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Articles 8021 through 8120 of 9764:
- Getting Back (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
If politics was simply a matter of cold calculation and self-interest, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mr Kalyan Singh, should never have been reduced to a marginal figure in Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav’s camp. A formidable campaigner and ...
- Looking For Friends (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
THE Congress decision on Friday to forge alliances with like-minded parties in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections is in tune with its outline for such arrangements drawn at its Shimla conclave and the recommendation of the Pranab Mukherjee report. Actual
- Sonia For Alliance First, Leadership Later (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
2004: ‘Let people decide if I’m acceptable as PM, I want to work with other parties’
- Kalyan Tea With Pm Upsets Cong, Calls For Ouster From Govt (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Dec 29, 2003)
As ally Congress demanded the ouster of Kalyan Singh’s Rashtriya Kranti Party (RKP) from the Uttar Pradesh ruling coalition for ‘‘hobnobbing with the BJP’’, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today evaded a direct reply, saying: ‘‘Mujhe na kuch dikhai ...
- An Unrealistic Approach? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 29, 2003)
A section in the Congress believes that Sonia Gandhi made a significant concession when she argued in Mumbai today that the Congress would not insist on her leadership as a pre-condition on potential alliance partners. Technically, this is not an ...
- A Party’s Fine Balance (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
The Congress has already heard what the Pranab Mukherjee report is going to say
- Naqvi To Muslims: Don’t Rely Solely On Govt For Jobs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2003)
BJP general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today exhorted Muslims to stop relying solely on the government for jobs.
- India Unplugged (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 28, 2003)
This is the time of the year when one makes wishes. A few weeks ago, I made two wishes and hoped that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee would act on them. Last week I made one more wish for the Prime Minister’s birthday and I shall now add two more for
- Sonia Starts Early, Thinks Big (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2003)
Even as political circles are abuzz with talk of the likelihood of snap polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi unofficially launched her party’s poll campaign in Maharashtra today. The resurgent mood among Congressmen present at the rally at Shivaji Park
- Corruption In Politics Touched New High (Tribune, Gaurav Chaudhury, Dec 27, 2003)
THE ugly spectacle of lies and videotapes was witnessed once again in 2003, bringing to the fore the degeneration of Indian politics. By its sheer size, magnitude and nature, the story of scams this year went beyond the confines of capital markets and ...
- Rain And Shine (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2003)
He is one Vedic god who refuses to oblige. But this has been the year when Lord Varuna has been more than kind to India. So much so, that the showers might result in early general elections
- Ls Polls In Mind, Cong For A ‘secular’ Alliance To Take On Nda (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 27, 2003)
With the Assembly polls rout making it amply clear that it can no longer go it alone at the hustings, the Congress today invited all national and regional parties for a ‘‘secular, progressive alliance.’’
- On Birthday, Pm Looks Forward, Hints At Polls Sooner Rather Than Later (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 26, 2003)
We’ve won but can’t rest. Time is of essence: PM in statesman-stamped speech
- Jaswant Singh Can Smile (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Dec 26, 2003)
STOCK markets are booming with the sensitive index having touched a 45-month high. India is supposed to be shining brighter than ever before. The so-called “feel good” factor is reportedly permeating right through the economy. The country’s foreign ...
- Sweet Meetings (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2003)
The kalyan between the PM and the former CM is rife with political possibilities
- Defective Politics (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 26, 2003)
The latest amendment to the anti-defection law is flawed. Defections will not be eliminated.
- ‘india Needs A Constitutional Body To Fight Corruption’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2003)
In the case of Satyendra Dubey’s murder, by focusing on the politico-criminal nexus Indian Express and its readers are hitting the wrong target. The real culprit is the bureaucracy, which has institutionalised corruption by conducting incestuous and ...
- Kalyan Surprise Guest At Bjp Tea For Pm, Has Up Kettle On The Boil (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Dec 25, 2003)
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, who parted ways with the BJP on a bitter note and eventually propped up old foe Mulayam Singh Yadav’s government, had political circles abuzz this evening when he showed up at BJP leader Lalji Tandon’s ...
- ‘a Bright Spark Is Doused Out’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2003)
Satyendra Dubey’s murder is a case of a bright spark being doused out. This committed engineer could have served the nation for decades, saved the taxpayers millions of rupees. The incident leaves one with very little faith in the government and its ...
- Till Health Do Us Part (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 25, 2003)
AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa may be ‘‘Amma’’ for the rest of us, but not for the DMK’s A. Raja, former minister of state for health. His Amma is Sushma Swaraj. The secret came out when his boss, M. Karunanidhi, ordered he resign from the Union council of
- Partners In Progress (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2003)
THE Bill passed by Parliament on dual citizenship fulfils a long-pending demand of the non-resident Indians. Under the Bill, adults who were born to Indian citizens or former Indian citizens will be able to get Indian citizenship without having to forgo
- Dmk Gives Up On Nda (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 25, 2003)
THERE is nothing surprising or unexpected about the decision of the Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ruling in New Delhi. Long before this denouement its shadows had been visible. Some may argue that...
