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Articles 9021 through 9120 of 26693:
- Berth For Stalin In Team Mk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
After having kept Stalin out of his previous two Ministries from 1989 to 91 and from 1996 to 2001, he has included him, thus preparing him for a smooth succession.
- Minority' Dmk Government Will Not Last Even One Year: Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
O. Paneerselvam elected leader of the AIADMK legislature party
She says the party men advised her against attending the Assembly recalling the incidents in the House on March 25, 1989
`The new DMK Government would ruin the State's economy just as the
- Dmk Scored Over Aiadmk In Direct Contests Too (Hindu, T. Ramakrishnan, May 13, 2006)
Of 96 constituencies won by DMK, 81 were captured by defeating AIADMK
- Pdp In Search Of Identity (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 13, 2006)
A story is much in circulation these days. This refers to late National Conference leader Mirza Afzal Beg's penchant for waving green flag or handkerchief at public meetings during his days with the Plebiscite Front.
- Crime And Clout (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 13, 2006)
There are conflicting opinions even within the Bihar administration on the . . .
- Gogoi Laughs Loudest (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 13, 2006)
Irrespective of the Assam assembly election results not being decisive, the Congress has reason to congratulate itself . . .
- Much Embarrassed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 13, 2006)
It was significant that on the very day the curtain dropped on a major poll exercise (only technicalities remained for the process to officially . . .
- Southern Style (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 13, 2006)
Exactly ten years to the day, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader, M Karunanidhi, took over as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister from J Jayalalithaa.
- Delhi Docs Strike Work (Pioneer, Veena Sunderam, May 13, 2006)
Resident doctors of all city hospitals, except Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital struck work on Friday evening and went on a 24-hour strike as an expression of solidarity with the medical students protesting the OBC quota proposal moved by HRD Minister . . .
- Pakistan Is Not A Failed State Yet (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, May 13, 2006)
It must be very baffling for the common man in Pakistan to be told one day that his country is doing a marvellous job in fighting the global terrorism, and next day he is told that his country is a cradle of terrorism.
- Tatas Set To Choose Bengal (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Formal announcement likely in next few weeks
Location hunting
Tata Group visited several locations in West Bengal to identify a site.
Officials had visited Kharagpur earlier, and later also visited Sankrail and Uluberia in Howrah district and . . .
- Politics And Police Appointments (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, May 13, 2006)
Choice of a clean and upright officer is an aberration. Fortunately aberrations are becoming the order of the day.
- On Rae Bareli And Sycophancy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 13, 2006)
There was never any doubt that Sonia Gandhi would regain her Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat, which she gave up on the office of profit issue.
- "We Are Looking Forward To Increased Cooperation With India In Space" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, May 13, 2006)
Nasa chiefMichael Griffinspeaks on India-U.S. collaboration, the quality of ISRO's work, and training astronauts.
- The Doctrine Of Separation Of Powers (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, May 13, 2006)
Notwithstanding Mrs. Sonia Gandhi's "dilemma" on the question of her return as the chairperson of the high-profile National Advisory Council (NAC),
- Economics Has A Way Of Catching Up With Populist Politics (Business Line, D. Murali , May 13, 2006)
There is indeed free in politics, so much so, that debate is not on whether, but which `free' is all right. But, eventually, economics catches up. Three reads provide a perspective on the politics and economics of reforms, federalism and regionalism.
- Bodo Kingmaker Quotes A Price (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
The Bodoland People’s Progressive Front (Hagrama), the kingmaker, has quoted the price for supporting a Congress-led government in the state.
- Nepal Detains Five Former Ministers (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, May 13, 2006)
Nepal detained five ministers in the former royalist government on Friday, bowing to demands of pro-democracy activists to act against those responsible for a crackdown on popular anti-monarchy protests.
- Good Work By Poll Panel (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , May 13, 2006)
In the wake of the Assembly elections, the spotlight has turned to, among other things, the way the Election Commission did its work.
