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Articles 4321 through 4420 of 7145:
- `Subjective Factors Hampering Unity Among Left Parties' (Hindu, C. Gouridasan Nair, Dec 26, 2005)
No ideological divide between CPI and CPI(M), says Veliyam Bhargavan
- Maoists Gun Down Four Rpf Men (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Audacious attack on train at Cooneru in Vizianagaram district; cash looted
- Not A Revenge Play (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Dec 26, 2005)
Instead of raising a people’s army, the government should concentrate on developing Chhattisgarh to tackle the Maoists,
- Maoist Test For Police (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Senior police officers feel that Maoists carried out a mock drill yesterday by placing coiled wires along the route of the chief minister’s convoy at Para in Purulia apparently to test police preparedness
- Maoists Kill 4 Rpf Men, Loot Rs 25 Lakh On Train (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
In a major offensive on Sunday, Maoists killed four Railway Protection Forces (RPF) constables at the Kooneru railway station in Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday afternoon......
- Pm Wants Fast Industrial Growth To Bring Jobs (Reuters, Terry Friel, Dec 25, 2005)
India's manufacturing sector is expanding too slowly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday, warning his Communist allies that more reform and new labour laws were needed to stimulate job creation.
- Manmohan Warns On New Labor Laws - Indian Communists Ready To Fight It To The End (Indian Express, Balaji Reddy, Dec 25, 2005)
A major fight between India’s ruling UPA coalition led by Congress Party and the Indian Communists popularly known as the Left Parties is taking shape.
- Creeping Fanaticism (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 25, 2005)
GREATER notice needs to be taken in the region of the creeping inroads being made by fanaticism in Bangladesh.
- Naxals Involved In Bihar Jail Break Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Three Naxalites involved in the November 13 massive attack on a jail here were arrested in Hulasganj area of the district and remanded to judicial custody, police said on Saturday.
- Naxal Activities Under Control: Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh on Saturday said that the naxalite activities in the State were under control.
- Merry Christmas In God’S Own Tsunami Country (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 25, 2005)
The bumpy single-lane road is lined with coconut palms, scattered with quaint, little concrete houses with newly planted marigold and posies. There is a bakery, net cafes, white sand, smiling locals and a sculptor at work on an exquisite 6-foot-high . . .
- False Earnestness (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 25, 2005)
Minister sparks unhealthy debate
West Bengal’s health minister has often been in the news for the wrong reasons.
- Merry X’Mas. No, Sorry, Merry Winterval! (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 25, 2005)
There are 196 families in the highrise building in which I live in central Mumbai, and none of them is Christian. Yet, when December arrived, the housing society put up a banner inviting families to participate in upcoming Christmas celebrations.
- A Christmas Beyond Santa Claus (Indian Express, N K Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
Merry Christmas. Christmas carols, goodies from Santa Claus, sumptuous dinners, interminable shopping, keeping up with the Jones in exchange of customary gifts have become the hallmark of Christmas celebrations.
- Bihar:naxalites Blow Up Bihar Forest Dept's Watch Towers (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Suspected naxalites of proscribed CPI(Maoist) blew up five forest department watch towers in Bihar's Gaya district, police said today.
- An Inherently Weak Coalition (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Dec 24, 2005)
The UPA government at the Centre has completed 18 months in office. Its journey has, however, not exactly been smooth.
- Pm As Foreign Minister (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
After the National Democratic Alliance lost the Lok Sabha elections last year, as Manmohan Singh was in the process of putting final touches to his cabinet and deciding the portfolios of the UPA ministers, there was a crucial, but secret, . . .
- Dreaming Of Green (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2005)
There are some political parties that suffer from a deep insecurity. They need attention all the time, and are terrified of oblivion when they think that people are managing to get on with their everyday lives too smoothly or, even more alarming, . . .
- The Chinese Fireworks (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
Western observers are of the opinion that as far as the pace of economic development is concerned, the Chinese dragon is moving faster than the Indian elephant.
- 2005 — The Year That Was (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
As it is often said when it rains it pours. The adage proved tragically true with the onset of the monsoon in July.
