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Articles 15521 through 15620 of 26693:
- Will Bjp Return To Its Ideological Roots Under Rajnath Singh? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Leaders feel that he has been selected to revive the party's fortunes in Uttar Pradesh
- Only Party High Command Can Decide On Leadership Change: Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Kharge-Krishna meeting gives rise to speculation
- Farmer As The Bjp Helmsman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Elected to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in the 1977 elections, Mr Singh shot into limelight during his stint as education minister in the state in 1991 when he enacted an Anti-Copying Act provoking protests from the then Opposition parties.
- Advani's Long Tenure Ends (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Other presidents came and went, never to return, but Mr. Advani always did
Problems with RSS began after he flouted one-man one-post principle
Disappointed over his inability to communicate the context of Jinnah remarks
- Advani Steps Down But Not Out (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 01, 2006)
Rajnath Singh was formally declared the new president of the BJP here today even as L.K. Advani made it clear that though he was stepping down as party chief, he had no intention of taking sanyas—a la A.B. Vajpayee—from active politics anytime soon.
- Mr Prime Minister, You Have Wasted This Year (The Financial Express, Malvika Singh, Dec 31, 2005)
It is the last day of the year, a year of exposed shame, as some newspapers and television channels describe it. Shameful, it sure was, with members of Parliament caught with their hands in the till and, worse, with senior parliamentarians defending . . .
- `Bjp Leadership Gives Nod For Udf-Bjp Alliance' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) political resolution calling for forging ties with the Congress to defeat the Left parties in their strongholds, including Kerala, . . .
- India, Sri Lanka Deplore Violations Of Ceasefire By Ltte (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Agree that environmental implications of Sethu project must be studied
Ambitious plan for a number of joint ventures
Enhancing cooperation in the field of education
Setting up an Information and Communication Technology Park
- Party Not Over Yet, Asserts Advani (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Stung by a series of scams and after a public spat with the RSS over the Jinnah controversy, BJP president Mr LK Advani today said the “pains” that the party had to endure in the last 25 weeks had nothing to do with ideology and asked the workers . . . .
- Reduce Terrorism In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
India hopes that in the new year, there will be a determined effort by Pakistan to reduce terrorism and take the peace process forward and if there are any fresh proposals for the proposed ‘self rule’ in Jammu and Kashmir, . . .
- The Corrupt Politics Of Slums (Daily Excelsior, Jagmohan , Dec 31, 2005)
If one wants to know how deeply is India poisoned at heart and contaminated at soul, one should study the phenomenon of slums, induced squatting and illegal constructions in its cities. In essence, the cities are the spiritual workshops of the nation . .
- Mtc Awaits Court Permission To Procure New Buses (Hindu, Sandhya Soman, Dec 31, 2005)
Court for creating a barrier-free environment for the disabled
It will be a while before the city gets its `green' buses. The Metropolitan Transport Corporation's plans to procure buses fitted with engines conforming to Bharat Stage III. . .
- "Back To Basics" To Change Nation Is Bjp's Message (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 31, 2005)
Dedicated persons needed to carry "moral authority": Venkaiah
The Bharatiya Janata Party's political "message" from its silver jubilee National Council session was "back to basics," not forgetting that it was part of a larger Parivar with . . .
- Achuthanandan Urges Kalam To Issue Order On Delimitation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
He fears that election will be held with old constituencies
Leader of the Opposition V. S. Achuthanandan has urged President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to issue necessary orders under Article 170 (2) of the Constitution to give effect to the . . .
- Kbd: Consensus Or Dissension (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
While the President is focusing his attention on explaining the compulsion of building new water reservoirs and building consensus on the issue, it is ironical that some of the components of the ruling coalition in the Centre or the provinces are . . .
- `Enlightened Moderation' In Pakistan, Really? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 31, 2005)
Local press terming Hindus, Christians and Jews as `enemies of Islam', a general free hand and support to extremist outfits, Shariat courts and blasphemy laws clearly loaded against women and minorities, all make any talk by Gen Pervez Musharraf . . . .
- Water-Rich, Yet Over-Stretched (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2005)
Water may seem too common a topic to write about, especially after floods have receded and the tsunami anniversary vigil has passed off peacefully. Yet, it is hot news all over the world.
- Year Of India (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 31, 2005)
It was the year of India. George W. Bush confirmed that he would make India a world power. WaterAid, the British charity dedicated to propagating proper (read Western) toilets, countered that India already leads the world in squatters in fields and . . .
