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- Ex-Indian Pm Dies Of Cancer (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2007)
Former Indian Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar died of cancer on Sunday here at the age of 80, a hospital statement said.
- Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar Dies Of Cancer (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2007)
Chandra Shekhar breathed his last at 8:45 am at the Apollo Hospital here where he was admitted for the last three months, a doctor attending on him said.
- Chandra Shekhar The Loner (Tribune, Vijay Sanghvi, Jul 09, 2007)
Chandra Shekhar, the last of the legendary leaders who inspired masses not only to fight for independence but also for social and economic equality, passed away after a long illness on Sunday morning.
- Former Pm Chandra Shekhar Is No More (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar who held center-stage of Indian politics for almost four decades with his unflinching commitment to socialism and strong distaste for personality politics passed away at a New Delhi hospital on Sunday morning.
- A Bureaucrat And A Politician (Hindu, ANJANA RAJAN, Jul 09, 2007)
Yashwant Sinha on his innings as Finance Minister and his new book. ANJANA RAJAN .
- Chandra Shekhar, Ambition And Idealism’S Mix, Dies At 80 (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jul 09, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, a socialist who showed political ambition and idealism can cohabit, died today in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. He was 80.
- Hostels Near Mosques In Uk May Be Breeding Terror (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Jul 09, 2007)
While a definite pattern of religious fundamentalism and activism is emerging in investigations, which answers why the highly educated Ahmed brothers - Kafeel and Sabeel - took on the role of alleged terrorists, the missing key may well lie in the . . .
- Chandra Shekhar Dead (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 09, 2007)
Country’s 11th Prime Minister, Chandra Shekhar, who headed a shaky coalition government installed by the outgoing Congress regime for just seven months in 1990-91, died here this morning after a long battle against bone cancer. He was 80.
- Chandra Shekhar — A Firebrand Idealist (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Jul 09, 2007)
A committed socialist and a rebel all through his life, Chandra Shekhar became the Prime Minister in 1990, but he never emerged as a successful politician who, with his standing, could have achieved much more than he actually did.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 07, 2007)
The surrender of 1,200 students and militants of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid may have staved off a bloodier confrontation.
- Zen And The Art Of Deceit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 06, 2007)
Our "non-political" Prime Minister has been delivering a command performance of late, flitting from lecturing Indian business on the responsibilities of corporate governance to expressing great concern for the underprivileged.
- Nixon, Kissinger, Condi, All Got It Wrong (Asian Age, K. Natwar Singh, Jul 06, 2007)
I should make it clear that I am wholly and emphatically rejecting any and all messianic concepts of America’s role in the world: rejecting, that is, the image of ourselves as teachers and redeemers to the rest of humanity, rejecting the illusions . . .
- Meaning Of Meaning (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jul 06, 2007)
“There shall be,” Article 52 of the Constitution says, “a President of India.” The next article declares, in almost stentorian tone, that “The executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President and shall be exercised by him either directly . .
- Liveearth Vs Africa (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 06, 2007)
Few poor people will get to see Al Gore and his troupe of rock-star ecologists strutting their stuff this weekend because most have neither television nor electricity.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 05, 2007)
A few remarks about NAM by US Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice have caused quite a flutter in India.
- Recall The Emergency (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jul 05, 2007)
Mrs Gandhi snuffed out democracy with the help of a pliant President. Pratibha Patil will be equally willing to do the dynasty's bidding
- State Can't Abdicate (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jul 05, 2007)
According to a recent report, a man in Hyderabad, who had defaulted in a loan repayment instalment, died after being beaten up by personnel of a loan recovery agency of a leading bank.
- Govt’S Parting Gift To Kalam: Ok To Funds For His Pan-African E-Network (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Jul 05, 2007)
Two weeks before President A P J Abdul Kalam leaves Rashtrapati Bhavan, the UPA Cabinet is set to give him a parting gift by clearing the $100-million funding for his brainchild: an ambitious pan-African E-Network Project, designed to help bridge . . .
- Centre Turns Down Bharat Ratna Plea For Jagjivan Ram (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Jul 05, 2007)
The Centre has turned down the request of Babu Jagjivan Ram Centenary Celebration Committee to confer Bharat Ratna posthumously on the country's Dalit icon and the Congress heavyweight of yore. Instead, the Congress . . . .
