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Articles 8121 through 8220 of 9764:
- Jogi Is Black And White, Judeo Case Is Fuzzy: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2003)
PM Reply: Takes political swipe: says polls show people believe in Judeo
- The Great Indian Tragedy (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 12, 2003)
Jawaharlal Nehru was without question one of the principal architects of India’s freedom movement. While Gandhi Maharaj was the inspiring deity, Nehru was, to the millions, the prince charming. Nehru was also the independent nation’s first prime ministery
- Pm: No Remote Control In Judeo Video Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
ls: Vajpayee says he sent Express story to CBI; Oppn slams Govt, CBI
- India’s Degenerated Polity (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 11, 2003)
Judeo and Jogi are its telling symbols
- Slow Death Of Public Decency (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 11, 2003)
All this unlocking of the cupboards would not be a bad project if the idea was to cleanse politics of dirty money and rogue politicians. Unfortunately, the current itch is driven by partisanship.
- Sangh Sends Hindutva Reality Check To Bjp On Development (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 11, 2003)
Amid the party, there are ripples in the family. Though elated over the spectacular BJP victory in the recent Assembly polls in three states, the RSS leadership is said to be miffed over ‘‘suggestions’’ that the BJP abandoned Hindutva for the development
- A Vasundhara Raje Show (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Dec 11, 2003)
Women find a voice in Rajasthan
- Winter In The House (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
MPs shouldn’t let the current political excitement deter them from getting down to business
- A Faceless Election Ahoy! (Business Line, M. A. Venkat, Dec 11, 2003)
THE first phase of elections is over, and the results have not been flattering to the Congress(I).
- Sting In The Tail (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
Real magnanimity does not trample even upon a worm. The Bharatiya Janata Party, if it does not change its ways, may fail this test. It has not stopped gloating over its sting operation on Mr Ajit Jogi, the outgoing chief minister of Chhattisgarh. The ...
- The End Of The Line? (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Dec 11, 2003)
A traveller who got lost in the countryside came across a farmer standing by a fence. He stopped to ask him for directions. The farmer, chewing on a blade of grass, told him, “If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.”
- No Bilateral Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
The corrupt can’t be spared
- Exit In Disgrace (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
A VC who harmed HPU
- Bjp Campaign Paid Dividends (Tribune, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 11, 2003)
Chhattisgarh awaits decision on Jogi’s fate
- The Strategies That Win Elections (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 10, 2003)
IN response to the article "Introspection time for Congress-I" (Business Line, December 6) by his author urging the Congress(I) to introspect on its poor performance in the Assembly elections in the Hindi heartland, a couple of readers wrote to say that..
- ‘muslims Don’t Provoke. They’re Scared. This Scared Indian Muslim Is A Big Threat To The Unity Of Our Country’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 10, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at his native village Saifi in Etawah.Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk:
- Chorus: We Shall Sign The Whistleblower Bill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
Parliament: From TDP to BSP, all parties say we need to protect whistleblowers, Somnath demands statement in LS
- Why Evms Are So Dicey (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Dec 10, 2003)
When a frustrated Congress was blaming its poll debacle on, among other things, the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in New Delhi, a man in his late seventies was preparing to set out on a walkathon from Kanyakumari for a cause that India’s oldest ...
- Fall Of The Reforms Messiah (Telegraph, Shaibal Gupta, Dec 10, 2003)
The Congress’s failure to factor in the OBCs and the absence of regional support for reforms account for its defeat in Madhya Pradesh
- Kudos To Murthy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
Kudos to N.R. Narayana Murthy (Infosys chief to PM: Probe, speak to family, get Whistleblower Act, December 9) for speaking his mind and asking for justice in the Satyendra Dubey murder case. But I am afraid unless the demand is raised continuously, at ..
- Harsh Reality (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
The fact that opinion polls had mentally prepared the political class for the one-sided outcome does not lessen the impact of the rout suffered by the Congress in Madhya Pradesh. In his 10 years at the helm, Mr Digvijay Singh had successfully projected a
- Bjp Turns The Tables On Congress (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Dec 09, 2003)
THE Bharatiya Janata Party’s sweep in three of the five states in the assembly elections — it was never a serious contender in Mizoram which nevertheless kept the Congress at bay - portends the future in more ways than one. By circumstance or design, the
- Positive Tones In The Telecom Sector (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 09, 2003)
Though the Indian economy had undertaken comprehensive reforms it is only in telecom that the results are best visible.
