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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Bibis Now To Explore Pakistan (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 19, 2007)
It is not just Pervez Musharraf who is allegedly doing a Lalu by projecting his wife Sehba for the top political job in Pakistan.
- Different Strokes Of Responsibility (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 18, 2007)
Why is it that we have not been able to enforce the principle of ministerial responsibility?
- The Tug Of Roots (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2007)
Railway ministers are famed for playing favourites when it comes to starting new trains, opening new divisions and so on.
- Lord Ram As Harry Potter (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Sep 18, 2007)
ASI needs stones to read history and historians need bones to understand it. Neither are there any stones left by Lord Ram, nor do his bones exist. Ironically, certain sections of the UPA were more than willing to buy this 'secular logic'
- Mob Fury (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Sep 17, 2007)
Once again in a ghastly incident of mob brutality, ten thieves were bludgeoned to death in Bihar last week.
- The Magic Of The Mix (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Sep 17, 2007)
It is clear from the words of Prakash Karat, A.B. Bardhan and their colleagues who run the coalition of Left parties that they are expecting an early election.
- Rjd Meeting Reflects Lalu’S Discomfort (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Sep 17, 2007)
The outcome of the national executive meeting of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) held in Delhi yesterday perhaps can be viewed as a pointer to the growing discomfort of its supremo Lalu Prasad in view of the apparent acceptance and related . . . . .
- Mobbed (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 17, 2007)
The images out of Bihar of late are not pretty, and the tale they tell, even less so. Nitish Kumar’s Bihar seems to be the grip of a surge of barbarism, with mobs dispensing rough justice at will to petty thieves and offenders.
- Soni Hurt By Jairam's Remark, Says Khurshid (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2007)
The blame game is on in the Government over the controversial Ram Setu affidavit denying the existence of Lord Ram.
- Pakistan Rlys On Same Track As Lalu (Indian Express, Raghvendra Rao, Sep 17, 2007)
The winds of change sweeping the Indian Railways over the past few months have had a resonance on the other side of the border as well. In a remarkable coincidence Pakistan Railways seems to have chosen to tread similar lines as its Indian . . . .
- Ram Integral To India: Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Coming under tremendous pressure from Opposition BJP and other Sangh Parivar outfits and even some of its allies for filing a controversial affidavit in the Supreme Court in the Sethusamudram case questioning the existence of Lord Rama . . . .
- Sign N-Deal And Be Responsible For Snap Poll, Left Tells Upa (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 14, 2007)
In the backdrop of growing differences between the UPA Government and the Left parties, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday gave a clear signal that a mid-term poll was in the offing and warned the Government allies to face . . . . . .
- After Setu Gaffe, Cong Mulls Damage Control (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2007)
Even though he sees himself as a "muscular secularist", RJD boss and railway minister Lalu Prasad can recognise a political minefield when he sees one. Refusing to set off more implosions over the Ram Setu, the shrewd leader . . . . .
- Polity Under Strain (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Sep 14, 2007)
A mature electorate and an independent Election Commission are two big assets of Indian democracy.
- Ban Is No Campus Cure (Indian Express, Harsh Sethi , Sep 13, 2007)
Just who is interested in elections to students unions in colleges and universities? Clearly the candidates and their backers, financial and political, take this business seriously. Why else, after all, would they spend lakhs — some reports hint at . . .
- Left Parties See Upa-Bjp Nexus (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The first meeting of the joint panel barely lasted an hour and it was seemingly a quiet affair but it was the turn of CPI parliamentary party leader Gurudas Dasgupta to cast a shadow over the utility of the panels exercise.
- Deal That Divides The Nation (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Sep 12, 2007)
The Congress-led UPA Government is not only facing a serious challenge to its foreign policy, but its survival will also depend on its capacity to resolve sharp political divisions which have emerged on its approach to international relations.
- Sparring Partners Buy Time For Polls (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The UPA and the Left today met to sip juice, nibble on snacks and agree that they must keep talking in what appears to be a strategy to buy time before plunging the country into an early election.
