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Articles 3121 through 3220 of 7145:
- Assam Elections (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 01, 2006)
The political landscape in Assam since the 2001 assembly elections has undergone drastic changes, as a result of which all parties in the April fray enjoy long odds.
- A Chance Arrest, Say Police (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
They stopped Shah after he alighted from the Mumbai-bound Dadar Express
- Pm To Lead Stepped Up Fight On Maoists (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 01, 2006)
India pledged on Friday to step up the fight against Maoist rebels after several major attacks, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to chair a high level meeting on the threat in two weeks.
- A New Culture Brews (Hindu, ANIMA BALAKRISHNAN, Apr 01, 2006)
With their groovy music and hip crowd, coffee houses are hardly about coffee any more
- Requiem For Buta And His Career (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 01, 2006)
Assuming that Buta Singh’s career as a politician has come to an end, it is permissible to look back on his rise as a prototype of Indian politicians of our times.
- Iran Under Pressure (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 01, 2006)
Iran finds itself in a tight corner. After three weeks of intense negotiations, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council have managed to agree on what is called a presidential statement.
- Sacrifice And Sycophancy (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Apr 01, 2006)
Yesterday, it was a non-democratic Ordinance; today, it is a resignation. Sorry, but where is the sacrifice?
- Biman Bose New Cpm State Secy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
A CPM Politburo member, Mr Biman Bose, who is also the Left Front chairman, was today declared the successor to the late Anil Biswas, who died on March 26, as the party’s state secretary.
- Duplicity On Left Troubles Cong (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Apr 01, 2006)
The Congress leadership's soft attitude towards the Left in West Bengal is creating problems for the party both at the State level and among central leaders.
- Tackling Extremists (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Apr 01, 2006)
On Friday two newspaper reports indicated clearly that the Centre is taking the Naxalite threat seriously and contemplating long-term measures to tackle it.
- Time Bomb (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 01, 2006)
In giving Iran 30 days to bring its suspect uranium enrichment into conformity with international safeguards, the UN has been extraordinarily fair.
- Government's Achievements Will Be Dpa Poll Plank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
The Opposition to focus on unemployment issue
- Except In Chhattisgarh, Naxal Menace Under Check (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Apr 01, 2006)
Local resistance groups to be trained in self-defence: Duggal
If Chhattisgarh were excluded, casualties would come down by 50 per cent
More civilian casualties this year
States asked to fill police vacancies
Expedite land reforms, States told
- Battle For Entire Country: Basu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
As best tribute to Anil Biswas
"He has left us at a time when there is a big battle ahead"
"There is no place for retreat"
- 1,000 Jhuggis Removed On Second Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
Authorities criticised for not giving any alternative plots; demolition to end in a few days
About 250 tenements removed
1,600 structures "regularised''
- Beyond Law And Order (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 31, 2006)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has virtually sprung a surprise by tabling in Parliament a policy note on dealing with the naxalite problem
- Tamil Pollscape (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 31, 2006)
DMK and AIADMK evenly poised
IN the battle lines that have emerged for the election of the 13th Tamil Nadu Assembly, arithmetic suggests that the two alliances led by the AIADMK and the DMK are, more or less, evenly matched.
- Plea For Separate Ministry To Develop Naxalism-Hit Areas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2006)
The Asian Centre for Human Rights today urged the Centre to set up a separate ministry for development of Naxalite-affected areas.
- Crush The Maoists (Pioneer, Utpal Kumar, Mar 31, 2006)
The strength of Maoists has never been doubted by anyone except some ill-informed politicians and human rights groups.
- Stop The Charge Of Red Brigade (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Mar 31, 2006)
Government will have to show greater determination and better planning if the Maoists are to be defeated, says Kalyani Shankar
- Poll: Raw Deal For Kerala Women (Deccan Herald, R Gopakumar, Mar 30, 2006)
When it comes to gender equality, Kerala comes out on top. In fact, Kerala is the only state in the country where the gender ratio is biologically correct: women outnumber men with 1,058 women for every 933 men. But think of elections and . . .
