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Articles 5221 through 5320 of 16899:
- Antony To Meet Cong Workers On Siddu Issue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Congress leader in-charge of Karnataka affairs A K Antony will be on a three-day visit to Bangalore from June 18, mainly to discuss the nature of the party’s association with former deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah and ways to strengthen it in the state
- Time For A Reality Check (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Jun 10, 2006)
Agricultural imports have hit Indian farmers’ interests, especially the plantation sector with workers being laid off
- Bmic Project: Congress Accuses Deve Gowda Of Being Vindictive (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
He is unhappy over the outcome of Council polls, say Dharam Singh, Kharge
Sonia Gandhi tells State Congress to strengthen ties with Siddaramaiah
A.K. Antony to be in Bangalore from June 18 to 20 for consultations
- Cong Hints At Partial Fuel Price Rollback (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Barely hours after the AICC said that the “last word” had not been said on its demand for partial rollback on the petroleum products price hike despite the Government ruling it out, the Congress core committee, comprising party President Sonia . . .
- Shape Of Things To Come (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jun 10, 2006)
The day results of elections in five states were announced I went on a fortnight’s vacation from column writing.
- Us House Panel To Decide India’S Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
After pouring over it for nine months, a powerful panel of the US House of Representatives will decide this month on a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India, a congressional staff member said on Thursday.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Languishing On The Hill (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 10, 2006)
President George W Bush and congressional supporters of the US-India nuclear agreement are “pushing to rescue the initiative and its vision of expanded strategic ties,” according to a US news service.
- Pakistan And U.S.: Two Together, Two Apart (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 10, 2006)
Their dependence on each other by no means makes it an equal partnership. And this is the main cause of the strain in their relations.
- Damming Spree In China (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 10, 2006)
The main dam of the Three Gorges reservoir was completed in May, ahead of schedule, and China is planning another massive dam, also on the Yangtze.
- Meghalaya: Cong Rushes Senior Leader To Tackle Crisis (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
With dissident Congress MLAs in Meghalaya standing firm on their demand for a change in leadership, senior leader from party high command Ved Prakash would arrive here tomorrow to talk to the rebels.
- No To Strikes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 10, 2006)
Biman Bose’s statement that strikes against the fuel price hike are not on West Bengal’s agenda suggests that the Chief Minister may, finally, have got his party’s leaders to accept realities.
- The Pallor Of Money (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 10, 2006)
How much wealth do our politicians have tucked away in their coffers?
- Buddha On Back Foot (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
The CPM and its Left allies find themselves on the back foot by the Congress-inspired move of the Maharashtra government not to levy sales tax on the increased prices of petrol and diesel.
- Brinda Brainwave: No To Private, Foreign Universities; Yes To Exit Tax For Students Going Abroad (Indian Express, Shubhajit Roy, Jun 10, 2006)
Brinda brainwave: no to private, foreign universities; yes to exit tax for students going abroad
- Sonia Masterminded Assets Case Against Mulayam, Says Amar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
Samajwadi party general secretary Amar Singh has once again made a frontal attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi, accusing her of masterminding the disproportionate assets case against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.
- Fuel Prices: Cong Passes Buck To State Govts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
The Congress on Friday sought to deflect the attack on the Union Government by bringing into focus the role of the State Governments in the management of petroleum prices.
- Cong Clueless On Natwar Charges (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
The AICC today sounded “clueless” on the recent allegations made by the beleaguered former external affairs minister, Mr K Natwar Singh, that the “higher-ups” in the Congress establishment had been trying to implicate him and his son, Jagat, in the . . .
- Us House Panel To Decide On Indo-Us N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
After poring over it for nine months, a powerful panel of the US House of Representatives will decide this month on a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India, a Congressional staffer said on Friday.
- The Pallor Of Money (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 09, 2006)
Over the last fortnight, it seemed nothing substantive happened in India apart from the anti-reservation protests by a section of doctors, who will, if calculated, make a mere handful, given the vast population of the country. Newspapers dedicated . . .
- Bmic Row Is Getting Murkier (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The controversy regarding “excess land” taken over by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) for Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project is getting murkier.....
