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Articles 7621 through 7720 of 16899:
- In Gandhi Fiefdom, Even Cong Leaders Can’T Enter (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Mar 28, 2006)
Uma Shankar Mishra may be a mere Congress district president but he doesn’t report to the Uttar Pradesh party chief, doesn’t go to Delhi unless called. He knows he’s special: “There are no middlemen between me and Soniaji.
- Those Terming Sonia’S Resignation A Drama Should Take Resignations From Their Own Partymen’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 28, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi resigning from National Advisory Council chairpersonship and Parliament membership is a good thing to have happened.
- A Chance For The Congress In Uttar Pradesh? (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Mar 28, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi's decision to quit and contest again from Rae Bareli could help create the climate to revive the party in the State.
- Cbi Probe Sought Into Illegal Mining In Bellary District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
State Government is losing crores of rupees, says Opposition
`Notice served on those engaged in illegal mining'
In 2005-06, 1,053 cases were detected and 265 complaints filed
About two lakh tonnes of ore have been seized so far
- Sonia Has Put In Practice What Is Preached: Gehlot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
`Fourth instance of party president putting principles before posts'
Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot has said the Congress president Sonia Gandhi has lived up to her image by her act of quitting both the posts she was holding.
- Election Commission Reviews Poll Arrangements (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
Parties seek inclusion of names of voters `deleted' without reason
Law and order situation in the Union Territory reviewed
AIADMK for deployment of Central forces
Discrepancies in voters' list must be rectified: PMK
- Rjd, Ljp Lock Horns For Rajya Sabha Seat (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Mar 28, 2006)
RJD has 30 in its kitty and the LJP 18
Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Monday renewed his old battle with his Cabinet colleague and Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Paswan thanks to the Rajya Sabha elections . . .
- Bjp Favours Legislation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
"A thorough debate needed in Parliament"
- Dasmunshi Submits Report To Pm (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Mar 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) on March 30 to decide when Parliament should reconvene to enable the government to present a Bill defining an office of profit.
- Government To Implement Rs. 350-Crore Project To Tackle Traffic Problem In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
It is to be implemented between 2006-07 and 2010-11; Rs. 44 crores earmarked for this fiscal
10-point programme to ensure smooth movement of vehicles
Work on city roads taken up under 85 packages
41 roads to be developed under World Bank loan
- Project To Tackle Traffic Problem In Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
Focus on issues related to roads, bus stands and road safety
- Centre Unveils 14-Point Policy To Tackle Naxal Menace (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Mar 28, 2006)
Stresses upon the States to adopt a collective approach and pursue a coordinated response
No peace talks with naxal groups unless they agree to give up violence
Parties asked to strengthen base in naxal-affected areas
Land reforms on a priority basis
- Office Of Profit’ Controversy Gains Momentum In India (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 28, 2006)
A clear political divide emerged here on Monday as the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi completed consultations with the political parties for tabling a legislation in the parliament that would decide the fate . . .
- Mortgaging India's Sovereignty (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Mar 28, 2006)
The policy of liberalisation and now the nuclear deal has made India dependent on the US, says CP Bhambhri
- Pil Against Sonia In Allahbad High Court (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
A public interest litigation was filed in the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday seeking direction to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to return the allowances availed by her between June 3, 2004 and March 23, 2006 as a Member of Parliament.
- Uma Seeks Bjp Help To Take On Sonia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
In a move aimed at getting BJP cadres’ support, Ms Uma Bharati today sought the party’s support to her yet to be launched party’s nominee against Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi from Rae Barelli Lok Sabha seat after Mrs Sushma Swaraj’s . . .
- Nsg Refusal No Setback, Say Experts (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
The failure of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to include India in the agenda for its plenary meeting in May was expected and not as big a “setback” as suggested, according to experts who have been following the path of the India-US nuclear deal.
- Cabinet May Discuss Office Of Profit Law (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Mar 28, 2006)
Parliament to be reconvened
Dasmunsi briefs Prime Minister
Parties want law with retrospective effect
- Countering The Naxalites (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Mar 27, 2006)
The Government announced in Parliament that it has a national policy on dealing with naxalites. But what do we make of the continued violence?
