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Articles 11021 through 11120 of 16899:
- Natwar Ripples Still Felt In Rs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Having tasted blood after forcing the resignation of Union minister Natwar Singh over the Volcker Report, BJP is now training its gun on the Congress party.
- Ahead Of Foreign Secy Visit, Us Senate Panel Chief Seeks Credible India Plan On N-Separation (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Dec 08, 2005)
As India prepares to discuss its plans to separate civilian and military nuclear facilities with the Bush Administration later this month, an influential Senator has urged New Delhi to put as many reactors as possible in the non-military category.
- Us In Policy Change To Ban Cruelty To Detainees Abroad (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The United States, seeking to defuse European criticism over reports of abuse of prisoners, said on Wednesday that it had changed its policy on interrogating detainees, even as US President George W. Bush denied that his his administration was . . .
- Nda Targets Sonia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Smelling blood with the fall of Mr Natwar Singh, an increasingly belligerent NDA today trained its guns on Mrs Sonia Gandhi in Parliament over the Volcker report.
- Good Riddance (Tribune, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 08, 2005)
FINALLY, Minister without portfolio K. Natwar Singh had to bow out of office. Even those with a cursory knowledge of the dynamics of politics knew that he had no other option but to quit. It is surprising that a veteran diplomat-turned-politician like ..
- Voice In The Wilderness (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Negative signals at Mamata rally
There have been starvation deaths in West Bengal and some districts are particularly hard-hit by poverty and distress, made worse by the fact that the Left Front government has politicised the BPL lists.
- Privatisation Plans (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 08, 2005)
Don’t Disinvest, Reinvest
In his interview to The McKinsey Quarterly Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed helplessness at not being able to proceed with disinvestment of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and other public sector undertakings (PSUs) . .
- Advani Not To Quit This Year (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The national convention of Bharatiya Janata Party, to be held in Mumbai from 28 to 30 December, will not deliberate upon the present president, Mr LK Advani’s successor since the proposed grand show would be confined to the silver jubilee celebrations of
- Party Must End (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 08, 2005)
When will we learn something better?
- Natwar Hands Over Resignation To Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Having been pushed to the wall to quit the UPA government after being removed as a member of the high power Congress Steering Committee late at night on Monday, Union Minister without Portfolio K Natwar Singh called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- Cong-Bjp Hostilities Hit New Low (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
The hostility between the Congress and the BJP has touched a new low in the backdrop of the raging Volcker controversy, with both parties going for each other’s jugular today.
- Opposition Targets Sonia, Walks Out From (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Dec 08, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today set the proverbial cat among the pigeons when he described the ongoing disruption of Parliament by the BJP as a drama and an attempt to deflect attention from its internal problems.
- Bjp Drama To Divert Attention, Says Pm (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Dec 08, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today set the proverbial cat among the pigeons when he described the ongoing disruption of Parliament by the BJP as a drama and an attempt to deflect attention from its internal problems.
- Moscow’S Civil About Nuclear Energy (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 08, 2005)
During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Moscow, President Putin made it clear that Russia expects to play a major role in future civil nuclear energy projects in India. But he saw this as part of a broader international cooperation on enabling...
- Natwar Singh To Tell His Tale In Book (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Central minister Natwar Singh, under pressure from his Congress party and the opposition after being linked to Iraq's oil scandal, Wednesday formally quit Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet.
- Natwar Probe Sleuth Briefs Sonia (Telegraph, MANAN KUMAR, Dec 08, 2005)
Before the Congress announced on Monday evening that Natwar Singh would resign, a top Enforcement Directorate official visited Sonia Gandhi at her residence.
- Rahul Opens Bihar Window For Bill (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Told of kala-azar scourge, Microsoft chief wants to make a visit
- Singh Mid-Air Missile Flies At Bjp (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 08, 2005)
Natwar Singh leaves the Prime Minister’s residence on Wednesday. At a book release event later in the evening, Natwar termed the UN a “quasi-bankrupt” organisation with no ability to carry out its political responsibilities efficiently.
- Natwar: I Will Play With My Grandchildren, Go On Holiday (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
It was curtains for the Natwar Singh affair this evening as the Union minister without portfolio met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh soon after his return from Russia and handed in his resignation.
- Sena: The Tiger Whimpers (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Dec 08, 2005)
The Shiv Sena is a party in trouble. Unless the party reinvents itself, it has no future.
