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Articles 12521 through 12620 of 16899:
- Left Back (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2005)
Should the UPA be celebrating the return of the Left to the coordination committee? Or should it now give up any attempts at proposing economic reforms and prepare, instead, to tailor all its policy initiatives
- U.S. Moving Forward In Nuclear Deal With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
U.S. may ask NSG for a specific exception to India
- They Were Progressive (Hindu, S. SRINIVAS, Oct 18, 2005)
Councillors in the pre-Corporation era exhibited amazing sensitivity to issues far beyond their immediate geography
- No Respect For The Pm? (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Everyone in the Congress knows that Manmohan Singh holds the office of prime minister thanks to supreme leader Sonia Gandhi.
- Centre May Reopen Delhi Riots Cases (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
The two panels formed to recommend compensation to those affected by the riots are likely to submit their reports to the government soon.
- U.S. Moving Forward On Nuclear Deal With India (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Oct 17, 2005)
The Bush administration this week is expected to begin laying out in more detail its plans to change U.S. and international rules so India can acquire restricted nuclear materials under a controversial deal some say undermines non-proliferation standards.
- Coordinating Ritual (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 17, 2005)
Left does not have a choice
- Campaign For Phase I Ends In Bihar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Poll campaign in 57 Assembly constituencies in Bihar came to an end on Sunday. The first phase of polls is scheduled for October 18.
- Don't Interfere, Stay Away: Nepal To India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
A senior minister has flayed India for issuing a statement against the Royal government's new draconian press ordinance, saying New Delhi should not intervene in the internal matters of Nepal.
- Left Back (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2005)
Should the UPA be celebrating the return of the Left to the coordination committee? Or should it now give up any attempts at proposing economic reforms and prepare,
- Bihar Polls: No Criminals As Ministers, Warns Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
BJP president L K Advani on Sunday went on the defensive on the issue of NDA fielding of people with criminal backgrounds for the Bihar polls saying it would be ensured that such people were not made ministers it came to power.
- Bihar Set For Elections Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Campaign ends for first phase, unprecedented security in place
- Campaigning Ends In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Though all the parties utilised the services of their star campaigners, with the strict enforcement of election code of conduct the campaign was low-key.
- ‘Bjp Yathre Is To Hide Rift Within’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
The BJP's Sangarsha Yathre is aimed at hiding the internal squabbling within the party, veteran Congress leader Kagodu Thimmappa has said. Addressing a Congress party workers meet in Shikaripura town ....
- Parties Sans Democracy (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Oct 17, 2005)
Most political parties in the country today are either family affairs or are plagued by infighting
- No Respect For The Pm? (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Everyone in the Congress knows that Manmohan Singh holds the office of prime minister thanks to supreme leader Sonia Gandhi.
- No One Listening But Advani Keeps Demanding Pm Manmohan Singh's Resignation – When Will The Joke End And Bjp Take On Real Work? (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Oct 16, 2005)
While terrorists are planning to use Google’s satallite mapping service to pin point and take out strategic Hindu targets in India,
- Kgb Damp Squib (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Oct 16, 2005)
For a party that has been dreaming ever since its humiliation at the hustings over a year ago of acquiring a politician’s . . .
- The Bihar Verdict (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Oct 16, 2005)
The Supreme Court gives its verdict on Bihar and it is a stinging reverse for the UPA.
- Israeli-Turkish Relations (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 16, 2005)
Turkey recognized Israel in 1949. It may be recalled that Ismet Inonu was the president of Turkey at this time.
- Crusader On Foreign Origin Issue (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Oct 16, 2005)
In the weird world of politics, morality and ethics have been the biggest casualty and rare are persons who hold on to these values.
- Help Fails To Reach Those Who Need It (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Oct 15, 2005)
So would you say that this tragedy will bring our two countries closer together, the eager TV anchor asked the high official.
- Relief Begins, So Does Cong Politics (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2005)
Earthquake assistance in the worst-hit Uri sector in Jammu and Kashmir is running into a hurdle:
- Left Out Of Lurch (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 15, 2005)
IT would be premature to cheer the return of the Left parties to the coordination committee of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
- Craving For Power (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 15, 2005)
There was this former President of India, a very distinguished man indeed he was.
- Forgotten Pioneer By Jagmohan (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 15, 2005)
Hardly anyone in present-day India knows that the Grand Old Man of India, Dadabhai Naoroji, and the legendary English “Lady with a Lamp”,
- Power Play In Central Asia (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Oct 14, 2005)
The central Asian states that emerged independent after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 have since remained in a state of ferment and turmoil.
- Jumping Jack Flash (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 14, 2005)
Nationalist Trinamul Congress leader PA Sangma, who resigned his Tura Lok Sabha seat, was a worried person after his Meghalaya unit of the NTC merged with the Nationalist Congress Party.
- India Turns Down Us Help To Quake Victims While Helping Pakistan To Recover From Worst Quake To Hit Kashmir (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Oct 14, 2005)
According to media sources, India has told the US that aid was not required to tackle the post quake scenario in Jammu and Kashmir, according to Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- Mishandling The North-East (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Oct 14, 2005)
MOST of our policy-makers have little sense of history and even less of geography. Otherwise, the North-East of the country would not languish in a state of neglect.
