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- Sonia Faces Slogans From Bjp Mla; Manvendra Singh Apologises (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had to face sloganeering from a local BJP MLA as she visited this village in flood-hit Barmer district today, causing embarassment for the state party leaders accompanying her.
- Slogans, Regret Greet Sonia In Rajasthan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Congress chief Mrs Sonia Gandhi had to face sloganeering from a local BJP MLA as she visited this village in flood-hit Barmer district today, causing embarrassment for the state party leaders accompanying her.
- Vande Mataram! (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 01, 2006)
The penchant for India's political class to make mountains of molehills is once again evident in the controversy over the singing of the Vande Mataram on September 7, marking the centenary of its composition by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
- Bill For Obc Quota In Unaided Universities Soon: Arjun Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Including unaided deemed varsities within the present Bill would not be legally tenable'
- Murder Most Vile (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 01, 2006)
The death of an Ujjain college professor after he was brutally set upon by a group of students suspected to be from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is a grim reminder that in Bharatiya Janata Party-run Madhya Pradesh, elements of the Sangh . . .
- Sonia Promises Help To Flood-Hit People In Rajasthan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to brief Manmohan Singh, Patil on the flood situation
- Dmk, Aiadmk Clash Over Road Conditions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
BJP member's poser on improvements triggers charges, counter-charges
- Much Ado About A Song (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 31, 2006)
There is something mysterious about the current furore around the compulsory singing of Vande Mataram in schools. No mystery of course about why the BJP has enthusiastically taken up the issue, and already made it compulsory in Chhattisgarh, . . .
- Entente Cordiale (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 31, 2006)
And the spectacle of sitting on the fence
It would be no exaggeration to suggest that Mamata Banerjee personifies the fickleness of Indian polity. And it is a measure of that fickleness that a coffee meeting between two politically amateurish . . .
- Nda Allies Distance Themselves From Bjp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
With the BJP’s stress on Hindutva, the NDA allies have rapidly started distancing themselves from the saffron camp. After the Janata Dal (United), led by Mr Sharad Yadav, opposed the BJP’s move to support the ban on religious conversions, the . . .
- Death Of A Teacher (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 31, 2006)
Professor Harbhajan Singh Sabharwal's 'televised' death has had a profound impact on the nation's conscience because it is perhaps the first time ever that reality television has captured the essence of student politics in Indian campuses.
- Bill For Obc Quota In Unaided Universities Soon: Arjun Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Government will bring a separate Bill to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in unaided deemed to be universities.
- Bjp Calls Off Plan To Sing Vande Mataram In Parliament (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Aug 31, 2006)
Somnath denies permission for BJP minority cell members to sing the national song
Congress playing vote bank politics: BJP
Centre charged with compromising on security for Ayodhya complex.
- Battle Of The Bahus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 31, 2006)
The lead story in the latest issue of Organiser, titled “Sonia’s vendetta on Maneka’’, gives a detailed account on the CBI’s “witch-hunt’’ against the BJP MP over the release of funds to a couple of NGOs in Pilibhit when Maneka Gandhi was the social . . .
- Arjun Denies Giving Directives On Vande Mataram (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh, who has been at the receiving end of the Opposition’s ire following his controversial comments over the singing of the National Song, today denied having issued any directives to states.
- His Father’S Son: Karnataka Struggles On (Tribune, Jangveer Singh, Aug 31, 2006)
Fed up with seventeen months of complete inaction from a Congress – Janata Dal (Secular) government, the people of Karnataka heaved a sigh of relief when JD (S) leader H.D. Deve Gowda’s son H.D. Kumaraswamy and his young turks broke away to take . . .
- Battle For Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 31, 2006)
With only nine months left for the UP Assembly tenure to end, hectic activity has begun for the coming battle of the ballot there. Every contender for power seems to be working overtime.
- Akalis May Go It Alone In Punjab Assembly Poll (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Aug 31, 2006)
They may be strong NDA allies, but Akali Dal may not oblige BJP by going with it in the coming assembly polls in Punjab.
- Left Refuses To Take Sides On Vande Mataram (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
As the BJP and a section among the Muslim community slug it out over the Vande Mataram issue, the Left has struck a muted note. The CPM, which took the issue off the political terrain, said the decision on how to celebrate the centenary anniversary . . .
- Editor Of Surat Eveninger Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
NIV rules out Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Surat .