- Natwar Accuses Cong Top Brass Of Targeting Him, Son (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
The beleaguered former external affairs minister, Mr K Natwar Singh has alleged that that “higher-ups” in the Manmohan Singh government had been trying to implicate him and his son, Jagat, in the Volcker scam case. Mr Singh made these charges in . . .
- ‘Do You Want To Help Those Within A Class Who Are Already Well-Off?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 09, 2006)
Sir, before I start on what I really wanted to say, I must say that I have been terribly pained with what I have heard just now from one of the members of the government, one of the ministers. It is extremely sad that the thinking in this government . . .
- India Abroad (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2006)
The finding that the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is one among the leading “educators” of US Senators and Congressmen is cause more for reflection than self-congratulation; reflection on how much remains to be done by India to win friends . . .
- Time To Dismantle The Immunity Regime (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 09, 2006)
The Supreme Court has begun the process of bringing the political leader on a par with the citizen.
- Office-Of-Profit: Sword Hangs Over Four Congress Mlas In J-K (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jun 09, 2006)
Four Congress legislators in J-K ruling coalition are facing disqualification for holding office-of-profit and receiving salary, accommodation, transport and other facilities as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of various government corporations and boards.
- New Entitlements For Ias Cadre And Danics Officers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
50 per cent reimbursement of their power and water bills
All eligible officers may avail of the aforesaid facilities with effect from May 23
The move is likely to go down poorly with lakhs of electricity and water consumers
- An Opposition Without A Cause (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jun 09, 2006)
In spite of the blunders made by the UPA regime, the BJP remains too effete to derive any political advantage, says Anuradha Dutt
- In Aid Of Israel (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Jun 09, 2006)
Israel was created by systematic recourse to terror but it leaders portray it as a peace-maker.
- Interview:s.K.Jain, Chairman, Npcil (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 09, 2006)
When the third reactor at Tarapur went critical, you announced that India's target was to generate 40,000 MWe of nuclear power by 2030.
- N-Deal: Legislation To Take Time (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
In spite of optimism expressed in some quarters on the passage of the Indo-US nuclear deal in Congress, the foreign relations committees of both the Senate and House of Representatives have not yet scheduled any concrete dates to mark up legislation . . .
- Poor Mulayam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 09, 2006)
Few will find fault with the Supreme Court turning down Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s plea to stop inquiries into the assets of his close family members.
- Standing His Ground (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 09, 2006)
The Prime Minister deserves to be complimented for standing firm on the issue of oil product prices, despite the spectacle of his own Congress party joining the chorus of protest from the Opposition.
- Politics Of Bad Economics (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 09, 2006)
It seems a calculated Congress strategy to hail Sonia Gandhi as the saviour and castigate Manmohan Singh as the spoiler
- Azad Initiates Exercise To Set Up Working Groups (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2006)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today initiated an exercise to set up five working groups on Jammu and Kashmir as announced by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at the end of two days Round Table Conference in Srinagar on May 25.
- Pm May Agree To Partial Rollback Of Oil Price Hike (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 09, 2006)
Despite the government’s disclaimers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may eventually agree to a partial rollback of fuel prices but only after discussing the matter at the next meeting of the Left-UPA coordination committee, which is likely to be . . .
- Civil Nuclear Deal: Us And India To Discuss ‘Impractical’ Conditions (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 09, 2006)
American and Indian officials are expected to discuss next week two new conditions imposed by the US in their nuclear deal that Indian experts feel are “impossible to accept”.
- Popular Not Populist: Rollback Demand Is Bad Politics (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 09, 2006)
Manmohan Singh may have asked petroleum minister Murli Deora to stand firm, but the possibility of a rollback in the prices of petrol and diesel still remains. The ill-considered, reactive response of the Left parties, some junior partners in the . . .
- Us Okays Agni Iii Missile Test By 'Junior Partner' (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 09, 2006)
The United States has given New Delhi a go-ahead to test its Agni III missile as part of an overarching plan to groom India as a "junior partner" in the Indian Ocean region, the intelligence think-tank Stratfor has said.
- Flee Market (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 08, 2006)
On a day when IBM pledged to invest $6 billion in India over three years, the Sensex shed 256 points. Last Wednesday, when government announced that the economy grew 9.3 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2005-06, the Sensex plummeted 388 points.