- Upa-Left Comittee To Discuss Implications (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The UPA-Left Committee on the Indo-US nuclear deal on Tuesday decided to discuss the implications of the Hyde Act on the 123 agreement and on self-reliance in India's nuclear sector.
- Upa-Left Panel To Hold Talks On Implications Of Hyde Act (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 12, 2007)
Timeframe for committee to come out with its conclusions not discussed
- Left-Cong Charade Officially Begins (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Sep 12, 2007)
The UPA-Left committee to resolve the impasse over India-US civil nuclear agreement met on Tuesday, but the exercise has become a mere formality with both parties preparing for midterm polls.
- Upa, Left Set Agenda For Nuke Talks (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2007)
The UPA-Left committee on Indo-US nuclear deal met here this evening for identifying the issues that need to be discussed by the mechanism.
- Nitish Plans To Bowl Lalu Out For A Duck (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, Sep 11, 2007)
Amid all the speculation of the possibility of a mid-term poll, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday fired the first salvo in the State when he declared that if elections were held then Lalu Prasad and his party would not get even a single seat.
- Starved For Work, They Defy Naxals To Become Policemen (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Sep 10, 2007)
Three years ago, 22-year-old Kamlesh Arka from Marpalli village in the Naxal-affected Aheri tehsil of Gadchiroli joined the police as constable.
- N-Panel To Meet On Tuesday (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2007)
The 15-member Left-UPA panel on Indo-US nuclear deal will have its first meeting on September 11 as part of the exercise to address the concerns raised by the four Left parties regarding the implications of the India-specific Hyde Act.
- Kanimozhi Is Rising Delhi Star (Asian Age, Harish Gupta, Sep 10, 2007)
Kanimozhi, daughter of Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi, wants to learn Hindi. These days, she is getting the maximum attention in Central Hall of Parliament.
- India, Pak Can Be Friends (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 10, 2007)
I have been struck by the overwhelming desire of Pakistanis to bury the hatchet with India, to let bygones be bygones and open a new chapter in friendly relations.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2007)
The UPA and “Left” have formed a home-made panel to investigate the Indo-US Nuclear Deal. It includes some persons who are not members of either House of Parliament. And obviously it does not represent many recognised political formations in . . . .
- Buddha Mil Gaya (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Sep 08, 2007)
As part of a cultural and religious exchange programme, a strong contingent of 110 delegates from five Buddhists countries visited Bihar to re-discover the land of Buddha.
- 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.
- Pranab, Pc Likely To Be On N-Deal Panel (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2007)
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal will represent the Congress on the 15-member joint committee with the Left parties to discuss the India-US nuclear deal.
- Upa Nominees For Panel (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Sep 05, 2007)
The United Progressive Alliance on Tuesday announced the names of its nominees for the panel to discuss with the Left the implications of the India-U.S. civil nuclear deal and its impact on the foreign policy.
- 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.
- Divide Up For Development (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Sep 05, 2007)
The demand for a sub-division of Uttar Pradesh into Purvanchal by Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav deserves to be reflected upon. One member of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in 1955 had considered Uttar Pradesh to be unwieldy and had . . . . .
- 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.
- N-Deal Panel To Be Announced Today (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2007)
The political committee, which would address Left's concerns over India-US civil nuclear deal, is likely to have 14 members and could be announced on Tuesday.
- Upa To Unveil N-Panel Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
A committee to address fears expressed by the Left parties over the nuclear agreement is likely to be announced on Monday. The panel is likely to comprise six members from the Left and eight from the UPA.
- Rjd Mp Finds Bovine Qualities In Shivraj (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2007)
RJD MP Prabhunath Singh stunned the House this week by comparing Union home minister Shivraj Patil to a cow.
- 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.
- 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 . . . .
- Who’S Left? Who’S Right? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2007)
I’m sorry if I’ve become a bit of a bore on the subject of the Left. And apologies for the second successive column on the same subject.
- 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.
- Deal Dilemma In Both Camps (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 31, 2007)
The breakthrough came suddenly before teatime, after a tense breakfast and lunch for Pranab Mukherjee and Sitaram Yechury.
- Ear To The Ground (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 31, 2007)
Pakistan is facing the consequences for being the fountainhead of mindless killing in the name of ‘jehad’.
