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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Mufti Hails Defence Minister’S Announcement (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed here today hailed defence minister A. K. Antony’s announcement on security forces on internal security duty vacating all school buildings and hospitals in the state by November 30.
- Maya Asks Cadres To Gear Up For Poll (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Predicting mid-term elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati today called upon the party cadre to gear up for poll to replicate the success of Uttar Pradesh’s social engineering formula at the Central level.
- Nine Killed In Fresh Nandigram Violence (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Oct 29, 2007)
Three gunshots were fired at Mamata Banerjee’s vehicle while she was proceeding to Nandigram village around 3 pm today.
- Jd(s), Bjp Try To Mollify Prakash (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Oct 29, 2007)
With dissident Janata Dal (Secular) leader M.P. Prakash emerging as the only hurdle in the formation of a BJP-JD (S) government in Karnataka, the Gowda family today tried unsuccessfully to mollify him and also persuaded its Chief Minister-aspirant . . . .
- Make The Govt Work (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 29, 2007)
After the elevation of Rahul Gandhi as general secretary of the Congress party, there has been considerable media speculation on when he may join or lead the government.
- Us Wages War On Child Porn Via Net (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
In a normal working day, US criminal investigator Flint Waters will surf the net, chat online with someone whose acquaintance he made a few weeks earlier, and exchange photos and videos.
- Portrait Of Dalip Singh Saund To Be Unveiled In Us Congress (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A portrait of Dalip Singh Saund, the first Indian American Congressman, will be unveiled in the US Congress at an official ceremony next month.
- Shoot Down Jd(s)-Bjp Plan: Cong To Guv (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The Congress has appealed to the Governor not to consider letters submitted by the BJP and the JD(S) seeking an opportunity to form government.
- Hdk Turnaround: Prakash Unaware (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
How come Mr M Prakash was not aware of his party legislature leader H D Kumaraswamy's decision to renew ties with the BJP? Answer - Communication gap. At least this the explanation offered by JD(S) spokesman Y S V Datta.
- Bjp-Jd(s) Stakes Claim In Karnataka (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
On a day of changing political fortunes, the BJP-JD(S) bid to form a government in Karnataka did not look too certain after JD(S) leader M P Prakash seemed determined to play spoiler.
- Jds Flock In Resort As Rebels Try To Rock Boat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The bull ride in the JD(S)-BJP camps was further consolidated, despite desperate attempts by the Congress and former rebel leader M P Prakash’s camp to stop them from forming a Government.
- No Moral Right (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 29, 2007)
The Janata Dal (S) leadership, by supporting the claim made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday to form a government in the state, cannot claim credit for honouring the arrangement it had made with the BJP over 20 months ago.
- Carbon Blueprint (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
Having given up on the nuclear deal and with elections in the not-to-distant future, the Congress (in particular the prime minister) has turned its attention to economic reform and governance, which should have been priorities at the beginning of . . . .
- It's A Grand Alliance Against Modi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
In a significant development which could have immense bearing on the two-phased assembly elections in Gujarat, on December 11 & 16, Congress has agreed upon a seat-sharing formula with BJP rebels as well as Nationalist Congress Party.
- Quit Iraq: Us Protesters (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
At the rallies, leaders spoke against military intervention in Iran besides chiding the Bush administration on its international policies which, they contended, were raising tensions across the globe.
- Congress Bets On Prakash (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The hopelessly outsmarted Congress on Sunday went on an overdrive, to not only stop the BJP and JD(S) from forming a coalition government but also explore its own chances of returning to the helm in the State.
- Hdk Moves Flock To Resort (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
After dropping a bombshell on the Congress and his own party colleague M P Prakash, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy is relaxing at Ramanashree California, a resort in Yelahanka, along with his party MLAs.
- Bjp, Dal To Parade Mlas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A day after the BJP and JD(S) revived their ties, the combine stepped up efforts to get a go ahead from Governor Rameshwar Thakur to form the next government.
- Found Guilty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 29, 2007)
Tehelka expose is a reminder that justice is still undone.
- Mirroring A Democracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Give me the liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- Sino-India Relations May Change Asia: Hu (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The new Chinese leadership on Friday rolled out the red carpet for Congress President Sonia Gandhi, as Beijing voiced its readiness to take Sino-India relations to a strategic level that could change Asia and the world in a “profound way”.
