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Articles 4821 through 4920 of 9764:
- Lok Sabha Passes Quota Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Reservation in private unaided educational institutions
Of 381 members present, 379 vote in favour
BJP amendment rejected
- Expel Mps: Bansal Panel (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 22, 2005)
Malhotra submits dissent note
Report submitted to Speaker
It is likely to be tabled today
- Bjp Criticises Left, Govt Over Wto Stand (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Senior BJP leader and former commerce and industry minister Arun Jaitley today reacted to the gains made by the Indian government at the just-concluded WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting with a mixed dose of pragmatism and skepticism.
- Consensus Eludes All-Party Meet To Resolve Srisailam Project Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A.P. to go ahead with earlier plan to increase regulator capacity
- Will Question Hour Also Be Scrapped, Asks Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Ahead of Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's dinner meeting with party leaders on the MP Local Area Development Scheme on Wednesday, a BJP member made a plea in the Lok Sabha against scrapping the programme.
- No Compromise On Domestic Policy Space At Wto Meet: Nath (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Asserting that there was no compromise on domestic policy space at Hong Kong WTO Ministerial, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath today said the conference declaration fully addressed India's core concerns and represented significant gains.
- More Illegal Properties Demolished In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
MCD ignores Assembly resolution calling for suspension of the ongoing demolition drive
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Sonia, Dec 22, 2005)
The lead article on the front page by M.D. Nalapat sharply attacks the Manmohan Singh government’s alleged subservience towards Sonia Gandhi and claims that ‘‘the entire UPA is now pre-occupied with a single objective, saving the Leader from the stain of
- Wto: Left, Opposition Unhappy With Govt (Indian Express, Kamal Nath, Dec 22, 2005)
Both Opposition and Left MPs were unhappy with Commerce Minister Kamal Nath’s statement in the Lok Sabha on the outcome of the Hong Kong Ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation.
- Meerut Police Turn ‘Moral’ Hooligans (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
“Operation Majnu”, purportedly a drive in Meerut against indecency and eve-teasing in public wherein police assaulted young couples in a park on Tuesday in the full glare of TV ....
- Quota Bill Sails Through (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Constitution (104 Amendment) Bill providing for reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in unaided private educational institutions sailed smoothly after the Lok Sabha debated it for more than five hours on Wednesday.
- Sack Questiongate Mps, Says Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Lok Sabha panel that probed into the cash-for-questions scandal recommended on Wednesday sacking of the 10 accused MPs, even as some other members sought a probe into the motives behind the stunning media expose.
- Cash For Questions (Daily Excelsior, Deepayan, Dec 21, 2005)
The cash-for-question members of parliament are out in the dock, thanks to a TV sting operation.
- Party Time In Mumbai And Hyderabad (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 21, 2005)
The recent sting operations only confirm the rot in the political arena, which can be traced directly to the crisis in the party system. The onus is on the BJP and the Congress to show the way for a re-vitalisation.
- Of Politicians Who Crack Mirrors (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 21, 2005)
Another sting operation reveals more of the seamy side of Indian politics. In the US, President Bush's ratings are at an all-time low. And it is perhaps through Harold Pinter's mirror that one can begin to understand how politicians operate with . . .
- Cong Accuses Bjp Of Playing Partisan Politics On Reservation (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Congress today accused BJP of playing partisan politics on the Constitutional amendment bill providing reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in unaided private educational institutions and requested all parties to support . . .
- Reservation Bill Tabled In Lok Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Slated for discussion today
BJP voices protest
We are opposed to Bill on a constitutional point: CPI (M)
- Flawed System (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2005)
In Kuala Lumpur last week Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicated that India would soon open its retail sector to foreign investment.
- 5 Mps Asked To Stay Away From House (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Somnath announces seven-member committee to probe latest sting operation
Matter referred to Ethics Committee in Rajya Sabha
It has impacted on dignity of Parliament: Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
MPs demand scrapping of Local Area Development Scheme
- Bjp For Fighting Wb Assembly Poll Projecting Mamata As Cm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The BJP in West Bengal today proposed fighting the coming assembly election in the state projecting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as Chief Ministerial candidate of the opposition alliance.
- Nitish Govt Will Make Bihar Roads Better Than My Cheek: Hema (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Bollywood's ‘‘dream girl’’ Hema Malini today expressed the hope the new NDA dispensation in Bihar to make roads in the state smoother than her cheek.
