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Articles 10021 through 10120 of 16899:
- Bugs In The System (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 11, 2006)
The culture of phone tapping speaks volumes — even more than politicians over the phone
- Rajnath And Up’S Slow Churning (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jan 11, 2006)
The meaning being read into Rajnath Singh’s elevation as BJP president obscures the more obvious reality that the choice is a function of the total confusion in the party, particularly at its higher reaches.
- Congress Joins Battle With Dal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Even as the JD(S) has threatened to pull out of the coalition government if the Congress joins hands with the All India Progressive Janata Dal (AIPJD) in the hung zilla panchayats (ZPs), the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) leadership, in tune
- Tried And Tested In The Congress (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2006)
The more the Congress changes, the more it remains the Grand Old Party steeped in its past. Belying the buzz preceding the event, the revamp of the All-India Congress Committee turned out to be a tame affair
- Funding Or Fiddling? (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Jan 11, 2006)
The scheme for state funding of poll expenses leaves the floodgates open for private funding.
- Won't Submit To High Court, Says Somnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
"Even though I have full respect for the judiciary I, as Speaker of the Lok Sabha,
- Sharad Pawar Puts On Hold Food Subsidy Cut (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Responding to criticism from the United Progressive Alliance constituents, Food Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday stayed the implementation of the Centre's decision to cut food subsidy.
- Now Cong Accuses Bjp Of Phone Tapping (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jan 11, 2006)
At a time when Congress-led UPA government at the Centre is under attack on the phone-tapping issue, the party's Rajasthan unit
- Govt Sees Strong Farm Growth, Stays Subsidy Cut (Reuters, Hari Ramachandran, Jan 11, 2006)
India predicts strong growth in its key farm sector in the fiscal year to March, but will put on hold a decision to cut food subsidies for the poor, the farm minister said on Tuesday.
- Tapping Party Lines (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 11, 2006)
Everybody who is anybody these days just has to announce that his or her phone lines are being tapped.
- Industrial Houses In Orissa Nervous (The Economic Times, SURESH NAIR, Jan 11, 2006)
The Kalinga Nagar police firing, in which 13 lives were lost, is all set to snowball into a major political controversy, particularly with the Orissa state assembly elections round the corner.
- Goodbye Peace Process? (News International, Ghani Jafar, Jan 11, 2006)
What on earth is New Delhi up to? There clearly is a method to the madness of its deliberately raising the pitch of hostility with Pakistan through the recent spate of unwarranted official pronouncements regarding the Balochistan situation.
- Politics With Drama And Ironies (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 11, 2006)
Sometimes certain developments take place or utterances are made in politics which leave one wonder whether these are deliberate or spontaneous.
- Remembering Remarkable Pm (Daily Excelsior, R K Bhatnagar, Jan 11, 2006)
Forty eventful years have passed, since the second Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri, died of massive heart attack.
- The Washington Rot (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jan 11, 2006)
In the six years since Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared, in the presence of Bill Clinton, that India and the United States of America were “natural allies”,
- Somnath Calls For All-Party Meet To Discuss Hc Notice (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has called for an all-party meeting here on January 20 to discuss the situation arising out of the Delhi High Court notice to the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, Election Commission and the Centre on the expulsion of MPs in th
- Political Resolution To Reflect Cong’S Dilemma (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 11, 2006)
When Congress leaders met for a brainstorming session in Pachmarhi over eight years ago, the party said a resounding “no” to coalitions, the catchline being “ekla chalo”.
- Musharraf’S Ideas (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jan 11, 2006)
Last weekend President Musharraf gave another peace proposal which was promptly rejected by our government.
- Cpm Calls For Legislation On Phone Tapping (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Joining the chorus of voices making phone-tapping allegations, the CPM on Tuesday said there was no political party that did not suspect its phones were being tapped.
- Govt To Exit Maruti (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2006)
Pouring cold water on the hopes of four crore subscribers, the government today notified 8.5 per cent interest on the Employees Provident Fund for 2005-06.