- Indo-Us Defence Cooperation (Tribune, Air Marshal R.S. Bedi (retd), Dec 24, 2005)
Left's proclivity for opposing the UPA government on devious issues came to the fore when it decided yet again to hold demonstrations against the government decision to conduct a joint exercise between the US and the Indian Air Force.
- Congress Open To Electoral Tie-Up With Trinamool (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Wants Mamata Banerjee to sever all ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Nepal Maoists Threaten Poll Candidates With ‘Physical Action’ (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Dec 23, 2005)
The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) on Thursday issued threats of ‘physical action’ against candidates and officials involved in the upcoming municipal elections, clearly indicating that the unilateral ceasefire declared on September 3 would . . .
- Maoists Vow To Disrupt Polls (Tribune, Shirish B. Pradhan, Dec 23, 2005)
Warning of “special action” against candidates and election workers who take part in municipal elections announced by Nepal King Gyanendra’s Royal Government, Maoist rebels today vowed to hold a week-long general strike in early February to disrupt . . .
- Bihar Readies Paper On Naxalites (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The Bihar government has prepared an ‘‘approach paper’’ outlining its emphasis on a fresh impetus to development while continuing with the armed offensive to combat the state’s growing Naxalite problem.
- Maoists Kill Ex-Naxalite (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A former armed militia member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoists), Vantala Koteswara Rao, was allegedly killed by the extremists around midnight on Wednesday
- View From The Left (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Dec 23, 2005)
Flexibility is a dirty word for the Left when it is refers to the labour market. People’s Democracy tells you why in a report on the Prime Minister’s “servile resonance of employers’ chants” on labour market reforms at the recent Indian Labour Conference.
- Govt Mute Spectator To Statements From Us On Indo-Us Deal’ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Senior BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha today charged the UPA Government with remaining a "mute spectator" to the statements emanating from the us on the recent Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Maoists Threaten To Spoil Nepal Polls (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Dec 23, 2005)
The Maoist rebels in Nepal today headed for a direct confrontation with the royalist government by announcing their decision to disrupt the municipal elections to be held in early February.
- Indiscreet Behaviour (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Dec 23, 2005)
Cameras have now shown how the people’s representatives are milking the MPLAD scheme for personal gains.
- Cong, Others Demand Continuation Of Mplad (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A move to get the MPLAD scheme scrapped in the wake of the scam over the project allocation came a cropper today with an all party meeting witnessing Congress and some other parties demanding its continuance.
- Nepal Parties Vow To Thwart Municipal Elections (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Nepal’s main political parties vowed on Thursday to derail municipal elections next year as the Maoist rebels announced a separate plan to block the vote by calling a week-long national strike.
- Parties For Mplads With Better Safeguards (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 23, 2005)
At a meeting convened by the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee here on Thursday, most party leaders favoured retaining the controversial Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), but with new and stringent safeguards.
- Laddoos And Jalebis For Kamal Nath (The Economic Times, PRADEEP S MEHTA, Dec 22, 2005)
Developing countries have extracted the maximum they could at Hong Kong, and India played a key role in the coalition-building and negotiations that accomplished this.
- Focus On The Farm Sector (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Dec 22, 2005)
The Ramachenna Reddy panel report highlights the dangers of neglecting the agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh.
- Hard Road Ahead For Rss (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Dec 22, 2005)
Tactical voting’ is often used to denote the mood swings of the Muslim electorate in the country. But there are new converts to this hit and score practice.
- Scrap The Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Just seven days after a sting operation exposed 11 MPs in a cash-for-questions racket, another undercover investigation has caught seven more parliamentarians discussing kickbacks with television reporters for handing out contracts under the Members . . .
- Speaker Agrees To Debate On Wto (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today conceded the demand of the Opposition to have a full debate on Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath's statement on the outcome of the WTO negotiations at the Sixth Ministerial conference held at Hong Kong...
- America’S Way To Fight A War (Dawn, John Yoo, Dec 22, 2005)
Iraq seems to have the imperial presidency in retreat. Last week the White House accepted Sen. John McCain’s proposal to prohibit cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of enemy combatants.
- Pranab’S Perfidy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 22, 2005)
Keeping Marxist friends happy
Mamata Banerjee should thank Pranab Mukherjee, West Bengal Pradesh Congress President, for making public five months ahead of the West Bengal assembly poll where his personal interest and that of his party lie.
