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Articles 11221 through 11320 of 16899:
- Pm Hopeful Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Will Work Out As Envisaged (Press Trust of India, Amitabh Roy Chowdhury, Dec 05, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today hoped the nuclear deal with US would "work out in a way we envisage".
- No Differences With Sonia On Volcker Issue: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he would consider what to do if Natwar Singh, in the thick of Iraqi oil payoff scam, decided to quit from the union cabinet on his own and dismissed suggestions that he had differences with Congress chief Sonia Gan
- Manmohan Yet To Make Up Mind On External Affairs (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 05, 2005)
Cabinet reshuffle only at the end of current session of Parliament
`The BJP itself knows there is no substance in what it is saying in Parliament'
No difference in approach between Ms. Gandhi and himself on Natwar's status
- Natwar Singh Refuses To Resign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Matherani taken away to undisclosed location by ED and Intelligence officials
- Dropped From Cwc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Minister without portfolio Natwar Singh was dropped from the Congress Working Committee (now being called Congress Steering Committee). This decision was taken after midnight on Sunday. Congress general secretary Ambika Soni made the announcement here
- 2,365 In Fray For First Phase Of Zilla Panchayat Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
,213 will fight it out for 1,728 taluk panchayat seats
- Fuel For Tarapur Not Related To Nuclear Deal With The U.S., Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 05, 2005)
India to seek a Russian commitment for the supply of low-enriched uranium to nuclear reactors
- Volcker To Again Rock Parliament (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Intensifying the Volcker storm and armed with new ammunition from return of ex-envoy Aneil Matherani, the opposition NDA will continue to stall Parliament tomorrow seeking removal of Mr Natwar Singh from the Cabinet and resignation of Congress president S
- Interview Misrepresented: Matherani (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Aniel Matherani, India’s Ambassador to Croatia, today said his "off-the record" conversation with a news magazine regarding Iraqi oil payoff scam vis-a-vis Union Minister K Natwar Singh was "completely misrepresented" and published in a "totally out of co
- Latest In Leh (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 05, 2005)
In a major development Mr Thupstan Chhewang, Member of the Lok Sabha from the Ladakh region, has assumed charge as President of the ad hoc committee of the Ladakh Union Territory Front (LUTF).
- Natwar Shuns ‘Sacrifice’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
A day after meeting the Prime Minister, Natwar Singh announced that he was not going to quit.
- Sheikh Abdullah - Naik Or Khalnaik? (Greater Kashmir, Z. G. Muhammad, Dec 05, 2005)
Revered as a hero, abhorred as a villain what will history remember him as, Z. G. Muhammad profiles Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
- Mirwaiz To Meet Musharraf In Makkah On Dec 7 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of an extraordinary summit of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at the Holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia on December
- Mathrani Questioned By Ed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Even as Minister without portfolio K. Natwar was being increasingly isolated in the Congress for being adamant in not resigning from the government, India’s erstwhile ambassador to Croatia Aneil Mathrani was being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate
- Mauled Sena (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 05, 2005)
It does not take much political wisdom to recognise that the Shiv Sena is in a deep crisis. All the straws afloat in the wind suggest that Mr Raj Thackeray, nephew of the Shiv Sena supremo, Mr Bal Thackeray, is toying with the idea of starting . . .
- Is India Inimical To Hindu Nepal? (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 05, 2005)
To an average Indian it is a matter of shame that the UPA's coalition exigencies are subserving national interest, says Prafull Goradia
- A Charter For Police (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Dec 05, 2005)
Failings of the police are an accurate reflection of the state of political leadership, says K Govindan Kutty
- Patnaik Snubs Critics (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 05, 2005)
The Congress-led Opposition in Orissa, ever since it was humbled in last year's Assembly election and the Biju Janata Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition strode back to power for the second consecutive term, has been trying to destroy . . .
- Natwar Refuses To Become Sacrificial Lamb (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
As the plot thickens and new disclosures about political beneficiaries of the Iraq's Oil-for-food programme continue to pour in, the man in the eye of the storm - Natwar Singh has once again made it clear that he is in no mood to oblige the party and ...
- Paying For Terror (US News & World Report, David E. Kaplan, Dec 05, 2005)
How jihadist groups are using organized-crime tactics--and profits--to finance attacks on targets around the globe
- Nepal’S Endless Predicament (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 05, 2005)
As one writes this piece, the three-month old unilateral ceasefire announced by the ‘Maoist’ guerrillas of Nepal on September 3, 2005, expires.
