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Articles 10521 through 10620 of 16899:
- Parliament Creates History, Sacks All Stung Members (Hindustan Times, Vinod Sharma, Dec 24, 2005)
The BJP scored a self-goal in the Lok Sabha on Friday by questioning the quantum of punishment to the 10 scam-scarred MPs and staging a walkout before the House adopted a motion for their expulsion.
- Task Before Sri Lankan President (Daily Excelsior, M Rama Rao, Dec 24, 2005)
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse is coming to India a day after the Christmas in his first overseas visit. During his four-day state visit, he will take up the threads of discussions his foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera had . . .
- Pm As Foreign Minister (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
After the National Democratic Alliance lost the Lok Sabha elections last year, as Manmohan Singh was in the process of putting final touches to his cabinet and deciding the portfolios of the UPA ministers, there was a crucial, but secret, . . .
- Two Sacked Mps To Move Court (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
At least two of the 11 MPs expelled from Parliament today for accepting money in lieu of asking questions said they would challenge the decision of the House in court. “We will definitely go to the court...
- Current Talks Meant To Pave Way For Bush Visit: Us (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Dec 24, 2005)
The United States has said that the current talks with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran are meant to pave the way for the visit of President George W Bush early next year to India and civilian nuclear energy cooperation is one of the issues that both countri
- Dreaming Of Green (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 24, 2005)
There are some political parties that suffer from a deep insecurity. They need attention all the time, and are terrified of oblivion when they think that people are managing to get on with their everyday lives too smoothly or, even more alarming, . . .
- A Divided City (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 24, 2005)
The city I live in has two names, these captured in the title of the first chapter of Janaki Nair’s fine recent book on the city’s history: Bengaluru/Bangalore.
- India Reports Progress On Nuclear Deal With Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Delhi sees significant advances in India-US relations in coming months
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 24, 2005)
When I was at university in England, the great politically incorrect story was about a professor of anthropology who managed to earn the ire of all of Oxford’s female students with a single remark at a single lecture.
- Rs Creates History, Expels Bjp Member (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Creating history, the Rajya Sabha today expelled BJP member Chhattrapal Singh Lodha from the House acting on the recommendation of the Ethics Committee which found him guilty of accepting money on camera for raising questions with the BJP . . .
- Shyam Saran Upbeat On U.S. Nuclear Pact, Bush Visit (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 24, 2005)
India's Foreign Secretary said on Thursday he was confident India and the United States would be able to implement a new civilian nuclear cooperation deal that critics say could harm efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.
- India, Us Make Headway On Nuke Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
India and the US have made "significant progress" in realising the goal of civilian nuclear energy cooperation with New Delhi unveiling a credible separation plan of its civilian and military nuclear facilities.
- Parliament Sacks 11 Over Graft (Reuters, Terry Friel, Dec 24, 2005)
Parliament on Friday sacked 11 members caught on film taking cash for asking questions in the latest of a series of graft scandals that have angered, but not surprised, the country.
- Who’S Afraid Of The Bulldozer (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 24, 2005)
So now we know what exactly it takes for our politicians to make common cause, sinking their differences, prejudices, competitive instinct, everything. No, it is not cricket (who’d say that after the Bengali revolt over Sourav Ganguly, anyway?) or war.
- Cash-For-Query: Jd(u) Differs With Bjp On Expulsion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
The message was not to be missed as JD(U) came out of BJP’s shadow during today’s Lok Sabha debate over the members’ expulsion involved in the cash-for-query scam.
- Bjp Stung As Voice Vote Ejects 11 Mps (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 24, 2005)
Creating history, Parliament expelled 11 members in a sweeping, simultaneous, fast-track exercise here today, capping 11 days of high drama following the cash-for-questions scandal.
- Taliban Still Operating In Pakistan: U.S. Report (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 24, 2005)
The 9/11 Commission of the United States has said that Taliban forces still operate freely in the Pakistani tribal areas and terrorists from Pakistan carry out operations in Kashmir. It has urged the Bush Administration to pressure Islamabad to shut down.
- 2005 — The Year That Was (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
As it is often said when it rains it pours. The adage proved tragically true with the onset of the monsoon in July.
- Crackdown Won’T Halt Immigration (Tribune, Michael A. Fletcher, Dec 24, 2005)
The bill passed by the House late Friday to step up border enforcement and crack down on the millions of undocumented workers in the country would be doomed to failure if enacted because it does not acknowledge the inexorable economic forces that . . .
