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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- No Word Yet On Revoking Prez Rule In Karnataka (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The Centre on Thursday kept its cards closed on the government formation in Karnataka as it deferred a decision on revoking the President's rule in the state for reviving the Assembly.
- Jd(u) Mla Held For Assault On Scribes, Bihar Bandh On Friday (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
A ruling JD(U) MLA with criminal antecedents and his four associates were on Thursday arrested for assaulting three TV journalists who questioned him at his home in a rape and murder case in which the legislator and his men were allegedly involved.
- Mayawati Aims For Delhi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 02, 2007)
The metamorphosis of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), hitherto dubbed as the ‘anti- upper caste’ party, is complete.
- Charity Begins At Party Office (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Nov 02, 2007)
In Communist-ruled West Bengal, people have risen in revolt against the continuing scandal of fair price shops and food riots have broken out.
- Skirting The Border (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The latest Communist Party of China Congress saw Hu Jintao emerge for his second five-year term as a stronger leader.
- Militants’ Camps In Pok Intact: Army (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Internal turmoil in Pakistan and its President Pervez Musharraf's refrain against Islamist militants operating from its soil had not changed much on the ground as far as insurgence in Kashmir was concerned, the Army said today.
- Jd(u) Mla Assaults Journalists (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, Nov 02, 2007)
The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar Government on Thursday suffered a major embarrassment when a bahubali Janata Dal (U) legislator brutally assaulted some TV journalists at his official bungalow.
- Global Positioning (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
A recent issue of a news magazine proclaimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s volte face on the nuclear deal had destroyed his credibility.
- Gather Round That Totem Pole (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The last two times I had made an educated guess about elections — first,when I expected the Mamata Banerjee-led coalition to gloriously dislodge West Bengal’s Left Front government in 2001; second, when I thought that the NDA would return to . . . .
- To Sting Or Not To Sting Is The Question (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
So the big daddy of sting operations is back. In 2001, we saw grainy black-and-white shots of Bangaru Laxman stuffing wads of notes into a drawer; and now, in 2007, we’re seeing grainy pictures of men from the VHP and Bajrang . . . . . .
- Uma Bharti Supports Keshubhai’S Candidature (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Uma Bharti, has advocated a “Hindutva-oriented third front” to defeat Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of the BJP, while denying the Congress the advantage of capitalising on the “anti-Modi sentiments.”
- Deora Meets Pm, Sonia As Crude Prices Soar (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Nov 02, 2007)
In the background of international crude prices touching the $95 mark, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora on Thursday held consultations with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Finance Minister . . . .
- Stalled Nuclear Deal (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 02, 2007)
There is a clear and wide gap between America's official and private reaction to the stalling of the Indo-US nuclear deal primarily because of domestic political discord in India and the reluctance of the Congress-led ruling coalition . . . . .
- Mla Arrested After Attack On Journalists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The police on Thursday arrested JD(U) MLA Anant Singh and four others for allegedly assaulting journalists after taking them hostage and attacking their colleagues when they protested.
- “We Must Intensify Efforts To Tap Non-Conventional Energy Sources” (Hindu, K. Venkiteswaran, Nov 02, 2007)
The debate over the 123 agreement with the United States has generated much heat.
- Gowda: Bid To Save Party From Poaching (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Nov 02, 2007)
The alliance between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janata Party is only a “temporary arrangement” and will end when elections to the Lok Sabha are announced.
- Karnataka Crisis: Perils Of Coalition Politics (Deccan Herald, Nilotpal Basu, Nov 02, 2007)
What is happening in Karnataka for the last few weeks is not only bizarre, but also extremely sordid. The results that were thrown up during the last assembly elections led to a completely fractured legislature.
- Congress Looks At New J&k Options (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Nov 02, 2007)
The charismatic and colourful Dr Farooq Abdullah is back in Srinagar to take charge of the National Conference after a five-year sabbatical.
- Governor Yet To Send Final Report: Moily (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Nov 02, 2007)
The Congress will not fish in the troubled waters of Karnataka. “We are for elections in the State,” senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily said here on Thursday.
- Complex Manoeuvres Over The N-Deal (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 02, 2007)
Sections of the media have discerned a softening in CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat’s stand on the nuclear deal.
