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Articles 3621 through 3720 of 9764:
- Manmohan For Restraint In Protests (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Says Danish newspaper should apologise for publishing the cartoons
Committed to tolerance and upholding religious harmony
Armed Forces will remain "apolitical, secular, professional and merit-based"
Wheat import is a "precautionary measure."
- I Am Still With Janata Dal (S): Kumaraswamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Chief Minister confident of convincing party leaders on aligning with the BJP
Kumaraswamy does not meet BJP leaders
Meets Union Ministers and discusses State projects
Decision on the metro rail to be taken in a month
- Sonia Not At Par With British Queen: Bjp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
Criticising the ruling party for protesting against opposition leaders' remarks about Sonia Gandhi, BJP on Wednesday accused them of following the British system of Parliament where the Queen's name is not taken.
- Cm Set To Board Metro Project (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Feb 22, 2006)
The new chief minister, on his second visit to New Delhi, will on Wednesday morning take a personal look at the way the world-class Delhi Metro is run.
- Head-Count: Sc Puts Off Hearing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Refusing to hear a PIL seeking immediate halt to the head-count of Muslims in the defence forces, the Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to hear the petition on March 6. There is no urgency to hear the matter, said a three-judge . . .
- Bjp To Raise Scorpene Deal, Indo-Us Nuclear Pact In Parliament (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Main Opposition BJP today decided to vociferously raise the controversial Scorpene submarine deal and the Indo-US nuclear pact during the current session of Parliament.
- House Cleaning (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 22, 2006)
Recall, not the US envoy, but the days Parliament saw smart debates
The final countdown to the George Bush visit was expected to be a fussy affair. After all, this was primetime for a reflexively anti-American section of India’s political class and . . .
- Forest Rights Bill: House Panel Under Left, Bjp Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Protests from the Left and the BJP members led the chairman of the Joint Committee on the Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill to give an assurance that it would try to present the joint committee’s report on the bill in the House as soon
- Oh, That Elusive 3rd Front Again (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Feb 22, 2006)
Though some tend to be harsh on politicians, despising them for reasons that need not be mentioned here, it might help matters to occasionally look at the species called Indian politicians with some admiration for their incorrigible optimism . . .
- 12 Integrated Townships To Come Up In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Chief Minister discusses McKinsey report with NASSCOM chief
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday held discussions with Kiran Karnik, president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), . . .
- Plea On Forest Rights Bill For Sts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Left parties, BJP demand its early tabling
Is the Government delaying the Bill, asks the BJP
The committee would do its best to submit the report early: panel chairman
- Pseudo-Secularism: Every Party Should Condemn Qureshi (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 22, 2006)
It is disgusting how India’s ‘secular’ parties have refrained from condemning Uttar Pradesh minister Yaqoob Qureshi’s offer of Rs 51 crore to anyone who kills the author of the controversial Danish cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.
- Recruitment Based On Merit: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
No discrimination in armed forces on basis of caste/ religion
Government not "apologetic" about Sachar Committee
Survey meant to help all the minorities
- Left Assails Centre's Claims On Growth (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Continues tirade against policies
India has slipped in human development index: CPI
Government's record "dismal" in foreign policy
- State To Press For Classical Language Status For Telugu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Government to table resolution in Assembly today
A resolution appealing to the Centre to accord classical language status for Telugu would be introduced in the State Assembly on Wednesday, Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy said.
- The Budget Story: Now And Then (Business Line, B. S. Rathor, Feb 22, 2006)
The increasing transparency in the entire Budget-making process has taken the sting out of live TV debates and self-styled moderators posing as economic experts who are finding it difficult to script a `Budget climax'.
- India Admits Decline In Kashmir Violence, Infiltration (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 22, 2006)
India on Tuesday admitted the incidents of violence and infiltration have gone down in Jammu and Kashmri considerably. India’s junior minister for home affairs S Ragupathy told Lok Sabha here during question hour that against the press reports . . .
- Salman's Verdict: Trial By Media (Times of India, AMJAD K. MARUF, Feb 22, 2006)
If Salman is guilty of killing the endangered blackbucks and innocent people on streets then he must be severely punished but before the highest court in India delivers its verdict it is only fair that the media,
- Culling Teams Run Into Defiant Farm Owners, Sena Gives It Communal Twist (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Feb 21, 2006)
Officials trying to contain the bird flu virus in Navapur faced their first wall of resistance this morning. The owner of Khalil Poultry farm refused to let the official culling team into his premises, claiming that his 27,000 birds were virus-free.
