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Articles 7521 through 7620 of 16899:
- Legacy Of Bansi Lal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 30, 2006)
Haryana loses its chief architect
The political career of Mr Bansi Lal, who died on Tuesday, aged 78, can be summed up in three phases. During the initial terms of his Chief Ministership, he committed himself to development of his state, . . .
- Budget Approved Amid Walkout (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
10 per cent interim relief for government staff; Rs. 10 crore more for Circuit Benches
- Us Panel Begins N-Deal Debate (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
As the US Congress began a crucial, closed briefing on the Indo-US nuclear deal on Wednesday, India’s Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran took charge of his country’s efforts to win over congressional endorsement for the pact.
- ‘No Rehabilitation For Kashmir Militants’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 30, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday voted out a resolution calling for the return and rehabilitation of youth who had crossed over to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
- Ec Plays Spoilsport In Cong Revelry (Statesman, Bijay Sankar Bora, Mar 30, 2006)
The Congress BMW has run into the Election Commission hurdle in eastern Assam’s tea belt.
- Kerala:merger Not Part Of Cong-Dic (K) Pact,karunakaran (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Democratic Indira Congress(K) leader K Karunakaran today said merger with the Congress was not part of the agreement his party had struck with them for fighting the coming assembly elections together.
- Logic Of Democracy (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Mar 30, 2006)
Parliament may unanimously vote for a bill on the “Office of Profit” issue but this will have to be consistent with the spirit and letter of the Constitution and with natural law if it is not to be struck down by the Supreme Court.
- Lalu Nominees Win Rs Election (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
The RJD chief, Mr Lalu Prasad today avenged his party’s defeat in the last Assembly polls at the hands of the NDA in style with the victory of both his party nominees for the Rajya Sabha polls despite not having the required number.
- Blow To Congress (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 30, 2006)
There is sweet irony in the fact that even while Congress president Sonia Gandhi was berating the Opposition on Tuesday for not taking kindly to her transgressions, . . .
- India — Monuments And Museums (Daily Times, Razi Azmi, Mar 30, 2006)
Rajasthan gained infamy in 1987 when, in the village of Deorala, the widowed Roop Kanwar performed sati under controversial circumstances burning herself to death at her husband’s funeral pyre, watched by over 100 people.
- Curb Role Of Money Power In Politics: Pm (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Mar 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday expressed concern at the growing trend of businessmen buying positions in public life and stressed the need for reducing the role of money power in politics.
- It Is For U.S. To Take Deal Forward: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that the nuclear deal with the United States was before that country's Congress and the Bush administration had to secure its approval.
- Bjp Yatras To Focus On Jehadi Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Sonia's resignation termed a drama
Need to free governance from corruption also to be highlighted
Media missed the crucial point in the EC order
- Yet Another Yatra (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Mar 30, 2006)
BJP leader L K Advani has been the past master in the matter of Yatras, having got the national stature following his first Ram Rath Yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya in 1990 which created a history of sorts-- brought down the VP Singh Government and . . .
- A Dangerous Deal With India (Dawn, Jimmy Carter, Mar 30, 2006)
During the past five years the United States has abandoned many of the nuclear arms control agreements negotiated since the administration of Dwight Eisenhower.
- Chronicle Of A Disorder Foretold (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Mar 30, 2006)
Anil Biswas’s replacement will prove to be a tricky issue for the CPI(M). But if the choice is not made carefully, Bengal may go the Kerala way in factionalism, says Sumanta Sen
- Good, Bad, Ugly (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 30, 2006)
If one goes through some of the recent proceedings of
the State Legislature one will find that these echo the trends prevailing chiefly in mainstream politics and administration.
- Cong Dares Opposition To Contest Against Sonia (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
A day after the massive rally in Rae Bareli, Congress on Wednesday virtually dared opposition parties to put up a candidate against party chief Sonia Gandhi in the Lok Sabha bypoll expected soon following her resignation from the House in the . . .
- Jimmy Carter Opposes Nuke Deal With India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Former US president Jimmy Carter has come out strongly against any nuclear concessions to India unless it signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- Saran In Us To Clear N-Deal Doubts (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Mar 30, 2006)
With US Congress beginning deliberations on the nuclear deal, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran was on Wednesday getting ready for a charm offensive on Capitol Hill.
