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- Prakash To Be Forgiven (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
JD(S) national President H D Deve Gowda candidly admitted his son Kumaraswamy has taken his consent to go with the BJP.
- Bjp-Jd(s) Tie-Up Unholy: Congress (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday strongly urged Governor Rameshwar Thakur not to accord recognition to the 'unholy' alliance between the BJP and JD(S).
- Us Courts Indian Politicians For Nuke Deal (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 30, 2007)
The US is trying to convince various Indian politicians to salvage the Indo-US nuclear deal after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to generate political consensus for it.
- Bjp, Jds Parade Mlas Before Governor (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The BJP-JDS combine in Karnataka paraded 129 MLAs before Governor Rameshwar Thakur in support of its claim to form a Government in the state, but he is not in a hurry to act.
- Asia’S Highest Polling Station No Problem But Lower Areas Are (Tribune, Kuldeep Chauhan, Oct 30, 2007)
Asia’s highest polling station at Hikkem village, located on a globular plateau virtually above clouds, has a communication link to the outside world, but 25 polling stations located at much lower altitudes in this snowbound district pose a . . .
- Karnataka Balance Tips In Favour Of Bjp-Jd(s) (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
On a day of frenzied political activity, BJP and JD(S) leaders fulfilled the mandatory formality of mustering 129 MLAs, more than the 113 required to form the government, and parading them before Governor Rameshwar Thakur for a headcount on Monday.
- Many Colours Of Imperialism (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Oct 30, 2007)
Integration into the global nuclear order has been a long-standing Indian demand. However, New Delhi is dropping out just at the moment when — following lengthy and arduous negotiations and activism — the prize is within its grasp.
- Pm: India Has Never Reneged On A Deal (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 30, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in yet another hint that the government is determined to move ahead on the civil nuclear energy agreement with the United States, told the delegates of the Global Fortune Forum here on Monday that India . . . .
- 'No Scope For Governor To Play Game' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
With the BJP accusing Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur of delaying the formation of the Government and the Congress demanding dissolution of the Assembly, legal experts have opined the Governor has no option but to invite the JD(S)-BJP . . . .
- Bjp-Jd(s) Parades Mlas Before Guv (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Paving the way for Government formation in Karnataka, Governor Rameshwar Thakur assured the BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) combine leaders on Monday evening that he would inform the Union Government at the earliest on the developments in the State after . . . .
- K'taka Cong Seeks Fresh Poll (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
In the wake of the BJP and the Janata Dal(S) forging an alliance to form the Government in Karnataka, the Congress on Monday asked the Centre to dissolve the Assembly and hold fresh elections in the State.
- Jd(s), Secularism's Worst Foe (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The political situation in Karnataka has turned so utterly farcical that nothing short of a mid-term assembly poll can spell redemption now. H D Kumaraswamy’s decision to extend unconditional support to the BJP to form a government is clearly a . . . .
- The New Mughal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
A legacy of political brashness isn’t the only thing UP CM Mayawati wants to bequeath. The grandoise plans, it seems, extend to her architectural vision.
- In Parliament, Bjp To Oppose N-Deal (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Oct 30, 2007)
Former BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday made it clear that the party would oppose the Indo-US nuclear deal in the present form.
- Two Options, One Future (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Oct 30, 2007)
In the end, the nuclear deal asks India an existential question -- does it want to be the US or the EU? Does it want to be a power player or does it only want to pretend?
- K'taka Governor To Go By ‘Rulebook’ (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
If anybody can use time as a weapon, it was Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur.
- Let N-Deal Go Through, Kissinger Urges Bjp (Pioneer, KUMAR UTTAM, Oct 30, 2007)
As the US continued its efforts to garner BJP support for the much-opposed civilian nuclear agreement, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and US Ambassador to India David C Mulford met Leader of the Opposition LK Advani and BJP president . . .
- The Flying Bullet (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The bullet alleged to have been aimed at Mamata Banerjee’s convoy is by any reckoning a major breach of the rule of law.
- Jd-S, Bjp Parade Mlas (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The JD(S)-BJP combine today paraded 129 MLAs, winching up by eight their early morning strength of 121 MLAs, before Karnataka Governor Mr Rameshwar Thakur, thereby proving their numbers beyond any doubt and easily sailing past the . . . .
- Nuke Deal To Dominate Winter Session (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
The winter session of Parliament will be held from November 15 to December 7 and the political focus is clearly on a likely debate on the long-pending agenda of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal with the Left raging against the government . . . .