- Congress, Tdp Accused Of Wasting Time (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Opposition parties disappointed over painful end to session
Opposition succeeds in raising burning issues, says Naidu
CPI, CPI(M) lash out at Congress
Ministers came to House unprepared: BJP
- Government Confident Of Bill Passage (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 21, 2005)
Ruling benches will be able to get the majority, says Dasmunsi
BJP does not want to be seen stalling a Bill to aid SC/ST/BCs
All parties have told their MPs to be present for the vote
- Bjp Bats For Mamata As Cm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The BJP in West Bengal today proposed fighting the Assembly elections in the state projecting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as Chief Ministerial candidate of the Opposition alliance.
- A Modi-Cum Of Strategy (Indian Express, VIRENDER KUMAR, Dec 21, 2005)
When Narendra Modi announced that he was going to campaign in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections recently, Mukul Wasnik, AICC general secretary in charge of Gujarat, declared that they had won half the battle.
- Mps Want Area Fund To Go, Cong Says No (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Black sheep can’t deprive good MPs of scheme, says Cong * Speaker to discuss pros and cons with leaders * BJP suspends its MP * Houses to launch probe * Panel to finalise report on probe into earlier scam today
- More Mps Fall For Money (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
More MPs have been caught in a bribe scandal even before the probe into 11 of their fellow members taking cash to ask questions in Parliament is complete.
- Omar Re-Elected Nc Chief (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 20, 2005)
Restoration of greater autonomy best solution to Kashmir dispute, he says
- Nda Decides To Oppose Reservation Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Government stand on minority institutions queers the pitch
Proposed legislation exempts minority institutions
Definition of minority institution not clear: BJP
Janata Dal (United) a divided house
- Seven More Mps Caught Taking Bribes On Camera (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
In this season of scandals, another one has been dug up by a private TV channel. The MPs exposed belong to the BJP, Congress, BSP and Samajwadi Party.
- Roles Reversed (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 20, 2005)
Now Mamata badly needs an alliance
Politics has always made strange bedfellows, so that there is no reason to accept at face value Pranab Mukherjee’s argument that the Congress cannot do business with Trinamul because it has a formal alliance with . . .
- Grant District Status To Kishtwar (Daily Excelsior, J R Aryan, Dec 20, 2005)
Today voice of Kishtwar for its District status still echoes from all its nooks and corners. Be it Wadwan, Marwah or Dachhan, Padder or Chhatroo, Sarthal or Banjwa, Nagseni, Thakrai or the Kishtwar HQ itself all have only one choice through one voice ....
- Vajpayee's 'Associate' In Volcker Case – Who Are These People ? (India Daily, Akash Sinha, Dec 20, 2005)
The political counter attack on BJP intensifies as former Governor Romesh Bhandari on Monday refused to comply with the demand made by Atal Bihari Vajpayee's foster son-in-law Ranjan Bhattacharya to say he was not the "close associate" of the . . .
- Crescent Desire (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 20, 2005)
Politicians are known to promise the moon, at poll time. The redoubtable Pramod Mahajan of the BJP has just added a new twist to the old adage. He will hold a celebration at his residence on January 14 felicitating former PM A B Vajpayee’s “1,000 moon day
- Taking Vat To Its Logical End (The Economic Times, M K VENU, Dec 20, 2005)
Politics is all about timing important decisions optimally. Leadership is therefore about displaying courage to do the critical thing at the right time. Some politicians are more adept than the others in showing such instincts.
- 6 Mps In Chakravyuh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
GAMES MPS PLAY * MPs expect bribes while allotting projects * BJP leader demands 50 pc commission, settles for 45 pc * Cong MP seeks Rs 3-lakh bribe for Konkani project * SP leader asks a trapped MP to quit Lok Sabha
- India Empowered To Me Is... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2005)
They spoke with conviction and passion. They talked grand ideas. They talked about small people. You could agree with them or not. But you couldn’t be indifferent. For, the contributors strove to think big for India.
- Whitewash For The Tainted 11 (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 20, 2005)
To begin with, the cash-for-questions sting operation drew a quick response from the political class. Various parties, the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman acted with despatch, and it led to the suspension of the lone Rajya Sabha . . .
- Bjp Scared Of Uma’S New Party (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Dec 20, 2005)
Run Uma run! Clean BJP and show the world the essence of true Hindutva. Let not funds from the privileged engulf you like they have trapped BJP!
