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Articles 4921 through 5020 of 9764:
- Manmohan: Not Skirting Volcker Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Ambiguity in statement: Jaswant
My statement is unambiguous: PM
No light on new facts: BJP
Can panel of leaders examine evidence, asks AIADMK
- Advani Should Resign, Says Uma Bharti (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Accuses him of pursuing "politics devoid of ideology or principles"
Describes Advani's 1989 Rath Yatra as "a yatra for votes"
Demands apology from Advani over remarks on Jinnah
Says party is not treating her like a former Chief Minister
- Talks On India-U.S. Nuclear Deal Proceeding On "Strict Reciprocity' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
If U.S. does not carry out its commitments, India is free not to reciprocate, Manmohan tells Rajya Sabha
Joint statement a "binding constraint" on both countries
Both working out ways and means to find satisfactory solutions
- Advani Will Not Quit Till December 30, Says Mahajan (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 16, 2005)
Official announcement may come soon after Mumbai conclave is over
Selection process will begin after Parliament session Conclave a purely party affair
- Pm Refuses To Comment On Volcker Issue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday refused to get drawn into a debate with the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh, on the Volcker controversy, and said he would not comment on it since the issue was under probe.
- Guilt Edged (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 16, 2005)
As far as Pavlovian responses go, “I didn’t do it!” has to be the oldest. Ever since Tehelka had made hidden camera sting operations the vigilante’s weapon of choice, one would have thought the straight-faced response of innocence would be replaced . . .
- Open Up Retail (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comment on the sidelines of the recent ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, that he will work out the modalities for allowing foreign direct investment in the retail sector in the next six months, comes as good news for consumers.
- Obc Revolt Strengthens Bjp's Case (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Serious objections from the BJP-led Opposition and a near revolt by the OBC MPs across party lines on Wednesday forced the Government to defer the introduction of the Constitutional Amendment Bill providing reservation for SC, ST candidates in private edu
- Fdi At The Next Store (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 15, 2005)
Hoping that India’s retail could open to FDI in five-six months, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not only given an invite to the ASEAN business, but also set a sort of deadline for his Left allies to make up their mind. The BJP’s swadeshi lobby and . .
- Mps On Sale! (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Dec 15, 2005)
The sensational cash-on camera expose showing 11 MPs - six from the BJP and the rest from the BSP, the Congress and the RJD - taking bribes has stunned the political establishment in the country.
- All Aboard (Hindustan Times, Sitaram Yechury, Dec 15, 2005)
The results of the recently concluded assembly elections in Bihar, apart from everything else, is unfortunately helping to sustain an erroneous understanding as a part of the current national discourse.
- Rjd Members Slam Nitish Government In Ls (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
RJD members in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday targeted the Nitish Kumar government alleging that fear psychosis has gripped the minority community in Bihar following the killing of five persons in broad daylight in East Champaran district.
- Government Defers Quota Bill (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The government on Wednesday deferred a crucial bill to amend the constitution to provide reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in private educational institutions following difference of opinion among political parties on its provisions.
- Dharam Doles Out Bda Sites To Vips (Deccan Herald, Anand V Yamnur, Dec 15, 2005)
Chief Minister N Dharam Singh has created a record of sorts by allotting Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) sites under his discretionary quota to 340 people in just 18 months of his government assuming office, according to documents available . . .
- Constable Scandal May Hit Congress (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 15, 2005)
The government's decision to enrol candidates of their choice in the constabulary has backfired.
- Vajpayee Blesses `Nyaya Yatra' (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 15, 2005)
This time he is likely to play the key role in identifying the party president
- Bjp, Cpi(m) Express Reservations On Quota Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
BJP favours reservation without exceptions
Government committed to affirmative action
- Bjp Puts Its House In Order (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The BJP leadership on Tuesday geared up to launch a relentless inhouse cleansing operation in the wake of the MPs cash-for-question scam.
- All Against Cpm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 14, 2005)
The consolidation of anti-Left political forces in West Bengal - or Mahajot - has been an elusive dream since the late-1990s. This is mainly because of the refusal of the Congress to adjust its national policy of keeping the BJP . . .
- Another Indian Mp Suspended (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
India’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday suspended one of its members after a TV channel aired footage of 11 MPs allegedly accepting cash for asking questions in parliament.
- Cash-Laden Queries (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 14, 2005)
The MPs who took bribes to ask questions do not deserve to be in Parliament
- Bjp, A Replica Of Congress: Bharti (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Stepping up her attack against the BJP leadership, the party’s expelled leader Uma Bharti has claimed that it has now become a replica of the Congress by undermining principles and ideology.