- Calling Justice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
Thank you, Indian Express, who has come out as a responsible newspaper in a country which is growing ignorant day by day. The murder of Satyendra Dubey for his honesty & sincerity has come as a shock for a person like me who has always believed that ...
- It’s Simple, Sonia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
The Congress needs more eye contact with the reality around it, not endless talk sessions
- Defeat And Its Consequences (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 09, 2003)
Kudos to the BJP for overturning what most agreed was a certain Congress victory in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and a possible retention by the Congress of Madhya Pradesh. The Congress is, of course, beaten — and the pollsters more so.
- Muck Unspooled (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
Leaders must step in, clean up political practices if our democracy is not to go down the tube
- Election Lessons (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 09, 2003)
The BJP’s victory shows that the electorate, concerned with more immediate issues, has chosen a party of order over one of diffuse choices
- Cast Out (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
Ironies abound in Indian politics, and the permutations and combinations that win or lose votes comprise some of the most striking ones. Rajasthan’s chief minister is a woman, for the first time in the state’s history. Projected as a Jat by the Bharatiya
- Cong Tries To Wash Away Jogi Stain, Bjp Keeps Rubbing It In (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
In a reversal of roles in Parliament today, the Opposition came under fire from the treasury benches: ruling party members demanded that Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, Leaders of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, come up with statements to ...
- Jogi In The Dustbin (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
IT has been a double blow for Mr Ajit Jogi. First he lost the Chhattisgarh battle tamely and now he is in a soup following the audio tape scandal. But he has only himself to blame. Despite the fact that he has proved more than once his abiding faith in...
- Jogi In The Dustbin (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2003)
IT has been a double blow for Mr Ajit Jogi. First he lost the Chhattisgarh battle tamely and now he is in a soup following the audio tape scandal. But he has only himself to blame. Despite the fact that he has proved more than once his abiding faith in...
- Power Of ‘parkati’ Women (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Dec 08, 2003)
The educated woman is not as politically irrelevant as the pundits think
- Comfort Level (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
Since anti-incumbency has become the democratic mantra of the moment, nothing can distract from the feat of the chief minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, in holding on to Delhi for a second, consecutive term. She was the natural beneficiary of the visible ...
- Jogi Admits He Goofed, But Cong’s Cold: Don’t Even Call (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 08, 2003)
The day after the BJP claimed ‘‘entrapping’’ Ajit Jogi in a cash-for-MLA sting, the ignominy of the defeated Chhattisgarh CM was complete: the Congress washed its hands of the matter and, ignoring his repeated requests, kept him out of the Congress Work
- Bjp Victory Without Hindutva Card (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 08, 2003)
THE raging debate after the spectacular victory of the BJP in the Hindi-speaking Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in political circles is whether the BJP-led NDA is going to get another term at the Centre.
- Whether, Weather, Wither? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
Take it or leave it, but here’s an argument for early elections
- Party Time (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
THE obvious implication of Finance Minister Jaswant Singh’s statement on Friday that “there will be a full Budget and not a vote-on account” is that the country will not have an early general election. It will be held in October next year, as scheduled...
- Sonia Shares Rout Blame, Her Party Hunts For More Excuses (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
CWC:From EVMs to BJP money power, none spared; and then a ‘secular’ call
- After Victory, Hard Grind (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
ONCE the heady excitement of the victories tapers off, the new chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh will have to settle down to realise the burden of the new responsibilities. It will be all too easy to mistake the triumph as a...
- Bad Times (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
Mr Ajit Jogi seemed to have been his own worst enemy. When awareness dawned on the Congress, especially after the exit polls, that the party was less the target of the voter’s projected lack of faith than the chief minister, it came too late to be ...
- Caste Calculus Gone Awry (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Dec 07, 2003)
In Rajasthan, the election results announce the arrival of a new order in the BJP.
- After The Vote (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2003)
Is the country ready for a new grammar of political contestation in which the political parties are judged by the voters for their record/promise of delivering on basic issues.
