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Articles 10421 through 10520 of 26693:
- Political Limbo (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 20, 2006)
Uncertainty in Italy will not end with govt formation
- Socio-Economic Development Key Issue In Perambalur (Hindu, M. Balaganessin, Apr 20, 2006)
All four sitting AIADMK MLAs denied ticket
The DMK won the Perambalur, Ariyalur and Jayamkondam seats five times, Varahur seat four times and Andimadam thrice
The AIADMK won Varahur five times, Perambalur, Ariyalur and Andimadam thrice and . . .
- West Bengal Must Talk With Maoists: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
``Talks have to be sustained, results do not come overnight''
- Re-Poll: Liquor Flow Under Check In Vizag-1 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
10 checkposts and 13 police pickets operating round-the-clock
District officials, election authorities and police review the situation
Excise Department deploys 11 mobile parties to control supply of liquor
- ''Left Is Our Valued Ally'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Even pressures do good: Manmohan
- Myanmar Deserves Attention (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Apr 20, 2006)
India’s determination to follow an independent policy on issues of national security was amply demonstrated by the visit of President Abdul Kalam to Myanmar within a week of the visit of President George Bush to India.
- Aiadmk, Dmk Mum On Reserved Panchayats Polls (Hindu, S. Annamalai, Apr 20, 2006)
Conduct polls in 2006 on party lines, as in Kerala, says expert
- Advani Asks Trs To Quit Upa, Table Bill On Telangana (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
BJP to support such a move if the Congress backtracks
- Over 9,000 Personnel To Be Roped In For Election Duty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Training to be provided in respective constituencies
The staff should carry an identity card issued by the respective department head
Computer will choose a polling officer for a booth
Women will be given a station close to their workplace or . . .
- Where National Parties Hold Sway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
In Tamil Nadu's deep south, the influence of Dravidian parties is far from complete
- 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.
- Their Faith In Politicians Is Eroded (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
People in three West Bengal districts urgently want governmental action to prevent land erosion by the Ganga
- Caste Politics And The Vanniyar Belt (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Apr 20, 2006)
The new found friendship between the PMK and the DPI is a reflection of the changed realities in Tamil Nadu
- Peace In Nepal Vital, Says Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here on Wednesday that peace and stability in Nepal was vital to India for more than one reason. "Nepal is a flourishing democracy and all concerned should work to realise these goals," he said.
- Field More Women In Civic Body Polls, Says Jd(s) Mahila Wing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
There was a unanimous demand that women should be given increased preference
- Wipro Will Hire People On Merit: Premji (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Information Technology giant Wipro Ltd. would hire people on "merit," Chairman Azim Premji said here on Wednesday, joining a long list of industry captains who are opposed to the idea of introducing reservation for weaker sections in the private sector.
- "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.
- Karan Singh Meets Deuba, Koirala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Says he is optimistic about talks he will be holding with the King and political leaders
- Between The Judicial Lines (Pioneer, Salman Khurshid, Apr 20, 2006)
On the basis of apex court's judgement, Buta Singh cannot be held guilty of the dissolution of Bihar Assembly, says Salman Khurshid
- Bjp Legislators, Mps Hold Discussions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Top leaders of the State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, 85 party legislators and 10 MPs on Wednesday attended a high-level meeting to chalk out a strategy to increase the party's popularity in the State.
- The Next Steps To Peace (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 20, 2006)
The dialogue process is reaching an impasse. Should India now resort to a grand gesture, or take gradated steps to sustain it?
- Jayalalitha Plays The Rice Card (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
After ridiculing the DMK’s poll offer of rice at Rs 2 per kg to ration card holders, chief minister of Tamil Nadu Ms J Jayalalitha on Monday, ironically, couldn’t help but join the bandwagon of rice offers on the poll scape, as she went one up . . .
- Sc Dismisses Petition Seeking Poll Cancellation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court has refused to hear a petition seeking countermanding of elections in 35 Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal held in 2004 after several reports by Election Commission officials in the State that revealed that "irregularities" . . .
