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Articles 15921 through 16020 of 16899:
- Indian Voters To Decide Fate Of `Cement Shoes': Andy Mukherjee (Bloomberg.com, editorial Bloomberg.com, May 06, 2004)
Investors are shaking their heads in disbelief as each new round of voter surveys in India adds to growing concerns about the makeup of the country's next government and the direction of its economic policy.
- India Election Enters Important Phase (CBC News, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2004)
Voting in general elections in India has hit a crucial round as voters cast their ballots in predominantly Hindu regions.
- India's Remarkable Dance Of Democracy (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, Apr 26, 2004)
India, seen variously as a country with massive poverty, an information technology power, and more recently as an outsourcing destination taking away jobs, is over the next two weeks staging the dance of democracy.
- Shining Example (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2004)
It is no longer enough to praise the Indian elections, which completed the first round of voting yesterday, merely on the grounds that they are being held in "the world's largest democracy".
- Supreme Court Ruling Applauded; Government Should Now Take Steps To Comply (Human Rights Watch, Editorial, Human Rights Watch, Apr 14, 2004)
The Indian government should promptly implement the Supreme Court's order to create an effective witness-protection program and conduct impartial investigations to determine who was responsible for the 2002 Gujarat riots, Human Rights Watch said today.
- Congress Contests Bjp's Secular Image (AL-Ahram, Editorial, Al Ahram, Apr 09, 2004)
Vajpayee hopes that a growing "feel good factor" in India will help him win a second mandate as the world's largest democracy heads to the polls later this month, writes Jaideep Mukerji from New Delhi
- Gandhis Pin Their Hopes On New Boy (The Scotsman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2004)
Sweeping through dusty hamlets and accompanied by drum-beaters, the heir- apparent of India’s Gandhi-Nehru dynasty made his political debut yesterday.
- Nehru-Gandhi Legacy On The Line (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Feb 25, 2004)
With Varun Gandhi joining the Bharatiya Janata Party recently, the BJP has got itself a true-blue Nehru-Gandhi to counter the Congress' immensely popular Nehru-Gandhi siblings, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi.
- An Alliance Of Insecurity (AlterNet, Editorial, The Alternet, Feb 12, 2004)
When Ariel Sharon traveled to India last September, it was the first visit of an Israeli Prime Minister since the two nations achieved independence more than 55 years ago.
- Advances Against Shares - Dividing The Multiplier Effect (Business Line, A. Seshan, Jan 08, 2004)
The latest raising of minimum margin from 40 per cent to 50 per cent on advances against shares means that the potential value of the multiplier is reduced from 2.5 to 2. One good aspect of the measure is that, unlike in the past instances, the rise in
- Anti-Outsourcing American Has ‘other Big Plans’ For India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
His state of New Jersey started it all... First the uproar and then the Bill that had the potential to stall one of the fastest growing industries of India—outsourcing. But when you meet visiting US Democrat and a ‘friend’ of India, Frank Pallone Jr, he
- Truce At Last (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
STRICTLY speaking, the recent fracas in the Punjab Congress is the internal matter of the party. But in reality, the whole State will breathe easy now that the warring factions have ostensibly buried the hatchet. The State was suffering more than the
- Opposition Can Still Do It (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 07, 2004)
Any Opposition party or a combination of Opposition parties that wants to displace the BJP-led Government will need to devise a strategy to exploit the thinness of the saffron spread.
- Agreement On Agriculture - Confrontation Among Superpowers (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jan 07, 2004)
WTO negotiations are battles between and among nations, and their groups, with countries like the US inclined simply to ignore the mandate of the international trade body, as has happened with the Byrd Amendment repeal. But the boot may be on the other
- Alliance Arithmetic (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Jan 07, 2004)
Electoral arithmetic, more than political chemistry, is the decisive factor in the realignment of political forces in Tamil Nadu.
- Nothing To Worry: Karnik (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
Unfazed by mounting backlash against outsourcing, Nasscom president Kiran Karnik on Tuesday said there is nothing to worry and asserted the cancelled contract of Indiana state of US would be refloated again where outside companies including TCS could bid.