- Uma Bharati Takes Her Yatra To Cyberland (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Dec 20, 2005)
Midway through her long march to Ayodhya, Uma Bharati has just taken a detour to cyberspace. The sadvhi has launched a website, www.ramrotiyatra.com, to inform the world on a daily basis of her whereabouts and her actions.
- Stinging Rebuke Is Called For (Pioneer, Ahtesham Qureshy, Dec 20, 2005)
It's not enough to expel the errant MPs from the House; steps must be taken to ensure there is no repetition of the offence, says Ahtesham Qureshy
- Bjp Raises The Stakes In Uttar Pradesh (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Dec 20, 2005)
Is the party's Nyay Yatra against criminalisation of politics in the State a clever manoeuvre to advance its Hindutva agenda without alienating its NDA partners?
- Scrap Mplads: Advani (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Dec 20, 2005)
Divert money for State funding of elections, Speaker told---- Even before the latest sting operation by a TV channel against some MPs accepting kickbacks in MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), BJP president and Leader of Opposition LK Advani . . .
- Advani Exit Likely On December 31 (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 20, 2005)
Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani will exit his post on December 31, a day after the party's Mumbai conclave comes to en end.
- Tiger In Autumn (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 20, 2005)
At last the split in the Shiv Sena is official. The day Mr Raj Thackeray resigned from all posts to register his protest against the manner in which the Shiv Sena is being run by Mr Uddhav Thackeray, it was clear that nothing could put together . . .
- 'Uma's Supporters May Form A New Party' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti's supporters are considering forming a new party and the final decision in this regard would be taken only after her Bhopal- Ayodhya yatra, the fiery sanyasin's loyalist Prahlad Patel said in Bhopal on Monday.
- Another Sting: Seven Mps Caught On Camera (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
It’s sting season. Elected representatives had barely recovered from ‘‘Operation Duryodhan’’, which exposed 11 MPs taking bribes in exchange for raising questions in Parliament, when a television channel on Monday unveiled "Operation Chakravyuh."
- Left Says ‘No Thanks’ To Congress (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
The Congress and Left parties may be friends in Delhi but will always remain enemies in Kerala come what may. Monday’s incidents at a municipal corporation in Kerala seem to reiterate the hardline postures of Kerala’s sworn political enemies.
- Populism And Democracy (Pioneer, APS Chauhan, Dec 19, 2005)
In a recent seminar on "Democracy, development and social inclusion" held in New Delhi on December 8, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh provided an economist's perspective of governance. Democracy, he said, was based on the notion of a popular mandate, . . .
- Mamata's `Grand Alliance' Plan Receives A Setback (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Dec 19, 2005)
Pranab declines to share dais with Advani at Trinamool Youth Congress meet
- Communal Bill (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 19, 2005)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh's perverse desire to conquer new frontiers of minorityism manifested itself within days of the UPA Government taking charge. Being a leader without a geographically distinct constituency, . . . .
- Dos And Don’Ts Begin To Pour In (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Thackeray should target the Shiv Sena’s Maharashtrian constituency but mustn’t make the mistake of adopting his former party’s narrow, parochial outlook, analysts and politicians said today.
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 19, 2005)
When I was at university in England, the great politically incorrect story was about a professor of anthropology who managed to earn the ire of all of Oxford’s female students with a single remark at a single lecture.
- Article In Pakistani Daily Shakes Indian Bureaucracy (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 19, 2005)
In an unusual development in the Volcker report where at least the former Indian external minister Natwar Singh has been compelled to say goodbye to politics, a story published by Jang on January 24, 2004 has shaken the Indian bureaucracy.
- Bihar:maoists Blow Up Bjp Leader's Stone Crushing Plant (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
ultras blew up a stone crushing plant of former Bihar BJP President Gopal Narain Singh in the extremist-hit Rohtas district in wee hours today, police said
- ‘Ensure Genuine Voters Make It To Wb Booths’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Reacting to Election Commission observer Afzal Amanullah’s report on how the Left Front rigs polls in West Bengal—excerpts of which were published by The Sunday Express today—the Congress and BJP have asked the poll panel to ensure that each eligible
- India’S Bravehearts (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 19, 2005)
The celebration of Vijay Diwas last week to commemorate India’s historic victory over Pakistan in 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh, was both a tribute to our brave soldiers and to the vision and leadership of the late Indira Gandhi, ...
- Hold Up Your Money And Laugh, You Have Been Stung (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 19, 2005)
It made you laugh. A big hearty laugh. To listen to BJP MP Suresh Chandal claim he knew nothing about the contents of the envelope he personally supplied to the lady seated opposite him.