- Indian Parliament Expels 11 Mps For Taking Bribes (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
India’s parliament on Friday expelled 11 legislators accused of taking bribes to raise questions in the federal parliament in the first such crackdown on corruption in the house.
- Imperial Assumptions (Dawn, Eugene Robinson, Dec 24, 2005)
IT seems that the Imperial Presidency has been restored.
The nation’s highest office was cut down to constitutional size three decades ago, when Richard Nixon helicoptered out of town, but listening to George W. Bush in his latest come-out-swinging ....
- India Sacks 11 Mps In Bribery Scam (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Eleven members of bicameral parliament were sacked on Friday. Ten members of the Lok Sabha and one of the Rajya Sabha were caught on camera taking money to raise questions in the house,
- State Ready To Offer 20,000 Acres To Reliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Special Economic Zone will spur development on city outskirts, says Chief Minister
- 11 Mps Expelled For Cash-For-Questions Scam (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Dec 24, 2005)
BJP, BJD stage walk out in Lok Sabha; punishment disproportionate to offence, says L.K. Advani
- Congress Open To Electoral Tie-Up With Trinamool (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Wants Mamata Banerjee to sever all ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Politicians Oppose Delhi Demolitions (Tribune, Ravi Bhatia, Dec 24, 2005)
The average, law-abiding citizen of Delhi is convinced that had it not been for the Delhi High Court, the current demolition drive would never have taken place and that illegal constructions could not have come up without political and official patronage.
- Indian Parliament Expels Mp For Taking Bribes Caught Red Handed (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
India's parliament expelled the first of 11 legislators accused of taking bribes in return for raising questions in the federal legislature.
- A Show Of Mps' Collective Will (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 24, 2005)
UPA, allies did not issue whip, come out unscathed
Wide cracks in the National Democratic Alliance
Even BJP did not act unitedly
JD (U) on the side of political correctness
Last-minute message from Mayawati
- 65 Per Cent Cast Votes In Second Phase Of Panchayat Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
Minor incidents of violence reported in Bidar, Raichur, Kolar, Chitradurga districts
Re-polling ordered in 32 polling stations
It will be held on Monday
Re-polling will also be held in Bembalur in Kodagu district where polling was held on December 19
- Bjp For Referring Issue To Privileges Panel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
V.K. Malhotra calls for unanimity, says expulsion without further investigation would set a bad precedent
Give people right to recall MPs: Basudeb Acharia
Who can dispute the evidence, asks Kapil Sibal
Let Parliament do its job, says Gurudas Dasgup
- 2nd Phase Of Panchayat Polls In K'taka Tomorrow (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The stage is set for the second phase of Zilla and Taluk Panchayat elections to be held in 13 districts in Karnataka on Friday for which the state election commission has made elaborate arrangements.
- Mplads: I Opposed It In ’93, Says Sangma (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Dec 23, 2005)
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Purna A Sangma is in favour of scrapping the MP Local Area Development Fund. ‘‘I opposed the idea of MPLAD fund when it was announced in 1993. I was then a member of the Council of Ministers...,’’ Sangma, . . .
- Nuclear Cooperation Will Help India, Us: Saran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Visiting Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran has made a strong case for the Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation deal, saying it would not only help India's energy needs but open vast doors to American business.
- Us Speaker, Bobby Jindal To Visit India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
US House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert and Indian American Congressman Bobby Jindal will visit India in January ahead of President George W Bush's scheduled trip.
- Indian Envoy Upbeat On U.S. Nuclear Pact, Bush Visit (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 23, 2005)
A senior Indian envoy said on Thursday he was confident India and the United States would be able to implement a new civilian nuclear cooperation deal that critics say could harm efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.
- Manmohan May Consult Upa Allies On Stung Mps (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to consult his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners before any action is taken against the MPs involved in the cash-for-queries TV sting, even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday stepped . . .
- The Lesson From Lula For South America (Hindu, Sue Branford, Dec 23, 2005)
The region's new generation of left-wing leaders would do well to heed Brazil's experience.
- Parliamentary Panel Urges Firing 10 Mps For Taking Cash (Reuters, Terry Friel, Dec 23, 2005)
An Indian parliamentary committee on Thursday urged the sacking of 10 members filmed taking cash for putting up questions in parliament, the latest in a series of corruption scandals in the world's largest democracy.
