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Articles 10421 through 10520 of 16899:
- Congress Scores Big Win In Karnataka Local Polls (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Dec 28, 2005)
Leaving coalition partner, Deve Gowda’s JD (S) behind, the Congress in Karnataka is heading for a big win in the Taluk Panchayat and Zila Panchayat polls, creating possibilities of mid-term polls.
- The Bjp's Next Man In (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 28, 2005)
With the question "after Advani who?" reportedly settled in favour of Rajnath Singh, it is time to ask: "Why and how Rajnath?"
- India Announces Mathrani's Successor In Croatia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Government today named senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Rajiva Misra as the next Ambassador to Croatia to succeed controversial Aneil Mathrani
- Aipjd, Ahinda Play Role In Congress's Triumph (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The emergence of Siddaramaiah, which weakened the JD(S), worked in its favour The emergence of Siddaramaiah worked in its favour
- Congress Outdoes Janata Dal(s) In Zilla, Taluk Panchayat Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The BJP will have to be content with the third spot
- Congress Emerges Winner In Zilla, Taluk Panchayat Polls (Hindu, A Jayaram, Dec 28, 2005)
JD(S) pays for Siddaramaiah's ouster; BJP relegated to third spot
The use of ballot papers and manual counting delay announcement of results
The outcome of the elections is bound to have its impact on the coalition
- The Idea Of Haryana (Tribune, Shubhadeep Choudhury, Dec 28, 2005)
Haryana is now officially the most prosperous state in the country with the highest per capita income. But the Haryanvi elites are still not happy. They are uncomfortable with the fact that the state does not have a sufficiently vibrant art and . . .
- On The Front Line (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 28, 2005)
A good year for Marxists in Tripura
This has been a good year for Tripura’s ruling Left Front. Only two weeks ago it swept the Agartala municipality and nagar palika polls with large margins.
- Democracy’S High Price (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 28, 2005)
A Year after Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, Russia’s effort to combat the spread of democracy in Eastern Europe continues unabated. Its latest weapon is natural gas.
- No Maya This (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 28, 2005)
THE Bahujan Samaj Party leader, Ms Mayawati, needs to be complimented for her decision to expel four controversial party MPs. Three of them were involved in the cash-for-questions scam while the fourth – a member of the Rajya Sabha – is accused of bigamy.
- One-Third Wealth, Two-Third Squalor (Telegraph, Satrujit Banerjee, Dec 28, 2005)
Satrujit Banerjee lists some of the things not revealed by figures projecting India as the next economic giant
- In The Crisis Region (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Dec 28, 2005)
Recently, the former Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Uma Bharti, was expelled for ‘indiscipline’.
- Controversy Over Advani Continuing As Leader Of Opposition (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 28, 2005)
I never asked for his resignation, says senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi
- Kalam Calls For Accurate Monsoon Prediction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Accurate and timely predictions about monsoons, earthquakes, energy, healthcare and water management were vital for the development of society, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here on Tuesday.
- Quarter Century & The Quarterback (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 28, 2005)
Twenty-five years is a long time not only in politics, but also in the life and times of Lal Kishen Advani. But if there was a longer year than usual for the outgoing BJP president, it was 2005.
- Indian And Chinese Firms Sold Missile Equipments To Iran – Us Slaps Penalties (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Two Indian chemical companies along with six Chinese government-run firms have been slapped with US sanctions for allegedly selling missile goods to Iran, media reports said on Tuesday.
- Us Slaps Sanctions On Two Indian Firms (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Two Indian chemical companies along with six Chinese government-run firms have been slapped with US sanctions for allegedly selling missile goods to Iran, media reports said on Tuesday.
- Bjp Asks Allies To Get Ready For W Bengal Polls (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Unsure of the Congress joining an anti-CPI(M) tie-up as mooted by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal unit of BJP on Tuesday said that allies TC, BJP and some other parties should initiate the exercise of chalking out . . .
- Wb Bjp Asks Allies To Prepare For Assembly Polls (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Unsure of the Congress joining an anti-CPI(M) tie-up as mooted by Trinamool Congress (TC) chief Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal unit of BJP today said that allies TC, BJP and some other parties should chalk out a strategy for the forthcoming . . .
- Govt To Provide Security To Mathrani, Sehgal And Zaidi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Government has decided to provide security to Aniel Mathrani who recently alleged that former Union Minister Natwar Singh was involved in pay-offs in Iraq's oil-for-food programme, besides businessman Andaleeb Sehgal and Jamil Zaidi.
