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Articles 6321 through 6420 of 16899:
- In Life And Death (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 06, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's untimely demise — and what happened immediately afterwards — suggests one thing, namely, that circumstances can inject a totally different dimension to the memory of a man, at least at that point of time which (in this case) closely . . .
- Strike One: The Chautalas (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 06, 2006)
It is indeed welcome that the CBI has investigated the assets of a leading political family, the Chautalas of Haryana, and unearthed huge unaccounted wealth.
- Put Him Down (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 06, 2006)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh has an innate ability to unleash furious storms and he is invariably in the eye of each one of them.
- Bengal's Nervous Favourites (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, May 06, 2006)
Driving through Balurghat in an open jeep this past week, Mr Arun Jaitley must have felt a rare moment of ecstasy.
- Turning Point? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 06, 2006)
The new govt may not be able to check the slide in Iraq
- Canberra Can If Delhi Inks Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Australia may change its official policy of not selling uranium to countries such as India, which have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), if New Delhi negotiates a special agreement with Canberra on safeguarding its nuclear facilities.
- Upa Core Panel Meets Today On Quota Issue (Tribune, Anita Katyal, May 06, 2006)
Now that Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal is back from his foreign visit, the next meeting of the Union Cabinet may well witness some sparks when he comes face to face with Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on the latter’s . . .
- Battle For Survival (Daily Excelsior, Jyotsna Pandit, May 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court verdict that construction work on the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) should go on simultaneously with effective rehabilitation of the project affected appears to be legally and morally correct. But it means little in concrete terms.
- Ec Notice To 19 Cong Mlas, Mp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Nineteen MLAs and an MP belonging to Congress in Delhi are in a spot of trouble, with the Election Commission (EC) issuing notices to them on a complaint seeking their disqualification in the office of profit issue, sources said.
- Ec Asks Sonia To Remove Posters From Govt Houses (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Taking a tough line, the Election Commission on Friday night asked Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, a candidate for Rae Bareli Lok Sabha bypoll, to have removed all the posters of her party from government buildings by early Saturday morning.
- Tv For Your Vote (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, May 06, 2006)
MR Muthuvel Karunanidhi, patriarch of ‘Dravidian’ politics, of course, does not bear the palest resemblance to Marie Antoinette. But he has come out with a message to the electorate that his critics can make sound remarkably like the reported . . .
- Cbi Fir Or Cong Report Against Chautala? (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, May 06, 2006)
In what is sure to trigger a controversy, CBI's decision to lodge an FIR against former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala and his family members in a disproportionate assets case looks like a photocopy of Congress "chargesheet" against the INLD leader . . .
- Sonia Pleads For Repeat Massive Mandate For Dpa (Hindu, G. Satyamurty , May 06, 2006)
"Tamil Nadu needs a Government which cares for the people"
- Up & Down In Down South (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, May 06, 2006)
Amma’s got a lot done so why’s she worried? Is there a gleam behind those famous Karunanidhi goggles? What’s Kalam doing atop a building? Looking for answers from a limo
- On Wheat Imports, Time To Go Against The Grain (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, May 06, 2006)
India’s foodgrains policy needs to get out of the FCI-babu mindset and in line with the ways of the world if it is to benefit the farmer
- `A Battle Between Secular Democracy And Autocracy' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
Yechury asks electorate to reject `politics of appeasement'
- Government Urged To Intervene In Chitrakala Parishat Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 06, 2006)
B.L. Shankar says he continues to be the rightful president of the parishat
The former Legislative Council Chairman questions validity of resolution replacing him
Claims that property of the Trust is in danger
Says credibility of the parishat is at
- More Carnage In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 05, 2006)
AS the Iraqi Parliament was convened for the first working session since elections in December, about 69 people were killed across the country in bombings and execution-style sectarian shootings. In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber killed 15 . . .
- Turmoil In Balochistan (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, May 05, 2006)
THE Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be a federation, with autonomous units in which fundamental human rights, equality of status and opportunity, social, economic and political justice would be guaranteed.
- India Rules Out Amendments To Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
India said on Thursday that it would not accept any “amendments” to the civil nuclear agreement signed with the US, rejecting suggestions among some in Washington that the deal would inevitably be subject to change.
- Journey Of A Lifetime (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, May 05, 2006)
The immediate fallout of Pramod Mahajan's untimely and tragic death was the cancellation of the two Bharat Suraksha yatras by Mr LK Advani and Mr Rajnath Singh.