- Assam: Peaceful Battle (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Apr 19, 2006)
All political parties barring the ruling Congress have predicted a hung Assembly in Assam.
- India's Ultimatum To Nepal King: Set Up Interim Govt (Pioneer, Rahul Dutta, Apr 19, 2006)
India on Tuesday decided to dispatch Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) president Karan Singh as Special Envoy to Kathmandu on Wednesday with a simple brief:
- Discordant Orchestra (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Apr 19, 2006)
A motley crowd of the Congress-led UPA Government has been bumbling like the extremely temporary regimes of Mr VP Singh, Mr Chandra Shekhar, Mr HD Deve Gowda and Mr Inder Kumar Gujral in the 1990s.
- Lalu Keen To Join Hands With Maya (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Apr 19, 2006)
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is keen to tie an electoral alliance with BSP supremo Mayawati for the upcoming Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh.
- Islam And Democracy (Pioneer, Kishan Bhatia, Apr 19, 2006)
Abdul Rahman Al-Habib's article, "Why Arabs curse West?" (April 17), makes interesting read.
- Karan Singh To Go As Pm’S Envoy To Nepal (Indian Express, Satish Misra, Apr 19, 2006)
Concerned with the fast deteriorating political situation in the neighbouring Himalayan Kingdom, India today decided to send a senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, Dr Karan Singh, to Nepal tomorrow as the Special Envoy of . . .
- Sinister Motive (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 19, 2006)
The Prime Minister's high level committee headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar that was set up to look into the "social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community in the country", is working on a report that could have severe . . .
- Pm Sending Karan To King, Message Clear: Restore Democracy (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Apr 19, 2006)
With tensions rising in Nepal and economic indicators worsening, India today decided to send senior Congress leader Karan Singh on Wednesday as a special envoy, carrying a message from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for King Gyanendra.
- Land Of Liberty (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Apr 19, 2006)
West Bengal is the lighthouse of practising democracy in the country. So says Comrade Biman Bose, the Left Front chairman and CPI(M) state chief. When journalists queried him recently on the Election Commission indicating a likelihood of repol . . .
- Saffron Poison Or Panacea? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 19, 2006)
While Hinduism is increasingly seen as the spiritual elixir in the West, our self-claimed secularists deride it, says S Gurumurthy
- West Bengal: Clear Choice (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Apr 19, 2006)
The results in West Bengal are a foregone conclusion; only the margin of victory is to be known.
- 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.
- Tamil Nadu: Promising Start (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Apr 19, 2006)
In Tamil Nadu the two main alliances have firmed up seat-sharing arrangements, but the spoilers may be the few parties fighting alone.
- Reconciliation, The Only Way (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Apr 19, 2006)
Nepal's Lali Guras (rhododendron) Revolution has entered its 14th day, well beyond the original four days.
- Growing Unrest In Nepal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 19, 2006)
As political restlessness intensifies in Nepal with thousands of protesters taking to the streets, there are deep forebodings that the current situation may mark “the beginning of the end” for the monarchy in that country.
- Tdp Leader Hacked To Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Former MLA Suryapratap Reddy attacked at Tadipatri rly station
- Maldivians Want Genuine Democracy: Ibrahim Hussain Zaki (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Apr 19, 2006)
India should play a more active role in ensuring that true democracy is ushered in Maldives, said Ibrahim Hussain Zaki, vice president, Maldivian Democratic Party. Rather than strengthening the hands of a `dictator', India had a duty to promote democracy,
- I Broke Fast As I Am Needed In The Narmada Valley: Medha Patkar (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Apr 19, 2006)
Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar, who was on a hunger strike seeking justice for families displaced by the Narmada dam project, is helped by the affected vilagers as she leaves hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday. Ms. Patkar said she gave up the fa
- French Tradition Of Protest (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Eight days after Israel killed 15 Palestinians in Gaza, a suicide-bomber struck in Tel Aviv on Monday, killing nine people and injuring nearly 60 — a desperate act by a people who apparently have lost hope that they will achieve their aim by peaceful mean
- Patriotism In Danger (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 19, 2006)
Three years after deserting their parent party for the ruling coalition, the leadership of the PPP (Patriots) has developed an instant aversion to changing loyalties.
