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Articles 7221 through 7320 of 9764:
- Upa Govt Can’T Take Left For Granted, Says Abani Roy (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Jan 16, 2005)
The economic decisions of the UPA government have evoked much criticism from the Left parties, who have been crying foul. Statements by the government indicate that it would go ahead with the reform process and the concerns of the Left are being ignored.
- Estranged Bedfellows (Telegraph, Avijit Ghosh, Jan 16, 2005)
Congress plus or minus Laloo. Paswan alone. BJP plus JD(U). Or whatever else works. It’s the season of shifting electoral alignments in Bihar.
- National Tax Tribunal (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Jan 14, 2005)
With the establishment of the National Tax Tribunal, all matters pending in appeals under the direct and indirect tax laws before the High Courts will stand transferred to the Tribunal.
- Notional Front (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2005)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has done well to dissuade Mulayam Singh from chasing the elusive dream of a non-Bharatiya Janata Party, non-Congress `third front.'
- Agony Over Seat-Sharing (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 14, 2005)
AFTER breathing fire and brimstone a week ago against the Congress over the sharing of seats in the assembly elections in Bihar and Jharkhand, Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav had cooled down rather quickly.
- Leave It To The Court (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2005)
The Supreme Court's order granting bail to the Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi - even as the Tamil Nadu Government moved ahead with the arrest of his junior
- Pre-Poll Coalition Confusion In Upa (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jan 12, 2005)
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana, the Congress(I) seems to be taking a leaf out of the BJP's book on how not to deal with allies.
- Dancing With Laloo (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2005)
There are two ways, at least, of narrating the recent tumult in Congress-RJD equations. In one version, the Congress, ever the reluctant alliance-maker, is back to its old ways, acting all Big Brother, unilaterally sewing up the seat-sharing pact
- Get Ready For A Repeat Performance (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 12, 2005)
Laloo Yadav’s victory will not only reinforce his distinctive politics, but also that which is old and needs to be replaced
- Fundamentalism, American Style (Hindu, HAROLD A. GOULD, Jan 12, 2005)
America appears to be on the brink of descending into `authoritarianism by acclamation.'
- The Loneliness Of Laloo Prasad (Indian Express, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Jan 11, 2005)
As the Bihar elections near, the war of attrition between contending political formations has begun. Laloo Prasad Yadav, whose Rashtriya Janata Dal has ruled the state for the last 15 years
- Advantage Upa (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 11, 2005)
The countdown has begun for elections to the State Assemblies of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Haryana, and what better evidence of this than the hectic behind-the-scenes bargaining for seats by the major political players.
- Musharraf: From Gen To President (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Jan 10, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf should be pleased as punch. In one month, he has had two brushes with death and lived to tell the tale.
- Feeling Not-So-Good After All (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jan 10, 2005)
The BJP-led NDA alliance is feeling good after winning the recent Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. And they want the entire nation to feel good so that they can reap the harvest in the mid-term Lok Sabha polls they are gearing
- Rjd Got Its Share In Jharkhand, Says Harikesh Bahadur (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jan 09, 2005)
Soft-spoken and friendly, Harikesh Bahadur is among the most accessible Congress leaders in the AICC office. A member of the Congress Working Committee
- Sonia Gets Friendly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 09, 2005)
When Manmohan Singh went to Chennai to seal a ‘‘new relationship of trust and confidence’’ between Sonia’s Congress and Karunanidhi’s DMK. Will Congress watchers and political commentators look back at this moment as a significant milestone in the career
- Seating Tight On Alliances (Indian Express, MUKESH BHARDWAJ, Jan 08, 2005)
Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala’s INLD may be the ruling party, but it doesn’t seem to have many friends. When the BJP supported him in making Tarlochan Singh the minorities commission chairman
- Will Nda Stay Or Fade Away? (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 08, 2005)
THE BJP-led NDA’s rule came to an end in May 2004 but will the NDA as a political entity survive or fade away ? Since the NDA was formed in 1998 for capturing power by the BJP and some of its ideological allies, the loss of an instrument of governance ...
- The Legacy Of Narasimha Rao (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 07, 2005)
When P V Narasimha Rao, the former Prime Minister of India, died I was in the US working on my post-doctoral fellowship project.
- The President's New Year Speech (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jan 07, 2005)
The President's New Year speech to Parliament is the Government's manifesto for the incoming year — by which it must be judged.
