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Articles 7621 through 7720 of 9764:
- Meeting Point (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 28, 2004)
The positive outcome of the meeting between India’s prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, and Pakistan’s president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, will be widely welcomed.
- Ideological Betrayal On Cards? (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Sep 28, 2004)
The politicians seem to have no scruples in making thoroughly immoral political U-turns
- Criminal Justice Reforms Needed (Deccan Herald, Vishal Arora, Sep 27, 2004)
The legal accountability of the executive is essential for the travesty of justice for the citizens
- The Next Stage Of Peace Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 27, 2004)
When tracking diplomacy, microscopic reading of joint statements often leads to a suspension of political judgment. Critics of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf in New York last week might be committing that
- Significant Shift (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 27, 2004)
A forward looking and optimistic note in Indo-Pak ties
- Reversal Of Fortunes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 27, 2004)
If a week IF A WEEK in politics is a long time, four months could be a whole era, judging by how woebegone the Bharatiya Janata Party looks these days. So dramatic has the transformation been that a casual observer might be forgiven for failing to make a
- Left In A Huff (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 27, 2004)
This piece is not about the merits or otherwise of formal induction of personnel of foreign agencies and consultancy organisations as members of the review committees of the Planning Commission.
- Small Family Or The Two-Child Norm? (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Sep 26, 2004)
In the wake of the raging controversy on the inclusion of the two-child norm in the population programme, the Central Government has stated that it is "against coercion, incentives and targets''.
- Ncp-Cong Alliance Will Win Maharashtra Polls: Tripathi (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Sep 26, 2004)
An aide of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, D.P. Tripathi, 54, brings rare academic depth to politics. A former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union, Mr Tripathi later taught at Allahabad University.
- Unnumbered Heads (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 25, 2004)
The furore over the census figures for Indian Muslims recalls Ying Ma, a Chinese American campaigner against black militancy, describing racism as “the hate that dare not speak its name”.
- Plan And Economy: A Directional Change (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Sep 24, 2004)
While inflation remains the big worry, most other economic indicators are strong. Industry and exports have done exceedingly well. Industry is on 7-8 per cent growth path and exports are running by over 20 per cent thus boosting growth in manufacturing.
- Religion Versus Population (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 24, 2004)
Sometimes adverse or negative developments and the brouhaha they cause can be a blessing.
- Left’S Duplicity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 23, 2004)
After the FDI controversy, the Left has raised muck again. It has now targeted the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, for including “outsiders” in “committees” to monitor the Tenth Plan.
- Andhra’S Free Power Fiasco (Tribune, Ramesh Kandula, Sep 23, 2004)
Andhra Pradesh seems to be going the Punjab way on the much-touted free power policy, if the former’s latest volte-face is any indication.
- Ahead By A Short Head (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 22, 2004)
Barely four months after the 14th general election, Maharashtra is in high-stake campaign mode — presenting a challenge to the party that heads a coalition government at the Centre as well as an opportunity to its principal national rival ...
- Defamation Litigation: A Survivor's Kit (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Sep 21, 2004)
The Supreme Court judgment in the Nakkeeran case is the main tool in the survival kit for honest media and other critics of politicians against libel litigation.
- Foreboding Fears Linger On (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Sep 21, 2004)
A common ground on crucial issues has remained elusive for the two partners in the State
- Us Missile Defence Plan (Tribune, R. S. Bedi, Sep 21, 2004)
Indo-US strategic cooperation has brought the two countries closer to each other in recent years. The Bush Administration has been quite liberal in granting concessions over a range of strategic issues.
- Bye-Bye Pota (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2004)
THE repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act was a foregone conclusion when the United Progressive Alliance came to power at the Centre.
- Maharashtra: Closer Than It Looks (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 20, 2004)
The elections to the Maharashtra Assembly will be a close run race between the ruling Congress-NCP combine and the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance.
