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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 9764:
- Un: The Class Of 192 & Its Five Masters (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Nov 20, 2005)
One of the things the oil-for-food affair has brought to the surface is the UN’s identity problem. The fact is that it hasn’t got one.
- Winter Session Of Parliament Likely To Be Stormy (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 20, 2005)
The Winter Session of Parliament beginning Wednesday is expected, by all accounts, to be stormy with the Congress-led coalition facing a determined Opposition in the wake of the Volcker report on Iraqi oil payoffs and the Left allies anger over its stand
- For View Form The Right (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 19, 2005)
Excerpts from Organiser, the mouthpiece of the RSS, issue dated November 20
- Bihar Campaign Over, Now Uma Readies To Fight Gaur (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Having kept her word by not rocking the boat of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur till the end of the Bihar election campaign, BJP leader Uma Bharati has started gathering her supporter-legislators here to embark on a decisive battle to reclaim
- Till Cows Come Home (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 19, 2005)
The RSS boss is funny, the MP CM is funny. But funniest is the state of the BJP
- Bjp Begins Talks On Replacing Babulal Gaur (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 19, 2005)
The exercise is in keeping with the promise made to Uma Bharti
Uma Bharti will not make comments
She "cannot be fobbed off now"
- Rss Chief Meets Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief K.S. Sudarshan met Bharatiya Janata Party president L.K. Advani for nearly 90 minutes over lunch on Friday afternoon at Mr. Advani's residence taking forward the discussions between the RSS and BJP leaderships on the
- Final Phase Of Bihar Elections Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Red alert issued, district borders sealed, shoot-at-sight orders issued Heavy security has been put in place in the bastions of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar
- Bjp Protests Against Newspaper Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The BJP has protested against the publication of a report in a Malayalam newspaper with the headline that the party had withdrawn from the contest in the bypoll from the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency during polling on Friday
- Bjp Activists Held On Charge Of Burning Copies Of Daily (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Eight BJP activists, including Medical College ward president Suresh Kumar, were arrested by the police in connection with the burning of the copies of an eveninger in front of Kumarapuram school at 1.15 p.m. on Friday.
- Volcker Report: Bjp Hits Out At Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Government's slow response has raised questions: Ananth Kumar
Other comments
The BJP will take up the Volcker report in the Parliament session
The Congress has weakened the investigation
Belgaum Mayor should have been dismissed
- Congress Ridicules Rss Call To Procreate More (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
The Congress on Friday launched a strident attack on RSS chief K Sudarshan saying that the latter’s advice to Hindus to have as many children as possible would make India a laughing stock before the whole world.
- Winning Is Everything (Hindu, Pankaj Vohra, Nov 19, 2005)
The battle for Bihar has reached a decisive stage and in eight days, the country will know whether Lalu Prasad Yadav’s writ will continue to run in a state where he has virtually been in power for over 15 years.
- 68 P.C. Polling In Byelection (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2005)
Voter turnout almost equal to that of 2004 figures
- Rss Chief, Advani Keep Off Baithak At Delhi Banquet (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Nov 19, 2005)
There was food, and, food for thought, the two pronged bhojan-and-baithak strategy of the Sangh Parivar. Top RSS and BJP leaders took resort to both today to sort out the ticklish issue of finding a successor to BJP president L.K. Advani.
- Free By Design (Times of India, C V Aravind, Nov 19, 2005)
Our erudite and scholarly former information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy is a concerned man. He has expressed concern that the press is fast losing credibility due to trivialisation, sensationalism and glamorisation.
- Down To The Wire, Paswan Is Slipping Off Bihar Poll Map (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Nov 18, 2005)
The bridge over the Budhnad rivulet at the entry point to this interior village in north Bihar is still broken. But as we wander around the dirt tracks of Singhwara and talk to the same people that we did during the February polls, . . .
- Sonia Is A Woman Of Substance: Shatru (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
Saying Congress president Sonia Gandhi is a ‘one man army’ of her party, BJP veteran, former Union Minister and cine star Shatrughan Sinha waxed eloquent in praise of her, the Sangh Parivar’s main competitor.
