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- Begin At Home (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
Since the government’s decision to hike oil prices has come under political pressure — the oil minister meeting Sonia Gandhi; increasing hints about a partial rollback
- Coalition Calculus (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 07, 2006)
The Congress’s discomfiture over the NCP’s support to Rahul Bajaj’s candidature for a Rajya Sabha by-election is understandable.
- Cong Asks Govt To Cut Fuel Price Hike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh government proposes, but Congress disposes.
- Law Of Slash & Grab (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 06, 2006)
The Karnataka government’s infrastructure Bill is retrograde. Congress, BJP must stop it
- Office Of Profit: Govt May Defer Amendment Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The State government is unlikely to pilot the bill for amendments to the Karnataka Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification Act) 1956 on Tuesday.
- Camera Confession (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 06, 2006)
The bizarre turn of events at Thursday night's party at the residence of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan resulting in the death of his secretary Vivek Moitra and a near-fatal experience for his son Rahul has thrown up a new trend.
- Rahul Mahajan Arrested (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan, who is in the ICU of Apollo Hospital, was arrested under the NDPS Act today.
- Rahul Bajaj Files Papers As Independent Candidate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Candidature for RS seat supported by BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP
Rajya Sabha seat fell vacant after Pramod Mahajan's death
NCP clear that support for Bajaj would have no impact on coalition government
Election to be held on June 15
- No Plan To Bring In Law To Take Over Bmic: Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Move causes consternation among the BJP leaders
- Congress Fields Avinash Pandey (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
NCP backing for Rahul upsets Congress calculation in Rajya Sabha bypoll
- Delhi Police Arrest Rahul Mahajan Under Ndps Act (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul was arrested on Monday evening for alleged consumption of drugs and destruction of evidence, three days after he was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in a critical condition and his father's key aide . . .
- Stung By Pawar Slap, Cong Admits Mistake (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar appears to have alarmed the Congress leadership by deciding to support the candidature of industrialist Rahul Bajaj for Rajya Sabha along with the BJP and the Shiv Sena.
- Rahul Mahajan Arrested (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
Late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul was put under arrest at Apollo Hospital on Monday evening for alleged consumption of drugs and destruction of evidence, three days after he was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in a critical condition and . . .
- Nomination Widens Allies’ Differences (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The periodic game of political one-upmanship between the two key UPA allies, the Congress and the NCP, is now again being played out in Mumbai over their respective claims on the lone Rajya Sabha seat being vacant in Maharashtra.
- Aiming To Grab Road Project, Karnataka Seeks Legal Opinion (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The H D Kumaraswamy-led Karnataka Government has sought legal opinion from the state Advocate-General and other experts on the competency of its draft Bill for the takeover of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project.
- Lc Polls May Lead Parties To Clash (Deccan Herald, B S Satish Kumar , Jun 06, 2006)
The Legislature Council polls may have been a good chance for the AIPJD leader Mr Siddaramaiah to settle scores with JDS
- Mahajan’S Son Arrested For Taking Drugs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan, son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, was on Monday arrested here under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS).....
- A.P. House Committee Seeks Cbi Probe Into Imax Affair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Recommends a look at Chandrababu Naidu's role
Panel favours conversion of complex into a children's museum
TDP MLA `fails' to write dissenting note
Recovery of all dues from management recommended
- The Politics Of Resort! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 05, 2006)
Politics, they say, is the last resort of a scoundrel. A secluded resort could even be the last refuge for elected politicians, especially on the eve of crucial votes of no-confidence or even elections to the upper house in the country or a state.
- State Breakdown (Tribune, Rajinder Sachar, Jun 05, 2006)
The public at large has been very critical of the lumpen brigade of the BJP in Gujarat threatening theatre owners and cinema-goers who dare to show any inclination to see Aamir Khan’s latest film. And all this because the actor has shown concern . . .
- Confusion Over Use Of Drugs By Rahul (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Was it a deep-rooted conspiracy or a case of drug overdose that claimed the life of 38-year-old B.B. Moitra and sent Rahul Mahajan, son of the slain BJP leader, Pramod Mahajan, to hospital? This is the question that the detectives of the Delhi . . .