- Paswan Breaks Off With Laloo (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Sep 20, 2004)
THE political alignment in Bihar seems to be poised for a change once again. After having hedged on it for a while, Ram Vilas Paswan has now made his intentions clear: he will not be with Laloo Prasad Yadav for the February, 2005, elections for the Bihar
- The Savarkarist Syntax (Hindu, Anil Nauriya , Sep 18, 2004)
A great danger lurks in presenting Savarkarism merely as a matter of being "different" from Gandhism.
- Maharashtra Campaign Getting Shriller (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Sep 18, 2004)
Hindutva will jostle with a host of local issues in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra as the opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combine unleashes a shrill campaign in the state.
- Political Sparring (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 18, 2004)
Mrs Sonia Gandhi spent three days in Rae Bareli for "jan sampark" and assessing the overall political situation in Uttar Pradesh.
- The Politics Of Defeat (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Sep 17, 2004)
The BJP seems more concerned with undermining the functioning of democratic institutions than with discharging its constitutional duty as an Opposition
- War Of Words (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 17, 2004)
The daily sparring between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress has been a sideshow that has entertained political observers ever since the 14th general election delivered a big upset in May this year.
- Quota Will Harm The Economy (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Sep 17, 2004)
The road to hell, it is said, is paved with good intentions. So is the highway to economic ruin, especially in a country like India where politics of the most opportunistic kind rules the roost.
- State Meet On Seat Quota (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 17, 2004)
The BJP-led government in Jharkhand would convene an all-party meeting to discuss the Delimitation Commission’s proposal to slash the number of Assembly seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
- Rewards Of The Small Town (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Sep 16, 2004)
Harivansh wouldn’t leave Ranchi for the bright lights of Delhi or Mumbai even if you offered him the editorship of Navbharat Times or Outlook Saptahik or some such big-banner title.
- More Growth Doesn't Mean More Jobs (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 15, 2004)
The All India Congress Committee has resolved to increase the country's growth rate to 7-8 per cent. Economic growth is seen as the self-evident route to the creation of employment and alleviating poverty.
- Curbing Population (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 15, 2004)
It is sheer providence that the census data on which Venkaiah Naidu and company based their tirade against Muslims for their population proliferation has proved to be faulty, otherwise there would have been no end to communal scaremongering on the issue.
- Serious Charge (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 15, 2004)
A serious accusation has been levelled against the UPA Government at the Centre by Mr L. K. Advani that it is not paying adequate attention to national security.
- Politics On The Decline (Tribune, Rajindar Sachar , Sep 15, 2004)
The politics in India is falling to lower and lower nadir. The blame, of course, has to be shared both by the government and the Opposition.
- Play With Semantics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 15, 2004)
Among India's political parties, there is arguably none to match the quick reflexes of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Witness for instance the way the BJP, in 1998, shed its single status in favour of coalitional co-existence.
- Advani’S Dilemma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 14, 2004)
IT is indeed doubtful whether the BJP has come to terms with its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. The party was so confident of a victory that when the Congress surged ahead of it and formed a government with the support of its allies and the Left, all
- More Friend Than Foe (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 14, 2004)
Why has the Congress given a rather inconsequential politician like Uma Bharti this lease of political life? She would have been deemed a failure as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh within another year and would have disappeared from the public space
- India's Poor Bring Back Gandhi Clan (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2004)
In a stunning turnaround, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party accepted defeat Thursday, opening the way for the Congress party to return to power for the first time in eight years.
- Misrepresentation In Uma Bharti Cases (Deccan Herald, B. K. Chandrashekar, Sep 13, 2004)
The BJP is twisting the truth about Uma Bharti, who was charged with rioting and murder attempt
- Neutrality As Virtue (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Sep 13, 2004)
Governance has to spring from political enlightenment. Neutrality cannot be a virtue.
- An Election Without Issues (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 12, 2004)
The coming Maharashtra Assembly elections are being keenly watched for a number of reasons. First, they are the first major electoral battle since the change of Government at the Centre.
- Long On Policy Announcements, Short On Implementation (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Sep 12, 2004)
A certain amount of sparring, even bickering, between the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government and the Left Front that supports it "from outside" is built into the situation.