- Hu's China - Iii (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 27, 2007)
In a despatch on October 21, 2007, the state-owned Hsinhua news agency of China reported as follows:
- N-Deal: Now, Mulford Meets Brajesh (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 27, 2007)
As the nuclear deal comes under threat for political reasons, there is a sudden spurt in BJP-US engagement with US Ambassador David Mulford meeting former NSA Brajesh Mishra on Friday, two days after he met Leader of Opposition . . . .
- Is Khanduri Losing His Way On Roads? (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Oct 27, 2007)
When Maj Gen B.C. Khanduri (retd) took over the reins of the Uttarakhand government as chief minister this March, he jokingly said that he would be a ‘miser’ and aim to bring fiscal discipline into the state administration.
- Punish The Guilty On Tehelka Tapes: Nris (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Reacting to the Tehelka sting operation on the 2002 Gujarat riots, a coalition of Indian-American organisations, the Indian National Overseas Congress and the Indian Muslim Council-USA have demanded action against the people who admitted on tape to partic
- Cbi Set To File Fir Against Mulayam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
In a move likely to intensify the political cold war between Congress and Samajwadi Party, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday sought Supreme Court's permission to file an FIR against SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his kin in a . . . .
- ‘Collector Acted On His Own, No Order From Gujarat Poll Panel’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
No instruction has been issued by the State Election Commission to black out telecast of the Tehelka expose on the 2002 communal riots.
- Us Wants Nuke Deal By Jan (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 27, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh government and the United States have not given up on the nuclear deal which is very much "alive" and on the cards. US undersecretary of state for political affairs Nicholas Burns, in an interview to National Public Radio. . .
- That Man From Louisiana (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
Many, in the United States and abroad, have been dismayed by the intolerance and downright ugliness that has crept into American politics since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Yet, for all the unseemliness in the American political firmament. . .
- Us Optimistic About N-Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Harping on a year-end deadline for the nuclear deal with India, the US has said it will be good to get it voted in the Congress by coming January.
- Tehelka Is Cong Proxy: Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The BJP which has come under attack from major political parties with RJD leader Lalu Prasad even demanding the arrest of Modi, sought to link Tehelka with the Congress...
- Sonia Gandhi Meets Chinese Premier Wen (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
As both Sonia and Wen met here at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound, they went down the memory lane recalling late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's . . .
- Britain At Sixes And Sevens Over Eu Treaty (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 27, 2007)
The debate on the EU Reform Treaty in Parliament is expected to be very stormy. But the agonising debate on Europe will not end until Britain is able to shed the historical baggage that fuels so much of the Euro-scepticism in the country.
- Modi Didn’T Go To Massacre Site: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party said on Friday that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi did not visit Naroda Patiya in Ahmedabad immediately after the massacre, post-Godhra carnage in 2002, as claimed by the Tehelka expose telecast on Thursday night . . . .
- Modi Must Quit, Says Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A day after the Tehelka expose linked Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to the post-Godhra carnage, the Congress demanded that he step down from office.
- Sudan’S Other War A Threat To Darfur (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Oct 27, 2007)
Failures to keep the peace in the scarcely reported north-south conflict send a terrible signal as talks begin in Libya.
- Moily’S Assertion Unnerves Telangana Congress Leaders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Unnerved by the categorical assertion of AICC general secretary Veerappa Moily on Telangana, Congress leaders from the region on Friday decided to bring pressure on the party high command to realise the ‘strong’ sentiments of the people and take . . . .
- The Gumption Of Gambit (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Oct 27, 2007)
The current political situation in India has made every political party think about the timings of forthcoming elections.
- Sonia’S Visit Will Boost Ties: Hu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
First foreign political leader to be received by new leadership
Visit a milestone in Sino-India relations, says Sonia
Progress made by China outstanding
- Jd(s) Backs M.P. Prakash (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Oct 27, 2007)
Political developments in Karnataka took a new turn on Friday with the JD(S) leadership deciding to back the party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister, M.P. Prakash, if the Congress offers him the Chief Ministership.