- Kalyan At Home, Sp Moves To Block Bsp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
With former chief minister Kalyan Singh staying home due to toothache and fatigue and not talking to anyone except his party workers, the Samajwadi Party today made a move to block the BSP’s chances of joining the Congress-led alliance. Party general
- Pawar Flirts With Sena-Bjp, Meets Advani (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 07, 2004)
The NCP in Maharashtra is keeping all its options open — toying with the idea of a tie-up with the Shiv Sena-BJP combine even as it has the Congress for an ally. Sources said today that the Shiv Sena-BJP combine has offered 10 of the 48 Lok Sabha seat
- Focus On Ties At Cwc Meet Today (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Jan 07, 2004)
With the Pranab Mukherjee committee asking to firm up alliances before the end of January, tomorrow’s Congress Working Committee meeting is expected to take stock of dialogue with potential partners like the DMK, RJD, BSP, NCP and others. Apart from ...
- Jogi Insists He Is In Congress (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Jan 06, 2004)
Even as the Pranab Mukherjee panel report fans more doubts about the revocation of his suspension order, former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi today claimed that the Congress cannot write him off so easily. Jogi addressed a press conference at his
- Congress In Catch-22 Situation (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 06, 2004)
NEVER before in its long history has the once venerable Congress party faced the crisis it is undergoing today. Because it is, in national terms, in danger of becoming the perennial second party. There are many reasons for the Congress predicament, but
- With Saris, Us Scientists Take On Cholera (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jan 06, 2004)
Old saris are perfect for mopping floors. But the US-based National Science Foundation (NSF) has found another more important use for them — as a preventive tool to fight cholera. And the older the sari, the better the chances of surviving the
- Sanjay Singh Next Cong Boss In Up? (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Jan 06, 2004)
If there is confusion in Uttar Pradesh about prospective political alliances before the Lok Sabha elections, it is going to be compounded soon. The Congress is planning to project one-time favourite of the Gandhi family and erstwhile Raja of Amethi ...
- Movement Towards Peace: Parties Hoping For Results (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The BJP promptly described the meeting between Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad today as a ‘‘positive step’’ in the right direction. Party chief Venkaiah Naidu said: ‘‘It is a positive step in the right...
- Cong Surprise For Kalyan B’day: Invite (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Jan 06, 2004)
After 12 days of avoiding Kalyan Singh and 4 days of hearing him openly complain about it, guess who Mulayam Singh Yadav found when he finally dropped in at the house of his Rashtriya Kranti Party partner to wish him on his birthday today? A beaming ...
- On A Home Run (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 06, 2004)
The new year, 2004, will witness the fourth consecutive general elections in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies into battle. No former Indian prime minister, save for Indira, the original Mrs Gandhi, has done
- Getting Together (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
In the mid-fifties, when I was a first year college student in Jalandhar, I remember an Indo-Pak cricket test series was organised to better relations between the two nations. For the Lahore Test, they opened the border. India made a simple ID available
- Captain, Bhattal Patch Up, Say Cheese Together (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Jan 06, 2004)
The over-a-month-long drama involving the Punjab Congress had a happy ending today at 10, Janpath, after party chief Sonia Gandhi gave a pep-talk to both camps on unity and the importance of winning LS polls. At the back of this peace breakthrough is
- Ny, West Bengal To Be Sister States (Times of India, Nirmalya Banerjee, Jan 05, 2004)
A visiting US delegation to the city said it was keen on putting in place a "sister state" arrangement between New York and West Bengal to further strengthen business and social ties between the two regions, particularly in areas like IT . . .