- Maharashtra Contests Centre’S Stand In Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2006)
Maharashtra on Tuesday contested the Central Government’s stand that its special leave petition in the Supreme Court on the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary issue has become time-barred and hence liable to be rejected, by claiming that it chose the . . .
- Back To The Third Front (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 30, 2006)
The third front may be no more than an idea at the moment, but the CPM believes its search for a non-Congress, non-BJP “third alternative” will finally emerge as it engages with the UPA on its policies.
- So Our Children Shouldn’T Read Tagore, Prem Chand! (Indian Express, Chaman Lal, Aug 30, 2006)
The recent debate over the introduction of ‘objectionable’ material in NCERT’s hindi and history textbooks had MPs, across party lines, going as far as suggesting that the scholars responsible for recommending this material be punished.
- Saffron Test For Cong On Vande Mataram (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Aug 30, 2006)
After having fended off BJP assaults on several fronts, from the nuclear deal to former foreign minister Natwar Singh's revolt, Congress is now gearing up to face a more testing saffron challenge over the burgeoning Vande Mataram row.
- Might Work (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 30, 2006)
In alliance politics, what matters is what works. No matter what they say or do in public, all politicians accept this as the rationale for an alliance. Ms Mamata Banerjee should have no more illusions about her party’s alliance with the . . .
- Utterly Pointless (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 30, 2006)
To the extent the name changing bug was restricted to our reverting to indigenous nomenclatures for places - towns, cities, and regions - from their Anglicised versions, there was little perhaps wrong with the exercise.
- Guidelines For The Media (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Aug 30, 2006)
These days everyone in the Capital is talking about the proxy war between the Congress party and the BJP, the two outfits focusing, respectively, on the December 1999 Kandahar episode — where terrorists were bartered for hijacked passengers of an . . .
- Tension Along Indo-Bangla Border (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Aug 29, 2006)
It was not one of those usual tensions arising out of cattle smuggling or exchange of fire along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
- Allow Muslims To Sing Vande Mataram On Sept 5, Bjp Urges Speaker (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The controversy boiling over the compulsory recital of Vande Mataram to mark the conclusion of the year-long celebrations of the national song on September 7 is refusing to die down.
- Salute To Professor, Governor Steps In (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
It was a rare show of public grief. Life in the ancient temple town Ujjain came to a standstill today with the ruling BJP supporting the Congress call for a bandh to mourn the death of Professor H.S. Sabharwal in Madhav College during the . . .
- Dashmunshi Quoted Out Of Context, Says Cong (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Rattled by the strong reaction to Parliamentary Affairs Minister PR Dasmunshi's statement that the Left parties were free to leave the UPA Government, the Congress on Monday claimed that the Congress leader's remarks had been distorted by the media.
- Discordant Note On Song (Telegraph, R. KRISHNA DAS, Aug 29, 2006)
Chhattisgarh’s BJP government today stoked the raging controversy over Vande Mataram further by making its singing compulsory at every educational institution in the state, including madarsas, on September 7 to mark the national song’s centenary.
- Raipur Says Song Must Be Sung On Sept. 11 (Asian Age, Sudhir K. Singh, Aug 29, 2006)
A circular issued on Sunday by the Chhattisgarh school education department on the singing of the first two verses of Vande Mataram has created an impression that the state government had made it compulsory that the national song be sung in all . . .
- Bjp Admits It Has Some Differences With Jd-U (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The BJP conceded on Monday that it had serious differences with its NDA ally, the JD(U), on the proposed religious conversion the party wants to bring in the Jharkhand Assembly.
- Illegal Mining: Govt Set To Scuttle Lokayukta Probe (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
The State Government is all set to withdraw the reference made to the Lokayukta to probe into the illegal mining of iron ore in Bellary district and the huge loss of revenue to the exchequer.
- Bjp State Units To Sing Vande Mataram (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Terming the Government’s “flip flop” policy on compulsory singing of Vande Mataram as appeasement of the worst kind, the BJP on Monday asked all its units to recite the national song at the state and district headquarters of the party on September 7.
- Small Screen, Big Picture (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Aug 29, 2006)
Have you noticed how much they fidget? And speak with their hands or employ body language instead of words?
- Jan Sangh, Bjp Efforts Got India Its N-Status: Vajpayee (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today attributed the country’s rise as a nuclear power to the policies of the Jan Sangh and the BJP.