- Rewrite Her Social Contract (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Dec 25, 2003)
For a 16-day session in which Parliament enacted 21 laws, including two constitutional amendments, there is little surprise in a small change made to marriage laws going virtually unnoticed. The ban on defections, for instance, being extended to party ...
- Deeds Of Darkness (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Dec 24, 2003)
The campaigns conducted by different political parties in the recent elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi have brought to public notice the use of advanced electronic technology by politicians for various purposes. I am not refer
- Dmk’s Tantrums (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
THE resignation of two DMK representatives from the Union Council of Ministers — Mr T. R. Baalu and Mr A. Raja — was not entirely unexpected. The development itself will have no bearing on national politics or the stability of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee ...
- Verdict? Not Guilty (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2003)
FORMER Prime Minister Narasimha Rao has been cleared of the charge of having cheated NRI pickle-maker Lakhubhai Pathak. Controversial godman Chandraswami and his right-hand man K. N. Agarwal too were acquitted by a Delhi court. The judiciary decides cases
- Political Bosses As Reformers (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 24, 2003)
The new anti-defection law does not address the core of the problem: entrenched traditions and practices of bossism in every political party.
- Dmk's Withdrawal Of Ministers — Start Of The Great Political Churn? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 24, 2003)
IT WAS like living for a long time in a rented house where neither the tenant is comfortable nor the landlord happy. So after occupying for over four years a slot in the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre, the DMK has at long last opted out.
- New Delhi De-Hypes January Summit (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 24, 2003)
Announcing that the ceasefire was holding and infiltration across the border was down—as first reported by The Sunday Express—Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today led the charge to tone down expectations of a breakthrough at the January SAARC summit.
- On Haj, Mukhtar Bjp Naqvi Stands Up To Govt To Protest (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 23, 2003)
Guess who’s joined the Opposition chorus against the new Haj subsidy regulations being enforced by the Government? It’s none other than the BJP’s minority face, general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
- The Dollar Party (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
MONEY, OR DOLLARS to be more precise, is the final arbiter of a country's pecking order in the mercantilist world. With slightly more than $100 billion in the books for the first time ever in the country's economic history, it will be hard for any nation,
- The Dmk's Shrewd Play (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
THE DRAVIDA MUNNETRA Kazhagam's exit from the National Democratic Alliance is a function of shrewd, hardheaded political calculation rather than of the high-sounding reasons spelt out in the resolution of the party's high-level policy committee, ...
- Judeo And Justice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2003)
The CBI does the right thing in the cash- on-camera scandal. And high time, too
- In Raipur, Cbi Switches To Jogi Audio (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Dec 22, 2003)
Cash-for-MLA: Party summons ex-CM to Delhi, may soon decide his fate
- Dmk Ministers Ignore Last Minute Bjp Request, Resign (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2003)
Unmoved by conciliatory voices from the BJP camp, the two DMK ministers in the NDA Government—Environment Minister T.R. Baalu and Minister of State for Health A. Raja—called on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee here today and put in their papers.
- Take It Or Fall Behind (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 22, 2003)
Does south Asia have genuinely independent alternatives for more self-respecting national futures
- In Pre-Poll Season, Dmk Sends Nda A Farewell Card (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
Pullout comes, ironically, at a time when BJP wasn’t warm to Amma
- Cong, Left See New Equation With Dmk (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 21, 2003)
The DMK pullout from the NDA government has opened up various permutations for the Congress and the Left forces, each seeing the DMK as a possible ally in the future.
- ‘poll Managers? Jaitley Never Fought One, Mahajan Lost His Ls Election’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2003)
• Congress seems to be suffering from cancer. A popular government, cooperative allies, and a chief minister with a clean image. I am talking about Kerala where senior leader K Karunakaran and his son-elect-KPCC chief is trying to destabilise the ...
- New Minister Puts His Foot Down So Women Can Walk Into Temple (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Dec 21, 2003)
This story involves a BJP minister and a temple, but this is an unusual one. On his birthday, newly elected Education Minister of Rajasthan, Ghanshyam Tiwari, created history. Ignoring protests and lecturing priests, he broke an ancient tradition and took
- Doing Nothing Is Hard Work (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 20, 2003)
I spent my childhood and youth shirking work by bunking school and college lectures. But for the fear of parents and teachers, I had no problem spending my days playing and loafing about. That attitude to life continued into the years in office. I found
- Red Faces In Advani Office As Telgi Lawyer Swings A Meeting (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2003)
There were many red faces in the office of the Deputy Prime Minister today after Abdul Rehman, who’s representing stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi, managed a meeting with L K Advani and emerged to level serious charges at Maharashtra Deputy ...