- ‘At Cry, We Look At Root Causes’ (Deccan Herald, Sarjit Ramesh, May 13, 2006)
When Ingrid Srinath, CEO of Child Rights and You (CRY), says name change is a big thing, it has the effect of a rallying cry. For CRY is on the cusp of change, the R changed in March from ‘Relief’ to ‘Rights’.
- Why Osama Lives On (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 13, 2006)
How mad can madness become? Read Messages to the World to know of Islamic religious fervour.
- How To Defeat The Left In Bengal (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, May 13, 2006)
You insult a Bengali at his own peril because he or she responds by voting the Communists back.
- Tell-Tale Site (Business Standard, T N Ninan, May 13, 2006)
“Congratulations to Smt Sonia Gandhi for leading the Congress Party to Victory in the Lok Sabha Elections 2004”.
- Reservation Reality (Business Standard, Devangshu Datta, May 13, 2006)
Give a man a fish and he is hungry again tomorrow; give him a rod and teach him how to fish and he’s set up for life. That old truism holds just as true in the reservation debate as it does in any other. In fact, it is at the heart of caste-based . . .
- Watershed In Tn (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 13, 2006)
It was a contest between chemistry and arithmetic
- Chandy Resigns As Kerala Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Following the UDF’s debacle, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy submitted his resignation to Governor R L Bhatia on Friday morning.
- Three Nepal Royalist Ministers Arrested (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Nemesis finally began catching up with King Gyanendra’s key accomplices, with the new government of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Friday arresting . . .
- Pride And Prejudice (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, May 13, 2006)
The state should remember it has a responsibility to all citizens not only to some
- Left's Dilemma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 13, 2006)
The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front's victory in the Kerala Assembly election in which it has bagged 98 seats, compared to the Congress-led United Democratic . . .
- First Look: Celebrating Sonia's Win (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
It is celebration time at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi as Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi won the Rae Bareli byelection by a huge margin on Thursday.
- The Index Of Development (Pioneer, KPS Gill, May 13, 2006)
The total unreality of the planning and budgeting processes in India, at both the Centre and in the States, is astonishing, and tragically out of sorts with the realities of the ground.
- Budhia Runs The Gauntlet (Pioneer, Navneet Anand, May 13, 2006)
It is not for nothing that India is known as a land of contradictions.
- Fundamentally Sound (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 13, 2006)
India can be justifiably proud of having got 173 of the 191 votes to become a member of the new 47-member United Nations . . .
- Lanka’S Hour Of Reckoning (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 13, 2006)
With the military and the rebels engaged in pitched battle, Sri Lankans once again find themselves being sucked into a vortex of violence.
- The Monolith Of Failed Promises (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, May 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court's observation, over-ruling its previous judgement against raising the height of the controversial Sardar Sarovar . . .
- A Time For Growing Up (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, May 13, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s campaign for re-election from Rae Bareilli brought back for me memories of why, ever since I became a political journalist, I have opposed dynastic democracy.
- Guaranteeing Work (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, May 13, 2006)
Social monitoring is necessary to realise the transformatory potential of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
- Friend Of India (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 13, 2006)
With the passing away of the Pulitzer prize winning former editor of the New York Times, Abraham M Rosenthal, on May 11, India has lost yet another friend shortly after the demise of John Kenneth Galbraith in Massachusetts on May 1.
- The Biggest Losers In The Election Are... (OutLook, T V R Shenoy, May 13, 2006)
The headlines are devoted to the winners on the morrow of elections. But it may be just as instructive to cast an eye on the losers.
- Palestine Starving (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 13, 2006)
Israeli and Western governments are denying the Palestinian Authority funds after the Hamas victory in the elections.
- Rumsfeld's Ways (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, May 13, 2006)
The Defence Secretary has argued for a high-tech U.S. military with limited manpower, with personnel from "allied powers" bearing the arms.
- Green Signal For Reds (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2006)
Althoug few doubted that the Left, particularly the CPM, would win the assembly elections in Kerala and . . .