- Atal Blows Sangh Trumpet (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Who is responsible for India becoming a nuclear power? Who ended the “licence quota raj”? Who annexed Kashmir to India? The Jan Sangh and the RSS, if A.B. Vajpayee is to be believed.
- Cag Taking ‘Narrow View’; Finance Minister Fair: Shourie (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Stung by the Comptroller and Auditor General’s criticism of PSUs sell off, Arun Shourie, Disinvestment Minister in previous NDA regime, today hit back saying CAG had taken a "very narrow" perspective but thanked Finance Minister P Chidambaram for . . .
- Who Is Right About Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Aug 28, 2006)
Impressive though his performance was it cannot be said that in his reply to the Indo-US nuclear deal, after the debates in Parliament, Prime Minister had really said anything substantive that he had not before in response to the spate of criticism . . .
- Jansangh, Bjp Policies Made India Nuke Power: Vajpayee (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today attributed the country’s rise as a nuclear power to the policies of the Jansangh and the BJP.
- Bjp To Launch Stir For State’S Rights (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Announcing to launch an agitation with the help of other political parties and social organizations, the BJP yesterday constituted a state-level committee to prepare an action plan to get Himachal's share under the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966.
- Cag Report Creates Stir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The report of Comptroller General of India (CAG) about the misuse of crores of rupees by the Punjab Government has created a stir among political circles. The Opposition Shiromani Akali Dal and its alliance partner the Bharatiya Janata Party have . . .
- Exclude Creamy Layer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 28, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government could finally table the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Bill, 2006, in the Lok Sabha, despite divisions among UPA coalition partners like the DMK and the PMK.
- 'No Consensus On Telengana In Upa' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The Centre had not been able to take a decision on the formation of a separate state of Telengana owing to lack of consensus on the issue within the UPA, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday.
- ‘Nuke Rise Because Of Bjp’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Sunday attributed the country’s rise as a nuclear power to the policies of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jan Sangh and the BJP.
- N-Credit To Bipolar Politics (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 28, 2006)
The release of two special issues of RSS monthly Rashtradharm — focussing on the BJP and the Jana Sangh — turned into an occasion for two veteran swayamsewaks, former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha . . .
- Pm Visit Effort To Derive Political Mileage: Bjd-Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Orissa, the ruling BJP-BJD alliance today said it was “an attempt to derive political mileage”.
- Atal: We Made India N-Power To Reckon With (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Sunday said the six-year rule by the BJP-led NDA Government had not only successfully heralded the era of coalition politics in India but also made India a nuclear power.
- Jd-U To Oppose Ban On Religious Conversions (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Taking strong exception to the proposal of Jharkhand Government to impose a ban on religious conversion, coalition partner Janata Dal (United) on Sunday threatened to oppose the move and asked for withdrawal of ban from all parts of the country.
- Jansangh, Bjp Policies Made India N-Power: Vajpayee (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today attributed the country's rise as a nuclear power to the policies of the Jansangh and the BJP.
- Quoting Shlokas, Pranab Defines Hinduism, Hindutva For Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
As the Leader of the Lok Sabha and the most reliable “No. 2” to both Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh in all matters relating to politics and government, Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee wears many hats.
- Sadhu As Shaitan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 26, 2006)
On Thursday, August 24, the 'Biharisation' of the Lok Sabha was complete, both figuratively and otherwise.
- Cong Scuttles Pathak Debate, Muzzles Natwar Again (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Despite strong pressure from the BJP as well as the Left, the Government on Friday managed to get a discussion on the Pathak Authority Report scuttled in the Rajya Sabha by using every trick in the book.
- Social Security And The State (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The government had constituted a National Commission on Enterprises in the unorganised/informal sector.
- The Truth Behind Natwar's Bluster (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Am I the only person in India to feel at all bad for Natwar Singh? I’m beginning to feel that this may be the case. The Congress has deserted one of its most senior members. The doors of 10 Janpath have been shut in his face.
- Natwar, The Chaudhary Of Jatland (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Aug 26, 2006)
This Wednesday, former external affairs minister Natwar Singh reinvented himself as a Jat leader at a huge rally in Jaipur.
