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- Jaya Behind Bjp Act: Upa (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Sep 07, 2007)
Is AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa behind the disruption of Parliament over the nuke deal? If the United Progressive Alliance Government is to be believed, she is encouraging the National Democratic Alliance to stall Parliament proceedings.
- Cleaning Up Chennai: Not Just Local Politics (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Sep 06, 2007)
The question that begs for an answer is why is the whole city stinking when the contract for garbage clearance had been given only for three zones and the corporation is supposed to look after the remaining seven.
- Karat’S War Against Us, In Dhoti & English (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2007)
In a red-bordered dhoti instead of his usual trousers, Prakash Karat had made sure he was dressed right to lead a jatha against America.
- Dgp Rubbishes Reports Of Impending Terrorist Attacks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
A routine alert by the Union Home Ministry to all state governments to beef up security and vigilance for Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi festivals following bomb blasts by terrorists in Hyderabad, has been converted into rumours by some . . . .
- 15-Member Panel On Nuke Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
The government tonight announced the composition of the key committee, to be headed by external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, to look into the concerns of the Left parties on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
- Allies Hold Tilting Power In Nuclear Panel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
The Congress and the Left have equal representation in the panel on the nuclear deal but other allies are expected to tilt the balance in the event of a tie.
- Left Party Leaders Explain Opposition To Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Leaders of the two main Left parties met Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and explained their opposition to India’s nuclear deal with the United States ahead of their protest march, which is to be flagged off from Chennai to Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.
- 15-Member Nuke Panel Set Up (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Six days after reaching an interim truce with its make-or-break Left allies over the nuclear affair, the ruling Congress-led UPA tonight announced the constitution of a 15-member committee to look into the Left parties . . . .
- 15-Member Panel To Go Into Left's Concerns On N-Deal (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
A 15-member UPA-Left committee to go into the concerns raised by the government's outside allies on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal was announced here tonight by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee who will be its convenor.
- N-Panel In Place (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Even as the Left parties continued with their sabre rattling against the UPA government in general and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in particular over the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, the Centre late on Tuesday night announced a . . . .
- Pranab Convener Of N-Deal Panel (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday night announced the 15-member UPA-Left Committee that would to go into the concerns raised by the Left parties on the India-US civil nuclear deal. Pranab will be its convener.
- Govt Announces 15-Member Committee On Indo-Us Nuke Deal (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
Government on Tuesday night announced the composition of the key committee, to be headed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to look into the concerns of the left parties on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
- Dmk Demands Due Recognition In Pondy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), an ally of the Congress in the Union Territory, on Monday asked the Government to accord due recognition to the party while implementing various welfare schemes.
- N-Panel In Limbo (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh government appears to be having teething problems in firming up the proposed UPA-Left committee meant to look into the Left’s concerns and objections over the Indo-US nuclear deal, even as the CPI-M today unleashed . . . . ..
- Left Can't Set The Agenda (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Sep 04, 2007)
We have another terrorist attack in Hyderabad, which leaves at least 42 people dead and hundreds injured. 'Sleeper units', which have carried out the blasts, can comfortably go back to sleep once again, as we simply refuse to act on security . . . .
- When Communists Say Let’S Talk (Indian Express, C. Uday Bhaskar, Sep 03, 2007)
The 123 text that will help to ‘operationalise’ the July 18, 2005 civilian nuclear cooperation agreement between India and the US is on hold.
- The Scholar Missionary (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
Right now, Sattankulam area in southern Tamil Nadu is in the eye of a sandstorm.
- In St. Peter’S Burgh (Asian Age, Suhel Seth, Sep 03, 2007)
There is a charm about St. Petersburg that few cities in the world can equal, and that is not because the city boasts of over 250 palaces, or for that matter, more than 300 churches.
- Democracy Sans Parties Dangerous (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 03, 2007)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and the debate on its implication seemed to cover a lot of ground.
- Left Can't Set The Agenda (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Sep 03, 2007)
We have another terrorist attack in Hyderabad, which leaves at least 42 people dead and hundreds injured.
- Democracy At Discount (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Sep 03, 2007)
It had been India’s pride – rightly – to be the world’s most populous democracy. We would claim parity with the USA – acclaimed as the world’s “greatest” democracy – to be the largest in the category.
