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Articles 2821 through 2920 of 9764:
- Bjp, Cong Join Hands Against Nba (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Setting aside their political differences, the BJP and the Congress have joined hands in their common fight against the Central Government’s decision to review the height of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).
- The Next Steps To Peace (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 15, 2006)
The dialogue process is reaching an impasse. Should India now resort to a grand gesture, or take gradated steps to sustain it?
- Ousted George (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 15, 2006)
George Fernandes would have had to be an impractical optimist to believe that his clout in the Janata Dal-United would survive after Nitish Kumar’s resounding victory over Lalu Prasad. Added to this was the old rivalry between the two leaders . . .
- Samata Asks George To Revive Party (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Mr George Fernandes, who was handed a humiliating defeat by Mr Sharad Yadav in the JD-U presidential election, has been asked to revive the Samata Party by party president Mr PK Sinha.
- Advani Must Have Registered Protest: Uma Bharti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti on Friday attacked Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani for being silent when the Union Cabinet decided in December 1999 to send the then External Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh, to Kandahar to get passengers . . .
- Dam Busters (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 15, 2006)
The UPA Government's announcement that it will review the decision to enhance the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam - part of the Narmada river development project - is yet another instance of its habitual capitulation to a trendy, non-representati . . .
- Police To Probe Violence Following Rajkumar's Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
Investigation will tackle `conspiracy' angle, says Ajai Kumar Singh
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563 people have been arrested and 43 cases registered
It will be ascertained whether those arrested
- Cancellation Of Yatra Seen As Right Decision (Hindu, Nagesh Prabhu , Apr 15, 2006)
Continuing with Advani's yatra would not have been appropriate, says party
Cancellation was a disappointment to State party leaders
Yatra was to have covered Bijapur, Bagalkot, Hubli and Bellary districts
The districts are represented by BJP MPs
- Katiyar Out, Bjp Hunt On For Rae Bareli Face-Saver (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Apr 15, 2006)
Once the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP is today having a tough time scouting for a credible candidate against Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency.
- Virus In The System (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Apr 15, 2006)
How did a ‘gentle’ film star like Rajkumar — best known for playing saints and social reformers — spawn a legion of raving fans in a state and city known for being laid back, accommodating and cosmopolitan?
- Third Grunt (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 15, 2006)
Any debate on the third front is not only ridiculous but also totally irrelevant in the current political scenario.
- Advani Yatra To Resume From Guntakal Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
BJP leader L K Advani, who cancelled the Karnataka leg of Bharat Suraksha Yatra following the death of Kannada icon Rajkumar, would fly to Ananthpur in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday and resume his journey from Guntakal on the Andhra-Karnataka border.
- Peace Returns On Bangalore Streets, Govt Under Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The state capital returned to normal today as peace was restored on the streets but the toll in the police firing yesterday went up to seven.
- Not Being In Sync With The Times (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Apr 15, 2006)
The protests against Mandal II as Arjun Singh’s scheme has come to be known come as yet another example of how we the people of India have left the political class behind
- Jd (S)-Bjp Govt Should Resign’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The Opposition in Karnataka on Friday demanded a judicial or CBI inquiry into the violence in the wake of matinee idol Rajkumar’s demise, that claimed eight lives, and the resignation of the new coalition government.
- Surjit S Bhalla: Education Quotas-Unfair (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The one social group that needs affirmative action (not quotas) is the Muslims; but strangely, it is politically incorrect to talk about it.
- Praful Bidwai: Only The First Step To Change (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Apr 15, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi's resignation affirms democratic virtue and should trigger reform of the "office-for-profit" law and a radical rethink in the Congress.
- Warning Signals From Jd(u) (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 15, 2006)
Thanks to a running feud with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, George Fernandes had long been reduced to dummy president of the Janata Dal (United). In this background, Sharad Yadav's emergence as the new helmsman of the party defeating Mr. Fernandes,
- Gyanendra’S Time Is Up (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Apr 14, 2006)
That he has managed to get Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury, former National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra and US President George W. Bush on the same side of the debate on Nepal reveals all you need to know about King Gyanendra’s ham-handed power . . .
- Balkanising India (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Apr 14, 2006)
India has fought four wars with Pakistan and in all the four cases the country has had an upper hand.
