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Articles 6821 through 6920 of 16899:
- Advani Challenges Govt To Introduce Telangana Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani whose “Bharat Suraksha Yatra” is passing through Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday pledged his support to a separate Telangana state.
- Rare Bareli (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 20, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi may not own a car, but she now has a Katiyar in her tracks.
- Allow Udf To Continue The Good Work: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked the people of Kerala to re-elect the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) to power in the State to continue the good work it had been doing during the last five years.
- Trs Asked To Table Bill If Congress Backtracks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
BJP to support such a move on Telangana, says Advani
- Katiyar's Entry May Spice Up Contest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Sonia's winning margin will be "historic"
- The Shifting Minority Vote (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Major Muslim organisations have thrown their weight behind the LDF. C. Gouridasan Nair on what this means for the Kerala elections
- In Sonia Declaration Fine Print, 500 Old Shares Of An Old Family Tie (Indian Express, ZEESHAN SHAIKH, Apr 20, 2006)
When Congress president Sonia Gandhi filed nomination papers for the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat, tucked away was a little detail in her financial declaration: 500 shares in Western India Tanneries.
- Kerala Headed Left, Decisively (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 20, 2006)
In politically volatile Kerala, where two to four per cent of the voters can make the difference between victory and defeat, the Left Democratic Front led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is poised to return to power with a decisive majority.
- Manmohan's Silence On Muslim Quota Ominous: Bjp (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Apr 20, 2006)
Biggest achievement of BJP was smashing single party dominance in polity, says L.K. Advani
National security compromised by vote bank politics'
Criticises Congress' silence on Volcker report
`Need for comprehensive ban on conversions'
- The Makings Of A Debt Trap In Andhra Pradesh (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Apr 20, 2006)
Faced with a new crisis in the rural areas, the Andhra Pradesh Government is contemplating legislation to punish erring MFIs and asking banks to enforce a code of conduct on them.
Some of the debt-recovery methods described as `barbaric'
- Nepal Capital Deserted, Protesters Gather Outside (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Apr 20, 2006)
Anti-monarchy protesters gathered outside the city limits of the Nepali capital Kathmandu on Thursday where a strict curfew has been imposed to block a pro-democracy rally.
- Debating On The Future (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Apr 20, 2006)
As in Bengal, the election campaign of the CPI(M) in Kerala shows the deep rifts within the party on . . .
- Kerala Needs More Investments: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Brushing aside any speculation of Left parties troubling the UPA government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said LEFT were “valued allies” and any problems would be resolved in an amicable manner.
- Socio-Economic Development Key Issue In Perambalur (Hindu, M. Balaganessin, Apr 20, 2006)
All four sitting AIADMK MLAs denied ticket
The DMK won the Perambalur, Ariyalur and Jayamkondam seats five times, Varahur seat four times and Andimadam thrice
The AIADMK won Varahur five times, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Andimadam thrice and . . .
- West Bengal Must Talk With Maoists: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
``Talks have to be sustained, results do not come overnight''
- ''Left Is Our Valued Ally'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Even pressures do good: Manmohan
- Advani Trains Guns On Naxalites (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Says nothing can be achieved by killing innocents
- Advani Asks Trs To Quit Upa, Table Bill On Telangana (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
BJP to support such a move if the Congress backtracks
- Where National Parties Hold Sway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
In Tamil Nadu's deep south, the influence of Dravidian parties is far from complete
- Left May Review Support To Upa After Polls: Brinda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The Left will most definitely make a fresh assessment of its support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre after the elections to the five State Assemblies, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat has said.
- Caste Politics And The Vanniyar Belt (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Apr 20, 2006)
The new found friendship between the PMK and the DPI is a reflection of the changed realities in Tamil Nadu
- Poll Wars Enter Cyberspace (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The Internet revolution opened up infinite possibilities for political parties. They found it a convenient platform to air information about their policies and programmes and their stand on contemporary issues.
- Bjp Confident Of Opening Account In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice-president Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that he had no doubt about his party opening account in Kerala this time around.