- Bihar Campaign Ends (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
The campaigning for the fourth and final phase of Bihar elections ended on Thursday evening
- Campaign Ends For Final Phase Of Bihar Polling (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Nov 18, 2005)
Elections to 41 constituencies on November 19
- Talks Begin On Bjp Leadership Change (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 18, 2005)
Sudarshan meets Vajpayee at his residence Although the timing of Mr. Advani's demitting office would be kept, the announcement or selection of a new party president could be delayed
- Why Salem's Case Is A Weak One (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2005)
With our investigative agencies notorious putting up weak arguments againsts the culprits, e.g. Parliament attack case where Geelani went scot free, Pataudi case, Sanjay Dutt case, BMW case (if we still remember it), Jesica Lal case, Salman case, Fodder..
- ‘Outpourings Of A Us Lackey’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 18, 2005)
This commentary is to appear in the forthcoming issue of ‘People’s Democracy’ (November 20)
- In Her Own Voice (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Nov 18, 2005)
Seven years ago Najma Heptullah had organised a tea party at her Akbar Road residence for Sonia Gandhi to interact with the media, her first meeting with the press after she came into public life.
- Workless Ppsc (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
TO be sure, there are many government offices where not a spot of honest work is done. It is a pity that this contagion has been allowed to spread to a constitutional entity like the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). It is not as if the . . .
- Editorials (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 17, 2005)
Maoist nightmare
Jehanabad should send out wake-up call
- Pm, Sonia Step In To Lower Left Iran Tone (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Nov 17, 2005)
Despite its public campaign to force a change in the Government stand on the Iran nuclear issue, the Left has backed off for now, at least in the House.
- Bjp To Adopt Tough Stand In Parliament (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Nov 17, 2005)
To demand Sonia Gandhi's resignation as UPA chairperson
Volcker Report and Mitrokhin papers are not about simple corruption"
Indian state had become "soft and pulpy"
BJP counting on favourable Bihar election results
- Rss Holds Parleys With Bjp Leaders (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
With the BJP president, Mr LK Advani, firm on relinquishing his post next month, senior BJP leaders have started discussions with the RSS leadership on the future party president.
- Bjp Warning: ‘House Will Rock’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
The BJP plans to use the controversy surrounding Volcker committee report on the oil-for-food programme and the Mitrokhin Archive to launch a broadside against the government in the winter session of Parliament.
- Bihar's Continuing Woes (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 17, 2005)
With one more phase of polling left in the Bihar Assembly polls, the Naxal attack on the Jehanabad prison has brought into sharp focus the serious break-down of law and order in the State.
- Major Reforms In State's Health Sector Mooted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
Rosaiah presides over meeting of leaders of all parties
Three separate directorates to be set up
Ban lifted on private practice for PHC doctors
Move to enhance PG seats in Government medical colleges
- Bihar: No Respite For Angst-Ridden Bjp (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Nov 17, 2005)
As elections to the Bihar assembly near culmination — the fourth and final phase is slated for Saturday, the nation’s principal Opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is seized with anxieties.
- Polling Begins In 15 Bihar Constituencies (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Polling began this morning in 15 of Bihar's 243 assembly constituencies in four Naxalite-hit districts, which was scheduled for November 13 but deferred due to security reasons, under heavy security.
- A Politician With Wit And Integrity (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Nov 16, 2005)
Dressed in loose khadi-kurta and pants and wearing spectacles with an old-fashioned frame, he was a familiar sight on Parliament Street till ill-health confined him to the hospital bed.
- Curb Money Power In Politics, Says Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Answer lies in public funding of elections, says the BJP president
Country should establish veracity of the charges made by Volcker and in Mitrokhin papers
Says he would demit office as Bharatiya Janata Party president by year-end
- Sack Natwar Singh, Demands Bharatiya Janata Party (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Booking of criminal cases against those involved in oil-for-food scam urged
BJP to continue agitation
Party calls for seizure of passports of Sonia, Natwar Singh
It's bigger than Bofors: Bandaru Dattatreya
- Curb Influence Of Money: Advani (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
BJP chief and Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani called for an end to the prevailing cynicism that nothing could be done regarding money power and corruption in the country. He also reiterated his decision to quit as party chief by the end of December,
- Bjp Will Have New President In New Year: Naqvi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Three-day national convention in Mumbai from December 28 to take decision
- Naxals’ ‘Operation Jailbreak’ To Impact (Tribune, Satish Misra, Nov 16, 2005)
Maoists and Naxalites’ daring “operation jailbreak” here on Sunday evening may prove to be an additional bonus to the NDA as the crime graph is rising in the state capital and surrounding areas where 8.85 crore electorate would exercise their franchise...