- Us, Left Govt Can Do Business: Kissinger (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The high priest of the international strategic community, Henry Kissinger, believes that the growing intimacy between India and the US has nothing to do with China but is founded on the common belief that jihadist Islam must be contained.
- What Did The Trick? (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 02, 2007)
One cannot help imagining a more weird scenario. Following Sonia Gandhi’s visit to China, Comrade Karat seems to have started to soften his position and his vitriolic attack against the prime minister of India and other friends! It . . . . .
- Gowda Sets New Power Share Terms (Asian Age, Venkat Parsa, Nov 02, 2007)
The latest missive from Janata Dal (Secular) president H.D. Deve Gowda does not have any bearing on government-formation efforts in Karnataka, sources said on Thursday.
- Uma Targets ‘Moditva’ (Asian Age, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 02, 2007)
The election fever intensified in Gujarat on Thursday with the arrival of fiery sanyasin and expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti, who is planning to take chief minister Narendra Modi head on in her campaign. Bahujan Samaj Party chieftain Mayawati is . . . . .
- Gowda’S Games (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 02, 2007)
FORMER Prime Minister Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is a unique phenomenon in Indian politics.
- Sugar Turns Bitter (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
THE Punjab government’s decision to impose a 4 per cent entry tax on sugar and a few other products is retrograde.
- The Governor Is Not An Autocratic Ombudsman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Political alliances should promote healthy democratic principles in that such alliances should be forged to promote common goals for the general good of the society.
- Newspaper Nurtures Art (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Tucked away in a narrow by lane off Triplicane High Road, the nondescript building doesn’t look like a newspaper office from the outside.
- Oh! No, Not Again Bjp Caught Off Guard (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
First denial, then realisation; some acceptance, passing the buck to the central leadership, going into a huddle and to top it all, anger.
- Raj Dharma Fails In Gujarat (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 02, 2007)
I HAVE reasons to believe that Atal Bihari Vajpayee, when he was Prime Minister, wanted to dismiss Nahrendra Modi and had planned to do so after his visit to Ahmedabad.
- Centre Mulls Guv's Report (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
As political uncertainty continues in the State, the Centre seems to be taking its time to decide on the situation.
- Cong's New Strategy To Expose Modi Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
It may have failed to get any direct and positive result from its Mulayam Ki Loot slogan in Uttar Pradesh, but the Congress believes its strategy to expose Modi Ka Jhooth (lies of Modi) would help it hit pay dirt in the forthcoming Gujarat polls.
- Firm Prakash Won't Back 'Remarriage' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The soothing balm JD(S) national president H D Deve Gowda applied on the hurt sentiments of M P Prakash on Thursday, failed to work with the rebel leader sticking to his stand not to support BJP-JD(S) re-alignment.
- Cpm Doublespeak (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 31, 2007)
Soon after the CPI(M) came to power in West Bengal three decades ago, one of the first decisions it took was to rename Harrington Street in the heart of Kolkata as Ho Chi Minh Sarani.
- Nuke Deal Not Easy To Salvage: Kissinger (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The nuke deal, for instance. He clarified that his visit had nothing to do with the deal; he just happens to be visiting at a time when it's the hottest subject for discussion. He felt it was a very good deal for India and in case it gets nixed. . .
- It's A Family Affair (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 31, 2007)
In the first 25 years after independence, there was no political dynasty. Yes, there was Panditji and he loomed large over the political scene. Yet he had some formidable opponents who had been his comrades in the struggle for independence . . . .
- For Gerald Ford, Dead Men Tell Tales (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Dead men do tell tales: The late president Gerald Ford believed a successor, Bill Clinton, had a sex addiction and felt Hillary Clinton had "unlimited ambition" but the country was not ready for a woman president.
- U.S. House Passes Diwali Resolution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The U.S. House of Representatives has for the first time passed a resolution recognising the “religious and historical significance” of Diwali.
- Constitutionalism And Morality (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2007)
The Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janata Party have displayed rank opportunism in coming together to form a government in Karnataka just three weeks after they parted company with so much bitterness over the power-sharing arrangement.
