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- Stable And Able? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2003)
The proposal to synchronise national and state polls deserves a full-fledged debate
- No Proposal Yet, Says Ec (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2003)
Asserting that holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls was not possible under the existing Constitutional provisions, Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy today said they had not received any such proposal from the Government yet.
- Ayodhya, Polls Gather Storm Clouds (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 04, 2003)
In a bid to take the wind out of the gathering storm over his Ayodhya remarks, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today said there was no change in the Government’s stand on the Ayodhya dispute which he felt could only be resolved through a negotiated
- Cancun At The Crossroads (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 04, 2003)
The obstacles ahead on the road to Cancun — and to the larger target of implementation of the Doha Development Agenda — are many and entrenched. This is a widely known fact which is why appeals have poured in from all sides to get the negotiations to ...
- Road To Cancun (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2003)
THE CONTOURS OF a possible breakthrough at the September ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Cancun, Mexico, in the Doha round of trade talks are now beginning to take shape. But even if such a deal, driven by a likely ...
- Pm May Wish He Never Promised ‘last Wish’ (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 03, 2003)
The BJP leadership, which was left isolated in face of concerted Opposition attack over the CBI chargesheet against Advani, Joshi, et al., in the first two weeks of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, is set to experience more of the same treatment, come
- ‘rituals Can Be Governed By Religion, But Rights Must Be As Per Constitution’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
Can the Deputy PM be treated differently than an ordinary citizen in the court of law? Can’t the Law Ministry or any concerned party place the entire chargesheet as a PIL before the appropriate court? Hasmukh A Mehta Every person irrespective of the
- Calendar Politics (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani’s pitch for holding the forthcoming Assembly elections along with the general elections in the ‘‘first quarter’’ of 2004 appears practical on at least two counts: The BJP’s star campaigner, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee’s
- Advani Pitches For A Uniform Poll Code (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 03, 2003)
Lok Sabha, state polls together for better governance, he says; real reason could be to ensure lonely Cong pitted against allies
- "You Can't Imagine How Our People Are Living!" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2003)
The Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Yasser Arafat, speaks of the plight of his people in an exclusive interview to Vikram Sura for the The Hindu.
- Waiting For The Two (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 03, 2003)
All indicators point to a revival of the economy. No one will be happier than the BJP. In the five years that Atal Behari Vajpayee has been Prime Minister, he has been served by two Finance Ministers and three Ministers of Industry and Commerce.
- The James-Justice Test (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 02, 2003)
How would the Best Bakery picture now look from Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s exalted perch? With smoke still rising in rioting Gujarat he had openly, and emotionally, reminded Narendra Modi on his rajdharma. His deputy, L.K. Advani, has said often that what
- The Battle In Britain's Universities (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 01, 2003)
New Labour's resolve to open up access to higher education... has created a numbers crisis which universities are finding hard to cope with.
- Sangh Mourns The Original Rambhakt (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 01, 2003)
When the last rites of 90-year-old Mahant Ramchandra Das Parmahans, the mascot of the Ramjanmabhoomi movement who died in Ayodhya today, are performed there tomorrow, the entire Sangh Parivar — from Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to RSS
- The View From Hill Kaka (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 01, 2003)
It would be a poignant, powerful Bollywood blockbuster were an imaginative producer to set his theme between the gorgeous Pir Panjal range and the LoC, with its crisscrossing ridges in between, leaning over that bowl of Hill Kaka made famous by a success
- A Saffron Tinge To Track Ii Talks (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Jul 31, 2003)
Nobody is more surprised than the saffron crowd by the RSS decision to permit three of its members to travel to Islamabad next month for the Indo-Pak talk shop organised by the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA). Of course, the Sangh has carefully
- Cec Lyngdoh Gets Magsaysay For Standing Up To J&k Militants And Modi (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 31, 2003)
The normally stern James Michael Lyngdoh, who’s preparing to conduct his last elections in November as he demits office of the Chief Election Commissioner in February 2004, was all smiles today when news came in that he had been awarded this year’s Ramon
- Digvijay Catches Cow By Its Horns (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Jul 30, 2003)
You can try to counter Sangh propaganda by passionate speeches on tolerance. Or, if you are Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh and have elections to fight in a few months, you can take the issue by its horns—literally.
