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Articles 16821 through 16899 of 16899:
- Will Sp, Ncp Come To Aid Of Congress? (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Aug 18, 2003)
With an eye on the live telecast of the debate on the no-confidence motion, the Congress today carefully chose issues it will seek to highlight: frequent train accidents, Gujarat’s Best Bakery case, atrocities against Dalits, financial crises and Defence-
- Blunting The Edge (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2003)
This no-confidence motion devalues Parliament’s most potent weapon
- Mission Vidarbha: Old Horses Leave Cong, Not Many Follow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2003)
Sounding the bugle for a separate Vidarbha state, veteran Congress leaders N K P Salve and Vasant Sathe, together with former Nagpur MP Banwarilal Purohit, today announced they were quitting the party because of the ‘‘consistent injustice meted out to ...
- Winning Hearts With A `Japha' (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 18, 2003)
`Japha' is the Punjabi word for a tight, affectionate embrace and no one does it better than Indians and Pakistanis. This was rediscovered as we, a mixed group of parliamentarians, journalists and experts from India, entered the border at Wagah earlier
- Confidence Motion: Numbers Not An Issue, Support Is (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 18, 2003)
On the eve of the Congress-sponsored no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, NDA partner DMK, ending the suspense over its role, declared its support to the Vajpayee government. The AIADMK — the DMK was miffed over NDA overtures to Jayalalithaa — did not
- Terrorism In Tripura (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2003)
THE INDEPENDENCE DAY-EVE killing of 30 non-tribal people by the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) brings greater urgency to the demand of the State Government for adequate deployment of Army and paramilitary forces in the disturbed areas of the ...
- Half A Freedom (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 17, 2003)
In keeping with the festive spirit of the 56th happy birthday of our Tryst with Destiny let me begin on happy note. The good news is that much has changed for the better since Nehru made his Freedom at Midnight speech with — as I see it — most of the good
- Vote: Dmk’s Trust Test (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 17, 2003)
As NDA leaders got together today to give final touches to their strategy to turn the tables on the Congress during the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha, the DMK squirmed over reports of the BJP’s efforts to enlist the support of its arch-rival ...
- Vidarbha: Sathe Set To Quit Cong (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Aug 17, 2003)
In a move that could realign Maharashtra politics, two former Union ministers Vasant Sathe and N.K.P. Salve are planning to quit the Congress and form a new political party tomorrow.
- After 14 Years, Libya Takes Onus (Indian Express, PETER SLEVIN, Aug 17, 2003)
After 14 years of defiance and denials, Libya took formal responsibility on Friday for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, an attack that killed 270 people and cemented Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s international isolation.
- Congress Still Fights George Dragon (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Aug 17, 2003)
Senior Congress leaders are deep in thought over the strategy to adopt vis-a-vis Defence Minister George Fernandes when he rises to speak on the no-confidence motion moved by party president Sonia Gandhi.
- Back To The Future (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 17, 2003)
Just before Saint Valmiki wrote his Ramayana, or contemporaneously, there were other works written by Buddhist scholars on a legendary hero called Rama. Likewise, there were stories of Rama written by Jain scholars belonging to the two schools of the Jain
- A Bonanza For Big Oil (Hindu, V. Sridhar, Aug 17, 2003)
George W. Bush has passed an Executive Order that effectively provides legal immunity to the oil majors for their actions in Iraq.
- Durable Bhai Sahib (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 17, 2003)
Mayawati’s hard core supporters may stick with her through thick and thin, but the high profile recruits to the BSP found it difficult to adjust for long in a party where customarily everyone squats on the floor while Mayawati presides from a chair.
- Six In A Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
AN ADDRESS FROM the ramparts of the historic Red Fort is an occasion for a Prime Minister to salute the nation as well as to showcase his administration's political and economic achievements. Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the first Prime Minister ...