- Delhi Gets New Metro Line In Record Time (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
Symbol of a really "new" Delhi: Manmohan
The long wait of lakhs of people in the Capital for a fast, comfortable and safe ride through some of the most congested areas of the city ended on Friday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurating the
- 2006 — Year Of Agricultural Renewal (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Dec 31, 2005)
During this year, an integrated package of measures should be introduced in every part of the country to increase farm productivity and profitability in perpetuity without associated ecological harm.
- Back To Basics: Bjp Finds Silver Lining In Bad Times (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
The BJP on Friday decided to go back “to the basics”, announcing its commitment to Uniform Civil Code, abrogation of Article 370 and Ayodhya issue and asked party workers to constantly exercise caution against “contagious diseases” like corruption.
- U.S. Versus Iran In Iraq (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 31, 2005)
Iran's influence over the SCIRI, a key constituent of the Iraqi Government, is setting up a confrontation with the United States.
- Towards Greater Enlightenment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
On the threshold of a new year, India emerges as a curious amalgam of the modern and the regressive. In his book, The Argumentative Indian, Amartya Sen draws from Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Muslim, agnostic, and atheistic strands of Indian thought to . . .
- Decks Cleared For French Ship's Departure For India (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Dec 31, 2005)
Asbestos-laden ship could leave for Gujarat as early as Sunday
- Nothing To Smile About (Times of India, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Dec 31, 2005)
If hope were to kindle in the dying embers of 2005, one might expect the new year to dawn on a transparent democracy where voters elect candidates purely on the basis of merit.
- Beyond Euroamerica (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 31, 2005)
In 2005, the world changed in many ways. President Bush watched his popularity and authority plummet after winning re-election, leading to what could be the end of the imperial presidency that characterised his first term.
- Minority Rights And Responsibilities (Hindu, Iqbal A. Ansari, Dec 31, 2005)
Muslims are not enjoying any `privilege' denied to others. However, the concerns raised in Parliament, during the debate on the Constitution (104th) Amendment Bill, on the reservation issue need to be addressed. One way could be to conduct a . . .
- West Bengal Poll (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 31, 2005)
EC must mean business
What eventual impact the Election Commission’s directive to West Bengal’s chief electoral officer to correct the “glaring irregularities” in the distribution of photo identity cards of voters would have is not clear.
- How Saffron Lost Its Colour (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Dec 31, 2005)
Astrologically speaking, BJP appeared to be under the influence of the unfavourable ‘shani dasa’ in the year gone by with one mishap leading to another and ‘the party with a difference’ had publicly turned ‘different’ as the year closed.
- The Ordinance Factory (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 31, 2005)
Grab something. Then make law to legitimise the grab. It used to happen in the Emergency.
- What Next For The Bjp? (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Two leaders have dominated India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during its chequered history - former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and party president Lal Krishna Advani.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- Plug The Loopholes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 30, 2005)
West Bengal must heed EC’s directives
Reports of large-scale irregularities in the distribution of voters’ photo identity cards in West Bengal are cause for serious concern. One cannot question the authenticity of these charges because these . . .
- Upa Ginger Group Takes Form (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Wracked by dissent and rattled by a debacle in local elections, the Telengana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) has indicated that it would form a ginger group of non-Congress, non-Left parties in the UPA to act as a “pressure lobby”.
- An Unlikely Hero (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 30, 2005)
Some two decades ago, the BBC released an audio collection of its Test Match Special. It contained John Arlott’s memorable description of Don Bradman’s final test innings at the Oval in 1948 — the time when the crowd rose to greet England’s deadly . . .
- Reclaiming The Earth For All (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Dec 30, 2005)
Three decades after 1975 - the UN International Year of Women - women are still demanding equality and freedom, both goals having proved elusive! But they are asserting something else as well, even more passionately - the right to save humanity from destr
- Vajpayee Quits Poll Turf (Statesman, Dipankar Chakrovorty, Dec 30, 2005)
The former Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, today announced his retirement from electoral politics.
- This Happens Only In India (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col (Retd) Mukund Singh Jamwal, Dec 30, 2005)
Welcome to India, that is Bharat, the land of eternal contradictions. Blessed are the souls of this country who have the good fortune of living with contradictions from morn till eve with a majority of them even making a virtue out of this.
- New Impetus On Trade (Deccan Herald, Arun Mohanty, Dec 30, 2005)
India, Russia and China are keen on trilateral co-operation on a host of economic and political issues.