- Little Stopping The Mullahs (Indian Express, Murtaza Razvi, Jul 05, 2007)
Former dictator Ayub Khan’s Islamabad — literally ‘city of Islam’ — is coming full circle. The obsession with religion and allied nomenclature has shaken Pakistan to its roots.
- Scs To Get Free Drinking Water In Haryana (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2007)
Haryana public health minister Randeep Singh Surjewala today said the state government would spend Rs 340 crore under the ambitious Indira Gandhi Drinking Water Supply Scheme in next three years to provide free drinking water connection to . . . .
- Tigers May Be Down To 1,300; Alarm Bells Begin To Ring (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2007)
After the news that the central Indian belt had lost a third of its tigers, comes yet another shock. India currently has only about 1,300 wild tigers, which is 2,342 less than the 3,642 last enumerated in 2001-2002.
- A Zia Legacy Back To Haunt Pakistan (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
The Lal Masjid operation may or may not match India’s Bluestar in its scale, but both standoffs have similar origins, analysts say.
- Nda Takes Exception To Campaign Against Shekhawat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
The NDA today took exception to a campaign being allegedly carried out by the Congress against its presidential candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
- Upa: Nda Is Diluting Norms (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Jul 04, 2007)
Top leaders of the UPA on Tuesday disapproved of the BJP-led NDA’s campaign against presidential candidate Pratibha Patil which, they felt, has diluted the norms that must form part of the political process.
- Electing Pratibha Patil The Next Rashtrapati (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 04, 2007)
Yashwant Sinha, who was Finance Minister for three years in the National Democratic Alliance government, has just published a memoir of sorts entitled Confessions Of A Swadeshi Reformer.
- Sepia Mutiny (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 03, 2007)
As the USS Nimitz gently rocks in the peaceful waters near the port of Chennai, some turbulence between India and the United States has been detected courtesy a blast from the past.
- Minus Two In Bangla (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 02, 2007)
Foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon had to call on Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Moeen U. Ahmed as well while visiting Dhaka a few days ago.
- If Nasty Is On Nimitz, It Means America Wants To Be ‘Nice’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
America has sent its biggest war machine to India. It is captained by a man named “Nasty”.
- Us Asked China To ‘Menace’ India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
Recently declassified US official records throw new light on the anger and frustration that seized President Richard Nixon during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and how Washington secretly pleaded with China to “menace” India by moving troops to the Indian border.
- U.S. Pleaded With China To ‘Menace’ India: Book (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
“Nixon, Kissinger tried to rope in China to prevent the formation of Bangladesh”
Nixon describes Indians as “slippery, treacherous people”
Book refers to the late Indira Gandhi’s travels to several Western capitals
- Us Tried To Rope In China To Prevent Birth Of Bangladesh (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
The recently declassified US official records throw new light on the anger and frustration that seized President Richard Nixon during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and how Washington secretly pleaded with China to "menace" India by moving troops to the . ..
- ‘Portfolios That Reach Out To Large Numbers Are With Other Parties. So Cong Workers Don’T Feel Involved’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 02, 2007)
My guest today is one of the most energetic and youthful ministers in this cabinet, Ambika Soni. Tourism and culture is your charge, and so is the Taj Mahal, isn’t it?
- Ious That Bjp's Ennui Consumed (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 30, 2007)
If convention deemed that the President of India be chosen along strictly non-partisan lines, there is little doubt that Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat would have had a pretty resounding victory - assuming Pratibha Patil was his only rival.
- How Phoney, Sir Salman (Pioneer, Premen Addy , Jun 30, 2007)
Controversy, it would appear, follows novelist and author Salman Rushdie as assiduously as do bees to honey, or, as his multitude of foes would prefer, as bluebottle flies to dung.
- First Among Equals (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 30, 2007)
President APJ Abdul Kalam’s decision not to seek re-election is both a tribute to his statesmanship and a positive step on his part to keep the august office out of political controversy.
- World On A Treetop (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
Sit back and enjoy Nature from the top of a tree in Top Slip
- Less Moralism, Please (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 30, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reverted to his pedagogical role while recently releasing a book on the new Asian power dynamics.
- Pratibha Chosen For Loyalty (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 30, 2007)
But for the strong opposition of the Congress and the Left, India would have had Dr Abdul Kalam as the next President.
- Aicc Leader Says No To Patil Support (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
Senior Karnataka Congress leader and AICC member Harnahally Ramaswamy has appealed to his party MPs and MLAs to vote as per the dictates of their conscience and defeat the UPA’s presidential nominee, Ms Pratibha Patil.
