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Articles 9721 through 9820 of 16899:
- Cong Cornered In Hung Zps Too (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Jan 21, 2006)
All politicians, barring Chief Minister N Dharam Singh, seem to be in a hurry. The JD (S) is eager to dump the Congress. The BJP is manoeuvering to reach the corridors of power. The Congress leaders are also hard-pressed for time as they want to . . .
- I’M Waiting For Nod To Exit: Dharam (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 21, 2006)
UP against a daunting task to prove his majority in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Dharam Singh on Friday indicated he would relinquish his post before January 27, if the Congress high command gives its nod.
- `West Bengal Polls As Scheduled' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Rolls to be published on February 15
The West Bengal Assembly elections will be held as scheduled and "there is no question of deferment," Chief Election Commissioner B.B. Tandon said here on Thursday.
- Floor Test By January 27 (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jan 20, 2006)
Dharam Singh confident; Deve Gowda swears by coalition; BJP questions time-frame
- No Offer To Kumaraswamy: Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Congress on Thursday denied that it offered the post of Karnataka Chief Minister to H.D. Kumaraswamy, leader of the group of 44 MLAs who broke away from the Janata Dal (Secular), to save its government in the State.
- Palar Issue: Government To Move Supreme Court After Ascertaining Facts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Five Opposition parties express dissatisfaction over State stand, stage walkout
Reports of Andhra officials conducting a survey
Letter to neighbouring State written on January 5
- Uma Bharti To `Re-Establish' Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Accuses party leaders of deviating from the ideology
No launch of new party, says Uma
Parries question on her political equation with Mulayam Singh Yadav
To seek rehabilitation package for farmers
- West Bengal Polls As Scheduled, Says Tandon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Rolls to be published on February 15
The West Bengal Assembly elections will be held as scheduled and "there is no question of deferment," Chief Election Commissioner B.B. Tandon said here on Thursday.
- I Will Adhere To Rulebook, Governor Tells Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Deve Gowda's wife confident of bringing Kumaraswamy around
BJP leaders back at party office at 8 a.m.
Senior leaders, including Venkaiah Naidu, H.N. Ananth Kumar, B.S. Yediyurappa and D.H. Shankaramurthy, lead party legislators to Raj Bhavan
- Karnataka Governor Tells Bjp That He Will Adhere To The Rulebook (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Deve Gowda's wife confident of bringing Kumaraswamy around
After the swift political developments in Karnataka on Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were at the party office at 8 a.m. here on Thursday.
- Bjp Boycotts Governor's Address, Wants Dharam Singh's Resignation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Party leaders stage dharna in front of Raj Bhavan, express support to Kumaraswamy Party leaders stage dharna in front of Raj Bhavan, express support to Kumaraswamy
- Karnataka: Breather For The Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
BJP fears that Kumaraswamy may change his mind
The Congress' core group went into a huddle at the Prime Minister's residence to take stock of the situation
- Karnataka Crisis: Another D Company? Not Quite (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
That there has been no media hype surrounding the third round of talks between the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries this week in itself marks the distance the two nations have covered since the peace process was launched in January 2004.
- How Humble Farmer Reaps (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 20, 2006)
When his government was tottering in 1997, after Sitaram Kesri had pulled the plug, H.D. Deve Gowda, then prime minister heading a United Front government, had refused to take any help from the BJP in order to survive. The BJP had offered to bail him out.
- King’S Iron Fist Comes Day Before Democracy March (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 20, 2006)
In a pre-dawn crackdown that’s continuing, security forces, working on instructions from King Gyanendra, have rounded up more than 50 leaders belonging to seven pro-democracy parties along with top human rights and civil liberty advocates . . .
- Bjp Irked That ‘Its Man’ Gives Dharam 8 Days (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 20, 2006)
Et tu Brutus! was the BJP’s cry today, with party leaders not quite getting over the fact that their ‘‘own man’’ — Karnataka governor T.N. Chaturvedi — had let the side down and given the beleaguered Dharam Singh government as many as eight days . . .
- Congress May Offer Cm’S Post To Jd(s) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Congress high command is said to be toying with the idea of offering the Chief Minister’s post to coalition partner Janata Dal (S) in a bid to prevent the faction led by H D Kumaraswamy from aligning with the Bharatiya Janata Party....
- Legislators Take The Refuge (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Even as the Karnataka Government continues to grapple with the aftermath of its woeful Wednesday, “resort politics” has returned to the State....