- Nda Guns For Buta Making Sonia Fire A No-Trust Notice (Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Aug 15, 2003)
The Opposition sprang a surprise in Parliament today when it tabled a no-confidence motion against the NDA government after a week-long impasse over the Government’s refusal to part with a Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report to the Public Accounts
- Preparing For Cancun (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 15, 2003)
The Indian policy making system has to find a way out of the dilemmas it faces in negotiating multilateral agreements. When Pranab Mukherjee went to Marrakesh to sign on behalf of India on the Uruguay Round Agreement, the Opposition political parties in
- Why Laloo Was Mobbed In Pakistan (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 15, 2003)
There are three strands in the four-day visit to Pakistan by 50 Indian parliamentarians, journalists and experts. The Laloo roadshow, Musharraf’s final performance and the two-day exchange of ideas between parliamentarians representing every political ...
- Why Arunachal’s Marathon Man Faces Hurdles (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Aug 14, 2003)
Politics in the Northeast is often synonymous with defection. But while Manipur and Meghalaya are known for alliances that keep changing compositions, in Arunachal Pradesh it’s usually a mass exodus that decides the issue. As the recent re-installation
- A Session Washed Away (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2003)
To force adjournments in Parliament cannot be an inalienable right of legislators
- From Jail, Siwan’s Mp Says He Will Teach Dgp A Lesson (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Aug 14, 2003)
In Siwan in north Bihar, Mohammad Shahabuddin, MP, had taken his job of lawmaking rather seriously: He lived by his own rules. But Shahabuddin today found himself on the other side of the wall when he was remanded to judicial custody after his surrender
- Reservation And Economic Criteria (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2003)
BY SETTING UP a Group of Ministers (GoM) to study the possibilities of a Constitution Amendment Bill to provide for job reservation to the forward castes on economic grounds, the Union Government has set the ball rolling for yet another ...
- No Easy Going For India In Cancun (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 14, 2003)
10 million people in four African countries are facing starvation after they implemented free market reforms
- Opposition Table Talk: Let’s Meet Again (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2003)
Leaders of major Opposition parties, in their very first meeting after the Congress made it known in Shimla that it was open to alliances, tonight decided to put up ‘‘a united fight’’ to oust the BJP-led government at the Centre.
- Meeting The Maoists (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 13, 2003)
In the heart of the Himalayas, a nation on the brink of civil war is holding its breath as King Gyanendra directs his men to return to a third round of peace negotiations with Maoist guerrillas in Kathmandu over the next few days.
- Hold Your Fire On Loc, In Valley: General To India (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 13, 2003)
Unleashing his familiar charm offensive on visiting Indian MPs over tea and apple juice in the glittering reception hall of Pakistan’s Aiwan-e-Sadr, President Prevez Musharraf today said India must agree to cease fire on the Line of Control and in the
- ‘your Poison May Be My Food’ (Indian Express, CITHARA PAUL, Aug 13, 2003)
A day after the Union Cabinet okayed the move to ban cow slaughter across the country, Kerala became the first state to oppose the proposed law, saying beef constituted nearly 40 per cent of the total meat consumed in the state.
- No Beef In This Law (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2003)
This Bill could have been drafted by the VHP. In this parliamentary session, before the upcoming assembly polls in November, the government is set to shepherd legislation that proposes a nationwide ban on cow slaughter.
- The Shimla Consensus (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Aug 13, 2003)
Issues related to national security were given prominence at the brainstorming session of the Congress Party in Shimla last month. Party President Sonia Gandhi emphasised many points in her inaugural address.
- Vajpayee Shoots Down Early Poll Balloon (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 13, 2003)
PM shows who’s boss, leaves it to Venkaiah to say: Elections only in Sept ’04
- Polls In Mind, Govt Herds Its Cow Bill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2003)
The Cabinet today approved two proposals which would give the BJP much to tom-tom about in the run-up to the Assembly elections. At a hastily-called meeting, the Cabinet okayed a Bill banning cow slaughter throughout the country and another granting state
- Crossing The Bhacchi Bridge (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 12, 2003)
The real tragedy in Kishtwar is the failure of the political establishment to affirm that the carnage there distinguishes little between Hindu and Muslim.
