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Articles 5421 through 5520 of 9764:
- Indian Opposition Attacks Congress Over Iraq Scandal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
India’s main opposition launched an attack in parliament on the government on Monday in a debate on the alleged involvement of the ruling Congress party in Iraq’s oil-for-food scandal.
- Uma Raises Banner Of Revolt Again (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
She had always claimed to be the undisputed leader of an overwhelming majority of the party MLAs but when a frustrated and dejected Uma Bharati staged a walk-out from the BJP legislature party meeting here on Monday evening, barely 10 percent . . .
- ‘Sovereignty Traded In Iraq Oil Scam’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Leader of the Opposition L K Advani on Tuesday said the Volcker report showed that the oil-for-food scam involved not merely corruption by Indian officials but also a willingness to “trade the country’s sovereignty and decision-making independence”.
- "Centre Has Always Been Open For Discussion" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Dasmunsi underscores differences in Centre's approach to Volcker Report and NDA's approach to Tehelka scam
- Fury In India Over Call For More Hindu Babies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
A leading Hindu hardliner has angered women and Muslims by pressing Hindus to have as many children as they can to avoid being swamped by Muslims.
- Sulking Uma Bharti Can’T Stop Shivraj (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
The expected followed the unexpected. Uma Bharti stormed out of the Madhya Pradesh BJP legislature party meeting on Monday evening just hours after she promised to follow the party line and discipline.
- Provide Rs.1000 Cr. For The State: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Property, crop losses enormous: Venkiah Naidu
'Tamil Nadu has suffered more damage than what was reported in the media. It will take more than a week for the marooned farms to dry up, and by then, the crops would have been lost'
- Uma Bharti Will Continue Her Battle (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 29, 2005)
Charges and counter charges over decision making in BJP
Parliamentary norms not flouted, says Malhotra
Govindacharya accuses Jaitley of planting stories
- The Lalu Phenomenon (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Nov 29, 2005)
IT is easy to rubbish Lalu Prasad Yadav, now that he is down in the dumps. For 15 years, he has been a subject of ridicule for cartoonists, middle writers and humourists. In journalism, the maxim has been, “if you are short of subjects, . . .
- Chauhan To Be Sworn In Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2005)
Meets Governor Balram Jakhar
- Table Volcker Documents: Advani (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Ahead of a possible NDA-sponsored adj e Volcker panel which had named Congress party and former external affairs minister Natwar Singh
- ‘Uma’S Supporters Revolted Against Me’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Claiming that supporters of Uma Bharti revolted against him as she wanted to regain power, outgoing Madhya Pradesh chief minister Babulal Gaur on Sunday advised her to follow the BJP directives while discharging her duty as party’s general secretary.
- It’S India’S Turn Now. Really (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Marketing, to paraphrase Chairman Mao, is war by other means. And as such, the promos of a market leader tend to be tinged occasionally with overtones of aggression.
- One Down, Six More To Go (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Nov 28, 2005)
In the last six months, I have written consistently about the Third Front. My writings were based on the assumption that both the Congress and the BJP would weaken which would result in realignment of political forces.
- Speaker Urged To Table Volcker Papers In House (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Mounting fresh pressure on the Congress, Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Sunday wrote a letter to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee urging him to table in the House all papers obtained from the UN panel by the Virender Dayal Committee.
- Congressised Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
THE Bharatiya Janata Party has not crowned itself with glory by the manner in which it seeks to change the leadership in Madhya Pradesh.
- Rjd’S Over-Dependence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 28, 2005)
The CPI(M) has conceded that the RJD’s over-dependence on the Muslim-Yadav (M-Y) factor and its neglect of the most backward and oppressed castes were some of the main reasons for the debacle of the "secular forces" in the Bihar polls.
- Relief Takes Priority, Says Patil (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 28, 2005)
Villages, paddy fields and roads, all submerged. These were the predominant scenes that a team of Union Ministers saw when it undertook an aerial survey of the flood-affected districts in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.
- Discipline Top’S Bjp Agenda, Once Again (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
A day after the BJP, acting with a sense of firmness rarely seen in recent years, anointed Shivraj Singh Chauhan on the chief ministerial gaddi in Bhopal, a deeply upset Uma Bharti, the other contender for the chair, went underground.
- Shourie Criticises Left Parties (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Nov 28, 2005)
The former Union Minister for Disinvestment, Arun Shourie, on Sunday hit out at the Left parties, accusing them of following no ideologies or principles.