- "We Have To Give Importance To People's Issues" (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jun 05, 2006)
Somnath Chatterjeeon the experiences of his two years as Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
- Two Views In Bjp Over Rahul Episode (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 05, 2006)
Former Prime Minister breaks his silence; indicates intention to help the embattled Mahajan family
- Twists And Turns In A Sordid Case (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 05, 2006)
"It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key," to use a Churchillian description.
- It’S Cocaine, Confirms Lab (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Jun 05, 2006)
The condition of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul Mahajan considerably improved and he gained consciousness on Sunday only to find that the he may be in for more trouble with his urine test at a reputed laboratory here suggesting traces of cocai
- State Govt May Take Over Bmic (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
The Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project is heading towards another controversy. The State Cabinet, in its emergency meeting held on Sunday, is learnt to have discussed at length about bringing in legislation to take over the project . . .
- Bjp To Hold Satyagraha Against Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
BJP would organise an eight-day long nation-wide Satyagraha from June 7 to protest the spurt in terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir and "expose the UPA Government’s failure" to check the growing menace.
- Cong Announces Candidature Of Avinash Pandey (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Unfazed by noted industrialist Rahul Bajaj being made an independent candidate by the Sharad Pawar-led NCP and Opposition BJP and Shivsena, Congress today declared it would enter the fray and announced the candidature of PCC General Secretary . . .
- Mayawati Tells Obcs To Beware Vote Politics (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Predicts fall of UPA Govt before Monsoon Session ---- Terming the move to provide reservation to OBCs in higher educational institutions as "vote politics", BSP supremo Mayawati appealed to the OBCs to beware the plans of Congress and BJP on the issue.
- Cops Crack Courier, Not Mystery (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Police today claimed to have found answers to two questions about the party at Rahul Mahajan’s residence, saying drugs had indeed featured and they were brought by the fourth guest, Sahil Zaroo.
- Balm For Rahul In Atal Sympathy (Telegraph, MANJEET SEHGAL WARRIOR, Jun 05, 2006)
The first comments from the BJP offering sympathy and help to Rahul Mahajan, recovering from a possible drug overdose, came today with Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying “such mistakes happen in young age”.
- Disqualification Looms Large Over Amarinder, Others (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Jun 05, 2006)
With President A P J Abdul Kalam withholding his assent on the amendment to the Office of Profit Bill ,the fear of disqualification continues to haunt Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and 200 other MLAs across the country who have been accused . . .
- Bjp Looks Set To Dump Mahajan Jr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh on Saturday said in Bangalore that the party had not shown any interest in bringing Mr Rahul Mahajan, who is battling for life in a Delhi hospital, into politics.....
- Bjp Leadership In A Dilemma Over Rahul Mahajan Episode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Party leaders contradict each other on the line to be adopted; Rahul was poisoned, says Munde
Initial reports suggested that it was a case of liquor and drug overdose
Sushma Swaraj described it as a family tragedy unconnected to the party
"We . . .
- Bjp, Sad Hit A Rocky Patch (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Relations between the SAD and the BJP in Punjab have not exactly been cordial ever since Jathedars of the Akal Takht and three other Sikh high priests wrote a letter against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
- Office Of Perplexity & Pandemonium (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jun 04, 2006)
The attack on RSS headquarters in Nagpur shows that the Islamic militants are targeting a particular community.”
- What About Women’S Reservations? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 04, 2006)
Good things done with wrong intentions by politicians who are otherwise perfectly wise, are bound to have adverse repercussions. Every politician weighs benefits in terms of caste votes and then makes aggressive or guarded statements accordingly.
- Simple Sorry Can’T Wipe Out Ghraib, Guantanomo Abuses (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jun 04, 2006)
Acknowledging a mistake is not an apology, nor is it an act of contrition.
- Rahul Mahajan In Icu For Food Poisoning, Key Aide Dead (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Mr Mahajan had succumbed to the gunshot wounds inflicted by his brother Pravin Mahajan on May 3.
- Alternative To Communal And Casteist Politics (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 03, 2006)
The stark reality of the Indian politics has moved it's full circle: Congress brand of socialism and secularism to the BJP's communalism, and, now it is the turn of casteism.