- Coalition Politics (Tribune, Shastri Ramachandaran, Oct 31, 2007)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi says the coalition era demands a new Constitution to achieve “real federalism”.
- 'Upa Poor Example Of Alliance' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Leader of the Opposition LK Advani on Tuesday took another dig at the Congress-led UPA saying it was a classic example of how "an alliance should not be."
- Ncp Joins Left To Flay Upa's Economic Policies (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The Left's efforts to organise opposition against the UPA's economic policies got a boost on Tuesday when the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) joined the Left-sponsored farmers rally along with the newly-floated UNPA.
- Cpm Prepares To Regain Lost Ground (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
With CPI-M supporters slowly taking control of villages surrounding Nandigram, the residents are apprehending an attack on the lines of one mounted by CPI-M cadres with the help of police on 14 March last.
- Bjp-Jd(s) Mps To Call On Pm (Pioneer, KUMAR UTTAM, Oct 31, 2007)
Mounting pressure on Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur, who is yet to invite the BJP-JD(S) combine to form Government even four days after staking claim, coalition MPs on Tuesday decided to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Wednesday.
- Not End Of Road For N-Deal, Asserts Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
In the midst of intense US pressure to move ahead on the India-US civil nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday indicated the agreement has not been shelved, saying "we have not reached the end of the road," and efforts are on. . .
- Congress Back To Old Tactics (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The Congress party is exploring all legal and constitutional options to stop the BJP from forming a Government in Karnataka, the latter's first in south India.
- Manipur Militants Free Engineers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Militants freed three engineers of the Manipur public health engineering department unharmed shortly after midnight last night with both sides claiming that no money had changed hands.
- Grim Reminder (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2007)
It must be a cynical creed that sanctions cold-blooded murder of innocent people. But that precisely has been the record of the “Maoist” rebellion in India.
- Violence Mars Thevar Centenary Celebrations (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Oct 31, 2007)
Amidst unprecedented security arrangements, the centenary celebrations of Muthuramalinga Thevar were held at Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram district on Tuesday.
- T.S. Nanavati, New Pleader (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Oct 31, 2007)
He takes the place of Arvind Pandya
Government seeks more time to submit analysis of CDs with call details
Rights activists demand fresh CBI inquiry into the Tehelka episode
- Sonia To Launch Campaign From Anand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will launch the party’s election campaign from Anand, Gujarat. She will address a convention of Mahila Congress there on November 3.
- Pm Integrity Unquestioned, No Reason Govt Should Not Last Full Term: Karat (Telegraph, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 31, 2007)
In his first public overture to Manmohan Singh since the bitter stand-off began in early August over the Indo-US nuclear deal, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat today underlined the Left’s “respect” for the Prime Minister and appreciated. . .
- Rice To India: Hurry Up N-Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 31, 2007)
"Hurry up!" This is the concerted message from the United States to the Manmohan Singh government, with the Bush administration pulling out all the stops to make one final push for the nuclear agreement.
- Congress May Not Dump Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 31, 2007)
The Congress leadership could use the AICC session being held here on November 17 to announce a final decision on the controversial deal.
- Left Attacks Upa On Farmers’ Issues (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The Left and the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) came together on a common platform attacking the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government on farmers’ issues in a rally organised by the All-India Kisan Sabha on Tuesday.
- Nation Needs His Iron Will (Pioneer, Jagmohan , Oct 31, 2007)
We, as a nation, do not realise that great questions of the day are not settled by speeches and slogans but by sound and solid action.
- India Nuclear Deal Positive For Global Business: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Indian approval of a delayed nuclear energy deal with the United States would be seen positively by global business, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Tuesday.
- Bjp-Jd(s) Deadline To Governor (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Pushing for their second term in Karnataka, the BJP-JD(S) combine today told the Governor to invite them to form a government by this evening, failing which, they threatened to launch a state-wide agitation and a march to Raj Bhavan from tomorrow.
- N-Deal Delayed, Not Dead, Says Pm (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday the controversial nuclear deal with the United States had been delayed but was not dead.
- Nuclear Deal Delayed, Not Dead: Manmohan (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that India's controversial nuclear deal with the United States had been delayed but was not dead.
