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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 3686:
- Evading The Larger Issue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 03, 2001)
THE `CRISIS' TRIGGERED by the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's declaration of intent to quit office has dissipated.
- A Long Sulk From Mumbai (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 03, 2001)
YOU CAN take the party out of Maharashtra but you can’t take Maharashtra out of the party.
- Managing Scam-Stuck Polity (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Aug 03, 2001)
PRIME Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has reasons to feel deeply hurt at the mounting criticism against him and his government from his partymen, especially those belonging to the Sangh Parivar, and some leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance.
- Lonely At The Top (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2001)
IT was genuine exasperation and disgust at the anarchy within the NDA that caused the prime minister’s offer to resign.
- Critical Allies (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 03, 2001)
Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee used the threat of resignation to muster support for himself and to silence his critics.
- Resignation That Never Was (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 02, 2001)
POLITICIANS are believed to have a thick skin but Prime Minister Vajpayee is an honourable exception. His offer to resign on Tuesday strengthens this popular impression.
- ‘Autonomy’ V. ‘Special Powers’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 02, 2001)
THE problem with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah is that he makes an announcement and gives thought to it later.
- Clearing The Clouds, Pm Style (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 02, 2001)
THE gloom that descended on gripping the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), triggered by the reported offer of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- Not Just Drama (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 02, 2001)
THE RULING NDA has survived yet another crisis with Prime Minister Vajpayee revoking his threat of resigning within an hour of his making it.
- Obsessed With Vengeance (Hindustan Times, Prakash Patra, Aug 02, 2001)
THE NDA government’s arbitrary and unprecedented decision to transfer the services of three IPS officers, involved in the arrest of DMK leader M. Karunanidhi and two Union ministers, does not augur well for a federal polity like ours.
- Pm Scores An Own-Goal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 02, 2001)
FEW INDIAN politicians are as universally respected as Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Mr Vajpayee’s stature and his essential decency cause him to rise above his colleagues in the NDA.
- Diverting Attention (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 02, 2001)
Sir, - The Prime Minister's offer to resign in the face of allegations against the PMO's involvement in the UTI scam was a ploy to blackmail NDA partners and aimed at diverting public attention from the real issues.
- Accountability Needed, Not Theatrics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 01, 2001)
THE PRIME MINISTER, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's dramatic offer to step down, made at a meeting of the BJP Parliamentary party.
- When Atlas Shrugs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2001)
As lynchpin of government, PM has to face up to realities.
- The Outsider Stays Back (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 01, 2001)
THERE WILL be considerable relief that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was dissuaded by his senior colleagues from carrying out the threat to resign that he made earlier on Tuesday.
- Wrong Goal (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 31, 2001)
If there was hardly any element of surprise in the statement of Mr Pranab Mukherjee, the president of the West Bengal state Congress, that the party’s alliance with the Trinamool Congress was over.
- Between Power And Politics (Hindustan Times, D.R. Goyal , Jul 31, 2001)
Despite the brave front put up at the BJP’s national executive meet in Delhi, frustration is writ large within the Sangh parivar.
- Party Slips, But Govt Is Safe (Tribune, P. Raman , Jul 31, 2001)
ADI Shankara’s biggest contribution has been his theory of two levels of reality — the common man’s virtual awareness of the universe and the ultimate reality of brahman as universe.
- Mr Advani's Advice (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2001)
Mr LK Advani's valedictory address to the three-day session of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) national executive, which ended on Sunday, deserves more than passing attention.
- Central Pettiness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 31, 2001)
In taking umbrage at the habit of the BJP’s allies to treat the ruling coalition in a somewhat casual manner, the party’s president, K. Jana Krishnamurthi, has chosen to ignore the basic reason for such behaviour.
- All The Saffron Linen (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 31, 2001)
In the end, perhaps, it all boils down to reading the horoscope.
- Divestment Panel Gets New Life (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 31, 2001)
THE APPOINTMENT LAST week of a new chairman of the Disinvestment Commission after a lapse of over 20 months is but a feeble attempt to stop the drift in the policy of divestment that the Centre has been pursuing in the last seven-eight years.