- Karunanidhi To Take Oath As Cm On May 13 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
A 31-member Ministry, headed by DMK President and Chief Minister-designate M Karunanidhi, will assume office in Tamil Nadu tomorrow.
- Durrani’S Disclosure (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
FEDERAL Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani has described the “Charter of Democracy”, likely to be signed by Mian Nawaz Sharif and Ms Benazir Bhutto on May 14, as political adventurism of the two former prime ministers . . .
- Anti-Quota Medicos Face Teargas, Water Cannons (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, May 13, 2006)
Hours after they made the announcement to intensify the fight against reservation for OBCs in higher education, medical students took to the streets in the Capital demanding the Prime Minister’s intervention on the issue. Medical services in the . . .
- Ima Supports Doctors' Stir, Health Services In Tailspin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Expressing solidarity with medical students in their anti-quota agitation, Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday asked resident doctors and faculty associations in hospitals in Delhi to go on a 24-hour strike with immediate effect and called a . . .
- Assam Outcome (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 13, 2006)
The ground has shifted from under Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s feet, but not perhaps as much as he might have feared. No party has managed a majority in Assam’s 126-member Assembly, but the ruling Congress has got close enough to be confident . . .
- Interview (Frontline, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 12, 2006)
What is your reaction to the G.P. Koirala government's ceasefire offer and its decision to remove the terrorist tag from the Maoists?
- Saarc To Declare War On Terrorism (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Home Minister's conference on Friday adopted a set of nine decisions to fight out militancy and drug trafficking in the region by reactivating concerned institutions and sharing information and . . .
- Interview: (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 12, 2006)
To what factors do you attribute your record victory from Bhaderwah?
It was a triumph for the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, and its policies.
- Pondicherry: Cong Retains Power (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The Congress-led Democratic Progressive Alliance retained power in the Pondicherry, winning 17 of the 25 seats declared by 1300 hrs.
- Friend Of India Wants To Scuttle N-Deal (Rediff on the Net, Aziz Haniffa, May 12, 2006)
While United States Congressman Tom Lantos, the senior-most Democrat on the powerful House International Relations Committee, is supportive of the India-US civilian nuclear agreement and has pledged to lead the charge for approval of the legislation . . .
- Sonia Gandhi's Victory Gives Congress Leaders Something To . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
They are happy that the BJP has suffered setbacks in three States
- Orientalism And Its Discontents (Frontline, Shelley Walia, May 12, 2006)
The book ignores the rigour of Edward Said's work and his explorations of critical issues of cultural representation.
- After 6 Years, Pondicherry Is Back In Coalition Mode (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Like neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the Union territory of Pondicherry too got into a coalition mood after a gap of six years with Congress-led Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA) winning 20 of the 30 assembly seats which went to polls on May 8.
- Sonia Rejects Call To Be Pm | Poll Results (Rediff on the Net, Onkar Singh, May 12, 2006)
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today reprimanded party leader and former Chattisgarh chief Minister Ajit Jogi for initiating a campaign urging her to take over as prime minister and appoint her son Rahul as the party general secretary.
- Poll Projections Come True (Hindu, Sanjay Kumar, May 12, 2006)
The broad political picture projected byThe Hindu-CNN-IBN polls has proven to be correct.
- For Human Rights Protection, A New Beginning (Hindu, Jorge E. Taiana, May 12, 2006)
Argentina (along with India and 45 other countries) was elected by the U.N. General Assembly as one of the member states to the Human Rights Council, the new United Nations body that will replace the Commission on Human Rights established in 1947.
- Two-Thirds Majority For Ldf In Kerala (Hindu, Roy Mathew, May 12, 2006)
5.65 percentage point difference between two fronts; seven Ministers of Oommen Chandy Cabinet lose
- Time To Deliver On Promises (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 12, 2006)
Regaining power is easier than retaining it. The victory of the Democratic Progressive Alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is essentially a vote for change in Tamil Nadu.
- Election Outcome Positives (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 12, 2006)
Few popular contests in recent memory have been as interesting, as instructive, and as productive of democratic positives as the April-May 2006 round of Assembly elections.