- House Panel Submits Report To Somnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Speaker likely to table it in Lok Sabha today; Rajya Sabha panel expected to submit its findings tomorrow
Panel viewed original videos, interrogated journalists and the 10 MPs
All Lok Sabha members expected to be given a copy of report
- Expel Mps: Bansal Panel (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 22, 2005)
Malhotra submits dissent note
Report submitted to Speaker
It is likely to be tabled today
- No Indian Arms For Nepal, Says Patil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil here on Wednesday refuted allegations that India continued to help Nepal with arms even after the royal take-over.
- Consensus Eludes All-Party Meet To Resolve Srisailam Project Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A.P. to go ahead with earlier plan to increase regulator capacity
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Sonia, Dec 22, 2005)
The lead article on the front page by M.D. Nalapat sharply attacks the Manmohan Singh government’s alleged subservience towards Sonia Gandhi and claims that ‘‘the entire UPA is now pre-occupied with a single objective, saving the Leader from the stain of
- Wto: Left, Opposition Unhappy With Govt (Indian Express, Kamal Nath, Dec 22, 2005)
Both Opposition and Left MPs were unhappy with Commerce Minister Kamal Nath’s statement in the Lok Sabha on the outcome of the Hong Kong Ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation.
- India Sacrifices More Than What It Gains From Wto: Cpi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The CPI today said India had nothing to celebrate about the oucome of the Hong Kong meeting of WTO as the country had sacrificed more than it had gained.
- The Communists In India Claims India May Have Lost Its Independence At World Trade Organization (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The CPI on Wednesday said India had nothing to celebrate about the oucome of the Hong Kong meeting of WTO as the country had sacrificed more than it had gained.
- Party Time In Mumbai And Hyderabad (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 21, 2005)
The recent sting operations only confirm the rot in the political arena, which can be traced directly to the crisis in the party system. The onus is on the BJP and the Congress to show the way for a re-vitalisation.
- Reservation Bill Tabled In Lok Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Slated for discussion today
BJP voices protest
We are opposed to Bill on a constitutional point: CPI (M)
- Bush And Iraq Elections (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 21, 2005)
The much-awaited Iraqi elections are over. The Iraqi administration and the Americans can take satisfaction from the fact that there was a large turnout in the Sunni majority provinces and that the insurgents lived up to the expectations created . . .
- Mirwaiz Leaving For Lahore On Dec 26 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Accusing Indian government of sabotaging their visit to Pakistan-administered Kashmir to express solidarity with the quake-hit people in other Kashmir, leaders of Hurriyat Conference (Mirwaiz faction) have now decided to travel on passports instead . . .
- Mojadidi To Head Upper House (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A day after the inauguration of Afghanistan’s first parliament in decades, lawmakers on Tuesday picked an ex-president to head the upper house, but squabbled over how to choose the influential leader of the lower house.
- Flawed System (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2005)
In Kuala Lumpur last week Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicated that India would soon open its retail sector to foreign investment.
- 5 Mps Asked To Stay Away From House (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Somnath announces seven-member committee to probe latest sting operation
Matter referred to Ethics Committee in Rajya Sabha
It has impacted on dignity of Parliament: Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
MPs demand scrapping of Local Area Development Scheme
- Bjp For Fighting Wb Assembly Poll Projecting Mamata As Cm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The BJP in West Bengal today proposed fighting the coming assembly election in the state projecting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as Chief Ministerial candidate of the opposition alliance.
- Politicians, Maoists Unite Against Nepal King (Tribune, Naveen S. Grewal, Dec 21, 2005)
There is a clear division as to whose writ runs in Nepal. The state controls cities like Kathmandu, but the Maoists run their own government of sorts in the rural areas.
- We Did Not Compromise: Kamal Nath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
India has managed to protect its interests in agriculture and industry
- Congress, Tdp Accused Of Wasting Time (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Opposition parties disappointed over painful end to session
Opposition succeeds in raising burning issues, says Naidu
CPI, CPI(M) lash out at Congress
Ministers came to House unprepared: BJP
- Bjp Bats For Mamata As Cm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The BJP in West Bengal today proposed fighting the Assembly elections in the state projecting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as Chief Ministerial candidate of the Opposition alliance.
