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- Putin To Reason With Iran On Nukes (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will show his preference for dialogue with Iran when he visits Tehran on Tuesday, amid calls from the West for stronger pressure on Iran to curb suspected plans for a nuclear bomb.
- Fear Of Polls Made Congress Pause (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 15, 2007)
I wish the party were over. The participants would have at least gone home. But both the Congress and the Left have lingered to revive what may not be possible. The Indo-US nuclear deal is not available in parts.
- Gujarat Polls Hold The Key (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
As the political uncertainty continues, the Congress appears to have suddenly come under pressure.
- Deal Not Important, Govt Is... Had Doubts On Deal Even Before Left, So I Fought For Them: Karunanidhi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
In the first revelation on how the UPA government was forced to slow down on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi has said he had doubts about the deal and that he took sides with the Left to save the . . . .
- N-Deal Sent To Cold Storage (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 13, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi have decided to drop the nuclear deal with the United States and save the government.
- Courting Politics, Tamil Nadu Style (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Oct 13, 2007)
Naadorum naadi murai seyya mannavan,/Naadorum naadu kedum (when a king fails to assess his rule day by day and set right all irregularities, the country will slowly deteriorate).
- Disturbing Trends (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Oct 13, 2007)
Several disparate events over the past couple of weeks must cause disquiet over what appears to be a gravely disturbing trend. The nation needs to get its priorities right.
- Sc Refuses To Advance Hearing Of Contempt Against Dmk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to advance the hearing of the contempt petition filed by the AIADMK seeking adequate punishment against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Karunanidhi, Union Minister T R Baalu, State Minister K N Nehru and. . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Where do good communists go when they fall ill ? To private nursing homes.
- Lone Gainer? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2007)
A colleague recently met a Congress heavy weight and without asking got a low down on the current political situation. From the Congress perspective, that party is said to be the only one to gain from the current political uncertainty and possible . . . .
- Question Of Contempt (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Oct 12, 2007)
The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, defines civil contempt as wilful disobedience of any judgment, decree, direction, order or other process of a court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to a court.
- Protests And Politics (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Oct 12, 2007)
The protest action by the DPA for the implementation of the Sethusamudram project invites strong remarks from the Supreme Court.
- Karunanidhi Puts Proposal On Hold (Hindu, S. RAMESH, Oct 12, 2007)
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has put on hold a proposal to condone high hydrogen cyanide (HCN) content in sago.
- Hostage To Bandh (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Oct 11, 2007)
The Supreme Court has rightly taken the Karunanidhi government to task for organising a bandh in Tamil Nadu on October 1 despite its strong warning against holding it.
- Real Gandhi (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 11, 2007)
The Organiser is agitated over Sonia Gandhi representing India at the UN.
- Cong Giving In Under Left, Upa Allies' Pressure? (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Caught between UPA constituents and Left parties, Congress leadership appears to be slowly giving in under mounting pressure on Indo-US nuclear deal amid concerns in the ruling coalition that a snap poll would not help it.
- Indian Democracy:disturbing Trends (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2007)
Several disparate events over the past couple of weeks must cause disquiet over what appears to be a gravely disturbing trend. The nation needs to get its priorities right.
- Janata Party Demands Explicit Clauses In Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
The Janata Party has mooted the inclusion of explicit clauses in the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal to declare India a “nuclear weapon power.”
- Nuke Deal: Pressure On Sonia And Singh (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Oct 11, 2007)
The UPA's top two - Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh- may have to make a tough and unpleasant decision over the Indo-US nuclear deal in the next few days' time.
- Importance Of Politics (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 11, 2007)
The Indian economy," a voice boomed in the departure lounge of Goa airport, "can now move ahead on its own. It will continue to grow irrespective of what politicians do.
- Pm Firm On Deal, Congress Looks For Ways To Save Govt (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 11, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is standing firm on the civil nuclear energy agreement with the United States, even as some members of his Cabinet are now coming around to the position that it was not worth sacrificing the government. . .
- Govt Puts Off Talks With Iaea, Nsg (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Oct 11, 2007)
The Government seems to have caved in under pressure of the allies to avert the possibility of mid-term polls and delay the slated negotiations with the IAEA and NSG for the next three months.