- A Dangerous Deal With India (Washington Post, Jimmy Carter, Mar 29, 2006)
During the past five years the United States has abandoned many of the nuclear arms control agreements negotiated since the administration of Dwight Eisenhower.
- Sonia Drips Fire & Steel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
A combative Sonia Gandhi poured her heart out to Rae Bareli today, launching her bid to return to Parliament.
- Verghese Kurien's Exit (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Mar 29, 2006)
Dr. Verghese Kurien's resignation brings an end to an important era in the dairy industry and the cooperative movement.
- In The Name Of Free Speech (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Mar 29, 2006)
Defining the issues - textual, legal and political - behind the Danish cartoons is essential to understand the rage it provoked in the Muslim world.
- Plotting A War On Iran (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Mar 29, 2006)
The decision to refer Iran to the Security Council takes the United States a step closer to effecting yet another "regime change" in West Asia.
- Delhi Bjp Petitions Prez Against 19 Cong Mlas (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
The Opposition BJP in Delhi on Tuesday petitioned President APJ Abdul Kalam for disqualification of 19 Congress MLAs and one MP on the grounds that they occupied offices of profit under the NCT government
- Haryana: Schools Of Scandal (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Mar 29, 2006)
Stories of sexual exploitation of schoolgirls by teachers rattle Haryana.
- Tn: Aiadmk Promises Transparent, Corrupt Free Admn (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Promising a corruption free, honest and transparent administration in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK today said it would work for upgradation of economic and social status of Tamils, if voted back to power, in the May 8 polls.
- Bury The Congress (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 29, 2006)
The current crisis over the Ordinance controversy impels one to recall events.
- Cross-Voting Marks Rs Elections (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Industrialist Mr Rajeev Chandrasekhar today scored an impressive victory over writer UR Ananthamurthy in Karnataka and cross-voting by BJP and rebel BSP MLAs in Uttar Pradesh marked the biennial Rajya Sabha elections.
- Rs Poll: Sonia To Lalu’S Rescue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
In no less sensational comeback by Indian cricket team at the one-day match against England in Delhi today to score the victory, there was an interesting turn of events for the Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar with the Congress president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, . .
- Beware Of Communal Politics (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Mar 29, 2006)
As five states prepare for Assembly elections over the next two months, the country will do well to prepare for a sharp and potentially dangerous spurt in communal politics and passions.
- Because Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 29, 2006)
"The premise behind the separation of powers is that when a single person or group has a large amount of power, they can become dangerous to citizens."
- Us Won’T Renegotiate N-Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
The Bush administration said on Monday that it was not prepared to renegotiate a landmark nuclear deal with India despite resistance to the agreement by legislators whose endorsement was mandatory.
- On Why He Is Unable To Resign (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 29, 2006)
When Sonia Gandhi resigned her Lok Sabha membership, it was as though she had taken her cue from Amar Singh, general secretary of the Samajwadi Party (S.P.). He had advised her to resign at a press conference on March 17, the day Jaya Bachchan, . . .
- ‘We Will Double Her Poll Margin’ (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Mar 29, 2006)
S for Sonia, S for Sacrifice’was the chant outside the Congress headquarters when the most powerful woman in the country declined the prime minister’s post nearly two years ago.
- Sonia Opts For Personalised Appeal (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Mar 29, 2006)
With political management at its lowest ebb in the Congress, party president Sonia Gandhi is compelled to salvage things through a purely personalised response.
- Cosying To Qazis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 29, 2006)
By pleading for more time to come up with facts and figures about illegitimate shari'ah courts that have been functioning in various parts of the country for some time now, the UPA Government has convinced nobody of its innocence.
- Indo-U.S. Love-Fest (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Mar 29, 2006)
Faced with eroding public support because of its elitist policies, the Congressparty will be left with difficult choices between left- and right-leaning options.
- Gaining Ground (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Mar 29, 2006)
S for Sonia, S for Sacrifice’was the chant outside the Congress headquarters when the most powerful woman in the country declined the prime minister’s post nearly two years ago.
