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- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2007)
The UPA and “Left” have formed a home-made panel to investigate the Indo-US Nuclear Deal. It includes some persons who are not members of either House of Parliament. And obviously it does not represent many recognised political formations in . . . .
- Buddha Mil Gaya (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Sep 08, 2007)
As part of a cultural and religious exchange programme, a strong contingent of 110 delegates from five Buddhists countries visited Bihar to re-discover the land of Buddha.
- India’S Growing Insensitivity (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 07, 2007)
A FOUR-and-a-half-year-old child dies in Simla on the Mall because the ambulance carrying him does not reach the hospital in time.
- Up To Get Its Very Own 'Grand Trunk Road' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Under the proposed project, flood control embankments running along the left bank of Ganga will be widened or built where they don't exist.
- Upa Brings Muslim Quota On The Table (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Sensing the inevitability of mid-term elections sooner rather than later, the UPA Government is believed to be working out reservation benefits for Muslims and Christians.
- Advani Slams Upa-Left Committee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Stepping up the attack on the nuclear deal, leader of the Opposition L K Advani today said the UPA-Left committee was an “insult” to Parliament, and urged the government to “recognise the perilous path on which they are obstinately set”.
- State Of Turmoil (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Sep 06, 2007)
Amid the continuing speculation about a mid-term poll at the Centre, one thing is certain: a state that is bound to experience the most political turmoil is Maharashtra.
- Tea Follows Opec, Ico, Anrpc (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
The decision to set up an International Tea Producers' Forum (ITPF) comes decades after the formation of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) and the Association of Natural . . .. . ..
- Polls In The Air, Upa Brings Muslim Quota On The Table (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
Sensing the inevitability of mid-term elections sooner rather than later, the UPA Government is believed to be working out reservation benefits for Muslims and Christians.
- 15-Member Panel On Nuke Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
The government tonight announced the composition of the key committee, to be headed by external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, to look into the concerns of the Left parties on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
- Pranab, Pc Likely To Be On N-Deal Panel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal will represent the Congress on the 15-member joint committee with the Left parties to discuss the India-US nuclear deal.
- Polls In The Air, Upa Brings Muslim Quotas On The Table (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Sensing the inevitability of mid-term elections sooner rather than later, the UPA government is believed to be working out reservation benefits for Muslims and Christians.
- Upa Nominees For Panel (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Sep 05, 2007)
The United Progressive Alliance on Tuesday announced the names of its nominees for the panel to discuss with the Left the implications of the India-U.S. civil nuclear deal and its impact on the foreign policy.
- 15-Member Nuke Panel Set Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Six days after reaching an interim truce with its make-or-break Left allies over the nuclear affair, the ruling Congress-led UPA tonight announced the constitution of a 15-member committee to look into the Left parties . . . .
- “The Approach To Planning Should Change” (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Sep 05, 2007)
Arjun Sengupta, chairperson of the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector, says planning has to occupy itself entirely with the improvement of the poor and vulnerable through social engineering. Excerpts from an interview:
- 15-Member Panel To Go Into Left's Concerns On N-Deal (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
A 15-member UPA-Left committee to go into the concerns raised by the government's outside allies on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal was announced here tonight by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee who will be its convenor.
- N-Panel In Place (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Even as the Left parties continued with their sabre rattling against the UPA government in general and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in particular over the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, the Centre late on Tuesday night announced a . . . .
- Pranab Convener Of N-Deal Panel (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday night announced the 15-member UPA-Left Committee that would to go into the concerns raised by the Left parties on the India-US civil nuclear deal. Pranab will be its convener.
- Upa Gets Cracking On Sachar Report (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Close on the heels of Left baring its strategy to target Congress's pro-Muslim credentials over the nuclear deal with US, the UPA government is seeking to gain an upper hand in the duel for minority positioning looking to operationalise key . . . .
- Polls In The Air, Upa Brings Muslim Quotas On The Table (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Sep 05, 2007)
Sensing the inevitability of mid-term elections sooner rather than later, the UPA government is believed to be working out reservation benefits for Muslims and Christians.
