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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Cong Releases First List, Hopeful Of Alliance In Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2007)
The Congress bid to stitch up a viable coalition on its own terms for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls has apparently failed ~ at least for the first phase of elections scheduled for 7 April ~ even though the party is still . . .
- Dyfi Protests Against `Diversion' Of Tsunami Relief Fund (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2007)
Activist of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) took out a march to the Collectorate here on Wednesday in protest against the alleged diversion and misappropriation of the tsunami relief fund during the term of the previous United . . .
- Budget An Alternative Line To Upa's Neo-Liberal Policies: Ldf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2007)
Opposition says the budget lacks direction
Centre's economic policies fail to address people's problems, says CPI(M)
Congress says the budget draws a lot from Central schemes for farm and allied services
- No Alliance Formed For Up Polls: Congress (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2007)
Congress on Friday scotched reports of forming an alliance with like-minded parties for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
- Interview: Mulayam Singh Yadav (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 06, 2007)
Mulayam Singh Yadav's wrestling skills are often recalled by Samajwadi Party (S.P.) activists when he and the party face political crises.
- No Insurgent Camps, Dhaka Assures Delhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2007)
Bangladesh today assured India that it would not provide refuge to ultras fleeing from the North-East and to take effective steps to check infiltration from its side even as it maintained that no camps of Indian insurgents existed on its soil.
- Bangladesh Promises India All Help Against Insurgents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2007)
Developmental activities within 150 yards of border allowed
To cooperate against smuggling of drugs, cattle across border
List of fugitives given by India "outdated"
- Kerala Government Promises New Deal In Agriculture Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2007)
2007-08 will be observed as Harithavarsham, Governor tells Assembly
- Kerala Plans Commission To Identify `Creamy Layer' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2007)
The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to appoint a permanent commission to recommend the criteria for identifying the `creamy layer' among the Backward Classes for exclusion from reservation benefits.
- Assam Coalition Under Strain (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2007)
All is not well in the marriage of convenience between the Congress and the Bodoland People’s Progressive Front.
- Pdp’S Demand For Special Cabinet Meeting Turned Down (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2007)
The PDP leadership has made it clear that it is not pressing for the instant demilitarisation in Jammu and Kashmir.Instead it favours gradual withdrawal of troops so that land and houses,including orchards, occupied by the security forces are . . .
- The Invisible Election (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 14, 2007)
Today Manipur will vote in the second phase of assembly polls. What are the issues? What makes this poll different from those in the past?
- State Yet To Utilise Half Of ’06-07 Plan Outlay (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2007)
While the Vilasrao Deshmukh government is basking in the glory of getting the annual plan of Rs 20,200 crore approved by the Planning Commission, the opposition is asking all the right questions about utilisation of funds.
- Manipur First Phase Polls Today (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Feb 08, 2007)
Manipur will go to the first phase of Assembly elections on Thursday amid tight security as underground outfits continued to target candidates.
- Resurgent Saffron Retains Mumbai (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Feb 03, 2007)
Silencing its critics, the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance on Friday succeeded in retaining its control over its stronghold municipal corporations of Mumbai and the neighbouring Thane, while it was showing sure signs of capturing power in the civic bodies of. . .
- Gorakhpur’S Footprint On Pre-Poll Up (Indian Express, Darshan Desai, Feb 02, 2007)
It can even be termed ‘a run-of-the-mill riot’. Marriage party revellers in Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh clash with participants of a Moharram procession over a trifle. One of them gets killed, some vehicles are burnt, some shops torched.
- Hampshire Primaries: America’S Unique “Retail Politics” (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Jan 30, 2007)
Let me start with a confession. I love the American New Hampshire primary. For me it’s a wonderful interlude of retail politics, where candidates are forced to go up close and personal with small groups of voters.
- Focus On Raising Revenue: Isaac (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2007)
Finance Minister holds pre-budget discussions in Kozhikode city
- Hillary Hits Campaign Trail (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2007)
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has taken her bid to become the first female US President to Iowa, where the party will hold its first election to pick the 2008 candidate.