- Mahajan's Son Battles For Life (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The police have not completely ruled out a “conspiracy angle” to the incident, sources told Deccan Herald. Rahul and Moitra were rushed to the Apollo Hospital after their condition deteriorated, with both vomiting.
- Suspects Surrender, Mystery Deepens (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 03, 2006)
After midnight visitors, Bibek Maitra dead, Rahul Mahajan on ventilator----- Even as Rahul Mahajan battled for his life, in a dramatic turnaround, three of the four prime suspects wanted in connection with the death of Bibek Maitra, late BJP leader . . .
- What About Women’S Reservations? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 03, 2006)
Good things done with wrong intentions by politicians who are otherwise perfectly wise, are bound to have adverse repercussions.
- Stability Depends On Cmp Implementation: Mufti (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
Although he does not foresee any immediate threat to the Government headed by Ghulam Nabi Azad, patron of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today, however, observed that stability of Congress-PDP . . .
- Drug Or Poison? Answer In 5 Days (Telegraph, MANAN KUMAR, Jun 03, 2006)
As forensic scientists got busy with blood and tissue samples from Bibek Moitra’s body, Delhi police are for now assuming Pramod Mahajan’s private secretary died of drug abuse rather than poison.
- An Opportunity To Unite People (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 03, 2006)
Not many hours after police in Nagpur succeeded in repulsing a terrorist strike on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's headquarters, politicians of the parivar began to seek political mileage out of the episode.
- Bjp To Probe All Angles (Statesman, Dipankar Chakraborty, Jun 03, 2006)
The BJP is looking at all angles, including a conspiracy theory and possible drug abuse, to arrive at its own conclusion and weigh the chances of the late Pramod Mahajan’s son’s entry into the party fold.
- Will India Run Aground Or Muddle Through? (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jun 03, 2006)
Either way, India’s future seems flawed; eternal optimists should tone down expectations from it.
- Bjp Demands Cbi Probe Into `Bungling' In Abattoir Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
`While 80 p.c. payment has been made to contractor, only one-third of the entire project work has been completed so far'
- Bhatt Masala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 03, 2006)
For someone who first tasted success directing two future MPs - Vinod Khanna to the right and Shabana Azmi to the left - in Lahu ke Do Rang, Mahesh Bhatt has, appropriately, established himself as a deft exponent of the "rent a cause" game.
- Shocked Bjp Keeps Fingers Crossed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 03, 2006)
The second tragedy in late Pramod Mahajan's family on Friday left the BJP leaders stunned.
- Private B Ed Colleges Come Under Fire In Uttaranchal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
After private universities, it's now private B. ED colleges' deluge in Uttaranchal with the State Government giving its nod to open scores of such educational institutes.
- Police Foils Terrorist Attack On Rss Headquarters (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
major attempt to attack the heavily-guarded RSS headquarters here was today foiled when three heavily-armed terrorists were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the sprawling complex in the wee hours today.
- Congress-Communist Camaraderie (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 02, 2006)
There are moments in history when forked tongues will no do, and when overly nuanced appraisals of events amount only to equivocation.
- Police Had Information About Possible Attack (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
There was credible information for almost a year suggesting such an attack, says police officer
- Gujarat Communalised (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 02, 2006)
The BJP attempted to make Gujarat chauvinism synonymous with Hindutva for better poll prospects
- Waving, Not Drowning (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 02, 2006)
If the BJP wants to stage a comeback, it must regain the Opposition space that it has lost to the Left -
- Police Foil Terror Bid On Rss Hq (Deccan Herald, AMRISH HERDENIA, Jun 02, 2006)
A large number of RSS workers converged to the headquarters as the news of the attack spread. During the day, the city went about its business usually. In the evening, the BJP held a public meeting at the spot.
- Nagpur Terror Attack: Bjp Blames Upa's Soft Approach (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The abortive attack on RSS headquarters on Thursday left the BJP and the Sangh parivar shocked and fuming against the UPA Government's soft approach towards terrorism.
- Left Tells Ec To Keep Off Oop Issue, Says Parliament Has Right (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
In the wake of President APJ Abdul Kalam returning the Office-of-Profit Bill, the Left on Thursday warned the Election Commission not to "get embroiled in another controversy by proceeding on disqualification notices."