- Jehanabad Sp Suspended (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Nov 16, 2005)
As the head of the administration in Bihar under President's rule, Governor Buta Singh,
- Editorial (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 16, 2005)
Model election
Rajnath Singh is off the mark
- Naxalites Shot In Hazaribagh (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
Three Naxalites were today killed in an encounter in Hazaribagh, but police recovered only one body.
- Maoist Attack Part Of Larger Plan? (Statesman, Manoj Chaurasia, Nov 16, 2005)
Was the Maoists’ attack on this central Bihar town a mere outcome of an administrative lapse or does it have an element of a larger political conspiracy aimed at swift polarisation of votes along caste lines with as many as 56 Assembly segments . . .
- Jehanabad Sp Suspended, Angry Cops Want Dm Penalised (Statesman, Manoj Chaurasia, Nov 16, 2005)
The district constabulary revolted after the Superintendent of Police, Mr Sunil Kumar, was suspended today — a day after the Maoist mayhem here.
- No Advice, Please (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 16, 2005)
UPA allies must give the PM a free hand in foreign policy matters
- Tracking Economic Freedom (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
What is economic freedom? How does one measure or quantify it? What is the link between social freedom, political freedom and economic freedom? In the long run, is the last sustainable without the others, and is there a conflict between these objectives?
- God Awful (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 15, 2005)
Over 100 MPs but not one sane voice and a sinister design — that’s how the Congress must view the Left-Samajwadi Party joint venture on Iran. The ruling party’s response must match this reality:
- Bjp To Raise Volcker Issue In Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
The party will confront the Government: Venkaiah Naidu
- Democratic Corruption (Daily Excelsior, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 15, 2005)
Investigations into the United Nations’ Food for Oil pro-gramme for Iraq have revealed that External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and the Congress Party have indulged in corrupt practices.
- The Profile Does Not Match (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Nov 15, 2005)
In a new age Congress, neither Natwar Singh nor his anachronistic foreign policy is likely to find support, writes Mahesh Rangarajan
- Bihar: Advani Blames Centre For Spurt In Naxal Violence (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Blaming the Centre for heightened Naxalite activity, BJP president L K Advani today said last night's attack by the banned CPI(Maoist) in Jehanabad was not a "social problem" but "essentially a problem of violence" which must be handled firmly.
- Jehanabad: Naxals Free 389 Jail Inmates, Kill Ranvir Sena Men (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Armed naxals freed 389 inmates of the district prison here and killed four persons in their daring storming operation last night and gunned down nine members of Ranvir Sena, an outlawed militia of upper caste landlors,
- Tracking Economic Freedom (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
What is economic freedom? How does one measure or quantify it? What is the link between social freedom,
- The Ayodhya Dispute (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Ayodhya in northern India has been a source of tension between Hindus and the country's Muslim minority for nearly two decades.
- Rss Prefers Interim Bjp President (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 14, 2005)
RSS and BJP leaders might hold parleys next week to chose the next BJP chief as LK Advani has announced that he would exit in December.
- Deve Gowda Criticises Union Government's Economic Policies (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 14, 2005)
Says JD(S) will not destabilise coalition Government in State
- Sanjay Ducks Salem Shadow (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 14, 2005)
Mumbai today seemed lenient towards Sanjay Dutt’s alleged role in the blasts of 1993 as he made his first public appearance after Abu Salem’s extradition
- Assessing Vajpayee-Ii (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 14, 2005)
After the exchange of nuclear tests in 1998, Vajpayee took the bus across the Wagah border to meet Nawaz Sharif in February 1999.
- Scandals Talk Of The Town (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Nov 14, 2005)
THE Capital is abuzz with political scandals. From a panwala to a designer, all are experts on politics. The media hype on non-issues is actually irritating the public.