- Development And Hindutva! (Indian Express, Vishal Arora, Dec 19, 2003)
BJP-led state governments can forget it, the twain do not meet
- Not Quite Right (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 19, 2003)
Let me admit at the very outset that on this count I am in a minuscule minority in Lutyens’s Delhi, in Hampstead and Islington, in Manhattan’s Upper West side and in all the watering holes of radical cosmopolitanism.
- Operation Desert Storm (Telegraph, ANURADHA KUMAR, Dec 19, 2003)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s landslide win by a margin of 120 seats in Rajasthan surprised even its most ardent supporters. The portents were evident as early as last year’s by-elections in three assembly constituencies. The present election campaign ...
- Pension Reform, This Time For Mps, Too (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Dec 18, 2003)
Cabinet:Decides today on proposal to relax norms, benefit another 1400
- Measure For Measure: States Vie To Do Better (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 18, 2003)
State-specific HDRs throw up piquant data. No wonder they are becoming part of poll discourse
- Family Calling (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 18, 2003)
Visitors to 10 Janpath on Sonia Gandhi’s birthday were surprised to see Priyanka in active attendance. Usually she keeps herself well hidden from hoi polloi flocking to Sonia’s residence, bearing flowers, dholaks and good wishes. This year, however, she
- Politics By Performance (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Dec 18, 2003)
THE recent elections in the four States, three of which were won by the BJP, have probably set a new trend in voting pattern, and are educative to voters, political parties and the media.
- False Flag (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2003)
Secularism is an absolute value. It should be valued absolutely. One cannot be a secularist one day and a soft Hindutvawallah the day after. Ms Sonia Gandhi has an identity problem but this has nothing to do with the fact that she is an Italian born India
- The Political Stain (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2003)
Prime Minister Vajpayee shows how the debate on corruption must be recast
- Statecraft Of The Vanities (Indian Express, Amrita Shah, Dec 18, 2003)
NTR, Amitabh Bachchan, Jayalalithaa, Shabana Azmi, Vinod Khanna, Hema Malini — okay, so now it’s a well established fact that film stars have a yen for politics. But what’s with these new filmi political hoardings? In case you haven’t noticed or the trend
- When Vajpayee Spoke Like Nehru (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 18, 2003)
Because of the media's preoccupation with the Indian cricket victory in Australia and with the excitement over the POTA amendment, not much attention has been paid to the import of the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's performance in the Rajya ...
- Both Jogi, Judeo Cases A Disgrace: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2003)
Calling the Judeo and Jogi cases a ‘‘disgrace’’ and ‘‘black spots’’, a visibly upset Prime Minister today tried to take a bitter debate to a higher plane when he urged all parties to rise above politics and ponder on ‘‘what’s happening in the country’’ an
- Cheating Is Bane Of Indian Elections: Lyngdoh (Tribune, Tarun Basu , Dec 17, 2003)
THE Election Commission is finding it more and more difficult to conduct elections in India because the “kind of cheating that goes on today is stupendous”, the Chief Election Commissioner says. Mr James Michael Lyngdoh said in an interview: “The ...
- The Mahatma And The Bjp (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 16, 2003)
Now that the frenzied investigation into the causes of the state assembly elections outcome has run its course, we must turn our attention to the consequences. In a belt across the waist of Mother India are to be seen three of the most communal faces of
- Uma Ministers Will Get Osds: Officers On Sangh Duty (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Dec 16, 2003)
Soon after they took oath in the Assembly today, Chief Minister Uma Bharti and her newly-elected MLAs made it a point to call on BJP organising general secretary Kaptan Singh Solanki. So who’s this man? Loaned to the BJP, this RSS functionary will soon...
- 2004 Will Be Fought On 3 Issues: Vajpayee Vs Sonia, Nda Vs Disunited Opposition & Five Years Vs Fifty (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 16, 2003)
Fresh from overseeing his party’s successful state election campaign, Pramod Mahajan, BJP general secretary and former Union minister, spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express. Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk
- Netaji Desires (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2003)
THE release of the Katwal audio tapes, in which Mr Virbhadra Singh and two of his colleagues, Mr Singhi Ram and Mr Kuldeep Kumar, had allegedly sought from Mr S.M Katwal, the then Chairman of the HPSSB, the favour of appointment of some candidates when...
- She May Be Cong But Najma’s Returning To Rs With Govt Help (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 16, 2003)
Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson Najma Heptulla is all set to get a Presidential nomination to the Upper House. Highly placed sources confirmed to The Indian Express that her file had gone to Rashtrapati Bhavan for the President’s signature and an ...