- "We Have Turned Around Kerala's Economy" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The former Kerala Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, has kept a low profile during the campaign for the Assembly elections. His indifferent health has prevented him from undertaking long election tours.
- Karan Singh Meets Deuba, Koirala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Says he is optimistic about talks he will be holding with the King and political leaders
- Sonia Wants To See Son Rahul As Pm: Rajnath (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
BJP President Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said Sonia Gandhi wants to see her son or daughter as Prime Minister of the country due to which she has declined the responsibility herself.
- Assam: Peaceful Battle (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Apr 19, 2006)
All political parties barring the ruling Congress have predicted a hung Assembly in Assam.
- Discordant Orchestra (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Apr 19, 2006)
A motley crowd of the Congress-led UPA Government has been bumbling like the extremely temporary regimes of Mr VP Singh, Mr Chandra Shekhar, Mr HD Deve Gowda and Mr Inder Kumar Gujral in the 1990s.
- N-Deal With India To Strengthen Ties: Us (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Describing the nuclear deal with India as an "important" agreement that will help strengthen the bilateral strategic relationship, the US has said there is "good bipartisan response" from members of Congress about moving forward on it.
- Karan Singh To Go As Pm’S Envoy To Nepal (Indian Express, Satish Misra, Apr 19, 2006)
Concerned with the fast deteriorating political situation in the neighbouring Himalayan Kingdom, India today decided to send a senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, Dr Karan Singh, to Nepal tomorrow as the Special Envoy of . . .
- Sinister Motive (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 19, 2006)
The Prime Minister's high level committee headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar that was set up to look into the "social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community in the country", is working on a report that could have severe . . .
- Pm Sending Karan To King, Message Clear: Restore Democracy (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Apr 19, 2006)
With tensions rising in Nepal and economic indicators worsening, India today decided to send senior Congress leader Karan Singh on Wednesday as a special envoy, carrying a message from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for King Gyanendra.
- Land Of Liberty (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 19, 2006)
West Bengal is the lighthouse of practising democracy in the country. So says Comrade Biman Bose, the Left Front chairman and CPI(M) state chief. When journalists queried him recently on the Election Commission indicating a likelihood of repol . . .
- West Bengal: Clear Choice (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Apr 19, 2006)
The results in West Bengal are a foregone conclusion; only the margin of victory is to be known.
- Kerala: Close Race (Frontline, R Krishnakumar, Apr 19, 2006)
In Kerala the main contest is between the traditional rivals, the UDF and the LDF, with the BJP nowhere in the picture.
- Tamil Nadu: Promising Start (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Apr 19, 2006)
In Tamil Nadu the two main alliances have firmed up seat-sharing arrangements, but the spoilers may be the few parties fighting alone.
- Reconciliation, The Only Way (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Apr 19, 2006)
Nepal's Lali Guras (rhododendron) Revolution has entered its 14th day, well beyond the original four days.
- Tdp Leader Hacked To Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Former MLA Suryapratap Reddy attacked at Tadipatri rly station
- A National Authority For Rainfed India (Hindu, Mihir Shah, Apr 19, 2006)
The Government should examine the Parthasarathy Committee report, hold wide-ranging consultations on its key recommendations and act to implement a new consensus on governing rainfed areas.
- Karan Singh Going On Nepal Mission (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 19, 2006)
New Delhi concerned at situation in Kingdom
Situation impacted directly on India's security
India would be happy to facilitate a solution
- Desperately Seeking Manmohan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court has played the leadership role in defusing the situation over the Narmada conflict by finding a way out of the impasse.
- India’S Nuclear Ambitions Are Obvious (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 19, 2006)
India has refused to make explicit commitment to the US not to conduct fresh nuclear tests as part of a landmark civilian atomic cooperation agreement.
- Cong Upbeat Despite Pre-Poll Surveys (Times of India, P K SURENDRAN, Apr 19, 2006)
With Kerala set to go to polls on Saturday, pre-poll surveys are predicting a win for the CPM-led Left Democratic Front. But that's not dampened the spirits in the Congress camp with United Democratic Front making a brave surge for the . . .