- The Dynasty Forever? (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 14, 2005)
To suggest that the young MP was speaking off the record and therefore one should not take seriously all that he said is little short of fatuous. Since he was speaking off the record, all the greater reason to believe he spoke his mind . . .
- Who’S Afraid Of Kgb Wolves? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 14, 2005)
The front-page article ‘‘When KGB got cosy with BJP’’ by Bhibhuti Bhusan Nandy, a retired RAW official (The Statesman October 3, 2005) has kicked off dust.
- India Inc Wakes Up, Rushing Relief To Quake-Hit Kashmir (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2005)
India Inc has finally woken up to the tragedy in Kashmir. Offers of help for quake victims have come from Infosys, Bajaj Auto, Ashok Leyland, ITC and Coca Cola and there are reports of other business houses and multinational companies also chipping in.
- A Desi Grand Coalition? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 13, 2005)
The news that Angela Merkel is set to become Germany’s next chancellor is significant for more reasons than one.
- India Obsessed With Permanent Seat In U.N. Security Council: N. Ram (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 13, 2005)
Support to the U.S.-led "provocative" resolution on Iran one of the biggest "blunders"
Sustained efforts needed to push the peace process with Pakistan
Manmohan Government too has demonstrated extreme vulnerability to U.S. pressures
- Un Not A Us Tool (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2005)
The Group of 77 (representing 132 developing countries) and China have taken strong exception to the UN secretary-general’s chief of staff’s appearance before the US Congress to brief the house international relations committee about the recent UN summit.
- Only One Choice (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 13, 2005)
Buta has lost moral right to stay
- Pm Asks Partymen To Counter Left Campaign (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
Having found little support from his Cabinet colleagues, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is now looking towards the party to help build public opinion on key government policies like economic reforms agenda and its recent decision to vote against Iran . . .
- Seize The Moment In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2005)
The Congress will soon have to decide whether it wants to claim the chief ministership. Its thinking should be based on a calculus of national interest in the present geo-strategic context.
- Bjp Groping In The Dark (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 13, 2005)
PRIMA facie, the Congress and the BJP today can be said to represent the core of a two-party system, the Holy Grail of Indian politics.
- Nuclear Issue: "India Is A Unique Case" (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, Oct 13, 2005)
The United States Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, is a finance expert who has also served as an official in the Treasury Department. In an interview, Mr. Mulford spoke about the nuclear deal and related issues.
- Who’S Afraid Of Kgb Wolves? (Indian Express, Balbir K Punj, Oct 13, 2005)
The front-page article ‘‘When KGB got cosy with BJP’’ by Bhibhuti Bhusan Nandy, a retired RAW official (The Statesman October 3, 2005) has kicked off dust.
- A Monarch's Desperate Acts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 13, 2005)
It is impossible to see the Dussera promise by Nepal's King Gyanendra of parliamentary elections in 2007,
- Red-Faced Leaders In New Delhi (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 12, 2005)
The Congress high command has to decide how much longer it can tolerate Laloo who treats Bihar as his fiefdom
- Bjp Into The Political Twilight? (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2005)
IF proof were at all needed that the Bharatiya Janata Party can no longer summon up a half-way cogent response to major events of the day, then recent developments provide it in ample measure.
- Bihar On The Edge (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Oct 12, 2005)
BIHAR has been a byword for political uncertainty. Even as the State began preparations for its four-phase Assembly elections
- Indian Communism During The Raj (Frontline, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
EVERY political party has to face up to the difficult task of writing its own history
- The Naxalite Challenge (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Oct 12, 2005)
Left extremists have regrouped under the one-year-old Communist Party of India (Maoist) and expanded their area of operation. The state is planning a crackdown, but success may not come easily.
- Captain’S Free Power (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
By defending his government’s decision to give free power to the farm sector and a section of the Scheduled Castes, rather in an undignified way, the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has placed himself on a slippery ground. There was no need t
- Why Osama Roams Free: South Asia Could Soon Face Its Biggest Ever Crisis (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 12, 2005)
The Supreme Court judgment on the Bihar Assembly dissolution compels far-reaching systemic changes.
- 'No American Can Treat India Like A Pet' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
K Subrahmanyam is India's leading strategic thinker and the most vocal supporter of the country's weapons programme. The man who wanted India to make bombs is now, surprisingly, ready to cap its weapons programme. He says his change of heart comes . . .
- Neocon Lite Nuclear Agenda (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 11, 2005)
A liberal counter-proliferation Bible whose selective implementation will likely leave the world more unequal - and dangerous
- The New One-Party State (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Oct 11, 2005)
IT IS not only the Democrats in the United States who cling fondly to the illusion that if they can only find the right candidate, they will sweep back into power. This is also the collective fantasy of the British Conservatives, who are currently choosin
- Of Turncoats And Caste Breakdowns (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 11, 2005)
Defectors with a record of winning are seen as a prize catch by political parties in Bihar because of the votes they bring with them
- Immigration Debate (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
THE sleeper issue in the 2008 presidential election is immigration. Actually, as a recent straw poll shows, it’s waking up.