- Opposition, Govt Gear Up For Volcker Debate Today (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 28, 2005)
Both Houses of Parliament will on Monday debate an Opposition-sponsored adjournment motion on the Volcker Committee report which has named the Congress and Natwar Singh as ‘non-contractual beneficiaries’ of the UN’s oil-for-food programme in Iraq.
- Democratic Snub (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Nov 28, 2005)
If there were any doubts in people’s minds that democracy in India was still in its early stages, they must have vanished after the verdict of the Bihar assembly polls.
- Left? Congress Couldn't Care Less (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 28, 2005)
Manmohan Singh has marched on with his pro-US tilt as if the comrades don't matter or exist, says Kalyani Shankar
- Cong Rejuvenates In Chandigarh (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 28, 2005)
Manmohan Singh has marched on with his pro-US tilt as if the comrades don't matter or exist, says Kalyani Shankar
- Jaundiced History (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 28, 2005)
In an ideal situation, the state should not get involved with the writing of textbooks, especially those dealing with history. But the situation that prevails in India is far from ideal - although we claim to be an open, democratic society,
- Bjp Asks Pm To Follow Nitish (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
The BJP today asked Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to emulate Bihar chief minister Mr Nitish Kumar in removing tainted ministers from the Union Cabinet.
- Chauhan To Be Cm Of Mp (Tribune, Satish Misra, Nov 27, 2005)
The Bhartiya Janata Party today decided to appoint its Lok Sabha MP from Vidisha Shivraj Singh Chauhan as the next Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister replacing Babulal Gaur and making fiery sanyasin Uma Bharti the General Secretary of the party at the . . .
- Casteist Politics Of Reservations For Women (Daily Excelsior, Uma Ramachandran, Nov 27, 2005)
It is getting somewhat difficult to keep track of what really is going on about the bill to reserve seats for women in parliament.
- Pm Regrets Legislative Business Becoming Victim To Chaos (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made a veiled attack on the BJP-led Opposition over disruption of Parliament, regretting that precious time of legislatures was becoming a victim to pandemonium.
- Stability, Bjp Style: 3rd Cm In 3 Yrs (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 27, 2005)
Taking the shine off the spectacular victory it partnered in Bihar less than a week ago, the BJP central leadership today triggered a fresh internal crisis in the party with its decision to replace Madhya Pradesh chief minister Babulal Gaur with . . .
- Catch A Falling Star (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 27, 2005)
In all the fuss over Lalu, Bihar, Volcker, Mitrokhin, Raj Thackeray and Natwar Singh, you may have failed to notice the curious case of the news story that did not appear.
- Lessons In Bihar, For Vanquished And Victors (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Nov 27, 2005)
Despots don’t learn the ways of democracy easily. Laloo Prasad Yadav, whose party’s 15-year misrule turned Bihar into a byword for backwardness and lawlessness,
- Nitish Kumar Tries To Salvage Bihar From Mafia Torn Carnage Left Over By The Shadow Of Congress And Rjd (India Daily, Preeti Singhani, Nov 27, 2005)
It will not be an easy task. The law and order is in shambles. The financial system is in ruins.
- Communists In India – Exerting Control On The Government From Behind The Curtain (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Nov 27, 2005)
You will not see them. They do not have any minister.
- Chauhan To Replace Gaur As Chief Minister (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Nov 27, 2005)
Uma Bharti to be appointed party general secretary
- Peace Process Losing Steam (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Nov 26, 2005)
The last two months have witnessed some damaging developments in the Pakistan-India peace process.
- Volcker Report Debate On Monday Likely (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The contentious Volcker Committee report on oil-for-food scam could be taken up for discussion on Monday, with the Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today rejecting the Opposition-moved adjournment motion.
- Political Turnaround In Bihar (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 26, 2005)
The post-election scenario in Bihar is not bright because of two things: too much visibility for the BJP and former chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s non-reconciliation to his defeat.
- Tragedy Of Lalu Yadav (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, Nov 26, 2005)
The recent rejection by the electors of Bihar of the Rastriya Janata Dal (RJD), as Mr Lalu Yadav’s fiefdom is called, is the culmination of a political tragedy that began in 1996.
- Modifying Its Message (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Narendra Modi was eventually marked absent from Nitish Kumar’s swearing-in at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. Just as well.
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 26, 2005)
The best way of overcoming a sworn enemy is to be the first to donate one’s blood to him when he is stricken.