- We Never Said Deal On Hold: Pranab (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Sep 01, 2007)
A day after the UPA and the Left parties called a truce over the contentious Indo-US civil nuclear deal, external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee said it is incorrect to say the nuke deal has been put on hold.
- Govt To Go Aheal With Iaea Talks (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Sep 01, 2007)
The UPA Government will go ahead to hold talks with IAEA and NSG and would take all the other steps necessary to formalise the Indo-US nuclear deal. Only before the deal is operationalised, i.e., to put into effective implementation . . . . .
- Govt To Go Ahead With Iaea Talks (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Sep 01, 2007)
The UPA Government will go ahead to hold talks with IAEA and NSG and would take all the other steps necessary to formalise the Indo-US nuclear deal. Only before the deal is operationalised, i.e., to put into effective implementation . . . .
- Democracy Sans Parties Dangerous (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 01, 2007)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal and the debate on its implication seemed to cover a lot of ground.
- Govt Buys Time Till Mid-Oct On N-Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2007)
TOI, in its edition of August 19, the day after the Left served notice on the government over the N-deal front-paged this scenario: "Govt buys time, drags feet on deal, allows another round of discussion with allies and partners . . . . .
- Geneva Outsources, Tn Naxal Belt Village Gets A Call Centre (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Aug 30, 2007)
Until six months ago, B Shivakumar from Kumbalam village toiled as a labour hand while C Rajkumar from Beeralam spent the day herding cattle.
- Halt Talks With Iaea First: Left (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Left leaders on Wednesday said they would expect a formal announcement from the UPA government withholding negotiations with the IAEA on the Indo-US nuclear deal before they join the proposed mechanism to resolve the present stand off on the issue.
- Gaaps Provide Leverage To The Management (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 30, 2007)
A common belief is that when companies follow the GAAPs (generally accepted accounting principles) you can be assured of dependable disclosures.
- Nuclear Standoff (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 29, 2007)
The fate of the Union government hangs in the balance as the ruling UPA and the Left parties differ strongly on the India-U.S. nuclear deal.
- Trial And Tribulation (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2007)
Political rivals of Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi will applaud in glee the Supreme Court’s Monday decision to transfer the "Kiruttinan murder case," in which his son M.K. Azhagiri is the main accused, from the sessions court . . . ..
- Coalition In The Future (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 28, 2007)
It’s all over bar the shouting. The general election is on the horizon, sooner than the Congress and other parties wanted, but the Indo-US nuclear deal has triggered a set of circumstances in which the Left’s essential support base for the coalition . . .
- Court Shifts Karuna Son Murder Trial To Andhra (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Monday transferred the trial in a Tamil Nadu murder case involving state chief minister M. Karunanidhi’s son M.K. Azhagiri to a sessions court in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
- Trail Of Murder Case Involving Karunanidhi's Son Shifted (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday suffered a setback with the Supreme Court transferring the trial in a murder case in the state involving his son M K Azhagiri, to a sessions court in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
- Everyone Loves A Hero (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 28, 2007)
There’s a very sound reason why television news should not make heroes out of villains who are heroes in their projected screen lives. It makes the wrong look right.
- How World Was Hammered (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
By a quirk of history, India appeared on the Bolshevik horizon soon after the Russian Revolution. Vladimir Lenin, having engineered the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, envisaged uprising of the proletariat on a global scale. In pursuit of this . . . .
- Karunanidhi Gets Assurance On Salem Division From Lalu Prasad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
The indefinite rail roko demanding the creation of the Salem Railway division disrupted train services across Tamil Nadu on Saturday morning, but was called off later in the day following an appeal from Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
- Our Collision Dharma (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 27, 2007)
Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s upbeat imagery of spring inevitably following winter and CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat’s reassuring words that his party’s central committee does not want the ongoing ‘crisis’ over the Indo-US nuclear . . . .
- Peter Pan Syndrome (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 27, 2007)
Early last year, Prakash Karat met Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and told him not to allow US firm Warner Brothers to build multiplex cinemas in Calcutta.
- Kerala For Amicable End To Salem Row: Achuthanandan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Kerala Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan has said that the State Government wished to find a peaceful solution to the dispute over creation of Salem Railway Division by bifurcating the Palakkad division.
- N-Debate Delayed To Sept. First Week (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Aug 25, 2007)
The long-awaited parliamentary debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal has got further delayed: it was initially supposed to be held last week, then earlier this week, then put off till August 27, and again till August 29 and 30. On Friday, highly-placed . . .