- Nuclear Power (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Mar 29, 2006)
There was no way India could have compromised on excluding its Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) and 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) from safeguards, according to Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, and Secretary, . . .
- Key States Hold Judgment On U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 29, 2006)
Most nuclear-supplier nations are waiting to see what the U.S. Congress does with the U.S.-India civil nuclear energy deal before taking a position on the controversial agreement, Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Monday.
- Why Sonia’S Remarks On Foreign Policy Touch Raw Left Nerve (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Mar 29, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s comments that “some parties have tried to communalise our foreign policy for short-term electoral gains”, brings into the open an issue so far discussed only in private within the Left—that the protests with . . .
- Sonia Taunts Govt's Initiative (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
- In the midst of the UPA Government's move to evolve a political consensus to bring in a legislation to exempt certain posts from the category of 'office of profit', Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sang a different tune, virtually . . .
- ‘Some Parties Have Tried To Communalise Our Foreign Policy’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 29, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi issues a sharp rebuff to ‘parties’ which mobilised street protests against George W. Bush’s India visit
- House In Ruins (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 29, 2006)
The dialogue process now extends to politicians on both sides of the Line of Control, but none can say when the war will end.
- Vizag Bandh Against Police Firing Peaceful (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Traffic comes to a standstill on National Highway no.5
- Sonia Gandhi Launches Emotive Re-Election Bid (Reuters, Sharat Pradhan, Mar 29, 2006)
The head of the ruling Congress party, Sonia Gandhi, on Tuesday launched her bid to return to parliament, making an emotive pitch to voters after quitting as lawmaker in a dramatic political move.
- Alliances In The Southern Wind (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 29, 2006)
Jaya Menon on why Jayalalithaa has reason to at least hope of returning to . . .
- Bansi Lal Dead (Tribune, Yoginder Gupta, Mar 29, 2006)
The architect of modern Haryana, Bansi Lal, is no more. He breathed his last at 11 pm tonight at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, where he had been undergoing treatment for the past few days.
- Sonia Asks Rae Bareli For Justice (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Mar 29, 2006)
Putting the ball into the court of the people of Rae Bareli, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today called upon them to give a befitting reply to the injustice met out to her at the hands of the Opposition.
- Monarchial Overreach (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 29, 2006)
If monarchy is on the point of extinction in Nepal, it is because King Gyanendra destroyed democracy
- N-Deal: Saran To Meet Congressmen (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Mar 29, 2006)
India is stepping up the diplomatic initiative to win over recalcitrant US lawmakers as the nuclear deal weaves a tough path through US Congress.
- Rajiv Chandrashekar Elected To Rajya Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Candidates fielded by the three parties in Karnataka sail through
- Cross-Voting Mars Polls For Rajya Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
All Samajwadi nominees elected
No complaint of cross-voting in Council polls
Ruling party charged with using force
BJP to take action against erring legislators
- Bjp Seeks Disqualification Of 18 Delhi Congress Mlas, One Member Of Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Party legislator submits petition to the President
Sheila Dikshit is using these positions to buy peace with the party MLAs'
Move to bring in a backdated legislation to tide over the present crisis opposed
- Udupi Council Adopts Rs. 1.08-Crore Surplus Budget (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Rs. 1 crore set aside for repairs of roads
Revenue sources
Rs. 2.5 crores by way of property tax
Rs. 1 crore from water cess
Rs. 55 lakhs from rented premises
Rs. 2.5 crores from development grants from State Finance Commission
- I'll Not Backtrack, Says Sonia Gandhi (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Mar 29, 2006)
"Eerie silence in Opposition after my resignation"
- Not Enough Funds For Rural Jobs Scheme: Kharge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Centre implementing scheme in five districts
- Jayalalithaa Rules Out Coalition Government In Tamil Nadu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Aiadmk releases manifestos for Assembly poll in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry
- Imperial Overreach Speeding U.S.' Decline (Hindu, Martin Jacques, Mar 29, 2006)
"Our Power , then, has the grave liability of rendering our theories about the world immune from failure.