- Oil Sector Disinvestment: The End Or Means? (Business Line, Ruddar Datt , Dec 16, 2003)
AS ON March 31, 2002, 13 public sector enterprises were engaged in producing, refining and selling oil and other allied products. All these enterprises (excluding Bongaigaon Refinery) recorded a total net profit of Rs 12,715 crore in 2001-02, and ...
- Turbanator Ii, Dd’s Comedy Show & A (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 15, 2003)
Doordarshan is so delightfully predictable you never know what to expect from it. For example, on a lazy Sunday afternoon, you would have encountered the unexpected sight of an estimated one lakh people waving saffron yellow and bleeding orange flags in
- The Mandate And Its Pieces (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 15, 2003)
The Judeo-Jogi affair has not ended with the Chhattisgarh election. In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls next year, the Congress and the BJP are both using it to score points against each other. The Congress has demanded that the probe against Dilip Singh
- Of Hindutva And Governance (Hindu, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Dec 15, 2003)
Signs of Hindutva were unmistakable in the elections... [But] we are so used to equating it with belligerence that we do not notice it when it takes subtler forms.
- The Message From Assembly Elections 2003 - Give The People What They Want (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 15, 2003)
THE din and dust of the State elections in the heartland of India has not yet settled down. Analysts and commentators are busy explaining the rout of the Congress in most of the States.
- Check The Retail (Telegraph, CP Bhambri, Dec 15, 2003)
Rules are unquestionably important in the operations of both the legislature and the executive. Yet a set of written guidelines, like the proposed 97th amendment bill, can never take the place of good sense and ordinary decencies. Till 1985, when the ...
- For Sonia, Unity Doesn’t Begin At Home (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 14, 2003)
Even AS Congress chief Sonia Gandhi repeated her call to secular parties to join in her ‘‘fight against communalism’’, storm clouds gathered over the AICC headquarters here today.
- The Stung Never Go Unsung (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Dec 14, 2003)
‘‘Welcome to the first ever spy scam award. Unlike the Oscars and other such awards in India, it is always difficult to nominate the winner because the main player does not know he is ‘acting’ in front of the camera.’’
- Sing Vande Mataram Or Face The Music: New Rajasthan Govt’s First Decision (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
Vasundhara Raje doesn’t seem to be a Chief Minister in a hurry. Rajasthan officials have been told by the new CM to prepare a 100-day development programme and that she wouldn’t be inaugurating anything for the next one month. But one of the first ...
- Ancient Village Dholavira Gets Mr Fix-It Mahajan (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 13, 2003)
The village of Dholavira, near the legendary Indus Valley site, has been a makeshift home to archaeologists. It was further pushed off the map by the killer quake three years ago. Now, it’s emerging from the ruins: telephones, drinking water, electricity,
- Hc Tightens Screws Further: Start Plan To Protect From Today (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Dec 13, 2003)
Rabri govt faces its first no-confidence motion on Dubey & DGP
- ‘judiciary Should Ensure Justice For Dubey’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
It is time for every true Indian to wake up. Shoot corrupt politicians and officers. We cannot let Satyendra Dubey’s death go to waste.
- Don’t Get Carried Away (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 13, 2003)
After the recent assembly poll success, it’s celebration time for the BJP. But the way it is jubilant about its election managers and software experts, it seems it has well and truly written the Congress epitaph. If BJP leaders care to pause and ponder
- Behind The Election Outcomes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
A NUMBER OF explanations have been offered for the emphatic victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent round of State Assembly elections, in which the result in Delhi has been the only consolation for the Congress. However, the detailed ...
- Fifth Year, Fifth Gear (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 13, 2003)
Why the Vajpayee govt’s last-year-as- slog-overs attitude is good governance and shrewd politics
- Refreshingly Unchanged (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2003)
Old Bajrang Dal hand and new Social Welfare Minister Madan Dilawar, who issued the order, has his own reasons: ‘‘Why not? It is a prayer praising the motherland and it is important that children recite it. We have reversed the Congress order and any ...
- The Isolation Of Ajit Jogi (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 12, 2003)
Remember what was said about Mussolini and his Fascists when they lost the state power that made them invincible? They were like street urchins without it. Ajit Jogi’s situation is somewhat similar, now that he’s lost the trappings of office. Neither his
- Sore Losers, Inc (Indian Express, SHREEKANT SAMBRAN , Dec 12, 2003)
In fact, the true architects of the BJP victory are Congressmen and women
- Whistles, Stings And Slapps (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Dec 12, 2003)
Corruption in India is a mega industry to which public exposés are no match. Pro-whistle blower laws need to be enacted.
- Subverting The Mandate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
THE FRESH CRISIS engulfing the ex-Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Ajit Jogi — this time in a criminal case revolving round an alleged attempt to bribe Bharatiya Janata Party members of the newly constituted Legislative Assembly — has ...
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