- Quota Of Diminishing Returns (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Apr 14, 2006)
Reservation ruse is unlikely to help the Congress win more seats in the Assembly elections, says Kalyani Shankar
- Muslims Must Pursue Modern Education' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 14, 2006)
"Unless we develop a modern outlook skewed towards scientific education, there is no future for us."
- Kandahar Crawl (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 14, 2006)
Advani must come clean
- Noses Up In The Air (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Apr 14, 2006)
The UPA government at the Centre has one thing to learn from the NDA, particularly the BJP.
- Bjp Demands Centre's Intervention To Bring Peace In Up (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Citing Mulayam Singh Yadav-led UP Government's response to Aligarh riots, Meerut fire and trader's agitation against daylight robberies in Mathura, the BJP on Thursday said the State Government had lost control on the law and order situation in the State.
- Buddha, Biman Look Opposite Ways (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
The chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the lone brand ambassador for the ruling CPI-M in the state, has refused to toe the line prescribed by the CPI-M’s newly-elected state secretary, Mr Biman Bose, on the question of confronting the Maoists.
- Vajpayee Isn’T Amused With Advani’S Kandahar Remark (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Apr 14, 2006)
Just as the controversy over the two yatras seems to be dying down, the BJP is faced with another.
- Storming Bastions Of Privilege (Times of India, D Raja, Apr 14, 2006)
In 1915, leader of the untouchables Ayyankali (1863-1941), who led Dalits to emancipation in Travancore in Kerala, took a Pulaya untouchable girl for admission to a school in Ooruttambalam. On refusal of admission, there was a violent confrontation.
- Bjp Demands Cbi Inquiry Into 'Embezzlement' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
BJP on Friday charged local MP Rana Gurjit Singh with embezzling public funds in 'connivance' with the state government and demanded a CBI inquiry into it.
- Chauhan Attends Bjp-Rss Coordination Panel Meeting (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Taking a break from his by-election campaign, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Thursday attended a closed-door meeting of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-RSS coordination committee meeting here.
- Venkaiah Naidu Hits Out At Upa Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
`Vote-bank policies create dangerous situation in the country'
- Tdp Activists Hold Demonstration Against Diwakar Reddy's Remarks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Police use force to disperse protesting TDP workers
BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu also denounces his statement
BJP says farmers ditched by the Congress on issue like free power etc'
- Renunciation And After (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Apr 13, 2006)
The Congress President's resignation from the Lok Sabha in the wake of the 'office of profit' storm was literally the blitzkrieg technique, which took the wind out of opposition sails.
- The Lion In Winter (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 13, 2006)
Mr George Fernandes' defeat in the Janata Dal (United)'s presidential election, is a sad event in the life of a person who has done much to change the character of politics in the country.
- End Of The Georgian Calendar? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 13, 2006)
Writing political obituaries in India is always a hazardous task, considering the incredible resilience of our politicians.
- Advani’S Yatra Cancelled (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
The Karnataka leg of the ‘Bharath Suraksha Yatra’ of former deputy prime minister and senior BJP leader L K Advani has been cancelled due to death of Kannada matinee idol Rajkumar.
- "Cooperation And Conflict Co-Exist" (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Apr 13, 2006)
One year after assuming charge as general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),Prakash Karatdiscusses the Left's relationship with the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre and the prospects for a third alternative . . .
- Bjp, Janata Party Leaders Pay Homage At Gandhi Statue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
They want to provide a `nationalistic' platform
- Right Rules For India's Democracy (The Economic Times, Arun Maira, Apr 13, 2006)
There was a lot of noise and little light in the discussion on the issue of ‘offices of profit’ in the popular TV programme, “We the People”. This is one of our better programmes.
- George Counted Out, Bjp Keeps Fingers Crossed (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Apr 13, 2006)
While Sharad Yadav steers a new course for the Janata Dal, battling speculation of a possible split, the BJP is counting its own losses.
- Rajkumar, Doyen Of Kannada Cinema, Passes Away (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Apr 13, 2006)
Dr. Rajkumar, the doyen of Kannada cinema and citizen extraordinaire of Karnataka, died at a hospital here on Wednesday following cardiac arrest, plunging the State in gloom.
