday in a long-scheduled trip as time started to run out for the government to press forward with a nuclear deal with the United States.
- Kinetic Theatre (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
THIS is a slim but rich collection of interviews and essays on the drama group of the Students Federation of India.
- Hostage To Bandh (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Oct 11, 2007)
The Supreme Court has rightly taken the Karunanidhi government to task for organising a bandh in Tamil Nadu on October 1 despite its strong warning against holding it.
- Karnataka Election: Bjp Wants It Fast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
The BJP today ruled out any patch up with its erstwhile coalition partner in Karnataka, JD(S) and urged the Centre to hold assembly elections at the earliest in the state.
- Don't Sit And Watch (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 11, 2007)
The recent protests in Myanmar by monks against the excesses of the military junta have brought widespread international attention. India, a former champion of demo-cracy in Myanmar, has been conspicuously silent on the developments there.
- Maoist Muddle (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
NEPALESE politics is currently going through one of its frequent convulsions, with the popular mood swaying from complete pessimism to cautious optimism.
- India’S Communists Renew Threats Over Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
In the new capitalist India, old-line communists are playing the spoiler, threatening to bring down the government over a nuclear energy deal with the US.
- India’S Communists Confident Of Blocking Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
India’s Communists are confident of blocking a controversial Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, a party official said Wednesday, suggesting that the dominant Congress Party did not want to face early polls.
- 18.6 K, And Counting (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 11, 2007)
Political uncertainty doesn’t seem to be bothering the market any more.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 11, 2007)
Governance has gone haywire, and the loss of face is irretrievable. A food crisis, such as the one that has gripped a vast swathe of south Bengal, would have shaken any responsible government to its foundations.
- In India's Coalition Math, Marxists' Power Is Magnified (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
To a stranger, Prakash Karat and the organization he leads, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), would seem like anachronisms in the roaring capitalist economy that is India today.
- Delhi To Decide Nuclear Deal Timing: Us (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
The US says it supports India in its efforts to complete the remaining steps to conclude their civil nuclear deal, but will leave the timing to New Delhi.
- India Nuclear Talks Are Deferred (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
India's government and its communist allies have agreed to hold more talks on a nuclear deal which is threatening the future of the coalition.
- India's Small Retailers Protest (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Thousands of small shopkeepers and street hawkers have protested in the Indian city of Mumbai over the proposed entry of foreign retail chains.
- The Same Old Spark (Hindu, ANUJ KUMAR, Oct 11, 2007)
In conversation Kuldip Nayar on the relevance of Bhagat Singh
- Importance Of Politics (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 11, 2007)
The Indian economy," a voice boomed in the departure lounge of Goa airport, "can now move ahead on its own. It will continue to grow irrespective of what politicians do.
- Making A Wrong Move (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Oct 11, 2007)
That the Maoists in Nepal had never been comfortable in the interim government became clear once again when they walked out of it and threatened to start an agitation if their demand was not met.
- Sixteen Rebel Suspects Arrested (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Sixteen suspected Naxalites, including their three sympathisers, were caught at Patamda, Ghurabandha and Rampur village between late last night and today.
- No Formal Talks With Iaea Chief On N-Safeguards (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Treading cautiously on the contentious negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the wake of continuing UPA-Left stand-off over the issue, the government is unlikely to hold "formal" talks with visiting IAEA Director . . .
- China Party Plenum To Discuss Amendments To Cpc Charter (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The Seventh Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened in Beijing on Tuesday morning.
- Jihad Council Truce Fails To Move Delhi (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 10, 2007)
Indian forces in Jammu and Kashmir are unlikely to suspend operations against terror groups despite the dramatic announcement of a three-day unilateral ceasefire by Pakistan-based terror groups, Union Home Ministry officials have said.
- Nuclear Deal, Not Polls, Our Agenda: Left (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Government asked to wait for recommendations of UPA-Left committee, says Yechury
Government presents two notes at Tuesday’s meeting
Next meeting of UPA-Left committee on October 22
- The Mysterious Burmese Junta (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
These are supposed to be humbling times for foreign policy analysts – chaos in Iraq having made it harder to cast the United States as omnipotent, omniscient and self-actualising.
- Us Mulled Poisons For Assassinations (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
In one of the longest-held secrets of the Cold War, the US army explored the potential for using radioactive poisons to assassinate "important individuals" such as military or civilian leaders, according to newly declassified documents obtained.
- Sensex Hits 18k (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
A day after the bears went on the rampage, the bulls struck back with a vengeance taking the Sensex up 789 points to cross 18,000 mark and close at 18,280 levels.
- India Govt, Communists Step Back From Brink (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The India government and its communist allies stepped back from the brink on Tuesday, agreeing to meet again this month to resolve a row over a nuclear deal with the United States that threatens to spark a snap election.
- Reliance: Stepping On The Gas (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Oct 10, 2007)
The government’s approval of Reliance’s pricing formula for gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin triggers a major controversy.