- Win Peace Back, Bit By Bit (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 30, 2001)
Centre’s negotiating tactics in Northeast need reviewing.
- Little To Cheer For Nda (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 30, 2001)
A SERIES of curious twists has given the ruling combine at the Centre, the National Democratic Alliance, the benefit of numbers it needed badly.
- The Terms For Trade (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Jul 30, 2001)
Which way will India sway at the Doha WTO meet?
- Easy Come, Easy Go (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 30, 2001)
Isn’t promiscuity a sin in politics?
- Vajpayee Under Pressure (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 30, 2001)
CLOSE observers of the Prime Minister have noticed of late a certain dejection written across his mien.
- Index Of Disunity (Pioneer, Rajeev Deshpande, Jul 29, 2001)
The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) has been one of the "junior" members of the Left Front.
- Staging Summits (Hindu, P. R. Chari , Jul 28, 2001)
IT WOULD be pointless to dispute whether the glass of Indo- Pakistan relations is half-full or half-empty after the Agra Summit.
- Index Of Disunity (Pioneer, Rajeev Deshpande, Jul 28, 2001)
The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) has been one of the "junior" members of the Left Front.
- More Than A Duel (Hindu, Rajmohan Gandhi, Jul 28, 2001)
LARGE NUMBERS of the public in India and Pakistan and in different parts of Jammu & Kashmir have felt saddened, disappointed and possibly even cheated by the outcome of the Agra summit.
- Tina Factor (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jul 27, 2001)
Prime Minister Vajpayee seems to be a lucky man as his Government has nothing much to fear from the Opposition, at least for the time being.
- Driving Home A Point (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Jul 26, 2001)
Agra was perhaps the only India-Pakistan summit where India did not lose what it had won on the battle field.
- The Agra Saga Continues... (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 25, 2001)
AGAINST Pakistan's belligerence in harping on the centrality of the Kashmir issue at Agra and beyond, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, only reiterated in Parliament on Tuesday his government's resolve to continue talking to Pakistan.
- The Agra Saga Continues... (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 25, 2001)
AGAINST Pakistan's belligerence in harping on the centrality of the Kashmir issue at Agra and beyond, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, only reiterated in Parliament on Tuesday his government's resolve to continue talking to Pakistan.
- Driving The Pm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2001)
NO matter how hard it tries, the SPG just can’t seem to get rid of the Ambassador car.
- Agra And After (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Jul 25, 2001)
IF THE India-Pakistan summit did not fail, as the Foreign Ministers maintain, it did not succeed either.
- Dwarfs Grill A Whale (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 25, 2001)
The NDA government’s best friend: a fractured Opposition.
- Ajit Singh's Forays (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 25, 2001)
BY JOINING THE BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and managing a berth in the Union Cabinet, Mr. Ajit Singh has indeed come a full circle.
- A Up Poll Induction (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 24, 2001)
CHAUDHARY Ajit Singh, son of the famous farmer leader Charan Singh, has become a Union Minister.
- Grounded Phoenix (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 24, 2001)
It will be difficult for this phoenix to rise again. Mr Shibu Soren’s occupation seems to have gone with the loss of his Rajya Sabha membership from Jharkhand.
- Allies In Need (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2001)
The solemnisation of the alliance between the BJP and the Rashtriya Lok Dal with the induction of Mr Ajit Singh into the Union Cabinet represents a marriage of mutual need.
- Women's Bill: Combat Or Capitulate (Pioneer, Ashish Talwar, Jul 24, 2001)
Women as a socio-politico group are undoubtedly the biggest losers in today's democracy.
- Economy: Clueless Pursuit (Tribune, P. Raman , Jul 24, 2001)
A prominent business editor recently lamented that Indian corporates are so frustrated that they remain utterly clueless about their investment plans for the decade.
- Hindustantimes.Com - The Big Idea (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 20, 2001)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee has inadvertently become an unconscious agent of history in setting off what can only be described as a groundswell of robust popular sentiment for reconciliation and peace with Pakistan.
