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Articles 1521 through 1620 of 3686:
- Polling Begins In 15 Bihar Constituencies (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Polling began this morning in 15 of Bihar's 243 assembly constituencies in four Naxalite-hit districts, which was scheduled for November 13 but deferred due to security reasons, under heavy security.
- Bihar Poll: Nda Is Upbeat (Hindustan Times, Rai Atul Krishna, Nov 16, 2005)
The fourth phase of the Bihar assembly elections can be dubbed a top-up round for the NDA in its race for power.
- A House For Mr Buta Singh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
When it comes to enforcing rules against the political elite, invariably the authorities fall back on due form to avoid action as required by law, and all under the pretext of not wanting to be high-handed.
- Naxals’ ‘Operation Jailbreak’ To Impact (Tribune, Satish Misra, Nov 16, 2005)
Maoists and Naxalites’ daring “operation jailbreak” here on Sunday evening may prove to be an additional bonus to the NDA as the crime graph is rising in the state capital and surrounding areas where 8.85 crore electorate would exercise their franchise...
- None Will Be Spared: Sonia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi today made it clear that action will be taken against anyone, including former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh, if found guilty of misusing the party's name in the United Nation's oil-for-food . .
- Maoist Attack Part Of Larger Plan? (Statesman, Manoj Chaurasia, Nov 16, 2005)
Was the Maoists’ attack on this central Bihar town a mere outcome of an administrative lapse or does it have an element of a larger political conspiracy aimed at swift polarisation of votes along caste lines with as many as 56 Assembly segments . . .
- No Advice, Please (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 16, 2005)
UPA allies must give the PM a free hand in foreign policy matters
- Action Against Anyone Found Guilty: Sonia Gandhi (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 16, 2005)
"Hurt" and "very angry" over Volcker Committee Report
- Chidambaram Predicts 7.5 P.C. Economic Growth Rate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
`India is the second fastest growing economy in the world'
- Bangla Policy Is Out Of Kilter (Indian Express, SARADINDU MUKHERJI, Nov 15, 2005)
It sometimes appears amateurish when our South Asia ‘experts’, both within and outside South Block, try to structure Indo-Bangladesh relations on the time-honoured parameters of mutual respect, sensitivity, trade, and cultural exchange.
- Bihar: Advani Blames Centre For Spurt In Naxal Violence (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Blaming the Centre for heightened Naxalite activity, BJP president L K Advani today said last night's attack by the banned CPI(Maoist) in Jehanabad was not a "social problem" but "essentially a problem of violence" which must be handled firmly.
- Patil, Buta Must Quit: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Alleges complete failure of the Bihar Government for Jehanabad naxalite attack
- Bihar Talks Loud - Nda To Form Government (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2005)
The RJD-led alliance clearly fell short of the magic figure of 122 despite improving its performance in the 57 seats that went to polls on Sunday, according to an exit poll conducted by Zee News.
- Nda Standing, Laloo Down For Count? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2005)
Exit polls at the end of third phase of polling in Bihar assembly continued to project a fractured verdict, with an edge for NDA and doom for RJD supremo Laloo Prasad, while Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP may be the worst affected.
- Centre’S Role In (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Nov 14, 2005)
In what appears to be a trial balloon, the Government of India has floated the concept of bringing "internal security" on the Concurrent List of responsibilities thereby bringing it within the purview of parliamentary scrutiny.
- Edge For Nda: Exit Poll (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 14, 2005)
An exit poll at the end of third phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly continued to project a fractured verdict, with an edge for the National Democratic Alliance.
- 3rd Phase Polls In Bihar Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the third phase of elections to the Bihar legislative assembly to be held on Sunday.
- Peeved, But Some Reprieve (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 13, 2005)
Natwar Singh has upset party colleagues accusing them of conspiring to get his job. To some UPA allies he remarked caustically about ‘‘that four-and-a-half-feet man’’....
- Volcker-Mitrokin Reports A 'Political Rdx' For Upa: Advani (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Contending that the Congress and Left are caught in a web of corruption, BJP President L K Advani today claimed the Mitrokin Archives and Volcker pay-offs issues will prove a "political RDX" for the UPA government.