- Kerala To Amend Rules To Regulate Temple Authority (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2007)
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government will tighten the rules of the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB), the governing body of Kerala's temples, through an ordinance, which was cleared by the LDF here Saturday.
- Krishna Iyer Releases Book On Education (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2007)
Former Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer has called for a campaign against commercialisation of education. He was releasing a book on education, written by Kerala Minister for Education M.A. Baby, here on Saturday.
- Trouble In Red Paradise (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Jan 25, 2007)
Kerala’s communists could take a lesson from their comrades in Bengal on how to keep the flock together, writes Sumanta Sen
- Impending Storm (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 25, 2007)
No emigrant worker was killed in Assam, as made out by the media and even some government functionaries. All those killed and hundreds who fled were Indians working in their own country.
- Politics Over Rape In Up (Asian Age, Amita Verma, Jan 23, 2007)
With elections round the corner, politicians tend to find politics in every issue — even in the tragic rape of two young girls.
- Congress Against Ordinance For Education Council (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2007)
The Congress has opposed the State Government's moves to establish a higher education council through an ordinance.
- Minister Meets Victims Of Alleged Gang Rape In U.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2007)
Under fire on the issue of the alleged gang rape of two inmates of Madrasa Jamiat-us-Salehat Islam under the Kareli police station area in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday launched damage control measures.
- Hillary Bids For White House (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Jan 21, 2007)
Senator Hillary Clinton, long regarded as a Democratic front-runner for the 2008 US presidential race, formally jumped into the fray on Saturday, announcing on her website: "I'm in and I'm in to win."
- White House, Democrats In ‘Sound-Bite War’ On Iraq (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2007)
Intensifying a war of words over a US troop buildup in Iraq, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President George W Bush of playing politics with soldiers' lives, a charge the White House called ''poisonous.''
- Ulfa Asks Hindi Speaking People To Leave Assam (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2007)
Ulfa has asked the Hindi-speaking people to leave Assam. Ulfa, in its mouthpiece ‘Freedom’ has stated: “We have appealed to the Hindi-speaking people to leave because of the conflict in Assam, which is against colonial India.
- Bukhari’S Udf Wants Tieup With Sp (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jan 20, 2007)
The United Democratic Front (UDF), a conglomeration brought together to address minority and dalit issues, is keen to ally with the Samajwadi Party for the forthcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh.
- Draft It Policy Ambiguous, Says Oommen Chandy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 19, 2007)
Says the policy is silent on several issues
- Massacre Of Bihari Migrants (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Jan 19, 2007)
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) states in its fortnightly publication Freedom:
- Government Trying To Help Spirit Lobby: Sudheeran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2007)
The Left Democratic Front Government has diluted the goonda Act by exempting certain `Abkari' crimes from its purview to help the spirit lobby, the senior Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran said here on Wednesday.
- Cooling The Hills (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Jan 18, 2007)
A few years ago, when some over-enthusiastic Naga students publicly punished Bihari labourers in Kohima for carrying inner line permits, an exodus of these workers began from Nagaland.
- High Court Orders Cbi Probe In Lavalin Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2007)
Says LDF Government cannot reverse decision
- Snc Lavalin Case: Cbi Probe Ordered (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2007)
Government cannot reverse decision of UDF dispensation: Kerala High Court
- Court Asks Cbi To Probe Kerala Power Scam (Arab News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2007)
Kerala’s eight-month-old Left Democratic Front (LDF) government suffered a setback yesterday after the Kerala High Court asked a federal agency to probe a power deal during its previous tenure.
- Not Worried About Cbi Probe: Pinarayi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has said that neither his party nor the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is worried about the Kerala High Court verdict for an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation . . .
- Supplyco Managing Director Shifted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2007)
Minister defends CBI inquiry
- Up’S Fledgling Muslim Fronts Already On Verge Of Collapse (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Jan 10, 2007)
In a development that will bring some cheer to ‘secular’ parties banking on maximum Muslim support in the UP elections later this year, two Muslim Fronts set up seven months ago — the People’s Democratic Front (PDF) and United Democratic Front . . .
- Biharis Start To Flee Assam (Asian Age, Manoj Anand, Jan 09, 2007)
Hundreds of Hindi-speaking non-Assamese people started fleeing Assam as United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) militants continued to target Hindi-speaking people, killing two and injuring eight others in two fresh attacks in Guwahati city and in . . .
- Nearly 50 Killed In String Of Shootings Blamed On Separatists In India's Northeast (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2007)
Suspected separatist rebels fatally shot 13 sleeping migrant workers before dawn Saturday, the latest in a two-day series of attacks that killed 48 people in India's remote northeast, officials said.
- Advantage Saffron Camp: Ncp, Cong To Go Solo In Thane (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2007)
The ruling alliance of the Shiv Sena and BJP in Thane Municipal Corporation has a reason to rejoice on Sunday with the seat-sharing talks between the Congress and NCP failing and both the parties deciding to go it alone for the February 1 civic polls.
- Why Mumbai's Municipal Elections Count (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 30, 2006)
For Mumbai's citizens, the elections are a chance to assert their right to better governance. For the major political parties, this is virtually a mini State election.
- Decoding Musharraf-Speak (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Dec 23, 2006)
The softening of the stance by Musharraf on J&K is a good sign. India should make good use of it to solve the problem.
- Gowda Dissolves Kerala Unit Of Jd(s) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2006)
On the eve of a meet by dissident leaders
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2006)
The winter of 2006 has been dramatic for the monarchies of South Asia. In a week that witnessed the virtual eclipse of the institution in Nepal, the king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuk, has taken the momentous first step in the kingdom’s . . .
- Druk Air (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2006)
The winter of 2006 has been dramatic for the monarchies of South Asia. In a week that witnessed the virtual eclipse of the institution in Nepal, the king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuk, has taken the momentous first step in the kingdom’s transition . ..
- Assam: Politics Of Migration (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Dec 21, 2006)
Minority communities fear a backlash after the striking down of the Foreigners (Tribunals for Assam) Order.
- Worrying Signals (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 20, 2006)
Year 2006 saw a consolidation of the trend, discernible since 2002, of decreasing militancy-related violence in Meghalaya.
- Udf Not To Admit Ncp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2006)
Meeting did not discuss KC (Jacob)'s plea to rejoin front
- Train Blasts, Dalit Fury, Suicides Kept State On The Boil (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2006)
Dalit fury in the wake of Khairlanji killings, rising incidents of farmers’ suicides, assassination of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and the July 11 serial train blasts kept Maharashtra in the news headlines for much of 2006.
- Train Blasts, Dalit Fury, Suicides Kept State On The Boil (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2006)
Dalit fury in the wake of Khairlanji killings, rising incidents of farmers’ suicides, assassination of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and the July 11 serial train blasts kept Maharashtra in the news headlines for much of 2006.
- Bhutan’S Inheritance Of Loss (Indian Express, Mathew Joseph C., Dec 15, 2006)
Bhutan has perhaps been the only South Asian country to be untouched by terrorism.
- The New Muslim Vote (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Dec 13, 2006)
Parliament sacrificed yet more business hours over Opposition-alleged and treasury-defended prime ministerial prescriptions on how to spend welfare funds.
- Harvest Of Prosperity (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Dec 13, 2006)
Far-sighted policies and imaginative adaptations have revolutionised the agriculture and horticulture sectors.
- Environmental Fundamentalism Affecting Industrialisation: Karim (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2006)
Stone for mini-port and container terminal laid at Nattakom
Says Government committed to bringing more investment
Flays bureaucracy for negative attitude
- Ruling Front Shows Ncp The Door (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2006)
LDF convener Vaikom Viswan says decision was unanimous
- Caution Against Government Decision On Ncdc Loans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2006)
Coop marketing societies forum expresses concern
- A Vision For Development (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2006)
Pawan Chamling is the first Chief Minister of the State to speak of "emotional integration" of Sikkim with the national mainstream.