- Need To Break Business-Politics Nexus (Tribune, Arvind Bhandari, Jan 07, 2005)
Bangaru Laxman and Jaya Jaitly, former presidents of the BJP and the Samata Party respectively, against whom cases have been registered by the CBI for taking bribes as alleged in the Tehelka sting operation, should be investigated and prosecuted. The law
- Wrong, Lord Desai & Prof Sen (The Economic Times, T. K. Arun, Jan 06, 2005)
Lord Meghnad Desai thinks India is a collection of nationalities. These, he says, find political articulation through regional or caste-based parties that together detract from India’s potential for growth through exclusive focus on distribution.
- How To Get Back The Missing Teeth (Telegraph, Ashis Chakrabarti, Jan 06, 2005)
Only by joining or allying with the Congress can Mamata Banerjee save herself from political irrelevance
- Govindacharya Plans Awareness Programme (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 06, 2005)
Soon after coming to power in 1998 the Bharatiya Janata Party gave up its "swadeshi" economic policy and embraced globalisation, foreign direct investment and all that goes with the World Trade Organisation regime.
- Growth Pangs (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jan 06, 2005)
If India were political Utopia, Lord Meghnad Desai's recipe for accelerated growth-the BJP and the Congress joining hands to form a 'grand coalition'-may have clicked.
- Patent Ordinance And Reality Check (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 05, 2005)
To meet its WTO commitment, India has brought in an ordinance to usher in the product patent regime. But of the effect on the ground things are not too clear, though the ordinance appears to create a milieu for the IT and pharma industries to grow and ...
- Political Realities And Double Speak (Business Line, R. Sthanumoorthy, Jan 05, 2005)
What drives political parties to speak in two voices when it comes to execution of hard economic decisions and what implication does it have in implementing such decisions?
- Medicines To Cost More (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 04, 2005)
From January 1, 2005, India has started recognising patents on medicines. This effectively means prices of new medicines and of those made in the last 10 years or so
- Uncertain Certainties (Gulf News, M.J. Akbar, Jan 04, 2005)
It is natural: in the first week of January every right-thinking Indian wants to know what will happen in the coming year.
- Conspiracy Of Silence (Pioneer, N. Jamal Ansari, Jan 03, 2005)
Tehelka.com has exposed the conspiracy behind Zaheera Sheikh's turning hostile. According to the expose, Ms Sheikh demanded Rs 25 lakh for changing her statement in court.
- Rao’S Moment In Indian Politics (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jan 03, 2005)
The death of P.V. Narasimha Rao is an occasion to evaluate the dichotomous relationship that exists between politics and governance in India.
- A Happening Year (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Jan 01, 2005)
I wish my readers Merry Xmas and a happy 2005 with many Xmasses and new years to come. In my little family, we need no excuses to celebrate.
- 2004: A Watershed In Our History (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jan 01, 2005)
The year 2004 ushered in changes important enough to be recorded in the history of our country. With the defeat of the parties belonging to the Sangh Parivar in the General Election in May, the danger of India losing its secular character and becoming a H
- Police Reform For The New Year? (Indian Express, RANJIT BHUSHAN, Jan 01, 2005)
Zaheera Sheikh does a volte face in the Best Bakery case. Pappu Yadav openly holds court in a Bihar jail. No one can say for certain what the outcome of the Ayodhya demolition case will be because of varying police accounts since December 1992.
- This New Year, Give! (Tribune, Yashovardhan Saboo, Dec 31, 2004)
Last Sunday, while we savored the Christmas week-end and were planning our New Year parties, a massive earthquake sent waves of calamity around the Bay of Bengal. In a few moments, thousands perished, without warning or reprieve.
- Left Beset With Contradictions (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Dec 31, 2004)
As the country enters the New Year 2005, the Left parties, who play a crucial role in the survival of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, have a daunting task of re-defining their role in the future.
- In The Name Of Allah (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 31, 2004)
Sir, my secular answer to the honourable member is that where it is in the hands of Allah, we turn to Allah, where it is in the hands of man, we turn to man."
- Wiggle Room In Accounting To Stage Fiscal Gimmicks (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 30, 2004)
In february, when the BJP-led NDA government was bullish about a return to power after the elections, and presented the Interim Budget, the Opposition was quick to decry it as `poll gimmicks'.
- Kashmir Conference In Kathmandu (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 30, 2004)
Sir, my secular answer to the honourable member is that where it is in the hands of Allah, we turn to Allah, where it is in the hands of man, we turn to man."
