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- Rift In Coalition Over Bmic Project Termed Minor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Kumaraswamy, Yediyurappa will iron out differences, says Naidu
LIDKAR to come under Social Welfare Department
Silk units at Chamarajanagar and Kollegal to be revived
Handicrafts exhibition-cum-training centre to be set up
- Bjp In A Daze Over Atal's Flip-Flops (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has often stumped BJP's political rivals by well-timed one-liners and enigmatic half-sentences.
- Is State Hostage To Three Taluks? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Jun 16, 2006)
As the bmic brouhaha leaves a trail of hazy dust in its wake, a point to ponder for those unaffected by the project---which would be 95 per cent of Karnataka’s population---is whether a State of 27 districts is not being held hostage by three . . .
- Nice All Set To Open Road, Govt Says It Can’T (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Even as the promoters of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project were firm on inaugurating a stretch of the peripheral road on Friday, the State government shot off a letter on Thursday asking them to desist from opening the stretch . . .
- Bjp, Ncp Accused Of Double Standards (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Nationalist Congress Party of "double standards" on the issue of reservation for the Backward Class by supporting the candidature of industrialist Rahul Bajaj . . .
- Unfit To Print (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2006)
---- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has notched one more medallion from its political master, the Human Resource Development Ministry.
- A Government And A Party In Combat Mode (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jun 16, 2006)
Two years after Sonia Gandhi famously declined the crown, the man to whom she handed power remains the outsider in a party congenitally attached to the first family and unable and unwilling to accept the work division between a non-Gandhi Prime . . .
- Mahajan's Killing, Rahul Case Linked: Pravin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Giving a new twist to the murder of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and his son Rahul's alleged involvement in a drug abuse case, the late leader's brother Pravin Mahajan, accused of killing him, on Wednesday claimed the two incidents were inter-related.
- Bjp Condemns Demolition Of Hindu Temple In Lahore (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday strongly condemned the demolition of a Hindu temple in Lahore to make way for a commercial building in its place.
- Joshi Opposes Talks With Pak Till Terrorist Camps Are Closed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Former Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi has stressed that no talks be held with Pakistan till it does not close all the terrorist camps on its soil as well as Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK).
- Advani Condemns Demolition Of Krishna Temple At Lahore (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L K Advani today condemned the demolition of Krishna Mandir to pave the way for a commercial building at Lahore, the capital of west Punjab province of Pakistan.
- Telengana Caught In Power Politics (Daily Excelsior, G.S.Bhargava, Jun 15, 2006)
Failure to redeem the promise to carve a separate Telengana State out of incumbent Andhra Pradesh sticks out like a sore thumb in the two-year record of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
- Too Old To Bat (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 15, 2006)
Purge India’s sclerotic gerontocracy
No major country in the world is as gerontocratic, or as sclerotic in its politics, as we are in India.
- When News Came, Pappu Yadav Got A Hug, Inmates Sweets (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 15, 2006)
Out of Tihar Jail and reunited with his family, Rahul Mahajan refused to speak to the world. After being whisked away from the rear gate of Jail Number 3, Rahul clad in a white shirt and blue jeans, stepped out of his steel grey Toyota Camry at . . .
- Tumbling After (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 15, 2006)
Politics is the gateway to omniscience — at least in India. Academics and specialists in children’s education are quite superfluous in the country.
- Nine Days After Arrest, Rahul Mahajan Out On Bail (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Nine days after his arrest for alleged drug abuse, Rahul Mahajan was today granted bail by a Special Court with the prosecution having failed to prove his involvement in "systematic and organised drug trafficking" or for possessing a commercial . . .
- Secularists On A Sabbatical (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
Why doesn't Government speak out against the ongoing minority bashing in Pakistan and Bangladesh, asks Anuradha Dutt.
- Parties’ Strength To Decide Plot Sizes (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jun 15, 2006)
If the proposed policy for allotting land to political parties is given the go-ahead at the next Union Cabinet meeting, the size of the party’s support base will determine the size of the plot it is entitled to.
- Protest Farce (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 15, 2006)
The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser on the fuel price hike has already made headlines. Entitled “Protest, but honestly” it slams the UPA government’s decision to hike petrol and diesel prices for the seventh time in two years.
- Embarrassment For Karnataka Government (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Even as differences surfaced between the ruling BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition partners on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, the Karnataka Government suffered a loss of face after a Rs 5 lakh cheque issued to the . . .
- Advani Flays Temple Demolition In Lahore (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L K Advani today condemned the demolition of Krishna Mandir to make the way for a commercial building at Lahore.
