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- Calcutta Is Forever (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 21, 2007)
Thirty years ago, a dishevelled man leaned across and shouted at me in the smoke-filled, raucous Olympia bar on Calcutta’s Park Street: “Calcutta is forever!” Outside, Ambassador taxis were inching along the flooded street.
- “We Will Build Roads Near China Border” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jun 19, 2007)
India has defended the building of roads and other infrastructure near China border, saying it was “not a new thing” and “no one could prevent both sides” from doing so on their respective territories.
- Holding West Bengal To Ransom (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jun 19, 2007)
The problem is the Congress and the Trinamul do not seem to realise that any move to weaken the current efforts at regenerating West Bengal's economy will not in any way strengthen their support base among the people of the State.
- Centre Vows Air Vigil To Tame Rebels (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2007)
The Centre today assured the state government of starting air surveillance to tackle the extremism problem.
- The X Files (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2007)
To Charles Tegart, the commissioner of Calcutta Police in the early years of the 20th century, even the Ramakrishna Mission was not above suspicion.
- State On A Short Fuse, Warns Report (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2007)
Politicians have little patience with home-truths. It came as no surprise, therefore, when deputy chief minister Stephen Marandi today hurriedly read out his prepared speech and left before a World Bank team could make its presentation on the . ..
- Lessons From Hyderabad (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Jun 13, 2007)
TERRORISM bared its fangs in India once more, this time when a bomb went off at the famous Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad on April 18 during Friday prayers.
- After It, It’S Bt In Bangalore (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 13, 2007)
After emerging as the IT hub of the country, Karnataka, and Bangalore in particular, is progressing as a biotechnology destination.
- Ground Reality: Naxals Buddha’S Enemy No. 1 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
They played a leading role in protests against land-fencing at Singur. They were present when violence erupted on January 3 at Nandigram in protest against land acquisition for a special economic zone.
- Naxalites Today (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 11, 2007)
Forty years after the Naxalbari uprising, it is remarkable that Maoism remains a potent political force. It has survived the disappearance of Maoism in the land of its origin and the collapse of the Soviet bloc.
- Maoists Attack Nmdc Facility In Chhattisgarh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
Maoists on Sunday attacked the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) and in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.
- When Mamata Does Business With Basu (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Jun 09, 2007)
When Jyoti Basu called up Mamata Banerjee last week and invited her for talks, the veteran Marxist leader opened a new chapter in the 30 years of CPM rule in Bengal.
- With Three Sezs, Maya Brings Hope For Kanpur (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2007)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati may have sent a recommendation to the Centre against the proposed SEZ by the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, but she is well on way to fulfill her “no unemployment allowance, but job opportunities” promise.
- ‘Mutiny’ Brake On Frontier Projects (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jun 08, 2007)
The alleged “mutiny” in the army-controlled Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has spread and run deep, bringing to a near-halt most key projects on the frontiers.
- Employment For One Family Member Of Naxal Victims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
State Cabinet takes landmark decision
Requests to be considered with retrospective effect
Victims' kin to be given jobs depending on eligibility
- Copters To Be Used In Naxal Operations (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
Lending a helping to Chhattisgarh, the Union Home Ministry today sanctioned a helicopter for use in anti-Naxalite operations.
- Maoist Blast Kills 3 Power Board Workers (Indian Express, Nitin Mahajan, Jun 06, 2007)
In another major attack by Maoists, three workers of the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) were killed and five security personnel seriously injured today when a landmine exploded in the Bastar region.
- Naxal Menace: Malkanagiri The Worst-Hit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
Naveen Patnaik reels out figures in State Assembly
Malkanagiri witnesses 99 naxal attacks since 2000
Naxals use claymore mines, landmines and hand grenades in attacks
- Kumaraswamy Hints At Leaving Office Before The End Of His Term (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
Chief Minister says he is helpless in solving some problems of people
Officials told to visit villages to learn people's problems
Congress's demand for White Paper on `Gram Vastavya' criticised
- Naxal Rehabilitation Not A Smooth Affair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
As many as 77 naxals surrender in East Godavari district since 1984
- Kumaraswamy Hints At Leaving Office Before His Term (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
Chief Minister says he is helpless in solving some problems of people
I was asked to deliver in 15 months what the Congress could not in 40 years, he says
Demand for White Paper on `Gram Vastavya' flayed
- Schooled For Life (Indian Express, Noel Lobo, Jun 02, 2007)
Asked Krishna Menon with a frown, “Simeon? Simeon? From where?” “From the Bible, sir,” answered Major Eric Simeon, straight off the bat.
