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Articles 13621 through 13720 of 16899:
- Opening Up The Potential In Economic Cooperation (Hindu, N. Ravi, Jul 17, 2005)
The visit does not hang on a single peg but would reaffirm the transformation in India-U.S. ties, says Shyam Saran
- Tribunals To Be Doubled Under Foreigners Act Immediately (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2005)
To dispose of pending cases expeditiously; Gogoi assures protection to minorities
- Verdicts On India (Hindu, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jul 17, 2005)
In early 1967, The Times of London ran a series of articles on `India's Disintegrating Democracy'. In contrast to this gloominess was a more contemporary estimate, this time provided by The Guardian ... . A comparison.
- Uncertain Futures (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 16, 2005)
The government’s large pension liabilities are disturbing. Now get the PFRDA bill passed
- Crippling The Doctor` (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 16, 2005)
India never voted for a 24-page pamphlet called CMP. Left keeps waving it to make PM look like our most honest lame duck
- Conciliation Gives Way To Confrontation (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, Jul 16, 2005)
The police-Maoist confrontation in Andhra Pradesh has worsened.
- Snub For The Captain (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2005)
THE elevation of former Lok Sabha MP Shamsher Singh Dullo as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president looks like a deliberate snub to Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh who had been lobbying forcefully for the continuation of Mr H.S. Hanspal
- Ups And Downs (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jul 15, 2005)
THERE are times when Delhi’s political scene seems unchanging rather like a stagnant pool. Occasionally, there are short, sharp bouts of what look like convulsions
- Shades Of Emergency (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 15, 2005)
IT was the 30th anniversary of the Emergency of 1975-77. Many human rights associations and civil liberty organizations gathered at the Constitution Club in New Delhi to recall the brutalities of those days.
- Twin Challenges (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2005)
The Congress high command has, with the appointment of Mr Mallikarjun Kharge as the KPCC president, tried to send a message to party leaders in the State and to the JD (S) president, Mr H D Deve Gowda.
- Shadowy Men And Public Spaces (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 14, 2005)
Political parties are public institutions, not personal arrangements among private individuals. The BJP cannot be allowed to get away with the argument that its relationship with the RSS is its "internal" matter.
- Assam Verdict (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 14, 2005)
THE anti-foreigners agitation in Assam is several decades old, and a predecessor of later, violent, insurgent movements.
- The Morality Tamasha (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jul 13, 2005)
Even as Maharashtra was reverberating with the sound and fury of a possible revolt in the Shiv Sena, which finally proved to be a damp squib, the secretaries in the home ministry were busy drafting a bill to ban dance bars.
- Sc Scraps Law On Illegal Migrants (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
AASU has welcomed the verdict while Muslim organisations have said that this might lead to harassment of Indian Muslims.
- An Act Dogged By Controversies (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jul 13, 2005)
Parties indulged in the game of claims and counter-claims over the past 22 years
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The law was operative only in Assam
There was provision for tribunals
- Pm Gives Bhel Sell-Off One More Push, Woos Left (The Economic Times, MK VENU, Jul 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not given up on the divestment of government equity in BHEL. He intends to have another round of meetings with the Left leaders and offer them a package deal which will encompass Bhel and other related economic issues.
- Brand Bengal At Crossroads (Times of India, KINGSHUK MUKHERJI, Jul 13, 2005)
How many faces does the Left Front government have? And, as a businessman, who does one believe?
- Advani Stays, George Says Why He Should (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jul 13, 2005)
Rushing in to paper over cracks rather than deepen the divide, the BJP put up the semblance of a united front today so that its besieged president L K Advani could stave off intense RSS pressure and stay on as chief.
- When Titans Clashed (Tribune, Anurag, Jul 13, 2005)
When the Gujarati community held a reception for Gandhi on his return from South Africa in 1914, Jinnah, as another Bar-at-law, was also invited to speak at the function. When Jinnah started his address in English, Gandhi interjected to say that....
