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Articles 1021 through 1120 of 3686:
- Declining Defence Budget (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Mar 02, 2006)
In the Finance Bill introduced in Parliament on February 28, the budget estimates (BE) for defence have increased marginally from Rs 83,000 crore in 2005-06 to Rs 89,000 crore for 2006-07 — a rise of about 7 per cent. With inflation ruling at 4 to 5 ...
- To Read The Future, Watch Up (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Mar 02, 2006)
With the Allahabad High Court verdict going against Mulayam Singh Yadav in the case of the 40 erstwhile BSP MLAs, Uttar Pradesh is getting ready for the mother of all political battles. The fight to keep Lucknow could also decide what happens . .
- Deve Gowda Leads Anti-Bush Protest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
JD(S) MPs to participate in Left parties' protests in Delhi today
The former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, on Wednesday led a demonstration by the Janata Dal (Secular) here against the visit of U.S. President George Bush and ...
- Bihar Gets A Budget, Finally (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2006)
After over a decade, a full-fledged budget — setting out its top priorities for the state — and a finance Bill was presented in the Bihar Assembly today in a clear shift from the earlier trend of Vote-on-Account that nearly became a practice...
- 3˝ Looking At 10 (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Mar 01, 2006)
Budget wants 10% GDP growth. It hopes economy will be on autopilot
- Nothing In It For Farmers, Says Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
Budge will cause price rise, says the former Prime Minister Vajpayee
Ignores middle class, gladdens affluent: Advani
Allocation for infrastructure poor: Rajnath
A rather timid exercise: Yashwant Sinha
- Fm Admits Failure On Power Front (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2006)
With the onset of summer season, power cuts are likely to continue across the country, especially in Northern India, as the Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today expressed his helplessness in meeting the power generation targets.
- Fm’S Emergence As God Of Small Things (The Financial Express, YASHWANT SINHA, Mar 01, 2006)
The economy has been on a high growth path for the past three years. Except for some underlying concerns, this trend is likely to continue. What is more, confidence level in Indian economy, in India and abroad, is very high.
- No Erosion Of N-Doctrine, Says Pm (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made his government’s first major policy announcement on the Indo-US nuclear deal when he told Parliament that while preparing a Separation Plan, there had been no erosion of India’s Nuclear Doctrine . . .
- ‘Safeguards For 65% N-Power, Talks On’ (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 28, 2006)
Underscoring the fact that the India-US nuclear deal would help meet its energy needs to power a 10% growth rate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told Parliament that India would put “roughly 65 per cent of its total installed thermal nuclear . . .
- Left-Government Gap Widens: Bardhan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
"Stability of the Government hinges on adherence to common minimum programme"
Government toeing the line of NDA in foreign policy
CPI would pin the government to its commitment
Would oppose FDI in retail sector
- State Of The Fiscal Union (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Feb 27, 2006)
How significant are the numbers and policy statements that will bind the finance minister’s budget speech this week? After all, this year the “budget buzz” is almost missing, as no major tax reform is expected.
- Foreign Policy Puts Nation First: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today made an impassioned plea to the Opposition to res-pect the tradition of national consensus on foreign policy which, he said, has the national interest at its core.
- Hazards On The Track (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 24, 2006)
Panel report should alert Lalu
After Lalu Prasad lost his home turf to the NDA in the last assembly election, he has been making desperate efforts to project his achievements as Union railway minister.
- Troubled Ceasefires (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Feb 24, 2006)
The ceasefire with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (I-M) has been extended for six months in Nagaland and the first week of February saw movement towards some similar arrangement with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ....
- Budget To Focus On Small Farmers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
No hasty decision on FDI in retail sector, says Manmohan Singh
More credit to farmers at lower cost
Prices under check
- Manmohan Hits Back At Opposition For (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
In a hard hitting response to the opposition charge that he was in office but not in power, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today virtually described the BJP as fascist party which allowed "shadowy organisations" to interfere in the work . . .
- India, Us Narrow Their Gap In N-Deal Talks (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 24, 2006)
India and US today covered a fair distance in trying to resolve their differences over New Delhi’s plan for separating its nuclear reactors. While there is still work to do, talks moved in a positive direction with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- Bihar: State Will Be Seen As Crown Of India, Says Nitish (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Asserting that the NDA government's efforts to erase Bihar's bad reputation and ensure it a place among the developed states were going in the right direction,
- Quattrocchi Storm In House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
The BJP-led Opposition on Wednesday stalled Lok Sabha proceedings on the Quattrocchi issue, forcing two adjournments in the pre-lunch session.