- In Modi’S Best Interests (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 29, 2007)
On the face of it, the latest sting operation by Tehelka, also being telecast on TV, appears to expose those responsible for the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat in February 2002.
- Guv Goes Slow On Bjp Claim (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A day after the BJP-Janata Dal(S) combine staked claim to form the Government in Karnataka, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha called on Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Sunday and urged him to invite BJP leader BS Yediyurappa to form the next Government.
- Cong To Target Modi Detractors (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The Congress has pulled out all the stops for Gujarat Assembly elections. The party is looking at poll alliances with UPA partners, trying to rope in BJP rebels, finalising its candidates earlier than usual and fielding party president . . . .
- Advani Foresees Polls In 2008 (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Oct 29, 2007)
Foreseeing Lok Sabha elections in the first quarter of 2008, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani said on Sunday that the factors which contributed to the Bahujan Samaj Party’s victory in Uttar Pradesh would help the Bharatiya . . . . .
- Cpi(m), Cpi Deplore Jd(s) U-Turn In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India have deplored the Janata Dal (Secular) U-turn in Karnataka to help install the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in power.
- Endgame In Karnataka (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 29, 2007)
WHAT is happening in Karnataka today is a typical example of political opportunism.
- Jd(s), Bjp To Present Mlas Before Governor (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Oct 29, 2007)
Leaders of political parties in Karnataka made a beeline for the Raj Bhavan here all through Sunday. In particular, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, who is also in charge of the party’s affairs in the State, Yashwant Sinha, called on Governor . . . .
- Advani Blames Infighting For Bjp’S Falling Graph (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mr LK Advani today blamed continued infighting among the party’s rank and file for its plummeting political fortunes in Uttar Pradesh.
- Shotgun Wedding (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
If, as is likely, a BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) Government is now formed in Karnataka with the saffron party's Mr BS Yediyurappa as Chief Minister, a farcical political drama will in effect go back to where it started; or should have started.
- It's Advantage Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 29, 2007)
Coalition governance has been around for 20 years and while the last two Governments have mastered the art of survival, the issue of effective governance has been a serious casualty.
- Let The People Decide: Modi (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Oct 29, 2007)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declined to comment on the Tehelka exposč on the post-Godhra communal riots in the State in 2002.
- We Will Ride To Power: Advani (Asian Age, Amita Verma, Oct 29, 2007)
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of the Opposition Lal Krishna Advani has said that the factors that catapulted the Bahujan Samaj Party into power in Uttar Pradesh will now lead the BJP to victory at the Centre in the Lok Sabha elections.
- ‘Nehru’S Policies Caused Kashmir Problem’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Accusing successive Congress governments of "inept handling" of internal security, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Sunday said the "faulty" policies of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru are responsible for the Kashmir problem.
- Jd(s) Leader Puts Spoke In 'Coalition' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Dissident JD(S) leader MP Prakash on Sunday appeared to have put a spoke in attempts by his party and BJP to form a government in Karnataka even as JD(S)-saffron alliance decided to parade its MLAs in front of Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Monday . . .
- Memories Of Horror (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2007)
The collector of Ahmedabad has ordered the blackout of TV channels beaming the sting operation of the post-Godhra pogrom.
- Jd-S Collects Letters Of Support To Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Even as the BJP and the JD-S went about cementing their new-found alliance for forming a coalition government, Mr H D Kumaraswamy, JD-S chief Mr Deve Gowda’s son and former chief minister, has managed to secure individual letters from his . . . .
- Karnataka: Bjp, Jd(s) Mlas To Meet Governor (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Mounting pressure to be allowed to form the government in Karnataka, the BJP-JD(S) combine has decided to present individual letters of support by 122 MLAs to Governor Rameshwar Thakur today.
- Congress In Pre-Poll Deal With Bjp Rebels In Gujarat (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
In a significant development which could have immense bearing on the two-phased assembly elections in Gujarat, on December 11 & 16, Congress has agreed upon a seat-sharing formula with BJP rebels as well as Nationalist Congress Party.
- ‘In The Tulsidas Ramayan, Sita Is Not Ram’S Wife But His Sister. Only In The Valmiki Ramayan Is She His Wife’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2007)
Do you think that, over the last 10-15 years, coalition politics has been the antidote to the poison of separatism?
- Karnataka: Bjp, Jd(s) Mlas To Meet Governor (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Mounting pressure to be allowed to form the government in Karnataka, the BJP-JD(S) combine has decided to present individual letters of support by 122 MLAs to Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Monday.
