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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 9764:
- Going For The Seventh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 10, 2006)
The longer the streak, the sooner it will end. But election after election, the Left Front in West Bengal has defied this rule.
- Cm Under Fire Over Move To Disband Ranvir Sena Panel (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Apr 10, 2006)
The Nitish government’s decision to disband Justice Amir Das Commission probing the political links of the Ranvir Sena has generated sharp criticism from various quarters.
- Fast Forward, Rewind (Indian Express, Aiman Mustafa, Apr 10, 2006)
Medha Patkar’s fast in New Delhi recalled a form of protest that had almost disappeared. A powerful tool in the hands of the Mahatma and his followers, its decline mirrored the fading away of Gandhian politics. Here are some famous fasts, post-1947
- Great Rip-Off In Name Of Development (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Apr 10, 2006)
Why do we Indians find it so difficult to believe that foreigners are waiting to pour billions of dollars into India and are unable to digest the claim that a Sensex of 11,900 is based purely on fundamentals?
- A Bearer's Chit (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
There is nothing subtle about the UPA Government's attempt to secure a 'clean chit' for Election Commissioner Navin Chawla against whom the Opposition NDA has levelled serious charges of gross impropriety and pronounced political bias.
- After Aligarh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 10, 2006)
There was a time in the 1980s when "religious riot in Aligarh" was not so much a news occurrence as a cliché. Like Kanpur and Meerut, Gorakhpur and Varanasi, it was one of the many Uttar Pradesh towns seemingly cursed by persistent social violence.
- Send Petition On Navin Chawla To Cec, Nda Urges President (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2006)
Plea follows reports that the A-G had given a clean chit to him
- Parrikar’S Sc Petition Referred To Constitution Bench (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court today referred to a constitution bench a petition filed by former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar challenging dismissal of his Government.
- Sonia's Gamble To Win Back Uttar Pradesh? (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Apr 08, 2006)
The battle for political space in Uttar Pradesh is getting tougher.
- Chalta Hai’ For Politicians (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Apr 08, 2006)
Men, Matters, Memories
When it comes to feathering one's nest there is hardly anyone who can better the Indian political class.
- Mass Leadership And Backroom Politics (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 08, 2006)
The Congress will do well to look at the BJP, which has begun to experience the consequences of ignoring its mass leaders.
- Vhp Salvo At Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
In a fresh offensive, the VHP on Monday charged senior BJP leader L K Advani yet again with “ideological deviation” for suggesting a negotiated settlement to the vexed Ayodhya issue and said the party required “radical surgery” to be back on the . . .
- Advani Raises Spectre Of Another Partition (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
BJP leader L K Advani on Friday expressed fears that the country faced the prospect of another partition owing to large-scale infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals and charged the Congress-led UPA government with providing “legal protection” to the . . .
- Uma Rallies Support For Her Rae Bareli Find Against Sonia (Indian Express, PIYUSH SRIVASTAVA, Apr 08, 2006)
Expelled BJP leader Uma Bharati has selected Prabha Singh, a housewife from Bulandshahr, to contest against Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the Rae Bareli bypoll.
- What Vajpayee Told Manmohan (Indian Express, R.V. Pandit, Apr 08, 2006)
How does one assess an assertion made by L.K. Advani at a press conference this week?
- Long Live Our Dead Ghosts (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Apr 08, 2006)
Arjun Singh, we are told by his fans in the Congress, possesses one sharp political brain. L.K. Advani, his disciples in the BJP would tell you, is a genuinely creative political strategist.
- Fight, But Talk (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 08, 2006)
A government minus BJP or Congress? The prospect should make the two more mutually civil
- India’S Rajasthan State Assembly Bans Religious Conversions (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
BJP says conversion were weakening communal harmony
- Ssp Removed, Two Officials Suspended As Aligarh Remains Tense (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
PAC and RAF deployed in the curfew-bound areas
- The Conspiracy Of Silence (Indian Express, AYESHA KHAN, Apr 08, 2006)
The fallacy of understanding Gujarat in present times lies, perhaps, in the strange assortment of its Gs: Godhra, genocide, ghettos and gaurav.
- Aligarh Adm, Sp Suspended (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Apr 08, 2006)
The Aligarh District Magistrate, the SSP, the ADM (City) and the SP (City) were suspended following yesterday’s communal violence which left four dead in the city. A probe has been ordered.