- Sirens Of Change (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
That three women have become chief ministers is a sign of the churning in
Indian politics. The keynote of the elections was change
- Sing A Song To Stree 2003 (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 07, 2003)
From the pink precincts of royal Jaipur,
To the sun-dappled rocks of Jabalpur,
From Gangaur, Bhilwara, Ujjain and Katni,
To the forts, minars and gardens of Dilli.
On the sands of Jodhpur, the forests of Jhabua,
On the banks of the rivers, Yamuna and
- The Great Indian Vote Trick (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Dec 07, 2003)
My most interesting day was the day after the counting — more than the day of the voting or the day of the counting. I have read the tortuous explanations offered by analysts and columnists on the results of the elections in three States and in the Union
- Positive Vote For Governance (Hindu, Sujay Mehdidia, Dec 07, 2003)
The BJP brand of "negative politics" failed to cut ice with the Delhi electorate, writes Sujay Mehdidia.
- A Silent Transformation (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 07, 2003)
The undercurrent against the incumbent Congress Government went unnoticed in Chhattisgarh.
- To Advance Or Not To Advance General Election (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Dec 07, 2003)
Towards the end of 1970, the air was thick with speculation over an early general election. The Prime Minister of the day, Indira Gandhi, strongly denied that she planned premature dissolution of the Lok Sabha. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then the leader of..
- Bumpy Roads Overturn Digvijay (Hindu, Lalit Shastri, Dec 07, 2003)
The BJP subtly kept aside its Hindutva agenda and built its entire election campaign around the issue of development in Madhya Pradesh.
- Reading It So Wrong (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Dec 07, 2003)
Vasundhara Raje Scindia blames the generally negative assessment of her chances in the assembly polls on the media and says that towards the end of the campaign she had stopped reading newspaper reports or watching TV so as not to get upset by their bias.
- Defeated, Cong Takes Comfort In (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 07, 2003)
While the BJP temporarily shed Hindutva in the recent round of Assembly elections for the sake of victory, the Congress seems to have discovered ancient Hindu philosophy in defeat.
- Beware The Core Ideology (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Dec 07, 2003)
Standing in the courtyard of the Indian International Centre in New Delhi one morning in late October, a prominent member of the Congress think tank and an ardent advocate of the free market told me, “The Congress will have shot itself in the foot if ...
- Eye On Ls Polls, Bjp To Cement Ties With Allies (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 07, 2003)
Having swept the Assembly elections in three states, the BJP is getting ready for the big fight — the Lok Sabha polls. And the party, not one to leave anything to chance, is all set to tone up the NDA and has even initiated a massive exercise to cement...
- On Saturday Night, Bjp Catches Jogi With His Cash Down (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
Jaitley plays audio of BJP sting: Jogi offering Rs 20 lakh and more plus letter of support to BJP leaders to get them to defect; Jogi denies it’s his voice, Sonia dumps him
- How The Media Lost Its Money (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 07, 2003)
Introspection. If you were politically interested enough to have remained transfixed by your television set when the results of the assembly elections came out last Thursday you would have heard it a lot. It tripped gaily and recurrently off the tongues..
- A Wake-Up Call For The Congress (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Dec 06, 2003)
NOW that the all-important assembly elections are over and the people having given their verdict, it is time for the Congress to take a good, hard and most importantly an honest look at what exactly went wrong. While drawing vital lessons from its ...
- Women On Top (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2003)
IT is a foregone conclusion that Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi will have women as chief ministers. Of course, it is not the first time that women have made it to the top in states. Ms Jayalalithaa has been the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for quite
- Poll Notes Of A Limo Liberal (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 06, 2003)
View from Rajasthan’s ground zero: How Congress snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
- Mature Verdict (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
IT was a tidal wave that swept the ruling Congress off its official perch in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. That it had no clue about what was in store for the party shows how far it was removed from the common people. It is not that the ...
- The Judeo Episode And After (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Dec 05, 2003)
UNTIL the advent of Mr Dilip Singh Judeo, erstwhile Minister of State for Forests and Environment, most simple people thought corruption was something to be viewed with abhorrence. No longer. None other than the Deputy Prime Minister has urged that it be
- Saffron Smiles (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
The saffron flag flies high in three of the four states that went to the polls on Monday. The victories of the Bharatiya Janata Party are convincing and pregnant with messages for the BJP, the Congress and the overall political scenario in northern India.