- Strategic Interests And Political Lobbies (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Mar 29, 2006)
According to a study, the thrust of U.S. policy in West Asia is due especially to the activities of the "Israel lobby."
- A Protocol Of Engagement Needed (Hindu, Harish Khare , Mar 29, 2006)
The divisiveness currently on display can only be a source of comfort to those who do not wish the Indian state well. Rather than remaining hostage to their respective unsavoury partisans, senior political leaders should explore the potential of cooperati
- Renunciation And After (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 29, 2006)
That Sonia Gandhi's second `renunciation' in two years has breathed new life into the moribund Congress is there for all to see — in the . . .
- 63,000-Cr. Appropriation Bill Passed Sans Debate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Sripadasagar debate overshadows 43-day-long budget session
- Opposition Have Shown Their True Colours: Sonia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Launching a scathing attack on the opposition, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said their true colours have come out after her resignation as everyone was trying to save himself from disqualification in the wake of the office of profit controversy.
- Aphc Seeks China’S Role In Efforts For Kashmir Settlement (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday said that China should also be made a party for resolving the Kashmir dispute as it had control over a large chunk of the territory.
- Key States Hold Judgment On U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Mar 28, 2006)
Most nuclear-supplier nations are waiting to see what the U.S. Congress does with the U.S.-India civil nuclear energy deal before taking a position on the controversial agreement, Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Monday.
- Cong Mlas' Serious Charges Against Babu Singh, Charak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
In a serious development, some Congress MLAs today levelled "serious allegations" against two of their own Ministers—Minister of State for Rural Development Babu Singh and Minister of State for R&B Gulchain Singh Charak (both holding independent . . .
- Sacrifice Of Profit And Loss Account ? (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Mar 28, 2006)
Ms. Sonia Gandhi's dual resignation over the "office of profit" issue has plunged the national polity into a flux, leaving political parties groping for an appropriate response even as the advantage appeared to rest with the Congress president as of now.
- Sonia Wins Her Spurs (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 28, 2006)
It is ironical that the two main political formations in the country, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, are suffering from sclerosis.
- Govt Gets A Human Face (Tribune, Shubhadeep Choudhury, Mar 28, 2006)
Compared to his predecessors, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is different in many respects.
- Taking A Liberal Bet (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Mar 28, 2006)
Critics in the US Congress and western media have been shredding the India-US nuclear deal and President Bush's South Asia visit — The New York Times described the former as "misbegotten" and the latter as "spectacularly misconceived".
- Setback To Indo-Us N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
The efforts of the Bush Administration to get Congress pass legislation that would allow the United States to sell nuclear technology to India and accept it as a full-time partner in the international nuclear community appear to have received . . .
- Mixed Up (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 28, 2006)
The time may have come for Ms Mamata Banerjee to face her own failures. If the Congress was forced to spurn her offer of an alliance for the coming elections in Bengal, the fault clearly lay in her impossible strategy.
- To Tide Over Crisis, Plans To Call House For Short Session (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
Office of Profit Given flood of complaints, Govt for immediate additions to exemption list, elaborate law later; CCPA meets Thursday
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 28, 2006)
{gt}{gt}Was this what the Pakistan President meant? B. Muralidhar Reddy's report (International, "Foreign miscreants face elimination, says Musharraf", March 25, 2006) read: "`Is this the way to progress and achieve prosperity and earn a respectable . . .
- Chandy And His Cpm Rival Lean On Crutches (Times of India, V J Thomas, Mar 28, 2006)
Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy and his competitor in Puthuppally constituency are leaning on the same support — crutches. It's a different matter that while the CM got his after a fall in Davos last month, his CPM opponent, 26-year-old . . .
- Uma Reaches Out To Bjp, To Fight Sonia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
She may have been expelled from BJP, but former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharati is not just raring to go, she has even sought an alliance with the saffron party to oppose the common enemy, Sonia Gandhi.
- Uma Takes Saffron Lead On Sonia Home Turf (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Mar 28, 2006)
In a move aimed at wresting the anti-Congress space from the BJP, expelled sanyasin Uma Bharati — who will formally launch her party on April 30 — has decided to field a candidate against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in the Rae Bareli byelection and . . .
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