- It’s Time To Make New Friends (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Jan 05, 2004)
The BJP’s refusal to rein in Jayalalithaa as also contradictions inherent in their coalition drove the DMK and MDMK out of the NDA
- Science Mela (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
THE Indian Science Congress (ISC), now underway in Chandigarh, encapsulates the giant strides India has made in science. Nearly 4,000 scientists representing all branches of science are taking part in the 91st session of the ISC. It is a reflection of the
- Funny Bandh (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
It takes a special kind of humour to find bandhs funny. Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was seized with a sense of the absurd when contemplating the latest form of political “action” being planned by his opponent, Ms Mamata Banerjee. The leader of the ...
- Lal Badshah (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Jan 04, 2004)
IN the telegrammatic world of newspaper headline writers, a chestnut that resurfaces periodically, especially in the murky, confusing seasons before and after an election, when coalitions are simultaneously evaporating and solidifying is ‘‘Surjeet active
- 2004? It's So Predictable (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
Tomorrow is yesterday by another name. This is not karmic philosophy. It is only cynicism, which seems to come just so easily if you’re Indian. So sitting down with a notional crystal ball, on a gloomy, sun-eclipsd day in January, to predict the rest
- A Prodigal Son All Set To Return (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 04, 2004)
POLITICS is a weird game. A few years back former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh had turned into a bete noire of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and called him “a tired and retired leader”. Now he stands in the front row at a BJP workers
- Anti-Incumbency Will Help Cong In (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 04, 2004)
Whether it was the National Front, the Janata Dal, the United Front and now the Congress, every political party or formation that Lok Sabha MP S. Jaipal Reddy has been associated with, he has always been its most visible face. He is also known for his ...
- Ideological Roadblocks On The Road (Tribune, Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Jan 04, 2004)
THE Hot Peace among different communities of the world, in the beginning of the 21st century, marked by its advent by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre towers in New York, is, in a sense, more explosive than the earlier Cold War between nation
- Sonia, Undisturbed (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jan 04, 2004)
Sonia, we know, answers no questions. Her biographer does not trouble her with too many
- India Tackles Adult Illiteracy (British Broadcasting Corporation, Richard Black, Jan 03, 2004)
Researchers in India have been giving details of a novel scheme aimed at increasing adult literacy.
- Cong Focus On Punjab, Mlas Called To Delhi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The Punjab Congress imbroglio seems headed for a solution with clear indications that Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will not be shifted out at least till the general elections. At the same time, the rebels will have the satisfaction of a concession-rich
- Cong Warms To Bsp, Cm In Cold (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Jan 03, 2004)
With the BSP waiting in the wings and the Congress looking for a convincing excuse to drop out of the alliance in UP, Samajwadi Party leader and Chief Minister Mulayam Singh today moved cautiously stating that he would meet the Congress president Sonia...
- Join Nda, Lead The Front In Tn: Bjp To Admk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The BJP came out today for the first time with an appeal to the AIADMK to join the NDA and lead the alliance in Tamil Nadu in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. BJP state president C.P. Radhakrishnan said his party had no other option but to revive its
- N Korea To Let Us Team Visit Nuke Site (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 03, 2004)
A US delegation will visit North Korea next week to tour the North’s controversial nuclear complex at Yongbyon, a South Korean foreign ministry official said on Friday. He was confirming a ,USA Today report. Though the report said the January 6-10
- Libya Pushes For A Deadline On Us To End Sanctions (Indian Express, PATRICK E. TYLER, Jan 03, 2004)
Libya's Prime Minister said on Thursday that the US should act quickly to reward his country for abandoning its secret weapons programmes. He warned that unless the US lifted sanctions by May 12, Libya would not be bound to pay the remaining $6 million
- Kalyan Attacks Mulayam, Says He Has Followed Coalition Dharma (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
Two days ahead of crucial meeting of Rashtriya Kranti Party, its president Kalyan Singh on Friday attacked the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led coalition saying he had nurtured it even after suffering humiliation and even after this if the coalition breaks, others
- No Permanent Enemies (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The art of the possible: this is the best known definition of politics. A more cynical view would define politics as the pursuit of interest masquerading as the contest of principles. Both views can draw enough support from the prevailing state of play in
- Left Unity Under Telangana Cloud In Andhra (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 03, 2004)
The demand for a separate Telangana — that will include the premier cyber city of Hyderabad — threatens not just the unity of Andhra Pradesh but has cast a shadow over the prospects of ‘‘Left unity’’ in the state which is likely to witness simultaneous
- Welcome ’04: Mamata’s First Bengal Bandh On February 3 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The Trinamool Congress has called the first bandh of the year in the state on February 3, in protest against the ‘‘indiscriminate’’ taxes imposed by the Left Front government. ‘‘The state is going through a tax raj; taxes are being imposed ...