- A Cut Above The Rest (Tribune, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2004)
One of the more intriguing features of the left mentality is the innate conviction of natural superiority.
- Historic Blunder (Pioneer, Ram Gopal, Sep 09, 2004)
Ms Sandhya Jain in her article, "UPA's jazia through backdoor" (Opinion, August 24), laments: "A rag-tag anti-Hindu coalition is playing with the dharma and cultural sensitivity of the people, even as a pusillanimous BJP
- Rajiv's Limpets (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2004)
There was no need to raise eyebrows when someone in the Bharatiya Janata Party called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a modern Shikhandi.
- Nonsense And Census (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2004)
IT is unfortunate that a responsible government organisation should goof on vital information. On Monday, the Registrar- General and Census Commissioner released a Press note which said the Muslims had registered a higher growth rate than the Hindus.
- An Inld Misadventure In Haryana (Tribune, Shyam Chand, Sep 08, 2004)
THE Haryana Government’s decision to amend the Punjab Agricultural Produce Marketing Act, 1961, to allow contractors to enter the market for the purchase of agricultural produce is a retrogressive step which will throw farmers again in the money-lender’s
- Akali Dal Not Communal (Tribune, Manpreet Singh Badal, Sep 08, 2004)
Kuldip Nayar's recent indictment of the Akali Dal in these columns has hurt me. The Akali Dal is not a communal party. It has always had Hindus, Muslims and Christians as its members.
- Bjp’S Nationalism (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Sep 08, 2004)
A brief quiz may help understand better the Bharatiya Janata Party’s idea of “nationalism”, its newest mascot. Your timer starts now. “It is ideology alone, which sparks enthusiasm in party workers and reinforces their commitments to idealism.
- Bombay Plan And Mixed-Up Economy (Business Line, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Sep 07, 2004)
After the shift quite far to the Right under the previous BJP-led regime, the economy is seeing a shift Leftward, harking back to the Bombay Plan and the mixed economy concept of Jawaharlal Nehru. But is it moving towards a "mixed-up" economy?
- Art Of Alliance (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2004)
Few would dispute Atal Bihari Vajpayee's adroit navigation of the multi-party coalition spearheaded by the Bharatiya Janata Party over six years in office
- Rss And Realpolitik (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 07, 2004)
It is too early to predict whether the recent controversies over Arjun Singh's statement, the Savarkar row, and Uma Bharti's arrest will prove beneficial to the RSS.
- Pulling Off The Shuffle (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Sep 07, 2004)
The latest comic strip that tells us what the present priorities of the BJP/NDA are, is really quite funny… Atalji taking step after painfully slow step followed by all his sycophantic band of fawning attendants doing the BJP shuffle, looking for a
- Quota For Dalits In Private Sector (Tribune, Udit Raj, Sep 07, 2004)
The reservation in the private sector is the talk of the town. There are people who are in favour and against it. The Maharashtra government has got a Bill passed paving the way for the reservation in the private sector for the Dalits and the backward cla
- The Truth, And Nothing Else (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 06, 2004)
The appointment of a high-level committee headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court to probe the Godhra carnage will be welcomed by all those who want to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about how coach S-6 of the Sabarmati
- Congress, Trinamool Moving Closer? (Hindu, MALABIKA BHATTACHARYA, Sep 05, 2004)
A section of the Congress appears keen on forging links with the party's one-time election ally, Mamata Banerjee, according to reports reaching here.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Hindu, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- Restore Peace In Manipur Through Talks: Hemochandra Singh (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Sep 05, 2004)
I. Hemochandra Singh, MLA from Singjamei Assembly constituency in Imphal city and coordinator of the Opposition Forum, was in Delhi recently to sensitise political parties and civil society on the North-East, particularly Manipur.
- City Under Siege (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2004)
Protests should be symbolic rather than shows of strength
- Another Godhra Inquiry (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2004)
After the burning of a coach of Sabarmati Express at Godhra which had sparked communal violence across Gujarat in February, 2002, a statutory railway inquiry should have been ordered, which was never done.
