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Articles 2121 through 2220 of 7145:
- Election Commission Is Biased, Says Nilotpal Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
"No evidence" to suggest that he has held office of profit
Like BJP member, Basu has also retired
EC "less than transparent" in dealing with Trinamool complaint
- Cpi Keen On Poll Pact At Mandal Level (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Party to contest 115 MPTCs, 7 ZPTCs
Says major political parties joined hands to defeat the party in the past
No compromise on its `stronghold' constituencies
Differs with CPI(M) on bauxite mining issue
- Mr & Mrs 2006 (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Jun 04, 2006)
Actors and actresses who are married to each other are remarkably reluctant about performing together even if it is the cliched filmi ending of ‘And they all lived happily together ever after’!
- Three Killed In Naxal Attack In Jharkhand (Pioneer, PTI, Jun 04, 2006)
Naxalites struck for the second time in three days killing three inhabitants of Hadian village in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district in the wee hours of Saturday.
- The Maoist-Turned Democrat (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jun 04, 2006)
Maoists have been calling the shots in Nepal. And now Prachanda, the Maoists’ Supremo is himself leading the peace talks with the Koirala Government.
- On The Wrong Foot (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 04, 2006)
Jyoti Basu’s reaction to the fiasco over acquisition of agricultural land for the Tata Motors factory reveals exactly what has gone wrong.
- Anti-Fascist Manifesto (Hindu, RAVI VYAS, Jun 04, 2006)
The Abruzzo Trilogy: Fontamara, (1930) Bread and Wine (1926) and The Seed Beneath the Snow, (1943), Ignazio Silone, Steerforth Press, Paperback, £18.99. Other Books Consulted: Christ Stopped Eboli, Carlo Levi; Selections from Prison Notebooks, . . .
- Pakistan’S Allies~i (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jun 04, 2006)
From the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar creating the State of Jammu & Kashmir until the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Britain and later the USA becoming increasingly interested in the subcontinent’s Northwest.
- Protecting Rights Of Minorities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 03, 2006)
West Bengal Amendment Bill Will Hit Education
- Get Rid Of The Culture Police (Tribune, Shakuntala Rao, Jun 03, 2006)
In December 1998, a small group of protesters halted the screening of the movie Fire in two Mumbai theatres.
- India To Host Ipi Pipeline Talks To Break Impasse (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
India will host the next round of secretary-level talks on the Iran pipeline on July 3 with no consensus having emerged during the Islamabad trilateral meeting last month on the gas price and project framework.
- Will India Run Aground Or Muddle Through? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jun 03, 2006)
Either way, India’s future seems flawed; eternal optimists should tone down expectations from it.
- Dmk Gets Opposition Status In Pondicherry Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
A M H Nazeem becomes Opposition leader in the House
- Bhatt Masala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 03, 2006)
For someone who first tasted success directing two future MPs - Vinod Khanna to the right and Shabana Azmi to the left - in Lahu ke Do Rang, Mahesh Bhatt has, appropriately, established himself as a deft exponent of the "rent a cause" game.
- 'Ist Airbus Plant Outside Europe To Start Production In China' (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
European aircraft giant Airbus has chosen the northern Chinese city of Tianjin as the site for its first overseas assembly plant to make the popular A-320 plane, a media report said here today.
- Manmohan, Patil Condemn Terrorist Bid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Soft policies of the government encouraging militancy, say BJP leaders Advani and Rajnath Singh
Remain united, Manmohan tells nation
Government will defeat terrorist designs: Patil
- Naxalites Blast Phone Exchange (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Naxalites blasted a telephone exchange at Satyanarayanapuram in Charla mandal in the early hours of Thursday. Some 25 armed persons entered the CDoT exchange installed only four months ago and asked the watchman and other members to leave the . . .
- Congress-Communist Camaraderie (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 02, 2006)
There are moments in history when forked tongues will no do, and when overly nuanced appraisals of events amount only to equivocation.
- Left Wants Parliament To Pass Oop Bill Again (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Left parties, whose ten MPs including Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee face disqualification petitions and strongly favour an amendment on offices of profit issue, on Thursday toughened their stand saying Parliament should pass the . . .