- The Saddam Oil-For-Food Scam Was Made Possible By Humanitarian Un Mandarins (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Nov 13, 2005)
The Saddam oil-for-food scam was made possible by humanitarian UN mandarins
- Shatrughan Slams Nda, Ready To Quit Bjp (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Sulking BJP leader and actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has said he is prepared for expulsion from the party, which he had asked to ponder over its own state of affairs in Bihar before opposing the Centre on the tainted ministers' issue.
- Polling In 57 Bihar Constituencies Today (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Nov 13, 2005)
Last minute efforts by political combinations to woo the voter
- Low Key Campaign Ends For Thrird Phase Polling In Bihar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Lacklustre electioneering for the third phase of Bihar Assembly polls came to an end this evening.
- Advani Blasts Centre On Judicial Probe Into Volcker Report (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
BJP President L K Advani today accused the Congress-led UPA government of going back on its assurance of instituting a full-fledged probe by a judicial commission into the Volcker panel's report on the Iraqi oil payoffs in a bid to cover up "murky transac
- Divestment Alive Still (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 12, 2005)
Politics is the art of the possible and nowhere is this old adage more apt than in Indian policymaking especially when it concerns such sensitive issues as divestment of public sector undertakings (PSUs).
- Nda Fostered Communalism, Says Sonia Gandhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
The need of the hour is a strong and stable Government in Bihar which can work in tandem with the Centre
Congress has always stood for the minorities
NDA was biased against Bihar, Rajasthan and Orissa
- 'Jungle Raj In Bihar To Be Over After Polls' (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Predicting a 'clear majority' for the NDA in Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP president L.K. Advani on Friday claimed that these were the 'last days' for RJD's 'rule by proxy'.
- The Pm's Position (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 12, 2005)
ON THURSDAY, the former Deputy Prime Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, said that Dr Manmohan Singh was "the weakest among all the Prime Ministers of India".
- Sonia, Advani Barnstorm Bihar As Campaign Ends (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Amidst strong indication of a possible showdown between the ruling UPA and the Opposition led by the NDA in the coming winter session of Parliament slated to begin on November 23, BJP President L K Advani launched a scathing attack on UPA Chairperson and
- Jungle Raj In Bihar Will (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
Predicting a "clear majority" for the NDA in Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP president L K Advani today claimed that these were the "last days" for RJD's "rule by proxy".
- Manmohan Weakest Pm: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
BJP president L K Advani on Thursday dubbed Manmohan Singh as “the weakest prime minister” the country has ever had and rebutted his charge against the erstwhile NDA government of meting out injustice to Bihar.
- Manmohan Weakest Pm Ever: Advani (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
BJP president Mr LK Advani today dubbed Dr Manmohan Singh as “the weakest Prime Minister” the country ever had and dismissed his allegation that the erstwhile NDA government had done very little for Bihar.
- President Kalam Threatens To Resign (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Nov 11, 2005)
Differences with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will ‘become public soon’
- Getting Natwar To Fall In Line (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 10, 2005)
The prime minister's 'half measure' of stripping Natwar Singh of the External Affairs portfolio, but letting him continue as Minister Without Portfolio (MWP) has come at the end of a week of drift and indecision which did nothing for the party or the ....
- Well Plotted Protest (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Back in 2002, Shatrughan Sinha had done what he was originally made for: performed in a solo stage play that had not so cleverly concealed innuendoes against BJP leaders he believed were ignoring him.
- Lalu At Wits End (Daily Excelsior, Ashok Thakur, Nov 10, 2005)
The wit that conquered Pakistan seems dead; the oneliners that lit up his interviews and poll campaigns seem to have taken French leave.
- Who Is Bjp To Demand My Resignation: Natwar (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Training his guns on BJP, Union Minister K. Natwar Singh on Tuesday said the party had no moral authority to demand his resignation as many ministers of the NDA government had themselves been chargesheeted.
- Vajpayee Asks Un To Provide Details To Preserve India's Respect And Nail Congress (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Nov 09, 2005)
It is time for them to go and may be for ever.