- Of Rats And Toes (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 31, 2007)
For someone who now savours greasy cutlets dipped in pumpkin ketchup in his office in Delhi’s Rail Bhawan, Union Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav grew up eating rat meat. “Beri tasty,” he says while his advisors panic at his vivid description on how to . . . .
- Cong Mps Taunt Lalu For Not Fulfilling Promises (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2007)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad may have got accustomed to barbs from the Opposition benches, but on Wednesday he was on the receiving end of an angry outburst from a member of the Congress Party that leads the UPA Government of which his RJD is a part.
- 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.
- The Other Hyderabad Attack: 2 Bombs, 3 Probes, Both Hands Tied (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Aug 29, 2007)
At the Mediciti Hospital here today, five injured students from a Maharashtra engineering college who were at Lumbini Park on Saturday night and who survived the serial blasts that left 44 dead, were shown dossiers by the police in the hope that . . . .
- Of Political Stand-Offs And Opinion Polls (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 29, 2007)
In the backdrop of the standoff between ruling coalition partners on the India-US nuclear deal and a recent opinion poll on a range of issues, RASHEEDA BHAGAT takes a look at the implications for the common man and the small investor in the equity market.
- Conflict Over Divisions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2007)
Kerala and Tamil Nadu are again at loggerheads, this time over the bifurcation of a railway division.
- Pm Asks Lalu To Convene Meeting Of Cms (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
A senior Railway Ministry official said a suitable date has to be fixed for a meeting of both the CMs with the Railway Minister.
- Terror’S New Face Babu Bhai Sits In Up Jail, Joins Dots From Dhaka To Hyderabad Via Delhi (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Aug 28, 2007)
Forty eight hours after the twin blasts in Hyderabad, investigators are looking at questioning a 40-year-old born in a village in West Bengal, who is now sitting in a Lucknow jail.
- 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.
- Cong, Left N-Deal Talks Likely Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
A meeting between Congress and the Left is likely to take place on Monday to break the deadlock over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- 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 . . . .
- 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.
- 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 . . . . .
- For Congress, Poll No Longer A Bogey (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
The government and the Left are waiting for the other side to come up with a proposal to find a middle ground on the nuclear deal but the Congress has drawn the parameters within which it wants negotiations to be held, sources said.
- Stirrings Of Nuke Gesture (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 22, 2007)
Highly placed sources today said the government was working on “some sort of an assurance” short of killing the nuclear deal to defuse the standoff with the Left.
- How To Bridge The Gap (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Aug 22, 2007)
That the distance between the seats of administration and the areas to be administered is often enormous is becoming increasingly evident in the context of militant attacks in different parts of the country.
- Political Uncertainty Nukes Sensex (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2007)
The Sensex was pummelled below the 14,000 mark as the face off between the Left and the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh continued.
- Let The People Decide (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 21, 2007)
The prime minister has said the 123 agreement is in the best interests of the nation, and posterity will vindicate his position. But why should he wait till posterity, asks .
- 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.
- Bjp Mustn't Let Govt Fall (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The BJP has erred in opposing so vociferously the India-US civil nuclear deal. In public perception, its opposition is largely political.
- Disrespect To Courts (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 21, 2007)
Hurling of shoes or abuses at a judge in a courtroom by a disgruntled litigant may hurt the judge, but a calculated disdainful attitude to the court’s authority would damage the judiciary as an institution — surely so if defiance . . . . .
- 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-Deal: Govt May Set Up Panel Of Experts (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Aug 20, 2007)
Amid efforts by the government to find a solution to the stand-off with the Left parties on the Indo-US nuclear deal, UPA allies today rallied behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, conveying their desire to fully support the Congress on the issue.
- Upa, Allies Bid To Find Middle Ground With Left (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
A day after the Left parties served an ultimatum to the Government on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, hectic attempts were made by the UPA and its allies here to break the logjam.
- Expert Committee To Study Hyde Act (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
The decision came after daylong deliberations culminating in the UPA meeting. The committee is expected to have, among others, scientists and former diplomats to look into all the technicalities and implications of the India-specific Hyde Act.
- 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.
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