- War On Two Fronts (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 21, 2006)
More bad news from Jharkhand
- Janata Dal (S) May Expel Kumaraswamy, Others (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Party rejects demand for Deve Gowda's resignation
The Janata Dal (Secular) is all set to expel H.D. Kumaraswamy and other MLAs who have formed a government in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka "in violation of party's . . .
- Spread Of Fascism (Hindu, B.R.P. BHASKAR, Feb 21, 2006)
This book is a collection of essays, talks and interviews by the eminent historian, K. N. Panikkar. P. P. Shanavas, a journalist, who compiled them, describes this as a book of remembrance of the six years when India fell into darkness.
- The Many Myths Of Jhandewalan (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 21, 2006)
In the space of three weeks, the RSS has journeyed from decrying shortsighted alliances through proposing precisely such an alliance between the BJP and the Congress to advocating a broad alliance of disparate elements, Mulayam Singh's party included.
- Walkout Over Mulford Issue; Congress Isolated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Left parties and Samajwadi Party join hands with Opposition in demanding recall of U.S. Ambassador
Mulford should be declared persona non grata: Gurudas Dasgupta
Improper for ambassador to have written to Chief Minister: Malhotra
- Iran, Upa ‘Minorityism’ Targeted In Ls (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Feb 21, 2006)
The BJP signalled a return to full-fledged Hindutva while the Samajwadi Party and the CPI(M) sharply criticised the UPA government’s economic and foreign policies in course of the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address that began . . .
- Cartoons: Spontaneous Rage? Look At Drama, Well-Scripted (Indian Express, AMAN SHARMA, Feb 21, 2006)
Inspecting a new stage erected outside his residence in Meerut’s Gola Kuan, Uttar Pradesh Minister for Haj and Minority Welfare, Haji Yakoob Qureshi, tells his aides he needs a loudspeaker too. ‘‘I have a sore throat now.
- Give Mulford The Boot: Indian Opp (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 21, 2006)
The Indian opposition, ruling alliance partners and Left parties asked the government on Monday to show the door to United States Ambassador David Mulford for interfering in the country’s internal matters.
- Disgruntled Group (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
The CM and his deputy need to take all their MLAs along
In the first round of Cabinet expansion, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has inducted 20 ministers — nine from his party and 11 from the BJP.
- In Assam, Bjp Chief Says Illegals Will Be Chased Out (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Feb 20, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh today described infiltration from Bangladesh as a major threat to the security demography of the country and said his party would go to any extent to expel the infiltrators.
- Bjp Defends Support To Govt On Iran (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Stating that the country could not afford to have a nuclear power in its neighbourhood, senior Bhartiya Janata Party leader and party vice president Shanta Kumar on Monday defended the party's support to the government on the Iran issue.
- Stop Communalising (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Feb 20, 2006)
As Julius Caesar was walking towards the Capitol in Rome on the fateful day of his assassination, one of the well-wishers is said to have insistently pressed him to read a petition which, he said, touched the Emperor the most. Caesar scornfully . . .
- Bjp Defends Support To Govt On Iran (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Stating that the country could not afford to have a nuclear power in its neighbourhood, senior Bhartiya Janata Party leader and party vice president Shanta Kumar today defended the party's support to the government on the Iran issue.
- Congress, Sena, Bjp Win Assembly Byelections (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Speaker Purno A Sangma on Sunday won the Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya while the Congress and the Shiv Sena bagged a seat each in the Maharashtra Assembly byelections.
- Gods’ Politician (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 20, 2006)
Invoke the rule of law, instead
A CONCLAVE of “gods” at Naggar in Manali has said “no” to the Alfred Ford-sponsored $150-million Himalayan Ski Village project.
- The Congress Dilemma In West Bengal (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Feb 20, 2006)
State unit agonises over whether or not to ally with Trinamool for the Assembly polls
Alva, Mamata hold discussions on possible agreement
Resolution of not allying with any from BJP camp prevents it
- "Check Conversion By Christian Missionaries" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Welfare missions are just a pretext to convert tribals and Adivasis, says Rajnath
UPA Government must frame a law to stop `proselytisation'
Bangladeshi infiltrators pose a threat to country's demography
- ‘Retired’ Atal In Seat Watch (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee may have announced his “retirement” but signals from the BJP suggest the party veteran has not really called it quits.
- Kar: Suspension Will Have No Effect On Govt, Says Kumaraswamy (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said the decision of JD(S) to suspend him and 39 MLAs would have "no effect" on the party-led coalition government in the state.
- With Foes Like This (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 20, 2006)
With foes like this
If Joshi can shake hands with Bardhan, why can’t we have politics minus primordial hate?