- Natwar Knot Ties Up Cong (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Natwar Singh today called on the Prime Minister amid mounting concern in the Congress over the political cost of retaining the portfolio-less minister after fresh claims linked him to the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.
- Natwar Singh Meets Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
A day after the political storm over his allegedly receiving oil vouchers from Saddam Hussain regime in Iraq, Union Minister Natwar Singh today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh fuelling speculation about his resignation but highly placed sources . . .
- Centre To Discuss Belgaum With Maharashtra, Karnataka (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
The Centre would soon call a meeting of Chief Ministers of Maharasthra and Karnataka in a bid to resolve the situation arising out of the superceding of the Marathi-dominated Belgaum Municial Corporation by the Dharam Singh Government.
- Natwar Singh Meets Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
A day after the political storm over his allegedly receiving oil vouchers from Saddam Hussain regime in Iraq, Union Minister Natwar Singh today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh fuelling speculation about his resignation but highly placed sources said he
- The Competent Corrupt (Statesman, DEBAKI NANDAN MANDAL, Dec 04, 2005)
Otherwise competent officers are equally efficient in amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income because the business of give and take is the order of the day
- Belated Wisdom (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 04, 2005)
Bihar Congress wakes up to the reality
- Mathrani Revelations Spell Trouble For Natwar (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
K Natwar Singh's stock dipped to dangerously low levels today after Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aniel Mathrani's claims involving him in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme were published by a newsmagazine.
- Remove Natwar From Ministry: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Considering Croatian Ambassador Aneil Matherani’s disclosure in Iraq’s oil-for-food programme ministry, Congress president Sonia Gandhi should immediately resign owing responsibility for the corruption in the party, BJP president L K Advani said . . .
- The Wisest Man In India (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 04, 2005)
Who might it now be?
- Old Wine In Very Old Bottles (Hindustan Times, Ashok Row Kavi, Dec 04, 2005)
Here we go again! Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be abolished or read down because (1) It protects our children. (2) To protect public morality. (3) To prevent obscenity. Choose any, or all, of the three to stop those nasty homosexuals from o
- Natwar Should Quit: Cpi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
The national executive of the Communist Party of India (CPI) today demanded the resignation of former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh from the Union Cabinet following damaging comments by Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aneil Matherani.
- Natwar Meets Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K. Natwar Singh met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Saturday, a day after Parliament was disrupted over allegations made by Aniel Matherani, India's ambassador to Croatia (since recalled), against him in the oil-for-food s
- Volcker Report: Left Defends Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
The Left parties, who were vocal in their attack on the Bofors issue, yesterday virtually defended the government on the Volcker oil-for-food scam and rejected the resignation of Sonia Gandhi as demanded by the NDA-led Opposition.
- Advani Seeks Resignation Of Natwar, Sonia Gandhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Considering Croatian Ambassador Aneil Matherani's sensational disclosure in the Iraq's oil-for-food programme, the Congress president Sonia Gandhi should immediately resign owning responsibility for the corruption in the party, BJP President L K Advani...
- Natwar Meets Pm, Says He Is Innocent (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, Dec 04, 2005)
Minister without portfolio K. Natwar Singh called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today and is believed to have discussed the fresh controversy involving him in the UN’s Oil-for-Food programme in Iraq following the controversial interview . . .
- Chithi Na Koyee Sandesh? (Greater Kashmir, M HYDERI, Dec 04, 2005)
By the way where is Mufti, M Hyderi remembers the former chief minister alongwith his slogan of healing touch
- Natwar Singh Decides To Fight The Iraqi Oil For Food Scam – Why Single Out One Indian Politician When Rest Of Them Are Not Any Better? (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 04, 2005)
Like in many countries, Indian politics is dominated by money, connections, ethnic origin, religion and caste.
- Natwar Turns Into Political Hot Potato For Cong (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Union Minister K Natwar Singh has turned into a political hot potato for Congress which appears to be in a fix in the wake of stepped up opposition campaign on the Iraqi oil payoffs.
- P Shiv Shankar Adds 'Oil Spill' To Matherani's Remarks (Times of India, K Sreedhar Rao, Dec 04, 2005)
In what has come as a further blow to Natwar Singh, former petroleum minister P Shiv Shankar,
- India's Internal Pressures To Respect Iran's Right To Develop Peaceful Nuclear Energy (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 04, 2005)
The communists and others in India are adamant in India to make sure the Congress Government led by Manmohan Singh do not cow tow to American approach to Iranian nuke issue.