- Divide Up For Development (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 05, 2007)
The demand for a sub-division of Uttar Pradesh into Purvanchal by Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav deserves to be reflected upon. One member of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in 1955 had considered Uttar Pradesh to be unwieldy and had . . . . .
- Upa Brings Muslim Quotas On The Table (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Sensing the inevitability of mid-term elections sooner rather than later, the UPA government is believed to be working out reservation benefits for Muslims and Christians.
- Govt Announces 15-Member Committee On Indo-Us Nuke Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Government on Tuesday night announced the composition of the key committee, to be headed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to look into the concerns of the left parties on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
- Nda Tries To Rope In New Allies (Asian Age, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 04, 2007)
Convinced that snap polls are round the corner, the main Opposition BJP has decided to strengthen the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) by taking new allies on board.
- Clues In Candlelight (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Sep 04, 2007)
THE decisive moment in Indian politics comes not when leaders believe that they have convinced the electorate but when they are certain that they have convinced themselves.
- Up Bypolls: Bsp Eats Into Sp Turf, Gains 2 Seats (Indian Express, PIYUSH SRIVASTAVA, Sep 04, 2007)
In another setback for the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, the BSP succeeded in snatching the Swar Tanda (Rampur) and Farrukhabad seats from it in the bypolls held on August 31.
- N-Deal Panel To Be Announced Today (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
The political committee, which would address Left's concerns over India-US civil nuclear deal, is likely to have 14 members and could be announced on Tuesday.
- Dalit Anger (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2007)
THE murder of a Dalit youth in Gohana provoked a violent reaction from the community in the region. Nowadays any attack on Dalits or anything that represents their identity like the statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar is immediately followed by mob violence.
- A Thought For Muslims (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 03, 2007)
Forget for a moment selfish reasons that drive some to shed crocodile tears for Muslims. Also ignore the political calculations that normally go into taking up their cause.
- Sachar Report Action: Upa Clueless (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
With its eyes clearly on the Muslim votebank, the government may have unveiled its "followup" action on the Sachar Committee recommendations.
- Karnataka Government To Go Ahead With Chamalapura Thermal Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
Despite protests by farmers and local pepople, the Karnataka Government has decided to go ahead with the thermal power project at Chamalapura in Mysore district.
- Upa To Unveil N-Panel Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
A committee to address fears expressed by the Left parties over the nuclear agreement is likely to be announced on Monday. The panel is likely to comprise six members from the Left and eight from the UPA.
- Clues In Candlelight (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Sep 03, 2007)
The decisive moment in Indian politics comes not when leaders believe that they have convinced the electorate but when they are certain that they have convinced themselves.
- Mayawati Wants One More House (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Sep 03, 2007)
One had thought that after becoming Uttar Pradesh chief minister on her own steam, Mayawati would become more mature.
- Rjd Mp Finds Bovine Qualities In Shivraj (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
RJD MP Prabhunath Singh stunned the House this week by comparing Union home minister Shivraj Patil to a cow.
- Democracy Sans Parties Dangerous (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 03, 2007)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and the debate on its implication seemed to cover a lot of ground.
- Retail Reversal (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 03, 2007)
The UP government’s response to organised food retail is the symptom of a deeper malaise — the burgeoning agrarian crisis and failure of farm policy.
- Ode On Unbridled Rage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
Namdeo Dhasal's poetry is an outpouring of lava that lashes out at- what he sees as- an unjust and uncaring world.
- Democracy At Discount (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 03, 2007)
It had been India’s pride – rightly – to be the world’s most populous democracy. We would claim parity with the USA – acclaimed as the world’s “greatest” democracy – to be the largest in the category.
- Maya Culpa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
After a spectacular electoral victory and a fairly promising honeymoon with governance, matters of policy seem to be slipping out of control of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister.
- They Kill In The Name Of Mao (Pioneer, Prakash Singh, Sep 03, 2007)
Maoist Spring Thunder: The Naxalite Movement (1967-1972), Arun Prosad Mukherjee, KP Bagchi & Co, Rs 595
- We Never Said Deal On Hold: Pranab (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Sep 01, 2007)
A day after the UPA and the Left parties called a truce over the contentious Indo-US civil nuclear deal, external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee said it is incorrect to say the nuke deal has been put on hold.