- Global Issues To Reflect On Polls: Pinarayi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Says IUML not interested in the welfare of the Muslim community
Accuses UPA Government of deviating from non-alignment policy
Says that Left's interventionist prowess has increased at the national level
- Train Hijack: Govt Admits Lack Of Coordination (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Mar 30, 2006)
A fortnight after Naxalites hijacked a train full of passengers in Jharkhand, the Centre today admitted that there was ‘‘lack of coordination between the state police force and the Railway Police.’’
- ‘No Rehabilitation For Kashmir Militants’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 30, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday voted out a resolution calling for the return and rehabilitation of youth who had crossed over to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
- Striking At Will (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 30, 2006)
The Naxalite menace is so deep-rooted and widespread that any lack of preparedness of the part of the law and order machinery in any of the affected states is difficult to explain.
- West's Economic Apartheid (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Mar 30, 2006)
If Mittal Steel's bid fails, India must renege on those commitments within economic reforms that could jeopardise its sovereignty, says Anuradha Dutt
- Success Of A.P. Model In Containing Naxalism (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Mar 30, 2006)
The success of Andhra Pradesh in containing the naxalite problem cannot merely be attributed to the military one-upmanship the police enjoyed over the Maoists, but on a comprehensive strategy encompassing military tactics supported by a successful . . .
- Chronicle Of A Disorder Foretold (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 30, 2006)
Anil Biswas’s replacement will prove to be a tricky issue for the CPI(M). But if the choice is not made carefully, Bengal may go the Kerala way in factionalism, says Sumanta Sen
- Jyoti Basu Lashes Out At Election Commission (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
The Election Commission's decision to hold a five-phase assembly election in West Bengal was an "insult" to the people of the state where polls had been free and fair in the past, Marxist veteran Jyoti Basu said on Wednesday.
- In The Sweatshops Of Mumbai (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Mar 29, 2006)
Maharashtra is officially child labour-free but the exploitation of children continues in the zari units in its capital.
- Haryana: Schools Of Scandal (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Mar 29, 2006)
Stories of sexual exploitation of schoolgirls by teachers rattle Haryana.
- Rs Poll: Sonia To Lalu’S Rescue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
In no less sensational comeback by Indian cricket team at the one-day match against England in Delhi today to score the victory, there was an interesting turn of events for the Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar with the Congress president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, . .
- Grief And Comfort (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 29, 2006)
CPM and challenges of change
A paradoxical trait of communist parties in democracies is their ability to reform and reinvent themselves to make the most of both challenges and change for furthering their political prospects.
- House In Ruins (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 29, 2006)
The dialogue process now extends to politicians on both sides of the Line of Control, but none can say when the war will end.
- 17 Naxals Lay Down Arms In Andhra Pradesh (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Seventeen Naxalites belonging to various outfits, including a deputy commander and four women, surrendered to police in Warangal on Tuesday.
- Vizag Bandh Against Police Firing Peaceful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Traffic comes to a standstill on National Highway no.5
- Monarchial Overreach (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 29, 2006)
If monarchy is on the point of extinction in Nepal, it is because King Gyanendra destroyed democracy
- Not Enough Funds For Rural Jobs Scheme: Kharge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Centre implementing scheme in five districts
- A Protocol Of Engagement Needed (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 29, 2006)
The divisiveness currently on display can only be a source of comfort to those who do not wish the Indian state well. Rather than remaining hostage to their respective unsavoury partisans, senior political leaders should explore the potential of cooperati
- Renunciation And After (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 29, 2006)
That Sonia Gandhi's second `renunciation' in two years has breathed new life into the moribund Congress is there for all to see — in the . . .
- 63,000-Cr. Appropriation Bill Passed Sans Debate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Sripadasagar debate overshadows 43-day-long budget session
- Sacrifice Of Profit And Loss Account ? (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Mar 28, 2006)
Ms. Sonia Gandhi's dual resignation over the "office of profit" issue has plunged the national polity into a flux, leaving political parties groping for an appropriate response even as the advantage appeared to rest with the Congress president as of now.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 28, 2006)
{gt}{gt}Was this what the Pakistan President meant? B. Muralidhar Reddy's report (International, "Foreign miscreants face elimination, says Musharraf", March 25, 2006) read: "`Is this the way to progress and achieve prosperity and earn a respectable . . .