- Emergency Forgotten (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 12, 2005)
The youth should also recall the Emergency because that was the time when we nearly lost independence
- Floating In Choppy Waters (Telegraph, M. R. Venkatesh, Jul 12, 2005)
The DMK may have succeeded in implementing the Sethusamudram project. But has it weighed the political and ecological costs? asks M.R. Venkatesh
- Uproar Over Rane Issue: House Adjourned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
Speaker says he will rule on Rane plea after studying it; Desai group demands recognition
- Maoists Call Nepal Oppn For Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
King Gyanendra’s government is likely to feel further pressure if the political parties reach a pact with the rebels and can pull off a ceasefire.
- Bhel Tones (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 12, 2005)
The Congress party should have made a far more convincing case on the issue
- Sonia Briefs Pm On Bhel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday evening and briefed him about her meeting with Left leaders on the BHEL disinvestment issue.
- Left’S Nerves (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 11, 2005)
It would appear that all that the left leaders wanted was a meeting with Ms Sonia Gandhi.
- Similar Situations, Different Reactions (Hindu, K. V. PRASAD, Jul 11, 2005)
"Rising above narrow political and partisan considerations, the nation has to be more vigilant to frustrate the evil designs of the enemy.
- Advani Goes To Ayodhya (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Jul 11, 2005)
IT is amazing! The capital is agog about how Sonia Gandhi literally sent Advani to Ayodhya.
- Gulliver And The Muslims (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jul 10, 2005)
The Noah’s ark nationalism of the early Congress was forced upon it by its circumstances
- Population Panel To Focus On "Weak" States (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jul 10, 2005)
Meeting to be chaired by Manmohan Singh, attended by Sonia Gandhi
- Beyond Redemption (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jul 09, 2005)
Can the Bharatiya Janata Party reconstitute itself as a sober, responsible, right-wing party, a party that respects tradition and order without necessarily advertising itself as “Hindu”?
- The Agp's Mounting Woes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 09, 2005)
The recent expulsion of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta from the Asom Gana Parishad, the party that owes its birth in large part to him, can only add to its mounting woes.
- Not Much Headway Made In Delimitation Exercise In State (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jul 09, 2005)
Constituencies have to be redrawn before 2006 Assembly elections
- Who's Better, Modi Or Patnaik? (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 09, 2005)
At a recent meeting of chief ministers in New Delhi, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik got embroiled in a verbal duel over lunch. For once, this wasn't over political differences in the tattered NDA.
- Emergency As A Watershed (Times of India, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jul 08, 2005)
The gravest sin of the Emergency was its suppression of civil liberties and distortion of the Constitution. It also effectively reversed the 1971 garibi hatao slogan to the extent that proxi-mity between state and business houses grew over time.
- Not Cheap Politics" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2005)
Only allowing people to vent anger, says Advani
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"Government cannot absolve itself of responsibility"
Ayodhya cases not criminal: Sushma
- Politics Of Appeasement (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2005)
Captain Amarinder Singh’s government seems determined to provide free electricity supply to the farm sector disregarding objections of the Prime Minister and the Planning Commission.
- Left In A Blind Lane (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 07, 2005)
AS the latest tantrums of the communists on the BHEL disinvestment show, it may be slowly dawning on them that they are caught in a trap.
- India’S Defence Ties With Us (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jul 07, 2005)
The United States and India have signed a defence pact which charts a course for defence cooperation between the two countries during the next ten years and will be an element of their broader strategic partnership based on shared strategic interests.
- The Real Challenge For Mr. Karunakaran (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 07, 2005)
While the resignation of nine Congress members from the Kerala Legislative Assembly might have no impact on the longevity of the Oommen Chandy Government,
- Ayodhya’S Original Security Lapse (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 07, 2005)
The success of the Central paramilitary forces in repelling a terrorist attack in Ayodhya in 2005 exposes the “security lapse” engineered at the same site by the BJP and Congress in 1992.