- Opening Doors To Islamists (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jun 02, 2006)
After sealing the fate of Indian academics with 27 per cent reservation, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh is off on a nine-day trip to the Gulf to explore possibilities of cooperation in academics between the two countries.
- Left Tells Ec To Keep Off Oop Issue, Says Parliament Has Right (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
In the wake of President APJ Abdul Kalam returning the Office-of-Profit Bill, the Left on Thursday warned the Election Commission not to "get embroiled in another controversy by proceeding on disqualification notices."
- Nepal Maoists Revile All Things Indian (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jun 02, 2006)
Even after the establishment of an interim government in Nepal with support from Indian soil in various forms, Nepal's Maoists (Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist) are still pursuing their agenda of removing Indian influence from Nepal politics and . . .
- Left Takes A Right Hand Turn (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
Under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, West Bengal's lapse into capitalism is a foregone conclusion,
- Office-Of-Profit: Special House Session May Not Be Convened (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh who consulted some of his ministerial colleagues, including parliamentary affairs minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi on the office of profit issue, is reportedly unwilling to appear completely impervious to President Kalam's view on the issue
- Gap With Govt Widening, Say Maoists (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Communist rebels today acknowledged widening differences at peace talks with Nepal’s new government, accusing the ruling alliance of reneging on promises that could push the country back into conflict.
- Vatican To China: Stop Meddling (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Vatican today told China not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Catholic Church, saying “social peace” in the communist country would benefit if religious freedom were guaranteed.
- Terror Attack On Rss Hq Foiled, 3 Lashkar Men Shot Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Centre breathed a huge sigh of relief after Nagpur police foiled a plot to trigger large-scale communal violence across the country with a terror attack on the RSS headquarters.
- Fuel Price Hike: Left Threatens Strike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Left on Thursday warned the UPA government against hiking prices of petro products for the fifth time during its tenure and threatened a nationwide protest involving non-Congress and non-BJP parties.
- Ruthless Merit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
There is an English disease, peculiar to a particular class, of using language to mask feelings rather than express them.
- Car Had Red Light But No Escort: Alert Policemen Saw The Red Flag (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jun 02, 2006)
At 3.45 am, the special squad was on a routine patrol when they noticed a white Ambassador car entering the Mahal area from adjoining Gandhibagh. But the patrol realised something was wrong: cars with red lights usually have escort vehicles but this . . .
- Nepal Again Plans To Humble King (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 01, 2006)
The king will no longer be the appointing authority of ambassadors and chiefs of constitutional bodies like the chief justice and chief election commissioner.
- Maoists Step Up Anti-India, Us Propaganda Ahead Of Talks (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jun 01, 2006)
Ahead of their first-ever public meeting in Kathmandu due on Friday, the Maoists seem to have revived their anti-India stance.
- Stop Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 01, 2006)
In the first four months this year 141 persons including a number of security personnel have been killed in the State in 466 incidents of terrorist violence.
- "V. P. Singh Dancing To Congress' Tune" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Transport Minister Naresh Agrawal on Wednesday alleged that former Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh was dancing to the Congress' tunes.
- 1980s Redux? (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 01, 2006)
Afghanistan since 2005 is not Iraq since 2003, it's more a a re-run of the anti-Soviet jihad of the 1980s--this time targeted not against the Soviet communists and their Afghan supporters, but against the "Western infidels led by the US and the UK" . . .
- Prachanda Seeks Release Of Leaders For Talks To Succeed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Maoist supremo Prachanda has said that their negotiations with the government on ending the decade-old insurgency would definitely lead to a solution this time but sought release of all senior rebel leaders from jails in Nepal and India before the . . .
- Assembly Seeks Ordinance To Implement Quota (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
To "ensure advancement of OBCs and bring them on a par with others in society"
- Anti-Naxal Operations Stepped Up (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Police have stepped up operations against the Naxals in the district on Wednesday, as the latter had barged into the house of a farmer at Attiguli in Koppa taluk, in broad daylight and taken away an airgun and a double-barrel gun from him, on Tuesday.