- Cash-For-Query Scam: Bjp Expresses Regret (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The four page political resolution passed here at BJP’s national convention attacked the UPA-government for taking a “selective” drive against corruption while “unreservedly expressing” its regret over party members’ involvement in the cash for question s
- Another Sore Spot (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 30, 2005)
Even as the Musharraf Government in Pakistan is struggling in the face of extremist and sectarian violence another tormenting sore point has emerged in our vicinity.
- Howzzat For Identity? (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Dec 30, 2005)
Who am I? Many have become philosophers by asking this. From the “I think, therefore I exist”, explanation of Descartes, human civilisation has come a long way.
- On Corruption, Party Not With Advani (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2005)
Virtually snubbing outgoing chief L.K. Advani’s defence of corruption inside the party, the BJP today ‘‘unreservedly’’ expressed ‘‘regret’’ at the involvement of party MPs in the cash-for-questions scandal and Sushma Swaraj said their act ‘‘has made us ha
- Sonia Brushes Aside Mid-Term Poll Idea (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Dismissing BJP’s projections of a mid-term poll, Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi today asked the BJP to do some introspection on corruption within instead of levelling charges against her party.
- Vajpayee Not To Contest Polls (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee tonight virtually announced his retirement from active politics saying henceforth he would not contest elections and refrain from power politics.
- Musharraf Sees India's Involvement In Balochistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Says turning back on dams treason; people fed up with tribal chiefs;
to uproot subversion forever
President Pervez Musharraf has said the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds . . .
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (News International, Mayed Ali, Dec 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- Bjp Resolution Hits Out At Upa (Statesman, Dipankar Chakrovorty, Dec 30, 2005)
The four-page resolution adopted by the BJP national conclave this afternoon acceded to the need for “rectifying shortcomings” in the party and held the Congress solely responsible for erosion in the quality of public life.
- Vajpayee’S Man For Future: Mahajan (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2005)
Atal Behari Vajpayee sent the BJP into a tizzy tonight by declaring his own retirement from electoral politics and publicly anointing high-profile general secretary Pramod Mahajan as the future leader of the party. He made no mention . . .
- Detox As Dharma (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Dec 30, 2005)
What was the big story from the BJP’s silver jubilee conclave in Mumbai? On the face of it, there were two contenders — the sex scandal that claimed Sanjay Joshi, and the underlying factionalism that saw the usual mix of off-the-record statements, . . .
- Hdfc Mf’S Long Term Equity Fund (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
HDFC Mutual Fund, one of the largest private sector mutual funds in the country is launching the HDFC Long Term Equity Fund, a close-ended equity scheme.
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
A front page editorial articulates the CPI(M)’s views on control over private educational institutions and the need for a Central legislation that would enable them to reserve seats for SCs, STs and OBCs, and establish guidelines for the fee structure. .
- A Tangled Web Called The Bharatiya Janata Party (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Dec 30, 2005)
The BJP's Rajat Jayanti year finds the party bruised and bereft, and the Parivar at war with its own professed values.
- Chance To Lobby Putin (Hindu, David Clark, Dec 30, 2005)
International Diplomacy's game of musical chairs plays again at midnight on Saturday when Britain's G8 presidency comes to an end and leadership of the world's most exclusive political club passes for the first time to Russia.
- Concern In Russia Over Chinese Toxic Spill (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 30, 2005)
The impact from a Chinese chemical plant accident on neighbouring Russian territories has proved less serious than expected, but Russian officials and environmentalists are sounding alarm over what they say is a looming ecological catastrophe.
- Of Holocausts, Past And Future (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Dec 30, 2005)
Despite its horrors, the Holocaust was not a singularity and was preceded by others of lesser or greater dimensions.
- Bjp Promises To Rectify Shortcomings ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
In its first attempt at self introspection, BJP today "unreservedly expressed its regret" over the involvement of some of its MPs in the `cash for questions’ scandal and promised to rectify the shortcomings.
- Congress’S Software (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Ayodhya and Delhi preceded Bangalore. But the UPA’s too busy being ‘nice’
- Vajpayee To Keep Off Elections (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee announced his retirement from “power politics” on Thursday night and said he would “no longer contest elections."
- In Brief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
An Italian national has alleged that a driver belonging to the police department had raped her at her residence in Vijayanagar III Stage in Mysore on December 23....
- Wise King Jigme Wangchuk (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 30, 2005)
It rarely happens that the ruler of a country decides to give up office when no constituency of importance demands this. But King Jigme Singye Wangchuk of Bhutan has repeatedly shown he is no ordinary ruler.