- Left Democratic Front Set For Big Win In Kerala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
The Hindu-CNN-IBN Poll predicts 93-103 seats for LDF
- An Exaggerated Factor (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Apr 13, 2006)
The opposition is making Sonia Gandhi appear as a big factor in national politics by targeting her
- The Marxist Sleight Of Hand (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 13, 2006)
Enter the land of world famous Baluchari sarees, Dokra art and teracotta temples, all that has given Bankura district its present name and fame
- Mallikarjun Kharge Accuses Deve Gowda, Kumaraswamy . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
The former Prime Minister's main aim was to make his son Chief Minister'
Deve Gowda warned against helping the BJP grow in the State
Kharge condemns Advani for taking out rath yatras
Parameshwara honoured on his appointment to the Congress Working C
- The Great Transformation (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Apr 12, 2006)
The author is professor of international relations and global politics, Delhi University
- Quota For Obcs In Higher Education? (The Economic Times, Gurpreet Mahajan, Apr 12, 2006)
At a time when Hindutva, woven around the Mandir issue is losing its appeal, the recent announcement by the Union ministry of human resource development, is going to give a fresh lease of life to that brand of politics.
- Advani's Yatra: Bjp Makes Light Of Congress, Left Criticism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Bandaru Dattatreya and other leaders release yatra posters
- Will Congress Survive As Fiefdom Of Gandhi Dynasty? (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Apr 12, 2006)
On the last day of his life Mahatama Gandhi wrote a will wanting the Congress to be dissolved. In his view it was a movement not a political outfit to govern the country. Alive, he would have destroyed it.
- N-Deal Violates Sovereignty: Rajnath (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Apr 12, 2006)
Taking a break from the Bharat Suraksha Yatra in Ranchi today BJP president Rajnath Singh rushed to Meerut to pay his condolence to the victims of the Monday inferno.
- Siddaramaiah Warns Of Power Shortage In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
`Yediyurappa failed to allocate adequate funds to core sectors such as power'
AIPJD leader says
Karnataka has the potential to generate 8,000 mega watts of hydro-electric power
The installed capacity can produce only 4,000 mega watts of . . .
- Almost All Karnataka Bjp Leaders To Join Advani's Yatra (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Apr 12, 2006)
Bharat Suraksha Yatra will enter the State this afternoon
The yatra will pass through the party's strongholds
Advani to address first public meeting at Bijapur
- Sonia Concerned Over Delhi Developments; Calls For Solution (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Apr 12, 2006)
Congress chief has taken two review meetings on the issue of sealing, demolitions
Upset over the manner charges are made against Centre
Delhi Government and MCD `mishandled' the issue
Kapil Sibal should have avoided going to Press on the matter
- India’S Stake In Baluchistan (Tribune, G.S.Bhargava, Apr 12, 2006)
American observers critical of General Pervez Musharraf’s half-hearted efforts to put down Al-Qaida and Taliban forces in the Waziristan area of north-west Pakistan, attribute the unabated tribal insurgency in Baluchistan for it.
- Colour Crowded (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 12, 2006)
A lotus outlined in green, blue or white against a saffron background next to a slab of green:
- Mayawati: "No Promises, No Manifesto, Only Performance" (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 12, 2006)
From a negatively perceived champion of narrow caste interests to a confident, self-assured leader of all communities,Mayawatihas transformed beyond recognition. Today, all eyes are on her — to see if the Bahujan Samaj Party can reach the finish . . .
- Sick Of Information? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 11, 2006)
Information is power. It can be irrelevant absurdity, too. And if the various questions with the chief information officer’s office are anything to go by, then one could easily claim that the Right to Information Act is allowing people to traverse . . .
- It May Not Make A Difference In Bihar' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 11, 2006)
"Talks about IT, for example, is for the consumption of some people... My understanding of the Bihar economy is such that these things will not make much difference."
- Advani Demands Probe Against Sonia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
BJP leader Mr LK Advani today demanded the interrogation of Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi in connection with the Volcker committee’s findings in Iraq’s food -for-oil programme.
