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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Reading The Lines Of Future (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , May 09, 2006)
Anyone who can peep into time's womb wins instant respect. Whether it is the wandering woman with the clairvoyant parrot in the cage, or the man on the pavement with the magnifying glass who reads in the lines of the hand life's secrets, or the poll . . .
- Exit Jaya, Enter Mk, Polls Predict (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
After weeks of suspense over the outcome of the assembly poll and the fortunes of the fierce political rivals in the state, the DMK-led alliance’s formidable arithmetic appeared to have prevailed over the AIADMK chemistry, notwithstanding a large turnout
- Dangerous Liaisons (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 08, 2006)
Truce without solution bodes ill for N-east
The Naga problem begs solution or else the ceasefire, the terms of which expire on 31 July, seems headed for collapse.
- Ghisingh Back In The Mountain Mainframe (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 08, 2006)
As Darjeeling votes in the West Bengal Assembly polls today, its biggest leader returns to the spotlight touting a controversial autonomy proposal
- Of Hi-Tech, Low Efficiency, And Malls (Hindu, P. SAINATH, May 03, 2006)
India's development debate has actually regressed this past decade. A single, homogenised view of development is being shoved down from above.
- Campaign For Third Phase Of Polls Ends In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 02, 2006)
Fate of 85 candidates in 15 seats to be decided
UDF candidate in Koothuparamba beaten up
Mood upbeat in LDF camp in both districts
All booths under Election Commission scanner
- `The Ldf Wants To Distribute Poverty' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy followed a different tack during the campaign by highlighting development issues.
- 70 P.C. Vote In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
Second phase polls witness blast, incidents in Kozhikode district
- Roti, Kapada Aur Ctv! (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Apr 30, 2006)
The ongoing election campaign in a few states in southern and eastern India has seen political parties striking new lows by promising the moon to the electorate!
- The Man Of The Season (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2006)
V.S. Achuthanandan has caught the imagination of the public in a way few leaders have, says C. Gouridasan Nair
- Exit Poll Says Ldf Will Gain 58 Seats, Udf Lose 56 (Hindu, Renu Ramanath, Apr 30, 2006)
The India Vision-AC Nielsen Exit Poll conducted among the Kerala voters on Saturday predicted that the UDF share would go down to 37 seats.
- The National As Local (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Apr 29, 2006)
The Lok Sabha and the state assembly elections in India of the twenty-first century have all-India significance because neither the Congress nor the BJP, the two claimants for an all-India political space, are able to form a central government on . . .
- Count The Votes For Democracy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 29, 2006)
The outcome of the by-elections in Jammu and Kashmir proves that the hardy plant of democracy survives despite the jehadi challenge.
- The Debate Over Development (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Apr 27, 2006)
Politics has always overshadowed other issues in Kerala but in this election, development has received unprecedented attention.
- Policy Run Riot (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 27, 2006)
What does a government do when a judicial probe into the state’s worst instance of communal rioting yields proof of political and bureaucratic complicity? By the example of Kerala, as in so many other cases across India, it simply withholds the . . .
- Politics Of Pesticide (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
The plight of the victims of endosulfan and the failure of the Government to act are hot issues in Kasaragod, says Roy Mathew
- Vote For Development: Sonia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked the people of Kerala to give another mandate to the United Democratic Front (UDF) for the development of the state and fulfilment of the programmes that it had initiated.
- Will Live Ballots Revive A Dying Economy? (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Apr 25, 2006)
In the long-time UDF bastion of Wayanad, the agrarian crisis has transformed things. All have been affected.
- Sonia's Arrival Gives Boost To Udf Poll Campaign (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2006)
Big crowds attend her meetings in the State
- Today's Editorial: Caste Aside (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 21, 2006)
There is something refreshing about the current assembly polls in Kerala. Previously, election campaigns here revolved around caste and community loyalties and the ways and means to fix them.
- Karat: Assembly Polls Will Impact National Politics (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Apr 21, 2006)
Says progressive parties will gain strength to check Centre
- Manmohan: Turn Kerala Into A Knowledge Hub (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Says UPA took measures to ensure welfare of the minorities
- Wb, Kerala Set For Polls Tomorrow (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Four more southern districts of West Bengal go to the polls on Saturday in the second round of staggered assembly elections the ruling Left Front hopes to win hands down.
- Hectic Lobbying For Assam Cm’S Job (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The Congress’ decision not to project any of its leaders as chief ministerial candidate before the Assam election is going to fuel infighting within the party in the event the party emerges as the single largest group once the poll results are out . . .
- Allow Udf To Continue The Good Work: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked the people of Kerala to re-elect the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) to power in the State to continue the good work it had been doing during the last five years.
- The Shifting Minority Vote (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Major Muslim organisations have thrown their weight behind the LDF. C. Gouridasan Nair on what this means for the Kerala elections
- Kerala Headed Left, Decisively (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 20, 2006)
In politically volatile Kerala, where two to four per cent of the voters can make the difference between victory and defeat, the Left Democratic Front led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is poised to return to power with a decisive majority.