- "Check Invasion Of Bangladeshis" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
Erstwhile NDA Government made "earnest efforts to stop infiltration," says Advani
Sonia, Manmohan remarks on illegal immigration "hypocritical, dishonest and misleading"
Warns of more divisions in the country due to " unchecked invasion"
- "Assam Polls A Pointer To New Front" (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Apr 08, 2006)
History will be rewritten if AGP wins, say Mulayam and Naidu
Congress, BJP enemies to Assam development: Naidu
We will speak up for the State in Parliament: Amar Singh
- Scrutiny Of Judicial Immunity Is Must (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Apr 08, 2006)
In the wake of the public outcry against the acquittal of the accused in the Jessica Lall and Irfan murder cases, the demand for judicial reforms has mounted.
- Advani Uses Cricket Icons To Bowl Over Minorities (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Apr 08, 2006)
Visibly pleased with the large turnout of Muslims in his two days of Bharat Suraksha yatra, BJP leader LK Advani on Friday called upon Indian Muslims to chose "achievers" from their own community in India as their role models.
- Work On Dam Must Continue'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that work on the Sardar Sarovar Dam should not stop, as it was the lifeline of the drought prone region of Saurashtra, Gujarat.
- Mulayam, Chandrababu Naidu Form "Anti-Congress, Anti-Bjp" Front (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Apr 07, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced the formation of an "anti-Congress, anti-BJP" front.
- The Yatra Man (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 07, 2006)
Advani cannot give up old habits
- Sonia Sword On Agp, Salve On Minorities (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
From Nagaon to Dhubri to Mangaldoi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today chanted the minority mantra everywhere in a final attempt to retain the party’s hold on a community whose votes could ultimately decide who will hold the reins at Dispur.
- Sonia Gandhi A Super Prime Minister : Bjp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
The BJP has ridiculed the ruling coalition at the Centre, describing Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as the 'super prime minister' and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad as 'ultra prime minister'.
- 'Bjp's N-Deal Remarks A Case Of Sour Grapes' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
The Congress has dismissed Atal Behari Vajpayee's criticism of the India-US civil nuclear deal and emphasised the need for continuity and "bipartisan support" for the country's foreign policy.
- Yatras Roll To Ram And Rajya Beat (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Apr 07, 2006)
On Thursday, Leader of Opposition LK Advani embarked on his sixth Rath Yatra invoking Lord Ram and appealing to Muslims to abandon their claim over the disputed site in Ayodhya so as to facilitate the construction of the temple on Ram's janambhoomi.
- Insufferable Subhas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 07, 2006)
Sections of the party and government have long been disgusted with this particular minister.
- India’S N-Plan Under Threat: Vajpayee (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
BJP leader and former Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee today warned that acceding to the waiver authority Bill, currently awaiting US Congress approval, was likely to adversely dent India’s nuclear capabilities vis-à-vis “our nuclear-armed . . .
- Modi Seeks Apex Court's Intervention In Godhra Case (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Apr 07, 2006)
Stepping UP his attack at the UPA Government for trying to deny justice to the victims of Godhra train carnage, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sought Supreme Court's intervention in ensuring that "killers of Godhra" did not go scot-free.
- Secular Vend For Islamist Cause (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Apr 07, 2006)
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.George Santayana
- Advani Rath Starts Rolling (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Apr 07, 2006)
BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday commenced his Bharat Suraksha Yatra from this BJP fortress in Saurashtra, by appealing to the Muslims in the country to offer the disputed land in Ayodhya to Hindus for the construction of a Lord Rama temple.
- Bjp's Difficult Yatra (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 07, 2006)
The crisis in the Congress is hardly hidden from public view — a succession of scams, a bitter controversy that led the party chief to resign from important posts, and a none-too-happy prognosis for the Assembly elections.
- Rs. 100 Crore Granted For Varahi Irrigation Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Mid-term assessment of the project to be taken up
Meeting to discuss revival of Brahmavar Sugar Factory to be convened
Union Government may release Rs. 137.84 crore for construction of sea walls
Rs. 2 crore sanctioned for the construction of . . .
- New Political Outfit To Contest Five Seats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Pondicherry: "Uzhaippaali Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam", a new political party, has planned to field candidates in five segments in the Union Territory.