- The Utopian Third Front (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Feb 19, 2006)
Will the rainbow coalition called the third front take a shape once again? If the past experience is any guide the CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat's plan of cobbling the third front is a pipe dream.
- Joshi Veers Off Bjp Line, Slams Pm For Iran Vote, N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
His party may fully back India’s IAEA vote against Iran but, in a letter to the Prime Minister, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has sharply criticised the implications of India’s position on Iran and has also attacked the proposed India-US nuclear deal.
- Mr Cm, End Graft, Strengthen Panchayats (Deccan Herald, Benjamin Fernandez, Feb 19, 2006)
What should be the new Chief Minister priorities? This was our question to readers last week and we were flooded with responses. We published a few letters last week. This week we publish those, mostly from outside Bangalore, on the government’s . . .
- More Ministers Will Be Inducted Soon, Says Kumaraswamy (Hindu, S. Rajendran, Feb 19, 2006)
Attempts being made to mollify miffed legislators
Many MLAs unhappy about not being made ministers
Some ministers unhappy with portfolios
List of chairmen of boards and corporations being prepared
Appointments to be made in two phases
- Us And India: Time To Think (Tribune, M.V. Kamath, Feb 19, 2006)
By now it is a cliché to say that the United States is the only super power in the world and everybody knows it. But it is behaving like one with India in a manner that can only be described as crude. If India does not bare its teeth now, . . .
- Gowda Cracks The Whip (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Janata Dal (Secular) national President H D Deve Gowda on Saturday finally initiated action against rebel party MLAs of Karnataka by suspending 40 of them including his son and State Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for “acting against . . .
- Jd (S) Suspends Kumaraswamy, 39 Other Mlas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Decision to topple Dharam Singh Government is "against the accepted principles of the party"
- Indian Minister Announces Rs 510m For Cartoonist’S Death (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Haji Yaqoob Qureshi, Indian minister from UP, has announced a bounty worth 510 million rupees on the head of the Danish cartoonist responsible for offensive caricatures and warned the United States of America of suicide plane attacks akin to 9/11.
- Fuelling ‘Minority Complex’ Among Indian Muslims (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 19, 2006)
My good friend M J Akbar raises a question in his introduction to late Dr Rafiq Zakaria’s seminal book Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong?
- Falling In Line (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Feb 19, 2006)
The BJP’s foreign policy has traditionally tilted towards America and the viewpoint of the Islamic world gets short shrift.
- The Communist Connection (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Feb 18, 2006)
The newspapers bristled with headlines like “Left”tells PM and Sonia its patience is wearing thin; slipping on secularism? “Left” tells the UPA it will have to do better against the BJP or as the Hindi daily Hindustan put it, . . .
- ‘I’D Have Been A Communist’ (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 18, 2006)
“I WOULD have been in the Communist Party if there had been no partition,” says Atal Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, who led the BJP coalition for six years at the centre.
- Karnataka Ministry Expanded (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The Kumaaraswamy - led JDS-BJP coalition ministry was today expanded with the induction of 18 ministers.
- Clean The Political Scape (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 18, 2006)
There was a time, when he first came to power, that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav used to defend his association with criminals, arguing that like his one-time political mentor Jayaprakash Narain, his aim was to reform them.
- The Hand Shakes (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Feb 18, 2006)
The Congress appears to be as worried about its prospects in the elections to five state assemblies later this year as about the acute factionalism and lack of strategy that is threatening to weaken its foundations in Maharashtra and Delhi.
- Kashmir Roundtable Meet Postponed By A Day (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The first ever roundtable conference on Kashmir, convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on February 24 to ascertain views of mainstream political parties and separatist groups, has been deferred by a day in view of the Railway budget.
- After Pokhran Thrust (Daily Excelsior, K.S. Rangachary, Feb 18, 2006)
The prime minister’s office (PMO) and the country’s nuclear establishment are shadow-boxing over the separation of civilian and military nuclear facilities as part of the deal with the US.
- Retail Fdi Protest: Sp, Cpm, Bjp Share Same Platform (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Feb 18, 2006)
CPI general secretary A B Bardhan, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi and NDA convenor George Fernandes today shared the same platform at the All-India Convention of Traders to protest against the entry of FDI in retail trade.
- Team Hdk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Governor T N Chaturvedi, who returned to Raj Bhavan late on Friday night after attending the Art of Living’s Silver Jubilee celebrations is expected to sign the notification on allocation of portfolios to new ministers on Saturday morning....