- Such Few Lanes On These Highways (Indian Express, B.C. KHANDURI, Feb 23, 2006)
B.C. KHANDURI on where the new roads could have led, and how the upgradation of National Highways has got bogged down by inactivity
- Sonia For Debate On Iran, Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the Dr Manmohan Singh government would give “paramount” importance to the country’s long-term strategic interests while taking a stand on the issue of Iran’s nuclear status as well as the India-US nuclear deal.
- Ignoring A Noble Soul (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 22, 2006)
JP’s secretary Sachchidanand, who helped many a politician, died without proper medical care
- Oh, That Elusive 3rd Front Again (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Feb 22, 2006)
Though some tend to be harsh on politicians, despising them for reasons that need not be mentioned here, it might help matters to occasionally look at the species called Indian politicians with some admiration for their incorrigible optimism . . .
- What Is On The Farmer's Wish-List (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2006)
If finance ministers continue to do what they have been doing the last 58 years, the fate of the farmer and his son may be like that of the match-girl of the fable, who froze to death, hungry and forlorn.
- The Many Myths Of Jhandewalan (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 21, 2006)
In the space of three weeks, the RSS has journeyed from decrying shortsighted alliances through proposing precisely such an alliance between the BJP and the Congress to advocating a broad alliance of disparate elements, Mulayam Singh's party included.
- Fresh Crisis In Assam (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 21, 2006)
The army's task in the North-east is not an easy one. It has to fight the armed insurgents and, at the same time, ensure that innocent civilians are not harassed.
- Sixty Dollars A Barrel? Great (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 20, 2006)
It is the fate of over-burdened TV-watchers of the 21st century that we are deluged with low grade analysis by ill-informed experts on the small screen.
- The Utopian Third Front (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Feb 19, 2006)
Will the rainbow coalition called the third front take a shape once again? If the past experience is any guide the CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat's plan of cobbling the third front is a pipe dream.
- H’Bad Am-Bushes B’Lore (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 19, 2006)
Bangalore has again lost the opportunity to play host to a visiting American President.
- Falling In Line (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Feb 19, 2006)
The BJP’s foreign policy has traditionally tilted towards America and the viewpoint of the Islamic world gets short shrift.
- ‘I’D Have Been A Communist’ (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 18, 2006)
“I WOULD have been in the Communist Party if there had been no partition,” says Atal Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, who led the BJP coalition for six years at the centre.
- The Hand Shakes (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Feb 18, 2006)
The Congress appears to be as worried about its prospects in the elections to five state assemblies later this year as about the acute factionalism and lack of strategy that is threatening to weaken its foundations in Maharashtra and Delhi.
- Retail Fdi Protest: Sp, Cpm, Bjp Share Same Platform (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Feb 18, 2006)
CPI general secretary A B Bardhan, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi and NDA convenor George Fernandes today shared the same platform at the All-India Convention of Traders to protest against the entry of FDI in retail trade.
- Kitne Musalman Hain? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 18, 2006)
Let me ask you a question I like to put often to the top brass of our armed forces, as well as the police, paramilitary and intelligence organisations: when was the last time you heard a column of the army, called out to restore order in a communal riot,
- Pranab Swears By Secular Nature Of Armed Forces (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Advani calls it "vote-bank politics"
Heated exchange caps pre-lunch proceedings
Communal head count, says Advani
Cause is noble, method adopted is wrong: CPI
- West Bengal : Electoral Conundrum (Daily Excelsior, Arup De, Feb 17, 2006)
New permutation and combination are being worked out in West Bengal for the state assembly polls scheduled in April-May. The Left Front as usual will be fighting on its own strength, but the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of Ms. Mamata Banerjee . . .
- Jp’S Forgotten Secretary (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 17, 2006)
Remember Sachchidanand Babu, secretary to Jaya Prakash Narayan. He was called Babu as long as JP lived and his glory lingered. Then Sachchidanand was no more “Babu”; people effaced him even from their memory.
- Bardhan And Advani To Share Protest Platform (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The Left is collecting new allies in its fight against opening up retail trade to foreign capital.