- Maya Asks Cadres To Gear Up For Poll (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Predicting mid-term elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati today called upon the party cadre to gear up for poll to replicate the success of Uttar Pradesh’s social engineering formula at the Central level.
- Jd(s), Bjp Try To Mollify Prakash (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Oct 29, 2007)
With dissident Janata Dal (Secular) leader M.P. Prakash emerging as the only hurdle in the formation of a BJP-JD (S) government in Karnataka, the Gowda family today tried unsuccessfully to mollify him and also persuaded its Chief Minister-aspirant . . . .
- Shoot Down Jd(s)-Bjp Plan: Cong To Guv (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The Congress has appealed to the Governor not to consider letters submitted by the BJP and the JD(S) seeking an opportunity to form government.
- Gowda's Letter Worries Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The BJP leaders are a worried lot. JD (S) national president H D Deve Gowda's letter to the President and Governor seeking dissolution of the Assembly has given them sleepless nights.
- Hdk Turnaround: Prakash Unaware (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
How come Mr M Prakash was not aware of his party legislature leader H D Kumaraswamy's decision to renew ties with the BJP? Answer - Communication gap. At least this the explanation offered by JD(S) spokesman Y S V Datta.
- Bjp Is Ready For Debate, Talks On Deal: Rajnath (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Three days after The Indian Express reported that Brajesh Mishra, National Security Advisor in the BJP-led NDA government, has said he will let the Indo-US nuclear deal go ahead if he is convinced that the . . . .
- Bjp-Jd(s) Stakes Claim In Karnataka (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
On a day of changing political fortunes, the BJP-JD(S) bid to form a government in Karnataka did not look too certain after JD(S) leader M P Prakash seemed determined to play spoiler.
- Jds Flock In Resort As Rebels Try To Rock Boat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The bull ride in the JD(S)-BJP camps was further consolidated, despite desperate attempts by the Congress and former rebel leader M P Prakash’s camp to stop them from forming a Government.
- No Moral Right (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 29, 2007)
The Janata Dal (S) leadership, by supporting the claim made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday to form a government in the state, cannot claim credit for honouring the arrangement it had made with the BJP over 20 months ago.
- Bjp, Jd(s) Mlas To Meet Governor (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Mounting pressure to be allowed to form the government in Karnataka, the BJP-JD(S) combine has decided to present individual letters of support by 122 MLAs to Governor Rameshwar Thakur today.
- It's A Grand Alliance Against Modi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
In a significant development which could have immense bearing on the two-phased assembly elections in Gujarat, on December 11 & 16, Congress has agreed upon a seat-sharing formula with BJP rebels as well as Nationalist Congress Party.
- Congress Bets On Prakash (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
The hopelessly outsmarted Congress on Sunday went on an overdrive, to not only stop the BJP and JD(S) from forming a coalition government but also explore its own chances of returning to the helm in the State.
- Bjp, Dal To Parade Mlas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
A day after the BJP and JD(S) revived their ties, the combine stepped up efforts to get a go ahead from Governor Rameshwar Thakur to form the next government.
- Found Guilty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 29, 2007)
Tehelka expose is a reminder that justice is still undone.
- Is Khanduri Losing His Way On Roads? (Indian Express, S M A Kazmi, Oct 27, 2007)
When Maj Gen B.C. Khanduri (retd) took over the reins of the Uttarakhand government as chief minister this March, he jokingly said that he would be a ‘miser’ and aim to bring fiscal discipline into the state administration.
- Arrest Modi, Advani: Lalu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Railway Minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today demanded immediate arrest of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and leader of the opposition L.K Advani by accusing them of planning mass murder during the 2002 post -Godhra riots.
- N-Deal: Now, Mulford Meets Brajesh (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 27, 2007)
As the nuclear deal comes under threat for political reasons, there is a sudden spurt in BJP-US engagement with US Ambassador David Mulford meeting former NSA Brajesh Mishra on Friday, two days after he met Leader of Opposition . . . .
- Ghosts Don’T Lie (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 27, 2007)
What a sting operation in 2007 says has been in the public sphere since 2002. We have always known that the state in Gujarat allowed the gruesome violence to play out, when it didn’t actively collude in the killings.
- ‘Collector Acted On His Own, No Order From Gujarat Poll Panel’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
No instruction has been issued by the State Election Commission to black out telecast of the Tehelka expose on the 2002 communal riots.
- Tehelka Is Cong Proxy: Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The BJP which has come under attack from major political parties with RJD leader Lalu Prasad even demanding the arrest of Modi, sought to link Tehelka with the Congress...