- New Delhi’s Dilemma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2001)
IN an unprecedented diplomatic decision India has asked Pakistan to treat the Agra summit as a non-event and revert back to the substance and spirit of the Shimla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration.
- Aftermath Of Andhra (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 19, 2001)
SINCE THE initial trends in the local elections in Andhra Pradesh are suggestive of a decline in Telugu Desam’s popularity, it is bad news for the Vajpayee government. The regional party has been one of the pillars of the ruling coalition at the Centre.
- Agra: A Failure Foretold (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 18, 2001)
. Just before the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, arrived in India, one of the intelligence agencies was asked to produce a psychological profile of the visitor.
- Agra: A Failure Foretold (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 18, 2001)
NEW DELHI, JULY 17. Just before the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, arrived in India, one of the intelligence agencies was asked to produce a psychological profile of the visitor.
- New Twist To Sensitive Cases (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jul 17, 2001)
CHENNAI, JULY 16. The sudden and tragic suicide of businessman Ramesh and his family has provided a new twist to the politically sensitive cases in the State.
- Directionless Prasar Bharati (Hindu, S. S. Gill, Jul 17, 2001)
LAST YEAR Prasar Bharati had sold its entire prime time on the Metro Channel to Mr. Kerry Packer. On the expiry of his lease, it has been making frantic efforts to auction this valuable chunk to fresh bidders.
- Hijacking Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2001)
Will the Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf hijack Kashmir? This was the question bothering most of the leaders of the NDA when they met at the Prime Minister’s 7 Race Course Road residence last week.
- Cong Caught On The Wrong Foot Over Tea Party (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2001)
IF there was one party that seemed to have been caught in the storm over the cup of tea that the Pakistan High Commissioner proposed to have with the Hurriyat Conference, it was the Congress.
- Agra Should Not Go The Way Of Shimla And Lahore (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Jul 11, 2001)
WITH each passing day the preparations for the Musharraf visit are getting more and more absurd.
- Don’t Alienate Manipur (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jul 09, 2001)
BLACK FLAGS atop every house, days of tense curfew followed by angry demonstrations of women and students, yet another round of tear gas and police firing, a woman protester dead and scores injured.
- Yes, No, Wait... (The Economic Times, Upasana Bhat, Jul 09, 2001)
SHOULD we rejoice at the Cabinet Committee on Disinvestment’s clearance to sell off Air-India and IBP? And wait with bated breath in anticipation of big ticket selloffs? Don’t hold your breath.
- Unfair Screening (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 09, 2001)
AS WIDELY EXPECTED, the Government has thrown out the Hindujas' bid for Air India and Indian Airlines.
- Ulterior Motives (The Kashmir Times, SURENDRA MOHAN, Jul 09, 2001)
THE extremely irresponsible vendetta by the Tamilnadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha has provided the Union Government an opportunity, which it was looking for since after her installation as Chief Minister by the Governor.
- Over To The Governor? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
IN DMK parlance, the importance of the gubernatorial office in the governance of a State is comparable to the relevance of the beard in the life of a goat.
- The Prodigal Waits To Return (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
The question in West Bengal is: when will Ms. Mamata Banerjee return to the NDA fold? But, says Malabika Bhattacharya, there are hurdles, not least Mr. Ajit Panja.
- The Midnight Knock That Boomeranged (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Suddenly, the hunter became the hunted... Ms. Jayalalithaa found herself forced to make a painful climbdown. Suresh Nambath and M. R. Venkatesh report.
- Blind Confidence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 08, 2001)
It is good to see confidence. The chief minister of West Bengal has it in abundance. Perhaps Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s ebullience springs from blissful ignorance of what he must overcome.
- Many Firsts In Career Of Fathima Beevi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jul 08, 2001)
THE unceremonious exit of the Tamil Nadu Governor, Ms Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi, is, for the first time, seen as a setback in her otherwise highly successful career in the portals of judiciary spanning over four decades.