- Dmk Manifesto Hero Of 2006 Poll (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Just before campaigning started in Tamil Nadu for the assembly election, it was a foregone conclusion that J Jayalalithaa would return to power, a feat achieved only by M G Ramachandran in the past.
- Un Human Rights (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 12, 2006)
The recently established UN Human Rights Council, the more streamlined successor to the Commission on Human Rights, is set to become functional next month following the election of 47 member states, including Pakistan, through an outright-majority . . .
- Brown’S Balancing Act (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 12, 2006)
Gordon brown's interview with BBC was an illustration of the delicate balancing act that the chancellor is compelled to play in Labour’s internal politics as the pressure mounts for Tony Blair to step down sooner rather than later.
- ‘Look Before You Don’T Leap’ (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
The strife-ridden battleground of Indian politics has entered a phase of curious and paradoxical stalemate: the government is ceding space but there is no one to occupy it.
- Pakistan In The Unhrc (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 12, 2006)
Pakistan's election to the newly formed UN Human Rights Council has been criticised by international human rights organisations which are against the inclusion of countries known to violate human rights.
- India’S Communists Emerge Main Winners In State Polls (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
India’s Marxists scored two significant electoral victories on Thursday, tightening their grip on power in their West Bengal bastion and defeating a Congress-led alliance in the southern state of Kerala.
- Bjp Not Happy With Kerala Show (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, desperately trying to open its account in Kerala, termed its rout in the state as an “utter disappointment”.
- Cong Watch Out! Left Coming With Hammer & Sickle (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, May 12, 2006)
While the results of the five Assembly polls were along expected lines, the extent of Left domination is bound to send alarm bells ringing within the Congress and disturb the delicate balance of power in the Manmohan Singh Government.
- Not Surprising (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
Barring the Red tidal wave that has swept the CPI(M)-led Left Front to an unprecedented seventh consecutive victory with an unexpected majority in West Bengal, there is nothing startling about the results of the recent Assembly elections.
- Shifting Balance Of Power (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, May 12, 2006)
The strong showing by the Left Front in West Bengal and Kerala Assembly elections, and the DMK in Tamil Nadu, will have an impact on the power balance in the Congress-led UPA Government.
- The Essential Struggle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
Civil war may look atrocious, but it is the only way that can lead to peace in Iraq, as history has shown elsewhere, says Edward Luttwak.
- Valley Of Death And Despair (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
Pranab Mukherjee must be applauded for rejecting the call for demilitarisation of Kashmir, says Cecil Victor.
- For A While, Ajmal Scent Of Success Had Gogoi Gasping (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, May 12, 2006)
A week before the elections, veteran Congressman and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had said, ‘‘I don’t give a damn to Badruddin Ajmal. I can even cause a split in his AUDF.’’
- Who Can Be Ministers? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, May 12, 2006)
Rural education in the State is below that of Bihar on most parameters except enrolment.
- Minister Appeals For Sentence Suspension (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Maharashtra Transport Minister Swarup Singh Naik, who was convicted and sentenced to one-month imprisonment along with Additional Secretary Ashok Khot, on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to suspend the sentence.
- Laloo Wants ‘Fair’ Trial, Outside Bihar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Playing the caste card, Railway Minister and RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav on Thursday told the Supreme Court he would not get a fair trial in the disproportionate assets case in Bihar and Jharkhand because the BJP did not want his trial before . . .
- Re-Laying Mettupalayam Road: Residents To Step Up Stir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
An association may be formed if works do not begin even after the elections
Any delay now will hold up the roadwork till December
Many lives or limbs will be lost by then
Five to six pits dug for laying telephone cables have not been filled properly
- Cong May Retain Power In Assam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The 12th Assembly polls in Assam resulted in a hung House, but the ruling Congress has emerged as the single largest party and seems set to retain power in the state.
- Quotas Don’T Bring Votes (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, May 12, 2006)
The middle class deserves whatit gets, it needs to vote if it wants politicians to take note of them
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