- China And India - Is Democracy The Defining Difference? (Business Line, Alok Ray, Aug 12, 2003)
The democratic system in India makes for slow and sometimes tortuous progress as it has to rely on consensus building. But this may turn out to be more stable and irreversible than what has happened in China
- A Vasco Da Gama, In Reverse (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 12, 2003)
There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip, but Shashank, the seniormost secretary in the MEA, is clearly hoping that his African journeys over the last few months will give him enough ballast to turn around the flag-embellished corner of South Block
- Governmental Audit System - A Prisoner Of Procedures? (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 11, 2003)
The Prime Minister's recent criticism of the government's audit system for making the executive a prisoner of procedure should provoke introspection by the CAG's auditors.
- Pm Lobs Quota Ball In Oppn Court (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Aug 11, 2003)
UPPER CASTE RESERVATION: Says he is game for a new law, wants its passage cleared by all parties
- Synchronising Elections (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Aug 11, 2003)
It is difficult to avoid the feeling that the proposal for fixed tenures for the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies is sought to be pushed through the back door after it failed to find takers from among the enlightened sections.
- Congress Lags Behind Eager Bjp (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 11, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani has everyone guessing about what lies behind his suggestion that Lok Sabha and assembly elections should be clubbed. Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat prepared the ground for the debate. Politicians rarely enunciate
- ‘i See Myself As A Courier Boy, Trying To Deliver My Father’s Message’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 11, 2003)
Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray’s son and anointed successor, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at the Gateway Of India in Mumbai. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk.
- Jaipur Spruced Up For Pm, Bhati Held (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
On the eve of Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee’s visit to Jaipur, the Rajasthan police today swung into action by arresting suspended BJP leader Devi Singh Bhati, folding up his tent where he was sitting on an indefinite hunger strike and ‘‘plotting’’ to
- The Shah Bano Legacy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
THE SHAH Bano case was a milestone in the Muslim women's search for justice and the beginning of the political battle over personal law. A 60-year-old woman went to court asking maintenance from her husband who had divorced her. The court ruled in her
- Sonia Rams Into Nda’s Records (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Aug 10, 2003)
In a curtain-raiser of sorts for the big fight ahead, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the party’s election campaign at a modest rally in East Delhi this evening, a day ahead of L.K. Advani’s Parivartan Rally.
- Track Ii Express Pulls Into Islamabad (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Aug 10, 2003)
In Islamabad, the air is thick with mohabbat. The largest ever delegation of Indian parliamentarians (31 in all) is visiting Pakistan as part of a conference organised by the South Asia Free Media Association and although the honourable members are soft
- Not Cricket (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2003)
Mumbai is divided. So is India. Tendulkar’s Ferrari 360 Modena, gifted to him by F1 champ Michael Schumacher, drove into the eye of a storm the minute it rolled off an Air France plane late Friday night. The Centre’s decision to waive the Rs 1.6 crore
- Two Celebrations (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Aug 09, 2003)
Today August 9 is the 61st anniversary of the “Quit India” movement launched in 1942 by Mahatma Gandhi. Despite my adoration for Bapu I am convinced his move was ill-conceived and untimely.
- A Badla On Lashkar-E-Toiba (Indian Express, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Aug 09, 2003)
The political furore that led to the resignation of Admiral John M. Poindexter and forced Pentagon to abandon launching an online futures trading market in which anonymous speculators would bet on possible terrorist events should not eclipse what was an
- Bjp’s Pre-Poll Jolt: A Scindia May Go (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2003)
It may well be the first red herring of poll season but reports that Yashodra Raje Scindia, Shivpuri BJP MLA and sister of BJP chief ministerial candidate for Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Scindia, had resigned from the party caused a flutter here today.