- The Mystical Act Of Crossing The Border (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Oct 10, 2007)
Celebrated Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski, who died in January, had a self-confessed talent for air-dropping into war zones and hitching rides to drive through burning roadblocks “where they say no white man can come back alive.”
- Advani Lists ‘Failures’ Of Upa Govt (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
With the threat of mid-term polls looming large, the BJP has asked its cadre to educate the people about their party’s main campaign themes, revolving around the broad categories of national security, development and national identity.
- Congress Allies Scared Of Polls (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The line-up of UPA constituents, who came out in support of the Indo-US nuclear deal and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh immediately after Left parties rejected the 123 Agreement in August, are now getting jittery at the prospect of early elections.
- Pawar Pitches For Survival Over Deal (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Oct 10, 2007)
A new stumbling bloc has come up in the way of Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh.
- Stars Are Witness To Lord Ram (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
By denying the authenticity of the Ramayan, the 'secularists' have not only hurt Hindu sentiments, but also rebuffed history.
- Cong Blinks Under Allies' Pressure (Hindustan Times, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 10, 2007)
UPA allies, barring the Left, like the NCP, RJD and the DMK are not keen on facing a mid-term poll due to which the Congress has come under immense pressure to buy peace with the Left on their stand-off over the India-US civil nuclear deal.
- Politics Of Opportunism (Hindustan Times, CP Bhambhri, Oct 10, 2007)
The ongoing political drama in Karnataka leading to the dissolution of the State Assembly has once again brought into focus the need for a second-look into the proclaimed merits of a coalition system of governance in the country.
- Next N-Deadline Is Oct. 22 (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 10, 2007)
The Left has made it clear to the government yet again that it will not allow formal or informal talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency for safeguards to operationalise the civil nuclear energy agreement with the United States.
- Cm: Sethu Alignment Okayed By Nda Govt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Continuing his tirade against those opposing the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday said the present alignment cutting through the Adam’s Bridge was approved by the BJP-led NDA Government in 2002.
- “Dmk Will Be One Among Muslim Brethren” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin has appealed to the Muslim community to continue to extend support to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Government and ignore the sustained mudslinging campaign by the Opposition.
- 35 More Sentenced For Coimbatore Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Nine years after serial blasts ripped Coimbatore, 500 km from here, 35 more people were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from nine months to seven years by a special court today amidst tight security.
- Judiciary Has Gone Beyond The Pale Of Accountability: Brinda Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Speakers at a discussion on ‘Limits of judicial authority’ here on Sunday raised the question whether the judiciary was encroaching on the powers of the other two institutions of democracy — the executive and the legislature.
- Politics Is About Power (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The game may appear to be over in Karnataka, with the BJP withdrawing support to the JD(S). This ends a 20-month association that had propelled former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s son, HD Kumaraswamy, to the chief minister’s chair.
- Bjp To Move Court Against Karunanidhi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The BJP will move court against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi for his anti-Ram remarks, party state unit President L Ganesan said on Sunday.
- Soft Hands (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Oct 08, 2007)
Politics prefers soft hands. Why have Indian politicians suddenly started playing with knuckledusters? Democracy functions best when handled gently.
- Bjp Will File Case Against Karunanidhi (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP has decided to go to court against chief minister and DMK president M. Karunanidhi for his remarks on Ram Sethu, which it said had hurt the sentiments of Ram devotees.
- Ram Setu: Sc Tells Tn To Protect Swami (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The controversy over Ram, arising from the Sethusamundram project, continues to surface in one form or the other, with a petition being moved in the Supreme Court by a Hindu saint alleging that activists of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu . . . . . .
- Courting A Fine Balance (Indian Express, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 06, 2007)
India is a live democracy, and it is the duty of every live democracy to encourage protest in all its forms. Tragically for India, the Supreme Court has declared the right to strike and to hold a bandh unconstitutional.
- Family First, Nation Later (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Oct 05, 2007)
More by coincidence than design, the Congress, by making Mr Rahul Gandhi the general secretary of the party, has tried to capitalise on the increasingly recognised global success of India's youth power. But no one with a sense of history has . . . .
- Bandh: Admk Files Contempt Plea In Sc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Despite the DMK-ruling combine in Tamil Nadu claiming that the Supreme Court order restraining it from proceeding with the bandh on October 1 was complied with, the AIADMK on Thursday filed a contempt petition against the ruling party in the apex court.