- On Muslims, Upa Has Bad Answers (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 10, 2006)
The UPA government’s approach to the well-being of Muslims is threatening to inject an insidious poison into Indian politics, whose ramifications for all Indian citizens are too dreadful to contemplate.
- Working To Close N-Deal, Upa Fights Last-Minute Jitters From Within (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jan 10, 2006)
With US Under-Secretary of State Nicholas Burns arriving in India on January 19 for talks with his counterpart Shyam Saran, the top UPA leadership is working overtime to arrive at a political decision to close the July 18 nuclear deal before . . .
- Now Mulayam ‘Wealth’ Under The Sc Scanner (Indian Express, R VENKATARAMAN, Jan 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court today issued notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, seeking reply why criminal trial should not be ordered against him for allegedly accumulating wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income.
- Serious Threat-Ii (Statesman, PR DUBHASHI, Jan 10, 2006)
It has been stated on behalf of the BJP that they had no alternative but to boycott Parliament because all along they had been treated by the UPA government as an enemy rather than an adversary and were not even allowed to speak on the floor . . .
- Yogi And Commie Star (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Jan 10, 2006)
Brinda Karat is suing a Trivandrum publisher who published a photo of hers together with a quotation from an interview of hers to the effect that yoga was the secret behind health and beauty — although he published an apology the next day.
- Coalition Under Stress, Says Gowda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
JD(S) to decide on continuance in or withdrawal from Ministry
JD(S) upset at Congress "plan" to align with rebels
Congress deviating from understanding: Gowda
Issue will be sorted out: Jayanthi Natarajan
- Boost To Agriculture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
The Science Congress grappled with the problem of making science work for agriculture
- Amar Singh Aplogises To Pm For Dragging Some Pmo Men In Case (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
In the midst of his campaign against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today apologised to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for dragging names of some officials of the Prime Minister's Office in the phone tapping allegations.
- Amar Singh Moves Sc In Phone Tapping Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Blaming Congress President Sonia Gandhi directly for the alleged tapping of the telephones of Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by the latter for a judicial probe . . .
- India Mulls Nomination For United Nations Post (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 10, 2006)
The UN Secretary General Kofi Anan’s communication seeking Indian nomination for the deputy secretary general has put the government here on the horns of dilemma.
- Budget 2006-07 Should Be Growth Oriented (Daily Excelsior, S. V. Vaidyanathan, Jan 10, 2006)
The North Block mandarins are burning mid-night candles to give a shape to Budget 2006-07.
- Bjp Demands Inquiry In Phone Tapping (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Controversy over the issue of phone-tapping of senior Opposition leaders gathered momentum today with the BJP alleging that the telephone of Leader of the Opposition L K Advani was being bugged
- Nris Protest Award To ‘Modi Ally’ (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Jan 10, 2006)
The Gujarat riots cast a shadow on the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here when a doctor said to be close to Narendra Modi was honoured today.
- The $4 Bn Industry That Is America’S Guilty Secret (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Jan 10, 2006)
Lobbying is Washington’s grubby secret. Some say it is part of the democratic process. Others claim it is legalised bribery, even corruption. But love it or loathe it, it is the way Washington works.
- Amar Singh Moves Sc; Advani, Mamata Join Tap Dance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
It would appear that every politician is on tap. While Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh took his phone-tapping allegations to Supreme Court on Monday, seeking a judicial probe, Leader of Opposition L K Advani and Trinamul Congress chief . . .
- Plot To Kill Me, Alleges Mulayam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
"Congress party and a leading industrialist are involved, will give details at appropriate time"
- Court Takes Moolah-Am Count (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court today asked Uttar Pardesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav to respond to charges that he and his family owned unaccounted assets worth crores.
- Up Keeps ‘Tapping’ Lines Crackling (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Soon, you will need a logbook as thick as the once-indispensable telephone directories to keep track of the tapping controversy.
- Kalam Sees Indian Minds Shining (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam today said the sun would never set on the “Empire of the Indian Mind”. “It would not be an exaggeration, if I say that today the sun truly cannot set on the Empire of the Indian Mind.