- Pakistan Welcomes Manmohan's Offer (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 27, 2006)
Call to treat all issues in a wider and integrated framework
Resolve simpler issue first
Need for change in bureaucratic mindset
- Guantanamo Trial A Test For Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Osama's ex-driver denies he is a terrorist
- Central Grant For Construction Of Sanitation Complexes In Haryana (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Union Rural Development Minister addresses State-level Panchayati Raj meeting
- Support For Sonia's Stand (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
A large number of elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions in Haryana unanimously passed a resolution at a State Level Panchayati Raj Sammelan at Rai in Sonepat district on Sunday expressing their solidarity with All India Congress . . .
- Left Cautions Upa Against Snap Poll (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The euphoria created over Ms Gandhi’s “Renunciation Part II” exercise would not go down well with the people, who are disillusioned with the UPA’s 20-month rule at the Centre, the Left leaders said.
- Jharkhand Mlas Bank On 1950 Act (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
With 19 Jharkhand MLAs keeping their fingers crossed ever since their names were referred to Chief Election Commissioner BB Tandon for "holding offices of profit", the State Advocate General on Sunday claimed that all the members of the Assembly . . .
- Congress To Take Credit For Proposed Master Plan Changes (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Mar 27, 2006)
BJP senior leaders on a "foreign junket'' sponsored by Delhi Govt.
With Mr. Khurana pulling in a different direction, the party has been left in disarray
`BJP leaders should have been with the people in their hour of crisis'
- Sonia’S Resignation Mere Drama: Badal (Tribune, Amarjit Thind, Mar 27, 2006)
The SAD chief and Punjab former Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, today claimed that Congress President Sonia Gandhi had quit her Lok Sabha seat only after coming to know that President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam would not sign an ordinance to bail . . .
- Offices Of Profit: Ec Takes Charge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The government on Saturday set in process an exercise to evolve a consensus on the issue of office of profit by initiating a dialogue with the Opposition on a possible legislation.
- Kerala Polls: Cpm To Field 38 New Faces (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The committee is learnt to have expressed unhappiness with there being very few new faces on the list. The list is expected to be released on Monday.
- Stage Set For Shrill Campaign In Tn (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
With the ruling AIADMK and Opposition DMK fronts identifying seats to be contested by them and their allies for the election to the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly on May 8, the stage is set for a no-holds-barred campaign.
- Nehru And Election (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Mar 27, 2006)
The vital role Jawaharlal Nehru played in the formative period of Independence to deepen the roots of democracy and consciously nurture Parliamentary institutions and traditions is well known.
- Cases Filed Against Congressmen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Police action follows Saturday's violent incidents at Sathyamurthi Bhavan
Case against Royapuram Mano
Complainant supporter of former MLA
- Dangerous Offer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 27, 2006)
It has become as customary for India's political leaders to make grand gestures of goodwill towards Pakistan as it has for 'secular', English-speaking society in Delhi to patronise Sufi singers and musicians.
- Karnataka To Allot 845 Acres To Infosys (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The Karnataka Government has granted "in principle" approval for allotment of 845 acres of land to software major Infosys Technologies Limited for its second campus on Sarjapur Road on the outskirts of Bangalore at an estimated cost of Rs. 1,500 crores.
- No Ordinance On Office Of Profit, Govt Wants Talks: Pranab (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Denying that the Centre wants an ordinance on the office of profit issue, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government will discuss the issue with all political parties before taking the next step.
- Agp Cries Foul Against Cong Candidate (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The regional Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today filed a complaint before the Election Commission alleging violation poll code of conduct against Congress candidate from the Golaghat Legislative Assembly Constituency, Mrs Ajanta Gogoi, the state PWD minister.
- Opposition Seeks To Make Office Of Profit A Poll Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
With Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's resignation from the Lok Sabha causing ripples in several states, opposition parties in poll-bound West Bengal have decided to cash in on the office of profit controversy.
- Americans Feel Bush Doing Nothing To Curb Global Warming (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Mar 27, 2006)
An overwhelming 85 per cent of the Americans feel that global warning is probably happening and two-thirds say President George W Bush did little to help the environment, a new poll shows.
- Ljp, Cong Join Hands For W Bengal Assembly Polls (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The Lok Janshakti Party on Sunday announced its tie-up with the Congress in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls.