- Kalam’S Address ‘Lifeless, Directionless’: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The BJP today termed the President’s address to Parliament as “lifeless, dull and directionless” and said the NDA would raise the issue of Muslim headcount in the armed forces tomorrow and insist on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over the . .
- Character Of Army Won’T Change: Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Amid a raging controversy on the reported headcount of Muslims in the Armed Forces, the Central government on Wednesday said.....
- Nda Tells Supreme Commander: Stop Muslim Headcount (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
‘Inquiring religious denominations, probing postings being given fraught with dangerous consequences’
- Muslim Survey Necessary, Says Imam Bukhari (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Coming out in support of a Government Committee seeking information regarding Muslims in armed forces, Imam of Delhi’s historic Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari said ....
- Nda Seeks Kalam's Help To Halt Survey On Muslims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Says the move is fraught with "dangerous consequences"; wants Navin Chawla to go "It is an issue that needs to be handled with a non-discriminatory attitude"
- Military, Not Iran, Drives Bjp (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Senior leaders of the NDA today complained to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam about what they described as the government’s decision to assess the level of Muslim representation in the armed forces.
- Budget Session — Government On Sticky Wicket (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Feb 15, 2006)
With a slew of worrisome developments since the end of the winter session, Parliament faces an uneasy Budget session beginning February 16. Moreover, some old issues are still alive such as the Volcker report that had led to the resignation . . .
- Army ‘Census’: Nda Knocks On Kalam Door (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
The NDA today called on the President, Dr APJ Kalam, and expressed strong disapproval of proposed head count of Mus-lims in forces.
- Third Front — A Non-Starter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2006)
Past experiments have failed
If the idea of forming a third front is being bandied about only as a strategic move to browbeat the government, there is nothing out of place, but if the regional and Left parties holding the trial balloon in their . . .
- Army Against Recruitment By Religion, Says Gen Singh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Army chief, Gen J J Singh, on Monday vehemently opposed the government’s move to gather information on the number of Muslims in the armed forces, saying that every citizen had an equal chance to serve in uniform.
- Bjp To Raise Iran, Quattrocchi Issues In Budget Session (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
The BJP-led Opposition will raise a host of issues, including India's vote on Iran and the defreezing of Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi's London bank accounts, in the Budget session of Parliament commencing Thursday.
- Supremely Erroneous Zones (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Feb 13, 2006)
As a person of the conservative persuasion, I am almost always on the side of minimal government and low taxes. But I have profound objections to Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the rules for which came into force last Friday.
- Iran: Tdp, Sp Forge Front Against Upa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Telugu Desam Party leader Chandrababu Naidu has declared his party’s intent of standing by the Samajwadi Party on the Iran issue.....
- Dal (U) Backs Up Mulayam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s recent announcement to bring a no-confidence motion on the Iran issue has spurred the Janata Dal (United) into action.
- Containing Iran’S Nuclear Ambitions (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Feb 11, 2006)
After pretending to be in a mood to assert itself, the Manmohan Singh government voted with the US and others in the IAEA against Iran.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 11, 2006)
I do not wish to minimise the difficulties (involved in India’s ties with Islamabad), but I believe the destiny and history of our two countries oblige us to stay engaged.
- A New, Clear Doctrine (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 11, 2006)
After 40 years of ambiguity, we took the big risk in Pokharan II. It worked. The US N-deal means reaping rewards, let’s not blow it
- Cottoning On To Suicides (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Feb 09, 2006)
What farmers need is not so much a partial job guarantee as cheap credit and insurance
- Kumaraswamy Wins Trust Vote (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Feb 09, 2006)
Tally is 138-66 after 14 hours of spirited debate; Dharam Singh insisted on division
- Real Shine Must Come From Farm Sector (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Feb 08, 2006)
The Government must look at agriculture as the principal orphan of the reform process that began more than a decade ago.
- Buckling Buta (The Week, Debashish Mukerji, Feb 06, 2006)
It was a judgment the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in Delhi had been awaiting with dread. Last October, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court called the decision to dissolve the Bihar Assembly on May 23, 2005 ‘unconstitutional’, . . .
- Left Seeks Debate On Iran Issue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
CPM to discuss support to UPA
The UPA government embarked on a damage-control exercise with the Left parties and the NDA strongly opposing India’s stand on the Iran nuclear issue and a CPM Politburo meeting this week slated to discuss . . .