- Ministers Return From Narmada Valley, Meet Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Three Union ministers who returned to the Capital yesterday after touring villages affected by raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam and assessing the rehabilitation work, today met the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to report on the situation.
- Hindu Temple Vandalised In Us (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
A Hindu temple, that was to be inaugurated in June, was vandalised in the city of Maple Grove leaving its idols damaged and the 20,000 strong Indian American community in the state of Minnesota "outraged".
- Ec Clean Chit For Singh (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The Election Commission today gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a case of alleged election code violation in Assam.
- Too Old To Deliver (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Apr 11, 2006)
Post all fools day on the first of April, two aspiring prime ministers, one from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the other from the Congress, the two ‘national’ parties, have made us all look like a bunch of intellectually backward species.
- Sc Stays Arrest Warrants Against M F Hussain (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a bailable arrest warrant issued against noted painter M F Hussain by an Indore court on a complaint accusing him of having outraged religious sentiments of Hindus with his controversial paintings,
- Congress And Coalition Realpolitik (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Apr 11, 2006)
The outcome of the Assembly elections may have no direct impact on the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre, but the emerging situation has accentuated the pressure on the Congress.
- Ec Gives Clean Chit To Pm On Assam Package (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The Election Commission gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the BJP allegation that he had announced a financial package during electioneering in Assam.
- No Poll Code Violation By Prime Minister, Says Election Commission (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 11, 2006)
Observers doing their job with the utmost objectivity in West Bengal
- Why Is Sonia Gandhi Silent On Volcker Issue, Asks Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
With whose consent did Natwar write to Iraq?
I am raising the issue of illegal foreign funding: BJP leader
Is Natwar Singh being made a scapegoat?
- Congress Close To Majority In Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Sanjay Kumar, Rajeeva L. Karandikar, Sandhya Goswami and Yogendra Yadav
The Hindu-CNN-IBN Poll suggests a fragmented verdict
- `Pragmatism, Not Opportunism' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 11, 2006)
The firebrand politician and orator from Kallingipatti, in southern Tamil Nadu, has raised another storm this time by shifting his alliance from the DMK to the AIADMK. In this interview with S. Vijay Kumar, in Karur recently, Vaiko not only . . .
- ‘I Definitely See The Bjp Coming Back To Me After 3 Years, Not My Going Back . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 11, 2006)
In this, the second and concluding part of her interview with Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, on NDTV’s ‘Walk the Talk’, former MP Chief Minister Uma Bharati traces the course of BJP politics — from her expulsion from the . . .
- `Bjp Dictating Terms To Kumaraswamy' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Poojary opposes plan to make Idgah Maidan a park
Inquiry sought into Bhatkal violence
Chief Minister urged to give priority to maintaining law and order
- Sonia Gandhi's A Rare Example, Says Jyotiraditya Scindia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
BJP Government betraying the people of Madhya Pradesh'
Farmers getting only two hours of electricity
State no using the Calamity Relief Fund
- Make Team's Report Public, Says Medha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Ministers yet to submit findings to Manmohan
Who should be blamed and punished is the question the nation must answer: Medha
Every democratic process and institution subverted and every human right submerged
All that the NBA said was proved to . . .
- Advani Hits Out At Centre's Path Of ``Appeasement'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
`Yatra' aimed at creating awareness about UPA's divisive policies
Yatra enters Maharashtra
Says Centre trying to create a rift between religious communities
POTA repeal against national interest
- Upa Appeasing Minorities: Advani (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
BJP leader L.K. Advani today accused the Congress-led UPA government of “appeasing” minorities and said the policy was not for the welfare of the minorities but to get their votes.
- The Politics Of Personality (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Apr 10, 2006)
In her early years as Congress president, Sonia Gandhi was treated as a political lightweight by her opponents and independent commentators alike. Her public persona exuded diffidence.
- Assam: Acid Test For A New Party (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Apr 10, 2006)
Cries of Imam Sahib zindabad can be heard as the two men walk towards the podium.
- Politics As Spectacle (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 10, 2006)
What should one make out of these pictures: former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani holding a bow and arrow in his hands and Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh wielding . . .
- Tight Security For Final Ballot In Assam (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Security personnel carrying automatic weapons guarded polling centres across Assam on Monday as voting began for the second and final phase of elections.
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