- Kathmandu Talks On Kashmir (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 30, 2004)
Kathmandu was a strange location for people to meet and discuss how to end violence and restore peace and security in Jammu and Kashmir. The Nepalese capital was under a virtual siege, surrounded by armed Maoists, who can paralyse life in the capital when
- The Making Of The Bomb (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 29, 2004)
LIKE some other stray remarks that can sometimes be more crucial than formal policy pronouncements at august forums, former Prime Minister and most respected BJP leader, Atal Behari Vajpayee’s sudden disclosure
- More Staying Power (Telegraph, Debabrata Mohanty, Dec 29, 2004)
Bikram Keshari Deo is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha member from Kalahandi, where this member of the royalty has a sprawling house. When he was a member of the Orissa legislative assembly six years ago
- P.V. Narasimha Rao And The Bomb (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 29, 2004)
Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee in an obituary tribute to late Narasimha Rao has now acknowledged the latter as the true father of Shakti nuclear test of May 11, 1998. If only he had done it on the day of the test he could have avoided the divisiveness that was c
- Patently Unfair (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 29, 2004)
On paper, the UPA seems to have had a few good reasons for taking the ordinance route to a new patents regime. One, India-a WTO member and signatory to the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement-could not renege on compliance by Janu
- Lady Returns (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 29, 2004)
The iron fist of the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party has a life of only one month. After that it degenerates into an ordinary glove. Ms Uma Bharti was suspended from the party a month ago but now she has been welcomed back into the party.
- Will Paswan Pass? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 29, 2004)
The battle for Bihar is arguably the most riveting one in the new year. It is possible to articulate the two sets of questions, come February: one, will Laloo Prasad Yadav’s remarkable 15-year dominance be further consecrated or will ...
- Kashmir Conference In Kathmandu (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 29, 2004)
The Kathmandu conference provided ideas on how to move forward in the quest for restoring normalcy and promoting contacts and harmony across the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Alliance Arithmetic Holds The Key (Hindu, Sanjay Kumar, Dec 28, 2004)
While a Congress-JMM-RJD alliance can upset the BJP's applecart in Jharkhand, the absence of it will almost ensure a second innings for the BJP.
- Bjp: A Year Of Disappointments (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 28, 2004)
One year is hardly of any consequence in the life of a political party, but 2004 would definitely be remembered as a year of catharsis in the 24 years’ existence of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Defining Hindutva (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 28, 2004)
The championing by the BJP of the Hindu ethos at its Ranchi meeting would be welcomed by all supporters of Hindutva.
- World Bank Report (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 28, 2004)
A pat from the World Bank is bound to lift the drooping spirits of the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister, who are battling with mixed results the oil price rise challenge, which is threatening to destablise economies worldwide.
- Left’S Base Is Shrinking (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Dec 28, 2004)
THE leading lights of the CPM Politbureau seem to get up every morning with a determination to say “no” to whatever the Centre might propose. So, if it is “no” to disinvestment today
- Sorry Show At The Goa Iffi (Deccan Herald, UTPAL BORPUJARI, Dec 28, 2004)
The emphasis on festivities could not hide the conspicuous absence of quality films and known personalities
- Return Of The Prodigal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2004)
THE factors which made Ms Uma Bharati lash out publicly right in front of Mr L.K.Advani have not vanished. She herself has expressed regret at the gross indiscipline only in a roundabout manner.
- Home And Heart (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 27, 2004)
With the welcome revocation of her suspension from the BJP, the process of Ms Uma Bharati's in-house rehabilitation has begun. Hearteningly, her comeback has taken place with a quiet dignity that contrasts with the tempestuous way she had fallen from grac
- Woes Of Kofi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 27, 2004)
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has full two years to go, yet he has started counting his days. Though he asserted that he would complete his second tenure...
- The Reformer In Rao (Tribune, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 27, 2004)
History will judge Narasimha Rao’s premiership more positively than his own party which had isolated him. When one looks back to examine the moment when liberalisation became a fact rather than a catchword, it was 1991 when Rao took over the reins.
- The Ideology Of Numbers (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 27, 2004)
The past week has been a week of FIRs. It began with the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav, the CEO of Bazee.com, Mr Avinash Bajaj, and others involved in the "tape" issue.
- The Institutions Of Education (Hindu, Romila Thapar, Dec 26, 2004)
The crisis of education was in part created by the collapse of those institutions that had neither the democratic nor the professional autonomy to sustain themselves against government directives. This has to be corrected. Such a correction should be ...
- Sex, Lies And Mms (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 26, 2004)
The past week has been a week of FIRs. It began with the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav, the CEO of Bazee.com, Mr Avinash Bajaj, and others involved in the "tape" issue.