- Saffron Sweep (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
THE LOTUS HAS flowered again, and spectacularly so, in three of the four Congress(I)-ruled States that went to the polls on December 1. The victory must be that much sweeter for the Bharatiya Janata Party because in all the States it was directly pitted..
- 10 Years And Sonia Poster Boy Crumples (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Dec 05, 2003)
Digvijay:I am not sure if she will see me, he says on Sonia appointment
- Will The Bjp Hasten The Elections? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 05, 2003)
There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at a flood, leads onto fortune
- New Voter, New Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
Now it should remain true to intimations of a more moderate, responsive party
- ‘in The End, India Rid Satyendra Of His Pain’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
On November 30, The Indian Express reported how Satyendra Dubey, a young NHAI engineer, wrote confidentially to the PMO about corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project in Bihar. He was then murdered. The e-mail deluge just doesn’t seem to end
- Advantage Bjp, In Alliance Prospects (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 05, 2003)
By winning in three States out of the four, which went to the polls, the BJP has gained an edge over the Congress in prospects of alliance with regional parties for the Lok Sabha elections.
- Team Bjp Burnt The Midnight Oil, The Sphinx A Candle At Only One End (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 05, 2003)
From Big Guns booming to small fry working, from choppers to market surveys, Jaitley & Mahajan had the back-end right up
- A Brutal Blow To Congress Ambitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
WHILE CONFOUNDING MOST poll pundits, the Bharatiya Janata Party has surprised itself by wresting three out of the four Hindi-belt States decisively from its chief adversary. Contrary to popular expectation, the BJP scored an emphatic win in ...
- Bjp Has 3-Course Cong Lunch (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 05, 2003)
As news of its humiliating defeat in the Assembly elections started coming in today, India’s Grand Old Party seemed caught in a daze—handing out tired excuses of ‘‘anti-incumbency’’ (when till yesterday it claimed pro-incumbency was its winning card), its
- Left And Laloo Ring An Alarm Bell: Cong Should Think Or Sink (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 05, 2003)
As the Congress spent the day in mourning, its allies started the process of introspection on its behalf. There is only one refrain emanating from their ranks and that is to exhort the Congress to ‘‘do a lot of rethinking’’ and aggressively go in for ...
- Our Stock Is Bluechip So No Hurry To Sell, Says Bjp (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 05, 2003)
With good news pouring in every minute from Bhopal, Jaipur and Raipur, BJP spirits soared and leaders, putting behind the rout in Delhi, prepared to strike at their principal adversary, the Congress. By evening, when the picture was clear as day, the ...
- Cong Stars Revolve Around Their Own Sons (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Dec 05, 2003)
Dynastic politics is not new to the Congress. But once more, the party may have been eclipsed on many seats because its stars revolved around own sons.
- The Rainmaker Cometh (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 05, 2003)
Pramod Mahajan and Arun Jaitley have brought to the BJP campaign a new alchemy and have delivered.
- Dmk Enjoying Competitive Attention From Two Rivals (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Dec 04, 2003)
The same day (Tuesday) the BJP president, M. Venkaiah Naidu, came calling on the DMK chief in Chennai, the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, visited the DMK parliamentary party office in New Delhi to pay homage to the late Union Minister, Murasoli Maran
- The Incumbency Factor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
THE VICTORY OF the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) in the Mizoram Assembly elections, giving the party a second successive term in office, has shown that anti-incumbency may be an overused rule of thumb by politicians and pundits. The MNF's last ...
- ‘satyendra’s Murderers Are Like Terrorists’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
On November 30, The Indian Express reported how Satyendra Dubey, a young NHAI engineer, wrote confidentially to the PMO about corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project in Bihar. He was then murdered. Readers’ e mails just keep pouring in
- The Prime Ministerial Palace (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 04, 2003)
The seat of power is shifting from South Block to Race Course Road. After years of debate, RCR is finally being customised as an exclusive high-security residence-cum-office complex for the prime minister. All six bungalows on the street have been ...
- State Of Progress (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
A surprise in the first result of the series of assembly elections in five states can be unnerving for all parties. Mizoram was not a battleground for the two national parties fighting it out in the other four states. Still, if it is the morning that ...
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