- Something’S Missing In The Jigsaw (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 02, 2006)
There seems to be unexplored ideas in spite of the new human, diplomatic and political situation at present
- Saudi Media Calls Arjun An ‘Icon Of Indian Secularism’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Saudi media has heaped praise on the visiting Union Minister for Human Resource and Development Arjun Singh, describing him as a very “seasoned politician” and an “icon of Indian secularism”. Giving wide coverage to Singh’s visit to Saudi . . .
- Council Poll: Cong Wins 'Prestige Battle' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, Mr N Dharam Singh, said the victory would mark the beginning of the end of the JD (S)-BJP government.
- Left Takes A Right Hand Turn (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 02, 2006)
Under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, West Bengal's lapse into capitalism is a foregone conclusion,
- Terror At Sangh Sanctorum Gate (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Militants disguised as policemen tried to storm the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s headquarters in Nagpur shortly before dawn today but were gunned down in their car outside the gates.
- Office-Of-Profit: Special House Session May Not Be Convened (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh who consulted some of his ministerial colleagues, including parliamentary affairs minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi on the office of profit issue, is reportedly unwilling to appear completely impervious to President Kalam's view on the issue
- Mahajan's Secretary Maitra Dead, Son Rahul In Icu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Rahul Mahajan, son of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, has been admitted to the Indraprastha Apollo hospital in New Delhi, while the late leader's secretary, Vivek Moitra, died of suspected food poisoning.
- Terror Attack On Rss Hq Foiled, 3 Lashkar Men Shot Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Centre breathed a huge sigh of relief after Nagpur police foiled a plot to trigger large-scale communal violence across the country with a terror attack on the RSS headquarters.
- Fuel Price Hike: Left Threatens Strike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Left on Thursday warned the UPA government against hiking prices of petro products for the fifth time during its tenure and threatened a nationwide protest involving non-Congress and non-BJP parties.
- Ruthless Merit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 02, 2006)
There is an English disease, peculiar to a particular class, of using language to mask feelings rather than express them.
- Terror Alert (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 02, 2006)
While India and Pakistan were reiterating “their commitment to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations” in Islamabad on Wednesday, terrorists were busy executing their plans on this side of the divide.
- Sheila-Bashing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 01, 2006)
The cat is out of the proverbial bag. The active participation of the Union urban development minister at a local Congress jamboree to laud passage of the controversial, yet to be judicially-endorsed, Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act confirms . . .
- Sonia Must Quit: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The BJP President, Mr Rajnath Singh, today demanded that Congress President Sonia Gandhi should resign from her Lok Sabha seat on the “grounds of morals and principles” after President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam returned the Office of Profit Bill passed . . .
- ‘Kalam Move No Setback For Party, Govt’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
A day after the President returned the Office-of-Profit Amendment Bill, the Congress party’s response was a calibrated defiance.
- For Best Results, Begin At The Base (Indian Express, Pradeep Agrawal, Jun 01, 2006)
The recent move by the government to extend caste-based reservations to OBCs at central universities, including institutions like IITs and IIMs, has rekindled the debate on how best to help the weaker sections of society without increasing social . . .
- Quotes On Quotas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 01, 2006)
For political reasons, the BJP and even the RSS cannot afford to openly attack the idea of reservations for OBCs in educational institutions. But the Organiser (June 4) can barely conceal its support for the anti-reservation agitation spearheaded . . .
- Office Of Profit: Kalam Move Has Mps On Toes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The ghost of disqualification is revisiting several MPs, including Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and ministers, in the light of President A P J Abdul Kalam returning the controversial Office of Profit Bill to Parliament with the main . . .
- The Fallout And The Falling Out (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jun 01, 2006)
The more one searches for credible political rationale behind Mandal II, the more baffled it leaves you. It is only going to leave a trail of losers, not winners.
- Police Kill Three Militants In Nagpur, Thwart Raid (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Police shot dead three suspected Islamist militants in Nagpur on Thursday, scuttling a possible plan to blow up the headquarters of powerful Hindu nationalist group, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), officials said.
- Safari Tourism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 01, 2006)
Any effort to promote tourism in Assam, or for that matter the North-east in entirety, is welcome.
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