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- Congress, Left Buying Time: Venkaiah Naidu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
The former BJP president, M. Venkaiah Naidu, said on Wednesday that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government should seek a fresh mandate as early as possible as it had been reduced to a ‘lame duck’ dispensation that was unable to take any . . . .
- 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.”
- I Rejected Rss Bid To Rework Pact: Kumaraswamy (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Oct 10, 2007)
The former Chief Minister, H.D. Kumaraswamy, has said that he firmly rejected a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) attempt to rework a fresh agreement with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- 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.
- Tampering With The Truth (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Oct 10, 2007)
Bicgraphies of Pakistani leaders who are no longer in this world continue to be published.
- Is The Nuclear Power Option Safe For India? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The country is well equipped, both in terms of regulatory mechanisms and manpower, to exploit nuclear power safely and efficiently.
- ‘Great Potential To Leverage Synergies Between India And Latin America’ (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 10, 2007)
We have two areas of serious interest with Latin America — energy security and food security. We have started investing in the oil and gas sector in the region. There is also a lot of potential in non-conventional fuels.
- Indian Govt And Communists Step Back In Nuclear Row (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 10, 2007)
The ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies, specially Bihar strong man Lalu Prasad and Maharastra ally Sharad Pawar, on Tuesday intervened and averted a near-certain head-on collision between the Congress and the Communists on the nuclear . . . .
- Coalition Crumbles In Karnataka (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
POLITICS in Karnataka is once again on the boil with the second coalition experiment in three years coming apart.
- Indian Fm Repeats Old Speech: Myanmar Turmoil (Dawn, Simon Denyer, Oct 10, 2007)
By failing to freshen up his speech, critics said Pranab Mukherjee appeared to ignore widespread pro-democracy protests in Myanmar and a deadly military crackdown.
- Kerala's Shame (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 10, 2007)
Sunday's mob attack on a 40-year-old hapless pregnant woman and her two children in Edappal, Kerala, is appalling.
- Desire For Democracy (Hindustan Times, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 10, 2007)
The sage of the Renaissance Age, Erasmus, distinguishes between the "quiet" and "turbulent" periods of history. The turbulent periods may be short but they provide sharp contrasts to historical happenings.
- 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.
- It’S Now Or Never (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
October 5 has come and gone. D-day is now October 9. So the war of nerves drags on. In principle the government remains committed to carrying the Indo-US nuclear deal through. In practice it has been giving ground, inch by surreptitious inch, to the Left.
- Google India Launches Sms (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Search engine leader Google Inc announced on Tuesday an SMS-based text message service for India, aiming to use its search capabilities and user-generated content listings on the Internet to help consumers find restaurants, movie halls and . . .
- Issue Nbws As Last Resort: Sc Tells Courts (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Restraining trial courts from issuing NBWs at the first instance on complaints by the "moral police", SC on Tuesday said that when a mere summons is enough to secure the presence of the accused, there is no need for resorting to non-bailable . . . .
- Upa Gets Safeguards, Allows Left To Tie Its Hands On N-Deal (Indian Express, D K Singh, Oct 10, 2007)
Almost a month after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had dared the Left to withdraw support over the Indo-US nuclear deal, the UPA Government today gave in to Left pressure and agreed to go slow on its operationalisation.
- Lucy Grays Of Bihar (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 10, 2007)
Sixty days ago, a teenaged boy was kidnapped in Patna. The administration has no clue of his or the abductors' whereabouts. Amarnath Tewary meets the boy's distraught parents
- 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.
- A New Middle Class? (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 10, 2007)
Former Gujarat chief minister and now godfather of BJP rebels, Keshubhai Patel, returned from Delhi empty-handed early this month. During his discussions with L.K. Advani, Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitely, he was told curtly that Modi is the supreme . . .
- Upa And Left Begin Drifting Polls Apart (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The three-year-old UPA government is staring at early elections with the Left refusing to climb down on the question of commencing safeguards talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- India And The Iaea Safeguards Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
There is some uncertainty about what precisely the government intends to do in working out an ‘India-specific’ safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency as a first step towards operationalising the India-United States nuclear deal.
- The Muslim Question In Gujarat (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 09, 2007)
By an unspoken consensus, Muslims have been excluded from the election debate in Gujarat.
- Cpi(m), Cpi Seek Elections In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The Left parties on Monday favoured the dissolution of the Karnataka Assembly and holding of fresh elections.
- Nandigram Violence Claims Another Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Violence continued to rage for the second day in the Nandigram area of West Bengal’s Purbo Medinipur district.
- Vcs Against Fee Hike But Not Scared Of Foreign Universities (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
A fee hike in colleges and universities across the country might prove to be difficult.
- The Art Market In India Reframes Itself For The 21st Century (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
For an uninitiated Westerner, making your way to one of this city's new art galleries can be a disorienting study in contrasts.
- Karat Meets Pranab, Sonia On Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
On the eve of the fifth meeting of the UPA-Left committee on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee at his house in New Delhi on Monday.