- Captaining A Sale (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
It has both political and commercial significance. The decision of the Congress Party-led state government in Punjab to sell the government’s stake in Punjab Tractors Limited (PTL) has a significance that goes beyond the Rs 218 crore that the state ...
- Deaths And Resistance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION is fooling itself if it thinks that the killing of the sons of the overthrown Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, will quell the resistance to its occupation of the country. In the U.S. projection, Mr. Hussein and the ...
- Towards Cancun Wto Ministerial - Bring Subsidy Issue Back Into Focus (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Jul 29, 2003)
AT PROBABLY the last officially organised public symposium in Geneva (June 16-18) before the forthcoming WTO Ministerial at Cancun in early September, the writing was clearly on the wall: Agriculture has for all practical purposes been abandoned in the on
- Getting Women Into Parliament - Why The Quota System Is Crucial (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 29, 2003)
THE Women's Reservation Bill has been put on the backburner once again with the BJP coming out with the improbable suggestion that one-third of the Lok Sabha constituencies should have two MPs — one male and one female! Extrapolating that logic, each ...
- Apang Back With A Bang: Clp Breaks (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jul 28, 2003)
The Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh, headed by Mukut Mithi, landed in a major crisis today with 38 of the 59 party MLAs breaking away to form the United Democratic Legislature Party. Leading them is the only non-Congress MLA in the House and form
- Divided By The Indian Ocean (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 28, 2003)
As the clear blue waters of the Indian Ocean wash the shores of this city on a sun-drenched winter day, a tinge of regret tugs at your heart. For, India is conspicuous by its absence in what has become a welcoming home for its people, business and ...
- Vhp Rampage (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jul 27, 2003)
Let kids learn Ram is superman, take Parivar exam; Mahabharata next year for std VII-VIII
- How About Some Lessons On Security? (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 27, 2003)
Muneer's story made it onto the inside pages of a couple of national newspapers for one day last week. It is a terrible story that reflects the stupidity and ugliness of the Indian state in all its horror but, because us political pundits like to ponder
- Newsreel: 27.07.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
WHAT it took just a few hours to ground is costing the nation its age-old patience. After protracted debates over the hows and whys of building a Ram temple on the land where the Babri Masjid was brought down on December 6, 1992, the Parliament gets
- Chugging Along The Samata Track (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Jul 27, 2003)
The following resolutions were passed at a ‘‘secret’’ conclave to resolve the crisis in the Samata Party. • The party condemned the casteist politics of Laloo Prasad Yadav. It was decided that Nitish Kumar would head a panel that would look at discrim
- Bleeding Heart, Jerking Knee (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 26, 2003)
In the normal course, the Supreme Court would make news if it came up with a radically new interpretation of the Constitution. This is an unusual occasion when it — in this case, the chief justice himself — has made headlines for merely re-stating one of
- Dangerous Games (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2003)
IN A STATE like Kerala where denominational identities such as caste and religion influence the political discourse substantially, a waspish remark by the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, to the effect that minority religious groups wield undue clout ...
- Rajya Sabha: Bjp Can Finally Swing An Nda Majority (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 26, 2003)
If the BJP were to replace the eight retiring nominated members of the Rajya Sabha with its own men and women on August 26, the NDA is all set to acquire a majority in the 243-seat upper house.
- Rebuilding Russia's Global Role (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jul 26, 2003)
Constructive engagement is the watchword of Mr. Putin's doctrine... He has skilfully used Russia's geopolitical and economic position to enhance its strategic value for the West.
- An Army, Media-Trained (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 25, 2003)
The militant attack on the army camp in Tanda, Akhnoor, the killing of a deputy superintendent of police in Rajauri, the attack on piligrims at the base of the climb to the Vaishno Devi shrine — all happened in the space of 12 hours. I climbed up Vaishno
- Omar Needs Encouragement (Indian Express, RAKESH KHAR, Jul 25, 2003)
It was in early 1998 that I first met Omar Abdullah, ahead of his first sit down television interview as a politician. He drove in all alone. It took one back to the early days of Farooq Abdullah, driving a motorbike unescorted in Srinagar. The similarity
- Familiar Refrain (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2003)
AS EXPECTED, THE Government's spokespersons have contradicted some of the critical observations of the World Bank on the economy, contained in its recent report entitled "India: Sustaining Reform, Reducing Poverty." Indeed, the Bank while making ...