- Desperately Seeking Manmohan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court has played the leadership role in defusing the situation over the Narmada conflict by finding a way out of the impasse.
- Stalemate In The Me (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 19, 2006)
Eight days after Israel killed 15 Palestinians in Gaza, a suicide-bomber struck in Tel Aviv on Monday, killing nine people and . . .
- Peaceful First Phase (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 19, 2006)
By all accounts, Monday's Assembly election in the three districts of West Bengal spanning 45 constituencies, where the Maoists had given a call for poll boycott, were . . .
- Rights Groups Urge Sanctions Against Nepal Leaders (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Three leading human rights groups on Tuesday called for international sanctions against King Gyanendra and top Nepali officials, accusing them of being "impervious to the suffering" of the Nepalese people .
- Nepal Violence Claims Sixth Victim (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
A woman who was hit on the face by a tear gas shell has become the sixth person to die in Nepal's two-week long protest campaign against King Gyanendra, officials said on Wednesday.
- People’S Leader (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 19, 2006)
A public relations exercise on the eve of the assembly election is just what the doctor (read Alimuddin Steet) ordered ~ more so when the initiator is the chief minister.
- Pm For Private Sector Job Quota; Will India Inc Give In? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh on Tuesday put job quotas in the private sector on the national agenda by calling on industry to voluntarily extend affirmative action, saying it was time companies acknowledged the value of diversity and broad-based their workforce.
- 'Save Monarchy, Restore Democracy' (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Apr 19, 2006)
Even as India is looking to make a significant intervention in Nepal, New Delhi is faced with the daunting task of getting Nepalese monarch Gyanendra to make concessions to the pro-democracy insurrection in time to ensure that the . . .
- 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 . . .
- Cpm Infighting May Cost Isaac Dear (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Apr 19, 2006)
Thomas Isaac is not your regular politician. In spite of working his way up in the party by heading SFI in Kerala in the 1970s, he is more known as an academic from the Centre for Development Studies in Thiruvananthapuram.
- Former Prime Ministers' Appeal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Kathmandu: Two former Prime Ministers of Nepal have asked King Gyanendra to restore democracy and told him that there could be no cooperation until he did so.
- Govt To Answer Every Gun With A Gun: Duggal (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 19, 2006)
Signalling a tough posture against militancy, the Government today said it would answer "every gun with a gun" in Jammu and Kashmir and end of cross-border terrorism would be an important Confidence Building Measure.
- 80 Indian Prisoners In Pak Jails Identified (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Signalling a tough posture against militancy, the Government today said it would answer "every gun with a gun" in Jammu and Kashmir and end of cross-border terrorism would be an important Confidence Building Measure.
- Karan Singh To Visit Nepal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Signalling a tough posture against militancy, the Government today said it would answer "every gun with a gun" in Jammu and Kashmir and end of cross-border terrorism would be an important Confidence Building Measure.
- Rbi Holds Rates Steady, July Rise Seen (Reuters, Anirban Nag and Surojit Gupta, Apr 19, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) surprised markets by leaving interest rates unchanged on Tuesday, but it warned that high oil prices could push up inflation and analysts said rates could still rise in the next few months.
- Leader Article: Passions Of The Tongue (Times of India, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 19, 2006)
A fortnight before Rajkumar died, a poll conducted in Bangalore chose the film actor as the most admired resident of the city.
- Clearing The Air (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 19, 2006)
Delhi’s durbar culture is used to the rise and fall of individuals and of groups with clout to influence policy and statecraft.
- Pm Should Categorically Come Out On N-Agreement: Naidu (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should make a categorical statement on the nuclear agreement with the US as various reports emnating on the issue were "creating doubts in peoples' minds", former BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu today said.