- Time To Decide (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court could not have been clearer in its latest statement on the Sardar Sarovar dam. Some of the court’s clarifications repeat, with good reason, its 2000 and 2005 judgments on the issue, and reiterate the terms of the Narmada . . .
- Former Prime Ministers' Appeal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Kathmandu: Two former Prime Ministers of Nepal have asked King Gyanendra to restore democracy and told him that there could be no cooperation until he did so.
- Clearing The Air (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2006)
Delhi’s durbar culture is used to the rise and fall of individuals and of groups with clout to influence policy and statecraft.
- Pm Should Categorically Come Out On N-Agreement: Naidu (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should make a categorical statement on the nuclear agreement with the US as various reports emnating on the issue were "creating doubts in peoples' minds", former BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu today said.
- "The Sky Is The Limit For Indo-German Relationship" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 19, 2006)
Bernd Mutzelburgis Germany's new envoy in India. In an interview toThe Hindu, the Ambassador, a former foreign and security policy adviser to the German Chancellor, spoke on a range of issues, including Berlin's attitude towards the Indo-U.S. . . .
- H K Patil’S Warning To Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in the Council H K Patil wanted the Chief Minister under whose chairmanship the recommendation was passed to withdraw the decision within three days.
- Nepal Ex-Pms Plead For Democracy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Two former prime ministers of Nepal have asked the King Gyanendra to restore democracy making it clear there can be no cooperation until he did it.
- Bjp To Field Katiyar In Sonia’S Turf (Deccan Herald, PUJAA AWASTTHI, Apr 19, 2006)
The Bhartiya Janata Party finally found a sacrificial lamb to send to the Gandhi family stronghold of Rae Bareli.
- Katiyar Shoved Into Sonia Battle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Around the last time there was an election in Rae Bareli, Sushma Swaraj had escaped tonsure by a hair’s
- Nba To Return To Narmada Valley (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Unveiling her mode of struggle in the coming fortnight before the next Supreme Court hearing on May 1, NBA leader Medha Patkar on Tuesday said she would launch a campaign to expose the rehabilitation claims of the three states and undertake . . .
- Scuffle After Singh Salve (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told a delegation of Muslim representatives, led by the shahi imam of Jama Masjid, that his government had not “succumbed” to any external pressure on foreign policy and that improved relations with the US . . .
- For The Third Time, Brothers Are Contesting Against Each Other (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Apr 19, 2006)
They lock horns in Nettapakkam constituency
- Congress Failed To Tackle Unemployment: Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Need for implementing uniform job policy stressed
- Bjp Demands Review Of Power Privatisation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Power firms duping consumers in connivance with Delhi Govt.'
Unscheduled power cuts in all parts of Capital even though summer is yet to peak'
`In spite of this, the discoms were claiming improvement in the power situation'
`Power firms are showing
- Bandh Affects Rail, Road Traffic In North Goa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
It was called to pressure the Government to go ahead with Mopa airport
Inter-State buses on Mumbai-Goa and Pune-Goa routes were diverted
About 300 people arrested for disrupting rail traffic
- An Agreement And A Problem With Semantics (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Apr 19, 2006)
India would seem to be caught in the semantics of the agreement that equates it with non-nuclear weapons states. It would rather like to see the language used for nuclear weapons states in the Indo-U.S. agreement, though operationally it matters little.
- Karan Rushed To Nepal As Special Envoy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
In efforts to end the deepening political crisis in Nepal, India on Tuesday decided to rush a special envoy to Kathmandu to open talks with a recalcitrant King Gyanendra and the agitating pro-democracy leaders.
- Pm To Industry: Address Rehab (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Against the backdrop of Supreme Court’s observation on rehabilitation issues in the contentious Narmada Dam project, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday urged the industry to pay more attention to people displaced by industrialisation . . .