- Naxalites Blow Up Power Lines In Chhattisgarh (Indian Express, Nitin Mahajan, Jun 02, 2007)
In an apparent attempt to stop export of iron ore from Bailadila, Maoist extremists targeted high tension power supply lines in Naxal-affected Bastar area of Chhattisgarh yesterday, disrupting power supply to Bastar and Dantewara districts.
- Rewards Of Identity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 02, 2007)
An article on Harijans (as they were called then) that I wrote for an Australian newspaper many years ago prompted A.L. Basham, the eminent historian, to argue that upper-caste anger was to be expected in the wonder that was his India if indulgent . . .
- Bharat Unplugged (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2007)
India's economy has grown rapidly over the past few years, thanks to reforms, globalisation, demographic dividend and consumerism.
- Gutted Instinct (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2007)
At first sight, Sunnamvari Matka, a tiny tribal hamlet in the Vararamachandrapuram mandal of Khammam district, looks like it has been ravaged by a forest fire.
- C’Garh Attack Dampens Efforts To Curb Naxalism (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2007)
Chhattisgarh continues to haunt the Union Home Ministry. Recent efforts to hem in Naxalite leaders seems to have come to a naught with Monday’s attack on policemen in Bastar district.
- Maoists Blast Hydel Plant Control Room (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
Maoists blasted the main control room of the hydel power generation plant at Donkarai in the agency area of Visakhapatnam district late on Tuesday night.
- Naxalite Hotbed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 30, 2007)
Chhattisgarh's reputation as the State worst hit by `left' extremism has found grisly reconfirmation in the killing of nine policemen in the Bastar region.
- Paramilitary Forces Rushed To Rajasthan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2007)
In the wake of violent protests by the Gurjar Community in Rajasthan, the Centre today rushed over 2000 Central Paramilitary force personnel to various trouble-torn districts in the state to help the local administration to restore peace and normalcy.
- Naxalites Plan October Rally In Delhi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2007)
Naxalite groups are planning a massive show of strength in the Capital in October.
- Maoists Kill 10 Policemen In Bastar (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, May 29, 2007)
35 civilians escape unhurt in landmine explosion triggered in Orissa
The policemen riding motorcycles were ambushed at Kudur village
Many automatic weapons were looted in the raid
- Naxal Blasts Kill 9 Policemen (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2007)
Nine policemen were killed when members of the banned Naxal outfit CPI (Maoists) triggered a series of landmine blasts targeting a 12-member police party in Bastar district of Chattisgarh, the police said today.
- Fact And Faction (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 29, 2007)
The more their myths collapse, the more desperately communists try to clutch at them.
- Nine Cops Killed In Chattisgarh Blasts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2007)
In a major strike, Maoists on Monday killed nine policemen by triggering a series of landmine blasts in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district during an anti-Naxal operation, police said.
- Into The Forests, Chasing Naxalites (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
Security forces have launched the biggest ever operation against Naxalites in the dense forest areas of Latehar, Paranu and Garwah regions of Jharkhand.
- Invitation For Nandigram Talks Was Withdrawn: Cpi (M-L) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
The CPI (M-L) has alleged that the invitation to the party to attend Thursday's all-party meeting on Nandigram was withdrawn.
- Terror Cannot Solve Problems: Kanu Sanyal (Tribune, SUJOY DHAR, May 26, 2007)
Naxalbari (West Bengal): At his humble mud house here in north Bengal, Kanu Sanyal battles senility, age and a blurring eyesight.
- Naxalism: The Enemy Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 23, 2007)
By indulging in violence, Naxals are hurting the developmental cause of the nation, says Saumitra Mohan.
- Hits And Misses (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 23, 2007)
Just as there is midlife crisis in a man’s life, a government too feels the pain of going over the hump. Now that the UPA has completed three years, it must be looking behind with some fond memories soured by many bitter ones.