- Can Communists Be Defeated In West Bengal? (India Daily, Tishar Pal, Dec 28, 2005)
It is more than 45 years and there is no end is sight for rule by the communists in West Bengal of India. Congress, BJP and Trinamul Congress the three major opposition parties has achieved little in the last dew decades even to come close . . .
- What About Cash-For-Votes? (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Dec 28, 2005)
The indignation over cash-for-questions scandal can be easily understood. A TV channel showed 11 MPs shamelessly accepting wads of currency notes for raising questions in Parliament. The visuals — images of custodians of India’s democratic values . . .
- Will That Be All, George? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Dec 28, 2005)
It was a few days before Christmas and verily a Santa was hauled out of a Wal-Mart, where he had patiently been lending an ear for much of the day to the seasonal demands of brats of all shapes and sizes, and driven away to an undisclosed location ....
- Fuller Implications Of ‘Usk’ Proposal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 28, 2005)
APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is hammering on the proposal for ‘United States of Kashmir’ as solution to the long-standing Kashmir issue. He has been seeking support for the proposal from Pakistan and India for the sake of peace between the two . . .
- Defeated Congress Candidates Going After Bjp Workers In Bihar - Two Bjp Workers Shot Dead In Bihar (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Two BJP workers, close to newly elected party MLA from Hisua Anil Singh, were on Tuesday shot dead in Narhat Bazar area of Nawada district allegedly by supporters of the defeated Congress candidate, . . .
- Cong To Decide On Future Of Coalition: Dharam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
With reports of the Congress leading in panchayat polls coming in, Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh said that the party would discuss the results in detail to decide whether to go in for a snap poll or not.
- Mathrani To Get Security Guards (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Due to increased threat perception, the government has decided to provide security to former diplomat Aniel Mathrani, who recently alleged that former Union Minister Natwar Singh was involved in pay-offs in Iraq’s oil-for-food programme.
- Cong Reigns Supreme In Panchayat Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The Congress re-established its supremacy in rural areas by winning a majority of the zilla and taluk panchayat seats declared so far (till 1 a.m.), leaving its coalition partner Janata Dal (Secular) and the principal opposition BJP far behind, in the ele
- Indian Intimacy With Saddam (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Dec 28, 2005)
Recent revelations regarding former Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's linkage to the UN oil-for-food programme scandal should not have come as a surprise to anyone who knew of the long history of close cooperation between India and the Saddam regime,
- Huge Scope For Aspiring Scientists: Dr Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam said challenges and scopes were huge for the young students aspiring to be scientists in future. He was addressing a gathering of nearly 3,000 ‘child scientists’ from across the country after inaugurating the . . .
- Bjp In Trouble With Innumerable Sting Operations – The New Style To Make Private Media Popular (India Daily, Anil Rane, Dec 28, 2005)
The new style of new media in India is to go after the politicians – the most hated people in India. It is very popular to uncover the corruptions of these politicians controlled by Indian rich oligarchs.
- Night Watchman Carries The Bat At Hong Kong (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Dec 28, 2005)
The much-awaited World Trade Organisation's Hong Kong Ministerial, as part of the Doha Development Round, has come and gone. And what has been the outcome? Did the developing countries get anything out of it? There is much debate on what the . . .
- Arms Sales To Pakistan, India In 2006: Rivalry Could Put Us ‘On The Hook’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The Bush administration is manoeuvring to balance possible big new US arms sales to archrivals India and Pakistan in the New Year.
- Cong Turns Heat On Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Even as the BJP national executive began in Mumbai, Congress on Monday sought to direct some political heat on the Opposition party, ...
- Intelligence Abuse Deja Vu (Dawn, Gary Hart, Dec 27, 2005)
Three weeks after I took the oath of office in the Senate in 1975, the then majority leader Mike Mansfield appointed me to a newly created committee — the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities, . . .
- House Act: Cong Asks For Probe Against 3 Bjp Leaders (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The Congress here today demanded an impartial inquiry against three BJP leaders—leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh, party Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu and General Secretary Ananth Kumar—for their alleged acts of omission and commission
- Assaults Won’T Work (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 27, 2005)
We now need a master plan to end the builder-mafia’s reign for all time
- Run Uma Run – Clean Bjp Top To Bottom – Get Rid Of Corruption (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Dec 27, 2005)
It is time for BJP to undo the corruption. It is time for BJP to undo special interest within the party driven by Indian oligarchs.
- Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
It was a year that saw politics overshadow public good, say Asha Krishnaswamy and Vijesh Kamath as they sift through the archives. Politicians spewed venom and a former prime minister wrote letters even as the common man was left to deal with an . . .
- 37 Illegal Properties Razed, Two Sealed Amid Protests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Municipal Commissioner gheraoed by Congress councillors for `pick-and-choose'
- Kalam To Open Children's Science Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam arrived here on Monday evening on a two-day visit to Orissa. Governor Rameshwar Thakur and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik received him at the airport here.
- Jubilee Jingle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 27, 2005)
As the coordination committee of state employees tightens its fist in celebration of its 50th anniversary on Wednesday, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has of late been singing a jubilee jingle that chimes oddly with his image of an investor-friendly and ....
- Advani: Bjp Has Made History (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 27, 2005)
Party made India's polity bipolar
Single party dominance smashed and bipolar polity brought about
Economy underwent metamorphosis
A fully developed India brought within realm of possibility
- An Alternative To Bjp Is Taking Shape At The Grass Root Level (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Dec 27, 2005)
A non-corrupt BJP focused on Hidutva ready take on with Congress and Indian communists are in the forming at the grass root level.
- `Operation Duryodhan': Is Seeking Money Merely `Stupid'? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 27, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party veteran and the party's outgoing President, Mr L. K. Advani, has given a new nuance to the terms `stupidity' and bribe-taking.
- Aiadmk Trying To Create Rift In Congress: Vasan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president G.K. Vasan on Monday criticised the ruling AIADMK for its alleged attempt to create a rift in the State Congress unit. Mr. Vasan, while speaking to newsmen here, told Congress workers not to fall prey to the . . .
- Nepal Digs Out Dollars For Chinese Arms (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Dec 27, 2005)
After floating a global tender for buying arms and ammunition, Nepal’s army has just spent more than $800,000 on buying arms and ammunition from China. The money was paid to Beijing’s Poly Technologies Incorporated for 18,000 grenades and 4 million . . .
- Shouting Brigades In Uttar Pradesh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2005)
It is a triple whammy for the Mulayam Singh-led Government in Uttar Pradesh, with the Samajwadi Party and its leader facing fire from a hit squad comprising the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Bahujan Samaj Party.
- Despicable Act: Tamil Parties (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 27, 2005)
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) on Monday condemned the killing of Joseph Pararajasingham, TNA MP, in a church on Christmas Day.
- Invading America (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 26, 2005)
Imperial overreach, or perhaps hubris, is tripping US President George W. Bush. While America’s travails in Iraq are too many to recount, his tribulations in the US are now becoming apparent.
- Unseen Corruption (Statesman, NB GRANT, Dec 26, 2005)
Whenever we talk of corruption, we only envisage big financial deals like those of Harshad Mehta, Rajan Pillay, the kickbacks involved in the purchase of Bofors, submarines and helicopters, and the recent names mentioned in the stamp and Tahelka scams. Al
- Not A Revenge Play (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Dec 26, 2005)
Instead of raising a people’s army, the government should concentrate on developing Chhattisgarh to tackle the Maoists,
- Disputed Durand Line (Tribune, Gurinder Randhawa, Dec 26, 2005)
The British during their long rule over the subcontinent drew three lines on the map — the McMahon Line between India and China, the Radcliff Line between India and Pakistan and the Durand Line between India and Afghanistan. All three became . . .
- Mps And The Maze Of Corruption (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 26, 2005)
Can you work out exactly what the BJP's stand on corruption is? No? Well, me neither.
- Annual Reflections (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 26, 2005)
As another December ends, one is inevitably reminded of unmet targets and unfulfilled promises, public and private, and can too easily give way to wistful regret.
- Notes From The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Jack Anderson’s journalism comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable. Inderjit Badhwar remembers his days with a scam-busting colleague
- Rajnath: Bjp President In Waiting? (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 26, 2005)
Rajnath Singh is certainly different from other second generation leaders of the BJP.
- Poll Panel Should Act Against Those Who Supplied Liquor: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Jagadish Shettar demands re-poll in all places where liquor was distributed
- Guarding Against A "Coloured Revolution" (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 26, 2005)
Russia has approved a bill that introduces stringent controls over the activities of foreign-funded non-government and non-commercial organisations in a move designed to pre-empt any "coloured revolution" in the country.
- Manmohan Warns On New Labor Laws - Indian Communists Ready To Fight It To The End (Indian Express, Balaji Reddy, Dec 25, 2005)
A major fight between India’s ruling UPA coalition led by Congress Party and the Indian Communists popularly known as the Left Parties is taking shape.