- Natwar Off His Head, Pm Slams Bjp, Says Noise To Cover Uma Expulsion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Manmohan: ‘BJP’s trying to divert attention from internal trouble, people are forced to think of what’s unimportant’.
- The Protege Who Came In From The Cold (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 08, 2005)
The protege who came in from the cold
- Indian Opposition Demands Sonia Gandhi Quit Govt Job (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 08, 2005)
India’s Bhartiya Janata Party-led opposition on Wednesday turned its attack on ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi after one of her closest ministers, Natwar Singh, quit over charges that he and the party skimmed the UN oil-for-food scheme in Iraq.
- Opposition Targets Sonia Gandhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Turning the attack off the beleaguered former external affairs minister Natwar Singh, as least for the moment, main Opposition party the NDA on Wednesday focussed its attention on Sonia Gandhi in Parliament
- Naxalite Menace: Finding A Way Out (Daily Excelsior, V M Gokuldas, Dec 08, 2005)
The ''Compact Revolutionary Zone'' that provides the north-south link between the Nepalese Maoists and the Andhra Pradesh naxals is stealthily moving eastwards to cover Orissa in a major push that has worried the Union Home Ministry.
- Best Is Yet To Come (Pioneer, BK Verma, Dec 08, 2005)
The Bihar saga is one of the murkiest in the history of independent India. Before its people delivered a knock out punch to a thoroughly venal dispensation on November 22, it appeared as if Bihar had descended in the dark valleys of doom, . . .
- Angry Hills (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 08, 2005)
There is no let up in ethnic violence in Assam with the hills of Karbi Anglong district continuing to blaze with burning tribal homes and men, women and children being killed by rival militias.
- Nda: No Double Standards, Sonia Should Resign Too (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
After forcing Union Minister Natwar Singh's resignation on the Volcker issue, the Opposition on Wednesday trained its gun on Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
- Natwar Off His Head, Pm Slams Bjp, Says Noise To Cover Shouting Over Bharati (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 08, 2005)
With K Natwar Singh sending his resignation letter last night in the wake of the Volcker controversy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today launched a counter-offensive of sorts on the BJP which has not allowed Parliament to function over the issue.
- Buddhadeb To Inaugurate Meet On Kerala Studies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Meet will cover issues relating to the State's development
- Bjp Targets Sonia, Stages Walk-Out In Parliament (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Buoyed by Union Minister Natwar Singh's decision to resign on the Volcker controversy, an aggressive BJP-led opposition today targeted Sonia Gandhi in Parliament demanding her resignation as chairperson of the National Advisory Council, saying . . .
- What Is Nc Up To? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 08, 2005)
What is the father-and-son leadership of the National Conference up to? What does it intend to gain by pledging support (even though it is unsolicited) to the Congress-led coalition Government almost every day?
- President Accepts Natwar’S Resignation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
President A P J Abdul Kalam tonight accepted the resignation of K Natwar Singh from the Union Cabinet after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh forwarded it on his return from a four-day official visit to Russia.
- Volcker Row Stalls Both Houses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The main opposition NDA disrupted proceedings in Parliament on Tuesday over the Volcker controversy, for the fourth day in a row.
- Opening Up The Socialist Space In Indian Politics (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2005)
In the coming post-George Fernandes era, the socialists will have many opportunities in various parts of the country to tap the alienation of the poor from the mainstream economy.
- Natwar Announces Resignation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K Natwar Singh tonight announced his resignation from the Union Cabinet saying he did not want to be an excuse for paralysis of Parliament after the opposition stalled both the Houses insisting on his immediate exit.
- The Great Indian Political Circus (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 07, 2005)
If the Congress party is going through troubled times amid the fallout of the Volcker report, the BJP has had its share of problems with the volatile Uma Bharti. A trying time for the country's two main parties.
- Stitch Up A New Alliance (Telegraph, Soroor Ahmed, Dec 07, 2005)
Post victory, the litmus test for Nitish Kumar, the new chief minister of Bihar, would be to translate a new political alliance of different castes into a lasting social combination ...
- ‘Innocent’ Natwar In Rescue Act (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Natwar Singh announced his resignation tonight, using the face-saver that he was stepping down to rob the Opposition of an excuse to stall Parliament and not because he was guilty.
- Natwar Singh Quits Over Iraq Oil Scandal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
India's suspended foreign minister, Natwar Singh, quit the cabinet on Tuesday amid unrelenting pressure from opposition groups over his role in Iraq's oil-for-food scandal.