- Iran Vote Against National Interest: Fernandes (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Attacking the Manmohan Singh government for becoming a "direct party to the designs of the US" in voting against Iran on the nuclear issue, the Janata Dal (United) today said the move was against national interest and it would launch an nationwide . ..
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 05, 2006)
Thanks to Sudheendra Kulkarni for his timely reminder on Q and his links with the powers that be (‘Q marks dent the halo around a renunciant’, January 29). Perhaps now he will turn his attention to the perversions of justice in Narendra Modi’s Gujarat,...
- Waiting For George Bush (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 03, 2006)
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat’s lead article in the special Republic Day number of People’s Democracy says good things about the Constitution, parliamentary democracy and mass participation, though with typically Left disclaimers.
- A Balancing Act (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Feb 02, 2006)
The BJP has come in the way of the Congress’s teaming up with the TMC to put the Marxists on the backfoot in Bengal, writes Sumanta Sen
- Safety Of Iaf Planes (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Feb 02, 2006)
It is extremely heartening to know that accidents in the Indian Air Force are showing a downward trend and that 2005 has been the safest in 36 years with only 10 aircraft falling out of the sky.
- Made In Jhandewalan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2006)
When Lal Krishna Advani doffed his hat to Mohammad Ali Jinnah's August 1947 vision, he was acknowledging the `thus-far-and-no-further' nature of Hindutva.
- Retailing Is No Rocket Science (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Feb 01, 2006)
Last Tuesday, the Cabinet announ-ced FDI liberalisations in a slew of sectors.
- Sonia Could Learn From Atal (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 31, 2006)
It was an all-Congress show at Sunday’s swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Shibu Soren and Prem Chand Gupta were the lone representatives from the allies in the long line of those waiting to take the ministerial oath.
- Upa At Centre, Jdf In State? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2006)
With an UPA and an NDA at the Centre, will there be a JDF in the State?
- Keep Cmp In Mind (The Financial Express, GURUDAS DASGUPTA, Jan 31, 2006)
The Cabinet expansion is alright with us, but the newly chosen must not forget the promises made in the Common Mini-mum Programme (CMP) of the government and should take steps which are pro-poor.
- Power Ministry Proposes Srinagar-Leh Grid Line (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 30, 2006)
State-run Power Grid Corporation may soon be able to begin work on its most ambitious project ever - the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh transmission line that will pass through an altitude of over 10,000 feet - if all goes well.
- Congress: Between Hope And Despair (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jan 28, 2006)
The Congress and the Government have settled into a dither and delay routine. This is unfortunate given the unmatched potential of the Sonia Gandhi-Manmohan Singh team.
- Cong Rejects Pm's Resignation Demand (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Rejecting opposition’s demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of Supreme Court’s ruling on Bihar, Congress today said the judgement did not attach unconstitutionality to the Centre’s recommendation for dissolution . . .
- Mplads Inquiry Panel Gets New Chairman (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today accepted Congress MP Pawan Kumar Bansal’s resignation as chairman of the panel probing corruption in the MPLADS funds scheme. Senior Congress MP from Parvatipuram in Andhra Pradesh, V.K. Suryanarayan Deo . . .
- Beware, There’S No Morality In Midnight Haste (Indian Express, SOLI J. SORABJEE, Jan 28, 2006)
The recent Supreme Court judgment pronouncing dissolution of the Bihar legislative assembly to be unconstitutional has enunciated far-reaching constitutional principles.
- Buta Out, Nda Wants Pm To Go Too (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 27, 2006)
With Buta Singh gone, the NDA today stepped up demand for resignation of the Manmohan Singh Government.
- Challenges Before The Iims (Deccan Herald, RAMNATH NARAYANSWAMY, Jan 27, 2006)
The IIMs should do some serious soul searching so that they can help in the process of nation building
- Republic Day Ruminations On What Ails Our Nation (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Jan 27, 2006)
It is now handily over 50 years since India became independent and our Constitution was adopted with India becoming a democratic republic.
- Protests Outside Patna Raj Bhavan (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Jan 26, 2006)
Protesters taken into custody
"Insult to national flag"
Demonstrations were staged outside the Raj Bhavan on Wednesday protesting the refusal of Governor Buta Singh to resign and his pronouncement to hoist the national flag at the State's . . .
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