- Upa, Left Demand Modi’S Resignation (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Propelled by the Tehelka sting operation on the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, the Congress on Friday demanded the resignation of chief minister Narendra Modi while RJD supremo Lalu Prasad asked the prime minister to get Modi and BJP leader. . .
- Sting Op's Moral Call (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 27, 2007)
The Tehelka-Aaj Tak sting operation adds nothing new to the shameful truth about how the state machinery enabled the ruling BJP and its sister-organisations to carry out the 2002 pogrom in Gujarat. And yet it shocks by capturing the complete. . .
- Gandhi On Goodwill Visit To China (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The leader of India's governing Congress party, Sonia Gandhi, has met the Chinese president and prime minister in Beijing.
- Bjp Dismisses Gujarat Riot Claims (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's main opposition party has dismissed claims that its government in the state of Gujarat supported violence against Muslims in 2002.
- Hindus Detail Indian Riots From 2002 (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Five years after one of India's worst episodes of Hindu-Muslim violence, a series of videotaped confessions released Thursday showed Hindu activists acknowledging their roles in the killings and detailing blatant state collusion.
- Buddha Scraps Judicial Probe (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Wilting under the tremendous pressure of public opinion, the state government today decided to put a stop to the judicial inquiry it had instituted to ferret out the truth behind the mysterious death of young computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rehman.
- Dmk Attempts To Boost Cong Ties (Asian Age, R. Bhagwan Singh, Oct 27, 2007)
The ruling DMK, which is finding itself increasingly isolated even within the Democratic Progressive Alliance that it heads in Tamil Nadu, is attempting to strengthen ties with the Congress leadership.
- Poll Lifeline For Modi In Riot Sting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
In Gujarat’s poll arena, it’s the BJP and not the Congress that will be milking the Tehelka sting on Narendra Modi and his riot henchmen.
- 'Punish Those Shown Guilty On Tehelka Tapes' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Reacting to the Tehelka sting operation on the 2002 Gujarat riots, a coalition of Indian-American organisations, the Indian National Overseas Congress and Indian Muslim Council-USA have demanded action against the persons who admitted on tape to participa
- Cbi Inquiry Requires State’S Request: Cong (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A day after the Tehelka revelations, the Congress pleaded that the Centre couldn’t do anything more on bringing those involved in the 2002 riots to book.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 27, 2007)
It often happens that the enormity of a tragedy shows up the national character, and the great divide in the US of A stands exposed again. Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the relatively poor and predominantly black . . . . .
- Sting Data Is Proof To Indict Modi: Cpm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The CPI(M) has said that the Tehelka tapes should be taken as prime facie evidence and the Supreme Court and Centre should move expeditiously to see that all those guilty are brought to justice
- Congress Banks On Bjp Rebels (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Oct 27, 2007)
The Congress is banking on BJP dissidents, the disenchanted Patel community and the "passive" Sangh Parivar in the electoral battle against chief minister Narendra Modi in the December Gujarat Assembly polls.
- Stop Society Getting Divided: Bjp Urges Ec (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Taking strong note of Tehelka's sting operation related to the Gujarat riots of 2002, the BJP on Friday requested the Election Commission to intervene and prevent the society from getting divided on communal lines.
- China Hails Sonia's 'Milestone' Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
China on Friday hailed the visit of India's ruling coalition chief Sonia Gandhi as a "milestone" in the history of Sino-Indian relations, with President Hu Jintao saying his country attached great importance to developing friendly ties with New Delhi.
- Burns: Bring N-Deal To Us Congress By January (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Oct 27, 2007)
The Left, notably the CPI(M), may be furious over the United States setting an informal year-end deadline for the civil nuclear deal, but Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has once again stressed the timeline, saying it would be . . . .
- Parties Blast Modi, Seek His Ouster (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Bolstered by the Tehelka sting operation on the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to get Chief Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leader L.K. Advani arrested for their. . .
- Save The Nuclear Deal (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
It is obvious that the US-India civilian nuclear deal is now in the doldrums.
- Singh Parivar (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
Let's look at some of the statements made by leaders of parties constituting the UPA in the past week or ten days, when it became clear that the nuclear deal is not going through, at least for the present.