- 20 Bjp Mlas Suspended From Delhi Assembly (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The 20 MLAs of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were suspended on Thursday from the Delhi Assembly following their protests in the house over the ongoing demolition drive in the national capital.
- Bjp Member Gives Dissenting Note On Bansal Panel Report (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The five-member panel, headed by Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal of the Congress, which probed the cash-for-questions scam in Parliament, has held by overwhelming majority that the continuance of the 10 Lok Sabha MPs caught on camera in a sting operation . . .
- Look Who’S Communal (Indian Express, AMAR SINGH, Dec 23, 2005)
This is with reference to T.V.R. Shenoy’s article, ‘Too many Red faces’ (IE, November 17). I am rather disappointed that he has chosen to attack the Samajwadi Party-Left Front stand on the US-Iran standoff on fallacious grounds.
- Sonia Calls For Introspection Among Mps (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
"Dispel wrong notions of largescale misuse of MPLADS"
Adhere to code of conduct
Our MPs must act as watchdogs: Manmohan
- Bjp Welcomes Announcement On Relief Distribution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Says it will reduce anxiety among people
- Alaskan Oil Plan Stalled (Hindu, Jamie Wilson, Dec 23, 2005)
Environment campaigners were on Wednesday night celebrating an improbable victory after the U.S. Senate narrowly blocked a Republican plan to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Cash-For-Query: 10 Stung Ls Members Face Expulsion (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Ten Lok Sabha members, caught on camera accepting money for raising questions, were on Thursday held guilty by a House Committee which recommended their expulsion but the BJP dissented on the punishment being given “without” following “proper procedure”.
- Sonia Wants Mps To Follow Code Of Ethics (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Even as Parliament mulled on the action to be taken against MPs allegedly exposed for graft in the recent sting operations by television channels, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday asked party MPs . . .
- We, The Law-Abiding Losers (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Dec 23, 2005)
For the past 18 months, I’ve been trying to buy a house in Delhi. In vain. I, therefore, have many stories to tell. On how we’ve had to reject a beautiful, well-located, parking-friendly DDA flat that had been turned into an encroached palace . . .
- Saran-Rice Talks Focus On Bush's 'Historic' 2006 India Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India and the United States hope that President Bush's upcoming visit to India in early 2006 would be a historic one signifying the new relationship between the two countries.
- Govt Mute Spectator To Statements From Us On Indo-Us Deal’ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Senior BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha today charged the UPA Government with remaining a "mute spectator" to the statements emanating from the us on the recent Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Sonia In Code Sermon (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi today expressed anguish at the money-for-posers exposé and told her MPs to pull up their socks.
- Bjp U-Turn: Will Oppose Expulsion Of Stung Mps (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 23, 2005)
Hours after the Pawan Kumar Bansal Committee recommended that the Lok Sabha expel 10 MPs at the centre of the cash-for-question scandal, the BJP said it would oppose any motion tomorrow to expel the tainted MPs. Of the 10 Lok Sabha MPs and . . .
- Indiscreet Behaviour (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Dec 23, 2005)
Cameras have now shown how the people’s representatives are milking the MPLAD scheme for personal gains.
- Saudi-India Ties Looking Up (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 23, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced on Thursday he would visit Saudi Arabia in January and Saudi King Abdullah will be the chief guest on the Indian Republic Day Parade on January 26.
- Spying On Americans (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 23, 2005)
IN the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the New York Times reported last week, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of hundreds of US citizens and residents suspected of contact with Al Qaeda ....
- Evidence Incriminating: Bansal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Panel found no merit in the MPs' plea that the video footage was doctored
V.K. Malhotra submits dissent note
Prompt action alone can restore people's confidence
- House May Expel 10 Mps Today (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 23, 2005)
Cash-for-query: ``No differences about action''
Government primarily with the House and its Committee
Referral to the Privileges Committee likely to give a "fair chance" to the MPs in the firing line
- Cong, Others Demand Continuation Of Mplad (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
A move to get the MPLAD scheme scrapped in the wake of the scam over the project allocation came a cropper today with an all party meeting witnessing Congress and some other parties demanding its continuance.
- Rumsfeld Says Early Afghan Pullout Risky (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Warns quick withdrawal would allow terrorists to attack US interests at home and abroad
- Letter From India: Bribery So Common, It's A Laughing Matter (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 23, 2005)
Not many people bothered to feign surprise or outrage at India's latest corruption scandal: the exposé of 11 Indian members of Parliament filmed taking bundles of bank notes in payment for asking questions in Parliament.