- Big Task , Small Talk (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 08, 2001)
Paradoxically while the coming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit has generated a euphoria in both the countries a trivial issue like the invitation.
- The Midnight Knock That Boomeranged (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
Suddenly, the hunter became the hunted... Ms. Jayalalithaa found herself forced to make a painful climbdown. Suresh Nambath and M. R. Venkatesh report.
- The Prodigal Waits To Return (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 08, 2001)
The question in West Bengal is: when will Ms. Mamata Banerjee return to the NDA fold? But, says Malabika Bhattacharya, there are hurdles, not least Mr. Ajit Panja.
- Politics And Propriety (Business Line, V. K. Srinivasan, Jul 07, 2001)
POLITICAL events in Tamil Nadu and their echoes in Delhi have been so bizarre that one should feel relieved that the Constitution and the conventions that have evolved over five decades.
- Tit For Tat (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jul 07, 2001)
AT ONE level, what happened in Chennai a week back should not raise any eyebrows because it was merely yet another episode of `tit for tat politics', which has increasingly come to rule the political scene in recent decades.
- The Failed Swayamsevaks (Hindu, Shamsul Islam , Jul 07, 2001)
WITH RECURRING electoral setbacks to the BJP in different parts of the country in the last one year, we have been witnessing a spate of media reports claiming that the RSS is not happy with the NDA Government led by Mr. Atal Behari Vajpaee.
- Big Task , Small Talk (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 06, 2001)
Paradoxically while the coming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit has generated a euphoria in both the countries a trivial issue like the invitation to Hurriet leaders by the Pakistan high commission.
- Is Law Different For Ministers? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jul 05, 2001)
Long after the sound and fury generated over the Tamil Nadu happenings die down, several significant questions related to the incidents will in all probability remain unanswered.
- Big Task , Small Talk (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 05, 2001)
Paradoxically while the coming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit has generated a euphoria in both the countries a trivial issue like the invitation to Hurriet leaders by the Pakistan high commission at the high tea being hosted for the visiting Pakistan President
- Mig Crashes Again, Pilot Killed Again (The Kashmir Times, B. K. Mathur , Jul 05, 2001)
This column was initially planned for a different subject, on what military rulers and Generals in Pakistan used to tell their sports teams and managers prior their departure for international competitions abroad, like the Olympiad and Asiad.
- Revenge, Arrests, Videotapes... (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 04, 2001)
THE messy arrest of the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, might be behind us.
- A Common Fight Against Reforms? (Hindu, W. R. Varada Rajan, Jul 04, 2001)
The 37th Indian Labour Conference (ILC), held on May 18 and 19, 2001, ended unceremoniously without any conclusions being drawn up because of the united resistance of all the trade unions.
- Big Task , Small Talk (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 04, 2001)
Paradoxically while the coming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit has generated a euphoria in both the countries a trivial issue like the invitation to Hurriet leaders by the Pakistan high commission at the high tea being hosted for the visiting Pakistan President
- The Centre Cannot Hold (Hindustan Times, Prakash Patra, Jul 04, 2001)
T he manner in which the NDA government humiliated and forced Tamil Nadu Governor Fathima Beevi to go, exposes the true colours of the BJP. Beevi has been virtually forced into a face-saving resignation instead of waiting for an ignominious dismissal.
- Disgraceful Developments In Tamil (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Jul 04, 2001)
THE unbelievable and atrocious acts in Tamil Nadu are as much a comment on the people of the state, who voted Ms Jayalalitha to power despite all her disgraceful past, as on the Chief Minister herself who is running amock.
- Mig Crashes Again, Pilot Killed Again (The Kashmir Times, B. K. Mathur , Jul 03, 2001)
This column was initially planned for a different subject, on what military rulers and Generals in Pakistan used to tell their sports teams and managers prior their departure for international competitions abroad,
- Big Task , Small Talk (The Kashmir Times, Editorial, Kashmir Times, Jul 03, 2001)
Paradoxically while the coming Vajpayee-Musharraf summit.
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