- Beleaguered Natwar Quits Cabinet (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K Natwar Singh on Tuesday announced his resignation from the Union Cabinet saying he did not want to be an excuse for paralysis of Parliament after the opposition stalled both the Houses insisting on his immediate exit.
- Did Congress Create An Escape Goat Around Natwar? (India Daily, Preeti Sunghani, Dec 07, 2005)
Congress may be running for cover to hide its skeletons within the closets. Natwar may be the biggest escape goat in India’s history after independence.
- Natwar Singh Resigns From The Cabinet (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Union Minister K Natwar Singh tonight announced his resignation from the cabinet.
- Sonia Won’T Quit: Cong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The Opposition demand for Sonia Gandhi’s resignation as the National Advisory Council (NAC) chairperson was shot down on Tuesday by both the government and the Congress, with the latter saying there was no question of “even entertaining” such a demand.
- Advani Launches `Nyay Yatra' At Varanasi (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Dec 07, 2005)
Initiative aimed at "getting justice to the family of slain party MLA Krishnanand Rai"
- Opposition In No Mood To Relent (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 07, 2005)
Parliamentary proceedings will be stalled until Natwar's resignation comes through
- Natwar Singh Quits, Says He Is Innocent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
"I am innocent but do not want to be the excuse for stalling of Parliament"
- Campaign On Aids Awareness In State From February (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Anti-AIDS volunteers to make house visits and talk to people on dreaded disease
Collectors asked to prepare comprehensive action plans
Counselling to be provided at PHCs
Supply of drugs at Government hospitals from January 1
- India Rejects The Corrupt (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 07, 2005)
The ruling Indian Congress Party has removed Natwar Singh from its Steering Committee, which oversees the party affairs for his involvement in oil for food scandal. Natwar Singh has already been suspended as Foreign Minister on the charge . . .
- Natwar Singh Quits Cabinet (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
India’s former foreign minister Kunwar Natwar Singh on Tuesday announced his decision to quit as minister without portfolio but said that the move did not mean an acceptance of his guilt in the oil-for-food scandal.
- Better Late Than Never (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
After all the kicking and screaming, Natwar Singh has at last realised that his attempts to cling on to power will not bear fruit. His unconditional offer to put in his papers on Monday night, after the Congress steering committee, . . .
- Dissatisfaction In Ap Congress (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
A section of the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh is voicing dissatisfaction over being on the sidelines for too long.
- Natwar Wilts Under Volcker Issue Heat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K Natwar Singh on Tuesday night announced his resignation from the Union Cabinet saying he did not want to be an excuse for paralysis of Parliament ...
- Lateral Thinking (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 07, 2005)
President APJ Abdul Kalam is known for urging one and all to think long-term and strategise, be it individuals or corporates. The other day, Dr Kalam went a lot further.
- Opposition Targets Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
With Mr Natwar Singh, now almost certain to resign from the Union Cabinet, the Opposition targeted the National Advisory Council head and Congress chief, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, and disrupted proceedings in both Houses of Parliament today.
- Ed Team Leaves For Iraq (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The oil-for-food scam probe picked up momentum today with a team of officials headed by Enforcement Directorate chief Sudheer Nath today left for Iraq to collect documentary evidence, if any, showing that Natwar Singh had received oil vouchers . . .
- Congress Pulls Off A ‘Bloodless Coup’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Mr Natwar Singh might be more indignant with a section of the Congress leadership than with the NDA that led the campaign for his removal from the Cabinet over the Volcker expose.
- Natwar Resigns (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K. Natwar Singh tonight announced his resignation from the Union Cabinet, saying that he did not want to be an excuse for the Opposition to stall Parliament.
- Natwar Singh Melts In Volcker Heat, Quits Cabinet (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Faced with unrelenting pressure from the NDA, minister-without-portfolio Natwar Singh announced on Tuesday evening that he had "decided to resign" after a meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
- Natwar Resigns From Cabinet (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Former Indian foreign minister Natwar Singh has resigned from the cabinet in the wake of charges that he and the ruling Congress party skimmed the UN oil-for-food scheme in Iraq.
- Natwar Quits Over Iraq Oil Scandal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Indiaís suspended foreign minister, Natwar Singh, quit the cabinet on Tuesday amid unrelenting pressure from opposition groups over his role in Iraqís oil-for-food scandal. Singh said although he was innocent, he had decided to resign as opposition . . .