- Crossing The Rubicon...Tamil Nadu Style (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, May 05, 2006)
The state’s elections show how the process of manipulating votes has reached its nadir
- The Widening Net Of Quota (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, May 05, 2006)
Will the supporters and detractors of quota for students fight pitched battles, or will the movement subside? Will we see another Mandal-like agitation, as was witnessed in 1990, with self-immolations over the Government's decision to introduce . . .
- Sonia ‘Fights For Principles’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
“This is not an ordinary election,” Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi told the people of this Lok Sabha constituency today from where she is seeking re-election following her resignation after being accused of holding an office of profit.
- India Rules Out Changes In Nuclear Deal With Us (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
India today made it clear that it will accept no "amendments" to the civil nuclear agreement signed with the US rejecting reported suggestions in this regard by Washington.
- Fiction As Fact (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 05, 2006)
The Supreme Court's stay order on Thursday, putting on hold further demolition of illegal structures described as "places of worship", may have fetched a temporary reprieve for fanatics in Vadodara who have nothing but contempt for authority.
- Tricolour And Tears At Mahajan's Funeral (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, May 05, 2006)
He was magnetic and lustrous even in his death. The immense popularity that senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan had enjoyed across the country's political spectrum and among various sections of society was very much in evidence, as he was cremated . . .
- Vote Dpa To Invest In Future, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, May 05, 2006)
Says Tamil Nadu deserves a secular, development-oriented, corruption-free government
DPA aim is to make the State top in prosperity, industrial growth
Manmohan commends performance of Union Ministers from Tamil Nadu
- Tearful Adieu To Pramod Mahajan (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Thousands of mourners bid a tearful adieu today to one of the country’s promising politicians and BJP’s master strategist Pramod Mahajan, who was cremated here with full State honours in the presence of a galaxy of dignitaries led by Vice-President . . .
- Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Violate Religious Freedom: Us Report ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to designate 11 nations, including Pakistan, Burma and Iran, as ''countries of particular concern'' for violations of religious freedom.
- Law Loses Speed, Lynch Mob At Large (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
More than 36 hours after 11 persons were named in the murder of Mohammed Rafiq Vohra in an FIR, not one has been arrested, raising questions about the government’s sincerity in punishing rioters.
- Pramod Mahajan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 05, 2006)
General secretary of the BJP he may have been, but Pramod Mahajan always set forth as if he was a general launching into battle. Regardless of his party designation, he was the organisation’s man for all seasons and reasons.
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2006)
Given the massive popular uprising against King Gyanendra, the Organiser desists from coming out in his support but two reports in the weekly focus on the threat posed by the Maoists.
- Several Targets For Arjun’S Broken Arrow (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, May 05, 2006)
HRD minister’s quota card was less a joker than a calculated ploy to improve his own lot and, via Assembly elections two years hence in Madhya Pradesh, that of his son
- Untimely Death (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 05, 2006)
BJP has lost a promising second rung leader
- Old Query On Young (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 05, 2006)
With Pramod Mahajan no more, Uma Bharati out and Rajnath Singh’s earlier elevation to party presidentship in some ways taking him out of the future race, the BJP’s so-called second generation leaders have less competition but are perhaps no more . . .
- Curfew Relaxed In Vadodara (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, May 05, 2006)
Clash in Navapura before Army moved in
Army stages flag march in affected areas
"Handling of situation by police raises a lot of questions"
- Mahajan Gets An Emotional Farewell (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The grief in the air was palpable. At 1.30 pm on Thursday, Rahul Mahajan lit his father Pramod Mahajan's pyre amid chanting of Vedic hymns at the Shivaji Park crematorium, not far away from the very maidan where the late BJP leader had charmed mammoth . .
- Help Workers Cast Their Votes, Intuc Tells Ec (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Unorganised sector should be given wages as compensation
- Us Body Seeks ‘Aggressive Action’ Against S. Arabia: Pakistan Cited Among ‘Religious Freedom Violators’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A US Congress-mandated commission urged the government to take ‘aggressive action’ against Saudi Arabia for alleged religious freedom violations and warned that religious rights were under threat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Nepal's Monarchy At A Crossroads (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 04, 2006)
Nepal's reinstated House of Representative passed a unanimous resolution on Sunday to go for constituent assembly elections to draft a new constitution. Will ballot power overthrow the 237-year old monarchy?