- It’S Action Replay In Bihar (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 26, 2005)
As in the old movies, pirates rummage through everything until they find a crumpled map to the treasure. They put their heads back and guffaw.
- Day 2: Volcker Again But Opp To Come Around On Monday (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
With two successive days of the Winter Session gone to disruptions on the Volcker issue and after Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s outburst, the BJP-led opposition is not only ready to discuss the report in the Lok Sabha on Monday, . . .
- Bihar’S Very Big Picture (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 26, 2005)
Politics in India is in grave danger of being trivialised by yet another factor—psephology.
- General Polls Can Come Anytime (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Nov 26, 2005)
I have written consistently in the past six months on the Third Front and this was clearly based on the assumption that both the Congress and the BJP would weaken and result in realignment of political forces.
- Lok Sabha To Discuss Volcker On Monday (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The current deadlock in Parliament over the Paul Volcker report and other matters would be broken on Monday with the Lok Sabha set to take up the NDA-sponsored adjournment motion on the Volcker issue for a debate and voting.
- Ready, Unsteady, Go (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Nov 26, 2005)
The last word on the BJP-RSS tussle is yet to be heard. There has been intense speculation these last few weeks as to who will succeed L.K. Advani as the BJP chief after he demits office in December at Mumbai.
- Behind Nitish Kumar's Triumph (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 26, 2005)
From Chief-Minister-in-waiting to Chief Minister, it has been a long roller-coaster ride of despair and hope for Nitish Kumar, once bosom pal and now arch rival of the strongman of Bihar, Lalu Prasad. The Nitish-Lalu pair burst on to the political scene..
- Stainless Nitish Removes Taint From Cabinet, Drops Manjhi (Pioneer, Amarnath Tewary, Nov 26, 2005)
When Nitish Kumar was taking oath at Patna's Gandhi Maidan on Wednesday, the talking point was his team's spotless character, that is, until the name of Jitan Ram Manjhi cropped up.
- Overall Situation In Bihar "Grim", Cmp For Governance: Nitish (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Terming as +extremely grim+ the situation of the state, including the law and order and finances, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said a common minimum programme would be finalised within a week to ensure +good governance+ and accelerate the pace . . .
- Parliament Work Disrupted Again (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Lok Sabha is being held to ransom, says Somnath
No official business transacted
Speaker rejects Opposition-sponsored adjournment notice
- Maniappan Could Have Been Saved, Says Achuthanandan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Feels the State Government should have sent a Ministerial team to Delhi
- Volcker Rocks Parliament, Ls & Rs Adjourned (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Living up to their pre-session threat, a relentless BJP-led NDA Opposition today forced adjournment of both Houses over the Volcker Committee report on Iraqi oil pay-offs.
- Nitish Takes Charge As Bihar Cm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Senior JD-U leader Mr Nitish Kumar was today sworn in as the new chief minister of Bihar at a ceremony at Gandhi Maidan this afternoon.
- Nitish Sworn-In As Head Of 27 Member Nda Govt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was today sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister at the head of a 27-member NDA Government, marking the smooth transition of power after 15 years of Lalu-Rabri rule.
- Nitish Sworn In As Bihar Chief Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was on Thursday sworn-in as the 32nd chief minister of Bihar. Mr Kumar was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Buta Singh at a function at the historic Gandhi Maidan here.
- Nitish Takes Charge In Patna, Starts With A Team Of 26 (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Nov 25, 2005)
Patna’s Gandhi Maidan was witness to another historic event today as Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the 33rd Chief Minister of Bihar before a crowd which had gathered in thousands.
- Straight Out Of Bihar (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 25, 2005)
Finally, Lalu Prasad is no longer the supremo of Bihar. The former chief minister is a great communicator, has a certain kind of charisma and a turn of phrase that goes across the footlights with ease, but has, over the years, . . .
- Can Bihar Rise From The Ashes? Determined Political Push Is Crucial (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 25, 2005)
The new government that takes over in Bihar must make up for the time the State has lost — and pushed to the bottom of the table in many a parameter — by building up a fast, reliable, instant, effective network for delivery of services and . . .
- A Recipe That Failed Lalu This Time (The Financial Express, YASHWANT SINHA, Nov 25, 2005)
Bihar has redeemed itself. By voting the way they did in the recently held elections, the people of Bihar have exploded many myths,
- Indian Parliament Erupts In Chaos Over Iraq Oil-For-Food Scandal: Bjp Wants Sonia And Natwar Singh To Resign (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
India’s parliament erupted in chaos Thursday as the opposition attacked the ruling coalition over alleged links between a federal minister and Iraq’s oil-for-food scandal.