- Bjp Goes To Polls After Losing Significant Gains Made In Last Elections (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Apr 07, 2006)
Its lone legislator has switched allegiance to AIADMK
Barring Reddiarpalayam, BJP has not been able to make any inroads in any of the 30 seats
Its vote share in majority of seats it contested last was between 0.86 and 2.96 per cent
- Politician Shot Dead In Held Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
A militant-turned-politician was shot dead at a bus station in held Kashmir on Wednesday, while seven people were injured in separate attacks in the restive region, police said.
- Third Stepdown For Sonia (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Apr 06, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has resigned for the third time — now as the chairperson of the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust whose first head was Mahatma Gandhi.
- Advani Urges Pm To Intervene (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, L.K. Advani, has in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requested him to immediately intervene in the matter of sealing and demolitions in Delhi and if necessary promulgate an Ordinance to . . .
- Alliances In U.P. Cost Cong. Dearly, Says Gehlot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
`Party not to repeat the mistake in the next Assembly polls'
`Mulayam-led Government in the State would fall on its own'
`The Congress party's performance in the recent by-polls in the State not satisfactory'
`U.P. Government has failed to . . .
- Pmo Delaying Chawla File, Says Bjp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Charging the UPA government of stalling the removal of Election Commissioner Mr Naveen Chawla for his alleged “Emergency excesses” and proximity to the Congress, the BJP today demanded that the Prime Minister’s Office send the relevant file, ....
- Congress Spectacle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 06, 2006)
With the election process under way, the predicament of the Congress gets more and more complex, even a touch comical. The latest roadblock is its failure to decide on a candidate against Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
- Cong Chief Quits Trust (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Two weeks after resigning from her Lok Sabha membership and from her post as the high-profile National Advisory Council (NAC) chairperson in the midst of a political storm over the office-of-profit controversy, the Congress president Mrs Sonia . . .
- Saffron States Fall In Vat Line (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Apr 06, 2006)
The protest against Value Added Tax (VAT) regime has gradually subsided with the BJP-governed states accepting and implementing it from April 1. The initial grumbling against the new tax petered out with the five saffron-run states embracing VAT . . .
- Congress Rejects Advani's Offer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The Congress on Wednesday rejected Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani's offer to make common cause with it in politics, saying the two parties "stand at the opposite ends of Indian polity."
- Migrants And Minorities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The scrapping of the IMDT Act has lent a new dimension to electioneering in parts of Assam, says Sushanta Talukdar
- Delhi's Deepening Trauma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 06, 2006)
The court order on sealing showrooms and shops in residential areas will deprive the dispossessed of legitimate livelihood, says Anuradha Dutt
- Development' Binds Nitish's Coalition Of Extremes (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Apr 06, 2006)
The coalition Mr Nitish Kumar leads in Bihar includes not only the marginalised sections but also people from the upper crust and castes.
- Gandhi Evoked For All Manner Of Causes (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Two major nonviolent protests this week in India are being used by both the left and right.
- I Want To Become Pm, Says Advani (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
Senior BJP leader L K Advani, who recently expressed keenness on a change in his party's image, today said factors like "infighting and corruption" do hurt the party.
- Justice For Joshi, Joy In The Parivar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 06, 2006)
The forensic report clearing RSS leader Sanjay Joshi in the sleaze CD controversy is cause for much joy in the Parivar.
- 'What Did I Achieve By My Secular Credentials?' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 06, 2006)
None can predict his mercurial political actions. The debate continues whether former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda was behind his son H D Kumaraswamy's coronation as Karnataka CM. Gowda tells Naheed Ataulla and Rakesh P that his . . .
- Advani Makes Common Cause With Sonia (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Mr LK Advani today endorsed Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s veiled criticism of the Communist parties for “communalising the country’s foreign policy” and said both BJP and Congress could make common cause in politics and governance if the ruling party eschewed . . .
- Yatras To Highlight "Failure" Of Cong-Led Coalition: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
BJP today said it was forced to undertake the twin-yatras to highlight the "failure" of the Congress-led coalition on all fronts and to protest against politics of "minority appeasement" being practised by it.
- Cong Praises Poll Decorum (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The Congress today hailed the people of Assam as well as all insurgent groups while the Communist Party of India (CPI) congratulated the Election Commission for ensuring a peaceful first phase Assembly polls that witnessed a 68 per cent turn out . . .