- Duryodhan At Large (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 14, 2005)
THE falling of 11 MPs into the trap laid by the web site CobraPost and some scribes posing as representatives of small manufacturers, and visuals of their accepting with apparent eagerness amounts varying between Rs 15,000 and Rs 1,10,000, . . .
- On Questionable Questions (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 14, 2005)
In a sensational sting operation, MPs of various political parties were caught on camera taking money for carrying out the most basic task for which they were elected to office — raising the peoples' concerns and problems in Parliament.
- Cong Laughs At Bjp Cms’ Meet (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Taking a swipe at the BJP chief ministers’ conclave here, the Congress today sought to “expose” the party’s “anachronistic agenda” comprising “emotive matters” without any concern for the “real issues of governance and development”.
- Rs Suspends ‘Tainted’ Mp (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 14, 2005)
A day after the question-for-cash scam involving 11 MPs — six BJP members, three of the BSP and one each from the Congress and the RJD — rocked Parliament, the Rajya Sabha today suspended its BJP member, Mr Chhattrapal Singh Lodha, from the House.
- Advani Warns Party Mps (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
BJP president Mr LK Advani today warned party MPs against any malpractice, including sub-letting their garages, rooms or misuse of air tickets and gas coupons. He said any member found involved in any such misdeed should be ready to face the music.
- Uma Blasts ‘Cong’S Double’ (Statesman, PTI, Dec 14, 2005)
Stepping up her attack against the leadership, expelled BJP leader Uma Bharti has claimed that the BJP has now become a replica of the Congress by undermining principles and ideology.
- India’S Cash-For-Questions Scandal: Rajya Sabha Suspends Member (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
India’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday suspended one of its members after a television channel aired footage of 11 MPs allegedly accepting cash for asking questions in parliament.
- Bjp Eyes Minorities (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
In an attempt to win the confidence of the backwards and minorities, the BJP today said it would oppose any legislation on reservation in private educational institutions if it excluded minority institutions from its ambit.
- Belated Wisdom (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 14, 2005)
Five BJP-ruled states will switch to the value added tax (VAT) from the next financial year.
- On Money For Questions, There Are No Easy Answers (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 14, 2005)
As a sting operation confirms an open secret, Neerja Chowdhury takes stock of the distortions in Question Hour
- Bjp In Denial About Next Chief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
BJP seems to be in denial mode when it comes to speaking about the party president succession issue.
- Bjp Can Take All Corrective Actions, Fact Is – ‘Indian Politicians Are World’S Most Corrupted And Must Be Thrown Out’ (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 14, 2005)
It is time for Indians in India and abroad to take mother India out of the hands of politicians funded by Indian oligarchs.
- Dirty Eleven (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The present Indian political class has never been valued for its scruples and its integrity. In fact, most people consider an honest politician to be a contradiction in terms.
- India’S Middle East Shuffle (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Dec 14, 2005)
On September 12, the official spokesperson of the ministry of external affairs issued a statement which, inter alia, observed: “India welcomes the withdrawal of Israeli settlements from Gaza and northern West Bank, ....
- Stung, Rs Suspends Bjp Mp (Indian Express, Staff Reporter , Dec 14, 2005)
While Parliament reeled under the impact of the cash-for-question sting operation with the Rajya Sabha uananimously deciding to suspend the lone Upper House member Chattrapal Singh who was caught taking cash on camera, the Ethics Committee of the House pr
- Government Will Await Parliamentary Action (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 14, 2005)
Criminal cases likely in cash-for-questions scam
Mood at the moment is to hand out quick justice
It was discussed among senior Ministers on Tuesday morning
- 3 Bjp Mlas Suspended (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Three BJP MLAs were suspended for six months for allegedly using certain ``derogatory'' remarks against the Speaker and Deputy Speaker in their chambers. The House had been adjourned over the Treasury benches' insistence on condemning the . . .
- Parliament Pays Homage To Attack Victims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Shekhawat seeks details on aid to victims' kin; Somnath calls for renewed efforts to combat terrorism
- Sweeping Victory For Bjp In Gujarat Civic Polls (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Dec 14, 2005)
Captures all the 5 municipal corporations and 4 municipalities
- Rajya Sabha Suspends Bjp Member (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Lodha was caught on camera allegedly accepting money in sting operation
- Advani Warns Party Mps Against Misusing Privileges, Perks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
"Expose makes all of us hang our heads in shame"
Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani on Tuesday deplored the incidents of MPs allegedly taking money for asking questions in Parliament as "sad and shameful." Of the 11 MPs allegedly involved, ...