- Parliament Disruption Unfortunate: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Opposition wanted disruption, not a discussion, says Dasmunsi
Government ready to discuss anything but Opposition must allow parity in time
Disruption will continue on Friday, says BJP leader
- Nitish Promises "Good Governance" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
All sections of society given representation in Cabinet, hesays after the swearing-in
Ministry has 16 Cabinet and 10 Ministers of State
Crowd asks Governor Buta Singh to resign
BJP workers protest against non-inclusion of Navin Kishore Prasad Sinha
- Bjp Facing An Uphill Task To Put Its House In Order (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Nov 25, 2005)
L. Ganesan coming soon: early organisational elections unlikely
- Bjp Defers Decision On Madhya Pradesh (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 25, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday night deferred taking a decision on replacing the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur, butindicated that the matter was very much on its agenda.
- Nda Forces Adjournment, Demands Resignation Of Natwar, Sonia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Buoyed by the Bihar victory, opposition NDA today forced adjournment of Parliament demanding resignation of Union Minister K Natwar Singh and Sonia Gandhi over the Iraqi oil pay-offs scam, which was termed "unfortunate" by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
- Nitish Sworn In As Bihar's 33rd Chief Minister (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was today sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister at the head of a 27-member NDA government, marking the smooth transition of power after 15 years of Lalu-Rabri rule.
- No Need Of Goodwill Hunting (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Nov 25, 2005)
Bihar finally has a leader who begins his political innings on a clean slate, says Kalyani Shankar
- Bedlam In Parliament Over Volcker Report (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
The Opposition demanded the resignations of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister Natwar Singh.
- Volcker Stalls Houses; Pm Replies, In Writing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Despite the UPA’s effort take the sting out of the Volcker offensive by agreeing to a discussion right away, the Opposition today disrupted proceedings in both Houses, calling for the resignation of Union Minister Natwar Singh and . . .
- Congress Forced To Discuss Volker Report –government Faces Collapse Due To Iraqi Oil Scam And Tainted Ministers (India Daily, Sonia Joshi, Nov 25, 2005)
Congress is facing crisis from within and outside. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday described as "unfortunate" the disruption of Parliament proceedings by the Opposition on the issue of Iraqi oil pay-offs scam and said that Government . . .
- Delhi Blasts Case (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Delhi Police have arrested a man in Srinagar in connection with the October 29 serial blasts here, reports PTI from New Delhi. Ghulam Ahmed Khan, who was picked up from Srinagar by a team of the Delhi Police Special Cell on Thursday, . . .
- Opposition Stalls Work In Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
``Sonia, Natwar should quit''
- Nitish & Co Take Over In Bihar (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2005)
Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar was on Thursday sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister at the head of a 27-member NDA government, marking the smooth transition of power after 15 years of Lalu-Rabri rule.
- Bihar Deserves Better (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 25, 2005)
In the resounding verdict given by the people of Bihar in favour of a restoration of law and order, governance and development, one may forget why Lalu Prasad Yadav was made the undisputed Raja of Bihar in the first place.
- Volcker Report Rocks Parliament (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Nov 25, 2005)
The UN Oil-for-Food Volcker Committee report rocked Parliament today with a determined Opposition stalling the proceedings in both Houses, even as the government conceded that it was ready for a discussion on the issue under rules which required voting.
- Nitish Sworn In Bihar Cm (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Nov 25, 2005)
All roads in Patna today converged at the historic Gandhi Maidan where NDA leader Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the 32nd Chief Minister of Bihar by Governor Buta Singh.
- A Vote For Development (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Nov 24, 2005)
It is a common belief that “Justice delayed is justice denied” and nothing perhaps sums up the 15 years of RJD rule in Bihar better than this. The decisive positive mandate in favour of Mr Nitish Kumar, one of the three champions of the cause . . .
- Karunakaran `Hijacked' Bjp Votes: Chandy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday that the Democratic Indira Congress(Karunakaran) leader K. Karunakaran had played an important role in `hijacking' BJP votes for the LDF in the Lok Sabha byelection from the Thiruvananthapuram...
- Volcker: Nda Plans Adjournment Motion (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 24, 2005)
To demand resignation of Sonia as UPA chairperson and that of Natwar Singh from Cabinet
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