- Govt To Go Aheal With Iaea Talks (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Sep 01, 2007)
The UPA Government will go ahead to hold talks with IAEA and NSG and would take all the other steps necessary to formalise the Indo-US nuclear deal. Only before the deal is operationalised, i.e., to put into effective implementation . . . . .
- Govt To Go Ahead With Iaea Talks (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Sep 01, 2007)
The UPA Government will go ahead to hold talks with IAEA and NSG and would take all the other steps necessary to formalise the Indo-US nuclear deal. Only before the deal is operationalised, i.e., to put into effective implementation . . . .
- Who’S Left? Who’S Right? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
I’m sorry if I’ve become a bit of a bore on the subject of the Left. And apologies for the second successive column on the same subject.
- Democracy Sans Parties Dangerous (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 01, 2007)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and the debate on its implication seemed to cover a lot of ground.
- Vokkaligara Sangha: Need For Renewed Commitment (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 01, 2007)
It is an irony that the financial vigour of the sangha has not meant much for the Vokkaliga community.
- Farm Draft A Way Forward: India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
India is sending a strong team to Geneva where talks on latest proposals on agriculture subsidy and market access will resume on September 3, although New Delhi has rejected the WTO text on the industrial goods.
- Road Rage (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2007)
By any yardstick, the reaction in Agra to the road accident will appear severe. It may even seem overwhelming to residents of cities that are learning to get used to the frequent spilling of blood on the streets.
- Deal Dilemma In Both Camps (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 31, 2007)
The breakthrough came suddenly before teatime, after a tense breakfast and lunch for Pranab Mukherjee and Sitaram Yechury.
- Ear To The Ground (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 31, 2007)
Pakistan is facing the consequences for being the fountainhead of mindless killing in the name of ‘jehad’.
- India Turns To China For Help On Glaciers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
Faced with the spectre of receding Himalayan glaciers wreaking havoc with regional ecology, India has taken up the issue with China for a joint solution to the problem of climatic change, the Rajya Sabha has been informed on Thursday.
- Of Rats And Toes (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 31, 2007)
For someone who now savours greasy cutlets dipped in pumpkin ketchup in his office in Delhi’s Rail Bhawan, Union Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav grew up eating rat meat. “Beri tasty,” he says while his advisors panic at his vivid description on how to . . . .
- Committee To Go Into Left Concerns (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Aug 31, 2007)
The Congress leadership has accommodated the Left parties’ concerns on the India-U.S. nuclear agreement by putting in place on Thursday a (political) committee to examine their objections as well to give the assurance that “the operationalisation . . . .
- Terror Will Put Our Citizen Quotient To Test (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Whether or not the government of India is doing so, the Times of India has got tough on terror.
- India May Lose Services Edge In Wto Bargain (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
In a move which could shrink India's negotiating space on service sector liberalisation at the WTO, members of the multilateral trade body have opted to delink talks on opening up sectors like finance, telecom and more visas for IT . . . . .
- Halt Talks With Iaea First: Left (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Left leaders on Wednesday said they would expect a formal announcement from the UPA government withholding negotiations with the IAEA on the Indo-US nuclear deal before they join the proposed mechanism to resolve the present stand off on the issue.
- Cong Mps Taunt Lalu For Not Fulfilling Promises (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad may have got accustomed to barbs from the Opposition benches, but on Wednesday he was on the receiving end of an angry outburst from a member of the Congress Party that leads the UPA Government of which his RJD is a part.
- The Right Prescription (Hindustan Times, Syeda Hameed, Aug 30, 2007)
Despite the thousands of crores we have spent on healthcare over the five-year plans and the amount we are putting aside for it in the 11th Five-Year Plan, a vast majority continues to suffer from illnesses and lack of proper medical care.
- Violence In Agra (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2007)
Wednesday's communal violence in Muslim-dominated areas of Agra is indicative of the fragile peace that prevails in many places across the country.
- Help Retail To Help Consumers (Pioneer, MC Joshi, Aug 30, 2007)
This refers to Kanchan Gupta's article, "To help retail, starve millions" (Coffee Break, August 26). The writer's concern for the people who have been affected by the entry of big companies in the retail sector may be justified, but some of the . . . . .