- Jayakumar, Shettar Among 20 New Ministers Sworn In (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Feb 18, 2006)
14 of them have become Ministers for the first time; 12 more posts vacant
Ministers were sworn in one by one
All of them have been given Cabinet rank
Function ended by 10.45 a.m. in view of the High Court sitting
- Eshwarappa, Horatti Among 20 Cabinet Ministers Sworn In (Hindu, T.S. Ranganna , Feb 18, 2006)
14 of them are first-time Ministers; 12 more posts vacant
In the first expansion of the two-week old Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday inducted 20 Ministers . . .
- Pranab Swears By Secular Nature Of Armed Forces (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Advani calls it "vote-bank politics"
Heated exchange caps pre-lunch proceedings
Communal head count, says Advani
Cause is noble, method adopted is wrong: CPI
- Speaker To Ignore Court Notice (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
``MPs expulsion non-justiciable''
Votes of MPs cannot be questioned
Position endorsed by all political parties
Presiding officers of State legislative bodies also extend support
- Violence Breaks Out In Hyderabad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Cartoon issue echo in old city; many hurt in stone-throwing
Tension gripped parts of the old city on Friday after violence broke out during a protest against the pictorial depiction of Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper.
- Govt, Opposition Clash Over Muslim Survey In Forces (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The survey of Muslims in armed forces spared off clashes with the government and Opposition accusing each other of “communalising” the issue for “vote-bank politics” in both the Houses of Parliament.
- Cong Finds Ally In Bjp (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The fact of the Congress having more in common with the BJP on foreign policy than with its Left allies came out in the open in Parliament today when the Prime Minister mounted the government’s defence for voting against . . .
- Govt Ready For Debate On Iran (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
In an effort to mollify the Left parties, the UPA government today agreed to its demand for a structured debate on the Iran nuclear issue. The discussion has now been slated for February 23 in both Houses of Parliament. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
- 18 Likely To Join Hdk Ministry (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The stage is set for the first expansion of the two-member ministry of the JD(S)-BJP coalition government on Friday, 13 days after the formation of the government.....
- West Bengal : Electoral Conundrum (Daily Excelsior, Arup De, Feb 17, 2006)
New permutation and combination are being worked out in West Bengal for the state assembly polls scheduled in April-May. The Left Front as usual will be fighting on its own strength, but the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of Ms. Mamata Banerjee . . .
- Pm To Make Statement On Iran In Parliament Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make a statement on the Iran nuclear issue in Parliament on Friday.
- Bjp Finalises List Of Ten Probable Ministers (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Feb 17, 2006)
Choosing 10 from 79 MLAs proves to be a tough task for the party leadership
Top leaders hold daylong meetings to draw up list
Coalition partners keen to have full complement of ministers as soon as possible
- Manmohan's Statement On Iran Vote Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
It will become the focus of discussion demanded by many parties
Left, SP and NDA take differing stands
Statement should come after debate: Malhotra
- Karna:ministry Expansion Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The JD(S)-BJP coalition ministry in Karnataka headed by H D Kumaraswamy would be expanded tomorow with 18 members expected to be inducted.
- Govt Stands Up For Ties With Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The government today defended India’s growing ties with the US as it brushed aside criticism from its Left allies to assert that enlightened national interest guided its foreign policy.
- Getting India Right (Policy Review, Parag Khanna, Feb 17, 2006)
Parag Khanna is a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of The Second World, forthcoming from Random House. C. Raja Mohan is strategic affairs editor of the Indian Express in New Delhi.
- Pm To Clear Air On Iran In Parliament (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The Prime Minister is likely to make a suo motu statement on the Iran vote in both Houses of Parliament tomorrow to try and take the wind out of the Left’s sails.
- Bardhan And Advani To Share Protest Platform (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The Left is collecting new allies in its fight against opening up retail trade to foreign capital.
- Reshuffle In Bjp: Rajnath Singh Springs Surprises (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Feb 17, 2006)
BJP chief Rajnath Singh undertook his first significant reshuffle of organisational responsibilities, coming up with some surprise choices.
- Terror To Be Firmly Dealt With: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Declaring a "relentless war against terrorism", President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked Pakistan to rein in jehadi elements and made it clear that the UPA government would continue to pursue economic reforms, including the controversial . . .
- Kalam’S Address ‘Lifeless, Directionless’: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The BJP today termed the President’s address to Parliament as “lifeless, dull and directionless” and said the NDA would raise the issue of Muslim headcount in the armed forces tomorrow and insist on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over the . .
- Pm To Make Statement On Iran Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make a statement on the Iran nuclear issue in Parliament tomorrow.
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