- Unprecedented Mess (Asian Age, Dr P.C. Alexander, Jun 30, 2007)
The manner in which the selection of candidates for the office of the President of India has been made by the political parties, has caused a good deal of disenchantment, if not disgust, among people who care for high standards of decency and . . .
- Dynastic Faultlines~i (Statesman, SUBRATA MUKHERJEE, Jun 29, 2007)
Schumpeter identifies five points which are crucial for distinguishing successful democracies from the ones that are in difficulty and facing collapse.
- Special Article (Statesman, SUBRATA MUKHERJEE, Jun 29, 2007)
Schumpeter identifies five points which are crucial for distinguishing successful democracies from the ones that are in difficulty and facing collapse.
- A Procession Of Presidents (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Jun 29, 2007)
At this late stage it is futile to lament the way almost all political parties conspired to bring the race for Rashtrapati Bhavan to the lowest depths of petty politicking that has sadly become the hallmark of the world’s largest democracy.
- Unprecedented Mess (Asian Age, Dr P.C. Alexander, Jun 29, 2007)
The manner in which the selection of candidates for the office of the President of India has been made by the political parties, has caused a good deal of disenchantment, if not disgust, among people who care for high standards of decency and . ..
- Nda Unrelenting In Attack On Pratibha, Upa Rules Out Replacement (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
Pratibha Patil continued to be the focus of attention on Thursday in the run-up to the Presidential elections with the NDA unrelenting in its attack on her but the UPA-Left combine ruled out replacement of its nominee.
- Beyond The Silly Season (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 29, 2007)
There is something patently disingenuous about that section of the media which proclaims piously that this is the “dirtiest” presidential election in India’s history, and then proceeds to highlight its own “exclusive” story centred on the alleged . . .
- Emergency, 32 Years On (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 29, 2007)
Come the last week of June and thoughts of many Indians turn to Indira Gandhi’s Emergency whose 32nd anniversary fell of Tuesday.
- Ious That Bjp's Ennui Consumed (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 29, 2007)
If convention deemed that the President of India be chosen along strictly non-partisan lines, there is little doubt that Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat would have had a pretty resounding victory - assuming Pratibha Patil was his only rival.
- Institutions, Not Individuals (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 28, 2007)
Though it has become proverbial to say that Pakistan is passing through difficult times, it may not be an exaggeration to claim that not since 1971 has the federation been exposed to such multi-dimensional crises as we find it today.
- A Cautionary Tale (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jun 28, 2007)
The furore in Pakistan about Salman Rushdie’s knighthood tells us a great deal about that peculiar country and something about ours.
- War Room Leak Accused Cooling Heels In Europe (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
Ravi Shankaran, a kin of former naval chief Admiral Arun Prakash who is the key accused in the war room leak case, has been spotted in Europe and the CBI has stepped up efforts to bring him to India to face trial.
- Unprecedented Mess (Asian Age, Dr P.C. Alexander, Jun 28, 2007)
The manner in which the selection of candidates for the office of the President of India has been made by the political parties, has caused a good deal of disenchantment, if not disgust, among people who care for high standards of decency and . . .
- Reading The Bar Codes (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 28, 2007)
Strange how time’s machine travels back and forth at warp speed. Two hundred and fifty-one years ago, Siraj-ud-daulah demonstrated what an overcrowded prison can do to human beings with the Black Hole of Calcutta.
- Cong Response To Pratibha Charges: Shekhawat Should Drop Out! (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
Piqued by the BJP's campaign against UPA presidential candidate Pratibha Patil - in the eye of a storm in the wake of a spate of allegations - the UPA on Wednesday sought to seize the high moral ground because she had quit the governorship of . . .
- A Procession Of Presidents (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Jun 28, 2007)
At this late stage it is futile to lament the way almost all political parties conspired to bring the race for Rashtrapati Bhavan to the lowest depths of petty politicking that has sadly become the hallmark of the world’s largest democracy.
- Upa Calls Pratibha ‘Tainted’ (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jun 27, 2007)
Calling the UPA presidential candidate Pratibha Patil “tainted”, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today stated that it would launch a mass awareness campaign to educate the electors on the significance of the July 19 poll.
- Once Upon An Emergency (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 27, 2007)
Way back in 2000, the research institute I was then associated with decided to organise a one-day symposium on the ‘Lessons of the Emergency’.