- Stars On The Political Sky (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Once they glittered on the big screen. Do our filmstar MPs shine in Parliament? A report on how they fared in the last session
- Coming Soon: Tapes Of Cm-Mine Owners’ Deal, Says Reddy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The mansion of suspended BJP MLC Janardhan Reddy, unlike on Wednesday, wears a deserted look on Thursday. Reddy is watching television, reading newspapers and interacting with his coterie for feedback on his “revelations” at the press conference.
- Grab A Plate (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 25, 2006)
The best place for networking at annual CII summits is not during those boring sessions, but while you stand in a queue to grab a plate for lunch. The queue is about 100 people long and it takes about 20 minutes till you can even get near the array . . .
- Future Of India-Us Nuclear Deal (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 25, 2006)
Despite the Prime Minister's clear enunciation of what precisely India will and will not accept in any legislation passed by the US Congress, it is clear that it will be difficult to conclude a mutually acceptable agreement with . . .
- Rjd, Jd(u) Mps Come To Blows, Almost (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Verbal duel over JD(U) leader Prabhunath Singh's remark against Railway Minister Lalu Prasad .
- Respect Others’ Feelings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 25, 2006)
The arrest of one of the seven people involved in cutting the hair of a Sikh boy in Jaipur should, hopefully, lead to the arrest of all the others and blowing over of the whole incident.
- Telangana Again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 25, 2006)
The exit of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) from the United Progressive Alliance and its government has again brought to the fore the politics revolving around the demand for a separate state.
- Showdown In Lok Sabha (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The country’s highest legislature was witness to unprecedented scenes when RJD and JD(U) members virtually came to blows in the Lok Sabha today, necessitating two adjournments and the target of the attack, Prabhunath Singh, tendering his . . .
- Cpi Seeks Ban On 'Pesti' Colas (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Even as the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya government is defending cola companies, the CPI, a constituent of the Left Front, on Thursday sought a ban on Coca-Cola and Pepsi under the Food Adulteration Act.
- Ls Degenerates Into 'Brawling Arena' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
An MP jumping over the desk to separate two others from coming to blows.
- Outrage In Jaipur (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 25, 2006)
The propensity of small incidents to be blown out of proportion and - encouraged by helpful television cameras that can exaggerate the actual strength of a crowd - make a 'national crisis' out of a local tragedy is well known in India.
- Rjd, Jd(u) Fight It Out In Lok Sabha (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The Lok Sabha on Thursday witnessed scenes similar to a “street fight” with Sadhu Yadav, the RJD MP and brother-in-law of Lalu Prasad, coming close to bashing up Prabhunath Singh of the JD(U) after the House was adjourned in the afternoon following . . .
- Janardhan Reddy Fails To Show Convincing Evidence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
No direct proof to prove bribery charge against Chief Minister
- Reddy Moves High Court For Cbi Probe Into His Charge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Inquiry sought against Kumaraswamy, others
A group of persons had threatened closure of mines if money was not paid'
The illegal gratification sought ran into crores of rupees: Reddy.
- Future Of The Nuclear Deal (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
After having wasted huge amounts of public money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles two former Foreign Ministers, Jaswant Singh and Natwar Singh, the Members of the Rajya Sabha showed they are capable . . .
- Terrorism After Babri Demolition: Mulayam (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Aug 24, 2006)
Targeting Muslims and attacking madarsas as centres of "ISI activities" would weaken the country: CM.
- Natwar: I Will Serve Nation In Or Out Of Party (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Thousands attend Jaipur rally
- Discordant Notes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Song and dance over Vande Mataram
- Elders Concerned Over Farmers’ Suicides (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Members in the Rajya Sabha today expressed concern over the rising cases of suicides by farmers and demanded an increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for foodgrains.
- Karnataka Cm Unfazed Despite Bribe Slur (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The suspended BJP MLC, Mr K Janardhana Reddy, today released a CD which he said conclusively supported the allegations of corruption that he has been levelling against chief minister Mr HD Kumaraswamy.
- Upa Went Out Of Its Way To Address Trs Concerns: Cong (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Rejecting TRS allegation of "betrayal" by Congress on the Telangana issue, Congress on Wednesday said the UPA coalition went out of its way to address the concerns of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on the matter.
- Road Ahead For N-Deal (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
AFTER having wasted huge amounts of the tax payer’s money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles, two former Foreign Ministers, Mr Jaswant Singh and Mr Natwar Singh, the members of the Rajya Sabha, showed they are capable . . .
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