- Mps And The Maze Of Corruption (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 25, 2005)
Can you work out exactly what the BJP's stand on corruption is? No? Well, me neither. For all of Friday evening, . . .
- Indian Parliament Expels Mp For Taking Bribes Caught Red Handed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
India's parliament expelled the first of 11 legislators accused of taking bribes in return for raising questions in the federal legislature.
- Lessons Of India’S Corruption Scandal (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 25, 2005)
In a highly commendable move last Friday, the Indian parliament sacked 11 of its members (MPs), ten from the lower house and one from the upper house, because they were caught on camera taking money to raise questions in the house.
- India Says Proposal Under Discussion : Self-Governance In Kashmir (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 25, 2005)
Indian and Pakistani diplomats are discussing the idea of self-governance for divided Kashmir as proposed by President Gen Pervez Musharraf, a top Indian official disclosed on Saturday.
- Fair Treatment Sought On N-Technology Access (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Dec 25, 2005)
Pakistan has sought the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its quest for being treated on a par with India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) which controls developing countries’ access to nuclear technology.
- Thinking Of The Quaid (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 25, 2005)
"You are free, you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan.” This is the assurance the founder of our country, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, our Quaid-i-Azam, gave all of us ...
- Power We Didn’T Grant (Dawn, Tom Daschle, Dec 25, 2005)
In the face of mounting questions about news stories saying that President Bush approved a programme to wiretap American citizens without getting warrants, the White House argues that Congress granted it authority for such surveillance in the 2001 ...
- Musharraf Pins Hope In Youth (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 25, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf focused the importance of major water reservoirs to the Sindh’s future and sought Sindhi youth’s support to avert the impending disaster.
- Tension In Bidar District After Poll-Related Violence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
AIPJD workers lay siege to jail; Minister's car stoned
Tension prevailed in a few areas in Bidar on Saturday after violent incidents occurred during Friday's elections to the zilla and taluk panchayats.
- He Could Measure Up To The Task (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 25, 2005)
Pawan Kumar Bansal was the much sought after man last week.
- N-Deal: Now, Focus On Iaea Safeguards (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 25, 2005)
As India and the United States put the implementation of their nuclear pact on a fast track, the government is expected to shortly begin consultations with the International Atomic Energy Agency on safeguards arrangements for its civilian nuclear faciliti
- Nexus Of Mcd Engineers, Builders, Maybe Even Some Politicians Must Be Exposed’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
The demolition drive launched against illegal constructions in Delhi has put Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the spotlight. Speaking to Vinay Jha, she says that the future of Delhi’s development is at stake, adding that the ‘‘institution . . .
- The Need For Vedic Words (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 25, 2005)
Before setting off for this journey, I wondered what you would have asked yourselves the moment we would have met.
- Narayanan: India Hopeful Of Resolving Nuclear Issues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Pakistan's suggestion for self-governance in J&K not clear
India on Saturday said it was hopeful of resolving many of the contentious issues on the nuclear deal with the United States before President George W. Bush's visit in March next. However,
- 11 Mps Expelled Amidst Vehement Opposition From Bjp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Parliamentary history was created today when both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha expelled 11 MPs for misconduct in accepting money for raising questions in the face of severe oppposition from BJP and its allies over the procedure.
- Discontent Among Mps All Around (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 24, 2005)
Even though the 11 MPs, accused of misconduct for asking questions for cash, were today expelled by the two Houses of Parliament, there is strong undercurrent of discontent among the parliamentary fraternity.
- Saran Describes N-Pact Talks With Us ‘Positive’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 24, 2005)
After two days of talks with Under Secretary R. Nicholas Burns in Washington Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said he was returning to New Delhi “very encouraged by the environment with regard to the implementation” of civil nuclear agreement . . .
- An Inherently Weak Coalition (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Dec 24, 2005)
The UPA government at the Centre has completed 18 months in office. Its journey has, however, not exactly been smooth.
- 11 Mps Expelled From Parliament (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Dec 24, 2005)
Notwithstanding the disquiet in certain sections across the political spectrum, Parliament took the extreme step today of expelling 11 members — 10 from the Lok Sabha and a lone Rajya Sabha MP —for their involvement in the cash-for-questions scam and.....
- Parliament Expels 11 Tainted Mps (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
The Parliament today expelled the 11 MPs caught on camera taking money amid a walkout by the NDA members in the Lok Sabha, barring those of JD(U), who stated that the punishment was not commensurate with their offence.
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