- Rs Suspends Bjp Mp, Bjp Decides To Suspend Its 6 Ls Members (Press Trust of India, PTI, Dec 14, 2005)
Acting swiftly on recommendations of Parliament's Ethics Committee against the MPs caught on camera accepting money for raising questions in the House, Rajya Sabha today suspended BJP member Chhattrapal Singh Lodha even as the opposition party decided to
- India Slams Mps Filmed In Tv Sting (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Dec 14, 2005)
India's media lambasted 11 federal lawmakers said by a TV station and a Web site to have been filmed secretly taking cash in exchange for asking questions in parliament, and one MP was suspended from the upper house.
- Bjp Decries Ysr Remarks On Deputy Chief Minister Post (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Bharatiya Janata Party has accused Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and APCC president K. Keshava Rao of belittling the Gentlemen's Agreement by their utterances on the demand for appointing a person from Telangana as Deputy Chief Minister.
- Run Uma Run – Clean The Corrupt Bjp Bottom Up – Get The Bigger Scams Stars And Expose Them! (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Dec 14, 2005)
BJP can sack Uma Bharati. But they themselves have lost the legitimate right to call themselves BJP. They can call all kinds of investigations but the bottom line is they themselves are corrupt and are larger scams stars.
- Bjp-Ruled States To Implement Vat From Next Year (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
After remaining adamant for almost nine months, BJP today decided in-principle to introduce Value Added Tax in the five party-ruled states.
- Mps Caught On Camera Taking Money For Asking Questions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Eleven Members of Parliament, including six of BJP, were today shown accepting money for raising questions in the House in a sensational sting operation forcing embarrassed political parties to suspend them and the Lok Sabha Speaker to ask them . . .
- Bjp Suspends Mps Caught On Camera Taking Bribes (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
The BJP today announced immediate suspension of about half a dozen Members of Parliament caught on camera purportedly taking bribes for raising questions in Parliament.
- Indian Politicians On Both Side Equally Corrupted Across The Board - Tv Channel Shows Mps Taking Bribe From Oligarchs On Camera - Throw The Rascals In The Garbage (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 13, 2005)
What India saw on TV and other media from politicians of both sides of the Parliament is disgusting. If this is the standard of democracy, then it needs to reengineered.
- Bjp Sets New Standards In Indian Politics - Boots Out Mps For Taking Bribes (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 13, 2005)
It is time for Congress Party and the UPA coalition to take some lesson from BJP.
- Mps In Cash For Questions Scam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
We all know that a good number of our Members of Parliament (MPs) are in politics just to make money. Now it transpires, thanks to a sting operation by a news channel, that some of our MPs would go to any length to make some quick bucks
- Bjp Suspends Mps Caught Taking Bribes (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Embarrassed by on-the-camera evidence of certain party MPs accepting bribes in return for asking questions in Parliament, the BJP today suspended all MPs, who were caught on camera, from the Parliamentary party, as well as ordering a detailed party . . .
- It’S A Shame (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2005)
11 MPs bring disgrace to Parliament
- Sudarshan’S Phobia (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Dec 13, 2005)
Speaking at the release of “Religious Demography of India” brought out by the Centre for Policy Studies, an RSS-affiliated think-tank based in Chennai, RSS Sarsanghchalak K.S. Sudarshan exhorted Hindus to have larger families . . .
- 11 Mps Caught Taking Cash On Tv (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
And you thought you’d done your bit by casting your vote. Turns out your elected representative may well have to be, well, coaxed into doing their job. A sting operation by a television news channel has caught 11 MPs taking bribe purportedly for asking qu
- Bjp-Ruled States To Adopt Value Added Tax (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Dec 13, 2005)
Chief Ministers eager to join regime as it is a progressive tax system proposed originally by NDA Government
States have seen revenues rise by roughly 15 per cent
Party ruled States to strengthen laws enforcing slaughter of cows, bulls and calves
- Rbi Directive Shocking: Ananthkumar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
BJP General Secretary in charge of Karnataka affairs Ananthkumar on Monday alleged that the Reserve Bank of India has asked the State Government to return Rs. 158 crores out of the Rs. 357 crores provided by the Centre as ad hoc interim relief for . . .