- Conflict, Cash, And The Search For Peace (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 28, 2006)
Is the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen ready for dialogue? Or will the vested interests of its junior commanders subvert moves towards a ceasefire?
- It's `Anti-Development' Budget, Says Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
'No mention of development to achieve 8 per cent growth rate'
Charges
Party says Government paying only lip sympathy to farmers
Huge rebate for excise barons
Cut in non-Plan expenditure will lead to job losses
- Election Commission Reviews Poll Arrangements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
Parties seek inclusion of names of voters `deleted' without reason
Law and order situation in the Union Territory reviewed
AIADMK for deployment of Central forces
Discrepancies in voters' list must be rectified: PMK
- Rjd, Ljp Lock Horns For Rajya Sabha Seat (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Mar 28, 2006)
RJD has 30 in its kitty and the LJP 18
Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Monday renewed his old battle with his Cabinet colleague and Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan thanks to the Rajya Sabha elections . . .
- Centre Unveils 14-Point Policy To Tackle Naxal Menace (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 28, 2006)
Stresses upon the States to adopt a collective approach and pursue a coordinated response
No peace talks with naxal groups unless they agree to give up violence
Parties asked to strengthen base in naxal-affected areas
Land reforms on a priority basis
- Office Of Profit’ Controversy Gains Momentum In India (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 28, 2006)
A clear political divide emerged here on Monday as the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi completed consultations with the political parties for tabling a legislation in the parliament that would decide the fate . . .
- Will Bjp Support The Economic Disaster? (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Mar 28, 2006)
If the RBI follows Manmohan Singh's advice, the Bombay Stock Exchange will sneeze whenever Wall Street catches cold, writes S Gurumurthy
- China Hopes Buddhist Forum Will Counter Threat Theory (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
China will use a Buddhist forum, its first international religious meeting since the atheist Communists swept to power in 1949, to counter fears it is a threat to the world, the top official on religion said.
- They Want Basic Rights, But You Call It Social Fuss' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Mar 28, 2006)
"Orissa's tribals have been displaced multiple times by industries, power projects... the so-called development processes. The people have lost their land and resource base several times... People are being thrown out of their homes and land, and . . .
- Russia In The Grip Of Its Bureaucracy (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Mar 28, 2006)
The bureaucracy has emerged as Russia's only ruling class, which controls key businesses, lobbies its interests in Parliament, and dictates its will to the judiciary.
- Countering The Naxalites (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Mar 27, 2006)
The Government announced in Parliament that it has a national policy on dealing with naxalites. But what do we make of the continued violence?
- Left Cautions Upa Against Snap Poll (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The euphoria created over Ms Gandhi’s “Renunciation Part II” exercise would not go down well with the people, who are disillusioned with the UPA’s 20-month rule at the Centre, the Left leaders said.
- Kerala Polls: Cpm To Field 38 New Faces (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The committee is learnt to have expressed unhappiness with there being very few new faces on the list. The list is expected to be released on Monday.
- Stage Set For Shrill Campaign In Tn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
With the ruling AIADMK and Opposition DMK fronts identifying seats to be contested by them and their allies for the election to the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly on May 8, the stage is set for a no-holds-barred campaign.
- He Was Committed To The Cause Of Poor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Anil Biswas was a tireless political worker
- This Isn't Greek To Us (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Mar 27, 2006)
The mountains look on Marathon / And Marathon looks on the sea; / And musing there an hour alone, / I dream'd that Greece might yet be free / For, standing on the Persians' grave / I could not deem myself a slave."
- Campaign Won't Be Easy, Thanks To Ec (Hindu, S. Sundar, Mar 27, 2006)
Political parties for "realistic guidelines"
Ban on posters is said to be bound to hit printing industry
Left parties are more concerned, for they are totally dependent on wall writing
- Train Hijack (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Mar 27, 2006)
The hijacking of a passenger train in Jharkhand by armed Naxalites guerrillas puts the spotlight on a problem that deserves to be tackled seriously and on an urgent footing:
- Nepal Rebel Chief's Father Awaits Son's Homecoming (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Mar 27, 2006)
The peasant father of Prachanda -- the feared, elusive chief of Nepal's Maoist rebels -- remembers his son as a helpful, well-behaved young man, and is waiting for him to return home and work for peace.