- Beleaguered Natwar Meets Manmohan, Doesn't Quit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh had a 40-minute meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday.
- A Gandhian Committed To Women's Cause (Hindu, V. Parukutty Amma, Dec 04, 2005)
She is a Gandhian, biographer, painter and woman of strong political conviction committed to women's cause. In conversation withMaleeha Raghaviah
- Alternative History (Deccan Herald, Cynthia Stephen, Dec 04, 2005)
After the feminist movement and the subaltern school, it is now the turn of that silenced majority of India, the lower castes, to make its voice heard.
- Iraqi Ex-Envoy Adds Grist To Opp Drive (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Dec 04, 2005)
'Natwar requested me to get visa for his son as head of youth delegation of Cong'--- The Opposition on Saturday received fresh ammunition in its offensive against the UPA Government on Volcker issue from former Iraqi ambassador to India Salah al Mukhtar.
- Recovery And Recognition Of A Literary Past (Hindu, RENUKA RAJARATNAM, Dec 04, 2005)
Eunice de Souza's anthology gives a present-day perspective of the past and includes an eclectic range of contributors.
- Natwar Requested Visa For His Son: Ex-Iraqi Envoy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Former Iraqi Ambassador to India, Salah al Mukhtar, on Saturday said former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh had requested him for a visa for his son Mr. Jagat Singh in 2001 to visit Iraq as head of a Youth Congress delegation.
- Investigation Blows Open Lashkar Overground Links (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 04, 2005)
Operatives used political party workers to assist terror operations
Mainstream political parties in the State have been infiltrated by operatives
Operatives killed on Friday night had photo ID cards of political parties
- "Jagat Did Not Attend Any Meeting In Iraq'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Was part of a delegation
- Democratic Snub (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 03, 2005)
If there were any doubts in people’s minds that democracy in India was still in its early stages, they must have vanished after the verdict of the Bihar assembly polls.
- Catch A Falling Star (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 03, 2005)
In all the fuss over Lalu, Bihar, Volcker, Mitrokhin, Raj Thackeray and Natwar Singh, you may have failed to notice the curious case of the news story that did not appear.
- Pm Trying To Protect Cong Leaders: Bjp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
BJP today slammed as "totally disappointing" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on the Volcker issue in the Lok Sabha and charged him with attempting to protect Congress leaders allegedly involved in the Iraqi oil deals.
- Avoidable Ruckus (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 03, 2005)
THE scenes Parliament witnessed on Thursday were wholly avoidable. What provoked the Opposition was an interview Indian Ambassador to Croatia Anil Matherani had given to India Today in which he confirmed that Mr Natwar Singh along with his son,
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 03, 2005)
The EC took certain steps in Bihar to ensure peaceful and fair polls. It does not mean we will follow the same model everywhere. Nevertheless, lessons learnt in Bihar will be enforced and similar action will be taken if the situation warrants.
- Volcker Issue: Pm Promises Punishment For Guilty (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
As Delhi turned chilly, Parliament heated up over Indian envoy to Croatia Anil Mathrani’s claim that Union minister Natwar Singh had received Iraqi oil-for-food coupons for “personal services.”
- Volcker Issue: Mathrani Says His Comments Were Twisted (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Volcker controversy came back to haunt the Manmohan Singh government and Congress on Friday with Aniel Matherani, India’s ambassador to Croatia and long-time party functionary, attesting the UN probe’s findings that former external affairs . . .
- Has India Crossed The Inflection Point? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Dec 03, 2005)
The Indian economy registered an impressive 8% growth rate in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, 2005-06.
- Pm's Statement On Volcker: Full Text (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
This morning some Honourable Members of the House wanted me to make a statement on a certain interview granted to a TV channel by the Indian Ambassador to Croatia.