- Hc Notice To Houses On Mps’ Expulsion (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
A day after Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee stated that he was against the interference of courts in Parliament’s decision of expelling 11 MPs for their “involvement” in the “cash for query” scam, the Delhi High Court today issued notices . . .
- India’S Political Freedom In Question – Bjp Finds Foul In Phone Tapping Of Leaders –politicians Look For Supreme Court’S Help (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Jan 10, 2006)
India may be silently experienced loss of political freedom while preaching the same to Nepal and other countries.
- How Lobbyists Poison Politics (Hindu, Gary Younge, Jan 10, 2006)
The U.S. Congress stands at the pinnacle of American democracy, which the nation is proud — on occasion — to export at the barrel of a gun. Inside, 100 senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives balance the interests of the nation and . . .
- No Intention To Cause Hurt To Manmohan: Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Claims telling Dr. Singh about phone tapping for a year
Alleges that phones of Congress' rivals were tapped by RAW and CBI
- Amar Singh Takes The Phone Tapping Issue To Sc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Carrying forward his charge on the telephone tapping issue, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today knocked at the doors of Supreme Court seeking a judicial probe into the whole incident.
He filed an application before the Registry for a direction . . .
- Two Years After The Saarc Declaration (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Jan 10, 2006)
Two years have passed since President Musharraf and Prime Minister Vajpayee, taking advantage of their participation in the Saarc summit, held official talks that led to the Islamabad Declaration of January 6, 2004. Since then, the two sides have met . .
- Lobbying Scandal Set To Engulf Us Political System (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Jan 10, 2006)
Jack Abramoff, the disgraced former Republican super-lobbyist, has agreed a deal with US government prosecutors, opening the way for what could be the biggest political influence peddling scandal in Washington for decades.
- Congress-Jd(s) Crisis Deepens (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
"The media and my opponents call me a dictator and say that mine is a party of father and sons. I have given time for consultation within the party." Deve Gowda
- Amar Singh Moves Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Honest probe possible only in judicial inquiry into phone tapping
Governments should adhere to court guidelines Congress among respondents
- Governance May Pay For States (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Stability index proposed for key officials, two year term suggested..
- President Bush At Recess (New York Times, Editorial, The New York Times, Jan 09, 2006)
It is disturbing that President Bush has exhibited a grandiose vision of executive power that leaves little room for public debate, the concerns of the minority party or the supervisory powers of the courts.
- Needed A Soil, Not Green, Revolution (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 09, 2006)
Agriculture can never be salvaged with a "trickle down" approach, which stands debunked now after four decades of the so-called Green Revolution.
- Recklessness In Indonesia (New York Times, Editorial, The New York Times, Jan 09, 2006)
Freeport-McMoRan, an American company that operates a giant open-pit copper and gold mine in Papua, is a major contributor to Indonesia's economy.
- India, Us To Hold High-Level Nuclear Talks This Month (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
India and the US will hold the next round of high-level talks on the nuclear issue in national capital later this month amid efforts by the two countries.
- Serious Threat-I -By Pr Dubhashi (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 09, 2006)
Indian democracy seems once again to be undergoing a major transformation.
- Reflections On Turning Points In The Economy (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 09, 2006)
POLICIES change and nations embark on new paths. It is often difficult to discern any pattern or design behind most of these occurrences, however hard we try.
- Upa Plan For Minorities May Fragment Society, Warns Bjp; Not On, Agrees Left (Hindu, Varghese K George, Jan 09, 2006)
The UPA government’s controversial move to reserve a ‘‘certain percentage’’ of all development funds for minorities has been criticised by the BJP and the Left too has expressed concern.
- Checking Mamata -Police Cruelly Exposed In Bengal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
On the face of it, the warrant of arrest against Mamata Banerjee follows a directive from the Election Commission to the police to nab those said...