- Tn Bandh Contempt Plea Filed (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The ADMK today filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court accusing the ruling DMK alliance of “deliberately, wilfully and wantonly” enforcing the October 1 bandh in violation of the court’s orders.
- Key Meet Today Of Left-Upa Panel On Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 05, 2007)
The Left-UPA joint committee on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal will hold a crucial meeting on Friday to determine not just the future of the ongoing negotiations but the government’s final position on a mid-term poll.
- Jd-S Not To Hand Power To Bjp, Talks Of Elections (Asian Age, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 05, 2007)
Janata Dal (Secular) leaders on Thursday portrayed its coalition partner, the BJP, as "communal" and said it would turn Karnataka into a cauldron of communal hatred if power was handed over to it.
- Contempt Petition Moved Against Karunanidhi, Baalu (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Thursday moved contempt petition against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Union Minister TR Baalu and four others for wilful disobedience of the Supreme Court order banning bandh on . . . .
- Kumaraswamy Talks Of Elections (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
We will go to people's court, said Kumaraswamy while dropping broad hints of dumping coalition partner BJP on the eve of crucial meetings in Delhi which will decide the fate of the 20-month-old JD(S)-BJP coalition government.
- Bandh Fracas (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Oct 05, 2007)
There can be no dispute, except from the camp of the ruling DMK, that the October 1 shutdown in Tamil Nadu constituted a total bandh sponsored by the Democratic Progressive Alliance captained by chief minister M. Karunanidhi.
- Bjp Should Let Jd(s) Be In Power (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Oct 05, 2007)
Political activity is quite unpredictable in coalition politics and results from Karnataka will surprise all political parties including the JD(S).
- Aiadmk Files Contempt Suit Against Karuna (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
AIADMK on Thursday moved the Supreme Court, seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Union Transport Minister TR Baalu and four others, accusing them of wilfully violating the SC order not to . . .
- Govt Reverts To 27% Quota For Obcs (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Blocked by the Supreme Court from implementing 27 per cent quota for other backward classes (OBCs) in higher education, the Centre now plans to adopt the existing list of OBCs of National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC), which had been . . . .
- Dmk’S Ally Wants Sc Judge Off Ram Sethu Cases (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Oct 04, 2007)
A close ally of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi today trained its guns on a Supreme Court judge and appealed to the Chief Justice of India not to allow him to hear cases related to the Sethusamudram project or the recently held bandh in . . . .
- Selective Atheism (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 04, 2007)
BR. haran’s article, ‘Selective atheism of Karunanidhi’ is an Hindutva critique of Dravidian politics.
- Normality Was Ensured On Bandh Day: Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Normality was ensured in the State on the bandh day though the Supreme Court’s orders staying the October 1 bandh were received late the previous night, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said on Wednesday.
- Court: Register Fir Against Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
A local court here asked the city police on Wednesday to register a first information report against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi for his reported remarks on Lord Rama and Valmiki, author of the Ramayana.
- 'Govt Should Disassociate From Karuna's Remarks' (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The UPA government should "disassociate" itself from DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi's anti-Ram remarks and ask him to withdraw them, BJP president Rajnath Singh said in Chennai on Wednesday.
- Stop This Farce (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
By enforcing an undeclared bundh in Tamil Nadu over Sethusamudram issue, the DMK government has shown a lofty contempt for the judiciary.
- Karunanidhi Tries To Mend Fences: Sc Order Reached Late, We Obeyed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
With party leaders and allies openly questioning judicial verdicts, even levelling charges of “crossing limits”, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today issued a statement which sought to mend fences by stating that last-minute directions . . . . .
- Rajnath To Sonia: Drop Gandhi From Name (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to drop Gandhi from her surname, if she did not believe in Lord Ram, a faith that was characteristic of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Bridging North-South Divide (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 04, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu CM irritated many Indians by rhetorically wondering whether Rama had studied engineering while responding to the demand that the chain of sand bars linking India and Sri Lanka should not be disturbed by the Sethusamudram project since . . .
- When Myths Compete (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
It is tempting to read Karunanidhi’s remarks on Ram and the Ramayana as a return to DMK’s rationalist origins.
- Constitutionally Off-Track (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 03, 2007)
Judges sometimes talk too much, on all manner of subjects, in the course of court hearings.