- Round Table Politics: Jihad And Kebabs (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's round-table process calls for a transfiguration of political attitudes in New Delhi and Srinagar.
- Both Sides Of Reservation (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 31, 2006)
Realising the importance of the quota debate, ‘People’s Democracy’ carries a number of comments on OBC reservations in the latest issue.
- Big Trouble In A Small Country (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 31, 2006)
East Timor was supposed to be a United Nations success story. Yet in recent weeks, a mere four years into its journey as an independent nation, it has exploded into violence, exhibiting many of the symptoms of state failure.
- Rethink Oop Bill, Prez Tells Govt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
In a major loss of face for the UPA Government, President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday returned to the consideration of Parliament a Bill seeking to exempt certain posts from the purview of 'office-of-profit' with retrospective effect.
- The Mind Of A Maobadi (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, May 31, 2006)
Fifty-one year old Suresh is a Magar, Jan Jati (tribal), the hardcore of the 10-year long Maoist movement in Nepal.
- Arjun Singh’S Politics (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 31, 2006)
Reservation And The Politics Of Reservation!
- 2 Naxals Killed On Orissa Border (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Exchange of fire with a team of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh police at Tekuguda
Incident occurs after combing operations by joint teams of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa police
Joint forces come across big gathering of Girijans in forest
Naxals escape . . .
- Cpm's Hero Runs A Police State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
Hugo Chavez has not only turned Venezuela into an authoritarian state, but also made it a land of mass destitution and inequality, says Lowell Ponte
- The Affluent Society (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
Despite bringing unprecedented prosperity and equality in the world, Capitalism has turned out to be a dirty word
- Reds Signal War (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
The upa Government's disastrous Nepal policy is beginning to recoil on India.
- Nepal Faces Hindu Backlash Over Declaration As Secular State (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The May 18 declaration by Nepal's parliament ending the country's distinction as the world's only Hindu state was one of the several hard decisions taken by the new government to coax Maoist rebels to join in a peaceful political process.
- Buddha Bashing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
As if to iterate that the more Marxists change, the more they remain the same, the meeting of the CPI(M) Polit Bureau in Kolkata made all the necessary noises to emphasise orthodoxy and negate its campaign platform in the recent West Bengal election.
- India’S Insecurity~ii (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, May 30, 2006)
If the state of India’s external security is a cause for serious concern, the country’s internal security situation is equally dismal.
- Left Dictatorship Behind Failure Of Foreign Policy: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The BJP on Monday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of allowing the Left to dictate the country's foreign policy leading to the Government's utter failure in dealing with external affairs issues in the national interest.
- Bengal’S Flab Fizzle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 30, 2006)
The dichotomy in the CPI-M’s perception of disinvestment has effectively been cleared with the new government making it quite obvious that local conditions will guide the policies of the Bengal Left.
- Bad Show (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 30, 2006)
Foresight leads to preemptive action.
- Buddha's Stance Confusing (Deccan Herald, V.R. Krishna Iyer, May 30, 2006)
Marxists oppose this grave menace. of Globalisation,Liberalisation Privatisation and have they too been Yeltsinised? Never. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the brilliant West Bengal Chief Minister, why, the Left in India generally, has been blasphemed.
- Pro-Obc Means Anti-Cong (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , May 30, 2006)
Not many people remember Charan Singh, the man who appointed B.P. Mandal to head a commission in the late ’70s to collect data on the Other Backward Classes (castes), belonged to the Congress Party till the mid-1960s.
- Centre Committed To Obc Quota: Chidambaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Urges medicos to withdraw stir
- Against Empires Old And New (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, May 30, 2006)
Demolishes the justification trotted out by apologists for the U.S. invasion of Iraq
- Bjp Backs Quota But Wants Benefit For Poor Among Forward Castes (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , May 30, 2006)
Reiterates support for socially backward sections at national executive
Seen as an effort to ensure party does not lose forward castes support in U.P.
For common civil code, ban on forced religions conversions, review of Article 370
- Pranab In Beijing, Talks Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said he hoped to have a "very useful" meeting with the Chinese leadership to further consolidate India's strategic relationship with the Communist giant.