- A Good Beginning (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 04, 2004)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's UPA government has set in motion a commendable process by initiating consultations with the Opposition on next week's India-Pakistan talks.
- The Free Power Debate (Hindu, Meena Menon, Sep 04, 2004)
The Maharashtra Government's decision to supply power free to farmers may create more problems than it will solve.
- Parliament Under Suspension (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Sep 04, 2004)
Abstaining from political action in Parliament will result in anarchy and chaos and the Opposition stands to lose more than anyone else.
- Ap's Changing Power Equations (Business Line, Ch. Prashanth Reddy , Sep 03, 2004)
WHAT are the implications of supplying power free of cost to all farmers? Earlier, it was thought that it would only mean that the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, would have to provide for an additional subsidy of Rs 400 crore
- Wrong Moment (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 03, 2004)
A messy affair is kind to no one. The entire sequence of events from the serving of the arrest warrant on Ms Uma Bharti, then chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, by the Congress-led government of Karnataka, headed by Mr Dharam Singh
- Govt's 100 Days In Office — More Promises Than Performance (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 02, 2004)
The other day, my son's friend, a Plus-2 student, was lamenting over the fall of the Indian rupee. "The BJP government had taken it all the way up to Rs 43.5 vis-à-vis the dollar and there were indications it would up to Rs 40.
- One Hundred Days Of Solitude (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 02, 2004)
If the BJP has not reconciled itself to being in the Opposition, the Congress too sometimes gives the impression of not reconciling itself to the fact that it is now in power.
- When Parliament Is Paralysed (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Sep 02, 2004)
IT is a small mercy that in the deepening darkness caused by the almost total paralysis of Parliament because of highly inflamed but wholly meaningless confrontation between the government and the BJP-led Opposition some minor shafts of light have begun
- Unwriting History (Telegraph, Sumit Mitra, Sep 01, 2004)
Arjun Singh may be looking for a vaccine to detoxify education, but the infection is already too widespread
- Party Hopping (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 01, 2004)
For many Indian politicians any party is good enough as long as it helps them stay in power. The caretaker chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Mr Gegong Apang, is an old hand at switching parties in order to cling to power.
- Budget, Service Tax And All That (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 30, 2004)
Even as the new Government completed its first 100 days in office, the abrupt end to the Budget session with the Opposition not finding enough `political space' to play its legitimate role...
- Unproductive Confrontations (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Aug 30, 2004)
Politics in India is on the simmer again but not over substantive issues of governance. The polity is getting unnecessarily confrontational, with no one sure of how the system would get out of this unproductive face-off
- Is Stoppage Of Parliament The Only Answer? (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 29, 2004)
It has been my privilege to cover the country's apex legislature since the very first session of "provisional Parliament" in February 1950.
- Succession War In The Bjp (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 28, 2004)
Uma Bharti's Tiranga Yatra has exposed a power struggle in the second rung leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- A Baffling Performance (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 28, 2004)
When the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, agreed on Thursday to go out and bat against the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, he instantly validated
- Detente As An Imperative (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 28, 2004)
The high-level Agreement India and Pakistan reached in New York to press ahead with the process of détente in the spirit of the Islamabad joint statement of January 6, 2004 must be ...
- India In Us Eyes (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 28, 2004)
THE leitmotif of India’s troubled relations with the United States since the dawn of Independence has been Washington’s unwillingness to grant New Delhi strategic and policy-making autonomy in the region, if not further afield.
- The Next Stage Of Peace Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 27, 2004)
When tracking diplomacy, microscopic reading of joint statements often leads to a suspension of political judgment. Critics of the meeting between
- Gentlemen And Patriots (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 27, 2004)
From all accounts, the Union petroleum minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, is both a happy and troubled man these days.
- Right Approach (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 27, 2004)
Left extremism should be treated as a socio-economic problem
- Reversal Of Fortunes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 27, 2004)
If a week in politics is a long time, four months could be a whole era, judging by how woebegone the Bharatiya Janata Party looks these days.
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