- Creation Of Salem Division: Dmk Minister Leads Rail Roko (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Tamil Nadu Minister Veerapandi S Arumugam, along with DMK volunteers, on squatted on the rail tracks here when the Kochi bound Gorakhpur Express arrived at Salem junction, demanding creation of Salem division of the southern railway, as scheduled . . . .
- Acronyms Anonymous (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Aug 25, 2007)
I am hopelessly lost and bewildered and if I am going batty, it is due to the taut nerves caused by having to hack through a dense thicket of acronyms in a bid to get a Half-Nelson on the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic conundrum.
- Not Of The People (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) claims that it runs itself by the old Bolshevik doctrine of democratic centralism.
- Cong-Admk Clash Over Jaya’S Remarks Against Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Congress and AIADMK workers nearly came to blows on Friday as several TNCC leaders and partymen attempted to demonstrate in front of the Poes Garden residence of AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa here.
- The Great Wall Of India (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 23, 2007)
Modern nation States, formed after the collapse of colonial empires, defined territorial integrity as the yardstick of national interest. Interventions such as culture, language and religion have shaped choices too, but essentially these. . .
- N-Deal: Cpm Central Committee Meets; Cpi, Dmk Hold Talks (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Aug 23, 2007)
While the Left parties are hoping for a last minute favourable word from the Government on the IAEA safeguard talks, the CPI(M) Central Committee met on Wednesday to begin discussion on the possible scenarios emerging out of the stand-off.
- Kumaraswamy: Some States Getting Preferential Treatment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
‘Karnataka is suffering because of the Union Government’s attitude’
Genuine demands of State neglected: Chief Minister
‘Tie-up with BJP hasn’t dented JD(S) image’
- Salem Division: Minister Threatens Stir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam has announced an indefinite blockade of all trains to and from Kerala passing through Salem from August 25 until the Centre clears the inauguration of the Salem Railway Division, scheduled for September 14.
- Kerala-Tn Trains To Be Blocked: Minister (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Aug 23, 2007)
The controversy over creation of a railway division in Salem, which resulted in a verbal duel between MPs from Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the Lok Sabha, has now taken an ugly turn with a senior Tamil Nadu minister today announcing that all trains . . . . .
- N-Deal: Left Chooses To Wait And Watch Till Sept (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
The CPM has received “private assurances” from the Congress that the UPA Government would not get into India-specific safeguard discussions with the IAEA during its on-coming annual general conference.
- One Cut To Size, Another Facing The Samurai (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 22, 2007)
When Manmohan Singh cedes the floor to Shinzo Abe in a joint session of Parliament tomorrow, the Japanese Prime Minister cannot but reflect on the uncanny parallel back home.
- Pmk Urges Dmk Leadership To Remove Irritants In Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
Seeks cordial atmosphere at least before Parliament polls are scheduled
- Cong Politely Says Sorry To Left’S Latest: Go To Vienna But Don’T Talk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
With the stand-off between the Left and the Government over the Indo-US nuclear deal showing no signs of letting up, the Congress today indicated that the Government would go ahead with negotiations with the IAEA in Vienna next month.
- Safeguarding Civil Public Discourse (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 22, 2007)
One cardinal feature that distinguishes the bygone era of about 40-50 years ago from the present one is the scrupulous adherence in those far-off days to high standards and decencies in public discourse.
- Deal Dilutes Autonomy (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 21, 2007)
The India-US civil nuclear deal has exposed our worst kept post-colonial secret - there is dyarchy in New Delhi with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi calling the shots and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh executing her designs, even at the cost . . . . .
- India’S Shaky Coalition (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Aug 21, 2007)
WHAT is human about nature? Bystanders enjoy conflict more than resolution. Partisans may prefer peace, but an audience can be persuaded to pay good money to watch gladiators.
- The Final Word (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The Left parties have made it clear to the Congress that a minority government that is dependent on others for support, cannot rule without consultations.
- The Ambush (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Aug 21, 2007)
What is human about nature? Bystanders enjoy conflict more than resolution. Partisans may prefer peace, but an audience can be persuaded to pay good money to watch gladiators.