- Lok Sabha Polls: The Sooner The Better, Thinks Bjp (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 09, 2003)
Regardless of what Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh thinks, the BJP leadership is set on holding the general elections much before schedule and may go in for Lok Sabha polls as early as November 2003.
- House Stalled, George Says Can I Speak? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
An angry Opposition today stalled Lok Sabha, mounting a scathing attack on the Government and demanding privilege action against Defence Minister George Fernandes for denying the Public Acounts Committee (PAC) access to the Central Vigilance Commission...
- The Road Goes Uphill From Shimla (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 08, 2003)
At Shimla the Congress ostensibly reversed the decision it had taken in Pachmarhi in September 1998. The question at Pachmarhi, as at Shimla, was: Should the Congress open up for coalitions?
- Do A Doubletake On Women’s Quota (Indian Express, Rami Chhabra, Aug 08, 2003)
For years, the main crossing adjoining the AIIMS & Safdarjung Hospitals in New Delhi suffered horrendous traffic jams and accidents. Now, the flyover has redeveloped space in ways not visualized earlier. The physical base has creatively expanded without
- Modi Realises He Better Do Something (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2003)
Day before SC hears NHRC petition, Gujarat files appeal challenging verdict, blames trial court
- 79 Punjab Teachers With Fake Degrees Dismissed (Indian Express, ANJU AGNIHOTRI CHABA, Aug 08, 2003)
Seventy nine primary school teachers in Punjab have been dismissed after an Education Department inquiry revealed that their appointments were based on fake degrees.
- The Right And Wrong Of Strikes (Business Line, A. Seshan, Aug 08, 2003)
THE Supreme Court has pronounced that government employees do not have the right to strike work. In its judgment, it has taken exception to the widespread inconvenience suffered by the public when a large number of government staff go on strike. Trade
- It’s About Rule Of Law, Mr Modi (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 07, 2003)
Narendra Modi wants to dig out records of how India has dealt with riot and terrorism cases right from Independence. In his open letter to the president, Modi expresses the confidence that if such data is compiled state-wise and year-wise, it will expose
- Medical Colleges In A Wheeze (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 07, 2003)
THE mushrooming of medical colleges woefully lacking in both faculty and basic infrastructure came in for concerned attention in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, even as the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, said the Centre was al
- Shooting Down A Trial Balloon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2003)
THE CHIEF ELECTION Commissioner, J.M.Lyngdoh, has done the right thing by shooting down a trial balloon floated by the Deputy Prime Minister, L. K. Advani, on `synchronising' the conduct of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. As Mr. Advani put it ...
- Modi Note Should Go To President Kalam’s Trashcan, Says Oppn (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 07, 2003)
The President, under India’s parliamentary system, has no individual discretion on matters regarding governance and administration, and therefore Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s letter to President A P J Kalam is nothing short of a ‘‘distasteful
- Politics Of Farm Interest Rates (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 06, 2003)
In the context of the cap on farm loan interest rates announced by the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister, Sharad Joshi traces the history of the protection farmers in debt got even in pre-Independent India, and says that with agriculture becoming a
- What He Doesn’t Attach With Letter (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 06, 2003)
‘Best Bakery collapse exposes state govt’s hollow claims it will ensure justice’
- The Power Play In Nepal (Hindu, Ambrose Pinto , Aug 06, 2003)
The political parties (in Nepal) fear the king will make a deal with the Maoists and move them even further on to the margins of power.
- The Congress Slide From Shimla (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 06, 2003)
The Shimla excitement, unfortunately, lasted only a few days. And since then the Congress has relapsed into a strange paralysis.