- I-T Raids On Bjp Reddys,sriramulu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
In a massive crackdown, sleuths of the Income Tax department on Friday raided the residences and business establishments of several mining magnates including those of BJP MP G Karunakara Reddy, his brother and MLC G Janardhan Reddy and former . . . .
- Modi Didn’T Go To Massacre Site: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party said on Friday that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi did not visit Naroda Patiya in Ahmedabad immediately after the massacre, post-Godhra carnage in 2002, as claimed by the Tehelka expose telecast on Thursday night . . . .
- What Yechury Said On Reservation For Muslims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Sitaram Yechury, Member of the Polit Bureau of the CPI(M), has issued the following clarification concerning the CPI(M)’s position on reservation for Muslims attributed to the speech made by him at Kozhikode on October 25, 2007.
- Modi Must Quit, Says Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A day after the Tehelka expose linked Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to the post-Godhra carnage, the Congress demanded that he step down from office.
- Indian-Americans To Persuade Bjp, Left To Accept Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Concerned over the opposition of civilian nuclear deal in India, a group of Indian-American community leaders are planning to travel to New Delhi to convince the BJP and the Left parties to accept the deal as it was in the best interests of the . . . .
- Action Sought Against Guilty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A day after the telecast of the Tehelka sting operation on the post-Godhra riots that exposed Gujarat government’s alleged role and complacency in the killings, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India and the . . . .
- Upa, Left Demand Modi’S Resignation (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Propelled by the Tehelka sting operation on the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, the Congress on Friday demanded the resignation of chief minister Narendra Modi while RJD supremo Lalu Prasad asked the prime minister to get Modi and BJP leader. . .
- Sting Op's Moral Call (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 27, 2007)
The Tehelka-Aaj Tak sting operation adds nothing new to the shameful truth about how the state machinery enabled the ruling BJP and its sister-organisations to carry out the 2002 pogrom in Gujarat. And yet it shocks by capturing the complete. . .
- Bjp Dismisses Gujarat Riot Claims (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
India's main opposition party has dismissed claims that its government in the state of Gujarat supported violence against Muslims in 2002.
- Poll Lifeline For Modi In Riot Sting (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
In Gujarat’s poll arena, it’s the BJP and not the Congress that will be milking the Tehelka sting on Narendra Modi and his riot henchmen.
- Cbi Inquiry Requires State’S Request: Cong (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
A day after the Tehelka revelations, the Congress pleaded that the Centre couldn’t do anything more on bringing those involved in the 2002 riots to book.
- Congress Banks On Bjp Rebels (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Oct 27, 2007)
The Congress is banking on BJP dissidents, the disenchanted Patel community and the "passive" Sangh Parivar in the electoral battle against chief minister Narendra Modi in the December Gujarat Assembly polls.
- Ec Notices To Gujarat Mla, V-C (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The Election Commission on Friday issued a showcause notice to a BJP MLA for allegedly violating the model code of conduct and also expressed its "severe displeasure" to the vice-chancellor and pro vice-chancellor of Saurashtra . . . . .
- Stop Society Getting Divided: Bjp Urges Ec (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Taking strong note of Tehelka's sting operation related to the Gujarat riots of 2002, the BJP on Friday requested the Election Commission to intervene and prevent the society from getting divided on communal lines.
- Parties Blast Modi, Seek His Ouster (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Bolstered by the Tehelka sting operation on the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to get Chief Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leader L.K. Advani arrested for their. . .
- Energy On His Mind, Deal On Pause, Pm Frees Coal Blocks (Indian Express, Kandula Subramaniam, Oct 26, 2007)
Pushed back on the nuclear deal under pressure from his Left allies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today cleared the decks for freeing up 18 coal blocks that would have the potential to set up around 68,000 MW of coal-based power stations.
- Save The Nuclear Deal (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
It is obvious that the US-India civilian nuclear deal is now in the doldrums.
- Basics And Brajesh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2007)
You have to read a lot between the lines of Brajesh Mishra’s answers on nuclear deal questions — this paper carried a story on Thursday based on his ‘Walk the Talk’ appearance. You have to read the lines themselves carefully.
- Is Bjp Alienating Another Ally? (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Oct 26, 2007)
If murmurs of protest from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal leadership in Punjab are any indicator, the BJP appears to be following a plan through which it is all set to alienate yet another partner from its much depleted National Democratic . . . .
- Sonia’S Visit To China Shocking, Says Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has described Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s China visit as “shocking.”
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