- Brinda Karat Warns Against Postponing West Bengal Assembly Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Left will not keep quiet if the Government tried to go against the CMP
- God And Gowda (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2006)
Politics is too fluid for the glue of secularism to always hold.
The political convulsions in Karnataka underline, yet again, the apparent foolhardiness of ordering Indian politics around the secular-communal faultline. For one, in a country as diverse
- A Govt’S Death (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 20, 2006)
The likely demise of the Dharam Singh government in Karnataka may not cause much grief to the people of the state, just as the possibility of the formation of a new government, to be headed by Mr H D Kumaraswamy, with the BJP as a partner, cannot . . .
- Nepal Imposes Curfew Ahead Of Anti-King Rally (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jan 20, 2006)
Nepal's royalist government said it would impose a curfew on Friday after seven political parties said they would defy a ban on protests and organise a rally against the king in the capital.
- Change In Bengaluru (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 20, 2006)
If the Dharam Singh government saw the approaching train wreck, it surely didn’t seem to do much to get out of the way.
- Cm Told To Prove Majority On Jan 27 (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jan 20, 2006)
Karnataka Governor T.N. Chaturvedi today asked Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh to prove his majority on the floor of the House on January 27.
- Cong-Jds Govt Fate To Be Decided On Jan 27 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The beleaguered Congress-JDS coalition Ministry in Karnataka, pushed to the brink by JD(S) rebels, today got a breather with Governor T N Chaturvedi giving a week’s time to Chief Minister Dharam Singh, who decided to prove his majority in the . . .
- Weak Leaders, Strong Supporters (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Jan 20, 2006)
Governance is never easy and as I have written on several occasions in the past, the system cannot be run by 'dual power' centers and in the current form the situation is further compounded by the fact that both the power centers are 'weak' and . . .
- Remember Dabhol? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 20, 2006)
A gentleman, whose identity better remain undisclosed, had spent a term in one of the houses of parliament.
- Toppling Games (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2006)
WEDNESDAY’S developments in Bangalore have cast a shadow on the stability of the 18-month-old Congress-led Dharam Singh government in Karnataka.
- Dramatic Irony (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 20, 2006)
First, the fall of Lalu Prasad, then Bofors, and now Karnataka — these are trying days for the Congress. Between May 2004 and November 2005, the party had a dream run.
- Diplomats Finetune N-Template (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Seeking to implement the landmark nuclear deal on 18 July, ahead of American President Mr George W Bush’s visit here expected in March, India and the US today held talks on the roadmap for completing the process.
- 8-Day Life Support For Congress Govt (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Congress-led government in Karnataka received time until January 27 to prove its majority in the House as the toppling-game routine began to be played out by quarantining the group of rebel MLAs in a resort.
- Warrantless Wiretappings (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, Jan 20, 2006)
In his fight against global terrorism, President Bush invaded and captured Iraq in what was an outrageously illegal and immoral war. Driven by his unbridled machismo,
- Karnataka: Cong To Wait & Watch, Bjp Impatient (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
In the midst of a big question mark over the survival of the Congress-led coalition government in Karnataka, the Congress top brass here went into a huddle to deliberate on the strategies to defuse the crisis.
- Bangalore Crisis: Gowda’S Son Set To Take Over As Cm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda’s son, H D Kumaraswamy looked set to take over as chief minister of Karnataka by the month-end at the head of a JD(S)-BJP coalition even though the tottering Dharam Singh dispensation was given nine . . .
- Tragicomedy In Karnataka (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 20, 2006)
The political drama being played out in Karnataka does no credit to any of the three principal actors — the Congress, the Janata Dal (Secular), and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Ragi Muddle? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 20, 2006)
With governor TN Chaturvedi giving nine days to the Dharam Singh government to prove its majority, politics in Karnataka has been prevented from coming to a boil for some time yet.
- Emergence Of Bjp (Secular)? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 20, 2006)
Two major lessons flow from the Karnataka political drama. One is that the BJP has shed some of the communal stigma that tainted it after the Gujarat riots.
- India, Us Hold Crucial Round Of Nuclear Parleys (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
India and the US on Thursday held crucial round of talks here on the nuclear issue with focus on the implementation of the July 18 nuke accord between the two countries.
- Talks With Us On N-Deal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Delhi and Washington today tried to thrash out a key element of last July’s nuclear deal that faces a severe test later in the US Congress.
- Gowda Assures Cong On Saving Dharam Singh Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Facing a revolt from his own son, former Prime Minister and JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda today assured Congress leaders in Delhi that he would make all efforts to save the coalition government in Karnataka.