- Cement Down The Spine (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 02, 2004)
In early 1991, when the ramshackle Chandra Shekhar government was at the helm, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader hosted a small dinner for the then party president, L.K. Advani. For the BJP, those were heady days. The Somnath to Ayodhya rath yatra of
- J-K Begins New Year With Peace Hope (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Jan 02, 2004)
Ahead of the SAARC summit, the multi-party J-K coalition government today called for friendship between India and Pakistan which would spell development for the state. At a massive rally for peace on the new year, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
- Focus On Jobs To Counter Ulfa Plan: Gogoi (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jan 02, 2004)
With the three-week offensive by the Royal Bhutan Army having dealt a severe blow to the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), the state government today said it would create more jobs to prevent the outfit from exploiting the frustration of the ...
- Pawar Play: Each Of Them Has Got An Axe To Grind (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 02, 2004)
At a time when everybody in the political scene is on the move, it comes as no surprise that NCP chief Sharad Pawar, whose political mobility stands little comparison, is the latest hit. Pawar’s possible alignment with the NDA has been a perennial issue
- Ready To Face Polls: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
With the air ringing with the talk of early Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee has said that he is ‘‘fit and ready’’ to face elections and confident that the people ‘‘are in a mood to give us another five years’’. The PM’s remarks, made in
- Worked Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
Saving a coalition is not the same thing as making it work. Jharkhand’s chief minister, Mr Arjun Munda, may have managed to prevent his National Democratic Alliance government from disintegrating, but even he knows that it is not working. Mr Munda’s ...
- Patch-Up For A Return To The Past (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 02, 2004)
The wheel has come full circle. The Congress, which last aligned with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1980, is now preparing to align with the party again. And the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which formed an alliance with the All-India Anna
- Roadblocks For Congress (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
TWO grand alliances contesting against each other in the coming Lok Sabha elections is the stuff electoral dreams are made of. It was Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s announcement about her party’s readiness to forge an alliance against the National ...
- Mutiny In Punjab Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
SOLDIERS UNDER ENEMY fire know how to survive: they bunker down and conserve their ammunition until an opportunity to hit back presents itself. For reasons known only to the Congress rebels in Punjab, they have chosen to charge out of the ...
- Vajpayee's Challenge (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 01, 2004)
While Mr. Vajpayee may be able to lead the NDA back to power, this may not be enough for him to leave a permanent stamp on history.
- Come Clean (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
If the time for poll alliances comes, Mr Harkishen Singh Surjeet’s season cannot be far behind. It is not easy, however, to make out what kind of alliances the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is striving to strike up this time.
- Punjab The Victim (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
THE crisis in the Punjab Congress that has brought administration in the state to a virtual standstill is far from over. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's placatory measures to win the dissidents over to his side are yet to yield the desired results...
- How To Win Allies And Form Fronts (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 01, 2004)
With increasingly clear signals that general elections may be less than six months away, the cauldron of Opposition politics — simmering for the past five years — started bubbling with new vigour on New Year’s eve today. Congress president Sonia
- A Weekly Is Born (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 01, 2004)
Were he around, Sachin Chaudhuri, the founder-editor of the journal, Economic and Political Weekly, would have been bemused to see that his journal has become a phenomenon, the imprimatur of recognition for young social scientists, and čminences grises to
- Kunte Plays Out A Cautious Draw (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte played out a cautious draw with top seed GM Vladimir Epishin of Russia in third round of the premier event of the Hastings International Chess Congress here. The draw, however, did not help Kunte improve his position in the 7
- Leading The Alliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
IF SONIA GANDHI came tantalisingly close, last Sunday, to suggesting that the Congress party would not make her prime ministerial candidature a necessary condition for a pre-electoral alliance, a day later the party's spokesman came close to ...