- Understanding The Emerging Media Ecology (Hindu, Sashi Kumar, Oct 11, 2005)
With both technology and the advertiser sorting the vast amorphous viewership into tiered and profiled purchasing power segments, a fragmentation takes place that may actually work against dumbing down.
- If The Peace Process Is To Succeed (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 11, 2005)
WITH the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, between October 3 and 6, the second round of the composite dialogue, following the landmark 2004 agreement at the summit level to restart the peace process, has been concluded.
- Deja Vu (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 11, 2005)
A leopard might change its spots, but not the Congress party. Ever since it has come back to power at the head of the United Progressive Alliance, the government in its single-minded pursuit of handing over power to the Congress or its allies, has committ
- Indian Marxists Toss Off Chains With Hotel Sale: Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, Oct 11, 2005)
The last guests have checked out of the Great Eastern hotel in Kolkata.
- Reluctant Voters, Fragmented Votes (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 10, 2005)
Do the results of the Assembly elections held in February hold pointers to how Bihar will vote this time?
- New Trends In South Asian Diplomacy (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
HISTORY may well record India’s vote supporting the IAEA resolution to refer Iran’s case to the Security Council for non-compliance with NPT obligations as an event of great importance.
- Subcontinent Susceptible To Natural Disasters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
About 54 per cent of the subcontinent’s landmass is vulnerable to earthquakes, said M. Sashidhar Reddy, a member of the National Disaster Management Authority.
- How Katrina Revealed Racism (Dawn, S.G. Jilanee, Oct 10, 2005)
HURRICANE Katrina was a disaster of colossal proportions in more ways than one. It was primarily a disaster for the people of New Orleans causing massive devastation of life and property as it blew away roofs of houses and demolished the levees that prote
- Off-Key At Chandigarh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2005)
There was an air of the surreal, in retrospect, about the two-day assembly in the City Beautiful.
- Punjab Needs N-Plant (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
The demand for a nuclear power generation plant made by Punjab Congress President Shamsher Singh Dullo on Friday needs serious consideration as, according to him, it is cost-effective and the state needs it.
- Governors As Lynch-Pins (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 10, 2005)
The Supreme Court judgment in Rameshwar Prasad vs Union of India, declaring the dissolution of the Bihar assembly to be unconstitutional, is a landmark.
- Deja Vu (Business Standard, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 10, 2005)
A leopard might change its spots, but not the Congress party. Ever since it has come back to power at the head of the United Progressive Alliance
- In-House Review (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
The Chandigarh conclave of 15 Congress Chief Ministers was meant to be a detailed stock-taking exercise.
- State To Get Rs.22,000-Crore Central Aid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said his Government had taken several initiatives costing Rs.22,000 crores to improve the infrastructure in Kerala.
- Congress Governing The Country Under Extreme Pressure From The Communists - Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh Confesses (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 09, 2005)
Why rule then? Why not resign and call for a fresh mandate. Why compromise with the communists?
- Sino-Indian Relations And Asia (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Oct 09, 2005)
As India and China try to bypass the 37-years-old distrust between the two countries following the 1962 war, there appears to be a new dawn of understanding that in all likelihood 21st century will be an Asian century.
- Peaks And Valleys (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Oct 09, 2005)
The Economy continues to do well and we have top Economic experts giving opinions on the future trends and in particular on the Stock markets and with the benefit of hindsight most experts will be 'right' and 'wrong' as it is impossible to predict. . . .
- China Draws Up Five-Year Road Map (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Focus on development, sustainable growth
- Rising Intolerance (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Oct 09, 2005)
The rise of intolerance is alarming. Some years back, Zairus Banaji, because of his critical remarks about Narender Modi, was pushed out of the auditorium in Ahmedabad by Modi loyalists.
- Spread Word About Govt’S Good Work, Cadres Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday appealed to party workers to create awareness among the people about the achievements of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre despite the limitations under which it has been functioning for the past . . .
- `Congress Must Be An Interface Between Government And People' (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 09, 2005)
It should explain the Government's policies and alert it to its faults: Manmohan
It should educate the people about the limitations under which a Government functions
Government has implemented nearly three-fourths of the commitments made in the CMP
- Deficit Is Very High, Rues Manmohan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
The Prime Minister has warned of slippages in fiscal responsibility if there are no immediate measures to check the rising expenditure.
- I Do Not Disown Responsibility: Manmohan (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 09, 2005)
Decision of Union Council of Ministers was based on Bihar Governor Buta Singh's report
It was our considered judgment that the dissolution was the only practical course
Various factors were considered before deciding Governors
- Political Biography This Is Not! (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 09, 2005)
It appears as if the author is being deliberately bland while narrating Indira Gandhi’s life, which makes the book different from other biographies on her.
- Time’S Up, Governor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2005)
Administrative over-reach and constitutional impropriety can prove very expensive.
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