- Punjab Liquor Shops Use Legs To Sell Pegs (Pioneer, Sunil Kumar, Jun 15, 2006)
Posters of semi-nude women advertising alcohol pasted over shops are evoking all kinds of responses from customers and residents. Some of the posters advertising 'leg with peg', a common sight in Punjab, have made residents furious.
- Pramod's Murder, Rahul's Case Interrelated, Says Pravin (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 15, 2006)
Pramod Mahajan's younger brother Pravin, accused of gunning down his elder brother, on Wednesday made a startling allegation that the murder of the BJP's GenNext leader and the case against his nephew Rahul Mahajan were interrelated.
- Deve Gowda Puts Bjp On Notice (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 15, 2006)
Discord over acquisition of large tracts of government land for infrastructure development
No question of going against Supreme Court orders, says former Prime Minister
Legislation meant to acquire land for infrastructure projects
Public . . .
- Fined Rs 5 Lakh By Sc, Karnataka Issued Cheque To Nice, It Just Bounced (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
At a time when even ally BJP is opposing its plans to enact a law to take over the Bangalore-Mysore expressway project, the Kumaraswamy coalition in Karnataka has landed itself in another spot: fined by the Supreme Court, the Rs 5 lakh cheque it . . .
- Petrol And Protest (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 15, 2006)
IT is ironical that while the main Opposition party, the BJP, is no more than lukewarm in its protest against the fuel price hike, the Left parties, which are supporting the UPA government from outside, are going hammers and tongs at it.
- State Government Getting Ready To Control Donation Menace (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The State government is contemplating on taking steps to control donation menace in schools, said Primary and Higher Education Minister Basavaraja Horatti.
- Jd(s)-Bjp Split Over Bmic Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Serious differences of opinion among the coalition partners in the government, the JD(S) and the BJP, over the provisions of the proposed Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) legislation resulted in the bill being deferred even before it . . .
- Padma Shri Awardee Moves Apex Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
M. Abraham Thomas (70), president of the Emmanuel Institute, Kota, Rajasthan, and a Padma Shri awardee against whom the BJP Government in the State had slapped sedition (Sec. 124A of IPC) charges for allegedly abetting and promoting conversions . . .
- Bjp To Intensify Stir Against Price Hike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The BJP today said that the party along with its NDA allies is going to intensify its agitation on the fuel price hike issue and condemned the Centre's proposed move to increase PDS grain prices along with a cut down in the quantum of grains being . . .
- Coalition Partners' Stand On Bmic Project Drives Government To . . . (Hindu, K.N. Venkatasubba Rao , Jun 14, 2006)
Cabinet skips discussion on project; BJP, Janata Dal (S) Ministers hold separate meetings
Cabinet meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. was held at 8.30 p.m.
Kumaraswamy, Yediyurappa tight-lipped about discussions at meeting
- Indo-Us Nuclear Talks Proceed With Cautious Optimism (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 14, 2006)
After two days of intensive talks between India and the United States, there is cautious optimism that a framework agreement for bilateral cooperation on civilian nuclear energy would be completed in a couple of months.
- Hike In Prices Of Pds Foodgrain On The Anvil: Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
After castigating the Centre over its “failure” to check recurring fuel price hikes, BJP today fired another salvo at the ruling UPA over its “decision” to increase issue price of food grains distributed through the public distribution system . . .
- Pm Under Siege (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Jun 14, 2006)
Main Threat From Within?
The Constitution defines how politics should be conducted. The system determines how politics is actually run.
- Madhya Pradesh Foams At Maheshwar Block (Pioneer, Rahul Noronha/ Bhopal, Jun 14, 2006)
NBA obstructing State progress, say Cong, BJP ---- The Union Environment Ministry's decision to abruptly order halt to construction work at the 400 MW Maheshwar hydel power project under pressure from Narmada Bachao Andolan has come in for severe criticis
- Bogged Upa May Call Ndc Meet By June-End (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Threatened by growing restlessness in the Opposition as well as among its key allies, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government is going to call a meeting of National Development Council (NDC) for a consensus on the issues of petroleum prices . . .
- Coalition Government In Crisis; Differences Crop Up Over Bmic (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 14, 2006)
Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister attempt to save Government
- `Budget Proposals To Be Implemented Before Year-End' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Government will implement its budget proposals by the end of the year, Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyuappa has said.
- Congress To Spend Rs.30 Crores On Campaign: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Party to complain to EC on 'violation of code' by Congress
CPI(M) flayed for tying up with the TDP even after describing its chief as World Bank agent
CPI(M)'s truck with the TDP aimed at gaining political power
- Story Of Profitable Politics (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 14, 2006)
UPA Government must not rush into passing the Office-of-Profit Bill without giving serious attention to the President's concerns, says CP Bhambhri
- Handpicked Leaders (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 14, 2006)
Whatever your political inclinations may be, you would be inhuman not to feel sorry for those poor politico dearies whose wallets and mobile phones have been nicked.