- Congress Badly Bruised By Poll Defeat (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 01, 2004)
POLITICS is like a game of cricket. A team could be cruising along comfortably but one fine bowling spell can prove devastating, converting a certain victory into defeat. Something similar appears to have happened to the Congress this year. It was riding
- Stepping Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Ideology, or even unease in partnership, can no longer be accepted as a convincing reason for exiting a power alliance. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has offered the second for leaving the National Democratic Alliance and giving it “issue-based” support
- A Very Busy Year Ahead For The Ec (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jan 01, 2004)
If the Lok Sabha poll is advanced, as is being speculated, to late April or early May, then the Election Commission is bound to club it with the Assembly poll in Andhra Pradesh. But if it is instead held in the second half of May, then the EC will have
- Dmk Gone, Bjp Opens Arms To Jaya (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 01, 2004)
Abandoned by the DMK, the BJP began courting the AIADMK today. ‘‘We are prepared to align with the AIADMK for the Lok Sabha polls,’’ BJP national secretary L. Ganesan said. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has not yet revealed her mind,
- U.S. Eyes Russian Turf (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Dec 31, 2003)
Russia has sent a strong signal to the U.S. that it will fight attempts to erode its position in the former Soviet states.
- Hanging Up On Past, Sonia Dials Dmk To Say Hello (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 31, 2003)
On the defensive ever since its tri-state rout, the Congress today took a daring step forward towards an alternative coalition with party president Sonia Gandhi calling up DMK chief M Karunanidhi to congratulate him on quitting the NDA.
- Catching Seshanitis (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
IT IS HARDLY a secret that the Chief Election Commissioner, J.M. Lyngdoh, is no admirer of the country's political class. His blunt manner and his plain-speaking ways have raised the hackles of politicians across the ideological divide. But Mr. ...
- Chop And Change (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
At the cusp of an old year with the new, electoral engineering is the mood
- Unfolding Political Alliances In Tamil Nadu (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 31, 2003)
With both the DMK and the MDMK opting out of the NDA, and the AIADMK and the BJP seen more as natural allies now, the stage is set for a dramatic shift in political equations both within Tamil Nadu and in its relations with the Centre. If the Lok Sabha
- Spread Of Saffron (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Dec 31, 2003)
A civilized country is one where people don’t have to waste their time on politics. — Javier Cercas, Soldiers of Salamis
- Mdmk Follows Dmk (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2003)
THERE was speculation that the MDMK would quit the NDA when the BJP did not come to the rescue of its general secretary, Vaiko, arrested by the Tamil Nadu Government under POTA on charges of extending support to the banned LTTE. It has done so only now ..
- Rescuing Parties From Bosses (Indian Express, M. G. Devasahayam , Dec 31, 2003)
Let Lyngdoh’s EC supervise inner party elections. That will enhance democracy
- Sangathan Was His World (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 31, 2003)
Kushabhau Thakre lived and died a dedicated pracharak
- A Cong-Dmk Alliance? Once The Unspeakable, Now The Probable (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2003)
Extremely keen to sew up a ‘‘secular alliance’’ to take on an increasingly assertive BJP-led NDA, the Congress is working towards ‘‘forgetting the past’’ to explore a tie-up with the DMK, well placed sources confirmed today.
- Congress, Bjp And Coalition Politics (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 30, 2003)
The Bharatiya Janata Party said today that the Congress ``had not learnt the correct lessons'' in conducting coalition politics. The party was reacting to the statements made by the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, at a press conference in Mumbai on...
- Bjp Gains Ascendancy In Nda In 2003 (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 30, 2003)
THE last one year of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has been marked by an intense struggle between ideology and “realpolitik”, precipitating the beginning of the process of realignment of political forces.
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