- Pm Shrugs Off Left, Prepares For Iaea (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 21, 2007)
The UPA government and the Left are heading for a September showdown if the government decides to send Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar to the IAEA to negotiate a safeguards agreement with that international organisation.
- N-Logjam: Cold Comfort But No Peace Deal Yet (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The UPA allies rallied behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and coalition chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday after the CPM mooted a mechanism to discuss the implications of a US act that is at the root of the Left's rejection of the Indo-US . . . . .
- Poll-Wary Allies Signal Solidarity (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 20, 2007)
Playing good cop and bad cop, the UPA is dangling a committee on the nuclear deal and deploying allies to put pressure on the Left.
- Upa Partners Ask Mps To Rally Behind Pm (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Aug 20, 2007)
Faced with mounting pressure from the Opposition as well as the Left, the Government has, for the first time, realised the importance of the UPA allies.
- Chinese Whispers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 20, 2007)
Irrespective of how the Left-Congress drama ends - and it is increasingly and almost inevitably pointing to an early Lok Sabha election - the conduct of the Communist parties stands in the dock of history.
- Frivolity Of The Left (Pioneer, SHIKHA MUKERJEE, Aug 20, 2007)
The theme which connects the love lyrics that spread the message of bhakti to the ballooning output of Bangla bands reflecting the sensibilities of the 21st century youth is the quintessentially Indian preoccupation with romance and regret.
- It’S Left Versus Upa, Cong Gets Allies On Board (Indian Express, D K Singh, Aug 20, 2007)
In a show of solidarity, all UPA constituents today asked the government to go ahead with the Indo-US nuclear deal even if Left threats meant mid-term elections.
- Allies Don’T Want Early Polls (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 20, 2007)
The Left ultimatum has thrown the Congress into complete chaos, with the UPA allies making it clear that they are not ready for early general elections.
- Left Falls Out With Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 20, 2007)
Independence Day is always special, and after 60 years we must reflect on the past, live in the present and think of the future.
- Allies By Pm Side (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
The Prime Minister enjoys full support on the nuclear deal within the coalition he leads.
- Celebration To Survival Scare In A Week (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 18, 2007)
A week is a long time in politics.
- Russia, China Display Military Prowess (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Fighter jets swooped overhead, commandos jumped from helicopters onto rooftops and the boom of artillery shells shook the firing range in central Russia as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao looked on smiling.
- Confrontation Is Bad For Coalition Politics (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Aug 18, 2007)
Independence Day is always special, and after 60 years we must reflect on the past, live in the present and think of the future.
- Communism’S Black Book (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Aug 18, 2007)
Dickens’ famous A Tale of Two Cities moved between conservative London and Paris of the Terror, from which Hannah Arendt was to study the evolution of Nazi and communist totalitarianism, exploring the strange relationship between abstract . . . .
- Lies Become Truth (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Leftist historians are using their clout with Government and media to establish Karl Marx as a supporter of the Indian people during the 1857 revolt.
- Plan To Tap Cauvery Surplus Flow For Southern Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
The Public Works Department is preparing a detailed project report (DPR) for taking flood flows in the Cauvery to dry regions in the southern districts of the State.
- Dmk Puts Ally Pmk On Notice, Says Stop Provoking Violence (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Aug 16, 2007)
Vexed by frequent threats, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who heads the Democratic Progressive Alliance, on Wednesday hinted that the “time was soon approaching” to distance himself from his ally, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) led by . . . . .
- Conviction Of Al-Umma Leaders (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 16, 2007)
WHEN Special Court (bomb blasts cases) Judge, Coimbatore, K. Uthirapathy told the young and studious-looking Mohammed Basith that he found him guilty of all the charges framed against him in the February 14, 1998 serial blasts cases, the latter . . . .
- The Making Of A Miracle (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
One early morning in Bangalore - at about six, before the traffic thickened and made the timing of any cross-town journey the subject of doubting speculation - an enterprising young man called Arun Pai took me in his car to the edge of the Karnataka Golf
- Rs.6 Cr. For Renovation Of Poigai Dam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
The Government has allotted Rs.6 crore for renovation of the Poigai Dam, said the Tourism Minister, N.Suresh Rajan.
- Ak47, The Coca-Cola Of Small Arms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Michael Hodges, 'AK47: Story of the People's Gun' is a tribute to the legendary popularity of the gun in the 60th year of its inception, says Nigel Fountain.
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