- Is Bjp Alienating Another Ally? (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Oct 26, 2007)
If murmurs of protest from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal leadership in Punjab are any indicator, the BJP appears to be following a plan through which it is all set to alienate yet another partner from its much depleted National Democratic . . . .
- Basics And Brajesh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2007)
You have to read a lot between the lines of Brajesh Mishra’s answers on nuclear deal questions — this paper carried a story on Thursday based on his ‘Walk the Talk’ appearance. You have to read the lines themselves carefully.
- Cong Mulls Govt Formation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The formation of an alternative Congress-JD(S) rebels government appears to be under serious consideration with the rebel leader M P Prakash informing the Congress high command that he...
- Sonia’S Visit To China Shocking, Says Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has described Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s China visit as “shocking.”
- Janata Dal (S) Keen On Polls: Deve Gowda (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Oct 26, 2007)
Former Prime Minister and president of the Janata Dal (Secular), H.D. Deve Gowda, on Thursday spiked reports of his party aligning with the Congress to form a government in the State.
- Ahead Of Polls, Gujarat Riots Haunt Modi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The victims, the state government, the courts and social activists have all spoken out on the 2002 Gujarat riots, said to be the worst communal strife since Independence.
- Us Wants Musharraf To Work Closely With Bhutto (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The US has said it is encouraging Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf to work more closely with Benazir Bhutto and other moderates, even as three top Senators urged the General to ensure the safety of the former premier in the wake of the. . .
- Left Parties, Unpa Iron Out New Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The contours of the new political realignment with the Left moving closer to the UNPA camp became clear on Thursday as the crucial outside supporters of the UPA government announced that they hold the same platform with the “Third Front. . .
- India, China Making Progress In Border Negotiations: Mukherjee (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
India and China have established a Working Group to prepare a framework for the settlement of their vexed boundary issue, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced on Thursday.
- Jds Too Chants Poll Mantra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A day after Congress categorically spurned its offer of support to form another coalition government in Karnataka, JDS on Thursday declared that it will go before people to seek a fresh mandate.
- Gujarat Genocide Was Planned: Tehelka (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
In what could become a major embarrassment for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on the eve of assembly elections in the state, Tehelka, on the basis of a series of sting operations, today claimed that Gujarat 2002 was “not a spontaneous . . .
- Unpa, Left To Coordinate Against Upa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Left dropped hints of its intention to stitch a non- Congress and non-BJP alliance after UNPA Chairperson Mulayam Singh met CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat and his CPI counterpart A B Bardhan.
- Aicc Session On November 17 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The first All-India Congress Committee session after the recent organisational overhaul will be held in the Capital on November 17.
- Mamata Ridicules Nandigram Compensation Package (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday ridiculed the State government’s move to provide a compensation package to the families of those killed in the police firing at Nandigram in West Bengal’s Purbo Medinipur district on March 14.
- People Continue To Flee Homes In Nandigram Amid Renewed Violence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Over 250 have left in the last three days following threats
Houses looted and extortion is rampant
Government considering paying compensation
- Rajasthan Bjp Chief Rules Out Removal From Post (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Denies confrontation with State RSS leadership
- Tehelka Blames It On Sangh Parivar, Modi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Tehelka on Thursday claimed that it had “irrefutable” evidence that the killings of Muslims post-Godhra train carnage in Gujarat was “not a spontaneous swell of anger but a genocide” planned and executed by top functionaries of the. . .
- Let Parliament Decide On Deal: Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
“BJP will be doing the greatest disservice by not allowing a discussion ”
BJP speaking with a “forked tongue”
Coalition governments “here to stay”
- Left, Unpa To Deepen Cooperation (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Oct 26, 2007)
The Left parties and the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) on Thursday decided to extend their cooperation beyond the nuclear deal to issues such as price rise and farmers’ problems.
- U.S. Deadline An Insult, Says Cpi(m) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Rebuffing U.S. insistence on India moving fast on the nuclear deal, the CPI(M) on Thursday said setting of such deadlines was an “insult” to Indian democracy.
- Cpm Asks Pm To See Light In Coalition Tunnel (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh argued that coalition politics makes it harder for his Government to set polity, the CPM is set to give him a crash course on the silver linings in the coalition cloud.
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