- Development To The Forefront In Shimoga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Chief Minister lays foundation stones for five projects in the district
The projects involve an estimated cost of Rs. 51 crore
Row over bridge across the Tunga resolved
Private bus stand to be retained at the same place
- Karat Interview: Vs Refuses To Bite The Bullet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
S Achuthanandan, CPI(M)’s top hardline honcho and likely chief minister if the Left comes to power this poll, declined to comment whether he agreed with his General Secretary Prakash Karat that the strife in Kerala CPI(M) was between two . . .
- Nepal On Knife's Edge (Deccan Herald, Ashok Kumar Mehta, Apr 18, 2006)
It seems certain that the King will be unable to implement his plan for the restoration of absolute monarchy. True, Kathmandu may not have collected 500,000 pro-democracy activists as predicted by UML leader Madhav Nepal.
- Serious Threat To Pakistan's Civil Society (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 18, 2006)
Last week's terror bombing in Karachi points to one of the least-examined faultlines in Pakistan: the war for power between Barelvi and Deobandi clerics.
- Family In Tow, Sonia Files Poll Papers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Three weeks after quitting the Lok Sabha in the wake of the controversy over the office-of-profit issue, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today filed her nomination for the May 8 bye-election in Rae Bareli, the traditional Gandhi family pocketborough.
- Sonia Files Nomination Papers From Rae Bareli (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Three weeks after quitting the Lok Sabha in the wake of the controversy over the office of profit issue, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today filed her nomination for the May 8 bye election in Rae Bareli, the traditional Gandhi family pocketborough.
- Flood Of Tears (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 18, 2006)
Between infighting and sympathy in Malda
- Us A-Bomb Museum To Display Images Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Horrific images of the world's only atomic bombings will go on display at a US museum on nuclear testing as part of a Japanese campaign against nuclear weapons, organisers said today.
- Sonia Files Nomination, Gets Into Poll Mode (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Apr 18, 2006)
The party has started looking up in Uttar Pradesh, said a beaming Congress president Sonia Gandhi today while summing up the impact of her candidature from Rae Bareli on the health of Congress in UP.
- Museum On Caste (Times of India, RAMA LAKSHMI, Apr 18, 2006)
After 16 years of debate and delay in the US Congress and Senate, the Smithsonian Institution finally announced this January the plan to open a National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- No Cap On N-Tests, India Tells Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
A draft agreement sent by the US stipulated several elements one of which said cooperation will be discontinued if India were to detonate a nuclear explosive device.
- India Says It Won't Commit To U.S. On Atomic Testing (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
India said on Monday it would make no explicit commitment to the United States not to conduct fresh nuclear tests as part of a landmark civilian atomic cooperation agreement.
- Work Your Way To The Top (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 18, 2006)
By providing 27 per cent reservation to the OBCs in premier educational institutes like the IIMs and the IITs, the Congress has once again tried to rejuvenate caste and class politics.
- With An Eye On Personal Glory (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Apr 18, 2006)
Arjun Singh wants to introduce reservation for OBCs for reclaiming his lost aura in the Congress and Government, says Ajoy Bose
- Aiadmk-Dmk Direct Fight In Four Dindigul Constituencies (Hindu, K. Raju, Apr 18, 2006)
Since its formation AIADMK has been a formidable force in the district
The district has always been special for MGR
It will be MDMK vs CPI(M) in Dindigul
Key contestants are Transport Minister R. Viswanathan, AIADMK State treasurer . . .
- Udf Has Emerged Front-Runner, Says Moily (Hindu, Girish Menon, Apr 18, 2006)
People are happy with the UDF Government's performance'
- Mistake Over Ground For Cases Against Mlas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Damage control exercise by YSR and Major Irrigation Minister
- Congress, Allies Communalising Issues: Advani (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Apr 18, 2006)
Advani accuses Government of playing vote bank politics `Government is proposing religion-based reservation in the Army'
- 50 Lakhs More For Each Assembly Segment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
State Cabinet decides to constitute a new district development fund
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