- A Law For The Office (Tribune, Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Apr 19, 2006)
The question of “Office of profit” has been finding very prominent mention in the national discourse ever since Mrs Jaya Bachchan was unseated from the Rajya Sabha and even more since Mrs Sonia Gandhi resigned from the Lok Sabha and the National . . .
- Nepal Ex-Pms Plead For Democracy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Two former prime ministers of Nepal have asked the King Gyanendra to restore democracy making it clear there can be no cooperation until he did it.
- Israeli Cabinet Holds Hamas Responsible For Bomb Attack (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Apr 19, 2006)
The Israeli cabinet, meeting in emergency session, decided on Tuesday to hold Hamas responsible for Monday’s deadly suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, but will not retaliate against the Palestinian Authority.
- Bjp To Field Katiyar In Sonia’S Turf (Deccan Herald, PUJAA AWASTTHI, Apr 19, 2006)
The Bhartiya Janata Party finally found a sacrificial lamb to send to the Gandhi family stronghold of Rae Bareli.
- Q&a: 'Informal Understanding That It Is Asia's Turn' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 19, 2006)
Shashi Tharoor is under-secretary-general for communication and public information at the United Nations and author of several books. He spoke to Ronojoy Sen on issues related to the UN:
- St Petersburg Summit Will Spell G8's Death: (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The attendance of G8 leaders at a July summit in Russia will prop up a government that has abandoned democratic principles, a former advisor to President Vladimir Putin said in an article published on Tuesday.
- Poll Borrows Library’S Peace (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had apologised for causing a few hours’ disruption at the National Library, but the Election Commission has thought nothing of taking over the premises for days.
- Katiyar Shoved Into Sonia Battle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Around the last time there was an election in Rae Bareli, Sushma Swaraj had escaped tonsure by a hair’s
- Fernandes May Float New Party (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Former Janata Dal (United) chief George Fernandes would initiate steps to form a new party after receiving a reply from the Election Commission on his complaint regarding "malpractices" in the election to post of party president held recently, a JD-U lead
- Please, Sir, Can We Bully You? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 19, 2006)
Every morning when David Griffin (not his real name) sets out for his school, he is filled with dread as to what might lie in store for him. But then, you might ask, what is new about it? "Children always hate to go to school. Don't they?"
- Saffron Poison Or Panacea? (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Apr 19, 2006)
While Hinduism is increasingly seen as the spiritual elixir in the West, our self-claimed secularists deride it, says S Gurumurthy
- For The Third Time, Brothers Are Contesting Against Each Other (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Apr 19, 2006)
They lock horns in Nettapakkam constituency
- Congress Failed To Tackle Unemployment: Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Need for implementing uniform job policy stressed
- No More Excuses (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court's latest directions on the contentious issues surrounding the Sardar Sarovar dam have cleared all residual doubt about the Prime Minister's authority to act in the matter.
- Dharam Singh For All-Party Meet On Maharashtra Move (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Wants team to meet Prime Minister to counter resolution adopted by Maharashtra Assembly
Says State must counter Maharashtra resolution on Belgaum issue
Reminds Government that the matter is very delicate
Seeks CBI inquiry into last week's violence i
- Karan Rushed To Nepal As Special Envoy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
In efforts to end the deepening political crisis in Nepal, India on Tuesday decided to rush a special envoy to Kathmandu to open talks with a recalcitrant King Gyanendra and the agitating pro-democracy leaders.
- Pm To Industry: Address Rehab (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Against the backdrop of Supreme Court’s observation on rehabilitation issues in the contentious Narmada Dam project, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday urged the industry to pay more attention to people displaced by industrialisation . . .
- Bsp Will Get Majority In U.P. Polls: Mayawati (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati on Tuesday said that her party would secure an absolute majority in the next Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections by contesting it alone.
- Karat Interview: Vs Refuses To Bite The Bullet (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
S Achuthanandan, CPI(M)’s top hardline honcho and likely chief minister if the Left comes to power this poll, declined to comment whether he agreed with his General Secretary Prakash Karat that the strife in Kerala CPI(M) was between two . . .
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