- Intelligence Establishment In Stupor (Daily Excelsior, Uday Pratap Bajpai, Nov 09, 2005)
The serial bomb blasts in Delhi has set the ball rolling for security agencies to throw blame at each other for the lack of coordination.
- Getting Natwar To Fall In Line (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 09, 2005)
The prime minister's 'half measure' of stripping Natwar Singh of the External Affairs portfolio, but letting him continue as Minister Without Portfolio (MWP) has come at the end of a week of drift and indecision which did nothing for the party . . .
- No Proof Against Congress And Natwar Singh: Manmohan (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Nov 09, 2005)
Government takes pride in its action though the Volcker report is unsubstantiated"
Government committed to get to the truth
Parties had the right to air their grievances against EC
"Constitutional authorities should be above suspicion"
- Bjp Has No Right To Demand Resignation: Natwar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Training his guns on the BJP, Union Minister K.Natwar Singh said the party had no moral authority to demand his resignation as many ministers of the NDA government had themselves been chargesheeted.
- Natwar Singh Relieved Of External Affairs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
Ex-Chief Justice of India R.S. Pathak to probe allegations in Volcker Report; Manmohan to look after foreign affairs
Natwar to remain in Council of Ministers without portfolio
It took gentle persuasion to make Natwar step down
- Nda Writes To Annan Seeking Papers On Oil Deal (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Nov 08, 2005)
Two-pronged attack begins; delegation led by Advani meets President, presses for criminal investigation
- Nda Too Seeks Un Info (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
Gearing up for a pitched political battle with the government on the controversial Volcker report in the coming winter session of Parliament, the NDA on Monday approached the United Nations and sought documents which had named the Congress and Union Minis
- Vajpayee Asks Un To Provide Details To Preserve India's Respect And Nail Congress (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Nov 08, 2005)
It is time for them to go and may be for ever.
- Special Envoy' To Verify Volcker Charges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Separate judicial probe into report to be announced today
- Not All In India Went Dishonest In Iraqi Oil Scam – Unlike India’S Natwar And Congress Party, . . . (India Daily, Sonia Joshi, Nov 07, 2005)
Not all in India went dishonest in Iraqi oil scam – unlike India’s Natwar and Congress party, NDA stood ground and refused to allow Indian Oil Corporation participate in oil scam
- Strategy To Deal With Naxalites (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Nov 07, 2005)
The enormity of the challenge posed by various naxalite or Maoist groups in India has made the States affected by the ultras sit up.
- Why Natwar Must Go (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 06, 2005)
Immediate reshuffle and a confidence vote
- How Safe Are We? (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, Nov 06, 2005)
The twin man-made disasters in Delhi and Andhra Pradesh are a sad commentary on the state of our national safety and security regimes.
- Iraq Sought ``Surcharge'' For Supplying Crude Oil: Ram Naik (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2005)
But we refused to pay anything extra, says the former minister
Iraqi oil was sold at $1-2 a barrel lower than the international price
Iraqi officials wanted a part of the benefit accruing to the buyer to be paid in cash
- An Indian Church-Mario Rodrigues (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 04, 2005)
A conclave of priests and bishops at the Papal Seminary in Pune last week called for the renewed “Indianisation” of the Catholic Church and the adoption of Hindu rituals, including aarti during Mass, studying Sanskrit and the Vedas, experiencing . . .
- Nuts And Bolts Of A Failed State (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Oct 31, 2005)
It does not matter who wins the Bihar elections. The dacoits will continue to rule the state
- North East Back On The Radar (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 29, 2005)
The shooting of students in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, an unseemly debate on how to deal with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and the imminent resumption of the Centre-NSCN (I-M) dialogue underscore the tinderbox nature of geopolity . . .
- The ‘Muslim-Muslim’ Tag (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 29, 2005)
The other day, a senior colleague of mine — one I respect — approached me somewhat furtively. “There is much Muslim, Muslim in your writing these days.”