- Crisis Blows Over As Coalition Government Defers Discussion . . . (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Jun 14, 2006)
Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and others spend four hours on Tuesday trying to save the Government
The partners are not seeing eye-to-eye on the issue
Cabinet meeting commences five hours late
- Jd(s), Bjp Spar Over Mysore Corridor Project (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Differences appear to have cropped up between ruling alliance partners JD(S) and BJP over the proposed legislation on the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC).
- Kumaraswamy Skids As Ally Bjp Says No To Highway Takeover, Cong For Cbi Probe (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 14, 2006)
Mysore Expressway: Deputy CM of the BJP says coalition threatened
- Fo Terms Kashmir Core Issue Between Pakistan, India (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jun 13, 2006)
The Foreign Office on Monday emphatically declared that it considered Kashmir dispute the core issue between Pakistan and India and said it had been acknowledged in the Simla and Tashkent agreements.
- J&k's Summer Of Death And Grief (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Jun 13, 2006)
UPA Government's soft approach towards terrorism has only encouraged the jihadis to strike with greater venom and ferocity, says Anil Narendra
- Choice Is Clear (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Kumaraswamy's way, or highway----It is typical of the infuriating ironies of Indian politics that the Golden Quadrilateral, the highway development programme that is contemporary India's showpiece infrastructure project, has swiftly seen a change . . .
- Imam's Call To Party (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Bukhari dreams of Muslim votes----Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari of Delhi's Jama Masjid is being truthful when he says that 'secular' parties have treated India's Muslims as nothing more than a vote-bank to be tapped at the time of elections through . . .
- Bjp's Yayati Syndrome (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jun 13, 2006)
Some time after the arrest of the Kanchi Acharyas, the BJP think-tank hosted a talk where an ideologue defended the greatest civilisational insult Hindu India has suffered since the assassination of Guru Tegh Bahadur by a rabid Islamist ruler.
- Why Bjp Silent On Rss Suggestion: Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
In States where it is in power, the party should follow Congress example
Abandon politics of opposition
Congress will build public pressure
- Outright Dishonesty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 13, 2006)
In the politics of petrol, reason has no place. The circumstances in which the Manmohan Singh government increased the price of petrol by Rs 4 and diesel by Rs 2 per litre are well known, the international price of crude oil having crossed the $70-mark.
- Vajpayee, Advani Court Arrest On Fuel Price Hike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani and other NDA leaders today courted arrest in protest against the fuel price hike, terming the move of asking states to slash sales tax on fuel a joke.
- Islamabad Rejects Sinha’S Remarks On Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday snubbed the former Indian External Affairs Minister for his naive remarks made regarding the status of Kashmir dispute saying that anyone who knows even little about Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan would . . .
- A Hand In The Games (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 13, 2006)
As the months roll on, one is rather alarmed by the lack of any fresh, real and appealing initiatives, at the ground level, which could have been actioned virtually immediately, to show some tangible results before the term of this government comes . . .
- ‘Open Education Sector To Entrepreneurs, Foreign Varsities, Create . . . (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jun 13, 2006)
Students should ask the government for an opportunity to become specialists and superspecialists through creation of additional seats. The government should create additional seats, not 30 per cent but 1,000 per cent, by opening up the education . . .
- Left, Right Vs Centre (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 13, 2006)
Politics of hypocrisy over oil price hike. And only the RSS making some sense!
- Fuel Price: Vajpayee, Advani Court Arrest (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Protesting against the increase in prices of petrol and diesel, former prime minister A B Vajpayee and Leader of the Opposition L K Advani on Monday courted arrest and described the Congress move to slash sales tax on fuel in states under its control . .
- Distressing Illness (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
Bengal Congress must decide where it stands
If the Congress is toying with the idea of a mid-term poll to cash in on the trauma within the BJP, as is suggested by CPI-M leaders on the sidelines of the central committee meeting in Hyderabad, that . . .
- Bjp Wants Vhp Representation In Temple Trust Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Saints in the temple city of Ayodhya have threatened to launch an agitation
Allahabad High Court had recently ordered the Centre and State Government to set up trusts
A similar law was withdrawn by the previous BJP Government led by Kalyan Singh . . .
- 'The Bjp Is Not Distancing Itself From The Mahajan Family' (OutLook, SABA NAQVI BHAUMIK, Jun 12, 2006)
Former Maharashtra deputy CM and Pramod Mahajan's brother-in-law has moved out of 7 Safdarjang Road into Delhi's Hyatt Regency hotel, from where he has begun the tough battle to save his nephew.