- Pm, Sonia Discuss Mechanism To Address Left's Concerns (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Ahead of the UPA-Left meet possibly on Thursday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Pranab Mukherjee and A K Antony on Wednesday discussed modalities of a proposed mechanism to address concerns of Left parties on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Haryana Violence Spreads (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Dalits protesting the murder of a Balmiki youth in Gohana battled the police in several Haryana towns on Wednesday.
- Late Response By Officials To Agra Violence (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
UP chief minister Mayawati’s claims of a "dramatic" improvement in the state’s law and order situation lay in shambles on Wednesday when the "laid-back" officials in Agra first allowed violence to escalate across the city and then failed to . . .
- Upa, Left To Firm Up 'N-Mechanism' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
UPA and the Left are expected to firm up on Thursday a mechanism to address the concerns of the allies which have insisted on government awaiting its findings before operationalising the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Victims Of System (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 30, 2007)
THE gunning down of a Dalit youth by three unidentified persons in Haryana’s Gohana town and the statewide bandh organised in protest against the incident on Wednesday once again highlight the plight of Dalits in the state. Violence against. . .
- Left Poses 6 Questions On Nuclear Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
After the first round of muscle flexing between the Congress and the Left parties, the communists have shifted gear.
- Traders Of Terror From Across Loc (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 29, 2007)
For the past 18 years, hardly a day has gone by without violence in Jammu & Kashmir.
- Nuclear Standoff (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 29, 2007)
The fate of the Union government hangs in the balance as the ruling UPA and the Left parties differ strongly on the India-U.S. nuclear deal.
- 20 Hurt In Police Cane-Charge (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
Tension that marked this sleepy township through the day finally ended late this night after the last rites of the Dalit youth Rakseh, alias Lara, were performed peacefully at 9.35 pm.
- India-Asean Fta Likely By November (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Aug 29, 2007)
Commerce Secretary G. K. Pillai on Tuesday said the India-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is likely to be signed at the forthcoming ASEAN Summit.
- Ap To Set Up Special Force (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Aug 29, 2007)
The Andhra Pradesh government will set up a special police force to exclusively deal with terrorist activities on the lines of Maharashtra model.
- India-Asean Trade Agreement Likely To Be Signed In November This Year (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
The India-Asean Free Trade Agreement is likely to be signed at the Asean Summit in November this year, Commerce Secretary G K Pillai said on Tuesday.
- Core Sector Financing Gets $5b (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
There is more money waiting to chase big infrastructure projects with the government ready with the $5 billion overseas wholesale banking company, billed as India's version of Temasek to lend funds to core sector projects.
- Market Slump And Inequality (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 29, 2007)
The slump in global stock markets since July has wiped out an estimated $5 trillion of wealth, five times the GDP of India.
- Greater Noida To Varanasi In Less Than 10 Hrs: 8-Lane Road Project Set To Roll (Indian Express, ANUBHUTI VISHNOI, Aug 29, 2007)
If the Mayawati government in her earlier term as Chief Minister came up with the ambitious 150 km-long Taj Corridor expressway from Greater Noida to Agra, this time she has made the big leap with plans for an eight lane access-controlled 850-km . . . .
- The Other Hyderabad Attack: 2 Bombs, 3 Probes, Both Hands Tied (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Aug 29, 2007)
At the Mediciti Hospital here today, five injured students from a Maharashtra engineering college who were at Lumbini Park on Saturday night and who survived the serial blasts that left 44 dead, were shown dossiers by the police in the hope that . . . .
- Of Political Stand-Offs And Opinion Polls (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 29, 2007)
In the backdrop of the standoff between ruling coalition partners on the India-US nuclear deal and a recent opinion poll on a range of issues, RASHEEDA BHAGAT takes a look at the implications for the common man and the small investor in the equity market.
- Conflict Over Divisions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2007)
Kerala and Tamil Nadu are again at loggerheads, this time over the bifurcation of a railway division.
- Jharia: A Town On Fire (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Aug 28, 2007)
When we say that such and such town is sitting on a powder keg, we mean that figuratively. But in the case of Jharia (Jharkhand), it is literally true. Coal burning uncontrolled underneath it has put a fiery question mark on the very existence of . . . .
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