- Centre’S Role In (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Nov 14, 2005)
In what appears to be a trial balloon, the Government of India has floated the concept of bringing "internal security" on the Concurrent List of responsibilities thereby bringing it within the purview of parliamentary scrutiny.
- Did Stalin Kill Netaji Because He Refused To Become A Communist? Why Did India's Leaders Keep Quiet? (India Daily, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 14, 2005)
There are now emerging evidences that Stalin wanted Netaji to lead India to Communism. Netaji was a patriotic Indian, wanted to unite India and not bow in front of the communist leader
- Cpi-M Warns Upa Against Depending On 'Rightist Forces' (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 14, 2005)
Charging that the UPA government's foreign policy has a pro-US tilt, the CPI-M today warned that the coalition government should spell out if it needed Left parties' support to remain in power or wanted to depend on "rightist forces" to run government.
- Congress To Join Drive Against Sorcery (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 14, 2005)
PCC chief asks Jana Vignan Vedika to take campaign to grassroot levels
- Edge For Nda: Exit Poll (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 14, 2005)
An exit poll at the end of third phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly continued to project a fractured verdict, with an edge for the National Democratic Alliance.
- The Lesson From Delhi (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Nov 14, 2005)
Reliance submitted ambitious plans for investment but the regulator rejected 2/3rds of them
- Tracking Economic Freedom (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2005)
What is economic freedom? How does one measure or quantify it? What is the link between social freedom, political freedom and economic freedom?
- Bjp Calls For Restraint In Comments (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said restraint should be maintained while commenting on the judiciary, the executive and the legislature.
- Pm And Super Pm-Sonia Gandhi In Indian Politics (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Caricatures and cartoons make us smile or chuckle because we recognise truth in them.
- Why Salem Won’T Recognise Mumbai (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
When he came from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai was like Chicago in the 1930s: Bloody mafia feuds were the order of the day, the police and customs paid off, the honest ones ceaselessly scanning the coastline for dhows weighed down with . . .
- Bjp’S Hero No 1 Till Yesterday, Khalnayak Today (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Nov 13, 2005)
Till last elections, he was one of the most sought after and, arguably, the most popular star campaigner for his party
- 3rd Phase Polls In Bihar Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the third phase of elections to the Bihar legislative assembly to be held on Sunday.
- Peeved, But Some Reprieve (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 13, 2005)
Natwar Singh has upset party colleagues accusing them of conspiring to get his job. To some UPA allies he remarked caustically about ‘‘that four-and-a-half-feet man’’....
- Volcker-Mitrokin Reports A 'Political Rdx' For Upa: Advani (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Contending that the Congress and Left are caught in a web of corruption, BJP President L K Advani today claimed the Mitrokin Archives and Volcker pay-offs issues will prove a "political RDX" for the UPA government.
- On A Sticky Wicket (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Nov 13, 2005)
Why can’t the Congress take a stand on Natwar Singh?’’ I asked my Man Friday Mukul who is always quick with his opinion on everything. ‘‘Either he is in or out. If it was a third umpire in a cricket match, it would be like giving Natwar neither out . . .
- The Saddam Oil-For-Food Scam Was Made Possible By Humanitarian Un Mandarins (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Nov 13, 2005)
The Saddam oil-for-food scam was made possible by humanitarian UN mandarins
- Shatrughan Slams Nda, Ready To Quit Bjp (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
Sulking BJP leader and actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has said he is prepared for expulsion from the party, which he had asked to ponder over its own state of affairs in Bihar before opposing the Centre on the tainted ministers' issue.
- Pathak Inquiry Authority Lacks Adequate Powers, Says Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
"It doesn't have the power to collect proof from outside India''
Government reactions to Volcker Report creates doubts
Two important sections in Commission of Inquiry Act have been made inapplicable
- Assessing Vajpayee-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 13, 2005)
Atal Behari Vajpayee, mentored by Shyama Prasad Mookerjee himself, became Prime Minister of India for less than a fortnight in 1996, then again in 1998 and again in 1999 and remained so until he was voted out in 2004.
- Govt Ready For Debate On Volcker Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2005)
In an apparent move to take the wind out of the opposition plans for an attack on the Volcker issue, government today expressed readiness for a debate in the matter in the winter session of Parliament beginning November 23.
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