- No Mere Dispute, It’s Aggression (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Aug 06, 2003)
When China invaded Tibet in 1950, the world wanted Nehru to rush to the defence of the monks. But he did not
- Pm Tells Mps: Do Not Subvert Justice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 06, 2003)
Cancelling all engagements, including a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today sat through a marathon discussion in Lok Sabha where Opposition members tore into his government, accusing it of
- Of Ram Temple And Elections (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 06, 2003)
Two statements by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and his deputy, Mr L. K. Advani, one on building the Ram temple at Ayodhya and synchronising Lok Sabha and Assembly elections virtually set the cat among the pigeons and the Opposition party
- Stable And Able? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2003)
The proposal to synchronise national and state polls deserves a full-fledged debate
- In A Mesopotamian Muddle (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Aug 05, 2003)
General Richard Myers, US military bossman, has come and gone. He said he did not discuss Indian troops for Iraq. Oh yeah. Like pigs have wings. Presumably he visited because he wanted to see our monsoon rains pouring down as relief from the arid wastes
- Pm Takes Emotional High Ground (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2003)
Mixing the personal with the political and injecting a strong dose of emotion, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today took on the Opposition, rejecting the charge of vacillating over Ayodhya. He said he would ‘‘quit’’ office but would not put up with
- Convergence Of Gasoline, Diesel Technologies - A Vision For The Next Decade (Business Line, B. S. Murthy, Aug 04, 2003)
EVs, fuel cell and hybrid vehicles may be the buzz in the auto industry but there is no getting away from conventional gasoline and diesel technologies. The focus now, therefore is to combine the best features of the two systems to develop an engine that
- No Proposal Yet, Says Ec (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2003)
Asserting that holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls was not possible under the existing Constitutional provisions, Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy today said they had not received any such proposal from the Government yet.
- Ayodhya, Polls Gather Storm Clouds (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 04, 2003)
In a bid to take the wind out of the gathering storm over his Ayodhya remarks, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today said there was no change in the Government’s stand on the Ayodhya dispute which he felt could only be resolved through a negotiated
- Pm May Wish He Never Promised ‘last Wish’ (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 03, 2003)
The BJP leadership, which was left isolated in face of concerted Opposition attack over the CBI chargesheet against Advani, Joshi, et al., in the first two weeks of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, is set to experience more of the same treatment, come
- ‘rituals Can Be Governed By Religion, But Rights Must Be As Per Constitution’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
Can the Deputy PM be treated differently than an ordinary citizen in the court of law? Can’t the Law Ministry or any concerned party place the entire chargesheet as a PIL before the appropriate court? Hasmukh A Mehta Every person irrespective of the
- Not Tired, Or Retired (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 03, 2003)
Ever since he snubbed Venkaiah Naidu promising that he was neither tired nor retired, Prime Minister Vajpayee seems to be re-invigorated. The latest evidence of the PM’s toughness was the way the normally-pugnacious Mayawati hastily backed down on her
- Calendar Politics (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani’s pitch for holding the forthcoming Assembly elections along with the general elections in the ‘‘first quarter’’ of 2004 appears practical on at least two counts: The BJP’s star campaigner, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee’s
- Advani Pitches For A Uniform Poll Code (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 03, 2003)
Lok Sabha, state polls together for better governance, he says; real reason could be to ensure lonely Cong pitted against allies
- Waiting For The Two (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 03, 2003)
All indicators point to a revival of the economy. No one will be happier than the BJP. In the five years that Atal Behari Vajpayee has been Prime Minister, he has been served by two Finance Ministers and three Ministers of Industry and Commerce.
- The James-Justice Test (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 02, 2003)
How would the Best Bakery picture now look from Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s exalted perch? With smoke still rising in rioting Gujarat he had openly, and emotionally, reminded Narendra Modi on his rajdharma. His deputy, L.K. Advani, has said often that what
- Woman Mayor To Take ‘war’ To Sonia (Indian Express, S. M. A. Kazmi, Aug 02, 2003)
Dehra Dun’s first woman Mayor is learning bitter lessons from none else than her own party’s state government. Despite being from the ruling Congress, which believes in giving more powers to local bodies and panchayats, Mayor Manorama Sharma has been
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