- High-Level India-Us Talks On N-Accord (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Officials from India and the United States held talks on Thursday on closing a landmark deal that would give India access to previously forbidden civilian nuclear technology. Indian foreign secretary Shyam Saran met Under-Secretary . . .
- India, Us Hold Crucial Talks On N-Deal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
India and the US on Thursday held crucial round of talks here on the nuclear issue with focus on the implementation of the July 18 nuke accord between the two countries.
- Indian Human Rights Record Faulted By Hrw (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 20, 2006)
Human Rights Watch has accused the Indian military, paramilitary and police forces of having engaged in “serious human rights abuses in conflict zones”, while pointing out that as yet there have been “no attempts at transparent investigations or . . .
- Fatal Confrontation Shows Perils Of India's Rise (International Herald Tribune, Somini Sengupta , Jan 20, 2006)
Kalingangar Industrial Area, India On the first Monday morning of the year, four bulldozers, accompanied by nearly 300 police officers, arrived on a rocky patch of farmland on the edge of a wooded village and began leveling the earth.
- Population Control: Pm Against Coercion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said he was against coercion in population control programmes and favoured empowerment of girls as the main ingredient of a successful campaign.
- Will Bjp Really Get A Shot At The Office? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jan 20, 2006)
But there’s yet another way of interpreting the intrigues: as political pragmatism at its very best – the ultimate feel-gooder, where everybody’s happy.
- Nepal Under Siege; Oppn Leaders Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
There was fear phone lines would be disconnected again on Friday and the government would impose day curfew to avert the Opposition rally at any cost.
- Dharam Faces Test On Jan 27 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
On a day of intense political activity, the tottering Congress-led coalition in the State has been asked to seek a vote of confidence on January 27. Governor T N Chaturvedi on Thursday ...
- N-Blueprint Yet To Get Us Nod (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
India’s civilian and military nuclear programme separation blueprint intended to implement the July 18 Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation agreement has not fully met the expectations of the Bush Administration.
- His Options Limited, Dharam Gets A Week From Governor To Rustle Up Cong Numbers (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 20, 2006)
Hours after Karnataka Chief Minister Dharam Singh was given a week’s time by Governor T N Chaturvedi today to prove his majority on the floor of the House, JD(S) president H D Deve Gowda—his son H D Kumaraswamy and majority MLAs withdrew support . . .
- Centre To Wait And Watch (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Refraining from taking any drastic action in Karnataka, the Centre is understood to have decided to adopt a ‘wait and watch’ policy with regard to the political developments in the state even as Congress president Sonia Gandhi held no meeting . . .
- Squandering Their Vote (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 19, 2006)
If councillors are joining hands with militants one year after the Valley defied fear to elect them, the government that has emasculated them is to blame
- A Visit Best Avoided (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jan 19, 2006)
Bush’s diminishing popularity and cultural boorishness have raised questions about the necessity of his visit
- Dharam Govt On The Brink (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The 20-month-old coalition government headed by Congress Chief Minister Dharam Singh is on the brink. As many as 43 of the 57 JD (S) legislators, under the stewardship of party working president H D Kumaraswamy, shook hands with leaders of one-time . . .
- Bjp Basks In Glow Of Southern Sonrise (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 19, 2006)
Two days before his formal ratification as party president, new BJP chief Rajnath Singh’s New Year gift to the party unleashed joy in the BJP ranks today, with leaders barely containing their glee over the great Karnataka coup.
- Govt Unaware Of Cbi Move, Says Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
During the meeting, Mrs Gandhi also spoke to Mr Yechury about the protests the Left had planned against US President George Bush’s visit. The CPM leader pointed out that the Left had also opposed Bill Clinton’s visit when the former US president was . . .
- Bjp: No Honest Effort To Implement Court Order (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 19, 2006)
Government's strategy is to secure Quattrocchi's acquittal without trial: Jaitley
Within hours of court order CBI said it had no evidence to link money in bank accounts to Bofors payoffs
Additional Solicitor-General's opinion is fictional
- Don't Give Credence To Group Letter: Gowda (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
JD(S) President H D Deve Gowda on Wednesday said he has written to Karnataka Governor T N Chaturvedi not to give credence to the letter given by a section of his party legislators on withdrawing of support to the Congress-JD(S) coalition . . .
- Waiting For Rahul (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 19, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's reshuffle of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on January 6, precisely a fortnight ahead of the AICC plenary session in Hyderabad on January 21-23, has left too many heartburns and just one winner.