- Supreme Court Asks Mulayam, Son To Submit It Returns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Told to explain source of income, investments of last five years
Other family members also asked to make explanations
Bench to examine bonafide of petitioner as well
- World Press Trends Are Mixed, Asia Tops (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
A billion daily newspaper readers worldwide; Asia has 70 per cent of world's best-selling dailies .
- Psst! A Petrol Home Truth (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The CPM need not squeeze a rollback out of Manmohan Singh. A gentle reminder to chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and his finance minister Asim Dasgupta should do.
- The A.Q. Khan Network (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 08, 2006)
Recently the Pakistan government announced that the A. Q. Khan case has been closed.
- Rollback Of Petro Prices Ruled Out (Tribune, Manoj Kumar, Jun 08, 2006)
Ruling out any rollback of hike in petrol and diesel prices at least for the time-being, the UPA government, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seems to be heading towards a confrontation with the Congress itself besides the Left parties and . . .
- Supreme Court Asks Mulayam To Explain Huge Assets (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, his two sons and daughter-in-law to explain within four weeks the source of the disproportionate wealth they have been accused of acquiring in the last six years.
- India Inc Among Top Us Lobby Groups (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 08, 2006)
In the uphill battle to influence or educate -- depending on how one looks at it -- the US Congress, Indian industry has taken baby steps.
- Very Taxing (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 08, 2006)
There is beauty in simplicity. Aesthetics apart, in everyday life simple things make life easy and convenient.
- Big Blue And Blues (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
To read a general vote of foreign investor confidence in IBM’s decision of upgrading its presence in India would be overly optimistic.
- Congress-Bashing Gowda Lauds Son (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Proud father or angry politician? For Janata Dal (Secular) president H D Deve Gowda, the struggle to be either continues and when he took the stage at a workers’ convention in Lucknow on Wednesday, it was clear that the father had the upper hand.
- Airport Road To Fly Into More Snarls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Traffic on Wind Tunnel Road and a stretch of Airport Road is likely to be affected for about six weeks due to storm water drain (SWD) works in the area. The Bangalore Mahanagara ....
- State Plans Duty Cut On Fuel Price (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Notwithstanding the fuel price hike shock delivered by the UPA government at the Centre, here is some good news for the people of Karnataka.
- Fuel Price Hike: Political Brief Ignored (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The dissonance between government and the Congress over fuel prices is a result of the Union Cabinet having on Monday overshot the 'political brief' set out by the UPA leadership by hiking the price of petrol by Rs 4 and diesel by Rs 2.
- Facing The Tiff (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 08, 2006)
Political partnerships, like most other such ties, have their twists and turns. The relations between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party too have their share of strains.
- Division Games (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
For Sharad Pawar politics is a kind of sport and sport is another field of politics. Just before he left for the US, his Nationalist Congress Party decided on Rahul Bajaj’s candidature for Rajya Sabha.
- Sc Seeks Tax Details From Mulayam Family (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
In a serious setback to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav facing fresh probe by the Income Tax (IT) Department for tax liabilities on alleged disproportionate assets, the Supreme Court today refused to stay authorities’ notices to him . . .
- Congress Keeps Pressure On, Blasts Bjp (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 08, 2006)
Worried that the party will pay a heavy political price for the latest fuel price hike, the Congress continued to press the UPA government for a partial rollback in order to the ease the burden on the common man.
- China To ‘Seed’ Clouds For Olympics (Statesman, Clifford Coonan, Jun 08, 2006)
Ravaged by a seven-year drought and choked by poisonous dust storms, China will “seed” the clouds looming over its cities with rockets and chemical pellets to bring welcome rain and clear polluted skies for the Olympics in 2008.
- Pm Against Rollback (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
Two days after the Manmohan Singh Cabinet effected a steep increase in petroleum product prices, the contentious issue continues to be gripped by uncertainty.
- Nda Leaders To Court Arrest In Protest Against Oil Price Hike (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 08, 2006)
They say they are foraam aadmibut make his life much harder"
- Pm Rules Out Rollback But Petrol Politics Still At Play (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
As principal Opposition BJP and other parties hit the streets in a robust protest against Monday's petrol price hike, the UPA Government on Wednesday ruled out any rollback.