- Indian Govt And Communists Step Back In Nuclear Row (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 10, 2007)
The ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies, specially Bihar strong man Lalu Prasad and Maharastra ally Sharad Pawar, on Tuesday intervened and averted a near-certain head-on collision between the Congress and the Communists on the nuclear . . . .
- Sensex Whizzes Past 18,000; Posts Highest Intra-Day Gain (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
If political concerns rattled the market on Monday, the prospect of a compromise lifted its spirit in a dramatic fashion on Tuesday.
- India's Guarded Optimism (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 10, 2007)
The Indian government initially made itself conspicuous in the international community by maintaining a discreet silence as monks took to the streets in Myanmar.
- The Face Of Rebellion Everywhere (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 10, 2007)
In a small Bolivian town called Vallegrande, somewhat to the discomfiture of the resident priest, local Catholics commonly offer prayers not only to the Lord but also to a certain Saint Ernesto.
- Upa Not Nuked Yet, Crisis Put Off But Far From Over (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The crisis facing the government following the rift with the Left over the Indo-US nuke deal eased for the time-being in an apparent ceasefire after the two sides today agreed to hold more talks to break the impasse on October 22.
- America's Shocking Secret (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 10, 2007)
During the Cold War, the US Army thought of using radioactive poisons to assassinate 'important individuals'. Approved at the highest levels, it pursued a 'new concept of warfare' using radioactive materials from atomic bomb-making.
- Chinese Intrusions In Bhutan Worry Indian Govt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
India is deeply concerned at reports of Chinese intrusions into non-delineated parts of Bhutan's northern border with Tibet and is speaking to the governments both in Beijing and Thimpu to clarify the matter, top government sources said.
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 10, 2007)
Addressing a public rally on Sunday Mrs Sonia Gandhi described opponents of the Indo-US nuclear deal as enemies of India’s development.
- Kerala's Shame (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 10, 2007)
Sunday's mob attack on a 40-year-old hapless pregnant woman and her two children in Edappal, Kerala, is appalling.
- Maoists' Ultimatum To Govt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Two days before a battle on the floor of Parliament, Nepal's Maoist guerrillas on Tuesday warned that the Government would fall if the raging dispute over King Gyanendra and the election was not resolved.
- Left Hopes Government Will Not Proceed With Talks On Nuclear Deal (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 10, 2007)
The Left parties on Tuesday made it clear to the government that they stood firm in their objection to operationalising the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal.
- Cong Blinks Under Allies' Pressure (Hindustan Times, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 10, 2007)
UPA allies, barring the Left, like the NCP, RJD and the DMK are not keen on facing a mid-term poll due to which the Congress has come under immense pressure to buy peace with the Left on their stand-off over the India-US civil nuclear deal.
- To The People (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The United Progressive Alliance government is living on borrowed time. The Congress should acknowledge this and stop prolonging this artificial afterlife.
- Oppression In Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 10, 2007)
THE stately building of the Supreme Court stands on the Constitution Avenue in Islamabad.
- Politics Of Opportunism (Hindustan Times, CP Bhambhri, Oct 10, 2007)
The ongoing political drama in Karnataka leading to the dissolution of the State Assembly has once again brought into focus the need for a second-look into the proclaimed merits of a coalition system of governance in the country.
- Next N-Deadline Is Oct. 22 (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 10, 2007)
The Left has made it clear to the government yet again that it will not allow formal or informal talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency for safeguards to operationalise the civil nuclear energy agreement with the United States.
- Sensex Sets New Milestone; Crosses 18,000 Mark (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The stock market barometer Sensex surged by a record 789 points to cross the 18,000-point milestone as investors took heart from the improbability of snap polls and bought heavily in frontline stocks led by Reliance industries.
- Prachanda Threatens To Quit Alliance (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
At a time when the national and international community has been expressing serious concern over the latest decision of the government to postpone the November 22 Constituent Assembly (CA) election, the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist . . . .
- Upa And Left Begin Drifting Polls Apart (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The three-year-old UPA government is staring at early elections with the Left refusing to climb down on the question of commencing safeguards talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- Maoists Seek Referendum, Nepali Congress Says No (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Maoists in Nepal are now singing a new tune with a demand for a referendum to decide the fate of the monarchy they bitterly oppose to end the current political stalemate.
- Cpi(m), Cpi Seek Elections In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The Left parties on Monday favoured the dissolution of the Karnataka Assembly and holding of fresh elections.
- Maoists Call For Referendum (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Realising that their battle on the floor of Parliament on Thursday to oust King Gyanendra is likely to fail, Nepal's Maoist guerrillas are now seeking a new weapon to vanquish the King - a referendum for the nation to choose between . . . . .
- Nandigram Violence Claims Another Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Violence continued to rage for the second day in the Nandigram area of West Bengal’s Purbo Medinipur district.
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