- Dogma Vs Reality (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 03, 2007)
In his hours of repose, Mr Prakash Karat must be harking back to his days as a student leader when he had his last encounters with elections.
- Sc Right To Rule Bandh Illegal (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 03, 2007)
The Supreme Court would have done well not to suggest the imposition of President’s rule on Tamil Nadu.
- Tn Rivals Gather ‘Evidence’On Bandh For Court (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The Opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu plans to move a contempt petition in the Supreme Court on Wednesday against the Karunanidhi government, accusing it of collaborating in the bandh called by the ruling DMK and its allies on the Sethusamudram. . .
- Get Well Soon: Bjp Chief Tells Congress (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Oct 03, 2007)
Lord Ram is firmly back on the BJP political agenda. Party president Rajnath Singh on Tuesday led the party’s day-long dharna in the Capital to protest against the Centre’s affidavit in the Supreme Court on Ram Sethu and against Tamil Nadu Chief . . . .
- Sc Says Tamil Nadu Bandh 'Illegal' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The DMK and the government run by it in Tamil Nadu got a stinging rebuke from the Supreme Court here on Sunday when the court held the state-wide bandh called by the principal ruling party on Monday in support of the Sethusamudram project . . . . .
- Apex Court Stays Tamil Nadu Bandh (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 01, 2007)
Says parties have no right to call or enforce a bandh that causes inconvenience to people
- Karunanidhi, Dpa Leaders To Observe Fast Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, along with leaders of other parties of the Democratic Progressive Alliance, will observe a fast here on Monday on the Sethusamudram project.
- Congress Loses Nuclear Edge (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 01, 2007)
Political 'accidents' cannot be predicted. When such accidents take place, these are difficult to control. I have been writing about this for the past four weeks.
- Karunanidhi To Go On Fast Tomorrow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will undertake a fast tomorrow demanding early completion of the Sethusamudram project, DMK sources said.
- Supreme Court Stays Tn Bandh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Ruling DMK front in Tamil Nadu on Sunday suffered a major setback with the Supreme Court restraining them from going ahead with the state-wide bandh on Monday on the Sethusamudram project issue.
- Preferences And Prejudices (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Newspapers, in the classical definition, are purveyors of news and views. “All the news that is fit to print” and “Facts are sacred, comment is free” are antediluvian concepts now.
- Sc Bans Dmk Bandh Over Ram Setu (Tribune, S.S. Negi , Oct 01, 2007)
In a severe jolt to the Karunanidhi-led DMK alliance in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court today banned Monday’s state-wide bandh called by it on the Sethusamudram issue in the backdrop of the Chief Minister questioning the very existence of . . . .
- Sc Stops Tn Shutdown By Dmk: Bandhs Are Illegal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Slamming the very concept of a bandh and the perceived defiance of law, the Supreme Court today stopped the DMK-sponsored Tamil Nadu bandh called tomorrow to demand early completion of the Sethusamudram shipping canal project.
- Ram Setu: Buses Off The Roads, Shops Closed In Tn (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Though the Supreme Court had stayed the Tamil Nadu bandh called on Monday by the ruling DMK and its allies on the Sethusamudram project issue, buses in most parts of the state were off the roads and shops in main thoroughfares remained closed.
- Buses Off The Roads, Shops Closed In Tn (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Though the Supreme Court had stayed the Tamil Nadu bandh called on Monday by the ruling DMK and its allies on the Sethusamudram project issue, buses in most parts of the state were off the roads and shops in main thoroughfares remained closed.
- Supreme Court Stays Tn Bandh (New Indian Express, Prabhakar Rao Voruganti, Oct 01, 2007)
In a major decision, Supreme Court has on Sunday restrained the ruling political combine in Tamil Nadu from going ahead with the bandh slated for Monday in seeking early implementation of the Sethusamudram project.
- Sc Stays Tn Bandh, Cm To Fast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The ruling DMK front in Tamil Nadu today suffered a major setback with the Supreme Court restraining it from going ahead with the statewide bandh tomorrow on the Sethusamudram project issue.
- Bandh Stopped, Dmk To Fast (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Sunday directed the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu not to go ahead with its proposed bandh on Monday demanding speeding up of the Sethusamudram project.
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