- Opposition Seeks To Make Office Of Profit A Poll Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
With Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's resignation from the Lok Sabha causing ripples in several states, opposition parties in poll-bound West Bengal have decided to cash in on the office of profit controversy.
- Pakistan Appreciates "Positive Tone" Of Pm's Remarks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Pakistan has said the "positive tone" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks advocating an Indo-Pak Treaty of Peace, Security and Friendship was "appreciable," but cautioned that such offers in the past had failed to materialse into . . .
- Ljp, Cong Join Hands For W Bengal Assembly Polls (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The Lok Janshakti Party on Sunday announced its tie-up with the Congress in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls.
- Cpm's Deal With Vs May Derail Pro-Reforms Agenda In Bengal (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Mar 27, 2006)
A deal for peace in Kerala may only open up new avenues of discomfort for both the CPI (M) Polit Bureau and its general secretary Prakash Karat. Insiders feel that the personal victory of VS Achuthanandan may soon take the shape of a deeper . . .
- Near Consensus On Parliament Session (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Decks have been cleared for reconvening the Parliament session and introducing a bill to amend the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act to remove the threat of disqualification hanging over dozens of MPs cutting across party lines.
- Pre-Empting Naxals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 27, 2006)
The state governments will have reservations, but the Central Reserve Police Force’s establishing its own intelligence apparatus along the Naxal corridor is to be appreciated.
- Pro-Russian Party Leads In Ukraine: Exit Polls (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Ukraine's main pro-Russia party led key parliamentary poll with 33 per cent of the vote, more than 10 points ahead of its nearest "orange revolution" rival, according to exit polls.
- Minority Confusion Boosts Cong's Confidence In Assam (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Mar 27, 2006)
Despite the initial jitters, the Congress appears to have come back into the reckoning in Assam primarily because of a three-corned contest.
- Do We Submit To Quasi-Colonial Surrender? (Deccan Herald, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Mar 27, 2006)
Every office – executive, judicial, legislative or other – is a constitutional trust, and the nation’s sovereignty is non-negotiable.’
- Osama A Big Supporter Of Nawaz Sharif (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Who cares about what ails China? The President does. The Communist Party’s propaganda apparatus is busy spreading Hu Jintao’s eight-step programme to protect the nation’s morale
- Alliances: Rhetoric And Reality (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Mar 27, 2006)
There is a growing tendency in the world to describe a friendly relationship as a “strategic alliance”.
- Old Faithful (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 27, 2006)
Anil Biswas, whose death was formally announced last evening, was a modest man even though he had no reasons to be modest.
- Tact And Tactics (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Mar 27, 2006)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles over Nature
- A Revolution With Words (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 26, 2006)
The book is an attempt to retrieve the spirit of resistance that once roamed freely in Urdu literature.
- Cpi-M Changes Mind, To Field Achuthanandan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
In a deft political move to keep its rank and file quiet, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Friday reversed its decision not to field veteran leader V.S. Achuthanandan as a candidate for the forthcoming assembly polls.
- Advani Advised To Go 'Bullet Proof' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
With 'credible inputs of threats from certain terrorist organisations' to the proposed twin Yatras of senior BJP leaders L K Advani and Rajnath Singh, the Government has advised the saffron party to ensure 'bullet- proofing' of the 'Raths'.
- 6 Killed In Chhattisgarh Landmine Blast, Four Injured (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Six persons were killed and four others injured on Saturday in Kanker district in Chhattisgarh in a landmine blast triggered off by Naxalites while five Maoists have been killed in Bastar district in an encounter, police said.
- Jaya Releases Aiadmk-Led Front List (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
With no major allies on its side, the ruling AIADMK has decided to contest 182 out of the total 234 seats in the elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly...
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