- Enforcing Silence In Khairlanji (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Dec 11, 2006)
There are serious allegations that democratic protest and social activism are being curbed in the wake of the Khairlangi murders.
- Mixed Bag (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 09, 2006)
Both the Congress and BJP have gained and lost.
- Foreigners Issue To The Fore In Assam (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Dec 08, 2006)
State poised to witness flurry of political activity centring on apex court verdict.
- Ldf Retains Thiruvambadi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2006)
CPI(M) nominee defeats IUML candidate by a slender margin of 246 votes
- Kerala: Ldf Scrapes Through (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2006)
The CPM-led Left Democratic Front which captured power from the UDF in Kerala six months ago with a brute majority has only scraped through the by-election held to the Thiruvambady assembly seat in Kozhikode.
- Govt Wins Trust; Oppn Mlas (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2006)
The Congress-NCP led Democratic Front government and the Shiv Sena-BJP Opposition on Thursday struck a ‘deal’ in the Maharashtra Assembly to facilitate business of the stalled House.
- The Indian Vote (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 06, 2006)
How often in recent history has the Supreme Court provided direction, logic and a moral basis for policy when the executive has been purposely directionless, illogical and amoral?
- Bangla Blockade Resumes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2006)
President Iajuddin Ahmed met separately with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khaleda Zia and Awami League (AL)-led 14-party alliance leader Sheikh Hasina failed to resolve differences which saw a resumption of blockade of Dacca.
- Dalit Rally Foiled In Nagpur (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 05, 2006)
Unprecedented police concentration; roads barricaded
- 84.11 Per Cent Turnout In Thiruvambadi Bypoll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2006)
No untoward incident; unprecedented security cover
Polling continued till 6 p.m. in some booths Voting percentage was 76.56 in the May elections
- Bangla Tribal Chief Threatens Guerrilla War (Deccan Herald, Hassan Shahriar, Dec 03, 2006)
Bangladesh’s Chakma tribes people observed the ninth anniversary of the Chittagong hill Tracts Peace Accord on Saturday by holding protest rallies and issuing a warning that they would take up arms again if vital clauses of the agreement were not . . .
- No Let-Up In Crime Against Women In Kerala, Says Vs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2006)
Co-mrade V S Achuthanandan promised to “handcuff and parade” sex racketeers and those harassing women when he led the Left Democratic Front’s victorious election campaign in March-April this year.
- Bengal Blast Slur On Ndfb (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2006)
An arrested member of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) was the “lynchpin” of the militant squad that triggered the November 20 train explosion at Belakoba in North Bengal, Assam police said today.
- Protests Expose Democratic Front Faultlines (Times of India, S Balakrishnan, Dec 01, 2006)
The widespread violence in Maharashtra precipitated by the desecration of a statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar in faraway Kanpur has exposed the faultlines in the Democratic Front government.
- Get Going (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 28, 2006)
Nothing emboldens a rebel group more than a government’s lack of strategy to tackle it or even the appearance of it.
- Elamaram Kareem, Minister For Industries (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2006)
Interview with Elamaram Kareem, Minister for Industries.
- Still Here (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 23, 2006)
West Bengal’s chief minister is certain about two things.
- No-Trust Move Against Lf Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 21, 2006)
Congress(l) and Trinamool Congress today jointly moved a no confidence motion at the state assembly against the Left Front government which the speaker, Mr Hashim Abdul Halim had admitted.
- Assertion At Last (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 18, 2006)
CIC cracks the whip on UPSC
It may be difficult to fathom which of the two commissions is more opaque in its functioning ~ the Central Information Commission or the UPSC.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 18, 2006)
It may be difficult to fathom which of the two commissions is more opaque in its functioning ~ the Central Information Commission or the UPSC.
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