- Bjp For Adopting ‘Proper Procedures’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Asserting that it was in favour of stern action against MPs caught demanding money for raising questions in Parliament in a television expose, the BJP said it would oppose the expulsion of 10 Lok Sabha Members as recommended by the House Committee, ...
- An Agenda For The Oic (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 23, 2005)
In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the New York Times reported last week, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of hundreds of US citizens and residents suspected of contact with Al Qaeda ...
- Delhi Demolition Drive Losing Steam (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Dec 23, 2005)
Violent protests and traffic blockades as BJP leads demonstrations on Day V
- Focus On The Farm Sector (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Dec 22, 2005)
The Ramachenna Reddy panel report highlights the dangers of neglecting the agriculture sector in Andhra Pradesh.
- Cash-For-Questions Scam — Implications For Democracy And Society (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 22, 2005)
The time has come for both the classes and masses of the country to face up to, and do something about, a progressively deteriorating polity.
- Criminal Conduct Could Be Concealed In A Thicket Of Detail' (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 22, 2005)
In theaccounting terrain, it is just one more routine day. Because there are enough stories of accounting going astray in recent news, as if to match the crime reports in the city pages. For instance, "Visco, false accounting will be `yet another scandal'
- Corruption (The Week, Debashish Mukerji, Dec 22, 2005)
Parties quick to disown cloutless MPs caught in sting operation
- Hard Road Ahead For Rss (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Dec 22, 2005)
Tactical voting’ is often used to denote the mood swings of the Muslim electorate in the country. But there are new converts to this hit and score practice.
- How Rational Is A Ban On Smoking In Movies? (Hindu, Madhu Purushothaman, Dec 22, 2005)
Responsible for millions of deaths worldwide, tobacco use is certainly the most important preventable public health problem in the world today. Banning smoking in movies takes the public health battle to the doorsteps of not only the tobacco industry, ...
- Scrap The Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Just seven days after a sting operation exposed 11 MPs in a cash-for-questions racket, another undercover investigation has caught seven more parliamentarians discussing kickbacks with television reporters for handing out contracts under the Members . . .
- India Parliament Committee Speaks Out: Axe Must Fall On Accused Mps (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A Lok Sabha panel that probed the cash-for-questions scandal on Wednesday recommended sacking of the 10 accused MPs, even as some other members sought a probe into the motives behind the stunning media expose.
- Last Word (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Dec 22, 2005)
Post-Independence culture can be divided into the pre-Ramayana and post-Ramayana days, with the first mega television serial on the popular Indian epic as the dividing moment. Ramanand Sagar became the electronic Valmiki, as his serial in the mid-80s tran
- America’S Way To Fight A War (Dawn, John Yoo, Dec 22, 2005)
Iraq seems to have the imperial presidency in retreat. Last week the White House accepted Sen. John McCain’s proposal to prohibit cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of enemy combatants.
- Pranab’S Perfidy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 22, 2005)
Keeping Marxist friends happy
Mamata Banerjee should thank Pranab Mukherjee, West Bengal Pradesh Congress President, for making public five months ahead of the West Bengal assembly poll where his personal interest and that of his party lie.
- Mafia Rules, Ok? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Let us demolish one thing in Delhi — the belief it has a modern, efficient chief minister
- To Silence Bjp, Arjun Refers To Advani’S Jinnah Remark (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 22, 2005)
BJP benches plunged into an embarrassed silence and their leader was left red-faced when Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh, in one pithy rejoinder, revisited L K Advani’s ‘‘Jinnah is secular’’ thesis in the Lok Sabha this evening.
- House Panel Submits Report To Somnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Speaker likely to table it in Lok Sabha today; Rajya Sabha panel expected to submit its findings tomorrow
Panel viewed original videos, interrogated journalists and the 10 MPs
All Lok Sabha members expected to be given a copy of report
- Lok Sabha Passes Quota Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Reservation in private unaided educational institutions
Of 381 members present, 379 vote in favour
BJP amendment rejected
- Expel Mps: Bansal Panel (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 22, 2005)
Malhotra submits dissent note
Report submitted to Speaker
It is likely to be tabled today
- Consensus Eludes All-Party Meet To Resolve Srisailam Project Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A.P. to go ahead with earlier plan to increase regulator capacity
- Karnataka To Seek Increase In Plan Size (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
'Local firms and MNCs in country bound by Indian labour laws'
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