- The ‘Muslim-Muslim’ Tag (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 28, 2005)
The other day, a senior colleague of mine — one I respect — approached me somewhat furtively. “There is much Muslim, Muslim in your writing these days.”
- Gogoi At Sea (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 28, 2005)
Dispur clutching at shadows
- Bihar Headed For Hung Assembly: Exit Poll (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Exit polls at the end of second phase of polling in Bihar Assembly elections on Wednesday projected a fractured verdict with a slight edge for NDA as against UPA in the 243-member House.
- Fractured Mandate (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
The exit polls for the second phase of polling in Bihar assembly elections have projected a fractured mandate with a slight edge for NDA against UPA in the 243-member House.
- It Is Introspection Time For Congress In J&k (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 27, 2005)
It is introspection time for the Congress vis-à-vis its turn to take on the reins of administration in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Police File: When Mau Burned (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2005)
Six retired director generals of police from different states submitted in person a paper entitled, ‘Communal riots must be accepted as a failure of governance’, to the
Prime Minister not so long ago.
- National Shame (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 26, 2005)
Gowda attacks icon; Congress lets him
- Police File: When Mau Burned (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 26, 2005)
Six retired director generals of police from different states submitted in person a paper entitled, ‘Communal riots must be accepted as a failure of governance’, to the prime minister not so long ago.
- Abduction And After (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 25, 2005)
Doesn’t change the climate in Bihar
- Police File: When Mau Burned (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 25, 2005)
Six retired director generals of police from different states submitted in person a paper entitled, ‘Communal riots must be accepted as a failure of governance’, to the prime minister not so long ago.
- Mufti Must Remain Cm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2005)
The Congress party’s coalitional arrangements with most of its allies are under severe strain.
- Is India Heading For A Hunger Trap? (Deccan Herald, K P Prabhakaran Nair, Oct 24, 2005)
The Malthusian theory of population outstripping food production is proving to be correct in our country
- Shot In The Foot (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Oct 24, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- Quakes, Quirks And Kashmir! …… (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 22, 2005)
I am afraid I will have to return to my last week's theme of how or why all Congressmen, even those who have remained out of power for the past decade or so, continue to believe in the their divine right to rule.
- Quake Rocks Everything Minus Cong Culture (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 22, 2005)
I am afraid I will have to return to my last week's theme of how or why all Congressmen, even those who have remained out of power for the past decade or so, continue to believe in the their divine right to rule. It has nothing to do with Sonia Gandhi's
- Does India Have A World-View? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 22, 2005)
US Under Secretary of State Nick Burns is in New Delhi at an important period in the context of the July 18 Indo-US agreement on nuclear co-operation. He will, of course, answer a host of questions, not least a formidable list furnished on September 26 by
- Does India Have A World-View? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 21, 2005)
US Under Secretary of State Nick Burns is in New Delhi at an important period in the context of the July 18 Indo-US agreement on nuclear co-operation.
- Conservative Wisdom (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 21, 2005)
As a political creed, Conservatism, with a capital C, is naturally nation-specific. Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and even Lee Kuan Yew may inspire Conservatives across national boundaries but, at the end of the day,
- Attend “c” (Tribune, Suresh Chander, Oct 20, 2005)
During our batch reunions, when the spirits are high, conversation invariably veers around to stories involving the medical officers (MO) of the National Defence Academy (NDA).
- Bihar: Notification For 3rd Phase Of Polls Issued (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
Bihar Governor Buta Singh today issued notification for the third phase of state assembly elections in 72 constituencies on November 13.
- How They All Stack Up (Telegraph, Sanjay Kumar, Oct 19, 2005)
Two things hold the key to success in Bihar —political alliances and voter turnout.
- Bihar: Who Is The Culprit? (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Oct 17, 2005)
President Kalam could have avoided the current embarrassment by looking back at precedents
- Coordinating Ritual (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 17, 2005)
Left does not have a choice
- Bihar Polls: No Criminals As Ministers, Warns Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
BJP president L K Advani on Sunday went on the defensive on the issue of NDA fielding of people with criminal backgrounds for the Bihar polls saying it would be ensured that such people were not made ministers it came to power.
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