- Mathrani Revelations Spell Trouble For Natwar (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
K Natwar Singh's stock dipped to dangerously low levels today after Indian Ambassador to Croatia Aniel Mathrani's claims involving him in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme were published by a newsmagazine
- Opposition Raises The Ante Over Diplomat's Interview (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Demands resignation of Sonia Gandhi, arrest of Natwar Singh
Congress too should be held responsible: Advani
Natwar Singh should not be made scapegoat
Slanging matches disrupt proceedings in both Houses
- Why Should Sonia Gandhi Resign, Asks Cpi (M) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Enforcement Directorate will probe Matherani's claim'
Opposition demand bizarre: Finance Minister
Unfair to say we are defending Natwar: Nilotpal Basu
Prime Minister's statement disappointing, says BJP
- Matherani Says Natwar Given Oil Vouchers, Uproar In Parliament (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Volcker report controversy took a new turn today with a statement by India's Ambassador to Croatia Aniel Matherani that Natwar Singh had been given oil vouchers by Saddam Hussien's regime in Iraq for his "personal services",
- Natwar Unlikely To Be Asked To Step Down (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Union Minister K Natwar Singh, who faces fresh opposition heat following allegations in Iraqi oil payoff scam, is unlikely to be asked to step down merely on the basis of allegations with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deciding to wait . . .
- J&k: Tirade Against Corruption Will Continue, Says Cm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said his tirade against corruption will continue and the axe will fall soon on all corrupt officials of the state.
- Insider Keeps Oil On The Boil (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The remarks attributed to Aniel Matherani by a TV channel have completed Natwar Singh's isolation in the government and the Congress,
- Mathrani Should Authenticate Claims: Left (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Left parties on Friday said fresh claims made by an Indian envoy in the Iraqi oil-for-food scam should be taken cognizance of by Justice R S Pathak Inquiry Authority and the Enforcement Directorate, but the BJP-led Opposition should not be . . .
- `Rss Cast Votes In Favour Of Cpi(m) To Weaken Congress' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
UDF improved its tally of vote, claims Hassan
- Ysr Agrees To Set Up Pharma University (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy has said the Government would be willing to establish world class University of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Hyderabad, if the industry majors agreed to share 50 per cent of the cost . . .
- Ambassador To Croatia Aniel Mathrani Cites Natwar And Congress In Iraqi Oil Kickback – Bjp Calls For Natwar’S Arrest And Sonia’S Ouster (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 03, 2005)
Natwar claims he is innocent and Congress shouts back – its all bogus. It is Friday morning in New Delhi.
- Charges Outrageous: Natwar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
"If Matherani was concerned, why did he not go public earlier?"
"Totally false and malicious"
Says he will consult his lawyers for further action
Ready to face any inquiry that is time bound
Matherani "already transferred": Shyam Saran
- Natwar Must Resign, Says Bardhan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Communist Party of India on Friday suggested that Union Minister Natwar Singh step down in the wake of latest developments and that the move would "take the wind out of the [Opposition] sails."
- Oil Fire Flares Up In Houses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
After a brief lull, the Volcker report rocked Parliament again on Friday with the Opposition stepping up the ante demanding UPA chairperson and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s resignation and removal of the former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh.
- A Godsend For Bjp After Uma Blues (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
BJP pounced upon ambassador Anil Mathrani’s "revelations" on the Volcker report to shake off its Uma Bharti blues and gain advantage over the Congress by seeking resignation of Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson of the National Advisory Council.
- Jagat Refuses To Comment On Mathrani's Claims (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
As Union Minister K Natwar Singh came under fresh attacks over the Iraqi oil-for-food scam, his son Jagat Singh today declined comment on the issue.
- Natwar Unlikely To Be Asked To Step Down (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Union Minister K Natwar Singh, who faces fresh opposition heat following allegations in Iraqi oil payoff scam, is unlikely to be asked to step down merely on the basis of allegations with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deciding to wait for the report of Ju
- Concession Is Not Surrender (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 03, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Atal Behari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- Hollow Victories (Times of India, Jyoti Punwani, Dec 03, 2005)
When Mumbai's leading Urdu daily advises Raj Thackeray to join the Congress as his close friend Narayan Rane did before him, you begin to understand why the Congress keeps treating Muslims like they were its slaves, giving them just enough for survival,..
- Singh Pledges Probe Into New Allegations (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged on Friday to probe new allegations that the country’s former foreign minister and ruling Congress party were involved in a scam to profit from a UN oil-for-food deal in Iraq.
- Minister Sahai Joins Queue: I Met Natwar And Jagat In Iraq (Indian Express, BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA, Dec 03, 2005)
Hours after Natwar Singh’s aide Aneil Mathrani began squealing to bolster the Volcker report charge that the former Foreign Minister and the Congress party were ‘‘non-contractual beneficiaries’’ in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, The Indian Express . . .
- Ongc To Pursue Exploration Of Oil More Aggressively: Official (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Dec 03, 2005)
95 per cent of investment in this sector
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