- ‘The Poor Know How To Work Hard, The Intermediaries Should Just Get Out Of The Way’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 21, 2005)
A panel of young parliamentarians, business leaders and sportspersons debate the ways to empower India
- No Noisy Money (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 21, 2005)
Money’s welcome, but pro-American publicity isn’t, not with an aggressive Left constituency around.
- Afghanistan Becomes Democracy After 30 Years (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Democracy D-Day In Kabul (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in today members of the first Afghan Parliament in over 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Kamal Nath Confident, Cpm Unhappy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Commerce minister Mr Kamal Nath today said the WTO Ministerial declaration fully secured India’s concerns on agriculture and gave Indian farmers a chance to compete in the world market. But the UPA’s key ally, the CPI-M feels otherwise.
- Making An Ass Of The Law (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 20, 2005)
Anarchy in India means a free for all — the ruled and those who administer the rule.
- Roles Reversed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 20, 2005)
Now Mamata badly needs an alliance
Politics has always made strange bedfellows, so that there is no reason to accept at face value Pranab Mukherjee’s argument that the Congress cannot do business with Trinamul because it has a formal alliance with . . .
- Cheney Hails Afghan Parliament (International Herald Tribune, Richard W. Stevenson, Dec 20, 2005)
Vice President Dick Cheney arrived here Monday with words of praise and encouragement for Afghanistan as it convened a new Parliament.
- India Empowered To Me Is... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2005)
They spoke with conviction and passion. They talked grand ideas. They talked about small people. You could agree with them or not. But you couldn’t be indifferent. For, the contributors strove to think big for India.
- Afghan Parliament Sworn In (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Warlords, former communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Chennai Collector Transferred (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Dec 20, 2005)
As MGR Nagar mourned the death of its residents in a ghastly stampede, which killed 42, in the early hours of Sunday, the first official head rolled with the Jayalalithaa Government sacking Chennai Collector S Chandramohan. The state government in a one-l
- Paving The Way For Islamistan (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 20, 2005)
It is time ulemas got rid of their obsolete ideas and accepted ijtehad which was permitted in early Islamic tradition, says Prafull Goradia
- Mps For Hire? Enforce Ethics (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Dec 20, 2005)
Stung by criticism in the British House of Commons in the early 1990s, Mohammed Al-Fayed, owner of the Harrods Group, turned to a lobbying firm for help. He suspected that a business rival was behind the attacks and wanted some remedial action . . .
- Secular Democracy Goes On Trial (Deccan Herald, Pankaj Mishra, Dec 20, 2005)
Orhan Pamuk’s case throws light upon the myth of a secular society
- Recognising Jihad (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Dec 20, 2005)
From its beginning, Islam has been a terrorist movement," said Martin Henriksen, spokesman of Danish People's Party (DF) on educational affairs. It is ironic that only a few days ago Mr Henriksen was appointed to that party post in place of . . .
- 1.14 Lakh Acres Acquired For Irrigation Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
3 Special Collectors, 50 Deputy Collectors appointed to speed up land acquisition
Works are being carried out only on Government lands, says Sana Maruthi
Vigilance and Enforcement wings in nine more districts, says Home Minister
- Warlords Dominate New Afghan Parliament (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Broad range of parliamentarians may allow Hamid Karzai to manipulate the legislating body and garner majority support for his policies
- Mamata's `Grand Alliance' Plan Receives A Setback (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Dec 19, 2005)
Pranab declines to share dais with Advani at Trinamool Youth Congress meet
- Groping For Direction (Tribune, Chetan Chadha, Dec 19, 2005)
Addressing the ASEAN Business Advisory Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur on December 12, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh expressed the hope that the government would soon be able to come up with a ‘positive’ policy formulation for the induction of Foreign
- Can Tata Steel Pull It Off? (Hindu, N. N. Sachitanand, Dec 19, 2005)
Need to overcome various infrastructural and other disabilities
In a string of announcements over the past one year the company has made known its intentions to transform itself in the next ten years from a local to a global enterprise.
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