- Up Politician Held In Meher Murder (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Police today detained Samajwadi Party leader K.D. Singh for his alleged involvement in the killing of Meher Bhargav.
- Cpm's Deal With Vs May Derail Pro-Reforms Agenda In Bengal (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Mar 27, 2006)
A deal for peace in Kerala may only open up new avenues of discomfort for both the CPI (M) Polit Bureau and its general secretary Prakash Karat. Insiders feel that the personal victory of VS Achuthanandan may soon take the shape of a deeper . . .
- Mma Leader Asks Mush To Follow Sonia's Example (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Asking Pervez Musharraf to learn a lesson from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi who quit her Lok Sabha seat over the 'office of profit' issue, a top leader of Pakistan's Islamist alliance has said he should step down as Army Chief and President and . . .
- Minority Confusion Boosts Cong's Confidence In Assam (Pioneer, Sanjay K Jha, Mar 27, 2006)
Despite the initial jitters, the Congress appears to have come back into the reckoning in Assam primarily because of a three-corned contest.
- Uncertainty Ends (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 27, 2006)
Karunakaran and Achuthanandan salvage their positions
- Sangh Sings Sonia Praise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
New Delhi, March 26: Sonia Gandhi has won admirers in the unlikeliest of political and geographical corners with her twin resignations — in the Sangh and in Pakistan.
- That Inner Voice (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Mar 27, 2006)
The last time her ‘‘inner voice’’ woke up and told her, in a last-minute reversal, not to take up the job of the prime minister, it was a dramatic event.
- Rss Pat For Sonia, Says She Has Shown Political Maturity (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Mar 27, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s resignation from the Lok Sabha and from the National Advisory Council has received praise from a very unlikely quarter.
- Tact And Tactics (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Mar 27, 2006)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles over Nature
- No Ordinance On Office Of Profit: Govt (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Mar 27, 2006)
As a prelude to the legislation defining an office of profit, the government has begun collating suggestions offered by political parties during their meetings with parliamentary affairs minister P R Dasmunsi.
- Body Language Matters In Assam Polls (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
As campaigning for the Assam elections gains momentum, the state has attracted a bevy of national leaders whose rallies are attended by huge crowds though they can't understand the speeches, delivered mostly in languages other than Assamese.
- The Perfect Self-Goal (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Mar 25, 2006)
The correct answer is to repeal the law. Bribery takes place in cash, not from these 'offices of profit'.
- Us Lobbies For N-Trade With India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The USA has lobbied for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- India As The New Force For Peace And Stability (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Mar 25, 2006)
"What is in it for America?" That was how the national security adviser, M.K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, . . .
- Sacrifice — Of The Constitution (Indian Express, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Mar 25, 2006)
The all too familiar drama is being re-enacted once again on 10 Janpath. Following the resignation Sonia Gandhi from Lok Sabha and the chairpersonship of NAC, sponsored cheerleaders are being brought to commemorate the so-called sacrifice of their leader.
- Sonia's Moment (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 25, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi's resignation from Parliament and the National Advisory Council has taken the sting out of BJP's campaign against her party, but shows Congress in poor light.
- India Nuclear Deal Meets Wary Congress (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Bush presses for approval of a pact taking a different approach to nonproliferation.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 25, 2006)
For the last two days some people have been trying to create an atmosphere as if government and Parliament are being used only to favour me.
- A Day Late, Ec Receives Petition Against Sonia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The petition seeking the disqualification of Congress president Sonia Gandhi has reached the Election Commission along with 15 other petitions seeking disqualification of Members of Parliament for holding "office of profit".
- Us Fails To Get Nsg’S Ok For Nuclear Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The United States lobbied on Thursday for allowing nuclear trade with India but failed to get a key international group to take up the matter, diplomats said.
- Mrs Gandhi's Course (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 25, 2006)
There is a lot to be appreciated in the way Mrs Sonia Gandhi practices politics.
- Lame Ducks Can Still Bite Back (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Mar 25, 2006)
Teaching the history of revolutions has been easy at Harvard this semester. As if to illustrate exactly how these strange historical upheavals work, the university has obligingly staged a revolution of its own.