- Man In A Hurry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, May 04, 2006)
For the fledgling Bharatiya Janata Party, New Year’s Day, 1985 was not the occasion to celebrate. As the general election results poured in, the anticipated victory of the Congress turned into an avalanche.
- India Must Accept Amendments: Rice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Supporting early passage of the India-U.S. nuclear deal in Congress, the Bush administration has said New Delhi must be prepared to accept ``amendments'' which are within the ``spirit'' of the July 2005 accord.
- Must Be Nipped In The Bud (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , May 04, 2006)
IMF's bid for `multilateral consultations'
The proposal to turn the IMF into a virtual Fiscal and Monetary Security Council will give it a more pervasive character, adding, significantly and disturbingly, to its considerable clout. It is a mystery . . .
- Nellithope Crucial For Both Dmk, Aiadmk (Hindu, S. Nadarajan, May 04, 2006)
An ex-serviceman and an ex-CM lock horns in the poll battle
Janakiraman has been holding the seat since his first win in 1985
Segar is a green horn in the poll battle
Nellithope has a total of 22,758 voters with 11,645 women voters and 11,113 men
- Sonia Woos Women For Votes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
`You have to play an important role in the development of society', says Congress chief
- Advani Calls For Bjp-Muslim Unity (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Has the negative outlook towards the BJP helped the minorities or the nation at large? Floating the question to Indian Muslims, veteran BJP leader L K Advani took a dig at the Congress party for trying to divide the Nation by harping on “minority . . .
- Ec Submits Its Opinion On Nine Office-Of-Profit Leaders To Kalam (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
With the Parliament slated to debate on the issue of office of profit while it reconvenes next week, the Election Commission on Wednesday forwarded its opinion with regard to nine Parliamentarians to President APJ Abdul Kalam.
- Mahajan Outstanding Organizer, Able Parliamentarian: Parties (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Leaders across the political spectrum today said that with the death of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan the country has lost an outstanding organizer and an able parliamentarian who had a bright future ahead of him.
- It Is A Personal Loss To Me, Says Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A gem of a person: Shekhawat; a charismatic and youthful leader full of promise and energy, says Manmohan
- 76% Vote In Fourth Phase Of West Bengal Assembly Poll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Exit poll predicts clean sweep for Left Front in three districts
Turnout high in both urban and rural areas
Fate of 288 candidates decided
- 'Mahajan Was One Of The Most Competent Ministers' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Congress on Wednesday expressed deep grief over the death of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, whom it described as one of the most competent ministers, a very good organiser and an able politician who played an important role in Indian politics.
- 'Gandhi Is More Relevant Than Marx Today' (Times of India, Avijit Ghosh, May 04, 2006)
Historian Bipan Chandra, 77, is well known for his writings on Indian national movement and communalism. He has recently co-edited, along with fellow historians Mridula Mukherjee and Aditya Mukherjee, a 10-volume series on Modern Indian History . . .
- Rice: Be Ready For Changes In N-Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, May 04, 2006)
The Bush administration, mindful of pressure from prominent members of the U.S. Congress, has reportedly indicated that India must be prepared to accept “amendments” to a civilian nuclear deal.
- Body Blow (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 04, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan embodied the best, and worst, qualities of Generation Next in Indian politics. His death, at the age of 56, leaves the BJP crippled. Politics will miss him. Mahajan was representative of a generation in politics that valued efficiency . . .
- Bandh In Jammu (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 04, 2006)
It did not need call by any political party for people in this region to observe bandh on Tuesday in protest against massacres in Doda and Udhampur districts.
- Nepal’S Maoists Write Off New Leaders, Refuse To Disarm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Richard Boucher ignores king in a quick-fire series of meetings with Nepal’s power brokers
- Mahajan To Get State Funeral (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan, who passed away at 4.10 pm on Wednesday, will be cremated on Thursday at Shivaji Park crematorium in central Mumbai, Nitin Gadkari, state BJP president.
- Iran And The Us Share Goals In Afghanistan (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, May 04, 2006)
The owner of this plumbing shop in Herat, Afghanistan, says his business would be crippled if Iran stopped exporting its products.
- Sonia Hits Rae Bareli Turf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
For the electorate, it was a three-hour wait under the blistering summer sun for a 10-minute speech by Sonia Gandhi. But that did not stop the crowd from cheering the Congress President as she got on to the dais in the Sarini Assembly segment of Rae . . .