- Learning From Terror (Indian Express, Himmat Singh Gill, Jul 24, 2003)
The terrorist strikes at Tanda and a few more army facilities in the recent past in J&K, have raised pertinent questions concerning the security policy and the drills followed by security personnel in countering threats to their own establishments. Such
- In Ahmedabad, They Had ‘blood On Their Hands’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2003)
This could be straight out of a horror film. A red liquid oozing from the floor of kitchen, bathroom and verandah of a house in Maninagar today morning made the blood of its 14 inhabitants run cold. The liquid was later identified as human blood by ...
- Terror: Centre Holds Its Nerve, Looks Ahead (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 24, 2003)
Strongly reinforcing the ongoing Indo-Pak peace process, Defence Minister George Fernandes today made a distinction between Pakistan and infiltrating militants, saying the latter’s attempts to step up violence would not succeed in rolling back the peace
- Rocky Road To Peace (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2003)
THE ROAD TO India-Pakistan peace is as full of hidden mines and booby-traps as any stretch of the Line of Control. Aside from killing eight Army personnel, including a brigadier, and injuring two three-star generals, a two-star general, a ...
- Wasted Vitriolic In The White Paper (Business Line, Roopen Roy , Jul 24, 2003)
Why raise the bogey of banning multinational accounting firms in India
- When Boundaries Cease To Matter (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 23, 2003)
INDIANS and Pakistanis who are susceptible to their respective governments' propaganda machinery develop an unexplained, unjustified antagonism, if not plain hatred and mistrust, for the people of the neighbouring country. This mistrust takes myriad forms
- A National, Not Communal, Issue (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Jul 23, 2003)
The Ramjanambhoomi issue is not a religious but a political issue. The moment we consider it a religious matter, it becomes a conflict between Hindus and Muslims. Hindu philosophy talks of God being universal, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent.
- Avoid The 'Peacekeeping' Trap (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2003)
FOUR MONTHS INTO their high-tech war against Iraq, the United States and its junior partner, the United Kingdom, are beginning to realise that the ground beneath their occupying boots is nothing but quicksand. This realisation is dawning on the ...
- Is Rajnath Singh Tilting At Windmills? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 23, 2003)
In cutting the farm credit rate and the Rs 600-crore package for sugarcane farmers, the Government has a larger intention than merely a concern for the agriculture sector, says Sharad Joshi, looking at two packages and their implications.
- Bush-Blair Bombast (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 23, 2003)
THE utterances of the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, and the US President, Mr George Bush, ever since the storm over fabricated intelligence broke over their heads, have been revoltingly shrill and brazen, bringing back memories of the vitriolic
- Why Was Top Brass Exposed? Question Raised At Army Hqs (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 23, 2003)
It was a close call this afternoon for Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Hari Prasad and 16 Corps Commander Lt Gen T P S Brar but that didn’t prevent them from attending office later where they probably sat to ponder on the security lapse which gave militant
- Jehadis’ Lull In Pak May Be Temporary (Indian Express, M ILYAS KHAN, Jul 22, 2003)
Following US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage’s visit to Islamabad last May, most of the militants were herded out of PoK, mostly to camps in Tarbela and Mansehra areas. According to sources in Muzaffarabad, the facilities at Batrasi’s
- A Question Of Accountability (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Jul 22, 2003)
For two long years and more, the scams and scandals which led to the collapse of the stock market in March 2001 resulted in market capitalisation tottering at half the peak figure of February 2000. Stagnation in capital markets has gravely impacted on
- Wto And Agriculture - Will It Be Advantage India? (Business Line, S. D. Naik, Jul 22, 2003)
India must pay greater attention to increase productivity, create exportable surpluses and make agriculture more competitive if the final outcome of the WTO negotiations is to be translated to its advantage. Also, it must garner the support of developing
- `Chicken And Egg' Problem (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 21, 2003)
Assistance from the rich is conditioned on the "governance performance" of the poor, which really is tantamount to begging the question as the poor are poor because of improper and weak governance, among other things.