- Bjp Launches Agitation Across The Country (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 08, 2006)
Demands a complete rollback of the "anti-people" measure of increasing prices of petrol and diesel
NDA protest demonstration on June 12 and again on June 19
Traffic halted at 400 places, effigies burnt, trains stopped
- 'A Dangerous Trend' (OutLook, Mahesh Bhatt, Jun 08, 2006)
'Do not forget that student wing of Congress party, the NSUI has also opposed Fanaa in Gujarat and my petition also includes that,' argues the outspoken film director, reiterating also that 'it is wrong and illogical for the states to ban Da Vinci . . .
- The Sensex Reacts To Questionable Policies (The Financial Express, P VAIDYANATHAN IYER, Jun 08, 2006)
While global markets did tug downwards, the UPA government did quite a bit to aid the market slide.
- India May Partially Curtail Fuel Price Hike (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
The Indian government could partially roll back this week’s hike in fuel prices, officials suggested on Wednesday, a day after opposition groups and leftist allies of the ruling Congress party threatened nationwide protests.
- Us Congress Urged To Support India N-Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
An influential foreign policy group on Wednesday urged the US Congress to ratify a deal to ship nuclear technology and fuel to India, but delay final approval until receiving assurances of India’s non-proliferation efforts.
- No Rollback Of Oil Prices (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Jun 08, 2006)
Rationale to be explained to Left
- 'Maoists Must Abandon Violence' (OutLook, Navtej Sarna, Jun 08, 2006)
'We support the peace efforts of the Government of Nepal and the Maoists and we believe that Maoists must abandon violence and must accept the discipline of multiparty democracy to enter the mainstream of politics in Nepal'
- Cracks Widen Within Upa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
The political management within the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has gone completely haywire, with allies targeting each other in almost a free-for-all anarchy.
- Fuel Price Hike: Bjp To Hit Streets (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Amidst all-round clamour against the price hike, the UPA government is going to face a massive political mobilisation across the country in the coming days.
- Myopic On Economic Reforms (Business Line, A K Bhattacharya, Jun 07, 2006)
Economic reforms will certainly rank as among the most widely used—often misused and abused—expression in India today.
- Fate Of 18 Delhi Mlas Hangs In Balance (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Jun 07, 2006)
Uncertainty over the fate of legislation
Amendment Bill passed by the Vidhan Sabha on May 18 is pending with the Union Home Ministry
`The Congress party is not in a position to contest any by-election in the given circumstances'
- The Helmsman Takes A Buffeting (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 07, 2006)
Can the success of Indian business make India as a whole richer, asks the latest issue of The Economist. Sure it can, says RASHEEDA BHAGAT, but only if there is a strong, effective and efficient, as well as sincere and honest government in place . . .
- No Price Hike Rollback: Deora (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Expects portion of Rs 28,000-crore oil bonds issue soon
- Costlier Petrol (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2006)
THE fifth increase in petroleum prices in just two years of the UPA government has finally been effected.
- Fuel The Fire (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 07, 2006)
The political reaction to Monday's cabinet decision raising the price of petroleum products seems to suggest the move was either unexpected, excessive, or both. The reality, of course, is that it is neither unexpected nor excessive.
- U.N. Risks Shutdown Over U.S. Budget Cap - Tharoor (Reuters, Paul Taylor, Jun 07, 2006)
The United Nations faces a potential shutdown in which the Security Council could not meet and peacekeepers around the world would be left adrift if the United States and Japan carry out a threat to withhold funds, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.
- Office Of Profit Bill Tabled In Assembly Amid Criticism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
Posts in educational institutions among those excluded from purview of clause
Disqualification of legislators brings financial burden on the State
The amendment will help make available legislators' experiences to organisations
- In The Name Of Privileges (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
It's strange that one of our finest constitutional experts has been charged with 'contempt' of the House, says Charti Lal Goel
- Family Matters (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 07, 2006)
Mukund B Kunte delves into his past association with the Gandhis and recalls some moments when they appeared as real as anybody
- Whose Bajaj? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 07, 2006)
Barely a fortnight after insisting forcefully that he had no plans whatsoever to join politics, Bajaj Auto head Rahul Bajaj has thrown his hat in the ring by announcing his candidature as an Independent for the byelection to the Rajya Sabha from . . .
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