- Universal Wisdom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
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- Pranab Goofs Up, Repeats Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Industry captains and journalists in the northeast were numbed into silence on Sunday when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee read out almost verbatim a written speech on Indias "Look East" policy that he delivered four months ago.
- The Bridge To Ceylon (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Oct 09, 2007)
According to Valmiki’s Ramayan, Ram walked over the Sahya mountains, with their spectacular forests and waterfalls. They were covered with red earth.
- Opportunism, Karnataka Style (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 09, 2007)
Haryana has had the distinction of giving the Indian political lexicon the terminology “Aya Ram Gaya Ram” to denote opportunistic floor crossings in order to acquire or retain power for personal profit.
- Sensex Crashes On Heavy Selling (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Bulls again on Monday tried to conquer 18K mark but failed because of aggressive bears, who were riding on political crisis at the Centre.
- Wizard Of Forbes (Indian Express, Manjeet Kripalani, Oct 09, 2007)
James Walker Michaels, the former editor of Forbes magazine, died. He was 86. With him, an era has come to a close.
- Iaf To Get Ajt By Next Month (New Indian Express, GAUTAM DATT, Oct 09, 2007)
For the Indian Air Force, the wait for advanced jet trainers is finally over. The IAF will get the first of the Hawk trainer aircraft bought from Britain by next month.
- Pranab Goofs Up, Repeats Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Industry captains and journalists in the northeast were numbed into silence on Sunday when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee read out almost verbatim a written speech on Indias "Look East" policy that he delivered four months ago.
- Bjp Formally Parts Ways With Jd(s), Submits Letter To Governor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The 20-month coalition between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka came to a formal end on Sunday with the BJP withdrawing support to the H.D. Kumaraswamy-led government.
- Mid-Term Polls Imminent: Jd(u) (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Oct 08, 2007)
The Janata Dal (United) on Sunday asserted that a mid-term election was imminent as the Congress had failed to adhere to the coalition dharma.
- Jd(s) Charge Is Absurd: Venkaiah (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Senior BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday described as “absurd” the charge of Janata Dal (Secular) that the Sangh Parivar outfits had attempted to turn Karnataka into a ‘Hindutva laboratory.’
- For The Joy Of Doing Nothing! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
It is around noon at Kalka railway station, not too far from Shimla. As I step towards the exit gate, a handful of taxi drivers offer their services. “Solan, Sir”, one of them enquires.
- Magic, Miracles, Mysticism (Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan, Oct 08, 2007)
She has a degree in music, veena training from Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, knowledge of Sanskrit and love of research.
- Bjp Leaders Go All Out Against Deve Gowda, Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Sunday led thousands of workers who had come from all over the State in a rally to Raj Bhavan here.
- 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.
- Peace Angel Speaks Again (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
On October 2, we celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. It would be appropriate to ponder over what remains of his legacy and who can justifiably claim to be its beneficiaries.
- Kerala School Absent In Annals (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
This has reference to the article, "From Kerala to infinity", the interview with George G Joseph "Knowledge Travels" (August 20) and the editorial, "This is to certify" (August 14).
- Kiss Of Death (Deccan Herald, Sunil K Poolani, Oct 08, 2007)
This is a story about violence and unexpected love; dark treachery and the warmth of true friends...
- Faith Gives Relief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Scriptures affirm that human beings are born to undergo the effects of their individual Karma and this explains the sufferings people experience during their lifetime.
- “There Should Be Afghanistanisation Of The Development Process” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 08, 2007)
Afghanistan’s former Foreign Minister,Abdullah Abdullah, on holding talks with the Taliban, and India’s role in his country’s development.
- Karnataka Cartwheels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The act of political duplicity perpetrated by the reigning father-son duo in Karnataka marks a new low in political morality.
- Withdraw Support From Anti-People Govt: Jd(u) To Left (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
As a mid-term poll seems imminent, Janata Dal(U) has dubbed the UPA Government at the Centre as "anti people" and urged the Left parties to withdraw their support from the Government.
- Jd(u) Asks Left To Pull The Plug (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Sensing the prospect of mid-term polls, the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday upped the ante against the UPA government accusing it of "failure" on all fronts and decided to launch a nation-wide campaign to highlight its "anti-people" policies.
- The Pressure Cooker (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 08, 2007)
It is sometimes strange to see the political class, that is supposed to have emerged from the grass roots and represents the masses of India, be so insensitive to the growing disparity between the rich and the poor.
- Bitter Break-Up (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Oct 08, 2007)
An unprincipled and purely opportunistic political coalition forged between two parties which have nothing in common except a mutual lust for power, often ends up in a head-on collision.
- Fighting Aids, The Gandhian Way (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Inspired by the Bollywood character Munnabhai, a group of Gandhians here launched a campaign against HIV/AIDS by urging people in a "Gandhian style" to keep themselves away from illicit relationship.
- The Witch And A Poet (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2007)
I no longer bother to read best sellers or books touted to have earned their authors advance royalties of millions or more dollars or pounds, writes Khushwant Singh.