- Debating On The Future (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Apr 20, 2006)
As in Bengal, the election campaign of the CPI(M) in Kerala shows the deep rifts within the party on . . .
- Kerala Needs More Investments: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Brushing aside any speculation of Left parties troubling the UPA government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said LEFT were “valued allies” and any problems would be resolved in an amicable manner.
- ''Left Is Our Valued Ally'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Even pressures do good: Manmohan
- Left May Review Support To Upa After Polls: Brinda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The Left will most definitely make a fresh assessment of its support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre after the elections to the five State Assemblies, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat has said.
- "We Have Turned Around Kerala's Economy" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The former Kerala Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, has kept a low profile during the campaign for the Assembly elections. His indifferent health has prevented him from undertaking long election tours.
- "We Have Turned Around Kerala's Economy" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The former Kerala Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, has kept a low profile during the campaign for the Assembly elections.
- Assam: Peaceful Battle (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Apr 19, 2006)
All political parties barring the ruling Congress have predicted a hung Assembly in Assam.
- Kerala: Close Race (Frontline, R Krishnakumar, Apr 19, 2006)
In Kerala the main contest is between the traditional rivals, the UDF and the LDF, with the BJP nowhere in the picture.
- Cong Upbeat Despite Pre-Poll Surveys (Times of India, P K SURENDRAN, Apr 19, 2006)
With Kerala set to go to polls on Saturday, pre-poll surveys are predicting a win for the CPM-led Left Democratic Front. But that's not dampened the spirits in the Congress camp with United Democratic Front making a brave surge for the . . .
- Udf Has Emerged Front-Runner, Says Moily (Hindu, Girish Menon, Apr 18, 2006)
People are happy with the UDF Government's performance'
- How Blows The Wind? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 17, 2006)
Barring the death of a school teacher in the Bodo region and minor incidents in Karbi Anglong, the two-phase polls in Upper and Lower Assam were peaceful enough.
- Development Smokescreen In Kerala Elections (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Apr 17, 2006)
Kerala is a state that has prided itself on experimenting with and evolving ideologies, but no candidate seems to be fighting the elections on the ideological platform this time.
- Naxal Bid To Extend Sway In South Cause For Concern (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Apr 15, 2006)
Emphasis on planning on the lines of the military
Increasing attacks on rail infrastructure
Multiple attacks on police, security apparatus
Affected States to launch joint operations
- Pre-Poll Survey Lacks Credibility: Chandy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Dismissing a recent survey predicting a sweep by the CPM-led Left Democratic Front in Kerala in the three-phase Assembly elections, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said today that the situation was quite favourable to the Congress-led combine.
- Ravi’S Rough Ride (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 14, 2006)
Vayalar Ravi, cabinet minister for overseas Indian affairs, is rarely seen in Delhi.
- Congress: Survey Contrary To Reality (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Party questions methodology in Kerala
- Bearding The Kerala Lion In Its Den (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Apr 14, 2006)
The 59 constituencies in the six southern districts of Kerala that go to polls on 22 April, according to well-established tradition, decides the shape of the new Assembly.
- Italy Decides To Be Indecisive (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 13, 2006)
In the run-up to this week’s Italian elections, the Western European press was filled with tentative political obituaries of Silvio Berlusconi, in the wake of opinion polls that showed him trailing by a few percentage points.
- Left Democratic Front Set For Big Win In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
The Hindu-CNN-IBN Poll predicts 93-103 seats for LDF
- The Politics Of Water (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Severely depleted water resources will impact on the Kerala elections, with the focus on Plachimada, says G. Prabhakaran
- `Jamaat-E-Islami Offer Of Support To Ldf To Protect Vested Interests' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee leaders slam the outfit and the PDP
KPCC spokesperson says UDF does not consider PDP, Jamaat-e-Islami as fascist organisations
KPCC general secretary alleges that CPI(M) is trying to mislead the minorities on quota
- The Great Transformation (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Apr 12, 2006)
The author is professor of international relations and global politics, Delhi University
- Murali Puts Record Straight On Leadership (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
The DIC(K) leader says it is the prerogative of the Congress high command
- Congress Will Decide Udf Cm’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Democratic Indira Congress (Karuna- karan) president K Muraleedharan on Tuesday said the Congress, which was leading the United Democratic Front, would decide the Chief Minister if voted to power.
- Rebel Run Mars Poll Last Lap (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Violence in parts of volatile Karbi Anglong and minority-dominated Dhubri marred the second and final phase of polling in Assam today, which also saw a marginally lower turnout than in the first phase of elections on April 3.
- Over 70% Vote In Assam Final Phase (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Apr 11, 2006)
Stray violence in Karbi Anglong district
Ballot unit damaged, arrest of MLA ordered
AGP chief Brindaban Goswami and former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta among candidates in the fray
- Congress And Coalition Realpolitik (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Apr 11, 2006)
The outcome of the Assembly elections may have no direct impact on the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre, but the emerging situation has accentuated the pressure on the Congress.