- Iran, Us Share Afghan Goals (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, May 04, 2006)
The smooth blacktop roads and 24-hour electricity of Herat set this Afghan commercial capital apart as a model of stability in a country still struggling to get on its feet. Much of the wealth in this western city, with its tree-lined streets and . . .
- Sonia Visits Rai Bareli Today, Confident Of Victory (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will leave for Rae Bareli on Wednesday. She will campaign in the constituency for two days.
- Murshidabad Contest (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
Tactical errors by the Opposition
The most confusing signal for voters in Murshidabad was the arrival of both Sonia Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee for a series of campaigns on the same day.
- How Two Countries Treat Their Farmers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , May 03, 2006)
The Canadian nation as a whole was more sensitive to the recent blockade by 200 farmers than India has been to suicides by over 20,000 farmers since 1995.
- Sonia Gandhi's Word Final, Says Ysr (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Congress president yet to reveal her mind on the issue
- Sacred Space, Uncommon Ground (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, May 03, 2006)
On Monday morning, the removal of an old dargah by municipal authorities in Vadodara was apparently a simple civic demolition exercise.
- Nris To Press Us Congress On Nuke Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
A broad coalition of groups representing the Indian American community, including some prominent members, would press lawmakers to ratify legislation on the civilian nuclear energy agreement between the US and India.
- Vadodara Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 03, 2006)
Monday's violence in Vadodara over the demolition of a Sufi dargah deserves more than passing attention. The fact that it left four persons dead and 21 injured is certainly one reason for this. More important, however, is the question whether there . . .
- Time For A Hard Look (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 03, 2006)
It is time for the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, to sit up and take a long, hard look at India’s foreign policy, of which he has been directly in charge now for six months. He must do it quickly for his own protection because depth and insight are . . .
- Fourth Phase Of Poll In Wb Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
A day prior to the fourth phase of poll in West Bengal, Marxist veteran and former Chief Minister, Mr Jyoti Basu, today said whatever might be the elections results, the CPM and other Left parties would ensure that the UPA government remains in . . .
- Advani Says Siachen Pull-Out Would Be A Sell-Out (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
The BJP today said any “ill-conceived” pull out from Siachen would be a “sell-out”.
- Will Bihar Politics Have Any Bearing On National Politics ? (Daily Excelsior, Ashok Thakur, May 03, 2006)
In politics there is no permanent friend or foe. The ouster of George Fernandes as the president of the Janata Dal (United) by Sharad Yadav in league with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is an example of the age-old adage. Mr. Nitish Kumar has not made . . .
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 03, 2006)
Buoyant after the success of Sitaram Yechury’s Nepal initiative, the CPI(M) has set its target high — the abolition of monarchy.
- Desperate Measure (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 03, 2006)
Dynasty sells. At least Congressmen believe so. Indira, Rajiv, and, to some extent, Sonia have proved that a significant number of Indians respond to the political legacy of the Gandhi family.
- As Jhelum Courses Down (Indian Express, WAJAHAT HABIBULLAH, May 03, 2006)
Four seats of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly were contested and won on April 24, 2006. Of these, all apart from the Bhaderwah seat, won handsomely by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, fall in the Kashmir region. So what, the reader will ask
- Hooda Ready For Cbi Probe Into Murder (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said that his Government was ready to get the murder of Dabwali Youth Congress leader Chand Singh Brar investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation if the Indian National Lok Dal so desired.
- Nepal Pm Lines Up Team Amid Protests (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, May 03, 2006)
It took God seven days to create the world. And it took Nepal’s new Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala the same to announce a mini cabinet of seven members after a long week filled with bickering among allies, warnings by an enraged public and even . .
- The Perils Of Populism (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, May 03, 2006)
The government is playing havoc with the future of the people by refusing to adjust the oil prices rationally
- Fbi, Patriot Act In The Spotlight As Congress Considers Terror Fight (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Washington FBI Director Robert Mueller faced a battery of tough questions from both sides of the aisle on issues in a fast-paced Senate oversight hearing on Tuesday.
- Nature Of Resistance In Iraq (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 03, 2006)
One day last October, police responding to reports of a disturbance at an army recruitment centre near New York’s Times Square were confronted with an unusual spectacle. Young anti-war protesters — the usual culprits — were hardly in evidence.
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