- 'Cong Could Be Bjp's Ally Minus Minority Baggage' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
BJP leader L K Advani on Tuesday endorsed Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s veiled criticism of the Left parties for "communalising the country’s foreign policy" and said both the BJP and Congress could make common cause in politics and governance . . .
- Sc Notice To Centre, Assam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The controversy pertaining to Bangladeshis’ illegal entry to Assam has come back to the Supreme Court again, which had struck down the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) (IMDT) Act, with two leaders from the state challenging the . . .
- Nda Wants Central Forces For Bengal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
An NDA delegation today met the Election Commission and urged that all voting booths in West Bengal, where the first phase of Assembly elections are scheduled for April 17, be guarded by Central forces.
- Advani Hints At Bjp, Cong Convergence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
In a startling statement of long-term significance, BJP veteran leader L.K. Advani said today that two national parties could politically converge if the Congress reversed its “politics of minorityism.”
- Re-Polling In 5 Polling Stations In Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Malfunctioning of EVMs, tampering by miscreants responsible
- Reverse Politics Of Minorityism: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
My suggestion to minorities is to work for the spread of literacy and quality education among themselves: Advani
- End Minorityism, Join Hands, Advani Tells Congress (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Leader of Opposition and senior BJP leader LK Advani said on Tuesday that if the Congress shuns minorityism in politics and governance, it would set a firm foundation of cooperation with the BJP making common cause with the Congress.
- Lone Rider (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 05, 2006)
Once a charioteer, but not twice shy. This seems to be Mr L.K. Advani’s current belief. In the early Nineties, he moved around the country on a motorized chariot to mobilize Hindu votes and public opinion.
- Transformed’ Sanjay Joshi Returns To Bjp Headquarters (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Apr 05, 2006)
Sanjay Joshi, RSS pointman in the BJP, appeared totally transformed as he drove up to the BJP headquarters from the airport in an open jeep today.
- Law Before Morals (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 05, 2006)
A police constable in Mumbai is sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment after being found guilty of raping a minor in a police booth last year.
- Destination Nowhere (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 05, 2006)
Tomorrow, if things go as per plan, BJP President Rajnath Singh and his senior colleague LK Advani will embark on two rath yatras from two ends of the country -- journeys that will culminate in New Delhi on May 10.
- Congress Spectacle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 05, 2006)
With the election process under way, the predicament of the Congress gets more and more complex, even a touch comical. The latest roadblock is its failure to decide on a candidate against Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee .
- Tn: Rift In Jd(u) Over Alliance With Bjp (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Rift appeared today in JD(U) over the tie-up with BJP for the assembly polls in Tamil Nadu with national president George Fernandez rejecting an accord signed between supporters of Sharad Yadav, the party's parlimentary board president, and state leaders
- Citing Caste, Cong Govt In Hp Stalls Judges’ Postings (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Apr 05, 2006)
For the first time in 30 years, the strength of the Himachal Pradesh High Court is set to go down from nine to three judges.
- Up A Window Of Opportunity, But Will The Congress Use It? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Apr 05, 2006)
Now that the Election Commission has announced the by-election in Rae Bareli on May 8, the tempo will start building in Sonia Gandhi’s constituency.
- Bjp Demands Ec Action Against Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
A delegation of BJP leaders met the Chief Election Commissioner, Mr BB Tandon, here today to demand “punitive action” against the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, for allegedly violating the EC’s model code of conduct by announcing a Rs 602 . . .
- Sanjay Joshi Reinstated As Bjp General Secy (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Apr 04, 2006)
A day after the RSS reinstated him after his self-imposed exile senior BJP leader Sanjay Joshi was on Monday reinstated as the BJP general secretary (Organisation).
- Bjp-Ruled States Asked To Checkconversions, Cow Slaughter (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Toeing the Sangh Parivar line, BJP president Rajnath Singh has asked his party Governments in states to implement the ‘Hindutva’ agenda including a check on cow slaughter and religious conversions and deportation of illegal Bangladeshi migrants.
- 68 Per Cent Polling Recorded In Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
65 of 126 constituencies covered in the first phase; rain affects voting in Guwahati
- Cpi(m) Hits Out At Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
His statement on UPA a sign of desperation: Politbureau member
Other statements
Election results will strengthen anti-communalist forces in the country
It will provide a lesson to the UPA Government to change its "anti-people" policies
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