- Call Off Agitation, Cpi Tells Striking Medicos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Says continuation will mean doing away with reservation
- Jayalalithaa's Participation, A Morale Booster For Aiadmk (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , May 29, 2006)
A message to DMK and allies that she will not back down from a political fight
- Waiting For `Anna' In Vidharbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, May 29, 2006)
The failure of the banks has seen new kinds of creditors emerge in Vidharbha. Some of these now come in from neighbouring States — with a `home delivery system' of loans. Many farmers owe money to banks, cooperative societies, input dealers, private . . .
- Through The Looking Glass In J&k (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 29, 2006)
New Delhi's dialogue with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has reached an impasse. What could now lie ahead?
- Talks On Quota Deadlocked (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The minister also told the agitating students on the Prime Minister’s behalf that their demand for setting up the commission too would be examined, while also assuring them that no action would be taken against the striking students, interns and . . .
- Evil Good Men Do (Indian Express, MIRZA A. BEG, May 29, 2006)
When we cannot see the failings of our own
- Racism Fears Dog World Cup (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 29, 2006)
Only a fortnight before the World Cup starts, racism has shot to the centre of public debate in Germany. While anti-racism campaigners have warned black and Asian fans against visiting parts of Berlin and the former communist east Germany....
- Cpm Invites Non-Nda Parties To Join Hands (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
At the end of the CPI(M)’s two-day Politburo meeting here today, the party General Secretary, Mr Prakash Karat declared they would invite all other non-NDA partners to join them in their struggle against the UPA’s “anti-people”policies.
- India For Better Strategic Ties With China (Tribune, Anil K Joseph, May 29, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said he hoped to have a "very useful" meeting with the Chinese leadership to further consolidate India's strategic relationship with the Communist giant.
- The Part Is Not The Whole (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , May 29, 2006)
Exciting news. Tycoons presiding over international finance capital have taken to reading what was hitherto subversive literature; they have been bowled over by Marx.
- No More Forced Unions (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, May 29, 2006)
Within days of Montenegro’s successful referendum on independence, prime minister, Milo Djukanovic, will be arriving in Brussels to open talks on joining the European Union, while other Montenegrin diplomats arrive in New York to seek admission as . . .
- India For Strengthening Ties With China (Pioneer, PTI, May 29, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday he hoped to have a "very useful" meeting with the Chinese leadership to further consolidate India's strategic relationship with the Communist giant.
- After Nepal, Prachanda Plots Mayhem In Bihar (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, May 29, 2006)
After virtually dethroning the Nepal King, the Maoists have now shifted their focus to Bihar. At a recently held meeting in Rajgir, Nepali and Indian Maoists sat together and chalked out a blueprint to create mayhem in Bihar.
- Kathmandu Takes The First Steps (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 29, 2006)
The 25-point code of conduct drawn up by negotiators of the Nepalese government and Maoist rebels is a welcome step in restoring peace and stability in the country.
- Caution: Left Hand Drive (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, May 29, 2006)
Assembly results do not augur well for the two largest political parties as coalition era seems to have reached the States as well, says Anil Narendra
- Wb: Govt To Educate Farmers About Tata Motors Project (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
West Bengal government today indicated that the location of Tata Motors' Rs one lakh car project would not be shifted in the face of farmers' agitation, even as CPI(M), the major partner in Left Front, categorically said that agricultural land with . . .
- The U.S. Will To War (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, May 29, 2006)
What drives the `sole superpower' inexorably towards perpetual warfare?
- Minority Government In Tamil Nadu (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, May 28, 2006)
The DMK's manifesto and alliance arithmetic enable M. Karunanidhi to take charge as Chief Minister for the fifth time in Tamil Nadu.
- Pondicherry For Congress (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, May 28, 2006)
The outcome of the May 2006 Assembly elections in Pondicherry is the reverse of that in neighbouring Tamil Nadu where the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagm (DMK) government is dependent on the Congress for survival.
- Coalition In Assam (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, May 28, 2006)
The Congress returns to power in Assam, but with Bodo support which will be difficult to handle.
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