- Monsoon Session Of Parliament - Eschew Politics, Address People's Issues (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jul 21, 2003)
IT HAS become a tedious practice for newspapers to describe the start of any Parliament session as being stormy. The description of the monsoon session, beginning today (July 21), will be no different. The use of the phrase has become monotonously predict
- Arrested Uk Couple Say They Got ‘go Ahead’ At Wagah (Indian Express, Rachna Subir Sen, Jul 21, 2003)
The British couple of Bangladeshi origin, who breached security at Wagah yesterday, claim they had left only after a go-ahead from a uniformed man at the border checkpost. ‘‘An officer in uniform was sitting at the entry. I don’t know who he was but after
- Bjp Will Not Even Approach Allies For Support To Any Temple Legislation (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 21, 2003)
A stunned silence gripped the BJP national executive here last evening when Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee began his address with a tantalising remark: ‘‘I want Advaniji’s word to be the last one (main chahta hoon Advaniji ka shabd antim shabd ho).’’
- From Palampur To Raipur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 21, 2003)
THE SOUND BITES heard from the Bharatiya Janata Party's National Executive at Raipur confirm the suspicion of its friends and foes alike: the party remains hopelessly enthralled by its own too-clever-by-half devices and formulations. The ...
- Pm’s Age Vs Sonia’s Origin (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2003)
The Congress today countered the BJP’s attack on Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin by questioning the competence of ‘‘ageing’’ Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. ‘‘We don’t want to make a personal attack against anyone. But we are aware of Vajpayee’s
- Tony And The Coalition (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jul 20, 2003)
The hottest day of summer so far was drawing to a close. Tony Blair, prime minister of United Kingdom, a trim fiftyish, salt-and-pepper-haired man, wearing the slightly unhealthy look of someone who had avoided the sun for a great part of the summer,
- Switching Tracks? (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jul 20, 2003)
During the recent meeting of the Samata national executive, some representatives from Jharkhand praised Laloo Prasad Yadav, who is supposed to be the party’s enemy number one. Party president George Fernandes remonstrated, but Nitish Kumar kept silent
- Bjp Calls For 33 Pc Dual-Member Ls Seats (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 20, 2003)
The BJP has come up with a fresh proposal on women’s reservation issue, saying 33 per cent of Lok Sabha seats be made double-member constituencies to give the Lower House an additional 181 women members over and above the present strength. The BJP
- Vhp & Temple: Pm Prescribes Talk Pill, Party Sugar-Coats It (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 20, 2003)
BJP’s resolution says we will explore bringing in a law; Vajpayee says talks best option, we won’t ignore VHP
- Too Little, Too Late (Hindu, S. Nagesh Kumar, Jul 20, 2003)
Speed is crucial in rescue and relief operations after an accident. Describes the situation on the ground.
- Like Noor, He Tells A Story Of Healing Touch (Indian Express, REEMA NARENDRAN, Jul 20, 2003)
Like little Noor, who is recovering from a heart surgery in Bangalore, Prof Qazi Ahmed Sayeed from Karachi is a testimony to the Indo-Pak friendship which the wars and propaganda cannot erase. Sayeed is recovering at the Regional Cancer Centre at ...
- Waxing And Waning (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay, Jul 20, 2003)
When it comes to former CM Jyoti Basu, the Communist Party in Bengal can bend all rules, even its strictures on ‘‘cult worship’’. It makes an exception while celebrating his birthday. And now, it should not come as a surprise if Sport Minister Subhash
- Post-Heroic War: Why Us Wants Our Troops (Indian Express, EJAZ HAIDER, Jul 19, 2003)
The Indian Government has finally refused to send its troops to Iraq and formally notified the Bush administration of its decision. But the issue is still open in Pakistan. The question of why the United States would want Pakistani and Indian troops in
- Bjp Dispute: Sonia Janmabhoomi (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 19, 2003)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, on the inaugural day of its three-day national executive, linked Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin to the country’s security, but promptly retracted. The party first fielded general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who, reacted
- The Marad Impasse - Ominous Portent (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Jul 18, 2003)
Marad is a beautiful beach along which Hindu and Muslim fisherfolk live in proximity but separately. The communal carnage there has convulsed Kerala. The criminal episode is under investigation by the State police. Bitterness among the Arayas (Hindus)
- Towards Positive Unilateralism (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 17, 2003)
Taking unilateral steps on trade, economic cooperation and people-to-people contact will help India liberate itself from the limiting confines of the current negotiating framework with Pakistan.