- Two Wasted Years (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 12, 2006)
UPA regime has not only failed to stem the growth of terrorism and corruption, but also given fillip to casteism and communalism, says YK Sharma.
- Coalition Or Arm-Twisting? (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jun 12, 2006)
The tragedy for the Mahajan family continues as Mr Rahul Mahajan is in custody and his father's secretary Bibek Maitra is dead.
- Tribals An Unwilling Wall (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jun 12, 2006)
The Independent Initiative’s visit to Dantewada in Chhattisgarh has thrown up more questions than answers.
- Quit Protest Over Fuel Price Hike, It Lacks Honesty (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jun 12, 2006)
A day before the BJP embarks on a high-profile “satyagraha” under the NDA banner to protest the hike in fuel prices, the RSS made its disapproval known, saying such “protests lack intellectual honesty”.
- Bjp Swallows, Reward For Killing Terrorists In Defence (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
A day after BJP forced its leader Vinay Katiyar to retract his statement on rewarding civilians who killed terrorists, the party’ state president Dr Nirmal Singh here today reiterated the offer to civilians and Village Defence Committee members who . . .
- It’S Some More Of A Good Thing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 12, 2006)
Positive discrimination needs to expand in India. But the rules of the game need to be revisited
- Land Of His Father (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 12, 2006)
Not even Congress and BJP national leaders have the guts to speak for urban regeneration
- Nris To Get Voting Rights Soon (Tribune, Swati Chaturvedi, Jun 12, 2006)
Crores of non-resident Indians (NRIs) across the world will soon have the right to vote with the Department of Personnel and Training and the Law Ministry having prepared a Draft Bill to this effect.
- Snub To Cong In Hug For Desam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
The CPM today tied up with the Telugu Desam Party for the June 28 state panchayat polls over Congress protests, sending its central ally a stern signal amid the fuel price standoff.
- Entire Nation With People Of J&k: Sumitra (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Assuring the people of Jammu and Kashmir that entire nation is with them in their fight against the terrorism, the senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former Minister, Sumitra Mahajan said her Party is ready to pay any sacrifice to . . .
- ‘Naxal Expansion Plan Prompted Orissa Ban’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
The Naxal attempt to take advantage of the ongoing agitation against the proposed mega industrial projects along the state’s coastal belt to enter into areas hitherto unknown for Naxalite activities, played a key role in the Orissa government’s . . .
- Jammu: 1 Killed, 31 Injured In Grenade Attack (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Three grenade explosions took place in the winter capital of Jammu on Monday morning, killing one person and injuring 31 others.
- Sinha Insults Kashmiris (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 11, 2006)
The visiting former Indian External Affairs Minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has sprung a surprise by opposing tooth and nail inclusion of Kashmiris in the dialogue process.
- Cpm No To Mid-Term Eledtion (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
The CPI-M will dump the United Progressive Alliance if the Congress presses for a mid-term election. This has comprehensively overtaken the issue of examining if the party is really gaining ground under the present dispensation.
- Nepal Has Always Been A Secular State: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Friday said the neighbouring Nepal had been a secular state all along even though the party president Rajanth Singh wanted it to retain its identity as the only Hindu state in the world.
- Bjp States Say No Cutting Fuel Tax (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
As Congress-ruled States sought to subdue public outrage against the UPA Government's petrol price hike by announcing marginal reduction in the sales tax charged by them, Opposition BJP on Saturday ridiculed the gesture as a "diversionary tactic".
- 'The Bjp Is Not Distancing Itself From The Mahajan Family' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Former Maharashtra deputy CM and Pramod Mahajan's brother-in-law has moved out of 7 Safdarjang Road into Delhi's Hyatt Regency hotel, from where he has begun the tough battle to save his nephew.
- Pro-Quota Activists Heckle Bajaj (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 11, 2006)
Ahead of the June 15 Rajya Sabha polls in which he is contesting, NCP-Shiv Sena-BJP sponsored Independent candidate, noted industrialist Rahul Bajaj faced protests from a group of pro-reservation activists at a function convened here on Saturday . . .
- Bukhari Launches Islamist Front (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
Enthused by the electoral performance of Maulana Badruddin Ajmal's Assam United Democratic Front and in a renewed attempt to make a determined entry into politics, Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari of Delhi's Jama Masjid on Saturday launched the . . .
- One Killed, 25 Injured In Army's Firing On Mob (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 11, 2006)
Desecration of a mosque allegedly by troops at Zurhama village today evoked massive protests in Kupwara district as a mob turned violent and Army opened fire, killing a 25-year-old civilian.
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