- Deve Gowda Lists Reasons Against Transfer Of Power (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
With the coalition government in Karnataka heading for a collapse, the former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) national president, H.D. Deve Gowda, and BJP president Rajnath Singh met in New Delhi on Friday night and exchanged notes on the . . . .
- Swamy To The Rescue? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Is the stormy petrel of Indian politics Subramaniam Swamy again stepping in to repair the collapsing bridge between the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in Karnataka?
- 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 . . . . . .
- Get On The Kailash Mansarovar Route (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 06, 2007)
Eleven rounds of border talks between India and China have taken place, and among the issues on the table is the opening of new routes for the Kailash Mansarovar yatra and trade.
- Myanmar: India Must Suspend Military Support (Hindu, MUKUL SHARMA, Oct 06, 2007)
The military cracks down on protesters and takes an increasingly prominent position on the streets of Yangon. Hundreds of arrests are made and there are worrying reports of a rising death toll.
- Spiritual Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
In the Bhagavad Gita are described the qualities of a person with steadfast mind (Sthitaprajna). Such a person is an embodiment of self-control.
- Celebrating Wanderlust (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Travel is one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy today. And the potential of the industry in India is just about being tapped. Opportunities are enormous for youth in this sector and to emphasise that Srinivas College of Hotel Management . . .
- Narendra Modi’S New Avatar (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 06, 2007)
How well placed is Narendra Modi to win the 2007 Gujarat election? The feedback from the ground suggests a tough fight ahead. However, the Chief Minister is not one to give up easily.
- Bjp May Pull Out Today (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Oct 06, 2007)
It appeared the end of the road for the 20-month Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government in Karnataka as a 90-minute meeting between the presidents of the two parties that continued till 10.40 p.m. on Friday failed to break . . .
- Fresh Threat To Taslima (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Clerics of the Tippu Sultan Masjid — amongst the oldest mosques in the city — repeated here on Friday their demand for the deportation of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin who has been residing here.
- Logic Does Not Defy Ram Setu (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Oct 06, 2007)
Is there any authoritative, scientific evidence to prove that Ram Setu is a natural formation? According to Mr T Satyamurthy, who recently retired as Superintending Archaeologist, having worked with Archaeological Survey of India since . . . .
- Govt. Gears Up For ‘Bijli’ Rally (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Oct 06, 2007)
Hectic preparations are underway for the visit of Congress president Sonia Gandhi to Haryana this Sunday.
- Move To Allow Second Term In Sahitya Akademi General Council (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Oct 06, 2007)
Nineteen years after the Sahitya Akademi barred general council members from a second term in its highest decision-making body to allow infusion of fresh blood into the institution, a move is under way to revert to the old regime; purportedly with . . . .
- ‘Sena And Bjp Glued By Bond Of Hindutva’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Downplaying the rift between the Shiv Sena and BJP in Maharashtra, Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said the alliance was very much intact and would definitely be contesting the 2009 state Assembly polls together.
- History's Lessons Not Learned (Pioneer, Premen Addy , Oct 06, 2007)
Michael Wood's six-part documentary, recently telecast by BBC to mark the 60th anniversary of India's independence, is a triumph of television. Camera and narrative, themes and events, have been woven into a seamless robe of the story-teller's art.
- It's A Battle Between Ram & Rome: Modi (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Making the forthcoming election a battle between ‘Ram and Rome’, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked every Indian to say Ram was born, so loudly that even “Italy hears it”.
- Debate Contempt (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 05, 2007)
It is difficult not to agree with the widespread criticism of Delhi High Court’s order sentencing four journalists found guilty of contempt of court. Questions can certainly be raised if the mere publication of articles alleging corruption against . . .
- A Curse Comes True (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Oct 05, 2007)
Nepal's Maoists are working hard to fulfil Gorakhnath's bleak prediction about the Shah dynasty
- Science Advanced, Values Declined (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 05, 2007)
When human beings evolved from being hunters and gatherers to agriculturists, elders in society imposed various behavioural restrictions.
- Winding Routes From The Roof Of The World (Telegraph, Chirosree Basu, Oct 05, 2007)
When Warren Hastings returned to England in 1785, there followed in tow two yaks.
- Bsf, Bdr Exchange Fire (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The Border Security Force and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) exchanged fire near the Sidhai border outpost in West Bengal’s South Dinajpur district on Wednesday night.
- Kakodkar: No Consultations With Iaea (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Oct 05, 2007)
Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, on Thursday firmly denied an agency report that the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was holding negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on arriving at India-specific. . .
- Kumaraswamy Calls On Governor, To Face Floor Test (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Oct 05, 2007)
Governor will be requested to summon Assembly
- War-Time Snippets (Tribune, G.K. Gupta, Oct 05, 2007)
ALL those now at least in their early seventies will fondly traverse the Nostalgia Street that Raj Chatterjee has thrown open before them in his “Living through the summer” middle piece.
- U.N. Patent Agency Adopts Development Agenda (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Oct 05, 2007)
It is intended to correct policymaking and activities
Gap between rich and poor countries to be accounted for
Implementation of agenda may not be easy
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