- Cash For Questions (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Dec 13, 2005)
Eerie silence prevailed in both Houses of Parliament today as the nation saw the soul-stirring visuals of 11 MPs belonging to four different political parties, including Suresh Chandel, BJP MP from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, accepting cash . . .
- 11 Mps Shame Democracy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Monday’s exposure is similar to earlier high-profile sting operations that had trapped politicians while accepting bribes – the Tehelka expose that had rocked the ruling NDA in March 2001 and the cash-on-camera expose involving Dilip Singh Judeo, . . .
- Stung Parties Show Their Men The Door (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Stung by the “cash-for-questions” scam, political parties on Monday suspended their MPs who had purportedly taken bribes for raising questions in Parliament.
- Turmoil As Indian Tv Shows Mps Taking Bribe (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
An Indian TV station caused a political uproar on Monday when it broadcast images of 11 members of parliament taking cash allegedly in return for raising issues in the federal legislature.
- Parliament Stung (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
11 MPs suspended after being caught taking cash for questions----- A sting operation carried over a span of eight months rocked Indian politics on Monday with a clutch of 11 MPs caught red-handed on camera accepting cash for raising questions in both ...
- Pakistan’S ‘No-Borders-Plus’ Kashmir Solution (News International, Nasim Zehra, Dec 13, 2005)
It has been a gradual coming out of the closet. For Pakistan’s ‘no-borders-plus’ solution for Kashmir, it is exposČ time.
- Shocking Scandal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 13, 2005)
The cash-for-questions scandal has understandably left Members of Parliament across the political spectrum shocked and embarrassed. It is no secret that industrial houses, businessmen and lobbyists have for long used their contacts with some MPs . . .
- Cash-On-Camera: Viplove Seeks Chandel’S Ouster (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Ms Viplove Thakur, state Congress president, today demanded immediate resignation of Mr Suresh Chandel , BJP MP from Hamirpur, who was captured on camera taking money for asking questions in Parliament.
- India Stunned As Tv Station Shows Mps Taking Bribes (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 13, 2005)
A day after India signed the United Nations Convention Against Corruption in New York, 11 MPs were caught on video taking bribes through touts to raise issues in the Indian parliament.
- India Stunned As Tv Shows Mps Grabbing Cash For Favours (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
An Indian TV station caused a political uproar on Monday when it broadcast images of 11 members of parliament taking cash allegedly in return for raising issues in the federal legislature.
- In Hour Of Shame, House Finds Unity (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
The heads of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha today came down heavily on the MPs who were caught taking bribes for raising questions in Parliament.
- Payoff’ In Manipur (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 13, 2005)
Manipur chief minister Ibobi Singh denies allegations of having donated Rs 50 lakh to the militant Kaglei Yawal Kanna Lup and Rs 1 crore to the Revolutionary People’s Front, but this is not enough.
- Identify Infiltrators, Bjp Cms Told (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Expressing “concern” over “illegal migrants’ infiltration,” the BJP today called upon the chief ministers of the states under its rule to “identify” them and deport them under the provisions of Foreigners Act.
- Cut The Cackle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 12, 2005)
The BJP are shouting themselves hoarse about wanting Sonia Gandhi to resign as the Chairperson of something called the “National Advisory Council”.
- Peace With Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- Volcker: Vajpayee Kin Issues Legal Notice To Bhandari (Indian Express, CP Bhambhri, Dec 12, 2005)
The support extended by the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions is nothing but a replay of the tape-recording . . .
- Cong Flays Nitish For ‘U-Turn’ On Mahajan Remarks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Taking a potshot at Nitish Kumar for asking to close the matter concerning BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan’s alleged anti-Bihar remarks, the Congress today charged the Bihar Chief Minister with taking a “U-turn” under “pressure” from the BJP . . .
- Bombay’S Biharis (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
What is Mahajan doing targeting them? What is BJP doing allowing him to do so?
- View From The Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 12, 2005)
The ‘development special’ issue of the latest Organiser (December 18) is in a glossy, magazine format and almost entirely devoted to Rajasthan — with fulsome praise over several pages for Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
- Bjp Not Untouchable, Says Congress In West Bengal (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay, Dec 12, 2005)
With the Congress softening its stance towards an alliance with Trinamool—a traditional BJP ally—the Opposition in the state seems ready for some new and startling equations.
- N-Separation At Fairly Advanced Stage: Pm (Indian Express, SUNIT ARORA, Dec 12, 2005)
Dr Singh Dismisses demand for expanding scope of Justice Pathak probe, says no plan to tinker
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