- Achuthanandan Is Our Choice For Chief Minister: Paloli (Hindu, C. Gouridasan Nair, Apr 10, 2006)
Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener Paloli Mohammed Kutty has said that the Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan will certainly be the LDF's choice for Chief Minister if the Front wins the Assembly elections.
- Assam: Acid Test For A New Party (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Apr 10, 2006)
Cries of Imam Sahib zindabad can be heard as the two men walk towards the podium.
- Sonia Sword On Agp, Salve On Minorities (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
From Nagaon to Dhubri to Mangaldoi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today chanted the minority mantra everywhere in a final attempt to retain the party’s hold on a community whose votes could ultimately decide who will hold the reins at Dispur.
- Law And Order Has Broken Down' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
We will highlight the failure of the UDF Government to help farmers. The debts incurred by them resulted in 1,500 suicides.
- Migrants And Minorities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The scrapping of the IMDT Act has lent a new dimension to electioneering in parts of Assam, says Sushanta Talukdar
- Staring At An Electoral Meltdown (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Apr 05, 2006)
Last weekend, The Times of India published a report about a Congress-sponsored pre-election survey. It said the Congress would experience electoral meltdown in four of the five poll-bound states.
- Jd(s) Fields Rufus Daniel In Kovalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Neelalohithadasan Nadar resigns as MLA, to contest as Independent
- 68 Per Cent Polling Recorded In Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
65 of 126 constituencies covered in the first phase; rain affects voting in Guwahati
- Rebels: Congress Wields Carrot And Stick (Hindu, Girish Menon, Apr 04, 2006)
Some of them have already withdrawn from the fray
- India’S Parties Wooing Muslim Vote (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 04, 2006)
An estimated 55 percent of Assam’s electorate voted in Monday in the first phase of assembly elections, where balloting was held in 65 of the state’s 126 constituencies.
- Beyond The Rhetoric (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2006)
The Left is losing ground
- Independents Hold The Key In Rs (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Apr 04, 2006)
There has been no dramatic alteration in the overall composition of the Rajya Sabha after the recent biennial elections as the two major political formations - the UPA and the NDA - have registered only minor changes.
- Bold Initiatives Are Needed (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2006)
Notwithstanding the influence which the Left wields in public life and the academia, it is worth noting that it has always been a marginal force at the national level. Not only that, its influence is perceptibly on the wane.
- Abjure Violence, Manmohan Tells Youth (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Apr 03, 2006)
First phase of elections in Assam today
Manmohan campaigns for second phase
First phase to cover 65 constituencies
A total of 515 candidates in fray
- India’S Congress Party Faces Popularity Test In Assam Vote (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The northeast Indian state of Assam, wracked by insurgency for decades, goes to the polls on Monday in a vote seen testing public approval of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s policies almost two years after he took office.
- Assam Elections (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 01, 2006)
The political landscape in Assam since the 2001 assembly elections has undergone drastic changes, as a result of which all parties in the April fray enjoy long odds.
- Udf Promises Growth, Social Justice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Front manifesto adopts the slogan `Developed Kerala, no-poverty Kerala'
- Global Issues To Reflect On Polls: Pinarayi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Says IUML not interested in the welfare of the Muslim community
Accuses UPA Government of deviating from non-alignment policy
Says that Left's interventionist prowess has increased at the national level
- Renunciation And After (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 29, 2006)
That Sonia Gandhi's second `renunciation' in two years has breathed new life into the moribund Congress is there for all to see — in the . . .
- Uncertainty Ends (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 27, 2006)
Karunakaran and Achuthanandan salvage their positions
- Karunakaran, Cong Sign Election Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Swallowing its pride and all the abuses it had hurled at Congress leaders in the past two years, the Democratic Indira Congress (K) of veteran leader K Karunakaran finally inked an electoral understanding with the Congress-led UDF
- Achuthanandan To Be Fielded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
No other major change in list, says Karat
- Kerala Kerfuffle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 25, 2006)
The crisis that grips one of the flagship states of the Communist movement is getting increasingly intractable.
- All's Well That Ends Well (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 25, 2006)
Following the decision of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to let the Leader of the Opposition in Kerala, V.S. Achuthanandan, contest the Assembly election, the Left Democratic Front will have an undisputed, if not . . .
- Karunakaran Hints At Accepting Sonia As Leader (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2006)
Former Congress leader K Karunakaran on Wednesday indicated he was willing to accept Sonia Gandhi as his leader, saying he had not attacked her.
- It's Nothing But A Fight For Gaddi (The Economic Times, P R RAMESH, Mar 22, 2006)
“Expose and defeat mafia-linked men within the CPM
“Expose the men who are patronising the loot of Kerala’s natural resources
“Denial of a ticket to VS Achuthanandan will see the end of genuine Left movement in Kerala
“Pinarayi Vijayan is the favour
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