- Pawar Rules Out Third Front (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Jan 09, 2006)
NCP to contest polls only in alliance with other parties
With just 7 MPs, the NCP cannot consider forming a third front
Denies small parties like NCP were pressuring the UPA Government
- Left Front Seeks A Massive Mandate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
No alternative to the Front, says Buddhadeb
Opposition's attempt to forge alliance "an unprincipled exercise"
Industrialisation to be top priority if voted back to power
- Party Supports Brinda: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Questions raised by her not personal but those of the party and the CITU
Most Ayurvedic medicines not prepared under required regulations
Left to submit alternative budget proposals
To protest against U.S. President's planned visit
- Parliament Shows The Way Forward (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 09, 2006)
The determined way both Houses acted against the MPs involved in the cash-for-questions case has given rise to hope that something can be done to curb corruption in the country.
- Party Hangover (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2006)
The real test for Sonia and the PM will be cabinet changes, not CWC musical chairs
- Malik Returns From Abroad (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik held talks with various European and American leaders about the prospects of resolving Kashmir dispute during his foreign visit.
- Focus On Farms (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
When Prime Minster Manmohan Singh called for a second green revolution during his address at the Indian Science Congress earlier this week, he was not doing so for the first time
- Indo-Us Talks On N-Issue In Third Week Of Jan (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 09, 2006)
India and the US will hold the next round of high-level talks on the nuclear issue here later this month amid efforts by the two countries to expedite implementation of the July 18 nuclear deal before the visit here by President George W Bush expected nex
- Parliament Under Cloud (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Jan 09, 2006)
It was black December for In-dian Parliament as its worst nightmare came true for the largest democracy in the world.
- Between Two Stools (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jan 09, 2006)
If you want to play the chess of power politics on a global scale, the first rule is this: you have to consider the position and the moves of every single piece on the chessboard.
- Rss Responsible For Partition: Arjun (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Holding the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha responsible for Partition, senior Congress leader and Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh claimed that the BJP would collapse like a pack of cards due to "its inner contradictions and hollow principles."
- Project To Conserve Water Wins Them A National Berth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Rural students' project selected for National Science Congress
Getting entry into National Science Congress and winning the appreciation of the evaluators for the project done by students from a rural area is no mean achievement.
- `Strengthen Sino-Indian Ties' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Improve trade and diplomatic relations between the two countries: Governor
- Cigar And The Loincloth (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 08, 2006)
Historical archives, when they are opened for researchers, sometimes throw up startling revelations.
- Advani’S Swan Song (The Week, Debashish Mukerji, Jan 08, 2006)
RSS wants to know who would succeed Venkaiah Naidu
The list of contenders remained broadly the same. But their rankings kept changing every week. However, one front-runner has emerged in the race for the next BJP president once Lal Krishna Advani . . .
- Shotgun Weeding (The Week, R. Prasannan, Jan 08, 2006)
Television stings have caused a stir; the big battles will follow
- After Kisan-Speak, Pm, Rajnath Must Walk The Talk (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Jan 08, 2006)
Those who wish to see India emerge as a developed nation in a holistic sense—prosperous, harmonious, egalitarian and culturally vibrant—know very well the critical importance of two large but long-neglected sections of our economy:
- India Must Bring Down High Fiscal Deficit - Pm (Reuters, Reuters, Jan 08, 2006)
India's fiscal deficit remains unacceptably high and must be brought down, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a business conference on Saturday.
- Tslushnami Of Human Rights (The Week, Kavitha Muralidharan, Jan 08, 2006)
What a year has wrought in Tamil Nadu and Kerala—the good, the bad and the ugly...
- Judicial Activism In America (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jan 08, 2006)
It is a well-established function of judges to say what the law is, or what it means. Many of them will follow precedents and give due attention to the original lawmaker’s intent in performing this function.
- Rss, Hindu Mahasabha Responsible For Partition: Arjun Singh (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Holding the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha responsible for Partition, senior Congress leader and Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh today claimed that the BJP would collapse like a pack of cards due to "its inner contradictions and hollow principles."
- Sonia Gandhi Reconstitutes Cwc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Ahmed Patel continues to be the political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi while B K Hariprasad and V Narayanswamy were inducted as general secretaries as Gandhi reconstituted Congress Working Committee and the AICC secretariat.
- "Execute Warrant Against Mamata'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Takes umbrage at official's report expressing inability to execute warrant
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