- A Damage-Control Exercise (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 07, 2005)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee tries to address fears about the implications of the June 28 defence deal with the U.S.
- Bal Thackeray Plays A Familiar Tune (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Jul 07, 2005)
Narayan Rane's expulsion can affect the Sena's fortunes in the Konkan region and in Mumbai's apex civic body
- Revolt Over Telangana (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 06, 2005)
TRS storm in UPA teacup...
- Political Parties In A Ferment (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 06, 2005)
THERE seems to be no let-up in the problems faced by the various Sangh Parivar outfits. While the BJP seems to be stumbling from one problem to another — the latest being the resignation of its national secretary and Vajpayee-Advani confidant,...
- Tussle On Telangana (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Jul 06, 2005)
It was a marriage that was bound to fail. So when the bitter honeymoon ended with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi pulling out of the Congress-led government in Andhra Pradesh, no one was surprised.
- Fallout Of A Nagging Problem (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 06, 2005)
The resignation of five out of the six Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Ministers from the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet marks the first concrete manifestation of the differences with the coalition partner, the Congress, in the State. Of course, the exit of...
- Son-Rise And Rebellion (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Jul 06, 2005)
The revolt by former Maharashtra CM, Narayan Rane, against the Shiv Sena has posed a serious challenge to the party and has potential to upset political equations in the state in future.
- What Left Won’T Say When It Opposes Us Ties (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 06, 2005)
Left parties hold rallies today, complaint that CMP is violated doesn’t match facts
- Five Trs Ministers Quit In A.P. (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jul 05, 2005)
Colleague refuses to resign
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Rajasekhara Reddy "weighing pros and cons"
S. Santosh Reddy refuses to resign
Chief Minister acting against interests of Telen
- Decoding The India-U.S. Defence Tie-Up (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jul 05, 2005)
Was the agreement on defence cooperation suddenly sprung on Pranab Mukherjee when he arrived at the Pentagon? This is a question that needs to be answered.
- Blow To Shiv Sena (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 05, 2005)
IT is time for a different kind of stocktaking in India’s premier state
- More Bridges, Not More Walls (Telegraph, SUDIPTA BHATTACHARJEE, Jul 05, 2005)
The tussle for primacy between the Garos and the Khasis has already thrown Meghalaya into a turmoil, writes Sudipta Bhattacharjee
- Cast Out Forever (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 05, 2005)
A leader today, an outcast tomorrow. That is the familiar stuff of changing equations between political parties and their leaders.
- How Will Imrana’S Story End? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 05, 2005)
The Imrana case, which has plunged the Muslim community into turmoil, throws up several issues. First is the question where rape is a crime or not.
- Strangers In The House (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 05, 2005)
THE CPI(M) was the only political party which supported a petition in the Supreme Court that Rajya Sabha members had to be elected from the state in which they resided.
- News In The Making (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Jul 05, 2005)
A reporter's autobiography is essentially about other people. Memoirs of a journalist come to life because they make a subject of famous personalities and momentous events.
- No Going Back, Says Trs Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2005)
"Andhra Pradesh Government acting against interests of Telangana people"
- "Ancient India Bias In Ichr Projects" (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Jul 05, 2005)
Committee slams arbitrariness in awarding projects, "blatant racism," "bigoted view" "Ministry encouraged an attempt to establish the unchangeable nature of the ancient Indian civilisation, to show modern India as an uninterrupted continuum of the past"
- Resolving The Congress-Left Stalemate (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 04, 2005)
Rather than totally jettison the BHEL decision, perhaps the proposed disinvestment can be diluted to five per cent.
- Road To Peace: Upa Govt Falling Into Potholes (Indian Express, Pramod Mahajan, Jul 04, 2005)
Road to peace: UPA Govt falling into potholes...