- Art And Craft (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 27, 2007)
The tears, the shock and the hurt are all genuine. No amount of disciplining will ever convince the Congressmen in Bhopal and Moradabad, now expelled from the party, about their indiscretion.
- Bjp Asks Congress To Rethink Pratibha (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Jun 27, 2007)
In view of grave allegations against UPA candidate, Vajpayee and Advani call for conscience vote
- A Procession Of Presidents (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Jun 27, 2007)
At this late stage it is futile to lament the way almost all political parties conspired to bring the race for Rashtrapati Bhavan to the lowest depths of petty politicking that has sadly become the hallmark of the world’s largest democracy.
- There Is Timidity In The Air (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 27, 2007)
Certain periods in a nation’s history should never be forgotten. They serve as a reminder of the worst times the people have faced.
- Presidential Race And The Loyalty Factor (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 27, 2007)
Loyalty to Nehru-Gandhi family seems to be the deciding factor for even as high a post as the President's.
- ‘Knight’ At The End Of The Day (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 27, 2007)
Sir Salman Rushdie — it has a certain ring to it, doesn’t it? A faintly ridiculous ring, much like Sir Mick Jagger or Sir Ian Botham, and not a million miles removed from Lord Ahmed or Baroness Uddin.
- Isi Hand Behind Fake Currency Racket (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
The counterfeit currency note racket smashed by the Special Cell of the Delhi police with the arrest of three young men on Monday was being run allegedly by a man declared as a proclaimed offender in a case registered here way back in 1996.
- Choosing A President : Apparent Insincerity (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Jun 27, 2007)
Kalams tenure had made both the Congress and the Left, wary of a non-political person even as a figurehead, writes Amulya Ganguli.
- Shankaranand: A Voice From Political Wilderness (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Jun 27, 2007)
Ask the octogenarian politician about the special bond he enjoyed with the Gandhi family, and he says blandly that it was honesty, sincerity and hard work which brought him closer.
- 33% Bjp Posts For Women (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 26, 2007)
Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh announced here on Monday that 33 per cent of party positions would be allotted to women, right from the block level in States to all committees and bodies at the central party level.
- She Fits The Congress Bill (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jun 26, 2007)
Even before runaway skeletons made her India's most controversial presidential candidate, Ms Pratibha Patil earned fame as the most lustreless aspirant to this high office.
- Battlelines Drawn (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 26, 2007)
The battlelines for the coming presidential election have been drawn with Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat filing his nomination papers as an independent candidate.
- '33 Per Cent Quota For Women In Bjp' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Countering the campaign of the Congress to get a woman President in Pratibha Patil, BJP chief Rajnath Singh on Monday announced 33 per cent reservation for women in the party.
- `Emergency' Response From Humour (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jun 26, 2007)
Every dark moment has a lighter touch to it, as people turn to humour to lighten the grimness of the situation. So it was during the dark days of the 1975-77 Emergency.
- Shekhawat To File Papers Today (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
Refreshing the memories of the unity of non-Congress parties in 1977, Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat will file his nomination papers for presidential election on Monday noon - the day Indira Gandhi had declared infamous Emergency way back in 1975.
- Failed Mantri As Rashtrapati? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 25, 2007)
Most Congress ministers who wanted to be president in 2007 know they will be nowhere in 2009. That says a lot about the quality of the Congress-led cabinet
- Shekhawat To File Nomination Monday (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
Despite the numbers not being in his favour, Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat will file his nomination papers tomorrow for the Presidential poll as an independent backed by the NDA, hoping to mop up support from rival formations.
- There Is Timidity In The Air (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 25, 2007)
Certain periods in a nation’s history should never be forgotten. They serve as a reminder of the worst times the people have faced. One such period in India was that of the Emergency. It was imposed thirty years ago on June 25.
- Encounter With Giants (Pioneer, K P Bhanumathy, Jun 25, 2007)
What will you do when a man of the stature of Jawaharlal Nehru "grips you from behind with a hard shake" and smiles. You would probably grow up idolising that person, remaining in the awe of the incident forever.
- New Thinking On Kashmir (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 25, 2007)
FOR the greater part of its history, Kashmir has maintained an independent existence.
- Thirty Something (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 23, 2007)
Thirty years of uninterrupted elected office is an achievement for any political party. More so for the CPM-led Left Front in West Bengal as it celebrates what is a global landmark for a democratically elected Communist party.
- Peace Amidst The Chatter (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2007)
Catch the lion-tailed macaque families here, writes W. Sreelalitha
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