- Vajpayee To Keep Off 'Politics Of Power' (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 30, 2005)
Advani calls for campaign to mould public opinion against the Congress on the lack of security, probity
BJP to take severe action against corrupt MPs
Vajpayee's policy on Naxalism given up
Party will not be comfortable till Ram temple is built
- Corporate Air Warfare (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 30, 2005)
Corporate warfare, world over, has its own dimensions. The on-going process of finalising bids for the modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports has seen some fierce behind-the-scenes slugfest between the top contenders, and the media was . . .
- Centre Seeks Report From Gujarat Govt On Mass Grave (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The Centre has sought a report from the Gujarat Government on the digging out of skeletal remains from a mass grave in Panchmahals district, the Congress party said today.
- Naxalite Violence, Tribal Movement Dominate Events In Chhattisgarh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Amid Chhattisgarh’s continued struggle to raise the new state’s visibility even in the fifth year after its formation , spurt in Naxalite violence, tribal uprising against left wing extremism, paddy and rice scams and expulsion of a BJP . . .
- Quality Control (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 29, 2005)
The number of times we get patted on our collective back — by ourselves as well as by others — for being the ‘world’s largest democracy’, one won’t be surprised if a gigantic crater has formed along our collective shoulder region over the years.
- Congress Wins 14 Zilla Panchayats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
JD(S) secures 2, BJP draws a blank; majority eludes parties in 11 zilla panchayats
The Congress has won 1,711 of 3,657 taluk panchayat seats declared
Janata Dal (Secular) has secured 945 taluk panchayat seats
- Tourism In Jammu Province (Daily Excelsior, Anil Gour, Dec 29, 2005)
Being closely associated with the tourist trade since long, at present one can only lament on the opportunities missed by all the State Govt till date in developing Jammu province to its fullest potential.
- Advani Says Bjp Going Through 'Bad Patch' (Press Trust of India, Sunil Gatade, Dec 29, 2005)
Embarrassed over the fallout of the sting operations on the party's image, BJP President L K Advani today said it was going through a "bad patch" and had to reverse the "distressing descent" of some members.
- Kharge Rules Out Mid-Term Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
`Results of panchayat polls will not affect coalition'
The Congress is against mid-term elections in the State, despite its good performance in the zilla and taluk panchayat elections.
- State Funding Of Polls Will Fail In India (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Dec 29, 2005)
In a significant decision with wide-ranging ramifications, the Union Cabinet has given in-principle approval to the proposal of state funding of elections. The government will now refer the proposal to the Election Commission to push it forward . . .
- Bihar Likely To Hold Panchayat Polls On Party Lines (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Dec 29, 2005)
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tells an all-party meeting
The panchayat elections in Bihar, due in March-April, are likely to be held on party lines.
- Clause 49: Are We There Yet? (Business Line, Kshama V. Kaushik, Dec 29, 2005)
Kshama V. Kaushik and Kaushik Dutta think that the Anglo-Saxon model of governance is unlikely to work and that an Asian way is needed
- Congress To Control 14 Zilla Panchayats, Jd(s) 2 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
No party gets a majority in eleven zilla panchayats
- Israel Strikes Palestinian Militant Base In Lebanon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
Three Britons kidnapped in Gaza; guerillas occupy election offices
Israeli jets blasted a Palestinian militant group's base in Lebanon early on Wednesday, lightly wounding two guerrillas, hours after rockets hit a northern Israeli border town.
- The Basic Freedom Of Expression Is On Trial (The Financial Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Dec 29, 2005)
Not so long ago, there was jubilation that the free world and its values had prevailed in the Cold War. When the communist empire collapsed, some even announced that the victory of liberty and democracy implied the “end of history.”
- Yasin Malik Removed As Jklf Chief (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
The central leadership of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has removed Yasin Malik from the party’s chairmanship and nominated Farooq Siddique alias Papa as JKLF acting chairman and Javed Ahmed Mir as JKLF convener of Srinagar.
- Bombay Nightmares (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 29, 2005)
The Mumbai convention was meant to give the BJP a respite from its year and a half of disasters.
- Not A Credible Victory For The Congress (Deccan Herald, Asha Krishnaswamy, Dec 29, 2005)
The Congress and the JD(S), while taking over the reins of administration in 2004, had announced that the coalition governance had become inevitable to keep the “communal” BJP out of power. But, what have the coalition partners achieved in the last 17 ...
- Grassroots Pointers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 29, 2005)
All major political parties have suffered an erosion of their support bases in the just concluded elections to the zilla and taluk panchayats in Karnataka, though it is not very clear in the case of the winner by default, the Congress.
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