- Bofors Redux (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 19, 2006)
The most disturbing element of recent developments in the Bofors case is the lack of accountability in India's judicial machinery and political system that they reveal.
- Irritants In Tripura (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 19, 2006)
Congress unity still a far cry
Instead of trying to forge unity in the Tripura Congress unit the central command seems to be encouraging factionalism,
- Bofors: For Centre, It's 'Q' Sera Sera (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The revelation that UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had moved to de-freeze Bofors key accused Ottavio Quattrocchi's London accounts at the specific behest of the Indian authorities deepened concern in government over the political momentum . . .
- Bjp, Jd(s) Stake Claim To Form New Govt In Karnataka (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The Congress-led government in Karnataka was on the verge of a dramatic collapse with 47 MLAs belonging to its partner JD(S) on Wednesday walking out on their way to form an alternative coalition with the BJP.
- Hyderabad Plenary To ‘Galvanise’ Congress (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The AICC plenary session, slated to be held between 21-23 January in Hyderabad, will seek to galvanise the Congress by projecting the party’s ruling status at the Centre and its “achievements.”
- Cong Bangalored, Gowda Son Walks Into Bjp Arms (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jan 19, 2006)
Moving swiftly for the kill and catching a complacent Congress napping both in Bangalore and New Delhi, a majority faction of the Janata Dal (Secular), led by party president and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda’s son, H D Kumaraswamy, . . .
- U.S. Aims To Set Aside India Reactor Controversy (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 19, 2006)
The Bush administration, confronting a potential threat to its 2005 nuclear deal with India, has signaled it will set aside concerns that New Delhi violated a previous agreement with the United States.
- Cong Kayoed In Karnataka (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The Congress-led coalition in Karnataka appeared tonight to be on its way out after being stunned by a revolt in the Janata Dal(S), its partner, from which a large section broke away and staked claim to form a new government.
- Together We Stand (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 19, 2006)
The mass organizations that make for the CPI(M)’s strength are also becoming a major problem for it, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- Karnataka Government On The Brink (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Section of JD (S) stakes claim to form government with BJP; Governor's decision today after legislature session
- It Raids: Jayalalithaa Blames Dmk (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Alleges that houses of her doctor and chartered accountant being searched
- Ib Clearance For Aicc Plenary Delegates (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Jan 19, 2006)
Congress participants' requests subjected to police scan in all States
- Intelligence Bureau Scan For Congress Delegates (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Jan 19, 2006)
Plenary delegates' requests subjected to police scrutiny
Not many of the delegates seeking passes for attending the Congress plenary are aware of the fact that their requests are being subjected to a police scan in all the States.
- False Pretences (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 19, 2006)
Bengal Congress in a serious dilemma
In a way, the West Bengal Congress is the party that finds itself in the biggest dilemma prior to the assembly poll. Its dithering on an anti-Left alliance intended to avoid a split in the opposition . . .
- Us Court Upholds Assisted Suicide Law (Tribune, Charles Lane, Jan 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s law on physician-assisted suicide on Tuesday, ruling that the Justice Department may not punish doctors who help terminally ill patients end their lives.
- Karunakaran's Party For Tie-Up With Ldf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) on Monday made it clear that it was angling for seat adjustments with the LDF in the State, envisaging primarily a tie-up that would have the character of a coalition.
- Make The Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal More Transparent (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 19, 2006)
If the civil-military separation plan is good enough to share with a foreign power, it is certainly good enough to share with the Indian public.
- Bjp Targets State Government, Telugu Desam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
Consult all parties before finalising Outer Ring Road alignment: Dattatreya
Small ryots, poor will be adversely hit
Government fails to take note of affected persons' protest
TDP, Congress accused of siding with big realtors
- It-Enabled Revenue Raising (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Jan 19, 2006)
System improvements for efficiency, monitoring for accountability and results, technology for productivity and analysis: the combination of these will help cut costs and raise revenues on a substantial scale,
- Bofors Is History Toda (The Economic Times, T K ARUN, Jan 19, 2006)
Bofors is not part of the living present. Its relevance for the present is not directly operational, but as a symbol of political corruption that has to be avoided and fought. To continue to wrestle with Bofors, treating it as some villain still . . .
- Us Upbeat On India N-Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2006)
The United States is confident of reaching a deal with India on nuclear cooperation even though differences remain over plans to separate India’s civil and military programmes, a top US official said on Wednesday.
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