- Natwar To Resign Over Oil-For-Food Scandal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Former Indian foreign minister Natwar Singh will resign, the party announced Tuesday, a move that failed to quell opposition fury over charges that he and the ruling Congress party skimmed the UN oil-for-food scheme in Iraq.
- Us Presses Russia On Iran Missile Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The United States on Monday said Russia’s plans to sell $1 billion in tactical missiles and other arms to Iran would not serve US or regional interests.
- Nda To Disrupt Parliament Until Natwar Quits (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Continuing with its insistence on the immediate resignation of Mr Natwar Singh, the BJP today said the NDA would not relent from its demand of the resignation of Congress President Sonia Gandhi from the chairmanship of the National Advisory Council.
- How Many More Uma Bharatis And Raj Thackerays? (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 07, 2005)
Uma Bharati, once of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and Raj Thackeray of the Shiv Sena may not be chips off the same block. But their resentment underlines the same point: personal ambitions dent the armour of parochialism as easily as that of pluralism.
- Class For Comrades (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2005)
With Natwar Singh finally calling it quits—are we being recklessly presumptuous?—the nature of public discourse will dictate that the curtains start falling on the Volcker stage. That would be a pity. There’s the money trail to be discovered.
- Vajpayee Shuts Door In Uma’S Face (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Breaking his silence on the Uma Bharati episode, former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today denied her charges that the BJP was ‘‘anti-OBC’’ or that it had been ‘‘hijacked’’ by certain leaders for their own benefit, giving a clear indication . . .
- Natwar Breaks Silence, Says Nothing New (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Dec 07, 2005)
Twenty-four hours after an official announcement by the Congress that Minister without portfolio Natwar Singh had agreed to resign from the Union Cabinet the man in the centre of the controversy broke his silence on Tuesday night.
- Vote-Bank Bill (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 07, 2005)
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government, which scrapped the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), has introduced the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill in the Rajya Sabha. The message this conveys is simple:
- Pm Gets Putin's Vote On N-Cooperation (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 07, 2005)
India's attempts to win friends in the influential Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) received a sound boost on Tuesday when Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an all out assurance on this front, acknowledging that India had taken the necessary . . .
- Not Enough (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 07, 2005)
After holding out for more than a month and cutting an extremely sorry figure, Mr Natwar Singh has finally decided to resign from the Union Cabinet. Like a limpet, he had clung on to his ministerial post, refusing to let go even after being stripped . . .
- Govt, Cong Rejects Demand For Sonia's Resignation (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Government and Congress today rejected Opposition's demand for resignation of Sonia Gandhi as NAC Chairperson in the wake of allegations in the Volcker issue with the party terming them as "mischievious and motivated".
- Ed Quizzes Matherani, Sehgal Again, Chief Leaves For Iraq (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Investigations into the Iraqi oil deals intensified today with Enforcement Directorate chief Sudheer Nath leaving for Iraq and ED officials questioning Andaleeb Sehgal and Aniel Matherani, close associates of beleaguered Union Minister Natwar Singh,
- Natwar Meets Sonia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K Natwar Singh met Congress President Sonia Gandhi here today.
- Taxmen Make Enquiry Into Indian Firms Listed By Volcker (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
With about 135 Indian companies figuring in Volcker report, the government today said Income Tax department has made preliminary enquiries into transactions of some of the Indian persons and entities listed in the report.
- You May Count On Us For N-Energy, Putin Assures Pm (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Dec 07, 2005)
Backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assurance that Moscow will help India in building its civilian nuclear energy capabilities, experts on both sides sat across the table soon after Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a lengthy . . .
- He’S Gone (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 07, 2005)
Until the end, he kept saying he wouldn’t “sacrifice” himself. And yet he finally advanced his resignation—by a full day.
- 'Innocent' Natwar Quits Union Cabinet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
: Union Minister K. Natwar Singh on Tuesday night announced his resignation from the Cabinet.
- Cong Mishandled Situation: Jagat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Embroiled in a controversy over his role in the Iraqi Oil-for-Food scam, Union Minister Natwar Singh's son Jagat Singh on Tuesday said the Enforcement Directorate has not summoned him for questioning and blamed the Congress for "mishandling" . . .
- Parliament Will Function If Natwar Quits: Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
The BJP on Tuesday conveyed to the government its willingness to cooperate in the smooth functioning of Parliament from Wednesday provided Natwar Singh submits his resignation by the morning.
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