- We Were Being Sidelined In Bjp: Shastri (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Dec 26, 2004)
ON December 10, 2004, Sunil Shastri, the third son of former Prime Minister (late) Lal Bahadur Shastri, made a quiet exit from the BJP to float his own political party
- Images Of 2004 (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Dec 26, 2004)
The course of Indian politics has always been unpredictable, but it is hard to think of a year that rang in changes more unexpected than 2004.
- ‘I’M Absolutely Optimistic... (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 26, 2004)
In an interview conducted before the general election in May 2004, former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao talked to SHEKHAR GUPTA, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, about the crucial period in 1991 when he took over the reins of the country...
- My Letters To Laloo Prasad Yadav (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Dec 25, 2004)
Somewhere in my house is hidden a letter published in now the defunct Illustrated Weekly of India in the early 1990s. Titled No Magic Wand, it defended Laloo Prasad Yadav whom the Weekly’s Patna correspondent had attacked for lapses in the early phase of
- Lover Of Obscurity (Telegraph, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Dec 25, 2004)
P.V. Narasimha Rao made a revealing complaint and an intriguing request at our last meeting two years ago.
- Ayodhya And After (Pioneer, N. Jamal Ansari, Dec 25, 2004)
Twelve years ago, the Babri Masjid was demolished by the forces of Hindutva because they wanted to expand their political base. The tragedy at Ayodhya raises certain crucial matters.
- Tragedy As Farce (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 25, 2004)
The latest episode of the Zaheera Sheikh prime-time features her own erstwhile champions turning on her. What has, doubtless inadvertently, been exposed by the Tehelka "exposé" is the collective ire ...
- Such A Short Exile (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 25, 2004)
A month and few days is short banishment by most standards. On November 10, Uma Bharati was suspended from primary membership of the BJP; her suspension is revoked by the party president on December 24.
- Not Consenting Adults? (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 25, 2004)
Finally, the intimate nature of the BJP’s relationship with the Samajwadi Party is out in the open. But the chumminess is not a new flavour, it has existed all through and was amply manifested on plenty of occasions during the NDA rule.
- Reliving A Painful Past (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 25, 2004)
Two nightmares no Indian would like to recur is the one following the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the other following the attack on the Sabarmati Express at Godhra railway station.
- Narasimha Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 24, 2004)
Pamalaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao, who left for hereafter at the age of 83, will be remembered mainly for two significant achievements.
- The Mind Of The Insider (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 24, 2004)
Narasimha Rao was not the most accessible or charismatic of PMs. But he was always on the job
- Threat Of Identity? (Pioneer, M Yusuf Khan, Dec 24, 2004)
The ulema-led insistence on a separate identity is the other peril facing the Hindus," writes Prafull Goradia in the article, "What should be Hindu strategy?" (November 2) How can any identity
- Letter Of Intent (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 24, 2004)
Evidently, the UPA sets little store by investigative and judicial processes. That seems the ugly conclusion to be drawn from the fact that the PMO, no less, stands accused of trying to turn the country's premier investigative agency into a creature of th
- ‘A Reserved, Dignified Man’ (Indian Express, DEVENDRANATH DWIVEDI, Dec 24, 2004)
The death of P V Narasimha Rao is a grave loss to the country and a personal loss for me. Narasimha Rao became prime minister when the country was going through the trauma of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
- Another Tehelka (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2004)
Just when everyone was wondering what compulsion was making Zaheera Shaikh, the star witness in the Best Bakery carnage case, change her statements repeatedly, came the Tehelka expose which lifted the lid off the mystery.
- Father Of Reforms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 24, 2004)
Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao was a bundle of contradictions. He had retired from politics when destiny catapulted him to the leadership of the country.
- Judiciary Under Trial By Sensation (Deccan Herald, N Haridas, Dec 24, 2004)
Now the news media is agog with the new Tehelka expose on Zaheera Sheikh, the super character in the Best Bakery episode. It has been made out that Zaheera accepted a huge ransom of Rs 18 lakh from BJP bigwigs in Vadodara to commit testimonial somersaults
- Eclipse Of The Un (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Dec 23, 2004)
The Pioneer editorial, "Insecure P-5?" (December 4), shows the stand of the big powers on the question of conferring veto power on those who hope to enter the Security Council as per the recommendations made by the expert group.
- Can Over-Confidence Trip Lalu Prasad? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 23, 2004)
It is early days yet but the irrepressible chief of the Rashtriya Janata Party and Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, has given the nation a taste of the fireworks it can expect from the Bihar Assembly elections, to be held in three phases early next year.
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