- Govt Looking At Dec Window To Approach Iaea (Indian Express, D K Singh, Oct 31, 2007)
Trying hard to build a “broad-based consensus” at home over the Indo-US nuclear — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said “there is some delay” but “we have not reached the end of the road yet” — the Congress-led UPA government . . . .
- Losing The Plot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2007)
It is absolutely right that there was a policy response to the ‘Janadesh’ rally — 25,000 people marched to Delhi asking for land rights. But the response itself is absolutely wrong.
- First, Second... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 31, 2007)
The proclaimed revival of intimacies between the JD(S) and BJP in Karnataka is likely to further whittle down the idea of the Third Front at the Centre.
- Don’T Delay, Seal Deal Quickly: Kissinger To India (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Batting for early conclusion of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warned that a delay could impact upon prospects of such a cooperation as the critics would be ‘better organised’ two years later.
- Bjp Edgy, Jd(s)cool (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
An anxious BJP, on Tuesday, resolved to go ahead with its save democracy campaign from Wednesday, following the expiry of the 24-hour deadline it had set for Governor Rameshwar Thakur to extend an invitation to form the . . . .
- Fresh Violence In Nandigram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
One person was killed and at least four others sustained bullet injuries following intense gunbattle that continued unabated in Satengabari and adjoining areas of Nandigram, official reports received here said on Tuesday.
- Governor Not Bound By Sc: Congress (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
This interpretation of the judgements could be pointers to a thinking process stirring in the Congress high command to finally refer the issue to the apex court for a final view.
- 'No Clear Rules On Revoking Prez Rule' (Deccan Herald, CORPORATE BUREAU, Oct 31, 2007)
Here is another legal interpretation on the issue related to proclamation of President's rule, apparently being examined by the Union government in the wake of the BJP-JD(S) combine claiming stakes to form the government in Karnataka.
- 'I Warned Him About Gowda's Tactics' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday strongly refuted the allegation by JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda that he tried to divide the JD(S) by holding secret parleys with senior JD(S) leader M P Prakash.
- Hu's China - Vii (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 31, 2007)
One lesson which India learnt from its experience of dealing with China before the Sino-Indian war of 1962 was the folly of treating Chinese transgressions as unintended. And there have been two recently.
- Bjp Wants Power In ‘24 Hours’ (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Protesting Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur’s alleged ‘go-slow’ approach, the BJP has put the governor on notice to pressure him into allowing it to form the Government.
- Hu Gets More Power (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 31, 2007)
The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that concluded in Beijing last week has been a landmark political event.
- Nuclear Deal Delayed, Not Dead: Singh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday his country’s controversial nuclear deal with the United States had been delayed but was not dead.
- It Is Not A Textbook Case In State (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Oct 31, 2007)
What do legal luminaries say of the Karnataka situation? The opinions are mixed as the top legal brains expressed both shades of opinion - that the House should be convened immediately to test claim as well as that the elections should be . . . .
- Economic Consequences Of Talibanisation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 31, 2007)
During the 1990s Pakistan’s annual growth rate averaged about 3 percent.
- Bjp, Jd (S) Wait For Guv's Invitation (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
With the Karnataka governor dragging his feet on the BJP-JD(S) alliance’s demand to swear in Mr B S Yediyurappa as the next chief minister, the saffron outfit has decided to wait till Wednesday before taking the matter ``to the people.’’
- Dasmunsi Hits Out At Cpm On Nandigram (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
After his recent attack on the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government on the issue of food riots in West Bengal, to be followed up by the AICC to hit back at the nuclear deal-blocking comrades, Union minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi on Tuesday . . . .
- Nepal House Set To Vote On Maoists’ Proposals (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Oct 30, 2007)
The special session of Nepal’s interim Parliament resumed here after about two weeks of adjournment.
- Political Survival Vs Energy Imperatives (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Both in politics and in military strategy buying time by reaching a tactical agreement with the potential adversary is a standard procedure. India's governing United Progressive Alliance (UPA) move to assure the Left that the operationalisation . . . .
- Saund’S Portrait To Be Unveiled In Us Cong (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
A portrait of Dalip Singh Saund, the first Indian American Congressman, will be unveiled in the US Congress next month.
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