- Seize The Day And Turn The Bend (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, May 22, 2007)
Mamata Banerjee has several reasons to welcome the Left’s peace moves in Nandigram. But she cannot let peace take away the political advantage she has gained, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
- Police Obtains Search Warrant For Pucl Leader's Home (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2007)
Police on Friday obtained a court warrant to search the home of People's Union for Civil Liberties leader Vinayak Sen, arrested for having links with banned Naxal groups.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 19, 2007)
As a self-elevated President ~ a deception personified at the high table of diplomacy ~ Pervez Musharraf’s decision to recontest the presidential election is an attempt to put up a brave face, a desperate move to wriggle out of a more desperate situation.
- Has Development `Land'ed India In A Crisis? (Business Line, Ashoak Upadhyay , May 18, 2007)
The economic miracle in the country has engendered a dramatic reversal of factor supply — capital is available on tap, land is not. Unless the Government can reconcile conflicting interests over land acquisition consensually, the Manmohan Singh . . . .
- 'Naxalites In Touch With Militants' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2007)
The government on Tuesday informed Parliament that naxalites were working in close coordination with some terrorist outfits operating in J&K and were also in touch with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of Sri Lanka.
- Parivar Bashing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 16, 2007)
The latest issue of People’s Democracy is dedicated to 1857: ‘Understanding 1857, The Left perspective’.
- Concerns That Go Beyond A Spellchecker's (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 14, 2007)
Is ombudsman a gender-neutral word? That question from a reader (not named here as he has not provided his address despite a request) had me stumped.
- Fake Concern For The Poor (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2007)
Why is liberalisation in hibernation three years into the term of the UPA Government?
- Raging Battle In Nandigram (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, May 12, 2007)
Nandigram flares up again, on April 29, and fighting between CPI(M) supporters and the BUPC claims two lives.
- Naxals Eyeing Dalits To Strengthen Base: Police (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, May 11, 2007)
The arrest of Murali, the Divisional Secretary of North Gadchiroli-Gondia Committee of the CPI(Maoist), and three accomplices here on Tuesday, has brought to light how Left-wing extremists were exploiting Dalit sentiments to strengthen their base . . . .
- Indian Paramilitary Forces Fail To Use (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 09, 2007)
India’s plans to modernise its seven central paramilitary forces (CPMFs) have gone awry.
- From Shah Bano Then To Kausarbi Now (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 09, 2007)
Neither claims of deshbhakti nor invocation of national security can justify killing an innocent woman. India cannot claim to be a democratic, lawful society if it countenances rogue police officers playing god.
- Accountability And The Rule Of Law (Deccan Herald, Teesta Setalvad, May 08, 2007)
Accounts of police brutality, especially of beatings and murders in police custody, have always evoked a mixed reaction in India. The last decade's sharper brutalisation within the law enforcement coupled with communalisation and corruption among the ...
- Truth Vs Propaganda (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, May 08, 2007)
Fears have been expressed that Western aid to Pakistan would decline because of the obvious US displeasure.
- An Inconvenient Truth (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, May 08, 2007)
Why do left-liberal enclaves in Delhi mourn Sohrabuddin, while the rest of India is glad his criminal hand has been stayed? There is clearly a growing restiveness on national security issues
- Apathy And Fake Encounters (Deccan Herald, D V GURUPRASAD, May 08, 2007)
The law does not enjoin a police officer to kill a person, however notorious he may be, without justification. Only while exercising the right of private defence or while making an arrest, can a policeman kill another person.
- Heroes, Not Wimps, Make Nations (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, May 07, 2007)
A controversy being played out in Britain may offer lessons for India's war on terror.
- Left In The Past (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 07, 2007)
When I was young and impressionable and growing up in Delhi in the seventies everyone I knew was a leftist of some kind or other.
- Short-Changing Of B'lore Puzzles Rbi (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, May 05, 2007)
The RBI is perplexed over the rising demand for more coins despite the fact that it sells "adequate" number of coins everyday to people.