- Bjp Can Learn From Tories (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 18, 2005)
Nationalist parties, as a rule, are disinclined to look overseas for inspiration. They prefer banking on a nebulous commodity that goes by the inexplicably named "native genius". As the torch bearer of a decisive nationalist current in India, . . . .
- Bjp’S Annus Horribilis (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 18, 2005)
year that’s been painful for the BJP looks to end more painfully. Pramod Mahajan is preparing the BJP’s silver jubilee in Mumbai that ought to say goodbye to LK Advani as BJP president and that should be introspecting on where, after 25 years, . . .
- Finest House Money Can Buy (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 18, 2005)
When I was at university in England, the great politically incorrect story was about a professor of anthropology who managed to earn the ire of all of Oxford’s female students with a single remark at a single lecture.
- Internal Crisis Shake Bjp, Shiv Sena (Daily Excelsior, Atul Chowshish, Dec 18, 2005)
It would have added to the discomfort of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena--almost simultaneously engulfed in serious internal crisis-- that no sooner had the party bosses announced steps to take disciplinary action against their star . . .
- Bjp, Janata Dal (S) Give A Tough Time To Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Samajwadi Party led by former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa hopes to open account
- Colleges: Quota Bill Next Week (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The controversial Constitution Amendment Bill to reserve seats for socially and educationally backward classes besides Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs)
- Quota Bill Derailed (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
The Centre was forced to defer the introduction of the Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament to provide for reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes,
- How Does One Deal With Uma Bharati? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
Incidence of eccentricity is noticeably higher among women politicians than their male counterparts.
- Govt Sticks To Stand On Quota Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Government has refused to bow to Opposition and Left pressure as it announced on Friday that the Constitution Amendment Bill to ensure reservation in unaided private professional educational institutions would be introduced in Parliament in its present fo
- Elders Press For Women's Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
That the fate of the Women's Reservation Bill was uncertain became obvious on Friday when Brinda Karat (CPI-M) raised the issue in the Rajya Sabha during the post-lunch session.
- 6 States To Switch To Vat From April (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
With Uttar Pradesh and the five BJP-rules States expressing their willingness to fall in line,
- Cpi(m): Pension Bill Not Acceptable (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday said the Pension Fund Regulatory Authority Bill was not acceptable to it in the present form and suggested that the United Progressive Alliance Government rework some major provisions.
- Transparency Or Morality? (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
In the context of the bribes for questions in Parliament scandal let me tell you a modern Indian fairy story.
- Post-Sting, It's Question Time For India (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 16, 2005)
Cash-for-question exposé has punctured the BJP's campaign on the Volcker report, says Kalyani Shankar
- Proceeding On Basis Of Strict Reciprocity: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Maintaining that the Indo-US nuclear deal was proceeding on the basis of “strict reciprocity”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said he expected the Bush Administration to use its “full weight” to get the necessary approval of the US Congress.
- Uma Hints At Floating New Party (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Broadly hinting at the formation of a new political outfit with militant Hindutva as its key plank, expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday virtually extinguished all possibilities of a rapprochement with the BJP.
- No Stalemate In Indo-Us N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today asserted that there was “no stalemate” in negotiations with the United States over the implementation of the 18 July agreement on civilian nuclear energy.
- Missing Coalition Culture (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 16, 2005)
Yet again the country is facing the painful paradox that while coalitions have become absolutely unavoidable, there is an absolute lack of coalition culture. To expect the necessary culture to evolve in the foreseeable future would be a classic . . .
- Vajpayee To Party His 1,000th Full Moon Night On Jan 14 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The full moon night of January 14 is very special for former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee as it will be the 1,000th full moon he would have lived through.
- Catching The Small Fry (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 16, 2005)
Even as late as last week, if someone of some consequence had dared to suggest either in print or on TV that parliament was full of crooks, he would have been promptly slapped with a privilege notice by indignant custodians of democratic values.
- Punjab Govt Hopeful For Pak Visa Consulate At Amritsar: Bajwa (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Punjab PWD Minister Partap Singh Bajwa today said the State Government was hopeful for the opening of a Pakistan visa consulate in Amritsar soon, as Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had already approached the Centre in this regard.
- Bjp Stir Will Continue Till Cbi Probe Ordered: Rajnath (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The BJP today said it will continue its agitation fora CBI probe into the murder of party MLA Krishnanand Rai until the Mulayam Singh Yadav government concedes its demand.
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