- J&k Ministers, Mlas Escape Bid On Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2005)
Knowing that the culvert was not guarded, the ultras had planted the IED under it and detonated it when the minister’s convoy reached there.
- Ministers Survive Attack In Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2005)
Militants set off improvised explosive device in Baramullah district on Sunday
- Sethusamudram Project Launched (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jul 03, 2005)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pressed the button here on Saturday, dredging began in the Bay — 45 km off the Kodiakkarai coast in Tamil Nadu — signalling the beginning of work on the Rs. 2,427.40-crore Sethusamudram channel.
- Pm Allays Fears Over Sethu Plan (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Jul 03, 2005)
While UPA’s sworn enemy, AIADMK, made the most of the occasion by holding protests, a piqued constituent of the alliance, PMK, did make itself heard.
- Imrana’S Obedience (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 02, 2005)
To obey, and then to disappear: this is what Imrana Bibi seems to want to do most at the moment. In all the public turmoil over “personal law” that has been set off by her father-in-law allegedly raping her last month, Imrana’s personhood is precisely...
- Shame! (The Economic Times, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 01, 2005)
There is considerable similarity between the condition of Indian democracy and that of Imrana, the unfortunate woman in Muzzafarnagar, western Uttar Pradesh, who was raped by her father-in-law and, consequently, declared unfit, by the local clergy, to...
- Up Charge For Rahul Gandhi? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 01, 2005)
The talk gaining ground is what kind of responsibility should be given to Amethi’s MP, Rahul Gandhi in the upcoming reorganisation of the Congress party. His mother and party President Sonia Gandhi had hinted at giving the youthful brigade more...
- Imrana Under Siege (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 01, 2005)
On both sides of the Indo-Pak divide the plight of woman is the subject of a raging debate. While the cause in India is the sexual abuse of 25-year-old Imrana by her father-in-law in her village house, in Pakistan the reason is the rape of Mukhtar Mai...
- Lessons From History (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jul 01, 2005)
The municipal battle has distorted visions and priorities.
- Indian Hard-Liner Adjusts His Sails To Catch Winds Of Peaceful Change (Christian Science Monitor, John Nemec, Jun 30, 2005)
The impossible occurred last month in South Asia. A conservative Indian nationalist leader praised the founder of Pakistan.
- Restrictions On High-Tech Transfer Should Go: Pranab (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jun 30, 2005)
"Expanding ties with U.S. does not mean commonality of views"
- Bjp Prepares To Confront Govt. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2005)
Legislature party examines political developments, lists Government's failures
- Nothing Really Extraordinary (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jun 30, 2005)
The Salt Lake episode during the municipal elections is a “closed chapter” because leaving it open would have embarrassed both the chief minister and his party, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- House Of Elders (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 30, 2005)
It is a cliché to assert that there is the letter of the Indian constitution and there is also its spirit. The nomination of Ms Brinda Karat
- Navaratnas, Left And Disinvestment (Hindu, Americai V. Narayanan, Jun 30, 2005)
As a card-carrying Congressman, I feel the UPA should not only join the Communists against the disinvestment of navaratnas or profit-making PSUs, but also beat them at their own game."
- 'Syria Is A Trend-Setter, Serious About Reform' (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 30, 2005)
Dr Abdullah Dardari, the Western-educated economist who heads Syria’s Planning Commission, was recently appointed to the post of deputy prime minister for economic affairs.
- Congress Activist Shot Dead (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 29, 2005)
In continued naxal violence, a Congress activist was shot dead while three state road transport corporation
- The Jinnah Speech (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jun 29, 2005)
THIS is not a comment on the controversy over whether Jinnah was or was not secular which continued in India even after the crisis in the BJP over the subject was seemingly resolved.
- Winning Kolkata (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 29, 2005)
THE Left Front’s victory over the Trinamool Congress in the prestigious Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections, after a gap of five years, is a significant achievement of the Buddhadev Bhattacharjee’s government in West Bengal.
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