- We Made 2 Firms Pay Rs 2.5 Cr For Work On Jharkhand Gq Road, Says Maoist (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, May 04, 2007)
A Maoist commander has told the Jharkhand police that the CPI (Maoist) allowed work on a state stretch of the Golden Quadrilateral after forcing L&T and ECI, the road builders, to cough up Rs 2.5 crore. The Maoists even took a Scorpio jeep from the road-b
- U.P.: 45 P.C. Turnout In Sixth Phase (Hindu, Atiq Khan, May 04, 2007)
Around 45 per cent polling was recorded in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Thursday.
- Phase Vi: Turnout High In Naxal-Hit Areas, Low In Cities (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2007)
About 45 per cent of the 1.57 crore electorate exercised their franchise in the sixth phase of the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission said today.
- Naxalite Soldiers (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, May 04, 2007)
Alarmed by the upsurge in Naxalite violence and the growing audacity of the rebels, the Centre asked insurgency-affected states to take tough measures against them and simultaneously expedite development work in remote and backward areas.
- Serialised Polls (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2007)
ELECTIONS to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly have so far been peaceful. The sixth and penultimate phase of election passed off peacefully on Thursday. Compared with the earlier phases, the latest was significant because the Election Commission faced a . . . .
- Maoists To "Be In The Forefront" Against Sezs (Hindu, K. Srinivas Reddy, May 04, 2007)
To intensify attacks on counter-revolutionary organisations like Salwa Judum
To step up attacks on Salwa Judum
Lesson learnt in A.P.
- Polling Begins For 6th Phase Of Up Polls (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
Polling for the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 52 seats spread over nine districts of the state began here this morning amidst tight security.
- In Heart Of India, A Little-Known Civil War (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
In the hours before dawn on a warm spring morning several weeks ago, Kudiyam Sannu came home to kill his brother.
- Voting Begins For Sixth Phase Of Up Polls (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
Polling for the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 52 seats spread over nine districts of the state began on Thursday morning amidst tight security.
- Republic Of Brazenness (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, May 03, 2007)
Although there has been much discussion about the killings of Sohrabuddin and Kausar Bi we are yet to fathom the significance of these incidents.
- Killing Spree (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 03, 2007)
Even in a democracy, there is nothing more fearful than State power. The people of ‘terrorized’ Kashmir and Manipur have lived with this truth for some time now.
- ‘India Shrinking’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 03, 2007)
The lead article in this week’s Organiser claims that under the UPA regime, India’s influence “is shrinking — both internally and on its external periphery.” According to the author of the article, Bharat Verma, the external . . . .
- Polling Begins For Sixth Phase Of Up Assembly Polls (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
Polling for the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 52 seats spread over nine districts of the state began here on Thursday morning amidst tight security.
- Shrinking Influence! (Deccan Herald, BHARAT VERMA, May 01, 2007)
India’s military influence stops short of even securing its own frontiers.
- In Heart Of India, A Little-Known Civil War (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2007)
Villagers are caught between two unforgiving sides: a communist insurgency that's left much of the country ungoverned, and a tough-as-nails 'peace movement.'
- Bleeding Wound (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 01, 2007)
Those who tend to scoff at the ongoing violence at Nandigram because it is far away from Lutyen's Delhi or whitewash the criminality of Marxist cadre who are to primarily blame for the continuing bloodletting in that corner of West Bengal, shall . . .
- Upa Allies Join Opposition In Rapping Economic Policies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 01, 2007)
It is high time Congress-led coalition made meaningful efforts to rein in inflation: RJD
Concern over further widening of rich-poor divide
Government failed to deliver at ground level: BJP
- Through The Third Eye (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 01, 2007)
l It’s a good thing the Punjab elections happened before the wheat harvest came in. Most large farmers in the state are annoyed with the fact that the new Badal government has been unable to either give a bonus for wheat or round up the big moneybags . .
- Terrorism Has Dropped By 40 Pc In J&k, North-East: Patil (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2007)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has said that the terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-East have reduced significantly under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government.
- Caution: Danger Ahead (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Apr 30, 2007)
The unravelling of a human trafficking ring engaged in illicit immigration abroad, featuring some MPs and rouge travel agents, is another shocking reminder of the rot that most political parties have so assiduously cultivated to undermine the Indian . . .
- Unwelcome Coalitions (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Apr 28, 2007)
The cash-for-questions scam and exposures of UP MLAs engaged in narcotics peddling are chilling.
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