- Jaya Bachchan Not To Contest Against Sonia: Sp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The Samajwadi Party on Thursday announced film star Jaya Bachchan would contest the Rajya Sabha elections and would not be fielded against Congress president Sonia Gandhi from Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat.
- Upbeat Sonia Sets Date With Rae Bareli (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Yesterday, Sonia Gandhi had said she would definitely contest again from Rae Bareli. On Monday, her constituency will welcome her back.
- N-Monitor From Us Is ‘Positive’ On India Safety (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Mar 25, 2006)
With the US Congress set to resume its debate next week on the nuclear deal, Commissioner of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Peter Lyons today held talks with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and hoped to return with a positive assessment . . .
- Karunakaran, Cong Sign Election Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Swallowing its pride and all the abuses it had hurled at Congress leaders in the past two years, the Democratic Indira Congress (K) of veteran leader K Karunakaran finally inked an electoral understanding with the Congress-led UDF
- Round Table Thumping (Indian Express, Hari Om, Mar 25, 2006)
The article, ‘Round table hopping in Kashmir’ (IE, March 18), by Neerja Chowdhury, is one side of the story about the “significant” round table conference held at 7, Race Course, on February 25.
- Exit Sonia And Enter Bill Brigade (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s resignation out of the way, the steam was building up today for a bill to save members of Parliament from being disqualified for holding “offices of profit”.
- Complaints Against Sonia, Somnath Received: Tandon (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Mar 25, 2006)
Tandon says President had forwarded to the Commission complaints against 16 MPs
Jharkhand Governor's reference against four MLAs also received"
EC has no objection to announcement in DA increase
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 25, 2006)
Referring to the report "Amend Hindu Marriage Act" (March 23, 2006), a reader has doubts about the amount of compensation the court had ordered the appellant to pay (in the Naveen Kohli versus Neelu Kohli case).
- Non-Local Policemen To Be Shifted In A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Even as Congress legislators from Telangana and Andhra crossed swords over implementation of GO 610, the State Government on Friday issued a memo for repatriating as many as 2,938 police personnel working in Hyderabad back to their local areas.
- Defence Deals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 25, 2006)
We probably have not heard the last word about kickbacks in the Scorpene submarine purchase, but that a day after the NDA made a huge issue of it something more “explosive” attracted its attention would suggest that the priority was political . . .
- U.S. Revokes Visa Of Pakistani Senator (Washington Post, SHANKAR VEDANTAM, Mar 25, 2006)
The Bush administration has withdrawn an invitation to a Pakistani lawmaker and a prominent critic of President Pervez Musharraf who was to arrive in the United States today as a guest of the State Department, setting off charges that the action came . .
- Sonia Asks Party Mps Sonia Asks Party Mps (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that party MPs should not get emotional over her resignation from the Lok Sabha and follow suit.
- No New Taxes In Rs. 1,870-Cr. Bmp Budget; Ban Imposed On Hoardings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Focus on infrastructure; property tax rates for commercial buildings up
Highlights
14 new flyovers/grade separators planned
Ban imposed on hoardings
`Complete Blacktop' (asphalting) project to continue
Rs. 4 crores set aside for filling potholes
- Ordinance Route Not The Way, Says Left (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Parliament should debate the issue and adopt legislation
NAC chair cannot be termed an office of profit: CPI (M)
No shortcut method should be taken to settle the controversy: Dasgupta
Adjournment not in interest of democracy: Abani Roy
- Congress Workers Continue To Throng Delhi (Hindu, K.V Prasad, Mar 25, 2006)
Congress workers from across the country continued to pour into the capital expressing support to party president Sonia Gandhi who resigned from her Lok Sabha membership and as Chairperson of the National Advisory Council.
- Dpf List Of Seats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Announcement made by AIADMK general secretary
- Achuthanandan Back In Electoral Fray (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Reversing its earlier stand, the CPI-M in Kerala today decided to field veteran leader Mr VS Achuthanandan for the coming Assembly elections.
- Tdp To Scrutinise Irrigation Project Files Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Assembly adjourned abruptly after furore over the issue
- Sonia Resigns, Now Will Congress Reinvent Itself? (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Mar 25, 2006)
She has done it yet again. She is the leader of those few individuals who are symbols of probity, integrity and decency in the political space.
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