- Shimla Memories (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Jul 17, 2003)
Shimla is replete with sentimental memories for Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Apparently, the Himachal Capital was one of the family’s favourite holiday spots. Sonia has not been back to stay since Rajiv Gandhi passed away so she snatched some moments
- A Temple Will Be Built At Birthplace Of Ram: Advani (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 17, 2003)
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani couldn’t have found a more receptive and gleeful audience when he today declared that the ‘‘aspirations of the people will definitely be fulfilled and a Mandir constructed at the Ram Janmasthan.’’
- Anandamayee Ma’s Love (Indian Express, P. K. BOSE , Jul 17, 2003)
The 107th birth anniversary of Sri Ma Anandamayee (who preached spiritualism of the highest order, showering love and compassion upon rich and poor, irrespective of caste, creed, colour and religion, from 1896 to 1982) was celebrated recently at her
- Nitish Natak (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
There have been at least six instances in the past 11 months when Union Railway Minister Nitish Kumar could have usefully submitted a resignation letter and driven home the message of public accountability. On September 10 last year, when 130 people died
- Congress: A New Resolution In Shimla (Business Line, Roop Lal Sharma, Jul 16, 2003)
Rattled by its failure to regain power in April 1999 after the fall by one vote of the Vajpayee Government, the Congress(I) is keen to tie up all loose ends well ahead of time, leaving nothing to chance.
- The Politics Of Pull-Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE'S decision to pull out of the ruling National Democratic Alliance has been a long time coming. The eventual rupture may have been the result of a slew of causes, but the principal reason for the withdrawal is the looming ...
- Controversy In Nagaland: Whose Govt Is Rio Running? (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jul 16, 2003)
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio is caught in an amusing controversy following a remark he made at a recent function here. Four days ago, when Rio was talking about Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani’s proposed visit to Nagaland, he said Advani was
- Millennium Development Goals - Concrete Targets Needed (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 15, 2003)
The Millennium Development Goals, endorsed by all members of the UN, set out a raft of time-bound and quantifiable targets ranging from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015.
- Between Iraq And A Hard Place, Govt To Say No (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 14, 2003)
Unnerved by the possibility of casualties in Iraq in an election year, the BJP-led NDA Government is believed to have decided not to send combat troops to maintain peace in northern Iraq. The meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) here ...
- Samata Rules Out Support For Any Law On Ram Temple (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 14, 2003)
The Samata Party is likely to oppose any Sangh Parivar move to explore the legislative option for construction of a temple at Ayodhya as well as deployment of Indian troops in Iraq. The party is also gearing up to mount an attack on the Congress for ...
- After Shimla (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jul 14, 2003)
The Congress has sought to do away with a self-imposed handicap and deny the BJP the advantage of the exclusive use of the coalition strategy.
- Congress Plans Its Game (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 14, 2003)
The immediate euphoria of Shimla is over, but it had undoubtedly enthused party leaders in the Congress, as they knuckled down to strategise for the 2004 elections. Shimla was different from the other brainstorming sessions the party has held.
- Amma Thesis Gets Chennai Its First Dr Cop (Indian Express, V PREM SHANKER, Jul 13, 2003)
One of the recent entries in the Madras University’s library is a thesis on state Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s government between 1991 and 1996. The thesis titled ‘Contemporary Political History of Tamil Nadu 1991-1996,’ completed in May this year,
- Omar Breaks Free, Of Father And Nda (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jul 13, 2003)
Rattled by the consolidation of Mufti Mohammad Syed’s People’s Democratic Party and the steady rise of doves within the separatist Hurriyat, the National Conference today snapped its ties with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in a bid to position
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